| so unless I'm being thick.... 17:46 - Jan 30 with 2620 views | blueysbackside |
.....this is the situation in which we find ourselves with three days to go before the window closes.
We need a striker
Sammie S can go ... but only if we get £6m for him
Wrexham have offered £5m
And if we don't get £6m, we keep a player who obviously knows he is surplus to requirements and we miss out on what could be that missing piece of the jigsaw which gets us over the line.
So, er, why not just take a hit on £1m?
Like I said, am I being thick?
Leave this to be sorted out on Monday and potential targets may well have decided to move elsewhere.
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| so unless I'm being thick.... on 17:49 - Jan 30 with 2558 views | Samuelowen88 |
There's rumours thay Young's injury is quite bad, so he could be de-registered, meaning SS & a potential new striker could be within squad limits. |  |
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| so unless I'm being thick.... on 17:49 - Jan 30 with 2549 views | J2BLUE |
There is clearly significant interest in him. He's also a very good player to have in the squad. I doubt we're pushing him out the door, especially if we do not get a striker in and will maybe use Akpom a bit more in that role.
Also, I don't think lack of funds is preventing us getting a striker. The window goes the same way every year. |  |
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| so unless I'm being thick.... on 17:54 - Jan 30 with 2471 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
How do you know that Wrexham have offered £5m? Because you read it somewhere?
I'll bet they haven't even made a bid.
Here's what will happen, Szmodics won't be involved tomorrow. He'll go to Hollywood FC or Derby for £5.5m plus add ons on Sunday evening, and we'll sign a forward on Monday.
You've read it as SS is 'surplus to requirements', I read it as the player wants to go, but he's been told he can only go for the right money.
No, you don't understand the club, and yes, you are being thick. [Post edited 30 Jan 17:55]
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| so unless I'm being thick.... on 17:55 - Jan 30 with 2426 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
Yes to your title question | | | |
| so unless I'm being thick.... on 17:56 - Jan 30 with 2419 views | franz_tyson |
Maybe a lot is happening behind the scenes which we are not supposed to know ( quite correctly) and the Szmodics talk is all part of the negotiations. I'm happy with 5 mill.... but why not squeeze an extra million or 500k out.
Don't see where Szmodics not going out means we don't get a striker. Do we have to sell him to get one in ? Maybe there's not one out there anyway..... so we continue with what we got. We're one of the highest scorers in the league and if one our current strikers hits a mini purple patch along with Philogene and Clarke.... it could well be enough.
Priority, for me, was the Neill deal ( CM). | | | |
| so unless I'm being thick.... on 17:58 - Jan 30 with 2403 views | bartyg |
Needing a striker and szmodics leaving aren't connected. We might even look for cover in the 10 should he leave |  | | |
| so unless I'm being thick.... on 18:09 - Jan 30 with 2292 views | victorysquad |
Not sure why we are selling SS. Great player to have when playing away, fast counter attack good in one on one situations. I know we don't play that game much but we should do it more imo | |
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| so unless I'm being thick.... on 18:15 - Jan 30 with 2235 views | Kieran_Knows |
Szmodics leaving is separate to a striker joining. We already have a replacement for Szmodics. |  |
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| so unless I'm being thick.... on 18:16 - Jan 30 with 2221 views | blueysbackside |
| so unless I'm being thick.... on 17:54 - Jan 30 by Cheltenham_Blue |
How do you know that Wrexham have offered £5m? Because you read it somewhere?
I'll bet they haven't even made a bid.
Here's what will happen, Szmodics won't be involved tomorrow. He'll go to Hollywood FC or Derby for £5.5m plus add ons on Sunday evening, and we'll sign a forward on Monday.
You've read it as SS is 'surplus to requirements', I read it as the player wants to go, but he's been told he can only go for the right money.
No, you don't understand the club, and yes, you are being thick. [Post edited 30 Jan 17:55]
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thanks for the kind words | | | |
| so unless I'm being thick.... on 18:20 - Jan 30 with 2165 views | nrb1985 |
| so unless I'm being thick.... on 18:09 - Jan 30 by victorysquad |
Not sure why we are selling SS. Great player to have when playing away, fast counter attack good in one on one situations. I know we don't play that game much but we should do it more imo |
how often do we get to launch a counter attack given the majority of opposition play in such a low block ? | | | |
| so unless I'm being thick.... on 18:21 - Jan 30 with 2154 views | gtsb1966 |
| so unless I'm being thick.... on 18:09 - Jan 30 by victorysquad |
Not sure why we are selling SS. Great player to have when playing away, fast counter attack good in one on one situations. I know we don't play that game much but we should do it more imo |
Stupid salute celebration is reason enough. Dont know why but it does my head in. |  | | |
| so unless I'm being thick.... on 18:29 - Jan 30 with 2096 views | Guthrum |
We don't need a striker. A lot of people think it would be good to improve our options in the No. 9 role, if possible.
But the players we are currently using in that position are doing ok, Town are scoring plenty of goals and winning lots of games. It ain't broken.
Incidentally, Hirst and Azon were not the reason we lost the game last Saturday. Our supply lines broke down in midfield and the ball hardly got near them. Then we showed ourselves vulnerable to direct play and fast breaks bypassing the press. |  |
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| so unless I'm being thick.... on 18:31 - Jan 30 with 2063 views | Bobbychase |
Yeah. A Championship club just writing off £1m is not a healthy approach |  |
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| so unless I'm being thick.... on 19:01 - Jan 30 with 1827 views | FrimleyBlue |
| so unless I'm being thick.... on 18:29 - Jan 30 by Guthrum |
We don't need a striker. A lot of people think it would be good to improve our options in the No. 9 role, if possible.
