fuchsntf Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 2 minutes ago, Ted Maul said: No ta, we've got enough average wingers- the whole point is that we need someone who is clearly better than Gray and Albrighton. I belong to the we don't need another winger/WB, group. But if we did go for one they have to be well above any of these 2..I woud prefer another out and out striker...!! To fit in the 1st 14 team squad..meaning he will see alot of game-time equal to Vardy & Perez. Ditto if we did happen to buy another Winger. I still believe we should carry on running with our "youth" & " fearless" ethos. Unless something exceptional comes along Barnes,Albrighton,Gray with maybe Perez in that role,stay in that forefront. I happen to like Townsend,he should of stayed at Spurs,and fought for his place!! After the bad injury,now he's become too much of a journeyman,playing a routine career out!! Mind you We won the league with journeymen...
Ric Flair Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 3 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said: Lets see this list. I like reading lists. Ric Flair's £30-35m Wingers List 1) Brais Mendez (£22m release clause 2) Samuel Chukwueze 3) Ismaila Sarr 4) Hakim Ziyech (rumoured 35m euro release clause) 5) Suso (36m euro release clause) 6) Robert Skov 7) Andreas Skov Olsen 8) Mikel Oyarzabal 9) Florian Thauvin 10) Maxwell Cornet 11) Steven Bergwijn 12) Yannick Carrasco 13) Bertrand Traore 14) Bruma 15) Malcom Then there's slightly less attainable players that would cost around the £35-50m which I personally think would be worth pushing the boat out for once we sell Maguire. Some may not fancy the gig, but it's Brendan we are talking about in charge, players won't stand a chance of not wanting it. 16) Hirving Lozano 17) Ante Rebic 18) Leon Bailey 19) David Neres 20) Cengiz Under
FoxinNotts Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 5 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Ric Flair's £30-35m Wingers List 1) Brais Mendez (£22m release clause 2) Samuel Chukwueze 3) Ismaila Sarr 4) Hakim Ziyech (rumoured 35m euro release clause) 5) Suso (36m euro release clause) 6) Robert Skov 7) Andreas Skov Olsen 8) Mikel Oyarzabal 9) Florian Thauvin 10) Maxwell Cornet 11) Steven Bergwijn 12) Yannick Carrasco 13) Bertrand Traore 14) Bruma 15) Malcom Then there's slightly less attainable players that would cost around the £35-50m which I personally think would be worth pushing the boat out for once we sell Maguire. Some may not fancy the gig, but it's Brendan we are talking about in charge, players won't stand a chance of not wanting it. 16) Hirving Lozano 17) Ante Rebic 18) Leon Bailey 19) David Neres 20) Cengiz Under Get either Ziyech, Malcom, Bailey, Lozano or Thauvin and it’s change of pants time
LinekersApples Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 32 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said: Time to fess up @LinekersApples - is the 30-50m winger target touted, Townsend? . Hahaha. No. I still think the 30m+ man/men are the target, but I know AT is still a consideration and under 20m i imagine.
Muzzy_Larsson Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 8 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Ric Flair's £30-35m Wingers List 1) Brais Mendez (£22m release clause 2) Samuel Chukwueze 3) Ismaila Sarr 4) Hakim Ziyech (rumoured 35m euro release clause) 5) Suso (36m euro release clause) 6) Robert Skov 7) Andreas Skov Olsen 8) Mikel Oyarzabal 9) Florian Thauvin 10) Maxwell Cornet 11) Steven Bergwijn 12) Yannick Carrasco 13) Bertrand Traore 14) Bruma 15) Malcom Then there's slightly less attainable players that would cost around the £35-50m which I personally think would be worth pushing the boat out for once we sell Maguire. Some may not fancy the gig, but it's Brendan we are talking about in charge, players won't stand a chance of not wanting it. 16) Hirving Lozano 17) Ante Rebic 18) Leon Bailey 19) David Neres 20) Cengiz Under Watched quite a bit of the AFCON and Chukwueze looked frightening, he'd be a great signing and someone Rodgers would work wonders with in terms of developing. Some tasty looking options there, Sarr, Oyarzabal, Carrasco (apparently his club only want £25m for him), Lozano and Bailey. Any of Ziyech, Bergwijn, Neres or Under would be quite a coup but can see them being very hard to obtain.
Happy Fox Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 Two wingers would be decent tbh, would mean we would have to offload Ghezzal and maybe Gray?
Dahnsouff Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 Thanks for the list @Ric Flair - will respond but suggest we take it to winger thread
StriderHiryu Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 Nice list @Ric Flair! What did you make of Perez last night? I thought he looked mint and was pleasantly surprised by how quickly he integrated into the structure of the team. He got into goal scoring positions multiple times and the goal was exactly what Rodgers will want out of his wingers, Ricardo with the overlap for the width, crossed it in and first time clinical finish by Perez. I certainly wouldn't be adverse to another winger from the list above, but seeing the way he played made me a lot more comfortable about the season ahead.
