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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024

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How Dry should our Powder be?

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Percy Clay said:
Agreed! It's why I never engage with their posts. There is no point, and engaging just encourages them to rinse and repeat the same tiresome horseshit.
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A lot of the problem, I feel, is that certain people think they already know everything there is to know.

Go back to the start of the window, and I would have been one of those thinking that Solanke was underwhelming, but another poster on here (can't remember who so forgive me, whoever you are) posted up some facts that made me think my first reaction might just be because my knowledge of Solanke was minimal, so I spent some time educating myself on him, by watching him play last season on footy full.

What I saw completely revised my opinion of him. Couple that with his stats, and I was completely sold on him. He's a perfect fit for our brand of Football. Iriola showed that if you play him in the right system, he will score plenty of goals. Build up, link up, finishing, he's got every attribute you'd want. Top that off with his work rate and you have a very good striker.

He ticks all the boxes when it comes to the eye test and statistics, but far too many posters will comment on what they "think" they know, rather than educating themselves properly.
 
I said a month ago Solanke would be our striker and Gallagher would go to Atleti. I joked about calling myself Euripides and going to SC. man I could’ve been a legend and raking in the dosh 🤣🤣🤣
 
Richard Arlison said:
Strong disagree

I want VDV playing CB or resting his hammys to stay fresh because we have Europe and cup competitions.

Davies isn’t an inverted LB in a month of Sunday’s.

If we don’t get end the window with Spence at the RB rotation and another signing for LB rotation, it WILL cost us points like not getting a 3rd CB last year.
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I wasn't talking about using Davies as LB. Cover for LCB should VDV need to go left. However, I think it'll be Spence that covers there if required.

Nor do I think we don't need another LB, just that it's not a pressing need right now. Maybe I wasn't totally clear on that in my previous post.

From my own perspective, immediate needs are a wide player, and I've been consistent on that since the window opened, and a creative midfielder to keep Maddison on his toes. My own choices would be Chiesa and Eze, but not fussed as long as we get players that can do what I believe those 2 can.

After that, yes I'd look at improving LB and maybe even the DM role, but the jury is out on that, for me, until we see whether Biss or Bentancur make that their own, as I'm not too sure Gray is quite ready for that yet.
 
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