Ghost of Clough Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 I seem to recall us having Anang on trial last season, played in one game, but then went back. Is he on trial again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram Bam Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 7 hours ago, Ambitious said: I'm personally on the sign 3 wide players bandwagon. I noticed someone mention that the wide players under McClaren often rotated and were consistently performing at a high level throughout. We have Lawrence at the moment, Waghorn if you push him out wide. Jozefzoon and Bennett aren't going to be trusted to get game time. It's not to say that things can't change, but I'd prefer Waghorn to play upfront. Lawrence to have 3 others to rotate with - preferably with speed. What's Jordon Ibe up to? If we concentrate on the short term and just look ahead to this season I agree. However if we have 4 wide players I think it would hinder the development of Knight and Whittaker as I can't see where else they fit. Knight is IMO better in the centre and could play there but we're pretty stacked and he won't play one of the holding roles as it doesn't suit his style. Signing that many players would also potentially block the pathway for those behind eg Wilson and Archie Brown. 1 wide player and a striker for me, we won't have the strength in depth but it would still allow opportunity for the youth to play and improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Is there some sort of link with a West Ham academy. That’s the third player now to come on trial. The others being Nathan Holland, and trialist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 41 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said: I seem to recall us having Anang on trial last season, played in one game, but then went back. Is he on trial again? Could be thinking of Manny Idem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 16 minutes ago, RamNut said: Is there some sort of link with a West Ham academy. That’s the third player now to come on trial. The others being Nathan Holland, and trialist. West Ham seem to spend heavily on unknowns/overpriced players leaving younger players to have to move to have a chance of ever playing, poor by them but currently useful to us if we can unearth a diamond of theirs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Right then where are we - oh yes we have signed a goalkeeper ( better ) to replace one we had on loan and we are signing a centre half on loan who we had to replace the said centre half who was on loan. We need to replace the centre forward who left or re sign the same centre forward ( Chris Martin) not to mention signing the much vaunted wide midfielder everyone craves. when does the season start? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 21 minutes ago, Coconut said: Could be thinking of Manny Idem? I definitely was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Ram Bam said: If we concentrate on the short term and just look ahead to this season I agree. However if we have 4 wide players I think it would hinder the development of Knight and Whittaker as I can't see where else they fit. Knight is IMO better in the centre and could play there but we're pretty stacked and he won't play one of the holding roles as it doesn't suit his style. Signing that many players would also potentially block the pathway for those behind eg Wilson and Archie Brown. 1 wide player and a striker for me, we won't have the strength in depth but it would still allow opportunity for the youth to play and improve. It's a 'winger' or a forward for me. We spent a significant amount on our two senior CFs (Waghorn and Marriott) and signing 2 players will most likely mean we get very little in return from at least one of our more expensive signings - not ideal with P&S constraints. Signing a winger and using Waghorn at CF will improve the team more than signing a CF and using Waghorn at RW. Knight covers CM, AM, LW and RW. We'll most likely see him rotate/battle with Sibley for that AM position. As good as Sibley is, he's going to be a target for rough treatment next season and will need to be rested. Knight will be looking at 20 mins off the bench in place of Sibley in about 20 games, starting about 15 at AM himself. Bird, Rooney, Shinnie, Holmes, and Bielik (2nd half of season) will prevent Knight getting much (if any) game time at CM. To be honest, I don't think we'll see him in a deeper role until next season when we see a number of CM options leave. Lawrence and *new winger* will undoubtedly be our preferred options out wide. There will be limited game time for backups at LW as Lawrence has shown he's a 90 minute 40 game sort of player. There's about 10 games up for grabs for Whittaker, Knight, Bennett or another U23. There will be more game time available at RW whilst the new guy settles in. Waghorn and the others mentioned above will be looking at about 20 starts with a few sub apps between them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topram Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 We are still desperate for a winger and a striker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IslandExile Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 6 minutes ago, David said: As backup to Sibley in the number 10 role? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EraniosSocks Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Would love to see Curtis here at Derby, I do wonder if we are still interested in Canos at Brentford though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackworthRamIsGod Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 46 minutes ago, EraniosSocks said: Would love to see Curtis here at Derby, I do wonder if we are still interested in Canos at Brentford though? If we signed Canos ? Although I'd be slightly disappointed Derby didnt read my posts calling for us to sign him for 2 million from under the noses of Brentford, but hey, cant have everything (or everyone). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niram Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Messi's salary is 26m according to Google...Did we find out what the loan was for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 7 minutes ago, niram said: Messi's salary is 26m according to Google...Did we find out what the loan was for? That loan was to pay for Matt Clarke's Brylcreem subscription Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 26 minutes ago, niram said: Messi's salary is 26m according to Google...Did we find out what the loan was for? We'll get that back in shirt sales and sponsorship. I heard Mel mention something about 10Bet yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Greenwood Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 13 hours ago, RamNut said: Is there some sort of link with a West Ham academy. That’s the third player now to come on trial. The others being Nathan Holland, and trialist. When was Holland here ? My WH mate says he is a real prospect available for a Mill. Scored a cracker for Oxford on loan last season in a cup game on TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle guest Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 22 hours ago, gccrowdpleaser said: Joseph Anang apparently training with Derby. Under 23 GK from West Ham. Out of contract next summer. Very highly regarded at West Ham. Could be the future keeper in 2 years once Marshall has done. Was with West Ham yesterday playing for their first team, however a photo from today’s friendly against Brentford came up on my Twitter feed & the goalkeeper is there still, someone has done their research & his name is apparently Manny Agboola ex Oxford keeper signed for the academy. May not be 100% but I’m sure we’ll find out one way or another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gccrowdpleaser Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Kyle guest said: Was with West Ham yesterday playing for their first team, however a photo from today’s friendly against Brentford came up on my Twitter feed & the goalkeeper is there still, someone has done their research & his name is apparently Manny Agboola ex Oxford keeper signed for the academy. May not be 100% but I’m sure we’ll find out one way or another Plays for Barking FC and played for them yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Wigan's Jamal Lowe set to join Swansea for only a million. Would he have been worth a punt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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