Dominic Solanke

[glorygloryeze]

Kroupi is injured I believe and I'm not convinced we should be spending £100m on someone with 2 good seasons (1 in the PL), yes he could be the next big thing that we miss out on but we need something who's more of a surer bet if there is such a thing.

Kroupi has been back the last few weeks, often as sub. He's not injured any more...

 

[Raziel]

The wrong call last January was keeping Ftoss in charge
That was the crippling factor
Now we have big boy decisions to make on certain players
Solanke would be one
Arguably Maddison too

It was both, what should have happened is his removal, plus all out for RDZ, plus more re-enforcements than just Gallagher.

There is no decision re Solanke, he's done for us, no world he suddenly turns it around. If there are options in January to replace, deal should be done.

Maddison, Udogie, Deki, Gallagher, Xavi, Odobert, Tel, all should be given till the end of season to prove their fitness and ability to impact the team consistently.

 

[monkeybarry]

There are people employed in the club, for who, that is exactly their job.

Whether you or I know of a good striker that's available isn't the question, clearly Kroupi was our #1 target, did we keep talking to his camp? did we tell them we were coming back in January, what was our plan B? is our plan B still available, who is on our young prospect list? If those things weren't in place at close of last window, we certainly should have been working on it since then.

If this club is anywhere decently run, they should have a plan, targets and budget all lined up and the initial conversations should already have been done.

Jordan Rhodes it is then

 

[Bishop]

It was both, what should have happened is his removal, plus all out for RDZ, plus more re-enforcements than just Gallagher.

There is no decision re Solanke, he's done for us, no world he suddenly turns it around. If there are options in January to replace, deal should be done.

Maddison, Udogie, Deki, Gallagher, Xavi, Odobert, Tel, all should be given till the end of season to prove their fitness and ability to impact the team consistently.

They spoke to RDZ, he said no. If we had moved on Frank it wouldn't have been De Zerbi who would have come in. Tbh the only reason we got Tudor was because they still wanted RDZ and he kept saying no, so that's why they went with an interim.

 

[Raziel]

They spoke to RDZ, he said no. If we had moved on Frank it wouldn't have been De Zerbi who would have come in. Tbh the only reason we got Tudor was because they still wanted RDZ and he kept saying no, so that's why they went with an interim.

Which fair, still means we should have brought at least player re-enforcements in January to give the interim a better chance (IIRC Tudor had half a missing squad when he walked in)

 

[johnaliola]

It was both, what should have happened is his removal, plus all out for RDZ, plus more re-enforcements than just Gallagher.

There is no decision re Solanke, he's done for us, no world he suddenly turns it around. If there are options in January to replace, deal should be done.

Maddison, Udogie, Deki, Gallagher, Xavi, Odobert, Tel, all should be given till the end of season to prove their fitness and ability to impact the team consistently.

Completely with you here. No room for sentiment nor crocks

 

[Bishop]

Which fair, still means we should have brought at least player re-enforcements in January to give the interim a better chance (IIRC Tudor had half a missing squad when he walked in)

I agree, we really needed reinforcements and not going for anything serious was a massive risk that almost caused complete failure.

 

[Finney Is Back]

I think Kofane will be the one. Perfect profile and Leverkusen will sell for the right price. Berbatov doing the announcement video too

As you know I have named him as a good option previously, he is one of those good all round strikers and has huge potential. However, he is still very early in his career and very raw as a result. If we were to sign him then I think we'd have to be patient with him this season and perhaps for hte first half of next season as well. Our fans don't tend to do patience very well.

The other option for a really high potential young forward is Nicolo Tressoldi from Brugge. I think his potential is a bit lower than Kofane's but he is probably a bit more mature in his play so closer to being ready for PL football.

 

[Gutter Boy]

As you know I have named him as a good option previously, he is one of those good all round strikers and has huge potential. However, he is still very early in his career and very raw as a result. If we were to sign him then I think we'd have to be patient with him this season and perhaps for hte first half of next season as well. Our fans don't tend to do patience very well.

The other option for a really high potential young forward is Nicolo Tressoldi from Brugge. I think his potential is a bit lower than Kofane's but he is probably a bit more mature in his play so closer to being ready for PL football.

Esposito at Inter is another in that class