richinspain

About a month before he passed away...
Absolutely heart-breaking.

Was he even a sprightly 25 year old? ?

I imagine they'll be taking a hit, so the EFL will probably make us pay a percentage!

I imagine they'll be taking a hit, so the EFL will probably make us pay a percentage!

Oh, I thought you meant Ranby's! ?

I don't think you pay tax on cakeaways.  Only eat in!  

Tax reasons…..

Yeah. Proper flying visit. Arrived at East Mids 21:50 yesterday, flight back 14:15 Sunday.

No knee, but the important bit is there!

Yeah. Proper flying visit. Arrived at East Mids 21:50 yesterday, flight back 14:15 Sunday.

Isn't his current club displayed though?

They've only traveled a couple of miles, I've had to go a bit further. I know that when they do travel I they definitely won't be in the same state. Hopefully the pork pie does make it intact though.

No knee, but the important bit is there!

No knee, but the important bit is there!

Isn't his current club displayed though?

Isn't his current club displayed though?

I was trying to remain polite and considerate to all 82 year olds the world over!
Bless 'em!    ?

Was he even a sprightly 25 year old? ?

Doesn't this one need a new thread of its own?

The obvious ones are Mount, Tomori, Wilson and Hughes. I would love to see any of those four back here, but if I had to choose one for this current team I'd go for Tomori. A central defence of him and Cashin would be incredible.

Me too - and I've never heard it in my life.

George Williams, Mick Forsyth and Gary Micklewhite. Signed around the same time...can't be more than £150k in fees, and best part of 1000 games for us between them.

The obvious ones are Mount, Tomori, Wilson and Hughes. I would love to see any of those four back here, but if I had to choose one for this current team I'd go for Tomori. A central defence of him and Cashin would be incredible.

We had a pacey option down the centre (Osula), and we never really used him, because he couldn't do anything else that a modern striker needs to do. He was quick, and he could dribble and finish, and that was about it.
We mainly are playing 1 up front, and even when we play Collins and McGoldrick together, they're far from a traditional front 2.  So any striker we bring in has to be able to play as a lone striker, which means they have to be able to do at least a few out of: being a physical presence up front, occupying defenders, holding the ball up, linking the play, winning headers etc.  Otherwise you're basically toothless up front and your entire system doesn't work.  There's a reason why small, quick strikers (think Michael Owen, Jermaine Defoe types) barely exist in modern football (as regular starters anyway) - they can't play up front on their own, and if you play a front 2, you get outnumbered somewhere else. 
So if we want a pacey option, we're looking at Ivan Toney types - big, strong, physical and quick at the same time.  And good luck finding one of those for free in January.  Any player that's big, strong and quick and can score goals is going to be playing regular football somewhere already.
And for what it's worth, we have bags of pace in the team already - 4 quick wingers, and the likes of Knight and Sibley breaking from deeper.  What we need is craft in the final third (i.e. someone to actually play passes or create opportunities for those guys).  We only really have McGoldrick, plus Bird and Hourihane from deeper.  A striker that can either hold the ball up, or drop off and play passes, would make a much bigger difference than another guy that can run quickly.

He's trying to look American