Jusef Erabi

[Jobyfox]

3 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Why did I read this in Brian Blessed's voice?

You might have to be a certain age to appreciate that 

[Ric Flair]

Got a feeling this one happens

[Jobyfox]

Our first Afghan? 

 

(by descent)

[AjcW]

10 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Got a feeling this one happens

If it does we’ll have very much snatched him. Millwall ITK’s were saying his medical was today. 
 

Guess a call from his old boss might have helped?

[Long Eaton Fox]

Just now, AjcW said:

If it does we’ll have very much snatched him. Millwall ITK’s were saying his medical was today. 
 

Guess a call from his old boss might have helped?

I assumed and hoped that erabi signing for millwall would free up ivanovic to come to us.

[AjcW]

1 minute ago, Long Eaton Fox said:

I assumed and hoped that erabi signing for millwall would free up ivanovic to come to us.

I’d prefer someone Marti has already worked with personally. Especially someone who, similarly to what he’s doing now with our kids, was backed by Marti. 

[Long Eaton Fox]

1 minute ago, AjcW said:

I’d prefer someone Marti has already worked with personally. Especially someone who, similarly to what he’s doing now with our kids, was backed by Marti. 

Is erabi the target man type that ivanovic is?

[AjcW]

6 minutes ago, Long Eaton Fox said:

Is erabi the target man type that ivanovic is?

He’s 6ft so not a giant giant but he’s absolutely stacked  

[Long Eaton Fox]

3 minutes ago, AjcW said:

He’s 6ft so not a giant giant but he’s absolutely stacked  

Its clear we need a centre forward even after winning tonight. 3 days to go.

[CosbehFox]

Watched him in the derby live back in April, big, strong holds it well and brings the wingers into the game. Don’t expect speed or a channel run. Decent enough without being great 

[Long Eaton Fox]

4 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

Watched him in the derby live back in April, big, strong holds it well and brings the wingers into the game. Don’t expect speed or a channel run. Decent enough without being great 

I assume you're talking about erabi not ivanovic. Think I'm leaning towards ivanovic purely because he's played in the championship

[Long Eaton Fox]

There is a £5m upgrade on ivanovic because he's here.

[FrankieADZ]

34 minutes ago, Long Eaton Fox said:

I assumed and hoped that erabi signing for millwall would free up ivanovic to come to us.

not chance of Ivanovic coming here, no way we spend over £10mil on one player this window

[Danny280995]

No player incomings will happen, be shocked if it does happen 

[Vindaloo FOX]

2 hours ago, AjcW said:

He’s 6ft so not a giant giant but he’s absolutely stacked  

Ade Akinbiyi vibes 

[STUHILL]

Meh. Sounds a bit rubbish. 

Seriously, no one better than this? 

We need a starting No.9

[Claudio Fannieri]

I would be happy with this type of move, given he has worked with Marti before, he will understand how he wants him to play and what he expects from his striker. 
 

We need to recognise that we are not necessarily looking for the next Jamie Vardy regen, and the right profile of striker could unlock so many goals for the team as a collective. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

7 hours ago, Jobyfox said:

Our first Afghan? 

 

(by descent)

He's quite debonair

 

 

[Gravel]

Farted and followed through

[LVFox]

If he was crap, Marti wouldn’t be after him, and you have to imagine it’s a signing he’s recommended.

Doesn’t strike me as the goalscorer we need, but could be worse

[Verumex]

1 hour ago, Claudio Fannieri said:

I would be happy with this type of move, given he has worked with Marti before, he will understand how he wants him to play and what he expects from his striker. 
 

We need to recognise that we are not necessarily looking for the next Jamie Vardy regen, and the right profile of striker could unlock so many goals for the team as a collective. 

Yeah, this is what I've been saying. With the system we have, the individual striker doesn't really matter. It's the profile that's important. 

 

As long as they are a strong target man type than can win aerials and has good positioning then their individual skill doesn't matter as much as it would otherwise. 

 

We just need someone to be able to capitalise on the work that our wingers are doing.

[ronnup]

We need some hard bastards in the team. Massive yes

[fkas]

20 minutes ago, LVFox said:

If he was crap, Marti wouldn’t be after him, and you have to imagine it’s a signing he’s recommended.

Doesn’t strike me as the goalscorer we need, but could be worse

Is still young enough that he could have a breakout year and become more prolific. Some strikers thrive more in certain systems as well. Mitrovic being a great example, couldn't seem to score for Newcastle goes to Fulham and can't stop. If Marti reckons he can do the job and he's a cheap punt then take the risk.

[AjcW]

In with my daily reminder that we currently have one out and out striker, next year we will have zero… we need to bring in 2/3 attackers this year to be prepared for the future. 
 

Oh and this is the championship… rotation for a 33 year old is a good idea too  

[LVFox]

11 minutes ago, fkas said:

Is still young enough that he could have a breakout year and become more prolific. Some strikers thrive more in certain systems as well. Mitrovic being a great example, couldn't seem to score for Newcastle goes to Fulham and can't stop. If Marti reckons he can do the job and he's a cheap punt then take the risk.

Yeah agree. I am being slightly hypocritical, before the season (Post Marti appointment) I wrote a list of incoming/outgoing signings and Erabi was on that plan, but as a backup forward option.

 

Fair to say we’ve missed out on a few others I had.