Re: if you could take 3 players
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Pedro de la Rosa
Dean Holden named Joe Ralls as one of the best midfielders in the league. He's not going to dominate games but when he doesn't play, boy do you notice it!
Exactly. We rarely play well when Ralls isn't in the team.
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Where are our weakest links?
central midfield is probably biggest for me.
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WJ99mobile
Where are our weakest links?
central midfield is probably biggest for me.
Right back.
Another striker option. Happy with Moore but he needs competition.
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Last 4 seasons without ralls average points
(compared to overall target)
20 1.55 (1.58)
19 0.9 (0.89)
18 2.11 (1.95)
17 1. 25 (1.29)
Not a massive difference but doesn't show him as someone who massively influences games. Our central midfield is much of a muchness and has been for a few years.
Ralls doesn't do anything to a particularly high standard.
Re: if you could take 3 players
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Originally Posted by
Eric the Half a Bee
Moore isn't a top striker at this level.
Want to revisit this? You sounded so certain as well 🤣🤣🤣
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Rjk
how about pukki, Cantwell and buendia?
Not a bad shout as an alternative. But I don't think there's any question that the players should come from Bournemouth.
Re: if you could take 3 players
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Eric the Half a Bee
Moore isn't a top striker at this level.
:sherlock::sherlock::sherlock:
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Deeney, Hughes and one other from Watford.
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Pontprennau Bluebird
Deeney, Hughes and one other from Watford.
Hughes is a class act, for some reason he's barely been in the side for Watford. he'd do brilliantly for us
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Pontprennau Bluebird
Deeney, Hughes and one other from Watford.
Deeney is being ripped to shreds on Watford’s forum, ‘The Hornet’s Nest’, mind you a lot of them want their manager out through their well oiled revolving door.
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Rjk
pick 3 championship players to improve our squad - only catch is all 3 have to be at the same club currently - who would you take?
follow up question, would any opposition fans choose 3 of our players?
Roberts, Ayew, Lowe
Murphy, Pack, Vassell
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StraightOuttaCanton
Want to revisit this? You sounded so certain as well 🤣🤣🤣
I'm delighted that we've created chances for him and stopped using him as a target man. He has never proven himself as a top striker at this level but carry on as he is and the £2m will be an absolute steal. I'm glad we've worked out a way for him to be effective.
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Pedro de la Rosa
:sherlock::sherlock::sherlock:
Prior to his arrival, what makes you think he could have been classed as a top Championship striker? Also, if he had been described as a top Championship striker, would we have signed him for £2m?
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Eric the Half a Bee
Prior to his arrival, what makes you think he could have been classed as a top Championship striker? Also, if he had been described as a top Championship striker, would we have signed him for £2m?
I’ve watched him play and seen he has all the attributes to be a top striker at this level. Great touch, great movement, strong, good finisher, reads the game well, unbeatable in the air.
I said when we signed him in a good team he’d get 15-20 goals and I think he’ll easily get that.
It’s all well and good looking at his stats playing as a striker for a bunch of average teams, but anyone who’s watched him could see he was talented.
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Croesy Blue
I’ve watched him play and seen he has all the attributes to be a top striker at this level. Great touch, great movement, strong, good finisher, reads the game well, unbeatable in the air.
I said when we signed him in a good team he’d get 15-20 goals and I think he’ll easily get that.
It’s all well and good looking at his stats playing as a striker for a bunch of average teams, but anyone who’s watched him could see he was talented.
Yet nobody had taken a punt on him. Arguably no clubs would have bothered had he not played for Wales. At 28, you'd have expected him to have made it. I'm not being critical, it's just how it is. Moore has been a bit of a lower league journeyman. He now seems to be fulfilling his potential and who knows where that will lead. Grant Holt was in a similar position then was a big success in the PL. It does happen, not often, but it does.
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Eric the Half a Bee
Yet nobody had taken a punt on him. Arguably no clubs would have bothered had he not played for Wales. At 28, you'd have expected him to have made it. I'm not being critical, it's just how it is. Moore has been a bit of a lower league journeyman. He now seems to be fulfilling his potential and who knows where that will lead. Grant Holt was in a similar position then was a big success in the PL. It does happen, not often, but it does.
Nobody, apart from the 8 or so clubs we beat to his signature. He's getting better and better.
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Just had a look to see how Moore is doing in the goalscoring table, he's currently 4th with 8. But I didn't realise that Adam Armstrong and Ivan Toney are already on 14! That is some going.
Re: if you could take 3 players
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Originally Posted by
Eric the Half a Bee
I'm delighted that we've created chances for him and stopped using him as a target man. He has never proven himself as a top striker at this level but carry on as he is and the £2m will be an absolute steal. I'm glad we've worked out a way for him to be effective.
A simple “I was wrong about him” would have done just as nicely...
Humility is a nice quality
Re: if you could take 3 players
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Pedro de la Rosa
Nobody, apart from the 8 or so clubs we beat to his signature. He's getting better and better.
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