Winter transfer window

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Scout73 said:
Le Fee will eventually play the no10 position imo, Akpom isn't great out wide tbh - I like him in a front 2 or as no10 as his movement in and around the box is very good

Not against the signing at all, especially if it's short term only. I just domt really like us playing 442 both in and out of possession, especially because of the genuine quality we have in CM now. I dont want to see Le Fee playing as wingers too many times (I get theres a need at the minute)
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Aye I agree he’s better as the 10 but I don’t see us playing him there with only 2 to choose from Neil, Jobe and ELF. Harsh on both Jobe and Neil to drop one of them and ELF is too good not to play. He has been playing off the left a bit for Ajax this season though with Brobbey and Weghorst being the 9s so wouldn’t be surprised if he came in and played that side.
 
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Disco down under said:
I think Mayenda's ceiling is stupidly high as well. Think if he develops right he is a ****ing world beater. What a steal he looks to have been.
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The combo of size and pace is just so suited to the modern game.

He’s got a lot about him, the assist for Wilson the other week was beautiful, he’s then scored since.

He is genuinely a bit of a bonus wild card this season.
 
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CR17 said:
IMO if you have a chance to bring in Akpom you do it. Maybe I rate him higher than others do but imo his stats show he can and still does score after that top goalscorer season in our league two seasons ago. I also think his style of play would really suit this side.

like I say for all I like Mayenda if Isidor gets injured I’m not liking the reality that would be relying on him, a 19 year old lad who’s really not that composed infront of goal to spearhead us in an automatics race.

The pressure would be unfair. Get akpom in and have people competing and there’s no reason not to rotate from game to game either.

Also Mayenda could find game time from the right wing which I still think he does a fine job there.

Just purely my thoughts on it
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This is why I care about the fee, let's say Ajax want rid because they're eyeing a new player in that position, so we're getting him cheap, say £5m.

The burden on the club is significantly reduced whereby we can likely shift the player easily should we not get promoted, if we pay £10m we're stuck between being forced to make it work or taking a significant loss. Worst thing we could do is pay big money for the player and he reverts to the 5 goal a season version we saw at the beginning of his Boro spell because no fvcker will buy him.
 
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alcoauth said:
This is why I care about the fee, let's say Ajax want rid because they're eyeing a new player in that position, so we're getting him cheap, say £5m.

The burden on the club is significantly reduced whereby we can likely shift the player easily should we not get promoted, if we pay £10m we're stuck between being forced to make it work or taking a significant loss. Worst thing we could do is pay big money for the player and he reverts to the 5 goal a season version we saw at the beginning of his Boro spell because no fvcker will buy him.
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I think if we can get him for 8 or less we’d see most of that back in a worst case scenario.

Over that, we gambling. If we go up it becomes irrelevant of course.
 
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alcoauth said:
I think it's worth caring about because if we overpay now we will spend less later to make up for it, we saw that with Ellis Short towards the end of his time at Sunderland and we ended up in free fall because he'd only shell out £500k for James Vaughan.
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Oh I agree with that, I just think the people in charge now have earned our trust when it comes to transfers.
 
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FellTop said:
Everton might be taking Dewsbury Hall. I really do like him as a player and would make Everton better no doubt. I hate saying young talent like him wasting time on a bigger clubs bench. Criminal waste really.
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He's a fantastic player. I actually thought he was going to break into that Chelsea team, especially with Maresca being the one to bring him in. He will be a huge player for Everton. It's exactly the right kind of place for him.
 
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alcoauth said:
This is why I care about the fee, let's say Ajax want rid because they're eyeing a new player in that position, so we're getting him cheap, say £5m.

