Neverbefore 10,937 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 8 minutes ago, Foogle said: If 50% of transfer fees are made available to Woody, between Flint and Braithwaite it would probably add up to 4/5m. A decent winger and Todd Kane as depth would make me feel much better about the balance of the squad. Definitely need two wingers because as things stand our starting wingers are probably 2 of fletcher, Johnson and tav - two of which arent wingers in my view and one of which is dreadful! It's not a great sign if youd happily take ledesma or zemmama back is it?! Link to post Share on other sites
Brunners 7,982 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 4 minutes ago, Neverbefore said: Definitely need two wingers because as things stand our starting wingers are probably 2 of fletcher, Johnson and tav - two of which arent wingers in my view and one of which is dreadful! It's not a great sign if youd happily take ledesma or zemmama back is it?! To be fair to Johnson it sounds like hes been one of the better pre season performers. Link to post Share on other sites
Dan1234 1,054 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 6 minutes ago, Brunners said: To be fair to Johnson it sounds like hes been one of the better pre season performers. Don't think I'd go that far like mate. He still looks pap. Link to post Share on other sites
thatoldchestnut 583 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 8 minutes ago, Brunners said: To be fair to Johnson it sounds like hes been one of the better pre season performers. That highlights why we need wingers in then! Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,280 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Johnson has worked hard but yeah, still shows his limitations. Still, I'm not sure we can hope for much better than him right now. Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 10,937 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 5 minutes ago, wilsoncgp said: Johnson has worked hard but yeah, still shows his limitations. Still, I'm not sure we can hope for much better than him right now. Surely we can. Hes league 1 quality at the absolute most. If we cant sign players who are at bear minimum a decent championship standard then we may as well give up now. Refuse to believe that we cant get better than him on a cheap loan, from Europe or on a free 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Dan1234 1,054 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Has it ever been stated if we have serious interest in Lowe? Surely we should just get that done now instead of arguing about very small fees in the grand scheme of things. Link to post Share on other sites
Foogle 2,104 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 We've really lacked width and someone that will pick up the ball and beat a man. I don't mind having one of Tav or Fletcher playing on the wing, but more often than not they're cutting inside or starting from quite central positions. Link to post Share on other sites
nunthorpered 1,922 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Not fussed about Lowe at all. He's been over hyped imo. Saw him play a lot last season and i think he's no better than what we have right now Link to post Share on other sites
Snowblind 1,734 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 I'm taking it the 50% counts for wages too? Perhaps not on something as big as Braithwaite's wage though? Link to post Share on other sites
Dan_Boro_Till_I_Die 1,181 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Asked whether he'll get any of the money from the sale to reinvest on new players, he said: "I will cross that bridge when we get to it. "I know what targets I want. Neil and Adrian know. I have left it with them. They are doing the rest." Lovely... Link to post Share on other sites
BillyWoofs_shinpad 1,884 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 9 minutes ago, Neverbefore said: Surely we can. Hes league 1 quality at the absolute most. If we cant sign players who are at bear minimum a decent championship standard then we may as well give up now. Refuse to believe that we cant get better than him on a cheap loan, from Europe or on a free No need to be so grizzly. I think that this transfer window and last transfer window will be polar opposites. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,280 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, Neverbefore said: Surely we can. Hes league 1 quality at the absolute most. If we cant sign players who are at bear minimum a decent championship standard then we may as well give up now. Refuse to believe that we cant get better than him on a cheap loan, from Europe or on a free My expectations in this transfer window of incomings is incredibly low. We're not operating in a market where we're attractive because apparently the only thing people want to play for us for is for the money we don't have any more. We're publicly not expecting to be challenging at the top end of the division this season. We still have the ambition but we're looking at the long term. For young prospects, we need clubs to trust our management team to get the best out of them. On that side, I think the only positive thing we have is that there are some positions where young players will struggle not to get in our team. We obviously don't have a lot of money to spend in transfer fees, so we supposedly have Todd Kane lined up, probably amongst other things because we won't need to pay a fee to sign him. That and the last 2 windows have not filled me with confidence. I'm hopeful without Pulis, we'll be more open to signing players who don't have to basically worship our club before they're allowed to play for us. But we now have a smaller field of targets to operate within. Fingers crossed but I think we may well be stuck with Johnson. Link to post Share on other sites
thatoldchestnut 583 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Well shortage of pure numbers in the squad means that there has to be a number of incomings. 16 senior players in the squad at the moment and that includes the likes of Gestede, Shotton, Johnson and Saville who are wanted to be out either by the club or the fans. Then there are the likes of Fry and Randolph who might go at the right price. I realise that I haven't included any of the young players in the 16 and it is likely that such as Pears and Coulson may be included to bolster the squad to 18. I haven't included any of the others as I don't think as yet they have produced sufficient to be in the main squad which i think needs to be 23. This means we need 5 players in as it stands. Time for the club to get their fingers out. Link to post Share on other sites
Boro 86 517 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 If Johnson performs for Woody then I am not that bothered how rubbish he may have been before. No-one has set the world alight in pre-season but we saw in very limited flashes that he is an ok player (not great just ok) and if he is in the team it will be because he is playing better than others. I am happy to see Braithwaite going as he had become our new Scott Macdonald and really hoping that Britt stays and learns from Robbie. A good season could see us getting our money back on him next year. Link to post Share on other sites
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