January transfer thread

He is a topper player no doubt about it. It's a good deal for us that one.

I really do feel we will miss a presence a s outball though and have to give up a load of possession.

 

Generally speaking ....

Good Championship strikers are at good Championship clubs and most of the clubs believe they're in with a shot at the playoffs. If not they're desperate to avoid the drop.

Good L1 strikers are in L1 because they've not yet been seen as capable of playing at a higher level.

Good PL strikers are going nowhere and the few spares available may not want to live in Sunderland.

Strikers from Europe are a bigger risk and may not want to come here either.

Some people make it sound like there's a StrikersR'Us store where you can order online ...

... our team spirit is absolutely phenomenal, let's not disrupt it with a Danny Graham ffs.

 

Just saw Ben Pearson signed for Stoke on loan. Gutted by that! Would have loved him as the Evans replacement.

At least now Neil, Michut and Ekwah get loads more minutes and will be loads better next year as a result. Exciting.

 

To be honest I dont feel let down mate. Said a few times now I did feel let down when they signed Defoe, genuinely, and glad they havent been conned again into signing anyone that wont fit. This side, players, mgt, behind scenes, and ownership have done enough for this club in the last 2 years to not have me feel let down at anything they didnt achieve in a very contrived transfer window where in all likelihood the incompetencd of the likes of Everton have contributed to the outcome. I cant wait for Milwall personally and to see Gelhardt.

 

Yeah i do like a player like that as well, always hard to find those type of players

If our injury record improves then i think we will be fine.

Im choosing to stay positive at the minute

 

Like you said earlier as well. Even Everton struggled for a striker !

I still see an exciting end to the season and just wish the buggers would release the tickets for next weeks replay with Fulham.

 

Are you ok?

 

Am I right in thinking that Gelhardt is unavailable for the Fulham (and of course Leeds) game.

If so, we can try out a different formation, 5-5-0
Possibly, 6-4-0 if we are getting pounded.

This, playing the above formations, could help us in League games if Gelhardt gets injured.

There’s always Luke to try out as centre forward. He’s good in the air, can press as good as Ross with all his energy and he has played in almost every other position.

Finally, if you’ve read this far, don’t take the above too seriously.

 

100% mate. Thanks for asking

 

You’re right - one person daft mentioning O’nien playing as a striker is bad enough but numerous is taking the piss.

Let’s not sign a striker and cut our nose off to spite our face and play O’nien there instead. I’ve heard it all why not just give Danny Bathh a go he’s 6’5 he’ll be a good target man.

 

Gooch is ya man as back up striker. Go on YouTube and watch a video of the goals he's scored, some proper centre forward goals in there, good movement, sharp, good finishes. Played along the forward line before.

 

I had the same daft thought about Alese, tall, fast good in the air. Worth a go in training to see if we have a reverse Dave Watson.

 

Batth and O'Nien up top is a good shout, it'd be like a better version of Quinn and Phillips.

 

For those slating the club. Lets say hypotheticaly that they had Simms and the lad from Hib's lined up/

1 fell through and the other was injured in tonights match.

How many contingencies are the recruitment team meant to have? 5? 10? 20?

 

Genuinely wouldn’t be against this, might stop him getting his token yellow cards too

 

A tale of two clubs...

Everton fail to sign a striker national Sky sports news fans up in arms calling for the board to quit!

Sunderland fail to sign a striker (none bought for 3 windows), fans happy and smiling saying what a great recruitment team we have and that our strategy is spot on.

Hmm

 

This was a serious comment. If people like sunderpitt are allowed to just post their **** on here I want no part of it. Please remove my account

 

What **** was he posting? Cos I haven’t a clue what is going on

 

You really are getting boring now

 

The difference there is that Everton are in freefall, probably coming down with one sicknote striker and (sadly) one decent championship striker. Their team is bereft of confidence and they’ve just sacked their manager and appointed Billy Boring. There owners are widely considered incompetent.
We have pretty much everything in place to take the club back to the Premier League. Great owner, backroom staff, manager and exciting young players.
No comparison really.