If players can do this it's no wonder clubs like ourselves are struggling to get a striker over the line. Players have no shame anymore.
Just adding my 20p, I prefer Neil deeper and think played there permanently he can become one of the best in the land and beyond there. He is always ready to receive a ball and uses it well. He hasn’t the pace to help with our runners. I see him as a CDM with license to step forward into space.
They’re in big trouble if they don’t get their act together. Sold some quality players for good fees, but have only brought in that Giles & Drameh as full back options. They still need to replace Greaves, Philogene & Tufan.
Blackburn have signed 3 strikers in the last 24 hours. 1 with 11 goals in 32 last season who is 6ft 4 and 26. 1 with 16 in 37 last season who is 28. 1 for the future who is 19 from Nantes.
I’m told by one who would know, the chairman’s an attentions seeking bellend. Maybe him going was why he didn’t join.
I can't remember any of Speakman's signings causing us the slightest embarrassment. Presumably that's because they're well vetted and unlikely to upset the rest of the squad. Players like Ballard could quite easily push for a move and possibly double their wages. Players like these two clearly have zero loyalty and little integrity ... ... not what I'd like to see at Sunderland in all honesty.
Good for them. Not one of those signings has ever played in the Championship so those stats are irrelevant
It's all about the money,mate. And,when their integrity/honesty is challenged......I couldn't turn it down! You could....but your agent/family/your own greed wouldn't let you! Hello,modern life.
Just for context, Gueye scored 2 goals since October Ohashi plays mainly as a No.10 in the J league Mafoumbi has 0 mins in senior football
Don't agree personally, Mendy is going to be exactly the same. It's still proof of them being able to score goals. Not one of the 4 who arrived last summer had that in their CV's so would be an upgrade straight away. Rusyn was the best and his CV was scoring 13 goals from LW in his best season
We haven't signed Mendy, so comparisons are irrelevant. Your initial point implied that Blackburn have signed 3 strikers so why haven't we done anything? I added additional context to show that none of these 3 signings were anything to get excited about.
If Mendy is that good is nobody worried that some other club, Hull for example, might come in to do to us what Coventry are doing to Hull regarding Asante. I know other clubs in Europe and Middle East are interested in him but I’ve not heard of any interest from the Championship for him. Now that clubs are aware of him and the time it’s taking us to get him they would not be doing their job properly if a really decent striker was going for a relatively low fee and they didn’t look into hijacking the move. Of course, maybe they don’t rate him and nobody else wants him, just us.
If the window were to close now I would fancy them for promotion. They are building a really good looking squad in my opinion and have a manager I think is top notch.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/spi...klasse=&wettbewerb_id=alle&seit=2024&yt0=Show Free agent strikers list. I'm not too worried about our striker situation to be honest, although the wait is a little frustrating, there are literally dozens of decent options available.
