| You’re Mark Ashton… 10:28 - Feb 1 with 4397 views | SitfcB |
You’re in control of the money…
What striker are you bidding for tomorrow and for how much?
(Realistic options only)
Genuinely interested as people keep banging on about a striker but who’s out there?
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| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:30 - Feb 1 with 3096 views | ITFC_Forever |
Haaland and Kane. £500k each.
Not realistic of course, but some people seem to think it’s that simple. |  |
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| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:33 - Feb 1 with 3054 views | Mullet |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:30 - Feb 1 by ITFC_Forever |
Haaland and Kane. £500k each.
Not realistic of course, but some people seem to think it’s that simple. |
Some? If it’s one that’s a lot surely? We have a massive advantage of the division and seem to have squandered it. |  |
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| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:34 - Feb 1 with 3040 views | TownieRob |
Straight off the bat. Jebbison who was up top for them yesterday. Handful all game and pinned and spun two 'PL standard ' CBs all game.
Would look even more useful in a better side I expect. |  | | |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:35 - Feb 1 with 3018 views | Matt_Netherlands |
Ivanovic - Milwall - £12m |  | | |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:39 - Feb 1 with 2971 views | ITFC_Forever |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:33 - Feb 1 by Mullet |
Some? If it’s one that’s a lot surely? We have a massive advantage of the division and seem to have squandered it. |
And we will have for the next couple of season.
We still have all the parachute money from last summer, plus the summer to come. | |
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| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:40 - Feb 1 with 2936 views | Mullet |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:39 - Feb 1 by ITFC_Forever |
And we will have for the next couple of season.
We still have all the parachute money from last summer, plus the summer to come. |
Sure but this season is the weakest league in ages. Those coming down will have far more years of prem infrastructure and money.
The fact that the other parachute teams this year are in such a mess makes our inability to take advantage even worse. | |
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| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:45 - Feb 1 with 2884 views | Jeff_winger |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:34 - Feb 1 by TownieRob |
Straight off the bat. Jebbison who was up top for them yesterday. Handful all game and pinned and spun two 'PL standard ' CBs all game.
Would look even more useful in a better side I expect. |
He is on loan from Bournemouth
Seems a hard deal to do, Bournemouth need to recall him and agree a deal with us.
Only a day to get it sorted and we dont even know if they have a recall clause.
As sitters mentioned, where are the easy deals, no ones mentioned one yet. |  | | |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:46 - Feb 1 with 2882 views | Basuco |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:34 - Feb 1 by TownieRob |
Straight off the bat. Jebbison who was up top for them yesterday. Handful all game and pinned and spun two 'PL standard ' CBs all game.
Would look even more useful in a better side I expect. |
He also had great pace and made good runs off the ball often not seen. |  | | |
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| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:46 - Feb 1 with 2881 views | Swansea_Blue |
If I was Ashton I’d be talking to Kieran about his thoughts on the makeup of the squad. If he thought we need a striker, I’d be discussing it with him and the recruitment team and asking them to justify their selection(s). Then I’d start contacting clubs/agents. I wouldn’t be picking names myself.
Yours pedantically,
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| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:50 - Feb 1 with 2837 views | Keno |
Harry Kane |  |
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| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:52 - Feb 1 with 2810 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:45 - Feb 1 by Jeff_winger |
He is on loan from Bournemouth
Seems a hard deal to do, Bournemouth need to recall him and agree a deal with us.
Only a day to get it sorted and we dont even know if they have a recall clause.
As sitters mentioned, where are the easy deals, no ones mentioned one yet. |
There's usually a deadline for recalling loans, and I'm sure that will have passed for Jebbison | | | |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:54 - Feb 1 with 2787 views | BloomBlue |
Kieffer Moore + £2m in exchange for Szmodics |  | | |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:57 - Feb 1 with 2746 views | Weekender |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:34 - Feb 1 by TownieRob |
Straight off the bat. Jebbison who was up top for them yesterday. Handful all game and pinned and spun two 'PL standard ' CBs all game.
Would look even more useful in a better side I expect. |
He managed to do that because he had space in behind. If we just swapped hirst and Jebbison around yesterday hirst would have looked better. |  |
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| You’re Mark Ashton… on 11:00 - Feb 1 with 2726 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:34 - Feb 1 by TownieRob |
Straight off the bat. Jebbison who was up top for them yesterday. Handful all game and pinned and spun two 'PL standard ' CBs all game.
Would look even more useful in a better side I expect. |
You are Mick Mills and I claim my tin foil hat.
"Ask him to stick around, put him up in a hotel and basically do what we did with Mehmeti" |  |
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| You’re Mark Ashton… on 11:07 - Feb 1 with 2679 views | strikalite |
Emil Riis Jakobson, 27, 6'3", always scored one in 4 throughout his career, should have got him in the summer on a free from Preston but we probably wanted/ chased better...would fit straight in, good touch and think he'd do better than he is now in a better side.. |  | | |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 11:08 - Feb 1 with 2677 views | SomethingBlue |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:34 - Feb 1 by TownieRob |
Straight off the bat. Jebbison who was up top for them yesterday. Handful all game and pinned and spun two 'PL standard ' CBs all game.
