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Playing devils advocate here, IF we decided to sell Dougie to Real Madrid, could we be cheeky and get Guler in as McGinns ultimate successor?

I think Luiz and Kamara are key to us, them Emi, Pau, Konsa and Watkins are our spine. 

I’d like some competition for them as our levels are off when they’re not playing. 

16 minutes ago, thabucks said:

Alan Varela latest clickbait rumour for DM with our scouts at the Porto vs Arsenal game recently … 

He’s got some decent stats compared to Kamara, a bit lower on the possession stats but still a good option.

Tyler Morton at Hull has similar stats to Pablo Maia too so he’d be another option to look at. 

Hoping we’re looking at Pablo Maia for the DM role as it’s rumoured West Ham and Spurs are both eyeing him. He’d be great comp for Kamara. 

One of major things I’ve been impressed with this season is the fact that he’s been bang in form despite new arrivals in his family. I remember when he had his first child he was a bit woeful, which is understandable I guess with a new born in the house. 

To hit this form with a baby crying, vomiting, pooping and not sleeping in the house is bloody amazing. I remember with my two I was like a zombie at work. 

2 hours ago, KevinRichardsonsMoustache said:

I think Spurs have the better run of games tbh, but they’ll need to pick up at least three points extra than us (assuming they win their game in hand).
 

Here are the remaining fixtures: ours appear on the left of the list and the Spurs games in the right:

                    / Chelsea - A
Luton - A    / Palace - H

Spuds - H  / Villa - A

West Spam - A / Fulham - A

Wolves - H  / Luton - H

Citeh - A  / Spam - A

Brentford - H / Forest - H

Arsenal - A / Toon - A

Bournemouth - H    / Citeh - H

Chelsea - H    / Arsenal - H

Brighton - A   / Liverpool - A

Liverpool - H   / Burnley - H

Palace - A / sheff utd - A

Too close to call for me and there’s a long way to go. 

Mmmmmmm…Spam

made me crave a spam and red sauce sarnie after reading that  

Rather than risk David I’d go for Pavlidis at AZ as he looked lively against us and has some decent consistent scoring stats too, including in European football.

Failing that another youngster, perhaps Wahi or Konate. I think a left sided forward would help us as they could cover up front but also give us another option on the left of JJ is out of form/injured/suspended. 

I’d be inclined to keep Konsa centrally and opt for Geertruida or Simakan who can play the defensive RB if needed but also CB if Konsa is out.

I like both Truffert and Frimpong and would be happy with both, especially Frimpong.

I wouldn’t go near Zubimendi as he’s a bit pricey, even with his release clause. Guido Rodriquez would be a decent cover for Kamara or one of the young uns out there (Larsson, Seiwald, Reits, etc)…or just play Tim there.

I’d like better cover for Luiz as well, perhaps sacrificing the LB position (Truffert) for this. (Veerman at PSV please)

So mine would be Pavlidis, Geertruida, Veerman, Frimpong and Reits.

Their front 3 are decent but I think we can handle them.

4 minutes ago, Zatman said:

Frankfurt are apparently quoting 70 million for him

Wow, seriously, that’s Joao Neves territory

I quite like the look of Hugo Larsson at Frankfurt for the DM role. Young but already played 19 senior games for them this season. 

Stupid question but do loan fees go against FFP?

I like the look of André at Fluminense.

I think we might have been earmarking Hackney at Boro as an understudy so could see us going in for him, although he’s a bit more of a CM than a DM (IMHO)

Thuram is a good shout but we should have got him at least a year ago. He’ll be a decent wedge of cash now.

Ruben Neves fits the bill statistically but it’s whether he wants to keep his 240k salary in favour of playing Premier League football again.

Lots of youngsters we can throw the dice at I guess. Kamara was only young when we were sniffing around so there’s talent about.

Over to our scouting team. 

9 minutes ago, Villaphan04 said:

João Neves is one that quite intrigues me 

Would take a big offer I would imagine. I think we missed a trick with Vermeeren personally.

During my lunch had a look at some of the DM players, that are statistically close to Kamara. There’s quite a list to go at  

Some on there would have to be loans due to them being at the likes of Man City etc. others we could buy out right. 

Guido Rodriquez (29),  Ruben Neves (26), Ibrahim Sangare (26), Kephrem Thuram (22), Amadou Onana (22), Alan Varela (22), Pablo Maia (22), Andre (22), Lucas Gourna-Douath (21), Ezequil Fernandez (21), Kristjan Asllani (21), Federico Redondo (21), Tyler Morton (21), Hayden Hackney (21), Sivert Mannsverk (21), Maximo Perrone (21), Joao Neves (19)

31 minutes ago, Villan_of_oz said:

I'm sorry if I offended you,

We would never pay Lukaku's wages plus he's failed in the PL too many times. We would never pay Felix's wages and he fails to live up to his costs.

No offence taken, the Lukaku comment was just to spark debate. He’s a good player, with a good scoring record but far too much baggage.

Felix and F. Torres were in there as it was rumoured we were interested previously. Personally I’d rather go for a less pricey option on the left such as Gouiri, who I think would work really in an Emery system. 

I just tire of the openly critical posters here sometimes. We all have opinions and they are all equally valid.

1 hour ago, zab6359 said:

These player wish lists are hilarious at times.

I get the LM/LW options being fanciful but what’s so hilarious about the others?

Also, supporters can have knowledge about players, which they’ve watched or researched, etc, without the throw away FIFA/FM comments being banded about the place to discredit genuine knowledge. 

If you have other player options then by all means say. There seems to be far too many on here that like to ridicule other posters but add nothing to the overall discussion themselves.

No one really has any idea on where we are FFP wise as it’s all guess work. If my post above is classed as Football Manager nonsense how much do we think we will spend in the summer (if we qualify for CL)?

I don’t think most of the names I mentioned are unattainable, with possibly Simons, Wirtz the exceptions.

Personally I think we need a new RB/CB and I’d go for Geertruida (1st) or Simakan (2nd).

Then we need a CM, DM cover, LM/LW and possibly a striker. 

Veerman for the CM as he’s class and wouldn’t be too expensive from PSV. I’d like Bakayoko form PsV also but we’re stacked with lefties wide right. 

DM I would have liked Vermeeren but that ship has sailed. Perhaps a punt on a youngster like Seiwald or similar. K Thuram would be nice but he might be a bit pricey. I’ve always liked Caqueret at Lyon. 

For LM I’d love us to break the bank and go for someone like Simons or Wirtz or similar. We need someone on the left that can do what Bailey’s done on the right for us.

If we were going down the LW/IF route then Felix or F Torres would be decent shouts. 

Striker I haven’t got a clue. Liked the look of Openda before he went to Leipzig. Boniface would be good but not sure he’d fit as he plays more from the left. Perhaps a wildcard youngster like Kilicsoy or Konate perhaps.

Would anyone take Lukaku on a short term deal?

4 hours ago, TRO said:

do you want another go?......just kidding.

To be fair @TRO I thought they would be. Off night I guess, onwards and upwards

He’s so intense, me likey. 

He’ll have them fired up for Chelsea

Right..sod this new crest design malarkey, I’ve out grown that…I’m off to design a stadium…where’s my Canva log in

If we do go for a new stadium, can we get one of those cool 3d billboards outside where the lion comes out of it. 

Weren’t we interested in the CB from Peterborough or somewhere like that?

Would like us to look at Antonio Silva or Scalvini. We’d need CL though.