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Josh Murphy

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Ric Flair

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3 minutes ago, Andrew said:

Could he be a possible replacement for Fatawu?

That would be the single biggest scandal this club has ever had and there's been quite the portfolio.

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Levi Port

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I actually he’s a good player and think he’d be a good fit here, but it’s a stupid signing.
 

Young with a high ceiling has to be the long term model.

 

Fair enough we do have a young set of wingers but we have BDR, and our Lord and Saviour J Ayew, thats enough. 

Edingleyfox

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I don’t know why Leicester are getting side tracked with wingers when it is the strongest area. Spend the money on a quality striker that another club doesn’t want to sell. Marti specifically said Fatawu was one to keep. Everyone has a price but can’t see Leicester selling him that would be the final straw

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BenTheFox

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7 goals and 14 assists in the championship last season. Decent numbers to be honest. Spending money on him when we already have Fatawu, Mavididi, Monga, BDR and Ayew, and we are crying out for a CM and a striker would be ludicrous though. 

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brookfox

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2 minutes ago, Edingleyfox said:

I don’t know why Leicester are getting side tracked with wingers when it is the strongest area. Spend the money or an quality striker that another club doesn’t want to sell. Marti specifically said Fatawu was one to keep. Everyone has a price but can’t see Leicester selling him that would be the final straw

I’d like to think it’s more planning for possibilities than prioritising an area. If we even are in for him, who knows! Let’s say a decent bid comes in for Mavididi late on, I’d rather have an iron in the fire for a replacement than be caught with our pants down as we’ve only looked at the specific positions we need today.

ClaphamFox

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14 minutes ago, Andrew said:

Could he be a possible replacement for Fatawu?

No he couldn’t for many reasons, not least because he’s a left winger and Fatawu is a right winger. 

Ric Flair

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1 minute ago, Stevosevic said:

Of all the positions this is one we don’t need another body. 

Which is exactly why it's the most likely signing. It's just typical of us.

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LVFox

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He’s a really underrated player, on his day, one of the best in the league and by far the best player at his club…however, any resources going into a winger is utterly wasted. 
It’s not difficult. Centre Forward, Centre Midfield, Bilal replacement 

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Jakemoore

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The Pompey fans absolutely adore him. That tells you everything you need to know. Yes he’s the wrong side of 30 and we have several attacking players who are but his numbers in a bottom half team last season were very good. 
 

For the right fee id be ok with this. 

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Lesta Legend

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I hear the fact it isn’t a position we need to strengthen. 
 

But I guess from an attacking output they’ll see Murphy as an upgrade on stephy. Murphy expected assists and goals would put him ahead. With the intensity of style and emphasis on the wingers then it becomes more of important role for your goal contributions. 
 

Maybe he doesn’t rate Stephy. 

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Stevosevic

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1 minute ago, Lesta Legend said:

I hear the fact it isn’t a position we need to strengthen. 
 

But I guess from an attacking output they’ll see Murphy as an upgrade on stephy. Murphy expected assists and goals would put him ahead. With the intensity of style and emphasis on the wingers then it becomes more of important role for your goal contributions. 
 

Maybe he doesn’t rate Stephy. 

I’m not seeing any numbers to suggest he’s an upgrade on goals and assists? 

Lesta Legend

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8 minutes ago, Stevosevic said:

I’m not seeing any numbers to suggest he’s an upgrade on goals and assists? 

Expected. Guess the logic is your increasing the probability of shots on target and chances created being ‘big’ chances and therefore goals scored should go up.

kingfox

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34 minutes ago, BenTheFox said:

7 goals and 14 assists in the championship last season. Decent numbers to be honest. Spending money on him when we already have Fatawu, Mavididi, Monga, BDR and Ayew, and we are crying out for a CM and a striker would be ludicrous though. 

I think it boils down to the type of winger Josh Murphy is compared to others. As we know, Cifuentes likes his wingers to have 1 vs 1 ability, we have three in Fatawu, Mavididi and Monga, but the rest of our options on the wing have serious question marks. Ayew and BDCR are not really 1 vs 1 type wingers.