But the players we are currently using in that position are doing ok, Town are scoring plenty of goals and winning lots of games. It ain't broken.
Incidentally, Hirst and Azon were not the reason we lost the game last Saturday. Our supply lines broke down in midfield and the ball hardly got near them. Then we showed ourselves vulnerable to direct play and fast breaks bypassing the press. |
They weren't directly the reason we lost, however they were part of the reason it didn't go well.
Hirst with his half jump attempts at some of the balls going in his direction.. may have changed the context of that phase of play if he had jumped properly and got a touch. Obviously it could have been a headed ball to nowhere, but it still had a different effect to one of them heading the ball forwards instead. That's my main gripe with hirst this season, it's not his lack of scoring, that's never been him, It;s the way he's looking more like an Aaron Drinan every week. |  |
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| so unless I'm being thick.... on 19:19 - Jan 30 with 1721 views | jasondozzell |
We don't need a striker. |  | | |
| so unless I'm being thick.... on 20:26 - Jan 30 with 1475 views | victorysquad |
| so unless I'm being thick.... on 18:20 - Jan 30 by nrb1985 |
how often do we get to launch a counter attack given the majority of opposition play in such a low block ? |
We can launch a counter attack at any point they are attacking in our half, which when away from home can happen a few times | |
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| so unless I'm being thick.... on 21:11 - Jan 30 with 1349 views | Guthrum |
| so unless I'm being thick.... on 19:01 - Jan 30 by FrimleyBlue |
They weren't directly the reason we lost, however they were part of the reason it didn't go well.
Hirst with his half jump attempts at some of the balls going in his direction.. may have changed the context of that phase of play if he had jumped properly and got a touch. Obviously it could have been a headed ball to nowhere, but it still had a different effect to one of them heading the ball forwards instead. That's my main gripe with hirst this season, it's not his lack of scoring, that's never been him, It;s the way he's looking more like an Aaron Drinan every week. |
Sure, the lack of ball control didn't help, but Hirst was largely feeding off scraps. The balls which did get through may not have been the easiest to deal with (e.g. pinged extra fast to avoid the interception).
But the biggest issue was Clarke having to play deep in midfield, because he wasn't being fed out wide on the corner of the box, which is where he likes to launch goalscoring attacks from. SheffU's press and tight marking was just too good when we were missing Nunez as the link-man and Greaves was having a hard time at LB. | |
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| so unless I'm being thick.... on 21:36 - Jan 30 with 1267 views | cressi |
I'm fairly sure it will all be sorted by the last day of the window I imagine Szmodics will get a move somewhere and we will bring a number 9 in to help us get over the line. | | | |
| so unless I'm being thick.... on 01:10 - Jan 31 with 975 views | armchaircritic59 |
| so unless I'm being thick.... on 17:56 - Jan 30 by franz_tyson |
Maybe a lot is happening behind the scenes which we are not supposed to know ( quite correctly) and the Szmodics talk is all part of the negotiations. I'm happy with 5 mill.... but why not squeeze an extra million or 500k out.
Don't see where Szmodics not going out means we don't get a striker. Do we have to sell him to get one in ? Maybe there's not one out there anyway..... so we continue with what we got. We're one of the highest scorers in the league and if one our current strikers hits a mini purple patch along with Philogene and Clarke.... it could well be enough.
Priority, for me, was the Neill deal ( CM). |
And if non of our strikers hit a purple patch and our wide left mens output of goals starts to dry up ( going by their current Xg's, it's more than possible ) , we are in the mire. Two things we'll know for sure, one thing by 7pm this coming Monday ( that being a new striker in, or not ). The second thing being whether we are promoted or not come May time. It may turn out that the latter scenario is related to the former. Time will tell. | | | |
| so unless I'm being thick.... on 02:59 - Jan 31 with 898 views | Vic |
Yes you are! |  |
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| so unless I'm being thick.... on 07:58 - Jan 31 with 620 views | BeachBlue |
I don't think you're being thick. I say this very respectfully, I think you're just frustrated and somewhat anxious about our promotion push. I'm a big fan of Szmodics, his name is on my shirt, but it's not been a great time for him. If a player wants to leave, then they need to go. There's no sense keeping people in the workplace who feel they'd be better trying to progress their career elsewhere. I've been at work for 30+ years and I've seen it happen many times.
Finding a new striker in January is (in my opinion) the hardest transfer deal to do. If the right player isn't available then we're best off not signing anyone.
Keep supporting the team on match says. Sing loud and be proud. [Post edited 31 Jan 8:03]
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| so unless I'm being thick.... on 08:31 - Jan 31 with 496 views | braveblue |
| so unless I'm being thick.... on 18:09 - Jan 30 by victorysquad |
Not sure why we are selling SS. Great player to have when playing away, fast counter attack good in one on one situations. I know we don't play that game much but we should do it more imo |
Injury prone. | | | |
| so unless I'm being thick.... on 08:37 - Jan 31 with 455 views | Benters |
| so unless I'm being thick.... on 18:21 - Jan 30 by gtsb1966 |
Stupid salute celebration is reason enough. Dont know why but it does my head in. |
Ha !what is your favourite goal celebration I hate golf but I like it when they use the swing in a goal celebration.
I grew up on the same council estate as the SS family and went to School with his dad 😂 |  |
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