MONDAY.

[Simonb]

Love deadline day.. but this year id be happy if nothing else happens now simpsons in.. if were to bring anyone in id prefer a centre back n possibly a forward.. but we look decent enough...

the only thing I can see happening is someone like wood or hammond leaving.. but even then it might br a loan to a lower league so can be done after monday anyway

[ROB-THE-BLUE]

Are you Billy Davies?

lol

[Rich77]

Could see RDL switching to Left back he played there for man Utd before

[theessexfox]

Hopefully all our business will be concluded by Sunday evening.

[Guest Col city fan]

We need an attacking midfielder IMO. We've got defensive minded ones. Cambiasso, James, Hammond can all perform that role. But we need some flair, some creativity. A really good attacking midfielder who can pick a pass and, so importantly at this level, score a goal. Mahrez and Knockaert are raw at this level. They'll blow hot and cold IMO. I'd love to finish the squad off with a real quality attack minded midfielder.

King, played further forward could do this. But I'd love to see a really cultured ball-player at the club. Someone who can pop up with a bit of magic and get us off our seats.

We're looking solid enough. I'm chuffed with that. But have we enough goals in the side if the strikers aren't firing? And have we got the players to give them really good supply?

A Ramsey, if you like.

[Corky]

I can't wait the window to SLAM SHUT at whatever time it does so we can have months of talking about actual football rather than ITK's, people at training grounds looking gormless, Sky sources and presenters thinking we should amazed and proud about how much money is thrown around.

[MHC]

We need an attacking midfielder IMO. We've got defensive minded ones. Cambiasso, James, Hammond can all perform that role. But we need some flair, some creativity. A really good attacking midfielder who can pick a pass and, so importantly at this level, score a goal. Mahrez and Knockaert are raw at this level. They'll blow hot and cold IMO. I'd love to finish the squad off with a real quality attack minded midfielder.

King, played further forward could do this. But I'd love to see a really cultured ball-player at the club. Someone who can pop up with a bit of magic and get us off our seats.

We're looking solid enough. I'm chuffed with that. But have we enough goals in the side if the strikers aren't firing? And have we got the players to give them really good supply?

A Ramsey, if you like.

I read somewhere that Cambiasso has been used in this position for Argentina to accommodate other players to fit into the system, and he adopted it very well by all accounts. Maybe he can be more attacking than we think.

[Foxes1]

Are you Gay?

Give us a kiss and I will tell you.

[Spanner73]

Great news with Simpson coming in , the only thing we now need is 2 quality strikers and NP knows he has to get them in its an absolute must for us , I feel it's our finishing that's the only thing that will let us down if we fail to bring in quality up front , ulloa and vardy are our strongest 2 but we need another duo , wouldn't be surprised if GTF went the other way , I would also consider Nuge going if we got 2 in

[Gio]

We need an attacking midfielder IMO. We've got defensive minded ones. Cambiasso, James, Hammond can all perform that role. But we need some flair, some creativity. A really good attacking midfielder who can pick a pass and, so importantly at this level, score a goal. Mahrez and Knockaert are raw at this level. They'll blow hot and cold IMO. I'd love to finish the squad off with a real quality attack minded midfielder.

King, played further forward could do this. But I'd love to see a really cultured ball-player at the club. Someone who can pop up with a bit of magic and get us off our seats.

We're looking solid enough. I'm chuffed with that. But have we enough goals in the side if the strikers aren't firing? And have we got the players to give them really good supply?

A Ramsey, if you like.

 

Completely agree. Would be brilliant to have someone like that

[Simonb]

We need an attacking midfielder IMO. We've got defensive minded ones. Cambiasso, James, Hammond can all perform that role. But we need some flair, some creativity. A really good attacking midfielder who can pick a pass and, so importantly at this level, score a goal. Mahrez and Knockaert are raw at this level. They'll blow hot and cold IMO. I'd love to finish the squad off with a real quality attack minded midfielder.

King, played further forward could do this. But I'd love to see a really cultured ball-player at the club. Someone who can pop up with a bit of magic and get us off our seats.

We're looking solid enough. I'm chuffed with that. But have we enough goals in the side if the strikers aren't firing? And have we got the players to give them really good supply?

A Ramsey, if you like.

give it a month and I think drinky could well be that player. I think he could easily turn into a scholes type player

[Simonb]

Great news with Simpson coming in , the only thing we now need is 2 quality strikers and NP knows he has to get them in its an absolute must for us , I feel it's our finishing that's the only thing that will let us down if we fail to bring in quality up front , ulloa and vardy are our strongest 2 but we need another duo , wouldn't be surprised if GTF went the other way , I would also consider Nuge going if we got 2 in

personally id like to keep nuge but gtf can go.. although id very much doubt many championship teams wud be interested in taking him now either

[65RosesFox]

Great news with Simpson coming in , the only thing we now need is 2 quality strikers and NP knows he has to get them in its an absolute must for us , I feel it's our finishing that's the only thing that will let us down if we fail to bring in quality up front , ulloa and vardy are our strongest 2 but we need another duo , wouldn't be surprised if GTF went the other way , I would also consider Nuge going if we got 2 in

Getting rid of Nugent.

I can see why you're called spanner.

[Spanner73]

I'm Entitled to my opinion I like nuge a lot he's a really good player at championship level but tbf he hasn't got it at this level , it's something he struggled with last time round at Portsmouth , the same goes for GTF which leaves them surplus to requirements , id like to see nigel bring in 2 fast quality strikers

[Merchant_Banker]

Are you Billy Davies?

 

Malky MacKay?