 

Josh Murphy averaged 4.6 successful dribbles last season, ranking him 3rd best out of Championship wingers, his numbers were slightly better than the likes of Solomon, Baah, Fellows and Doak who are also known for their 1 vs 1 ability. 
 

Fans won’t be that enamoured because of his age, and I certainly wouldn’t want Leicester City spending over £5 million on him. 
 

But the type of winger he is, I can understand why we’re interested. 

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damolcfc

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Pointless having wingers if we don't have our midfielders or attackers joining in when we do attack ... 

Watch other teams and it's like 5 or 6 busting a gut to get up other end.... we have 2 or 3 .... jogging

BenTheFox

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5 minutes ago, kingfox said:

I think it boils down to the type of winger Josh Murphy is compared to others. As we know, Cifuentes likes his wingers to have 1 vs 1 ability, we have three in Fatawu, Mavididi and Monga, but the rest of our options on the wing have serious question marks. Ayew and BDCR are not really 1 vs 1 type wingers.

 

Josh Murphy averaged 4.6 successful dribbles last season, ranking him 3rd best out of Championship wingers, his numbers were slightly better than the likes of Solomon, Baah, Fellows and Doak who are also known for their 1 vs 1 ability. 
 

Fans won’t be that enamoured because of his age, and I certainly wouldn’t want Leicester City spending over £5 million on him. 
 

But the type of winger he is, I can understand why we’re interested. 

I fully get this, but we have two gaping holes in the side that need addressing first. 

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CloudFox

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10 minutes ago, kingfox said:

I think it boils down to the type of winger Josh Murphy is compared to others. As we know, Cifuentes likes his wingers to have 1 vs 1 ability, we have three in Fatawu, Mavididi and Monga, but the rest of our options on the wing have serious question marks. Ayew and BDCR are not really 1 vs 1 type wingers.

 

Josh Murphy averaged 4.6 successful dribbles last season, ranking him 3rd best out of Championship wingers, his numbers were slightly better than the likes of Solomon, Baah, Fellows and Doak who are also known for their 1 vs 1 ability. 
 

Fans won’t be that enamoured because of his age, and I certainly wouldn’t want Leicester City spending over £5 million on him. 
 

But the type of winger he is, I can understand why we’re interested. 

Some very fair points. However, he's a left winger. We need cover for the right wing, not the left. Unless Monga is expected to be cover for both wings? I can't remember what he was like playing on the right though—think he did a couple of games last season maybe.

DezFox

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This link is worrying, seems pointless, expensive and against everything we are trying to stop. Just buy a CM and a striker. It crazy! 

kingfox

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27 minutes ago, BenTheFox said:

I fully get this, but we have two gaping holes in the side that need addressing first. 

Yep and I very much agree, if we have ability to spend £5-10 million on some players, that kind of fee needs to go on a striker and central midfielder. With McAteer out the door though, is it a surprise that we could be after a winger who excels in the attributes that Cifuentes likes, imo no.

 

24 minutes ago, CloudFox said:

Some very fair points. However, he's a left winger. We need cover for the right wing, not the left. Unless Monga is expected to be cover for both wings? I can't remember what he was like playing on the right though—think he did a couple of games last season maybe.

I think Cifuentes will look at Monga as cover for both wings, he played on the right quite a few times in the youth setup. 
 

You ideally want two players in every position. To end this transfer window with Fatawu, Mavididi, Monga and maybe Murphy as our four main wing options, not bad is it. 

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Claudio Fannieri

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1 hour ago, Lesta Legend said:

I hear the fact it isn’t a position we need to strengthen. 
 

But I guess from an attacking output they’ll see Murphy as an upgrade on stephy. Murphy expected assists and goals would put him ahead. With the intensity of style and emphasis on the wingers then it becomes more of important role for your goal contributions. 
 

Maybe he doesn’t rate Stephy. 

Perhaps we won’t replace BEK but bring in Murphy and move Stephy into the number 10 role. 

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