Mr_Maz 2,899 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 20 hours ago, wilsoncgp said: Talk of Coulson and Spence has me wondering whether the other loanees could contribute for this manager. Wing and Akpom are out of the picture at the moment but are still our players come the end of the season. As well as the other young lads, there's Brynn, Hemming, Wood, Robinson, Hackney, Walker and Burrell all out on loan at the moment. Wood especially may have a real chance of making it under this manager. McNair, Fry and Wood as a back 3 may well work. Stoj is out in the cold too though with Lumley and Daniels around, him as well as the young keepers will have trouble getting their place in the team you'd imagine. Hemmings has been great so far, Brynn has been good too, but in a poorer team. Expect at least 1 of them to be challenging for the first team next year. Is Brad James still injured? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
GrimsbyBoro 1,959 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 not sure what to make of this: https://the72.co.uk/255102/middlesbrough-and-preston-in-race-to-sign-sunderland-man-on-free-transfer/ I know we previously looked at him On 7/4/2020 at 7:58 AM, GrimsbyBoro said: A Sunderland mate of mine seems to think Watmore and Flanagan are heading our way as well. Might just be me being jaded. Link to post Share on other sites
Brunners 7,952 Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Football league World saying West Ham monitoring Fry & QPRs Rob Dickie after Ogbonnas ACL injury. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,246 Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 32 minutes ago, Brunners said: Football league World saying West Ham monitoring Fry & QPRs Rob Dickie after Ogbonnas ACL injury. Yes, we can read the tweet😘 Joking aside I find it odd that WH would follow an injured Fry to replace and injured player. They are battling for a Champions League place so I can't really see them fish for a championship defender. Looks like Ogbonna is out for the season so I imagine WH are after someone of a higher caliber. Link to post Share on other sites
Hendrie_7 1,068 Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Rob Dickie would be the cheaper option for them. Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,230 Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 6 minutes ago, Borodane said: Yes, we can read the tweet😘 Joking aside I find it odd that WH would follow an injured Fry to replace and injured player. They are battling for a Champions League place so I can't really see them fish for a championship defender. Looks like Ogbonna is out for the season so I imagine WH are after someone of a higher caliber. Ogbonna will be 34 and his contract is up at the end of the season. I suspect they're gonna be moving on from him one way or another. They may in the short term promote from within their existing ranks and be after someone cheaper to challenge for the first team. They have Dawson, Diop and just spent big money on Zouma in the summer so adding Dickie or Fry in there could make some sense. Not so sure about Dickie but Fry can still improve. Think it's all a moot point though as I still don't think Fry leaves unless we refuse to renew his contract. Link to post Share on other sites
Brunners 7,952 Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Borodane said: Yes, we can read the tweet😘 Joking aside I find it odd that WH would follow an injured Fry to replace and injured player. They are battling for a Champions League place so I can't really see them fish for a championship defender. Looks like Ogbonna is out for the season so I imagine WH are after someone of a higher caliber. Sometimes I know the embedding can be finicky and doesn't always load, so thought I'd type it out for those who get those issues 😛 Link to post Share on other sites
AnglianRed 6,229 Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 (edited) Hoping Wilder can make Fry an integral part of the team. As Wilson said, he has scope for improvement and I think he'd be more use to Boro, rather than warming the bench / making the odd appearance for the Hammers. As Borodane said, for a team thats challenging for the CL places (at least) and possibly even for the PL title, I'd have thought they would have their sights set higher. Link to post Share on other sites
GrimsbyBoro 1,959 Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 (edited) Not sure a prem team will go for Fry. Soutter seems to be the one they are all looking at . I haven’t checked but someone the other day said Fry misses about a quarter of a season every year with injuries. in better news we won’t be signing Rodwell. Edited November 10, 2021 by GrimsbyBoro Link to post Share on other sites
Smogzilla 7,385 Posted November 12, 2021 Author Share Posted November 12, 2021 https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/english-clubs-poised-to-move-for-hearts-defender-john-souttar-3454402 Link to post Share on other sites
RiseAgainst 3,777 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Smogzilla said: https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/english-clubs-poised-to-move-for-hearts-defender-john-souttar-3454402 Sounds like he's got plenty of souttars after him. #sorrynotsorry 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TLF10 4,440 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Is he left footed as i think we are certain to be in for a left footed CB and a striker. Would love that striker to be Balogun from Arsenal on loan Link to post Share on other sites
Aphex_Boro 1,425 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 We do just absolutely love signings lads with previous injury problems dont we 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,246 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Three ruptured achilles at 25 years old. Certainly not a good omen. Think I'd rather just stick with Wood as competition/backup but then again I know nothing about this lad, so perhaps he's fine now and doing well. But doesn't sound like the kind of player you can rely on in a potential 50+ games season. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Foogle 2,078 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 28 minutes ago, Borodane said: Three ruptured achilles at 25 years old. Certainly not a good omen. Think I'd rather just stick with Wood as competition/backup but then again I know nothing about this lad, so perhaps he's fine now and doing well. But doesn't sound like the kind of player you can rely on in a potential 50+ games season. If it's a repeat injury like that, surely its just a ticking time bomb to happen again? Although I'm not a medical expert... just ask my patients. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts