USREDEVIL
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Just wait for Haaland next year or so.
Our just buy Sancho now..Just wait for Haaland next year or so.
It’s a tricky one that. If Fergie had this squad there is no doubt in my mind he’d go out and sign a top striker. I think that would be his priority over a RW. Yet most seem to think we don’t need a striker and there’s the possibility it would hinder Greenwood’s development. Personally I’d be all over Haaland when his clause is activated. 5 top attacking players can go into 3 with the number of games we hopefully have going late into CL stages. Plus Mason/Martial also can play wide. Our 2008 squad shows you can juggle such options as do City. Others will disagree though I’m sure and not think we need a striker of that profile.Well if we could still get Sancho then that is the top one sorted,in regards to CB perhaps there is genuine belief around the club we can secure Upamecano next summer for his release clause.
I would like us to sign a Matic replacement but doesn't look to be a priority at all. Think that Reguilon would be a quality buy at LB but there is talk of Madrid wanting a buyback clause if he goes elsewhere.
So which young Striker would you like us to bring in when Ighalo leaves then just out of interest
His buyout clause isn't active until 2022, so 2 years.Just wait for Haaland next year or so.
I take the point Fergie would probably be after a top class number nine, though maybe he'd be encouraged by Martial's performances towards the end of last season as we all are, but I think he'd be with us in making a proper right-sided attacker his top priority. It's the obvious hole in our squad and has been for years.It’s a tricky one that. If Fergie had this squad there is no doubt in my mind he’d go out and sign a top striker. I think that would be his priority over a RW. Yet most seem to think we don’t need a striker and there’s the possibility it would hinder Greenwood’s development. Personally I’d be all over Haaland when his clause is activated. 5 top attacking players can go into 3 with the number of games we hopefully have going late into CL stages. Plus Mason/Martial also can play wide. Our 2008 squad shows you can juggle such options as do City. Others will disagree though I’m sure and not think we need a striker of that profile.
Fergie would also probably neglect our midfield and continue to try to squeeze the juice out of average midfielders. He would probably never have brought in Fernandes or VDB.It’s a tricky one that. If Fergie had this squad there is no doubt in my mind he’d go out and sign a top striker. I think that would be his priority over a RW.
Doubt it, he had Thiago nailed on until Moyes fecked it up.Fergie would also probably neglect our midfield and continue to try to squeeze the juice out of average midfielders. He would probably never have brought in Fernandes or VDB.
True. Plus he tried to fix the midfield with Veron Hargreaves Anderson the Djembas etcDoubt it, he had Thiago nailed on until Moyes fecked it up.
He added Hargreaves and Anderson onto a midfield that already had Scholes, Carrick and Fletcher too. All three of those would currently walk into our squad. The depth of that 2008 squad was genuinely phenomenal.True. Plus he tried to fix the midfield with Veron Hargreaves Anderson the Djembas etc
Except for the fact he isn’t injury prone.He is an average injury prone striker who is at the wrong side of his 20s. We can do better
Still average though, we should stay clear.Except for the fact he isn’t injury prone.
Same for me I shit bricks when I see it bumped.My heart sinks whenever this thread is bumped.
Surely the ship has sailed on this. Would rather promote a striker/attacker from the youth setup than have King take up space in the first team.
Still dont have many options upfront in a few months. Actually have too few. And every single player in our squad do not have to be world beaters. In fact, every good team have a few O’Shea, Park, OGS, type of players. Look at Liverpool. It is not like Origi, Ox, Shaqiri and Lalana is world class.Bang average player. We are trying to get rid of dead wood, not buy in new dead wood.
It is, and that’s true. But how often have we cried for midfield reinforcements since that 2009 final when we got played like little children after the first few minutes? Caf had a running thread about how carrick isn’t good enough - which eventually became a carrick is highly underrated thread.I take the point Fergie would probably be after a top class number nine, though maybe he'd be encouraged by Martial's performances towards the end of last season as we all are, but I think he'd be with us in making a proper right-sided attacker his top priority. It's the obvious hole in our squad and has been for years.
As for Josh King, he answers none of our big questions. It's true Ole didn't seem to fancy Ighalo towards the end of last year but I find it hard to believe King would have got minutes and done the business. It's questionable whether he's an upgrade on our squad players, which given Ole could barely bring himself to play them is no vote of confidence. Hopefully we don't bring him in as a favour to Solbakken, I think we'd live to regret that.
Unfair to all three to be compared to Josh King. All decent players with special something. Oshea was a utility player who did a job every time he was put in, three lungs park was great for pressing and was a fairly decent footballer, Ole - that man won us the champions league have some respect. He also managed to score four goals in ten minutes after coming off the bench.Still dont have many options upfront in a few months. Actually have too few. And every single player in our squad do not have to be world beaters. In fact, every good team have a few O’Shea, Park, OGS, type of players. Look at Liverpool. It is not like Origi, Ox, Shaqiri and Lalana is world class.
We should obiously not pay much money for King. But he would be a decent squad option for us. In terms of work rate and physical ability he would add a lot compared to the options we have. I think the combination of pace, strenght and effort/commitment is a very handy combination of skills. He has become a bit of a warrior. Would also give us a bit of physical presence up top.
Besides from that he is a decent player. Not great, but certainly not awful. As a striker he has been a decent goal threath in the PL too. A lot more dangerous in the box than the striker of this years PL winner.
That's a fair point, he tended to identify quality players/characters and would bring them in almost irrespective of whether we 'needed' reenforcement in a given area. I do reckon he'd have palpitations when he saw the state of our wing options though. He loved a good winger did Fergie.It is, and that’s true. But how often have we cried for midfield reinforcements since that 2009 final when we got played like little children after the first few minutes? Caf had a running thread about how carrick isn’t good enough - which eventually became a carrick is highly underrated thread.
Fergie never worked from this philosophy of “holes” in positions, he valued goals, leadership etc more imo. That reminds me, I have to read his autobiography.