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Who to buy in the next transfer window and who to sell ?

I dont know if its just me, but when people suggest us going in for Charlie Austin, I simply cant get my head around it. Yes he scored x amount of goals last season, but can anyone actually see him contributing. Say we line up with Austin in the champions league, I cant think of many defenders who will be worried. I would say he is a mildly average player at best, in the grand scheme of strikers. And should not be considered as a target. For me, he is not a top 4 club striker.  What we need is someone with pace and a bit of zip, young and mobile. Lets face facts, Charlie Austin could easily be misconstrued as your average bloke with a pie in one hand pint in the other. Not chelsea material.

 
jrshugo said:
I dont know if its just me, but when people suggest us going in for Charlie Austin, I simply cant get my head around it. Yes he scored x amount of goals last season, but can anyone actually see him contributing. Say we line up with Austin in the champions league, I cant think of many defenders who will be worried. I would say he is a mildly average player at best, in the grand scheme of strikers. And should not be considered as a target. For me, he is not a top 4 club striker.  What we need is someone with pace and a bit of zip, young and mobile. Lets face facts, Charlie Austin could easily be misconstrued as your average bloke with a pie in one hand pint in the other. Not chelsea material.
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Now you put it like that I have to agree but who else is there thats young, a goal scorer and won't mind sitting on the bench, thats the dilema !

 
Haha sorry I thought you meant it.

As far as the question in the thread title goes, it's a hard one to answer without knowing whether our form will recover, which players will return to their best, and also who the manager will be and how he intends to see the side play. If we continue to wallow in the bottom half do we attempt to spark the side into action with a big January push (à la Luiz + Torres) or do we, as José has insinuated, stick with the kids and see whether we can change the side more organically? Ideally if we're going after a big swinging dick of a signing we'd probably be better off waiting until the summer when we have a better opportunity to embed him into the side, and when he would also likely be cheaper. I suppose any potential 'big' signing in January will largely be based on whether there is any opportunity to make it happen, swooping in suddenly like we did with the Pedro deal.

If Ivanovic or Fabregas continue on their current trajectories it might be an idea to start sniffing around for long-term replacements (although a January panic buy is probably not the right way to go about it).

The obvious answer is John Stones. He'd be a long-term option at centre back, and theoretically he and Zouma could be our first-choice partnership for a decade or more. Obviously the club want him, the manager wants him, and judging by the transfer request the player himself wants the move. When that happens is a different matter I suppose. However, if our defence continues to put in such tragic performances, and if we are going to get ripped off anyway, it might be a case of the sooner the better.

 
Zeta Orionis said:
Stones, if Everton decide to sell this time.

And we could do with a real beast in CM, like an Essien-type. Though I'd be very hesistant about spending outrageous money on Pogba.
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The fact they dug their heels in so firmly in August, they are unlikely to suddenly say in January, "oh okay then, he's all yours!"

I would like him here but the chances are remote and he currently stands a better chance of finishing higher in the league staying where he is.

 
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As discussed in the poodle thread we need players with more fight, as well as ability. Not sure who fits the bill.

 
In the summer I'd say we need a few players. In terms of a central defender, some names that spring to mind are Kostas Manolas, fairly young and very talented, or there's Sokratis from Dortmund, I would say Jermome Boateng but I doubt we could get him, could we go in for Stones again? I think we may need another left back, so Mendy, seeing as Ivan might be on his way, I also think this team needs more physicality, so could we not get Wanyama from Southampton? Or there's a player called Krychowiak from Seville, who we could just call Bob. We could do with a more defensive, more physical wide man, so Asamoah maybe, up front I'm not sure that Bamford will get a look in, so Dzyuba? He's quite a strong, aggressive player, not quite like Costa though, or how about going in for Hernandez? Premier League proven. I've thought about this in some detail, because I feel like the style we are playing with, the players we are playing with, it needs changing, we need to go back to power and pace, we have too many small/weak players, also the formation desperately needs changing, I'd love to see two up front, some one like a Hernandez could work.

