Premier ram Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Kane Wilson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram1988 Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Sonny Bradley and Alfie May would be my next two picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Aaron Pressley - 1 year left on his contract at Brentford. 6 goals and 1 assist in 22 games for Accrington on loan in the 2nd half of the season. A 6'3" giant with high work rate and likes to do flick ons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 (edited) 18 hours ago, deanoakaram4life said: Uche Ikpeazu is a left field option. Left Middlesbrough for Turkey and hasn’t set the world to light. Big powerful CF who shone in Wycombe’s promotion team. Been out with a 'torn knee ligament' since February. He wasn't in Wycombe's promotion team, but was part of their relegated Championship squad which played the most turgid, ugliest anti-football you're ever likely to see. 6 goals and 4 assists. With one exception (2017/18 in League Two) no team he's been at has ever deemed it worth him playing over 50% of league minutes available - that speaks (when it's across multiple seasons) for a player who either has lots of niggles or doesn't have enough to their game to warrant playing them any more regularly. That said, his goal/assist to minutes ratios are actually very good (a goal every 306 mins / 3.4 games & an assist every 474 mins / 5.3 games). Basically if you want some big ugly lump to smash it upfield to in the hope of him scoring a few headers / getting the odd assist, sure, go for it, but he's probably not going to provide anything more than being a physical presence. Edited June 30, 2023 by Kokosnuss JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 minute ago, Kokosnuss said: Been out with a 'torn knee ligament' since February. He wasn't in Wycombe's promotion team, but was part of their relegated Championship squad which played the most turgid, ugliest anti-football you're ever likely to see. 6 goals and 4 assists. With one exception (2017/18 in League Two) no team he's been at has ever deemed it worth him playing over 50% of league minutes available - that speaks (when it's across multiple seasons) for a player who either has lots of niggles or doesn't have enough to their game to warrant playing them any more regularly. That said, his goal/assist to minutes ratios are actually very good (a goal every 306 mins / 3.4 games & an assist every 474 mins / 5.3 games). Basically if you want some big ugly lump to smash it upfield to in the hope of him scoring a few headers / getting the odd assist, sure, go for it, but he's probably not going to provide anything more than being a physical presence. Yeah, he’s one of those that gives centre halves an absolute nightmare (I remember him bullying Curtis Davies) without really being a big goal threat. There’s a danger, if we keep our current midfield and add a non-goalscoring CF, that all the pressure goes onto the other forward, as happened with McGoldrick last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 22 hours ago, Papahet said: Lucas Joao still without a club. He probably thinks's he's better than L1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuwtfly Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Already been suggested on here by others, but surely Sam Smith (Cambridge) is worth a punt? Top scorer last season with 14 goals. Right age. Free agent. We need forwards. Would much rather us take a gamble on him than pay a fee for, say, Conor Washington. Srg, GangwayD, Andrew3000 and 2 others 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Nuwtfly said: Already been suggested on here by others, but surely Sam Smith (Cambridge) is worth a punt? Top scorer last season with 14 goals. Right age. Free agent. We need forwards. Would much rather us take a gamble on him than pay a fee for, say, Conor Washington. He seems to have flitted between being used as winger (mainly RW) and a CF but across the last 4 seasons (2x League Two, 2x League One) has only managed 7 assists in almost 119 games worth of minutes. He's scored 39 (league) goals in that time but his shots-to-goals ratio has been 8.29 (unimpressive) - 10.75 (piss poor) - 5.34 (very good) - 10.08 (very poor). For reference Collins was at 7.36 & McGoldrick 5.32 last season. ....of course it depends a lot on the type of chances that brought about those shots, but I'm envisaging a player who either misses a boat load of a chances, or one with a lack of awareness or interest in the positions of his teammates who has a habit of shooting when he should be passing. I could be completely wrong, and the 5.34 season (albeit an outlier) is promising - get that player and watch the goals fly in. I guess it depends what his overall game is like, and tbh I know nothing about that and I haven't looked into. Edited June 30, 2023 by Kokosnuss Nuwtfly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuwtfly Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Just now, Kokosnuss said: He seems to have flitted between being used as a CF but across the last 4 seasons (2x League Two, 1x League One) has only managed 7 assists in almost 119 games worth of minutes. He's scored 39 (league) goals in that time but his shots-to-goals ratio has been 8.29 (unimpressive) - 10.75 (piss poor) - 5.34 (very good) - 10.08 (very poor). For reference Collins was at 7.36 & McGoldrick 5.32 last season. ....of course it depends a lot on the type of chances that brought about those shots, but I'm envisaging a player who either misses a boat load of a chances, or one with a lack of awareness or interest in the positions of his teammates who has a habit of shooting when he should be passing. I could be completely wrong, and the 5.34 season (albeit an outlier) is promising - get that player and watch the goals fly in. So I guess it depends what his overall game is like, and tbh I haven't looked into that. I’ll be honest, a lot of these stats go straight over my head a lot of the time as the one thing numbers can’t really predict is how well he would team under a new manager and with a different set of players. He seems to a fair few of the boxes we seem to be looking for though and, as I said previously, wouldn’t demand a fee! I suspect if we don’t pick him up another side in our division, with playoff ambitions, probably will! