Mr_Maz 2,899 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 so, we have the Forss we're about to have a new Hoppe and Muniz was born on May 4th.... which one of our scouts is a Star Wars fan? 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,301 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 6 minutes ago, JonnyMFC said: Gayle was proven over 2 years ago, since then anything could have happened for me he's not relevant and never was. I know nothing of the 2.Bundesliga or the players you mention, are they any good, would they suit our game & would they come to us? £2m seems like a bargain so you have to wonder why they are still in the league they are. My idea of proven is a striker who has consistently scored 15+ goals/season in two of the past three seasons.....that to me is proven, not someone that did it once last season or did it 4 or 5 season ago last time they played here. Maybe your idea of proven is different to mine? I just gave you some examples. That you don’t know them is irrelevant. When I can pull out names free from memory I suppose it’s fair to assume that a highly paid team of football recruiters can find some too. They are obviously out there. It’s just up to Scott and our scouts to do their jobs. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
OldManGravz 1,350 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 2 minutes ago, Smogzilla said: Well what a letdown that mystery striker is, considering everyone already knew about him 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Tarmo Kink Army 1,122 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 We are trying to be sustainable and play the analytics like Brentford and moneyball to do this you do calculated risks, Hoppe is one so we can sell on for more. Scott was brought in to find these diamonds in the rough 5 Link to post Share on other sites
JonnyMFC 1,535 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 13 minutes ago, macapes said: To put it bluntly, £10 million gets you a lot more "proven" than £3 million. Hoppe is a lot less proven than Larsen, Muniz and, notably, Armstrong. It brings you closer to proven, agreed! Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,347 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 6 minutes ago, Mr_Maz said: Forss and Hoppe are more proven, and have more competitive experience than Connoly and Balogun, so that will do me Not more than Connolly. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mr_Maz 2,899 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Just now, Changing Times said: Not more than Connolly. combined they are 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,347 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 1 minute ago, OldManGravz said: Well what a letdown that mystery striker is, considering everyone already knew about him No, the mystery striker is someone else I think. Link to post Share on other sites
Mr_Maz 2,899 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Just now, Changing Times said: No, the mystery striker is someone else I think. i'd love a new mystery name Link to post Share on other sites
macapes 1,919 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, JonnyMFC said: Do you consider Twine to be proven? I dont, 1 good season in a league below us doesnt mean hes proven. Adam Armstrong hits my criteria of 2x 15+ goals in 2 of the past 3 seasons, as you say, we are "supposedly" in for him, and its only a loan, so again we cant afford him. Granted £9m is a sizable amount, but its not enough to get a proven goalscorer through the door! Ah, your criteria is that it has to be a permanent signing, which is not what I said. I'd happily take a proven loan for a season. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Smogzilla 7,484 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 1 minute ago, Changing Times said: Not more than Connolly. That's definitely harsh on Forss, had a full season in the championship and scored at a reasonable rate for a backup. Link to post Share on other sites
Boromadman 45 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 (edited) Anybody take Vydra on a free ? Just been released by Burnley . I know someone on here said something about SG not wanting to buy players over 30 but sure he’s only 30 now and it’s a free , scores goals and knows this league 3 Link to post Share on other sites
borobaz 147 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 6 minutes ago, macapes said: To put it bluntly, £10 million gets you a lot more "proven" than £3 million. Hoppe is a lot less proven than Larsen, Muniz and, notably, Armstrong. To be fair, being proven somewhere doesn't guarantee they will be good at another club. Armstrong is probably the closest to that from the list, but he would cost more than £10m... More likely, our whole budget (Presuming we ideally don't want to spend more than £15m?), so we probably need to spread it around a bit. Plus as we saw from spending 15m on Assombalonga we ended up with a poor performance return and zero cash at the end of it. If we needed just 1 Striker to complete the squad and had 12-15m to spend left in the total budget, then go for the 'proven' option of course, but realistically, the club need to get promoted and/or find the rough diamonds and the more from the list of we get, the better in that regard to turn them into the finished article or at least improve them enough to get promoted/sell on for a profit. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,347 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Just now, Smogzilla said: That's definitely harsh on Forss, had a full season in the championship and scored at a reasonable rate for a backup. It’s not harsh, its true. He’s played a total of 1700 mins at this level in is life. I’m not having a go at the lad but its not much really. Link to post Share on other sites
OldManGravz 1,350 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 2 minutes ago, Changing Times said: No, the mystery striker is someone else I think. Oh I took that tweet where he said he could finally reveal the name and had to say paperwork instead of work permit to mean that was the mystery man, hopefully theres another 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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