this...but west ham are after him.
The squad thread
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Basha73
Vital Football Legend
Yeah I saw that this morning. Maybe we should beat them to him as well…
Aguillera comes to mind for January maybe?
Aguilera is too good for them. EM has bought an 80% share in the club for £20m. Aguilera is increasingly likely to be in main squad. Some U21’s could go for 6 month stint but more likely is some unheard of 18 year old Brazilian move across. Rio Ave becomes a feeder club for Oly and ourselves.
paz1967
Vital Football Legend
so somewhere with the same language and still get no prem experience, sounds like a catch 22 :)
paz1967
Vital Football Legend
if Marinakis is serious about promotion we need to spend next season 100M on someone like Ferguson or Toney and do it properly :D Cant be expecting miracles from a biscuit striker and 2 has beens.,
Our main target 'seems' to be Serhou Guirassy who is obviously the more likely option
The problem is, if big M decided to spend £100 million on one of the best strikers, would they actually join us anyway ? Far more likely they will be looking for Champions League and titles. Our main hope is to find a few more like Murillo, who we can develop . There must be some decent young strikers out there, but I guess all the clubs will be after them.
pebble
Vital Football Hero
Looked great end of last season, injured, maybe not fully match fit yet.
Poor on Saturday, but maybe another game would see him slot that chance inside the post. I'd put Yates in for Dominguez against Everton, then Sangare for Danilo if fit, And Felipe for Niakhate if fit.
He needs to move into the three or on to the bench or we need to change formation to accommodate things.
As Cooper is unlikely to do any of these things, this is what will eventually cost him his job.
in_the_top_one
Vital Football Legend
He has to be accommodated.
the jock
Vital Football Legend
Might go against the grain . He is young and learning but more often than not if pay attention to his overall performances they haven't been great at all when broken down per match.
Only way he Will learn is by playing.
Basha73
Vital Football Legend
He has too much ability not to. He reminds me a bit of Sterling with his shooting and look how many goals he has scored since the work was put in.
Going to be interesting what squad tweaks we can pull off in January.
Will the 3 loans go back? Origi, Santos and Tavares? Santos will in all probability but surely Arsenal and Milan can reject any request to do so? Purely because who would take them
Ideally we get Leandro and a winger. What’s the reality in terms of the profile of CF and winger could get? Guirassy, Leandro, Murphy, anyone else…?
Nino has gone quiet. We have 2 premier league games only in January but have Boly, Aurier, Niakhate, Aina and Sangare missing.
Felipe, Worrall and Oma are the options alongside Murillo.
Sangare out means Yates in against Arsenal and Brentford at least.
RB will be Montiel or Williams. I think we will need possibly 4 in, 3 if we decide to keep Felipe and Mckenna. Santos will be gone and Kouyate should be
Wonder if EM loans us an Oly CM to go along with a search for a CF and a winger
Will the 3 loans go back? Origi, Santos and Tavares? Santos will in all probability but surely Arsenal and Milan can reject any request to do so? Purely because who would take them
Ideally we get Leandro and a winger. What’s the reality in terms of the profile of CF and winger could get? Guirassy, Leandro, Murphy, anyone else…?
Nino has gone quiet. We have 2 premier league games only in January but have Boly, Aurier, Niakhate, Aina and Sangare missing.
Felipe, Worrall and Oma are the options alongside Murillo.
Sangare out means Yates in against Arsenal and Brentford at least.
RB will be Montiel or Williams. I think we will need possibly 4 in, 3 if we decide to keep Felipe and Mckenna. Santos will be gone and Kouyate should be
Wonder if EM loans us an Oly CM to go along with a search for a CF and a winger
I do think Montiel should be given a go. I can't believe that someone who can make an Argentinian World Cup winning squad isn't good enough to offer us something, though he does seem to be another one who's better going forwards than defending.
Basha73
Vital Football Legend
The most important part is ‘young and learning’. We know he has ability and it’s now about nurturing it.
I thought Montiel Williams was an American day time TV host.
seasider red
Vital 1st Team Regular
There is no doubt he looked poor on Saturday I’m not sure it’s to do with fitness as he was running about like a headless chicken. Looked to me more like that he wasn’t sure what his job was within the team hence the headless chicken impersonation.
While on the subject of players knowing their roles within the team both Danilo & Sangare were bought as DCM’s but both are being played out of position. Mangala although he has been excellent in the DCM role his natural position is further forward, just like the situation with our old friend Freuler from last year he came with reputation as “The Conductor” but we used him as a DCM & then wondered why he wasn’t very good.
Would be a good starting point if we played players in their natural positions. Round pegs in round holes (and that is not a trap 2 reference)
