That all sounds great, but you're stating things as fact when its just your opinion. Please remind me of all the players we have bought in under Poch with no footballing intelligence and the ability to slow our play down....
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Zaha
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Yermiyahu
Scott Parker
Maybe it will help our relationship with him, Who knows?
jabbathehut
Luke Young
This is Berehino all over again.We simply don't pay the money to get pl players whose contracts aren't running out.it doesn't matter what he is really worth its what the market is doing now.Maybe some grandstanding from palace but if they want rid that will be the price.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Or...
Berahino a smokescreen for Son
Zaha to put the final bit of pressure on Marsaille over Nkoudou
glorygloryeze
Jack Jull
I did wonder about the bolded bit, but that seems unlikely if N'Koudou has been training with the club since earlier this week as has been reported...
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Or to encourage Chadli out the door if Poch wants to keep Njie?
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indianspur
Guest
I believe Poch wants Zaha, but I'm also sure we have an alternative secretly lined up if as most of us hope Palace refuse to deal with us.
Nkoudou is separate altogether.
My tip is the secret target is at a German or Spainish club.
Gilzeantoscore
Justin Edinburgh
Doesn't make sense, other than as a smokescreen. Zaha is just a younger version of Lennon, only not as good.
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
Mitchell has sabotaged it
If Poch wants him, then he must know how and why he fits into our plans. He's quick, 5ft 11 (wiki) and another poster pointed out his willingness to work hard on the pitch, track back etc. Unlike when he went to Utd, he won't be moving away as such, he's a London boy.
Perhaps the main reason the transfer could happen is that Zaha might understand that he'd be signing as a squad option and is happy with that situation. I think he has potential to be a player who makes an impact from the bench and maybe earn a starting spot if he really excels. People point to Lennon and Townsend, but Lennon was sold because he didn't have the right attitude for Poch. Townsend was sold possibly in part to attitude (row with staff) but also because he wasn't happy at just being a squad option. It wasn't strictly footballing reasons Poch got rid, especially in the case of Lennon.
If Zaha signs and applies himself, I think he'd be a very useful player for us. We certainly need the option of pace in our attack and that'd help a lot with being able to play on the counter when we have a solid lead in a game, or where we are on the back-foot against a stronger side (Champions League, tough away Premier League games).
Perhaps the main reason the transfer could happen is that Zaha might understand that he'd be signing as a squad option and is happy with that situation. I think he has potential to be a player who makes an impact from the bench and maybe earn a starting spot if he really excels. People point to Lennon and Townsend, but Lennon was sold because he didn't have the right attitude for Poch. Townsend was sold possibly in part to attitude (row with staff) but also because he wasn't happy at just being a squad option. It wasn't strictly footballing reasons Poch got rid, especially in the case of Lennon.
If Zaha signs and applies himself, I think he'd be a very useful player for us. We certainly need the option of pace in our attack and that'd help a lot with being able to play on the counter when we have a solid lead in a game, or where we are on the back-foot against a stronger side (Champions League, tough away Premier League games).
Hmmmm 50odd mins of friendly first team action. He will take time to develop and needs to be rushed carefully. It looks like zaha won't happen but I am really seeing some bizzare alternatives based on nothing. Edwards is not ready to be a first team regular imo. Give him time.
Bedfordspurs
Vinnie Samways
Not saying he is but he doesn't look far off zaha IMO (I rate zaha so lowly)
monkeybarry
Jack Jull
Proof it actually is just Football Manager with a different GUI.
When's the next patch?!
Bedfordspurs
Vinnie Samways
Njie has pace and knows the club already
He also looked OK when he had his chances
I just don't get this one at all
I can only assume Poch doesn't like the look of Njie, and sees something in Zaha. Maybe NJie isn't entirely happy with us, we can't know for sure. Poch knows though.
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DubaiSpur
Ian Walker
This is 100% true. More broadly, we don't have players versed in both quick movement and (crucially) close control in extremely tight spaces. We have a lot of one, and a lot of the other - we've only got an approximation of a mix of both (mainly in Lamela and Dembele).
However, I think there are far better players than Zaha that we could target if we had a mite of ambition. Actually, given that Zaha might cost 15m + Chadli (a dismaying thought, given how important Nacer's been at times over the last few seasons), there are probably better/ more high-potential players we could target for the same price range, like Boufal from Lille (who is the subject of a 20-odd million bid from Saints) or Pulisic from Dortmund (whom Liverpool are bidding for, iirc).
DubaiSpur
Ian Walker
What kind of f*cking Manhattan Projects do we need to institute next to sign a peripheral player for peanuts in a market where clubs are splashing 90 million pounds per player without a care in the world?
This sort of strategizing is just...downright ludicrous, if true. Or, alternately, it's a damning indictment of our ability to turn simple, cheap transfers into morbidly long sagas without end. Thankfully, I think (and I hope) that it isn't true, and that we're pursuing a tricky player in the AM band independent of N'Koudou (whenever the lad actually arrives).
Rorschach
Sonny Walters
It is entirely possible N'Jie just may not be good enough as you say, but whatever he sees in Zaha is not obvious to most. I do see traits in Zaha that could be nurtured into something good with the judicious use of cattle prods and nipple electrodes, but is that where we are now or should we be aiming a tad higher?
I love Poch, my favourite manager since the last one, but he is not infallible in the transfer market and neither is the dark cube. And you don't have to look further than my first sentence for an example. Transfers are hit and miss, and yes we've had some recent notable successes but not all are. Zaha is not better than any player in the 1st eleven and that is what I think we should be looking for now.