[adamlcfcbevo85]

I'm Entitled to my opinion I like nuge a lot he's a really good player at championship level but tbf he hasn't got it at this level , it's something he struggled with last time round at Portsmouth , the same goes for GTF which leaves them surplus to requirements , id like to see nigel bring in 2 fast quality strikers

you are absolutely right, however people who are in delusion over nugent will hate you for writing such a post, nugent is a good player and what he has done for us has been fantastic, the fact is he will not cut it at this level and should not be first choice at the most he should be 3rd choice striker, people will go mental on this forum for people saying the truth about him, then there might be 1 in 10 games where nugent will score a open goal and lcfc fans see him as good as ronaldo, people need to wake up or enjoy life back on the championship!

[MGLCFC]

I'm Entitled to my opinion I like nuge a lot he's a really good player at championship level but tbf he hasn't got it at this level , it's something he struggled with last time round at Portsmouth , the same goes for GTF which leaves them surplus to requirements , id like to see nigel bring in 2 fast quality strikers

What exactly hasn't he got at this level and how much do you think 2 fast quality strikers would cost, if indeed there are any about. He's had one real good chance which was well saved, just as Costa had a one on one saved by Howard today. Give him a number of games against comparable opposition before making judgement.

[Spanner73]

Nigel always talks about "key moments" in games and if we're talking about Chelsea those chances or key moments have to be taken , this is the big unforgiving premier league it doesn't care if you didn't score those chances you had all season , like I said I like Nuge but he isn't good enough at this level goalscoring wise , I'm not saying getting a finisher is easy and yes it will cost money but it's a better option than what we currently have in Nuge and GTF I think vardy and Ulloa may be ok but I don't think we're blessed with striker talent , we were unfortunate with Deeney as I think he would have been very good for us

[BigMicky]

Nigel always talks about "key moments" in games and if we're talking about Chelsea those chances or key moments have to be taken , this is the big unforgiving premier league it doesn't care if you didn't score those chances you had all season , like I said I like Nuge but he isn't good enough at this level goalscoring wise , I'm not saying getting a finisher is easy and yes it will cost money but it's a better option than what we currently have in Nuge and GTF I think vardy and Ulloa may be ok but I don't think we're blessed with striker talent , we were unfortunate with Deeney as I think he would have been very good for us

ERM do you know how many games nuge played for Pompey as a striker in the prem? That move really didn't work out for him. He will do very well for us in the prem.

[adamlcfcbevo85]

ERM do you know how many games nuge played for Pompey as a striker in the prem? That move really didn't work out for him. He will do very well for us in the prem.

wanna put a years wages on him doing well in the prem ??

[Bob Weasel Fox]

Best thing about deadline day is Natalie Sawyer.

Best thing about anything is Natalie Sawyer

Bless her and her cotton socks

[jayfox26]

What exactly hasn't he got at this level and how much do you think 2 fast quality strikers would cost, if indeed there are any about. He's had one real good chance which was well saved, just as Costa had a one on one saved by Howard today. Give him a number of games against comparable opposition before making judgement.

good post. I'm currently undecided on Nugent as like you say, i want to give him a chance against teams other than the top 6 in the league, to see if he can do a job. It's harsh to write Nuge off just because he missed a couple of chances against Chelsea.

[DANGEROUS TIGER]

We need an attacking midfielder IMO. We've got defensive minded ones. Cambiasso, James, Hammond can all perform that role. But we need some flair, some creativity. A really good attacking midfielder who can pick a pass and, so importantly at this level, score a goal. Mahrez and Knockaert are raw at this level. They'll blow hot and cold IMO. I'd love to finish the squad off with a real quality attack minded midfielder.

King, played further forward could do this. But I'd love to see a really cultured ball-player at the club. Someone who can pop up with a bit of magic and get us off our seats.

We're looking solid enough. I'm chuffed with that. But have we enough goals in the side if the strikers aren't firing? And have we got the players to give them really good supply?

A Ramsey, if you like.

I actually feel the same. We need a couple of abrasive players, with flair, and top level experience.

 

D Day, tomorrow.

[dmayne7]

We need an attacking midfielder IMO. We've got defensive minded ones. Cambiasso, James, Hammond can all perform that role. But we need some flair, some creativity. A really good attacking midfielder who can pick a pass and, so importantly at this level, score a goal. Mahrez and Knockaert are raw at this level. They'll blow hot and cold IMO. I'd love to finish the squad off with a real quality attack minded midfielder.

King, played further forward could do this. But I'd love to see a really cultured ball-player at the club. Someone who can pop up with a bit of magic and get us off our seats.

We're looking solid enough. I'm chuffed with that. But have we enough goals in the side if the strikers aren't firing? And have we got the players to give them really good supply?

A Ramsey, if you like.

 

Virtually Impossible for us. I'm afraid that there are very few players of that ilk that don't blow hot and cold which is why the ones who can't turn it on game after game will cost £30m+.

 

There is 0.1% chance of us being able to attract/afford a player like that as much as I'd like to see it happen.

 

I do agree that we need someone who can bag a few from midfield though. If we do sign a quality striker (N'Doye) then that would be a good compromise but if not then somebody like Knocky/Riyad, who can operate wide and a bit further forward. I'd take a raw player because then at least you're giving yourself 3 types of players who can make things happen. King could score a few if he's given license to get forward (not happening if he plays alongside Drinky) but he's not really going to create things from nothing.

 

Pandev is that number 10 player really who can play up top or wide in a 3 whilst being able to slot into a deeper role. Shame that he's not quite where he was a few years ago though.

[LAprice_]

Drinkwater popped up with a few goals last season. Andy King is the clubs highest goal scoring midfielder. Cambiasso likes to roam forward occasionally. James likes to shoot from long range, likewise for Hammond. I'm confident in these 5 players popping up with goals!