The burden on the club is significantly reduced whereby we can likely shift the player easily should we not get promoted, if we pay £10m we're stuck between being forced to make it work or taking a significant loss. Worst thing we could do is pay big money for the player and he reverts to the 5 goal a season version we saw at the beginning of his Boro spell because no fvcker will buy him.
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Even if we don’t go up spending £5m to have a player of Akpoms quality from the off next season is worth it imo. Yes, he’s not 21 so we likely won’t make money but we don’t need to profit on every single player we buy as long as the business makes sense then it doesn’t matter if you take a loss on a player. That’s what selling other players for inflated fees covers
 
FellTop said:
Everton might be taking Dewsbury Hall. I really do like him as a player and would make Everton better no doubt. I hate saying young talent like him wasting time on a bigger clubs bench. Criminal waste really.
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He’s 26 now :emoticon-0104-surpr feels like he’s only been around a few years! But as I said with them apparently being after Neil, if this is the market they’re shopping in they aren’t going anywhere fast. They also apparently want Fellows from WBA. These aren’t players who are going to take them away from battling relegation every season
 
Disco down under said:
I think Mayenda's ceiling is stupidly high as well. Think if he develops right he is a ****ing world beater. What a steal he looks to have been.
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The first time he came on as a sub you could tell that he just has it. I cant put my finger on exactly what but the confidence in the two chances that he did have just said this lad is going to be a worldy.. Top lad Elizer.
 
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The Redbaron said:
The first time he came on as a sub you could tell that he just has it. I cant put my finger on exactly what but the confidence in the two chances that he did have just said this lad is going to be a worldy.. Top lad Elizer.
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There will already be big clubs looking, he’s got everything to be very successful. Got to be worth double Cannon already for potential.
 
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Scout73 said:
Le Fee will eventually play the no10 position imo, Akpom isn't great out wide tbh - I like him in a front 2 or as no10 as his movement in and around the box is very good

Not against the signing at all, especially if it's short term only. I just domt really like us playing 442 both in and out of possession, especially because of the genuine quality we have in CM now. I dont want to see Le Fee playing as wingers too many times (I get theres a need at the minute)
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Today I think
 
Robertson said:
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/s...plains-change-sunderlands-search-new-forward/

SUNDERLAND are still determined to land a new forward in the final week of the transfer window – but Regis Le Bris does not feel the club necessarily need a new ‘number nine’.…

Le Bris concedes the Black Cats need to sign someone this month if they are not going to leave themselves short in the final third. But, increasingly, he has veered away from wanting a natural ‘number nine’ and become much keener on landing a versatile attacker who could fill a number of different roles.

“For sure, this is clear now,” said Le Bris, ahead of this afternoon’s home game with Plymouth Argyle. “We probably still need some more vertical threats, players who could run in behind.

“This could be a striker, but also a winger, maybe a versatile player. So, this is still very much in our mind, but we will see what comes in these next weeks. But it is not necessarily about a number nine.”

Mayenda’s improvement in the last few months has helped modify Le Bris’ thinking, with the Spaniard having begun to look increasingly comfortable, especially when paired with Isidor as part of a front two.

In the early stages of his Sunderland career, the teenager struggled to adapt to life in the Championship, with some observers criticising his body language and accusing him of a perceived lack of passion.

Le Bris understands why such judgements were made, but insists they were always unfair. When he works with Mayenda, he sees a youngster who is desperate to improve and impress, and the more his confidence has grown, the more he has been able to express himself on the pitch in the first-team environment.

“He (Mayenda) is in a good place,” said Le Bris. “He struggled sometimes, and that was probably a part of his learning curve. It can be high, it can low, but his behaviour out on the pitch was always positive.

“Sometimes, his body language can suggest that he is not really involved, but it is really the opposite. It is probably just the way he is, maybe it is something he does to try to protect himself.

“But he really wants to improve and, when he struggles, he doesn’t like that. I think, now, he deserves to be at that level (in the starting team), and he will be very important for us because he helps out of possession, he helps in possession, and he scores goals. We like this type of player in the team.”
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What a wonderful quote, he's really got galaxy brain.
 
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