Danny Ings (signing 1 year deal, John Percy.)

[lcfcbluearmy]

1 hour ago, Joe90 said:

Great signing for the position this club are in! Anyone who thinks otherwise, give your self  a reality check where this club is 

He's scored 6 goals in 75 games as a striker even as a league 1 club you can expect better than that

[Tuna]

4 minutes ago, lcfcbluearmy said:

He's scored 6 goals in 75 games as a striker even as a league 1 club you can expect better than that

His record over the last few seasons is completely irrelevant. If he is fit and still has ability, then he'll be ok as one of our strikers. Jack Marriott had a poor record in the last few years and bagged 16 in 25 for Reading.

[AKCJ]

5 minutes ago, boosmanana said:

A) we're not in a financial position to spend £3.5 million (rumoured) on a single player.

 

B) he's unlikely to have taken a significant wage reduction to sign for Sheffield Wednesday and was on around 35k per week at Aston Villa. We'd be stupid to commit to signing new players on anything like this salary in our current situation. Whilst he's a promising player, I'm not sure he'll ever be a regular PL level footballer, which you'd probably expect close to given his salary. I'd have actually been more concerned if we had bought him and committed to a long term contract paying him a handsome salary. (Although admittedly it would be more exciting than signing Danny Ings on a 1 year deal.) 

Do you think we'll be paying Danny Ings less than this?

 

5 minutes ago, boosmanana said:

 

C) we're not going to be attracting PL players, no, we're in League One. But there's talented players about, especially in Scandinavia that'd jump at the opportunity to sign for a club of our size, with the increased exposure it'd give their career, with a wage increase, that'd both cost less to buy and on a smaller salary than Louie Barry. 

 

Absolutely, which makes it laughable that we're going to be paying so much for an injury prone washed up has been.

[Muzzy_no7]

Bloody Nora 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Patrick]

I actually burst out laughing when I first saw this. The Khunt never changes, does he? 

[Grebfromgrebland]

7 minutes ago, lcfcbluearmy said:

He's scored 6 goals in 75 games as a striker even as a league 1 club you can expect better than that

I'm not sure we can expect better than that 

[kingfox]

11 minutes ago, boosmanana said:

C) we're not going to be attracting PL players, no, we're in League One. But there's talented players about, especially in Scandinavia that'd jump at the opportunity to sign for a club of our size, with the increased exposure it'd give their career, with a wage increase, that'd both cost less to buy and on a smaller salary than Louie Barry. 

Tbh a market we should be targeting is players at Premier League clubs, that have either been out on loan or been plying their trade in PL2.

 

You see many League 1 clubs targeting that market, no surprise to see a club like Sheff Wed on the verge of signing Barry.

 

We need to be targeting a bunch of players who come in a similar bracket, either available for loan or would come under £1 million, Tommi O’Reilly who is also at Villa for example.

[lcfcbluearmy]

12 minutes ago, Tuna said:

His record over the last few seasons is completely irrelevant. If he is fit and still has ability, then he'll be ok as one of our strikers. Jack Marriott had a poor record in the last few years and bagged 16 in 25 for Reading.

It really isnt he record over the last couple of seasons it literally the most relevant peice of information. You can't sign someone who has been awful just because they were good more than 5 years ago and then just completely write of there last 5 years as irrelevant thats idiotic

[lcfcbluearmy]

11 minutes ago, Grebfromgrebland said:

I'm not sure we can expect better than that 

Rotherham who finished 2nd bottum of league 1 last year had someone who scored 12 in one season last year twice what ings has scored in the last 3 we absolutely can expect better

[em9999]

Just as I thought things couldn't get any worse the club sign Danny Ings

[JimJams]

18 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Bloody Nora 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Get her in too...

[VLC86]

7 minutes ago, em9999 said:

Just as I thought things couldn't get any worse the club sign Danny Ings

 

[VLC86]

I guarantee this won’t be the only arrival that sends us into meltdown.

[TheStig]

2 hours ago, ACF said:

I’m praying his contract is largely appearance fee/goal bonus based, but we know it won’t be 

If he scores 3 goals this season he automatically gets another 3 year contract extension.

[Scotch]

I want to be positive about this and look at it as an experienced striker on a short term deal who can be relied on, help the younger players and improve the culture at the club but I've made that mistake with so many similar players that we've signed in the last few years. 

[kingpowerout]

an experienced pro who is proven at a higher level on a short term contract - not sure what all the meltdown's are about?

He won't be the number 1 striker, he will help breed a winning mentality and set standards to the younger lads.

[Samilktray]

Not having any of the dafties on here or Facebook gaslight me into thinking this is anything but a crap signing

[moore_94]

I don’t mind it IF we also go and sign someone like Wareham or Ballard or someone like that (I don’t think we will though)

 

If he is going to be our main striker for the season which I think the club are absolutely stupid enough to do then it is a big problem

[Pita]

Just another old crocked play gandering his pension pot. When will Rudkin ever learn. 

[Wink84]

Better than Mikel Antonio at least.

[Trav Le Bleu]

6 hours ago, DJW11 said:

The massive part is if he stays fit. If he stays fit then could be brilliant for us but that's a big IF with his injury record.

If it's a pay as you play deal then fine, I'm all for it. A fit, in form, Ings will tear up League 1.

[VLC86]

2 minutes ago, Wink84 said:

Better than Mikel Antonio at least.

This is the current yard stick, did you nearly die and break your legs in a car crash? No, you’ll do.

[RichardGearman]

Completely fine and logical signing and great experience to pass down to the younger lads.

[JimJams]

So that's the new captain sorted...

[EnderbyFox]

17 minutes ago, RichardGearman said:

Completely fine and logical signing and great experience to pass down to the younger lads.

 

Me when we signed Conor Coady