Rampage Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Being second in the league and on the best run over 17 matches will be attractive to a lot of Premiership players who want to play regularly but to try out a loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbados Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Yes please! lethal pace, tenacious, cracking finish on him, he would be deadly in the championship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 4 hours ago, Strange yearnings said: With Gayle we would storm ahead He would certainly put the wind up the opposition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 A Posh supporting fellow writer tells me he would be lethal in the Championship, and would guarantee our promotion should he join. Though he would have to play at CF instead of Martin. That's a tough call in all honesty, but if Gayle can link-up play + go in behind (a cross between Martin+Bent) then we could be on for a winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernow Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Obviously he's a good player and a loan with a view to a permanent would be beneficial, it's just the wages that would discourage me, then again it's not my money so that shouldn't effect me. If he scores for fun we can sign him, he would be a good squad player in the PL regardless, though in my opinion not one to rely on to fire yourself to safety. If he ain't great, and doesn't score goals, he can go back to Palace and providing it hasn't ****** up our automatic plans, no harm done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 not sure I'd go for this, at best we'd get half a season out of him. If we got promoted, we would instantly be looking to replace him, if we didn't get promoted, he would think he's too good for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papahet Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Gayle would be a superb loan, I doubt he's on anywhere near 35 grand a week either. Let me guess, a Alan Nixon story pulling figures out the air a'la Clements 3 million salary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Don't see the need for another striker unless one is off. As a player I would be looking at Bent and thinking if he can't get a game what chance have I got. Martin is numero uno and we only ever play with 1 up top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 30 minutes ago, Daveo said: Don't see the need for another striker unless one is off. As a player I would be looking at Bent and thinking if he can't get a game what chance have I got. Martin is numero uno and we only ever play with 1 up top. I agree with this in relation to people of the quality of Gayle. This could change if we brought someone in who was by far the best forward at the club (highly unlikely) but for someone of the level of Gayle I don't see a striker coming. Unless Clement has plans to change the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackworthRamIsGod Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Something tells me Clement isn't in the market for loaning players. He wasn't keen when we needed a left back and chose to soldier on and wait for January. If your look for reasons and common factors for our last couple of seasons, loan players may be seen as a reason for not getting over the line. I expect if we sign anyone it will be a permanent signing and another piece of he jigsaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammieib Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 I just see any loan or striker signing incredibly disloyal to Darren Bent. If we are going to change a formation to fit another striker in then do it now, but there isn't really any need. Bent has shown he can score goals and if given a run in the team, he would bag a lot. However I don't see us changing formation. Why have three strikers for one position, when we currently have three infers for two positions, two of which could be classed as a striker. If we are going to go all out and spend some money, I can only really see it being a winger. Buying or securing a Prem standard winger would secure us top two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFruitsRam7 Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 I think people forget the fact that Darren Bent scored 12 in 17 last season, which as a "back-up" striker to Chris Martin isn't bad at all, so I don't know why we would be interested in Gayle to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peartreecres Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Saw him against West Brom in October, poor first touch but was in exalted company: Cabaye, Bolasie and Zaha... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagerbob Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 17 hours ago, Dimmu said: IMO this is just a myth. Especially with strikers it's all about how he fits to tactics. Couple examples with Vardy and Martin. Martin would struggle in team where everyone should drop down to defend and counter. The way we counterattack suits him well, but if he needed t drop more, he would be more or less useless. Personally I can't see Vardy doing well for possession based bigger teams. There's a reason why City, Pool, Chelsea, us etc prefer powerful strikers, who plays with back towards the goal. By the way, didn't Palace pay a lot to get Gayle? 6 millions or something like that? Same reason Darren Bent did well in his career as a counter attacking striker who likes to get in behind a defence with a high line. He was great for ipswich charlton, sunderland in the premier. Put him in an england team in qualifying games against minnows who defend deep and he was hopeless because he had no space to run into. On the same subject of players matching a system. Martin was much more effective with Hughes and Bryson in the team who play it short into his feet. The curent derby team with more varied range of passing, simply dont use Martin enough. That and the fact he is on the floor whinging this year more than ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North_Stand_Ram Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Would rather go all out for Austin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddy Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 could he play along side of either Martin or Bent? As he is not been playing regularly if we bought him, he might spend the rest of the season match fit and do we now do loan deals now with Paul? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor1946 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 With players challenging for a place in the team,could new signings disrupt the squad ,and just make for a more expensive bench.Hard to keep top players happy,sitting on the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t'oldu Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Quote Bent and Ince scored goals at the end of last season. They work well together. And the squad is adaptable to a different system. We now have a much stronger and well organised defence. If Martin got injured it would not be the disaster it was then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfb Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 While i liked him at Boro 2 yrs ago,and wanted him her then, i feel differently now. I think IF we are in the market for a striker this Jan and assist with the promo push,it should be one that will work in the Prem next season. I agree with other comments on here that a loan would put peoples noses out, unless were happy with that ? I like the horses for courses system, its one i always advocated, so another striker may be a good idea, just who ? So, question - can Martin do a job in the Prem ? same question of Bent, if not maybe we should look at options and fit them in now so as to hit the ground running in August Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddy Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I don't think Bent would be good enough for the prem next season, that's why he is now in the championship. As for CM, probably used as a sub, when we get promotion this season I 'd already heard that Mel wants us to stop up, so I would have thought a prem proven striker will be bought. Paul maybe has already chosen the striker he would like to get, to add to the promotion run in and would be suitable for next season. Would Gayle be suitable? I don't know as I have not seen much of him recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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