Would look even more useful in a better side I expect. |
Wouldn't be as useful against a low block though. Hirst has tended to look very good too with space behind to work the channels. | |
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| You’re Mark Ashton… on 11:09 - Feb 1 with 2657 views | mrshallisfit |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:45 - Feb 1 by Jeff_winger |
He is on loan from Bournemouth
Seems a hard deal to do, Bournemouth need to recall him and agree a deal with us.
Only a day to get it sorted and we dont even know if they have a recall clause.
As sitters mentioned, where are the easy deals, no ones mentioned one yet. |
Ehhhh. Im not saying any of the deals are easy - but we have had months to prepare for this - we haven't replaced Delap. Though of course if McKenna could get a tune out of Akpom then that would be a start. We are in a position now that makes it look very likely that we will not make the top 2. That in itself, with the resources we have had, doesn't reflect great on McKenna and Ashton. | | | |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 11:14 - Feb 1 with 2625 views | BloomBlue |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:34 - Feb 1 by TownieRob |
Straight off the bat. Jebbison who was up top for them yesterday. Handful all game and pinned and spun two 'PL standard ' CBs all game.
Would look even more useful in a better side I expect. |
Sorry this is where I get confused.
Jebbison completely missed the one chance he had, same as Hirst.
So are we after a striker who scores or one who runs around a lot?
I think the moaners want a striker who scores goals to replace Hirst. | | | |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 11:25 - Feb 1 with 2544 views | Nutkins_Return |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 10:34 - Feb 1 by TownieRob |
Straight off the bat. Jebbison who was up top for them yesterday. Handful all game and pinned and spun two 'PL standard ' CBs all game.
Would look even more useful in a better side I expect. |
He's got some good potential but absolutely not. You don't buy players off the back of one decent game. He's only got 19 career goals and 6 in the champ off 55 starts. Even with his potential he's not what you buy to get you over the line now with 16-17 games to go.
In terms of realistic targets
Surridge - great age, goal confident, fits the system pretty much perfectly. Good option
Piroe- arguably more of a 10 but can play 9. Scored goals in the champ consistently. Will cost a lot!
Armstrong- proven scorer. Smaller/fox in the box/running off the last man type. For me not quite the right profile but would score goals. Good option but maybe more off the bench.
Ivanovich. Fits the system perfectly like Surridge. Has scored in the champ but dropped his goal form a little this season. Young and will only get better. Would be expensive.
For me Surridge or Ivanovic would slot in best. | |
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| I’d be happy if…. on 11:27 - Feb 1 with 2529 views | Bloots |
…we stepped away from looking for a striker who “fits our system” personally.
But I can’t really see KM ever changing the style, he just lives maintaining the same formation and making “like for like” subs, even when it plainly isn’t working.
If he did then I’d be happy to take someone like Adam Armstrong.
KM could still stick with whoever is his preferred donkey out of the two we’ve got for the first hour and then bring on something different (someone who will hit the target from 12 yards out) for the last half hour.
Basically I’d take any striker that can regularly make the opposition keeper earn his money. |  |
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| You’re Mark Ashton… on 11:29 - Feb 1 with 2501 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 11:14 - Feb 1 by BloomBlue |
Sorry this is where I get confused.
Jebbison completely missed the one chance he had, same as Hirst.
So are we after a striker who scores or one who runs around a lot?
I think the moaners want a striker who scores goals to replace Hirst. |
Well the moaners have forgotten that Hirst proved himself in our promotion season. Scored 7 from 29. (6 from 25 this season, so on a par) Created for the other 3 front players with 6 assists, (only one this season, but it could be argued our style has changed).
However, apparently now the way we deal with players in poor form is to boo them and clamour for them to be replaced with a permanent signing. God forbid that incoming player should only score 4 or 5 between now and the end of the season.
A loan will do. Re-assess in the summer. And if no one is available, we stick with Hirst and for a change, fking support him. | |
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| You’re Mark Ashton… on 11:32 - Feb 1 with 2443 views | suffolkpunchdrunk |
Aaron Drinan, failing that, has to be Sam Surridge! |  | | |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 11:34 - Feb 1 with 2419 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 11:32 - Feb 1 by suffolkpunchdrunk |
Aaron Drinan, failing that, has to be Sam Surridge! |
Aaron Drinan!
This has to be sarcastic post of the day. | |
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| You’re Mark Ashton… on 11:50 - Feb 1 with 2312 views | suffolkpunchdrunk |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 11:34 - Feb 1 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Aaron Drinan!
This has to be sarcastic post of the day. |
You're welcome! 😉 | | | |
| You’re Mark Ashton… on 12:00 - Feb 1 with 2246 views | FlyingReuser |
Zan Vipotnik - Swansea | | | |
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