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:The Dream: How ironic that we are only 3 players away from that actual team lol (but obviously our RL players dont perform like this )

im sorry, i forgot you were the bastion and protector of when respect should be given. Im not saying anything in relation to Westwood, i hope he's ok, and i hope he recovers. But as i said, couldnt happen to a nicer club, was directed at the scummy club, how many careers has that club ended?, this is nothing to do with Westwood, and i didnt even mention his name.

couldnt happen to a nicer team.

whats going on with Bogarde?, havent seen him in the u23s for ages! injured?, home sick so went home on some form of leave!?

we have been semi poor all season, probably largely in part due to the fact a fair few of are youth from last year are out on loan (Archer, Bidace, Hayden, A.Ramsey, Barry, Raikhy). Players like Young, Revan(s) were also on loan until recently, Chuka Jr is also on loan i think. Chuka Jr is spending a lot of time with the senior team, as well as Chrisene now he is fit. Its probably more that our "new" younger batch now need to develop and kick on, we just need to give them some time.

So Man City fans cut short the 1 minute silence for the Hillsborough tragedy, by screaming and chanting during it. what scum.

yeah but not good enough for us bruv....... mate.

i understand some of your points with regard to low/wide shot stopping, but you go off the rails and down the ravine when you imply Nyland is even on the same planet as Martinez mate. I also said i would prob accept 65m for him (hypothetically), but implying Nyland is even close to Martinez in terms of quality is pretty mad!

tbf, this is a midfield i could get on board with, not convinced it will happen anything like this though lol.

Wouldn't surprise me if SSN purposely got morons on, as they think that aligns with the general audience. (Aka: most corporations probably think their audience are actually morons). I do agree though, that it's interesting to watch competence be sacrificed for diversity.

any news on the score, lineup etc!?

the first one also.

Ye, interesting the take on Davis, as he has scored a few goals for Forest, i think he is 1 goal away from equalling his entire career's tally for Villa (for Forest). Davis/Archer in the Champ (this season): Davis - 14 games, 5 goals, 2 assists (1 goal every 2.18 games and 0.78 goal contributions per game, when minutes played are factored in) Archer - 15 games, 7 goals, 0 assists (1 goal every 1.88 games and 0.94 goal contributions each game, when minutes played are factored in) Both Davis & Archer are doing great on loan this season, tbf.

tbf this thread is called "the strikers", so its discussing the striker issue, but i think most people would agree we need an entirely new spine to the team, which would hopefully address what you mention re chance creation/general play.

i didnt say it how you worded it, maybe read it again.

Watkins. Sell him, really not been impressed with him this season, and for all his strengths, he simply doesnt suit a possession style of football. Ings. Sell him, I actually think Ings is a very good all round player, but i also think he doesnt suit leading the line as a lone striker, he doest have the explosive pace to break lines or the power/strength to hold the ball up for over lapping players, he is more of a second striker for me, and again, i dont think that will suit our system. Archer. I would 100% loan Archer out next season to further his development (like Tammy did with us), i really wouldnt want to see him wasting his development by sitting on the bench 95% of the time, i really want to see him given good development opportunities to see if he can push himself in to our squad for the 23/24 season (will still only be 21 at the start of the 23/24 season), i really dont want to see his development stunted, in the way we did to Davis in his early 20's. Davis. I would either sell him if we can get a good price, or loan him out for another season to assist his development, and hopefully increase his value, his contact expires July 2024, so we either need to sell this summer or next. New Striker(s). After selling Ings & Watkins, i would try to go big on one top level striker (ie: 35-50m bracket), then maybe buy a backup striker who is older/cheaper, but still good, on a shorter stop gap (1/2/3 year contract), to allow for Archer or others developing.

Sacking Dyche is absolute next level stupid imo. I dislike Burnely, but he kept them in the Prem for years, some of their players on paper would struggle to get in teams at the top end of the Championship, but they generally did well under Dyche. i also have no doubt he would have brought them straight back up, their style is absolutely made for rolling over the Championship. Who is going to take that job with 8 games to go? madness tbh.

that does sound mental mate. but.... If you had said to me "i wonder if Coutinho would like to join us?". You would have got the same response....

that Nunez from Benfica looks like a player. Will obviously go somewhere much more high profile than us in the summer tho.

65m for a keeper. Most expensive keepers ever (and some others): Kepa - 75m Allison - 65m Courtois - 35m Ederson - 35m Buffon - 33m Mendy - 22m main thing is, ofc i wouldnt want to lose Martinez ideally, but if you could get 65m for him, although you may or may not be able to replace him with a better keeper, you should at least be able to buy a very good one for 20-30m, and have 35m in the bank to spend elsewhere. Im not advocating selling Martinez, but 65m?, thats a lot lot...of money for a keeper.

for 65m?, ye i would.

You prob will mate. On the transfer list.

dont make me cry.......