Winter transfer window

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I am at a training thing all day for work, so you can place a bet something will happen today.
 
Akpom could play left until until mundle gets back, right for cover if poveda is out, and good enough to start up top on his own or as a good fit alongside Isidor.

not many players can say that. Would like him in but expect the link is unlikely at this stage. You never know. Part of me wants it just to see the utter meltdown amongst boro fans over it
 
Prehab26 said:
Yeah, you sort of forget about Browne. He is quality too.
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I wonder if we have now moved on from his level? Sounds really harsh but when you look at the players we are bringing in now, and how much progress lads like Rigg and Jobe are making. It might feel a bit like after the lord mayors show if he is in a midfield next season.
 
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David Moyes' Stupid Face said:
The 28 goal season was a complete freak if you look at has career as a whole, though. Year before that he managed 7 in the Greek league, year before that 5 in our league... In the current season? He's got a grand total of 3 league goals so far, that's 1 more than Luke O'Nien...

I don't understand why people are assuming we're going to get the 22-23 version of Akpom when he's been distinctly average (at best) for the entire rest of his career... 29 too, so low resale value and there's absolutely no chance he can cut it in the Prem so if we go up he gives us a problem.

I just really don't like the idea, personally.

(I'm not counting cup games as teams may have been rotating, they might have been against minnows, etc.)
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He scored 15 in 35 last season which shows he can still do it. He has 8 in 30 those aren’t just cup games that’s the europa league qualifiers and the actual competition.

He’s not a one season wonder at all imo he’s just starting to peak late which players can do
 
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If Akpom was linked with Leeds or a move back to Boro - would we be saying all this about him maybe being a one season wonder? I think most would be thinking "why aren't we in for him? He scores goals".

I'd take him, he's a different option, something we haven't got! Not sure he would cut it in the Premier League though so a loan to buy upon promotion doesn't make sense to me.
 
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dilb3rt said:
If Akpom was linked with Leeds or a move back to Boro - would we be saying all this about him maybe being a one season wonder? I think most would be thinking "why aren't we in for him? He scores goals".

I'd take him, he's a different option, something we haven't got! Not sure he would cut it in the Premier League though so a loan to buy upon promotion doesn't make sense to me.
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Having an experienced head like him in the PL could be quite useful whether he's played in it or not. I think it would be a loan with obligation purely because that's what we seem to be doing and I imagine Ajax wouldn't see the point in loaning him out without a sale at the end. He is still coming off of the bench for them
 
CR17 said:
Having an experienced head like him in the PL could be quite useful whether he's played in it or not. I think it would be a loan with obligation purely because that's what we seem to be doing and I imagine Ajax wouldn't see the point in loaning him out without a sale at the end. He is still coming off of the bench for them
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I get that about it probably having to be the deal we do if we want him, but it's the one thing putting me off. I'd rather it was an option rather than obligation. I just don't think he'd cut it in the Premier League so he'd become deadwood - or end up loaning him back out to the Championship.
 
CR17 said:
Having an experienced head like him in the PL could be quite useful whether he's played in it or not. I think it would be a loan with obligation purely because that's what we seem to be doing and I imagine Ajax wouldn't see the point in loaning him out without a sale at the end. He is still coming off of the bench for them
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Lots of our squad are unproven at the level above. I think adding a little more experience, especially in a player who’s fairly versatile and proven at this level, to this squad is a straight forward decision if the price isn’t wild
 
TheBronzeBummer said:
This idea is unfortunately unlikely because I'd imagine Neil and Jobe stay if we go up, but if we don't, Le Fee and Samed won't be here.

There was a post yesterday which I thought was mostly right, if we don't go up we will more than likely lose Neil and Jobe, with Le Fee and Samed then returning to their clubs. Midfield gonna look a shadow.
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But with around 50m to build it back up
 
CR17 said:
He scored 15 in 35 last season which shows he can still do it. He has 8 in 30 those aren’t just cup games that’s the europa league qualifiers and the actual competition.

He’s not a one season wonder at all imo he’s just starting to peak late which players can do
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I said I was excluding cup competitions (including Europe), but decided to dig a bit deeper into his record after your comment and now I'm even more convinced he was a 1 season wonder. Checked his goals last year in the league, not a single one came against a team in the top 10. Every single goal he scored was against teams struggling in the Dutch league (which isn't very strong, outside of the top 2 or 3 teams).

In Europe, he scored against mighty powerhouses of football like Qarabag and Jagiellonia...

Yeah. No thanks.
 
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