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 I just know we came up against SO many teams last season where the wingers/strikers were absolutely shocking, regularly fluffing the opportunity to take advantage of us because they had no composure in the final third. Most either played a pass about 7-10 yards away from the intended target (even when under no pressure, with the receiver stood in the open) or blazed it over the bar from 35-30 yards the second they caught sight of goal. My memory of specific players is rubbish, so whenever someone suggests signing an attacking player from a bottom half League One club I get a vague flashback to one of these moments, and cross my fingers that doesn't turn out to be the player suggested! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Get spending you lot! 😄 Nuwtfly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Nuwtfly said: I’ll be honest, a lot of these stats go straight over my head a lot of the time as the one thing numbers can’t really predict is how well he would team under a new manager and with a different set of players. He seems to a fair few of the boxes we seem to be looking for though and, as I said previously, wouldn’t demand a fee! I suspect if we don’t pick him up another side in our division, with playoff ambitions, probably will! I think shots-to-goals is one of the easier ones to digest though? It's a more accurate measure than just stating a number of goals and I also think it's one of those that is impacted less by managerial changes, tactics, league standing etc. It won't show you the quality of chances scored / missed, but typically you'd think / hope that players are taking shots when they think there's a realistic chance they might score, and not mainly speculative pot-shots on the off-chance one flies in. When you look at Vydra's career, he's not always scored many goals in a season, he's sometimes been played wide... but no matter what, his shots to goals ratio has always been good. I don't think I'll see a finisher as good as him at Derby again for a very long time - in the Rowett season he scored 21 goals from 75 shots (3.57 stg). It was ridiculous. An average of 10 shots per goal implies that there may have been times during a season where a striker has gone 20-30+ shots between the goals they've scored, maybe even more, which you really don't want from a CF! That sort of ratio shows a player who will go on long stretches of games without scoring. Last season Smith had a spell of 14 league games without a goal earlier in the season (September to December) with another 12 game goalless run between late January and March. He only scored in 11 of his 45 league appearances. We can excuse that by saying he wasn't always playing as a CF, but then what about the lack of assists? I'm not writing him off, but clinical players tend to be clinical players tend to be clinical players. Just as cynical fans tend to be cynical fans tend to be cynical fans! 😁 Edited June 30, 2023 by Kokosnuss Nuwtfly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Ram Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Controversial I know but Lewis Grabban is a free agent and I still think would get goals at L1 level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbobram Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 5 hours ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said: He probably thinks's he's better than L1 He is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbobram Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 5 hours ago, Nuwtfly said: Already been suggested on here by others, but surely Sam Smith (Cambridge) is worth a punt? Top scorer last season with 14 goals. Right age. Free agent. We need forwards. Would much rather us take a gamble on him than pay a fee for, say, Conor Washington. 14 goals is only 3 more than Collins, who gets heaps of abuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTom92 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 hour ago, jimbobram said: 14 goals is only 3 more than Collins, who gets heaps of abuse Agreed, if you’re hitting between 8-14 goals then you need to be bringing something else to the table. Collins did not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 9 hours ago, Electric Ram said: Controversial I know but Lewis Grabban is a free agent and I still think would get goals at L1 level. I'd rather we went in to the season playing Craig Forsyth up front to be honest. Topram and Srg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmoram1995 Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Suggestions on a free Bradley Dack Wes Harding Sonny Bradley Dennis Adeniran Sam Smith darnel fisher Aden flint Joel Latibeaudiere sean Clare regan Poole lewis wing fees brannagan may bonis langstaff clarke Harris washington ladapo loans rak Saki James mcattee liam delap callum Doyle Lewis hall D sion Bernard Norton cuffy kaide gordon nigel lonjwiik finn azzaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanoakaram4life Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 4 minutes ago, simmoram1995 said: Suggestions on a free Bradley Dack Wes Harding Sonny Bradley Dennis Adeniran Sam Smith darnel fisher Aden flint Joel Latibeaudiere sean Clare regan Poole lewis wing fees brannagan may bonis langstaff clarke Harris washington ladapo loans rak Saki James mcattee liam delap callum Doyle Lewis hall D sion Bernard Norton cuffy kaide gordon nigel lonjwiik finn azzaz Would take Finn Azzaz in a heartbeat at no 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmoram1995 Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 4 minutes ago, deanoakaram4life said: Would take Finn Azzaz in a heartbeat at no 10 Out if they ones I found mcatee city midfielder scored 16 and assisted 26 in u23 , Dutch defender at wolves and Rak Saki from palace good numbers for charlton. if I was derby I’d spend money on good loan fees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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