Aleksandar Mitrovic

[Hagansbootlaces]

Yeah I think we’ll see a fair amount of turnover in terms of squad players going out. Bogle won’t be worth us selling for what Norwich are likely to offer mcburnie on the other hand maybe.

I would imagine Norwich will continue to stick to their plans/principles in not breaking the bank, just in case they get relegated again, the nature and demands of tge PL, you would assume Norwich, Swansea or Brentford are favourites for relegation, if Aaron's moves fir big money, how much will they risk to replace hin

 

[Yogi]

I would imagine Norwich will continue to stick to their plans/principles in not breaking the bank, just in case they get relegated again, the nature and demands of tge PL, you would assume Norwich, Swansea or Brentford are favourites for relegation, if Aaron's moves fir big money, how much will they risk to replace hin

I don’t know I haven’t followed their season closely but last summer they picked up bali mumba a highly rated young centremid from Sunderland and then played him at right back in preseason so he could well be their succession plan.

 

[Hagansbootlaces]

I don’t know I haven’t followed their season closely but last summer they picked up bali mumba a highly rated young centremid from Sunderland and then played him at right back in preseason so he could well be their succession plan.

No idea, but to be honest I don't get the hype re Aaron's, or Godfrey that went to Everton, both vastly over rated, think it started last year with the papers reporting Bayern were in for Aarons

 

[Yogi]

No idea, but to be honest I don't get the hype re Aaron's, or Godfrey that went to Everton, both vastly over rated, think it started last year with the papers reporting Bayern were in for Aarons

I get it with Aarons more than I do with Godfrey although I can see the argument for both. Aarons is suspect defensively but great going forward and that’s just the way that the fullback position is trending at the minute look at TAA also weak defensively. Godfrey it’s his ability on the ball and what that theoretically could allow you to do as a team playing out from the back but he’s raw defensively very raw in terms of his positioning I don’t think he was ready for the move to everton. He could be one very similar to holgate where you don’t start to see the best of him till he’s 25+ that’s fine if you’ve got the money and time to wait. Everton probably don’t they seem very geared to try and win right now so it’s odd.

 

[Hagansbootlaces]

I get it with Aarons more than I do with Godfrey although I can see the argument for both. Aarons is suspect defensively but great going forward and that’s just the way that the fullback position is trending at the minute look at TAA also weak defensively. Godfrey it’s his ability on the ball and what that theoretically could allow you to do as a team playing out from the back but he’s raw defensively very raw in terms of his positioning I don’t think he was ready for the move to everton. He could be one very similar to holgate where you don’t start to see the best of him till he’s 25+ that’s fine if you’ve got the money and time to wait. Everton probably don’t they seem very geared to try and win right now so it’s odd.

Think it was Norwich v Palace,when Norwich went down, Palace corner and Godfrey was so easily 'pushed' out of the way, 1 nil down, never seen such a lack of effort/interest, real rabbit in the headlights/nesh display, agree re full back trend going forward, for now seemingly more preferable

 

[Yogi]

Think it was Norwich v Palace,when Norwich went down, Palace corner and Godfrey was so easily 'pushed' out of the way, 1 nil down, never seen such a lack of effort/interest, real rabbit in the headlights/nesh display, agree re full back trend going forward, for now seemingly more preferable

Yeah he’ll either learn or be shifted away from centreback to right back or CDM. He’s very similar to ampadu in my opinion same weaknesses same strengths. The need for fullbacks to be attacking options is directly linked to the death of the flat midfield 4. They’re now often the wide attacking threat behind either a front 2 or 3 so they have to do the job of the old fashioned wide men in terms of getting forward putting crosses in as well as being athletic enough to get back and cover the space that fullbacks used to. The trade off is that they aren’t the defensive specialists that their predecessors used to be.

