Transfer silly season starting???

[ExiledAjax]

1 hour ago, Bazooka Joe said:

Slightly off topic,, but Diony's loan spell here was an absolute disaster.

Dijon clearly knew he'd never cut the mustard. He still probably Angers the fans of certain clubs he has played for.

Agreed, he was rubbish. Currently at Red Star Belgrade. Has 3 goals in 17 apps.

Wells is a better City example that fits the type of player that the article describes.

Signed in January off the back of the hottest scoring run of his career: 13 in 26 (1,600 minutes) for QPR. He scored 5 for us in the remaining 17 games of that season (he signed on deadline day, when we had played 29). Strangely, that's actually a good return for a January signing. According to the article it puts him in the top 14% of strikers signed in the winter window. 

But such was the over-excitement and expectation, those 5 goals were seen as a failure. On the day he signed we were 6th, at the end of the season we were 12th. 

It's an interesting case that demonstrates so much of what that article says.

What will Wood do at Newcastle? We don't know. But it's most likely that he scores 2-4 goals and their position in the table barely improves.

Edited January 12, 2022 by ExiledAjax

[LondonBristolian]

5 hours ago, Riaz said:

Talk of mbappe, haaland etc...

 you get Chris Wood

Fans won't love it but I think it's a sensible business. The only way they're going to get megastars at this point is to pay people way over the odds and, even then, they'd only attract players putting money ahead of ambition.

Way better for assemble a team of players with ability, consistency and something to prove at this level AND then sign the big names once you can actually meet the level of ambition they have.

I don't like the whole Newcastle takeover but I do think there are being sensible signing the likes of Wood and Trippier rather than paying ridiculous wages for people who'll only be there for the money.  

[Engvall’s Splinter]

1 hour ago, ExiledAjax said:

Agreed, he was rubbish. Currently at Red Star Belgrade. Has 3 goals in 17 apps.

Wells is a better City example that fits the type of player that the article describes.

Signed in January off the back of the hottest scoring run of his career: 13 in 26 (1,600 minutes) for QPR. He scored 5 for us in the remaining 17 games of that season (he signed on deadline day, when we had played 29). Strangely, that's actually a good return for a January signing. According to the article it puts him in the top 14% of strikers signed in the winter window. 

But such was the over-excitement and expectation, those 5 goals were seen as a failure. On the day he signed we were 6th, at the end of the season we were 12th. 

It's an interesting case that demonstrates so much of what that article says.

What will Wood do at Newcastle? We don't know. But it's most likely that he scores 2-4 goals and their position in the table barely improves.

Whilst goals win you games, the pressure on Newcastles defence is constant and they are drastically weak in this area. Wood will likely bring more than goals with his hold up play, in turn bringing players like Maximum and Almiron into play. There aren’t many things worse than playing centre half with wave after wave of attack being thrown at you. If Wood scores 2-4 and with a couple of other signings in defence, Newcastle have a real chance. 

[Selred]

2 minutes ago, Engvall’s Splinter said:

Whilst goals win you games, the pressure on Newcastles defence is constant and they are drastically weak in this area. Wood will likely bring more than goals with his hold up play, in turn bringing players like Maximum and Almiron into play. There aren’t many things worse than playing centre half with wave after wave of attack being thrown at you. If Wood scores 2-4 and with a couple of other signings in defence, Newcastle have a real chance. 

You say that like Newcastle have prioritised Woods over a CB. They are desperately trying to sign one and have had multiple bids rejected.

[Engvall’s Splinter]

3 minutes ago, Selred said:

You say that like Newcastle have prioritised Woods over a CB. They are desperately trying to sign one and have had multiple bids rejected.

Appears you misinterpreted

[ExiledAjax]

22 minutes ago, Engvall’s Splinter said:

Whilst goals win you games, the pressure on Newcastles defence is constant and they are drastically weak in this area. Wood will likely bring more than goals with his hold up play, in turn bringing players like Maximum and Almiron into play. There aren’t many things worse than playing centre half with wave after wave of attack being thrown at you. If Wood scores 2-4 and with a couple of other signings in defence, Newcastle have a real chance. 

Agree to an extent, a centre back is generally a wiser signing than a striker for a relegation threatened club.

Although personally I think they could sign Van Dijk and Chiellini then regenerate Neville and Maldini, and play that back 4...and they'd still be more likely to go down than stay up.

Edited January 12, 2022 by ExiledAjax