Tom13 Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 Not bad eh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STO Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 45 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Not bad eh Yeah, right up there with Scott Hogan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 1 minute ago, STO said: Yeah, right up there with Scott Hogan. https://fbref.com/en/players/cdda4027/Scott-Hogan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STO Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 Just now, Tom13 said: https://fbref.com/en/players/cdda4027/Scott-Hogan Perhaps I was being too subtle. Neither player will play for a decent side in the Premier Division. Gyokeres is ok in the Championship but won't find the space in the top division. Some nice touches, but he's playing against second class defenders. You want Villa to sign him and play him next to Watkins? It's a step backwards, huge step backwards. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 2 minutes ago, STO said: Perhaps I was being too subtle. Neither player will play for a decent side in the Premier Division. Gyokeres is ok in the Championship but won't find the space in the top division. Some nice touches, but he's playing against second class defenders. You want Villa to sign him and play him next to Watkins? It's a step backwards, huge step backwards. Well it wasn't really subtle, just strange to bring Hogan into the discussion at all. Gyokeres quite clearly has PL potential, hence the many links. Time will tell though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 2 hours ago, lexicon said: Archer isn't IMO. Got to give him a chance to see! he has done it in the league below 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 From the time he signed for Middlesbrough and until the end of the season Archer got more goals and more assists than Gyokeres. Not saying that that means that Archer is better than Gyokeres, but it's enough that it would seem pointless to bring in Gyokeres in Archer's stead or to block Archer's pathway. If we sign a striker I think will be someone as good or better than Watkins. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 Mirror throwing our name in for Wolves forward Hwang Hee-chan… With there FFP issues there’s a few players I’d take from them - Rayan Aït-Nouri, Pedro Neto as well as a player I was desperate for us to sign last summer in Matheus Nunes… If true we were in for Ugarte at £50 million I wonder if he is a more realistic option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 7 minutes ago, thabucks said: Mirror throwing our name in for Wolves forward Hwang Hee-chan… With there FFP issues there’s a few players I’d take from them - Rayan Aït-Nouri, Pedro Neto as well as a player I was desperate for us to sign last summer in Matheus Nunes… If true we were in for Ugarte at £50 million I wonder if he is a more realistic option? Neto before his injuries, sure. Not now. Chan is garbage too. Aït-Nouri would be an interesting one. Still a lot of potential there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_ian_taylor Posted May 28, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 28, 2023 8 hours ago, useless said: From the time he signed for Middlesbrough and until the end of the season Archer got more goals and more assists than Gyokeres. Not saying that that means that Archer is better than Gyokeres, but it's enough that it would seem pointless to bring in Gyokeres in Archer's stead or to block Archer's pathway. If we sign a striker I think will be someone as good or better than Watkins. I'd agree in general, but think we wouldn't be spending big on a striker as there are other more obvious needs, particularly wide forward. Would rather spend big in that position. But I think we do need some kind of more experienced back up/alternative to Watkins, available cheap/on a free. Today's equivalent of Luc Nilis or Tommy Johnson e.g. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 9 hours ago, Tom13 said: Well it wasn't really subtle, just strange to bring Hogan into the discussion at all. Gyokeres quite clearly has PL potential, hence the many links. Time will tell though. I'm not sure he does, really. Maybe for a newly promoted side, but we're talking about a guy who is about to turn 25 here - not some 21 year old with a load of potential. Maybe he kicks on rapidly after two good seasons, but he's not the kind of player we should be looking at. Far too risky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 15 hours ago, Rustibrooks said: In full swing with Villarreal, Nicolas Jackson arouses strong interest from Aston Villa where Emery could work with him again. Napoli also interested. 21, the Senegalese scored 11 goals in 24 La Liga matches. Profile to follow. #Mercato I really like the look of this guy. He is young, fast, strong, skilful and unlike many similar players, he plays with his head up and makes good decisions. It’s rumoured that he has a release clause of €35m. If true, he will surely go this summer. Hopefully it’s to us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 (edited) I think centre-forward opions will be: World renowned striker who is beheld within the game with same amount of reverance as Emery, this will be difficult. Someone of a similar stature in the game to Watkins, maybe a Jonathan David, or Moussa Dembélé A young striker with potential but one who is very highly rated and we're pretty sure they can get even better Maybe an older striker on loan as a stop gap whilst Archer and Duran develop more. A wide forward that can also play centrally, I'm starting to envision that this might be most likely The more I think about Jonathan David makes sense, as can play as striker, wide and as a widrawn striker. Edited May 28, 2023 by useless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STO Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 55 minutes ago, bobzy said: I'm not sure he does, really. Maybe for a newly promoted side, but we're talking about a guy who is about to turn 25 here - not some 21 year old with a load of potential. Maybe he kicks on rapidly after two good seasons, but he's not the kind of player we should be looking at. Far too risky. Absolutely. The player we are looking for is an upgrade to Ollie, or at the very least, someone who is interchangeable with him, not that I am advocating that we get rid of Ollie, but we need someone already tried and tested, not someone we have to wait for, or hope that they will make the mark in the Premier league. Worth a gamble, yes, but we need bigger and better players if we want to trouble the top 6. The clubs Gyokeres is being linked to are nothing special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 49 minutes ago, M_Afro said: I really like the look of this guy. He is young, fast, strong, skilful and unlike many similar players, he plays with his head up and makes good decisions. It’s rumoured that he has a release clause of €35m. If true, he will surely go this summer. Hopefully it’s to us. Why would we pay his release clause? Bournmouth had a 21m bid accepted for him in jan, but that fell through after the medical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 Jackson has had a sensational second half to the season, £21m likely wouldn't get him now and will probably be going to a club with a much bigger status than Bournemouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 I’ve only seen highlights of Jackson so difficult to take a view on a player watching YouTube, what I do like though is that he seems quite versatile. I said earlier in the thread that I think we’ll be looking at players that can play anywhere across the front 3 rather than an out and out CF, and from the little I’ve seen he appears to be someone that can do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TRO Posted May 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 28, 2023 On 22/05/2023 at 21:32, allani said: If the two behind Ollie are both new starters then where does McGinn start? I can't see him being picked ahead or Ugarte, Kamara or Luiz. We are painfully thin as a squad......and we will be in possibly 4 competitions next season. We need to think squad, and not just team.....also UE picks teams to meet the opposition, so that will also require, a change of personnel, game to game. We also need to remind ourselves, that 38 games in this league is arduous, and we need to freshen things up in the second half of the season. I think some games like Wolves away, showed that we were pushing the boys a bit.......Its healthy for players to be competing for places. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 I was just in the Marv thread and thinking Hause, Marv and Davis would be a pretty decent championship spine if they could all stay fit. Wouldn't cost the earth either 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted May 28, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 28, 2023 2 hours ago, M_Afro said: I really like the look of this guy. He is young, fast, strong, skilful and unlike many similar players, he plays with his head up and makes good decisions. It’s rumoured that he has a release clause of €35m. If true, he will surely go this summer. Hopefully it’s to us. Does the Mrs Jackson song play in your head substituting the Mrs part with Nicolas when you read his name? if not, it will now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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