Hob Nob Anyone?

Where do you consider the holes in our squad are? Not a dig at you, I really do want to know. At first glance it's exciting to have a potentially good striker come in, but where are there more priority gaps?

cp wrote:Where do you consider the holes in our squad are? Not a dig at you, I really do want to know. At first glance it's exciting to have a potentially good striker come in, but where are there more priority gaps?

Full back.

We are desperately narrow IMO.

depends on the system I suppose. Obvs if we went 4-4-2 style (which we won't) wingers would be sorely missing

NewCorkSeth wrote:Just to be "that guy" for a second, why are we looking at strikers right now? Can we please look at the holes in our squad first?

Ya man said we're hoping to bring in 4-8 players. Reckon def mid and LB cover are the priorities. Would be nice to have a couple of wingers as a plan B. And I do think we need someone who can hold the ball up when Joao is inevitably injured, hence the interest in Mendes (assuming he is that player, as like most people I know fcuk all about him). If we do bring in an extra striker, doesn't mean we're not actively trying to fill the other holes. Or... Kia Joorabchian is just picking names out of a hat.

Pepe the Horseman wrote:

NewCorkSeth wrote:Just to be "that guy" for a second, why are we looking at strikers right now? Can we please look at the holes in our squad first?

Ya man said we're hoping to bring in 4-8 players. Reckon def mid and LB cover are the priorities. Would be nice to have a couple of wingers as a plan B. And I do think we need someone who can hold the ball up when Joao is inevitably injured, hence the interest in Mendes (assuming he is that player, as like most people I know fcuk all about him). If we do bring in an extra striker, doesn't mean we're not actively trying to fill the other holes. Or... Kia Joorabchian is just picking names out of a hat.

Certainly would be nice yes but I think everyone can agree Puscas looked a lot better at his hold up play towards the end of the year, given that behind those 2 we have Meite and 3 more strikers bringing in another without shipping out those other 3 seems exactly how we got such a bloated squad.

Kia is definitely offering us the mystery box it seems.

All major Portugese sports sections running with him going to Almeria - so think we can move on from him now, unless there is a dramatic U-turn.

Yeah didn’t want him anyway etc etc

Stranded wrote:All major Portugese sports sections running with him going to Almeria - so think we can move on from him now, unless there is a dramatic U-turn.

Not necessarily so, Reading are apparently currently in advanced talks with Mendes, however Almeira do also have an offer on the table.

https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/spor ... ro-mendes/

Sutekh wrote:

Stranded wrote:All major Portugese sports sections running with him going to Almeria - so think we can move on from him now, unless there is a dramatic U-turn.

Not necessarily so, Reading are apparently currently in advanced talks with Mendes, however Almeira do also have an offer on the table.

https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/spor ... ro-mendes/

He apparently also now follows a car leasing company tied to the club on Instagram and hid sister follows Reading but his girlfriend follows Almeira, so fcuk knows really.

It’s not gonna happen. Need assurances that others can leave first

Which I totally agree with, we don’t need 7 strikers

royalp-we wrote:It’s not gonna happen. Need assurances that others can leave first

Which I totally agree with, we don’t need 7 strikers

Why do others have to leave? We have no financial constraints

JR wrote:

royalp-we wrote:It’s not gonna happen. Need assurances that others can leave first

Which I totally agree with, we don’t need 7 strikers

Why do others have to leave? We have no financial constraints

Hurray !
That's good to know....

What I enjoy reading is the comments on Twitter about how signing this guy would be excellent business...when they’ve never seen him play

This "Announce x" trend is just fricking weird as well.

Looks like he’s set to join Almeria having flown to Spain on Saturday to finalise a move according to O jogo and A Bola

Snowflake Royal wrote:This "Announce x" trend is just fricking weird as well.

I don’t really understand what the goal is. Are they trying to make the club rush an announcement? Are they peacocking their ‘superior knowledge’? I don’t want to run it into the ground if I’m missing some reference or joke or something.

TiagoIlori wrote:Looks like he’s set to join Almeria having flown to Spain on Saturday to finalise a move according to O jogo and A Bola

Can’t find anything more recent than 3 days ago for those, which precedes the chronicles article so I’m not convinced.

Done deal according to Courters (to us)

Will be interesting - sure Baldock, McNulty etc are off. Joao, Puscas, Meite and Mendes is an absolutely quality frontline

Royal Ginger wrote:

Snowflake Royal wrote:This "Announce x" trend is just fricking weird as well.

I don’t really understand what the goal is. Are they trying to make the club rush an announcement? Are they peacocking their ‘superior knowledge’? I don’t want to run it into the ground if I’m missing some reference or joke or something.

It's just a joke really, nothing more than that