Fox_in_a_Box Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 Uuurgh. Decent squad player if we can move on some of our current uuurgh wingers and get him on the cheap. Otherwise most definitely uuurgh.
nettle Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 Surely any upgrade on Ghezzal or Gray shouldn't be sniffed at and will strengthen the team no end? Townsend knows the league so no bedding in required has decent end product and will track back which will allow Pereira to overlap all day long. What's not to like especially if we could get him at a decent price.
baldeagle Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 Depends on the price really he's not a bad player but wouldn’t want to spend silly money on him .
Muzzy_Larsson Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 4 minutes ago, baldeagle said: Depends on the price really he's not a bad player but wouldn’t want to spend silly money on him . Agree with this, Townsend for circa £20m would be value imo, would be an upgrade on anything out wide you guys have at present even if he isn't as box office as some of the names on the list.
STUHILL Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 If Townsend is available for £20million, then this makes more sense. It's an upgrade on our current wingers. He has Premier League experience and has good stats for a winger. Perhaps this is a firm plan B if we don't get a more exciting, expensive deal over the line with another target or two. Smart planning if so.
Deeg67 Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 It probably doesn't hurt that Townsend seems to be very well-liked everywhere he's played. With so many young players I would imagine not adding any veterans likely to be disruptive influences is at least a factor.
kingfox Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 Thought he had a decent campaign last season but signing him would be extremely underwhelming.
Ric Flair Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 48 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said: Nice list @Ric Flair! What did you make of Perez last night? I thought he looked mint and was pleasantly surprised by how quickly he integrated into the structure of the team. He got into goal scoring positions multiple times and the goal was exactly what Rodgers will want out of his wingers, Ricardo with the overlap for the width, crossed it in and first time clinical finish by Perez. I certainly wouldn't be adverse to another winger from the list above, but seeing the way he played made me a lot more comfortable about the season ahead. I thought Perez looked superb last night and although it was muck opposition and it's early days I think he just screams END PRODUCT. Something we have been crying out for in the attacking areas behind Vardy. Rodgers has talked repeatedly about making an impact now, rather than it taking time which is a shift in ambition and demand from the Puel tenure where we all knew the team was hugely promising but that we almost had to accept that end product wasn't immediately there. Perez is one of those signings and players that we will appreciate more and more with every game he plays. I think he could be the first name on the teamsheet next season as he can and will play LW, SS, RW or CF at times. What a coup!!
Gerard Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 3 hours ago, Ted Maul said: No ta, we've got enough average wingers- the whole point is that we need someone who is clearly better than Gray and Albrighton. Exactly. We have Albrighton as Mr Reliable. Barnes can be something special. Perez we've just spent £30m on Gray who is still around and although my hope for him is seriously on the wane there might be a player in there. Townsend adds very little to our already bunch of average PL wingers. Either get in someone a level above or stick with what we've got. I've no idea what goes through peoples heads when we bring in another player in their mid to late 20's who is no better than what we have for big money.
Gerard Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 2 hours ago, STUHILL said: If Townsend is available for £20million, then this makes more sense. It's an upgrade on our current wingers. He has Premier League experience and has good stats for a winger. Perhaps this is a firm plan B if we don't get a more exciting, expensive deal over the line with another target or two. Smart planning if so. I'm just against signing mediocrity for big money. When we signed Hernandez on a free I wasn't against that. I supported the Zieler and Diabate signing as well as he was cheap and filled a role even though both of these players turned out to be not good enough. I won't even complain about the Iheanacho signing as this is the sort of profile I want my club to sign although in hindsight I believe we signed him on reputation and stats and the reason Man City sold him was they knew he was lacking in areas of his game. Signing the likes of Townsend is just a waste of resources on a player that won't improve us. I'm not saying he is a bad player by any means but he just doesn't improve us. I'd rather go with the wingers we already have and save that money for another player to sign.
OntarioFox Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 Depends entirely on the fee as others have said. I'd be pretty unhappy paying much more than we paid for Perez on Townsend, IMO he's hardly a notable upgrade on anything we currently have, but he's a solid enough wide man with goals in him who had a good season last year and is just coming into his peak years. £40m or less, yes. Any more, no.
Grebfromgrebland Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 I'd prefer more flair and a foreign sounding player. He doesn't even have to be good. At least I'll have hope for a while.
Muzzy_Larsson Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 6 minutes ago, OntarioFox said: Depends entirely on the fee as others have said. I'd be pretty unhappy paying much more than we paid for Perez on Townsend, IMO he's hardly a notable upgrade on anything we currently have, but he's a solid enough wide man with goals in him who had a good season last year and is just coming into his peak years. £40m or less, yes. Any more, no. That would be far too much for Townsend imo, I was talking about him on the basis you's get him for circa £20m.
OntarioFox Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 7 minutes ago, henrik_62 said: That would be far too much for Townsend imo, I was talking about him on the basis you's get him for circa £20m. EPL market tho innit
Dahnsouff Posted 17 July 2019 Posted 17 July 2019 1 minute ago, OntarioFox said: EPL market money laundering scheme tho innit Fixed it for you
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