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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #360 on: December 23, 2020, 09:49:07 AM »
Wesley to me looked pretty shit.

Managed to combine being about 8 ft tall and winning nothing in the air, had a head like a 50p piece, no strength on the ball, added little in terms of holding up the ball, and seemed to be one of the only two Brazilian males with no discernible ball skills (Joelinton being the other one).

However, for all that, he was much, much better than Keinan Davis.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #361 on: December 23, 2020, 10:38:32 AM »
Back in for Josh King?
He's Norwegian you know.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #362 on: December 23, 2020, 02:50:24 PM »

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #363 on: December 23, 2020, 03:42:07 PM »

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #364 on: December 23, 2020, 04:34:26 PM »
Think King has missed the boat for a move to a decent EPL team. He has hardly kicked a ball for Bournemouth this season so far, no goal, had covid and didn't show up in the best of condition after the summer. One to swerve now I think.

Brooks or Billings would be great signings but bound to be hard to get out of Bournemouth in January. Swap deal with Houri going the other way maybe.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #365 on: December 23, 2020, 05:36:03 PM »
Think King has missed the boat for a move to a decent EPL team. He has hardly kicked a ball for Bournemouth this season so far, no goal, had covid and didn't show up in the best of condition after the summer. One to swerve now I think.
Brooks or Billings would be great signings but bound to be hard to get out of Bournemouth in January. Swap deal with Houri going the other way maybe.
Agree about Brooks. Isn't Billings a little reckless - lots of cards - or am I judging him simply on his performance at VP last season?

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #366 on: December 23, 2020, 07:05:44 PM »
Think King has missed the boat for a move to a decent EPL team. He has hardly kicked a ball for Bournemouth this season so far, no goal, had covid and didn't show up in the best of condition after the summer. One to swerve now I think.
Brooks or Billings would be great signings but bound to be hard to get out of Bournemouth in January. Swap deal with Houri going the other way maybe.
Agree about Brooks. Isn't Billings a little reckless - lots of cards - or am I judging him simply on his performance at VP last season?

Yes Philip Billing is reckless and I don’t think he’s that good.
He’s not creative and has been relegated twice in a row. Bournemouth’s midfield was a lot poorer last season with him.

King is a proven player at Premier level, is an international and his value may well have gone down since the summer.  We cannot expect Wesley to have improved without playing let alone after a bad injury, and we really need to supplement the attacking option.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #367 on: December 23, 2020, 08:48:23 PM »
I think we only need a striker to give Watkins some competition.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #368 on: December 24, 2020, 08:23:32 AM »
I think it’s less about competition and more about respite. There’s a hell of a lot of pressure on Ollie, and he’s done admirably, but he could do with someone else to carry the load a bit.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #369 on: December 24, 2020, 09:31:20 AM »
Wesley to me looked pretty shit.

Managed to combine being about 8 ft tall and winning nothing in the air, had a head like a 50p piece, no strength on the ball, added little in terms of holding up the ball, and seemed to be one of the only two Brazilian males with no discernible ball skills (Joelinton being the other one).

However, for all that, he was much, much better than Keinan Davis.

This made me chuckle and it’s why we need to get a striker in.
I actually think it’s harsh on Keinan as I think he has some good attributes, like holding the ball up, bringing others into play and he’s a handful for defenders. However, I don’t know how much longer we can put up with his injuries and not just sign a replacement.
A loan spell would tell us a lot. 

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #370 on: December 24, 2020, 10:04:12 AM »
Has anyone ever been able to come up with a list of things (football related) that Wesley is good at? I can't think of one attribute of his that makes me say ''Yeah he's really good at that''. He's alright at some things and shite at a lot of others. Looks nowhere near a £20m+ player and unless we see a major improvement, which is possible, although unlikely, will be a dud.

Seemed really poor scouting for him, and when we went back to Samatta who we deemed not as good as Wesley the previous summer, made me think wtf is going on.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #371 on: December 24, 2020, 11:05:18 AM »
I suppose with Wes at least you can say he managed a reasonable goal return despite his limitations, so maybe he'd do even better now our overall team is much better.  I can't say I fancy the idea of going back to him being our main striker though later in the season if anything happens to Ollie.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #372 on: December 24, 2020, 11:30:49 AM »
Barkely wants to make it permanent. Rexkon he'd cost around £30m with the loan fee we've paid taken into account.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #373 on: December 24, 2020, 11:47:10 AM »
Wesley to me looked pretty shit.

Managed to combine being about 8 ft tall and winning nothing in the air, had a head like a 50p piece, no strength on the ball, added little in terms of holding up the ball, and seemed to be one of the only two Brazilian males with no discernible ball skills (Joelinton being the other one).

However, for all that, he was much, much better than Keinan Davis.

Ageed, no way he should be our first choice striker when he is fit.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #374 on: December 24, 2020, 11:48:47 AM »
Barkely wants to make it permanent. Rexkon he'd cost around £30m with the loan fee we've paid taken into account.

I saw that Chelsea are looking to offload seven players to fund bringing in two, him being one of them. Still early days, but if he carries on it's a no-brainer.

 


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