nnickn Posted 31 July 2020 Share Posted 31 July 2020 At the end of day, Brooks is just another Gray, Barnes. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post honeybradger Posted 1 August 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 1 August 2020 8 hours ago, nnickn said: At the end of day, Brooks is just another Gray, Barnes. Yes give me another barnes please, 22 years old and looks like he could be scoring 10+ goals a season in a few years if he fixes up that finishing. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chocolate Teapot Posted 1 August 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 1 August 2020 Becoming really clear who has seen Brooks play and who just looked at lsst seasons stats 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesta Legend Posted 1 August 2020 Share Posted 1 August 2020 20 minutes ago, Abrasive fox said: Becoming really clear who has seen Brooks play and who just looked at lsst seasons stats And thankfully if there is any truth in our interest then the club would have utilised hours of statistical analysis, comparing his performance output in key areas. It'll all be based on sound, well research sports science. Trust the system. Congerton worries me slightly mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Finnegan Posted 1 August 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 1 August 2020 39 minutes ago, Abrasive fox said: Becoming really clear who has seen Brooks play and who just looked at lsst seasons stats Yeah only real question is will there be long term impact from his injury. But yeah, he's unbelievably good. Would walk straight in to out starting eleven and improve it. Can play anywhere in the three behind a striker, would probably do a job at centre mid. I've seen him be Wales best player a few times and you can laugh at that but that's playing with Bale, Ramsey, James, Wilson et all. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Earle Posted 1 August 2020 Share Posted 1 August 2020 What do you think is his best position @Finnegan? Wide or central? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeg67 Posted 1 August 2020 Share Posted 1 August 2020 Just now, Steve Earle said: What do you think is his best position @Finnegan? Wide or central? I know you weren’t asking me but IMO unquestionably it’s RW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 1 August 2020 Share Posted 1 August 2020 Just now, Steve Earle said: What do you think is his best position @Finnegan? Wide or central? Left footed right winger, ie exactly what we need. It's possible he identifies as a 10 but then so did Maddison. We just don't really play that position in our best formation. If Rodgers gets the players he wants, I assume we'll go back to 433 and Brooks would play on the right. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuna Posted 1 August 2020 Share Posted 1 August 2020 Saw enough of our recent game at Dean Court to see he would be an asset for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJD_LCFC Posted 1 August 2020 Share Posted 1 August 2020 Fits our model of signing young talented players with sell on value. Brooks has everything about him to be a superb signing for us. Barnes, Tielemans, Maddison, Ndidi and Brooks superb central midfield and attacking players there. Would be very happy with this signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 1 August 2020 Share Posted 1 August 2020 3 hours ago, honeybradger said: Yes give me another barnes please, 22 years old and looks like he could be scoring 10+ goals a season in a few years if he fixes up that finishing. The only thing that is making me look forward to next season is the possibility of Barnes kicking on and being as devastating as he's capable of. We could all see from January to the point of lockdown he had started to gain confidence and consistency and was our most dangerous player. It is frustrating he came back after the restart and was largely poor, but whether it's blind faith or not I think next season will be the one for him, he's going the Euro's mark my words. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfanazer Posted 1 August 2020 Share Posted 1 August 2020 Have to admit I've only seen him play a handful of times but he's always impressed me. For the right price I think this would be a decent signing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxin_Mad Posted 1 August 2020 Share Posted 1 August 2020 (edited) We need to build a decent squad we have shown we were to vulnerable to players not performing, injuries and suspensions. As much as we can afford we need quality extra cover. Edited 1 August 2020 by Foxin_Mad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 1 August 2020 Share Posted 1 August 2020 2 hours ago, pmcla26 said: Just because Brooks is promising doesn’t mean he’s going to fix all our answers if he signs. We made the same mistake this season just gone by putting too much expectation on Barnes to deliver. Maybe between the two of them, and being another year older, they can negate the problem, but if we sign Brooks we need him and another dynamic forward, in my opinion. Don't think anyone believes any one signing fixes all of our problems surely. But the more quality young players we keep adding the better. Unless Brooks injury catches up with him there's almost no chance we don't eventually make profit from him and he improves our team. What's not to like? For all my enthusiasm in this thread, I should stress I doubt this actually happens, we're probably not even looking at him but still. He'd be a good signing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 1 August 2020 Share Posted 1 August 2020 Word in Bournemouth is that West Ham have been sniffing around at £15m but they want a lot more than that .... he’s the best player they have that they don’t want to lose ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolate Teapot Posted 1 August 2020 Share Posted 1 August 2020 13 minutes ago, st albans fox said: Word in Bournemouth is that West Ham have been sniffing around at £15m but they want a lot more than that .... he’s the best player they have that they don’t want to lose ...... Will salthouse is his agent and is west hams preferred agent - we really should be blowing them out the water here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fightforever Posted 1 August 2020 Share Posted 1 August 2020 I really hoped we would be getting an actual winger this just feels like another perez where we buy a CAM whos played on the wing once or twice. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffschlupp Posted 1 August 2020 Share Posted 1 August 2020 5 minutes ago, Fightforever said: I really hoped we would be getting an actual winger this just feels like another perez where we buy a CAM whos played on the wing once or twice. 'Actual wingers' don't really exist in practice at many of the top clubs, it is mostly inside forwards in 4-3-3 systems, where the inside forwards are system players and good finishers. Look at Sterling, Salah, Mane, Son - those guys have been moulded into deadly finishers as opposed to players that can beat a man. Sometimes a more 'creative' winger like Mahrez, Traore or Albrighton (less so) can be useful, but generally speaking it's about having inside forwards and getting the creativity from full-back. For me that's one of the biggest reasons why I want to see Chilwell go. For me our most comprehensive performance of the season aside from Southampton was Villa at home prior to the lockdown, and that was because Justin perfected the attacking positioning from the left to allow Barnes the space in the channel inside. Chilwell drives inside too often which leaves him and Barnes in the same areas which is completely useless. Perez and Barnes are both decent inside forward players, but both have weaknesses - Barnes can't finish and Perez doesn't get into scoring positions often enough. Both will improve over time with more experience in Rodgers' system, IMO. They will keep Albrighton around as a different option, a creator with the long and direct ball/cross. I don't think Rodgers believes Gray has what it takes to play that position, hence why when he comes on he plays in a deeper role and looks to drive through with the ball similar to how Ricardo would play but slightly further up the field - for that reason I think Demarai will be out the door this summer. Brooks is a good enough goalscorer from what I've seen to be a right sided Barnes. He wouldn't be my first choice but he is a typical City signing of the last few years and I think he'd do alright for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 1 August 2020 Share Posted 1 August 2020 34 minutes ago, Fightforever said: I really hoped we would be getting an actual winger this just feels like another perez where we buy a CAM whos played on the wing once or twice. Totally not having a dig, but what sort of winger do you mean? As a example, like who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 1 August 2020 Share Posted 1 August 2020 West Ham have 2 left footed right wingers already, he's coming here I can feel it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fightforever Posted 1 August 2020 Share Posted 1 August 2020 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said: Totally not having a dig, but what sort of winger do you mean? As a example, like who? Someone like everton from germiro. Someone whos main game is flair and beating their man too me brooks just seems like a younger welsh perez. Underwhelming signing in my opinion. Not as underwhelming as ghezzal but we could do better abroad. Edited 1 August 2020 by Fightforever 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeybradger Posted 1 August 2020 Share Posted 1 August 2020 1 minute ago, Fightforever said: Someone like everton from germiro. Someone whos main game is flair and beating their man too me brooks just seems like a younger welsh perez. Theyre completely different players though, perez is more of a second striker, brooks is more like a wide midfielder like barnes. For me the biggest difference is that brookes actually passes the ball from outside the box to players inside the box unlike perez who stands inside the box and links up with other people around him. Independent of brook's quality as a player just having that creativity from wide areas instead of cramming the box like we do with perez will be a gamechanger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 1 August 2020 Share Posted 1 August 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Fightforever said: Someone like everton from germiro. Someone whos main game is flair and beating their man too me brooks just seems like a younger welsh perez. FM 2020 tells me to sign him whatever the price, so go on then. Edited 1 August 2020 by Dahnsouff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fightforever Posted 1 August 2020 Share Posted 1 August 2020 1 minute ago, Dahnsouff said: FM 2020 tell me to sign him whatever the price, so go on then. Yeah. My football manager CV really does come in handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch Posted 1 August 2020 Share Posted 1 August 2020 1 hour ago, Fightforever said: I really hoped we would be getting an actual winger this just feels like another perez where we buy a CAM whos played on the wing once or twice. That CERTAINLY doesn't apply to Brooks who plays by far more games on the RW. 7 out of his 9 games this year for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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