 
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Floyd25 said:
In the summer I'd say we need a few players. In terms of a central defender, some names that spring to mind are Kostas Manolas, fairly young and very talented, or there's Sokratis from Dortmund, I would say Jermome Boateng but I doubt we could get him, could we go in for Stones again? I think we may need another left back, so Mendy, seeing as Ivan might be on his way, I also think this team needs more physicality, so could we not Wanyama from Southampton? Or there's a player called Krychowiak from Seville, who we could just call Bob. We could do with a more defensive, more physical wide man, so Asamoah maybe, up front I'm not sure that Bamford will get a look in, so Dzyuba? He's quite a strong, aggressive player, not quite like Costa though, or how about going in for Hernandez? Premier League proven. I've thought about this in some detail, because I feel like the style we are playing with, the players we are playing with, it needs changing, we need to go back to power and pace, we have too many small/weak players, also the formation desperately needs changing, I'd love to see two up front, some one like a Hernandez could work.
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Hernandez is an excellent choice . Sup sub for Manure and always looked dangerous !!

 
I know Costa is a naturally aggressive player but I imagine the reason he is taking the piss with it this season is because that's exactly what the manager has asked him to do. More often than not it works in our favour, although if the public outcry and retrospective punishments continue I would think he will be asked to tone it down somewhat as his aggression might become more of a liability than an advantage.

 
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I know Costa is a naturally aggressive player but I imagine the reason he is taking the piss with it this season is because that's exactly what the manager has asked him to do. More often than not it works in our favour, although if the public outcry and retrospective punishments continue I would think he will be asked to tone it down somewhat as his aggression might become more of a liability than an advantage.
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Jose' likes battering ram center forwards and to pretty good effect as well. Costa's is like Drog's on steroids with a gallon of red bull thrown in before kick off as well. Trouble is when he aint there, as well as Drogs before him we struggle. Just need to find somone who can understudy and sub, someone who even if we have to change tactics a bit will be a plan B for the inevitable time Costa's banned or injured.

 
A center back is a must next season, hummel, varane..  

A striker, an ilk of aguero/suarez (skill wise), can't yet pinpoint the name, maybe it will become clearer as the season go on.. we'll see..

sell those who on loan ( not youngsters) and mikel

I believe both ivan and terry would be out of contract next summer so this 1 plays by itself

That's all.. we got a squad in the 1st place, no need an overhaul.. 

 
Ive always liked Arron Ramsey and thought he may have been a good replacement for FL, although probably not as many goals.

As for a 2nd/3rd choice striker I would like to see Bamford get a chance, if hes sitting on a bench it may as well here rather than Palace.

There is a lot of good young defenders about but I think defences on whole are not as good as a few years back. There is hardly any clean sheets in the premier league most weekends, although this does make for more exciting matches.

 
NOBODY. Time to buckle down and fight. We have a entire team of young talent we arent using.

........Bamford

Kenedy...Traore....Moses

...Van Gink...RLC

Ake...Kalas..Andreas..Aina

Solanke, Musonda, both Chalobahs, Wallace, Omeruo, Boga

Im probably missing someone as well. Dont pay inflated transfer fees when you have that amount of talent going unused. 5 of them are fully capped internationals if Im not mistaken and two of those are teenagers. That team even has champions league experience.

The more I watch Andreas Christensen the more Im convinced Stones can talk a long walk off a short pier. Watch the CL game vs City, hardly put a foot wrong. 19 year old, multiple caps for Denmark, starting a champions league game against the best team in England and he turns in a great performance. Why do we need John Stones next summer?

 
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Has anyone on here seen a lot of Lewis Baker recently? I think we need another CM in the mould of Fabregas who can dictate the play whilst ideally contributing more defensively and I remember hearing lots of good things about him, good passing range, free-kicks, two-footed etc.

 
I doubt the Board will release any funds for Mourinho to spend next January.  Nor will there be any players worth buying during the winter transfer window.  Will have to wait till next summer.  Meanwhile, Mourinho will have to make do with what he has.

 
As much as I'd love to see us sign Stones and Pogba I don't think we will. I think that'll have to wait until next summer... We do need to strengthen in January, though. 

 
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