 

[Hagansbootlaces]

Yeah he’ll either learn or be shifted away from centreback to right back or CDM. He’s very similar to ampadu in my opinion same weaknesses same strengths. The need for fullbacks to be attacking options is directly linked to the death of the flat midfield 4. They’re now often the wide attacking threat behind either a front 2 or 3 so they have to do the job of the old fashioned wide men in terms of getting forward putting crosses in as well as being athletic enough to get back and cover the space that fullbacks used to. The trade off is that they aren’t the defensive specialists that their predecessors used to be.

Death of the flat four, in midfield, but also helped with the lack of out, and out wingers

 

[Keen Blade]

Without wanting to trot out cliches from this last year or two I’m going to have to say it. I don’t think we can afford his wages

Of course we can - if he scores at his historic rate + fires us back up.
We should not be constrained by the "equality of wages" bollox which was largely responsible for us missing out on our targets last summer.

 

[Keen Blade]

We have a Jebbison, don't need a Mitrovic

Has Jebbo proved his scoring prowess yet ? I already love his potential but we have an urgent job on our hands here

 

[Keen Blade]

Unless we want to smash our wage structure there is absolutely no way we’ll be signing either Cairney or Mitrovic

Fuck the wage structure - we can't mollycoddle players - some are worth paying more than others because it's a harsh marketplace out there - they all earn more in a week than ordinary folk in a year , so they must accept that some of their teammates will be on more dosh - they need to "man-up" , it's a football club , not a bleeding communist co-operative

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

I would imagine Norwich will continue to stick to their plans/principles in not breaking the bank, just in case they get relegated again, the nature and demands of tge PL, you would assume Norwich, Swansea or Brentford are favourites for relegation, if Aaron's moves fir big money, how much will they risk to replace hin

Should be noted that these much lorded principles that they have been put in place only because they'd left themselves in a very precarious financial position after spunking vast sums chasing the dream. Fair play to them for sorting their own shit out, unlike plenty of other clubs like Leicester and Leeds who welshed, but let's not highlight it as honourable.

 

[Yogi]

Of course we can - if he scores at his historic rate + fires us back up.
We should not be constrained by the "equality of wages" bollox which was largely responsible for us missing out on our targets last summer.

I wouldn’t be comfortable gambling the clubs financial stability on promotion it should be our aim yes but we should t be risking everything to achieve it. Lots of championship clubs have been down that road and when it doesn’t work it’s catastrophic

 

[Hagansbootlaces]

Should be noted that these much lorded principles that they have been put in place only because they'd left themselves in a very precarious financial position after spunking vast sums chasing the dream. Fair play to them for sorting their own shit out, unlike plenty of other clubs like Leicester and Leeds who welshed, but let's not highlight it as

Circumstances often dictate a plan, and as much as people hold up Burnley as an example of a small club surviving in the PL, I don't think it's possible for 2/3 more to do the same, Norwich are a small club, as much as tv money /sponsorship has replaced gate money, they are what they are, a yo yo club, until the bubble bursts and the manager/players move on, or a new owner funds a spending spree, suspect tge former far sooner than the latter

 

[Booker4]

Our best chance is if Mitro forces a move. He's not happy there, reportedly. Had Fulham stayed up I'm sure we'd have gone for him. But Fulham would be nuts to sell him to a rival especially as they're back in the Champ. I think on a similar basis we should do our best to stick with McBurnie, but with Jebbo's arrival the need for Mitro or McBurnie is much less anyway. For me if it's a three up top next year it'll be Burke on the right, McGolrick in the middle (legend) and a new left forward is needed as we don't have one to my knowledge. You could play McGoldrick on the left perhaps, he is reasonable with both feet, but would think some out and out pace on the left and McGoldrick in the middle would be preferable. So that leaves Jebbo, Sharp and Brewster to come on. Mousset to be sold - hopefully. There's one too many centre forwards but hope we don't sell Sharp, I still think he could do a job, we may end up playing with two up top still, who knows.

