SteveBlade
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She could be wearing a coal sack for all I careDenim on denim never a good look![]()
20 million for Maupay or Mcburnie? I feel Brighton have got the better deal. Obviously if he didn't want to come its a mute point but I'm not convinced in McBurnie we've got what we needed.
That makes Brighton a stronger proposition now. Because before, they were looking dry for goals.
Palace, Newcastle still weak.
Wots up I have mentioned one of our players and Maupay was a intended target at one stage , kin hell u cant even fart aloud these days lol !!Oh dear wavy. I can hear the forum police in the distance!
20 million !
Lets see who scores the most goals Maupay or McBurnie lets hope its our man![]()
I'm only here for the tiddies mate. Some arent.Wots up I have mentioned one of our players and Maupay was a intended target at one stage , kin hell u cant even fart aloud these days lol !!
How do you work that one out? He only started playing regularly once we had signed LeonardThey've also signed Dru Yearwood who we should have bought instead of Ryan Leonard.
The forum criminal will claim mitigating circumstances. 'But we were after Maupay so it's Blades-related' he will plead.Oh dear wavy. I can hear the forum police in the distance!
Are goals the measure or value at the end of the season?
I reckon the measure is how the player fits into the system and complements the other players.
The o..p. compares the two on an either/or basis because they were both linked and similar transfer fees.
I think Robinson is our Maupay.
Somebody mentions Sawyers above, and I think Fleck and Norwood are our Sawyers and critically L.Freeman is our Duffy, where the key need was, at least in the near and medium term.
As for McBurnie I have been surprised to read he is not a conventional target man who leads the front line, and seems to like to drop deep a lot. That's absolutely fine though as Robinson can play the partner to that very well and Mousset is the other conventional centre forward option. The Mousset/ McBurnie front two option with Robinson or Freeman tucked just behind could well be exhilarating.
I think Wilder has assembled a group of players who absolutely complement each other and the existing players. I reckon he will sign one more defender and he needs to. I can only think Cranie wanted regular football because he would have been just fine. Just maybe Wilder is very happy for Stevens to drop back when needed and could expect Osborn to become left wing back before long.
Just saw this pop up when I was typing my message - thanks you saved me a job. The key is how well the player does in that teams system. Just 'cos Maupay may have a great season at Brighton, doesn't mean he would have been as great for us.
Good point!We now have the two strikers who were the most clinical in the Championship last season.
Shot Conversion Rate
31% - Sharp
26% - McBurnie
Maupay wasn't even in the top ten.
Just out of interest, how much for a Canos ??Treading water... we're the only football league club who's finished in the top half of their respective division every year for the last decade. Includes two promotions and several additional playoffs.
It gets more and more expensive to compete in the Championship, particularly when you've got to lowest commercial revenue and over of the smallest stadiums in the division. Treading water is just about surviving each year and fearing the next.
We didn't want to sell Maupay, but he wanted to move on and we had a price that we'd sell him for. We sign these shit hot youngsters because we tell them we'll put you in the shop window and will sell you to a larger club if the bid is right, but in return we can only pay you 60% of what you'd earn elsewhere.
If we then refuse to sell them then they'll stop joining in the first place. We've spent something like 65% of our total transfer fees going back 130 years in the last 6 weeks. Yet we've also secured our financial security for the next couple of seasons.
We look to compete within our means whilst building a financially viable club. We've been on the brink before whilst "going for it" and no fan wants to go back go those days.
Good luck for the season - Wilder turned a League One squad into Championship contenders, and there's every chance you'll make the step up again.
We got the best player of the two McBurnie wanted to come and play for us, Maupay wanted to play for whoever paid the most. Like CW says they have to have that desire if not it is see you lad good luck and all the best, watch the door don't bang your arse on the way out.
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