bladeshater Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Just now, WalthamOwl said: Birmingham after Scott Hogan. He did well there last season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 1 minute ago, gurujuan said: His goals yesterday were excellent, a diving header, a one on one with the keeper, and a neat turn and swivel in the box He had been scoring some excellent ones for us too which is why we got 7m for him. If it wasn’t for the ridiculous P&S rules we could’ve kept him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Bluesteel said: He had been scoring some excellent ones for us too which is why we got 7m for him. If it wasn’t for the ridiculous P&S rules we could’ve kept him Have a look at his hat trick yesterday, I just googled it Just what we are missing, especially as we now have the players who can play the ball to feet Edited September 6, 2020 by gurujuan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Bizarrely Joao is the sort of striker we could do with now. Once again he’s a player we didn’t manage or use as well as we might have done. Lukuhay got the best out of him. In fact he forged a partnership between him and Nuhiu that was successful and then for some reason ditched it early on in his second season here. If he hadn’t things might be a lot different to what they are now? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, bladeshater said: He did well there last season he did. 7 goals in 17. Would be happy if we got him here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 16 minutes ago, davey_wells said: There was almost zero chance of Joao 'developing' properly under the SWFC set up during his time here. Who has? Bannan is probably the only one. For the times he was given runs in the side he absolutely bossed it, despite being at a complete basket case of a club when it comes to multiple managers, what seemed like zero proper coaching and huge amount of upheaval going on around him. His sale was forced on us through our own inept money management. Ideally, we wouldn't have let him go at all - barring for huge money. I think we're coming at it from different angles but ultimately agreeing with each other. He wasn't properly developed or looked after, and we allowed much of his potential to go untapped. We've hardly been a hotbed for player development in recent years...actually, make that the last few decades! By the time we sold him last summer, it was probably the right call given the circumstances we'd created thanks to a series of terrible decisions over several years, but in an ideal world he'd not have been the player to make way. I imagine Monk would quite like to have him as part of the current squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 1 minute ago, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said: I think we're coming at it from different angles but ultimately agreeing with each other. He wasn't properly developed or looked after, and we allowed much of his potential to go untapped. We've hardly been a hotbed for player development in recent years...actually, make that the last few decades! By the time we sold him last summer, it was probably the right call given the circumstances we'd created thanks to a series of terrible decisions over several years, but in an ideal world he'd not have been the player to make way. I imagine Monk would quite like to have him as part of the current squad. I hope that would be Monk’s take on it, but I suspect he’d opt for the more static type of target man. Really hope that isn’t the case, especially as we now have one of the most creative midfields we’ve had in recent times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladeshater Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 7 minutes ago, WalthamOwl said: he did. 7 goals in 17. Would be happy if we got him here. Trouble is with the Bellingham transfer Brum are in a better state than us financially shining light is they may release juckievic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 1 hour ago, A12owl said: We scored 4 yesterday. What more do you want. And 4 different scorers. I like your optimism, but then we also let 2 in....need to tighten up at the back FFS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andysowls Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Any Wednesday-related news from Nixon this morning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wilyfox Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 We need a new Joao, not that one. Keinan Davis has similar attributes. He's not as good a finisher, but tougher and works harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 (edited) 24 minutes ago, gurujuan said: Have a look at his hat trick yesterday, I just googled it Just what we are missing, especially as we now have the players who can play the ball to feet I saw it. But there’s no point beating ourselves up about it. We just need to get a centre forward in now Edited September 6, 2020 by Bluesteel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, wilyfox said: We need a new Joao, not that one. Keinan Davis has similar attributes. He's not as good a finisher, but tougher and works harder. Agreed. We were keen last summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quist Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Ethan Ampadu from Chelsea wasall the rage two seasons ago spent last year on loan in Belgium. If we are looking for ball playing defender he may fit the bill. We helped them sell Hector and have done well for Newcastle with Murphy so maybe we could get him. Not seen him linked with any one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 (edited) Hope it’s a big week for signings, really need 1 or 2 more in before the season starts. The way Monk seems to want to play just doesn’t work without a target man up top imo. Edited September 6, 2020 by WalthamOwl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnchanter Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 1 minute ago, Quist said: Ethan Ampadu from Chelsea wasall the rage two seasons ago spent last year on loan in Belgium. If we are looking for ball playing defender he may fit the bill. We helped them sell Hector and have done well for Newcastle with Murphy so maybe we could get him. Not seen him linked with any one. We have as much chance of getting Messi as Ampadu. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Bluesteel said: I saw it. But there’s no point beating ourselves up about it. We just need to get a centre forward in now No I’m not, and I think we got a fair price for him. What I don’t want us to do though, is make the same mistakes again, by opting for a traditional, but more limited target man. Armed with our new, comfortable on the ball midfield, let’s look for a Joao type of player, someone who opens up more avenues towards scoring a goal. Constantly aiming high balls for a strikers head and hoping for knock downs is too limiting for the modern game Edited September 6, 2020 by gurujuan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnsleyOwl96 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Hopefully a striker or 2 , can’t see us bringing any other players in unfortunately, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofbert2 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, gurujuan said: No I’m not, and I think we got a fair price for him. What I don’t want us to do though, is make the same mistakes again, by opting for a traditional, but more limited target man. Armed with our new, comfortable on the ball midfield, let’s look for a Joao type of player, someone who opens up more avenues towards scoring a goal. Constantly aiming high balls for a strikers head and hoping for knock downs is too limiting for the modern game I think we need one of each type. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Just now, sonofbert2 said: I think we need one of each type. I was fine with a Nuhiu type as a plan B, but I want my centre forward to offer more than him or Fletcher Someone who can do all those things Joao did yesterday. There are plenty of them we could pick up on the continent I’m sure, for a similar fee to what we paid for Joao. Don’t forget, clubs on the continent have also had to deal with the same Covid related issues, and will have been hit harder as they don’t get anywhere near the tv revenues we get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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