 

[mattbianco1]

He'll end up at Palace or Brighton, maybe even back at Newcastle

 

[Keen Blade]

I wouldn’t be comfortable gambling the clubs financial stability on promotion it should be our aim yes but we should t be risking everything to achieve it. Lots of championship clubs have been down that road and when it doesn’t work it’s catastrophic

I'm advocating pushing the wages boat out for 1 star striker + 1 star midfielder. We will simply not get promoted without those 2 strings to our bow. We have suffered last season by not having a standout quality player or two who can turn a game or make or take a crucial chance when we're heading for a defeat by 1 goal or a draw. Fine margins.

 

[Keen Blade]

Circumstances often dictate a plan, and as much as people hold up Burnley as an example of a small club surviving in the PL, I don't think it's possible for 2/3 more to do the same, Norwich are a small club, as much as tv money /sponsorship has replaced gate money, they are what they are, a yo yo club, until the bubble bursts and the manager/players move on, or a new owner funds a spending spree, suspect tge former far sooner than the latter

Norwich's gates have been higher than ours for at least 20 years , they are not smaller than us

 

[ben1987]

Norwich's gates have been higher than ours for at least 20 years , they are not smaller than us

their average (home) attendance was 27k in the 19-20 season.

ours was 30.5k

the season before theirs was 26k and so was ours.

There’s fuck all in it. When we’ve been as the same level as them we have probably averaged ever so slightly higher attendances than them. We’ve spent a long time below them in the footballing pyramid though.

 

[jt64]

I would imagine Norwich will continue to stick to their plans/principles in not breaking the bank, just in case they get relegated again, the nature and demands of tge PL, you would assume Norwich, Swansea or Brentford are favourites for relegation, if Aaron's moves fir big money, how much will they risk to replace hin

I believe the first time around necessitated not spending as they needed to cover the huge amount they'd spent to get up in the first place, if they didn't promote with us they'd be fucked. They'll have a fair bit more freedom now.

Much as I'd like Mitrovic, we're not exactly short of forwards who can do the business at our current level. Plus wages.

 

[Hagansbootlaces]

I believe the first time around necessitated not spending as they needed to cover the huge amount they'd spent to get up in the first place, if they didn't promote with us they'd be fucked. They'll have a fair bit more freedom now.

Much as I'd like Mitrovic, we're not exactly short of forwards who can do the business at our current level. Plus wages.

I think the link/story re Mitrovic, is inevitable, not sure if its realistic, wages and fee, as for our forwards, they will be under a huge amount of pressure to hit the ground running, even if we have a new shape/system, Mcburnie, Burke and Mousset won't get much sympathy/patience

 

[jt64]

You would have thought SJ would have noticed McBurnie scoring 20 the last time he was at this level and give said patience

 

[Keen Blade]

their average (home) attendance was 27k in the 19-20 season.

ours was 30.5k

the season before theirs was 26k and so was ours.

There’s fuck all in it. When we’ve been as the same level as them we have probably averaged ever so slightly higher attendances than them. We’ve spent a long time below them in the footballing pyramid though.

Quite so , which is a mark of our underachievement - let's hope we are going to put that right in the next decade .... I haven't got more than a couple of decades left on this earth in which to see us established at the top level

 

[Yogi]

I'm advocating pushing the wages boat out for 1 star striker + 1 star midfielder. We will simply not get promoted without those 2 strings to our bow. We have suffered last season by not having a standout quality player or two who can turn a game or make or take a crucial chance when we're heading for a defeat by 1 goal or a draw. Fine margins.

I’m not against acquiring star players especially in midfield as chance creation is our biggest weakness but if mitrovic gets prem interest we’d have to pay prem wages to get him and that quickly becomes a millstone if promotion isn’t achieved. The contract Wednesday gave to fletcher broke the club.

 

[Reyt Then]

I think a lot of us see Mitrovic as a natural successor to Billy at the top of the pitch, similar build and style of play and not much between them in terms of end product but one has age on their side. Always saw him as out of our reach though and maybe he still is, but with Slav at the helm now, it seems incrementally more possible! It'd be on the level of awe as landing Berge IMO.

Can also see people suggesting getting rid of McBurnie to pave way for him as well, but think I'd rather see Brewster go (not that I could see us getting a decent fee) and have Mitro and McBurnie up top together in some way. I think they'd be too much for the majority of Champ defences to handle.

