El-Reacho Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Frimpong's looked a really dominant midfielder whenever I've seen him - think we would really benefit from him. Robbie Keane seems to be doing well in MLS, being touted as the best player in US apparently - he would probably do well as a back up to Weimann or Gaby; he's always thrived on the big man small man thing so could do well with Benteke. Would take him for three months as an impact sub. I'd like Bent to stay to have on the bench - for no other reason than if we let him go Gaby, Weimann, and Benteke will inevitably lose form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted November 13, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted November 13, 2012 hopefully henke will have had time to spy some real young quality outisde the prem that we can get in witout breaking the bank. another 3 or 4 new faces that improve us would be a massive leap forward in terms of squad depth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swaib2004 Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Frimpong bossed the game at molineux last season until he went off injured. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 marshall - why is he still here? Warnock - Lol Marshall is a coach! And also a back up incase the shit really hits the fan with our keepers! Warnock - lol the lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedge Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 I'd love someone like Adel Taarabt, I think PL could keep him on the straight and narrow and there's no doubting that on his day he's an exceptional, exciting player. The only player I've officially seen us linked to is Lewis Holtby from Schalke, which would be a coup. We also need another commanding centre-back to partner Vlaar and a left-back in my eyes. Hopefully PL will have some money to spend, I think he has a very good eye for a player as we've seen so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 I'd love someone like Adel Taarabt, I think PL could keep him on the straight and narrow and there's no doubting that on his day he's an exceptional, exciting player. The only player I've officially seen us linked to is Lewis Holtby from Schalke, which would be a coup. We also need another commanding centre-back to partner Vlaar and a left-back in my eyes. Hopefully PL will have some money to spend, I think he has a very good eye for a player as we've seen so far! Taarabt would be like nzog, good player on his day but would need a hell of lot of work Holtby would be far out of our reach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarpie Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Taarabt can also be problematic with bad attitude, I think many managers have said that he's difficult to manage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyp_avfc Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 If we got Holtby then it would be some statement of intent by the board and management.....his contract is expiring soon if i remember rightly....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Kevin prince boateng please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Marshall is a coach! And also a back up incase the shit really hits the fan with our keepers! yeah there's no harm keeping marshall around as he's a coach who just happens to be able to be named as a player in case of emergency. he's most likely on far less than any other experienced third choice we could find. it's not a bad system actually, having a young enough (by coaching standards) keeper coach who can be named in the squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 we need an experienced battler in the middle of the park, we have plenty of youth which needs to be balanced out a little we also need a winger, ideally a left winger/ midfielder, i would bring downing back, im sure liverpoo still owe us a lot of money for him? as long as we keep given, bent and dunne then i think we would be good for the rest of the season if we add the 2 positions mentioned. we have a few young players for the left back spot so while it is not our best covered position i think we could keep them in to give them the experience and hopefully grow into it. we have 2 experienced cb and 2 young ones so that ( ok they seem injured or banned most of the time at the moment) forwards we have 4 the midfield we have lots of players but no hardman ( unless you count little heard) and no wide player who can constantly get the ball into dangerous areas right back we have 1 who is clearly first choice and 2 or 3 who can also play there keeper we have 2 experienced keepers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 I hope and think we will be spending biggish money on a seriously quality up-and-coming creative midfielder of Benteke's calibre (yes, I do know Benteke isn't a midfielder). I really think this is the only area where a single player might make a huge difference. After that a winger would be nice, although we have players who can put a cross in. Then a LB for extra happiness. A lot will depend on how many of the unused players we can shift. You'd have to think Given, Dunne, Warnock and Hutton have big "For Sale" signs attached, and considering the wages they're on I think Bent and Ireland might be sold for the right price if we can replace them (but it would be nice to keep them both, obviously). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Frimpong sounds like a good idea to me if available. Good player and what we need but seems to be injured a lot. We wouldn't want another Jenas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 in january we need two centre halves, two full backs, two midfielders and a striker to be any good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 in january we need two centre halves, two full backs, two midfielders and a striker to be any good I never dreamt you might think we have as many as four adequate players. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted November 14, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted November 14, 2012 1 defensive midfielder - I'm not confident with Delph/KEA/Westwood/Herd 1 left back - I'm not confident with Bennet/Lichaj/Stevens/Warnock 1 attacking midfielder - I'm not confident with only Ireland/Bannan/Holman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 1 defensive midfielder - I'm not confident with Delph/KEA/Westwood/Herd 1 left back - I'm not confident with Bennet/Lichaj/Stevens/Warnock 1 attacking midfielder - I'm not confident with only Ireland/Bannan/Holman what about centre back? vlaar/clark/dunne/baker are all fairly crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted November 14, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted November 14, 2012 what about centre back? vlaar/clark/dunne/baker are all fairly crap I'm confident enough in Vlaar/Clark/Dunne providing we have DM and LB sorted. Baker is decent enough cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockStockVilla Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 In terms of midfielders I wouldn't mind us targeting from the Bundesliga, hoping our new Chief Scout is looking there, some decent midfielders/wingers who would really help us are: Lewis Holtby (Schalke)- Someone mentioned him before, might be out of our range but if we have money to spend would be great Zdravko Kuzmanovic (VfB Stuttgart) Renato Augusto (Bayer Leverkusen) Aaron Hunt (Werder Bremen) A few others from other leagues are: Daniel Carriço CB (Sporting Lisbon) Dries Mertens Winger (PSV) Ricky Van Wolfswinkel ST (Sporting Lisbon) Hope you lot enjoyed my Fball Manager Moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quizme Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Aaron Hunt isnt a bad shout. Quality player. Another one we were linked with in the summer, Yoan Gouffran (Bordeaux) striker/winger, could probably play the role Weimann does right now. He has started the season with Bordeaux very well, scoring something like 9-10 goals already (all comps..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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