by Hound » 19 Aug 2022 12:39
by Nameless » 19 Aug 2022 12:52
Snowflake Royal Personally think we'd be daft to refuse £10m. But we all know Dai refuses to sell his trophy players.
At least this time we can't give him a 5 year contract on a PL wage after refusing to sell.
Think, for example, Long and Puscas could be an effective partnership.
by Snowflake Royal » 19 Aug 2022 12:58
NamelessSnowflake Royal Personally think we'd be daft to refuse £10m. But we all know Dai refuses to sell his trophy players.
At least this time we can't give him a 5 year contract on a PL wage after refusing to sell.
Think, for example, Long and Puscas could be an effective partnership.
That’s never going to be an option though. Puscas isn’t interested in staying and if we get the Puscas deal sorted there should be no reason to sell Joao unless it isn’t for a really significant sum. However without Joao our goal scoring potential drops by about 50%, which will be very hard to replace,
by Stranded » 19 Aug 2022 13:08
by Hound » 19 Aug 2022 13:15
by 3points » 19 Aug 2022 13:41
by Nameless » 19 Aug 2022 13:46
Snowflake RoyalNamelessSnowflake Royal Personally think we'd be daft to refuse £10m. But we all know Dai refuses to sell his trophy players.
At least this time we can't give him a 5 year contract on a PL wage after refusing to sell.
Think, for example, Long and Puscas could be an effective partnership.
That’s never going to be an option though. Puscas isn’t interested in staying and if we get the Puscas deal sorted there should be no reason to sell Joao unless it isn’t for a really significant sum. However without Joao our goal scoring potential drops by about 50%, which will be very hard to replace,
Weren't you telling us all just last week that Puscas is the one holding up his move away.
by Coppells Lost Coat » 19 Aug 2022 14:00
3points I think it depends who you could replace Joao with. My two downsides with Joao is his injury record and lack of work rate and the latter is important if Ince wants to play the high press / high energy style as demonstrated against .Blackburn. Downside of course is we lose his goals but are we harder to beat without Joao due to majing it harder for the opposition. It may be enough to have Joao in the team with a Loum/Fornah/Hendricks/Ince combination working hard to win the ball. It also assumes Long stays fit for a large part of the season, which must be questionable as well so we have to have a decent alternative option (which Joao obviously is).
Still feel Joao is a (quality) luxury player but we can potentially live without him. Also, the club will benefit longer term if we can get a half decent fee too. even if we cannot spend the money this year a profit on disposal and the loss of his wages would free up headroom in the £13m per year P&S loss requirements
by 3points » 19 Aug 2022 14:02
Coppells Lost Coat
Would Long / Meite / PL loan and our youth be enough to keep us up?
by Stranded » 26 Aug 2022 12:01
by Snowflake Royal » 26 Aug 2022 12:31
by YorkshireRoyal99 » 26 Aug 2022 12:37
by Snowflake Royal » 26 Aug 2022 12:44
YorkshireRoyal99 Probably an unpopular opinion but, I don't think Meite is as much "the first name on the teamsheet" as what both Ince and Joao are. Joao obviously because we know about his goals and Ince has arguably been our best player so far this season. It just seems tough to fit Meite in unless we change our shape, it's also difficult to drop Hoilett as well at the moment.
I'm not 100% sold that Sarr comes in as an automatic fixture into our defence, with everybody fit, either,
One thing for sure is we are definitely getting flexibility in our squad with options now in most positions, it's probably another LWB and more depth in midfield with a permanent addition for me. Agree in the main though, it is tough to pick our first XI.
by Whore Jackie » 26 Aug 2022 12:54
by Hound » 26 Aug 2022 13:13
by Stranded » 26 Aug 2022 13:15
Hound Tetek playing for the u23s today
by Hound » 26 Aug 2022 13:26
by YorkshireRoyal99 » 26 Aug 2022 13:37
Snowflake RoyalYorkshireRoyal99 Probably an unpopular opinion but, I don't think Meite is as much "the first name on the teamsheet" as what both Ince and Joao are. Joao obviously because we know about his goals and Ince has arguably been our best player so far this season. It just seems tough to fit Meite in unless we change our shape, it's also difficult to drop Hoilett as well at the moment.
I'm not 100% sold that Sarr comes in as an automatic fixture into our defence, with everybody fit, either,
One thing for sure is we are definitely getting flexibility in our squad with options now in most positions, it's probably another LWB and more depth in midfield with a permanent addition for me. Agree in the main though, it is tough to pick our first XI.
I really liked the way the defence played against Blackburn, so I'd like to see if that 5 could sustain something close to that over multiple games. Keeps Yiadom and Hoilett both in there.
Ince is certainly more suited to the shape we currently play than Meite. But leaving Meite out is potentially a lot of goals.
Never a huge fan of the current shape, so I'd absolutely change it to keep him in.
......................Lumley
Yiadom, Holmes, McIntyre, NGW
....Meite, Loum, Fornah, Hoilett
....................Ince
...........................Joao
Is probably my preferred choice, though I'd like a quicker CB to pair one of those two.
by Hound » 26 Aug 2022 14:06
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