 

[Latters]

Our best chance is if Mitro forces a move. He's not happy there, reportedly. Had Fulham stayed up I'm sure we'd have gone for him. But Fulham would be nuts to sell him to a rival especially as they're back in the Champ. I think on a similar basis we should do our best to stick with McBurnie, but with Jebbo's arrival the need for Mitro or McBurnie is much less anyway. For me if it's a three up top next year it'll be Burke on the right, McGolrick in the middle (legend) and a new left forward is needed as we don't have one to my knowledge. You could play McGoldrick on the left perhaps, he is reasonable with both feet, but would think some out and out pace on the left and McGoldrick in the middle would be preferable. So that leaves Jebbo, Sharp and Brewster to come on. Mousset to be sold - hopefully. There's one too many centre forwards but hope we don't sell Sharp, I still think he could do a job, we may end up playing with two up top still, who knows.

If we start next season with a front three, and two of them are McGoldrick and Burke, something’s gone very wrong. Jokanovic’s approach is to outscore teams, not miss 99% of chances that come our way.

 

[robbiez666]

Given his salary is significantly north of £50k pw......

He'll likely go on loan to a top flight club.

 

[Bladey_blade]

Our best chance is if Mitro forces a move. He's not happy there, reportedly. Had Fulham stayed up I'm sure we'd have gone for him. But Fulham would be nuts to sell him to a rival especially as they're back in the Champ. I think on a similar basis we should do our best to stick with McBurnie, but with Jebbo's arrival the need for Mitro or McBurnie is much less anyway. For me if it's a three up top next year it'll be Burke on the right, McGolrick in the middle (legend) and a new left forward is needed as we don't have one to my knowledge. You could play McGoldrick on the left perhaps, he is reasonable with both feet, but would think some out and out pace on the left and McGoldrick in the middle would be preferable. So that leaves Jebbo, Sharp and Brewster to come on. Mousset to be sold - hopefully. There's one too many centre forwards but hope we don't sell Sharp, I still think he could do a job, we may end up playing with two up top still, who knows.

If slav plays the system he did at fulham not a chance mcgoldrick plays in the middle, mcburnies the closest we have.. without mitrovic

 

[Guesty]

Mitrovic falls into that bracket of good player, bad signing for me. I've little doubt he'd do it on the pitch but between his wages, his disciplinary problems and the fact that up top is by no means the greatest need in the team I don't think he'd be a good fit. Recent evidence shows he couldn't cut it in the Premier League were we to get promoted, either.

Besides which, I'd be a bit concerned if Jokanovic really did try and put his old Fulham team back together as some of the hacks seem to be suggesting.

 

[ancientblade]

Our best chance is if Mitro forces a move. He's not happy there, reportedly. Had Fulham stayed up I'm sure we'd have gone for him. But Fulham would be nuts to sell him to a rival especially as they're back in the Champ. I think on a similar basis we should do our best to stick with McBurnie, but with Jebbo's arrival the need for Mitro or McBurnie is much less anyway. For me if it's a three up top next year it'll be Burke on the right, McGolrick in the middle (legend) and a new left forward is needed as we don't have one to my knowledge. You could play McGoldrick on the left perhaps, he is reasonable with both feet, but would think some out and out pace on the left and McGoldrick in the middle would be preferable. So that leaves Jebbo, Sharp and Brewster to come on. Mousset to be sold - hopefully. There's one too many centre forwards but hope we don't sell Sharp, I still think he could do a job, we may end up playing with two up top still, who knows.

If we start next season with a front three, and two of them are McGoldrick and Burke, something’s gone very wrong. Jokanovic’s approach is to outscore teams, not miss 99% of chances that come our way.

think mcgoldrick will stay but i really dont see burke being a jokanovic type of player and think he will be moved on

 

[JackSUFC]

We need creative midfielders before we sign another striker. Also can’t see Fulham selling him to a team in the same division.