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PatrickA London 22 Aug 21 5.37pm | |
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If you take a short term view you could say we may not need him.
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doombear Too far from Selhurst Park 22 Aug 21 5.55pm | |
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Originally posted by PatrickA
If you take a short term view you could say we may not need him.
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Rogers Don Horsham 22 Aug 21 6.21pm | |
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I hear what you say about improving the squad, but we need to prioritise a proven goalscorer.
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Spiderman Horsham 22 Aug 21 6.33pm | |
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Originally posted by Rogers Don
I hear what you say about improving the squad, but we need to prioritise a proven goalscorer. You are correct. Get Hughes in and get goalscorer on loan, if funds don’t stretch that far
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doombear Too far from Selhurst Park 22 Aug 21 8.46pm | |
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Originally posted by Rogers Don
I hear what you say about improving the squad, but we need to prioritise a proven goalscorer.
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Teddy Eagle Online 22 Aug 21 8.48pm | |
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According to this report he may turn out to be what we need.
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Bexley Eagle Bexley Kent 22 Aug 21 9.23pm | |
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We need to bolster the squad. I have always thought he was a decent player. I can’t imagine he would break the bank so it’s a yes from me.
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dreamwaverider London 22 Aug 21 10.22pm | |
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Originally posted by Spiderman
He is being signed as a DM who can pass, of course we need him. I am a big fan of Scott Banks but no way is he ready for PL Edited by Spiderman (22 Aug 2021 3.57pm) When will he be ready? Ever?
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Mathers 22 Aug 21 10.22pm | |
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Originally posted by Spiderman
You are correct. Get Hughes in and get goalscorer on loan, if funds don’t stretch that far I still think we need minimum of 3 possibly as many as 5. Hopefully Hughes, a winger, a striker and both full backs. We can make one more loan addition but we still require a lot for investment in the squad. Not being able to fill a bench on Saturday demonstrates how bad the squad is at the moment.
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TheBigToePunt 22 Aug 21 10.40pm | |
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The player would do fine for us. He's better than Riederwald, younger than McArthur and more suited to the current system than Schlupp. Although I'd not expect him to take us to a higher level, Hughes wouldn't let us down either. More to the point, the players price seems like it might be very attractive in relation to his value, and that's a big consideration in itself. In the same way that Palace need to ensure our incomings match or exceed our outgoings, so too do we need to ensure the squad value is as great or greater than its cost. This increasingly wasn't the case in the last few years, and it boxed us in terribly. One way to develop the value of the squad in relation to its cost is to grow another AWB of course, but its also important to take advantage of situations like the one Hughes is in. He'll never play for Real Madrid but that's not the point. If he signed a new three or four year Watford contract tomorrow, he'd immediately be worth at least twice the figures we're talking about at the moment, maybe three times. Right now, his price is possibly far lower than his value, and as a trading company we can't afford to ignore opportunities like that. It's vital to go all out occasionally and sign good players for vacant positions, like when we paid full market rate for Guehi and Andersen. We can only do that once or twice though, and will generally always need to box clever and find bargains. A 'bargain' is usually a low price for a player that you'd have been prepared to pay far more for, because he's so vital. It can, however, also mean a very good price on a player you wouldn't have signed for a higher price, because you could probably live without him if you had to. Even if we know full well that if Hughes did have three years left on his Watford contact we wouldn't even consider paying his transfer price, the fact is that he doesn't, and that changes everything.
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Southampton_Eagle At the after party 22 Aug 21 10.41pm | |
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He is exactly what we need. Who would you rather see on the ball in defensive midfield, him or Kouate? Edited by Southampton_Eagle (22 Aug 2021 10.42pm)
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thai-eagle chiang mai 23 Aug 21 5.18am | |
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Originally posted by Southampton_Eagle
He is exactly what we need. Who would you rather see on the ball in defensive midfield, him or Kouate? Edited by Southampton_Eagle (22 Aug 2021 10.42pm) My heart and head cry out for a right-back that can pass and right-winger that can cross. Midfield with Eze, Luka and Olise soon back - why add to that?
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