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  1. barry'sboots
    Is that not just his holiday destination?
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    Dennis? Decent scoring record in an often poor relegated team and rumoured available for £20m. Send Cam on loan in the other direction to sweeten the deal for them? I personally haven't seen a lot of him but his stats seem good.
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    I thought that would be "Can you play in the hole?"
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    But we need options, especially with 5 subs now allowed, rotation and cover and four 10's/wide players - Coutinho, Buendia, Bailey and Johnson/Madueke would work? I'm hoping Bertie is off ... Love him when he's on but the other 66% of the times he brings little and is not good enough for an aspiring top 8 team.
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    He's a poor man's Kienan Davis!!
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    Definitely got the double pivot well covered!!
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    Nah, he's nailed on!
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    Me too. We have two attacking 8's in JJ and SJM and a third if you count Chuckie but it would be good to be able to field a strong double pivot/two sitters in a number of games. Dougie could possibly do that if he stays but it would be great to have a more physical presence. Maybe Sanson could also fulfill this role but it looks like he is off? Sangare or Bissouma Kamara. with Dougie/Sanson as cover rotation (I would probably sell Nakamba) JJ/SJM Would be a really strong - defo top half - PL midfield and be a great base for Phillips and/or EMI to work from.
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    I am not disagreeing with you but just asking why you prefer him. It does seem like you have watched him and Bissouma a fair bit and certainly more than me so I am genuinely interested in how you compare the two of them and what you see in Sangare, or Bissouma, that makes you prefer the former.
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    I'd still look to sell Ings and replace with a Broja or Dennis.
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    But is what you have seen the YouTube video or are you regularly watching full games for psv and Ivory Coast? Clearly, playing in the Erdivise is somewhat easier than the PL??
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    Why out of interest? Bissouma has consistently delivered in the PL so comes with less risk/settling in but, I suppose to offset that, I can't see any allegations of rape against Sangare! As an Ivorian, he probably is away for longer at the AFCON than a Malian is likely to be?
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    He looks good (a bit like a right footed Bertie who gets involved with his long legs and languid style) but I don't know where the porn reference comes from ... I think you are on the wrong sites!
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    Oh, of course. I had forgotten about Juan!
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    Is "the most exciting player to come out of Paraguay for a while" much of a compliment??? Is that since Almiron joined Newcastle??
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    In short ... Nothing. Not sure how I got them on there and even less sure how to get them off!
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    Clearly it's not an easy place to go shopping - even Liverpool and Citeh have really struggled to find an out and out "9" until their recent activity, Arsenal are looking to take Citeh's cast off (not sure he is any better than what we have), Man U are relying on a 37 y/o (albeit a pretty decent one), Chelski can't make their's work so it's only Spurs of the Big 6 that have a proven (in the Premier League) solution. The best of the rest challengers are probably led by Wet Spam - with only one offering and he doesn't score bucket loads - and Leicester - who again have an ageing solution. Watkins and DCL are probably as good as it gets in the PL outside of Kane and the two new boys. That's why Moyes and Arteta have been chasing Ollie, although Arteta has now seemingly settled on the easier to deliver solution. Outside of those two it's a 2'games in 10 Wilson, a similar Bamford (It will be interesting to see if he can stay fit enough to play!), Toney (interesting to see if he can push on) or Mitrovic (can he at last deliver in the PL). I do think Cam could be right up there with the best from what I have seen - he's as clinical as anyone I have seen at that age.
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    Some reports that we would sell Ings with Brighton favourites. I would still look to do this - for the same reasons as I wouldn't have signed him i.e. he is injury prone. He hasn't looked great this last season and this is probably the last chance we have to get value for him. I would sell for the £20m mooted - if Brighton or a newly promoted club would pay that - and re-invest in someone like Broja or Brereton Diaz who have been quoted at £25m?
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    He definitely needs to go out and play at a higher level than League two before sitting on our bench.
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    I could see him coming back and getting more than minutes but if he is loaned I would want to see him at a better championship side, overseas or at a bottom half PL side BUT he has to be getting regular game time.
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    Why do you say this? I think most of us have very high hopes for Chukie and the club clearly think he has massive potential. I'm not really sure who you think he will be proving wrong if he is a success? He just needs game time. I think a similar pathway to Gallagher - a season on loan at a decent top half championship club and a season at a newly promoted PL club/bottom half club playing 30+ games (by which time he will still be only 20/21 would serve us and him really well.
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    I think, on the basis of what I have seen, if we do keep Chuckie, he needs to get out on a good loan for a season at the top end of the championship along with JPB and Iroegbunam.
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    I,m not sure we could sign a striker for that much?? A 60m+ striker probably wants to be at a CL club??
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    Agreed, we need those three. I would also like another 10/wide option to give us four - assuming BT, Trez and El Ghastly are moved on and JPB goes back out on loan. I am also assuming that Ings leaves and it gives us a three striking options of Ollie, Newbie and Cam. I would personally consider keeping Davis as a 4th option, particularly as we can now use 5 subs and he does give us something very different.
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    I would love Gallagher. Seen a report valuing him at £35m. If we were to sell Luiz for the mooted £25m, then adding £10m and getting Gallagher would be great business. My only reservation is whether he is too similar to JJ and SJM i.e. he is an 8/10 and whether, for balance, we would be better off spending that money on an 8/6 i.e. someone who is a little more of a sitter or possibly even a straight 6 like Kondogbia or Sangare (as I understand them) and looking at Kamara as the 8/6. Ideally, sell Luiz, Sanson and Nakamba and replace the three with Gallagher and a 6. I've seen a lot of criticism of SJM on here which I think is unjustified. Put some proper more defensive presence into our CM to free him up and I think we will see his quality.
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