Saint_clark

6 goals in 14 games for a pretty lacklustre Sheffield United side last season. We are good at creating chances just are pretty wasteful with them, he could be a really good fit for us.

Considering Armstrong just spent the entire season playing on the right wing I have no idea what you're talking about.

Good signing. Reckon he'll get 15+ goals for us.

Too early to let Charles go but he's another that is still young and needs consistent game time. It really doesn't matter the level (obviously not too low down).

The three players we've signed and loaned to them would be iffy signings for us in the Prem.

Goztepe doing very well out of our new premier league finances.

6 goals and an assist in 14 games for a poor Sheffield United side is extremely promising for how he might do if we get playing some good football.

Quite a few times actually. Absolute myth that they don't work hard, it's just that they don't have the same engine other players do so can't sprint after everything at full pelt. You may have missed the point about the amount of minutes played by the way - they haven't played 99 games combined, if you put together all their time on the pitch they've played 36. Not even a full season between them and they're written off while the oldest of the pair is 22, after moving to a foreign country and setting up shop in an absolute shambles of a team that went though three managers in their first season at the club.

Easy to work out. Mara has played 1384 minutes which is the equivalent of just over 15 games. (So less than half a Prem season). He's made 56 appearances so that works out at an average of 22 minutes per game. Sulemana a bit more, 1917 minutes so just over 21 games. He's made 43 appearances so that works out at an average of playing less than a half a game.

Love modern football where we write off the likes of Sulemana, Edozie and Mara when they're only 22, 21 and 21 respectively. We can't buy finished products, we know this. Get Dibling in the side and if he isn't banging in 15 goals a season by the time he's 21 get rid of him too.

Guessing he was miles out of position? We should mic Martin up for every game.

Exactly, thats what makes them both so weird.

That's why we can't afford to not sign a new keeper.

I'll add to this actually that I can't remember ever seeing a keeper come back from a long term injury and be as good as he was before it.

I don't really care, we should be signing a keeper to be number one and then Bazunus needs to fight his way back in. He was sub par to begin with and we have no idea how he'll actually recover.

Fuck sake. Watch us be outside the relegation zone with McCarthy in goal and then sink into it when Bazunu comes back.

Would they pay more tax in Turkey or something? These signings clearly aren't intended to every be part of our squad.

Romeu alongside Downes...?

I'm not undermining it at all. It's an important role. Time will tell if Downes is capable of performing in that role at this level. It's also very important to score goals and right now our best source of goals is Adam Armstrong, who was horrendous at doing just that last time we were in the Prem. At the very least he needs the pressure taken off him with some other players in the team that score goals. Since our last season up here we've lost Adams and Ward-Prowse who, without looking, I would assume were our two top scorers.

Yes, it's exactly the same. As I said, I think it would be easier to find a defensive midfielder who fills the role Downes does for the amount we're offering for O'Riley, and we may have been better off spending the higher amount on O'Riley. Lots of midfielders can pass and tackle. A midfielder that scores and assists at a high rate is a rare thing - and to be honest without JWP and S. Armstrong we have nobody in midfield now who I would be confident of getting more than maybe 2 goals this season.

I think it'd be easier to find someone who can fill Downes role for a smaller than amount than it would someone who got 30+ goals and assists last season.

Depends on the add ons to be fair. Also think if that's our budget now it possibly shows we had our priorities wrong with Downes.

I also understand other clubs hesitancy to be fair. He was part of a team that got relegated and last season he only got 2 goals and 4 assists in the championship as an attacking fullback in one of the highest scoring sides. We also conceded quite freely as others have mentioned. We love him but to anyone looking from the outside he isn't a sure thing.

Anyone we would be interested in pinching?

Not quite a friendly but for anyone in the area or who fancies a trip down to Dorset...