Tariq Lamptey

[RedSoxUK]

5 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

I'd pass on him for the same reason.

Tbf same conversations were had about Winks' ankle and it turned out okay. It's just the risk which is probably worth taking if the salary is right.

[The whole world smiles]

Always been very impressed with him when I have seen him play which admittedly isn't loads but I've probably watched him more than the people who pushed tete or whoever the latest fashionable name from some shit league in Europe is.

[Plastik Man]

Can he play on the wing?

[ClaphamFox]

Is Tier 4 the lowest level source category? If so, we need to add another one below it labelled 'Footy Insider/Pete O'Rourke'.

[StriderHiryu]

1 minute ago, RedSoxUK said:

Tbf same conversations were had about Winks' ankle and it turned out okay. It's just the risk which is probably worth taking if the salary is right.

It might depend on what the plan is for the summer. If the feeling is that Ricardo is going to leave regardless of what division / manager we have, which IMO is a likely outcome, then signing Lamptey might be OK. However, I feel like a squad with Ricardo, Justin and Lamptey is utterly irresponsible given the injury records of all 3 players.

 

Lamptey is a great player though, very unfortunate with his injuries.

[Pliskin]

5 minutes ago, Plastik Man said:

Can he play on the wing?

He can yes. He could comfortably play as a right footed left winger. 

Edited 28 January 2025 by Pliskin

[The other Ollie]

1 hour ago, whoareyaaa said:

He is garbage though.

Since when has that stopped recruitment recently ?

[Haywood_6]

5 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

Is Tier 4 the lowest level source category? If so, we need to add another one below it labelled 'Footy Insider/Pete O'Rourke'.

Tier 4 is apparently 90% rubbish

[RedSoxUK]

3 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

However, I feel like a squad with Ricardo, Justin and Lamptey is utterly irresponsible given the injury records of all 3 players.

That's so us! It'll happen 

[ClaphamFox]

1 minute ago, Haywood_6 said:

Tier 4 is apparently 90% rubbish

Which still makes it far more reliable than Footy Insider.

[wardyfox86]

46 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Makes absolutely zero sense.

 

We need good defenders, he isn’t one. 

This is what worries me most.

[Long Eaton Fox]

Ricardo, Justin, Lamptey, Wojo and Kristiansen should be able to play 76 games between them. That's only 15 games each.

[Lambert09]

Tell you what, if you start a game with BDR or Ayew it’s much more palatable with someone like lamptey overlapping them 

[Ian Nacho]

Shame he's not in his mid thirties. 

[Scotch]

I'm worried that he's potentially being signed to play RW. 

[Finnegan]

11 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

Which still makes it far more reliable than Footy Insider.

 

I originally removed this. I got out ranked

 

In fairness, if I'd seen it came from O'Rourke I'd possibly have stretched to T3 and left the thread up. 

 

Footy Insider is like HITC, occasionally an aggregator and occasionally unsourced click bait shit. 

 

[FosseSpark]

If Thomas goes out, this guys or KWP can come in. Both will improve the squad.

[Plastik Man]

32 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

He can yes. He could comfortably play as a right footed left winger. 

Which makes more sense at the moment, though his versatility would be useful too.

[VLC86]

18 minutes ago, FosseSpark said:

If Thomas goes out, this guys or KWP can come in. Both will improve the squad.

We do need players to improve the starting 11 though don’t we. If fit, he does that I guess.

[Chelmofox]

Every time i've seen Lamptey i've been really impressed, and he is better than what we currently have available. Injury record is horrible, so he will make an excellent replacement for Riccy. Between them, one is likely to be fit.

[AKCJ]

I wouldn't mind it if the wages are low but we'll give him 80k a week.

[dmayne7]

Unbelievable before he got injured a few years back. So he'll fit right in with our full backs

[Xen]

Think this'd be a decent signing if the fee is modest. Injury record isnt great, but he's been mostly OK on that front this season so that bodes well. Clearly capable at this level so no more of a risk than Woyo.

 

Can play more advanced, so if we've not been able to find a winger to bring in, it can help bridge the gap and puts less of a reliance on players like Ricardo/JJ picking up the slack.

 

Kristiansen, Lamptey, Ricardo, Coulibaly, JJ is a pretty good crop of fullbacks in the right system. Gives us the option of pulling JJ/Coulibaly over to the left, or even (for JJ) as one of the wide CBs in a 3. 

 

 

I wouldnt be thinking our problems are solved if we brought him in, but I equally wouldn't feel like it was a mistake to do so so long as the terms are reasonable.

[jayfox26]

7 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

I wouldn't mind it if the wages are low but we'll give him 80k a week.

And a 5 year deal 

[jayfox26]

1 hour ago, DJ Barry Hammond said:

No idea what he’s on at the moment (suggestions are £42,000 a week), but I’d imagine at 24, he’s probably looking for a decent contract salary and years wise.

 

In terms of risk scale - because all transfers have an element of risk - I think it’s in an acceptable range given the potential upside. 

Suppose it depends on what league we are in next season. Signing him on £50k per week for 3 years in the prem could be decent business, £50k a week in the championship not so much, although he'd be ridiculously good in the championship if he was fit.