Emmanuel Latte Lath - "interested" (no bid.)

[Finnegan]

4 hours ago, Kitchandro said:

Signing players for the Championship means we’ll have a squad that looks right at home in the Championship.

 

Yeah, what sort of morons buy players from Championship clubs?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Imagine if we were stupid enough to go even lower in the football pyramid and sign players from like, League Two!?

 

 

We should stick to what made us truly succesful and only go and buy expensive players from some of Europe's biggest clubs.

 

 

 

 

That way we could REALLY guarantee their quality.

 

[Jobyfox]

5 hours ago, Kitchandro said:

It’s so depressing. Signing players for the Championship means we’ll have a squad that looks right at home in the Championship. It’s a flawed strategy.

 

I can’t believe how pathetic our attempts to stay up have been.

 

We might sign players from lower in the pyramid and hope they can step up, but there is always a significant risk that they won't. 

 

There is, however, a risk with any transfer strategy. Personally I'd have much more sympathy with this approach, if it goes wrong, than some of the other, more recent, strategies. We've signed ageing players from Premier League clubs who were only ever mediocre at their absolute peaks. We knew their ceilings when we signed them and the benefit was only ever likely to be short term (i.e. get rid of them when we were established in the prem or be stuck with them in the Championship).

 

With this approach there is at least at chance that we could progress with them in the PL but, if not, we've got proven Championship performers. 

 

 

 

[Number 6]

I like him but I feel like we'd be better off buying a big bastard. Not enough physicality in this side and someone who could hold the ball up would give us a good outlet. 

 

Ruud hasn't been adverse to having two striker on the pitch either, so a big strong physical striker could work well alongside Vardy.

[Muzzy_no7]

I’m really not sure about this one.

 

Could do with a more complete forward tbh.

[FoxesWalk]

I really liked him when I saw them play last season, type of player we should have been going for in the summer imo 

[jonah]

So we are 7 days into the transfer window, lost 5 in a row 2nd from bottom and we have decide we are perhaps "interested " in someone....but havnt made a bid 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🫤🤔

[ceebeefox]

On 06/01/2025 at 16:27, Number 6 said:

I like him but I feel like we'd be better off buying a big bastard. Not enough physicality in this side and someone who could hold the ball up would give us a good outlet. 

 

Ruud hasn't been adverse to having two striker on the pitch either, so a big strong physical striker could work well alongside Vardy.

I like Weghorst, think he’d be great down here, also mirroring the title winning team, 4-4-1-1 with Celtic player Maida behind Vardy ala Shinji.

[LCFCCKEANO]

I truly don’t understand ‘interested’. If we are, we will have done research and will have an idea if we want him and would be negotiating price surely, if we aren’t negotiating then what does it even mean? Surely has been scouted already, it just feels like the club blowing smoke up our arses through the media whilst scrambling behind the scenes

[LCFCCKEANO]

Just feels like such a contradictory statement at this stage to be interested in someone without any bid going in, especially someone who isn’t being marketed by their club 

[dbtcity]

how are we meant to compete 

[JimJams]

Would rather we go for Haji Wright tbh.  Need that versatility.  Scores as many goals too.

 

 

[Silebyfox_89]

Close thread.

[Iran]

 

[Molson Canadian]

On 06/01/2025 at 07:49, Finnegan said:

 

Yeah, what sort of morons buy players from Championship clubs?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Imagine if we were stupid enough to go even lower in the football pyramid and sign players from like, League Two!?

 

 

We should stick to what made us truly succesful and only go and buy expensive players from some of Europe's biggest clubs.

 

 

 

 

That way we could REALLY guarantee their quality.

 

Post of the year! And we are only 11 days into 2025

[StanSP]

7 hours ago, Iran said:

 

What an odd choice to be linked to for them? 

One is probably out of their price range, and the other is nowhere near as good as that other one

 

[Highelf04]

8 hours ago, Iran said:

 

Bogert's fairly reliable regarding MLS/US transfers - interesting how Atlanta is targeting both players.

Hopefully Atlanta take Odsonne Eduoard off our hands.

[Lambert09]

Big bid had gone in for him from Atlanta. I’d imagine Boro accept it or it gets fine eventually.  real shame that the only club who might have taken Edouard are going to nab someone else 

[Verumex]

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[South Shire Fox]

On 10/01/2025 at 18:10, JimJams said:

Would rather we go for Haji Wright tbh.  Need that versatility.  Scores as many goals too.

 

 

Hes shite 😂

[JimJams]

1 minute ago, South Shire Fox said:

Hes shite 😂

Statistically as good as Lath.  Better if you look at the fact he plays left wing as well.

Last season at CF, 13 games 7 goals 3 assists. This season at CF 5 games, 4 goals 1 assist.  At LW last season 14 games, 3 goals 3 assists.  This season 4 games 3 goals.

Lath this season at CF 26 games 10 goals. Last season 30 games 16 goals.

Wright has a better record at CF. He also has a better LW record than Mav last season. 

 

Not exactly shite.

[dbtcity]

Wild

[Ric Flair]

31 minutes ago, dbtcity said:

Wild

FFS we're lumbered with Odsonne then

[FoxinNotts]

3 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

FFS we're lumbered with Odsonne then

Ric, how could OE play for a third club anyway? He’s played for Palace and us, right?

[JimJams]

IF Boro accept.

Selling your playoff/promotion chance really.

[JimJams]

Just now, FoxinNotts said:

Ric, how could OE play for a third club anyway? He’s played for Palace and us, right?

Not Uefa.