shmmeee
Well-Known Member
If it was easy we wouldn't be panicking.
Yes we need a replacement for McNulty. But lets not panic. We need someone who can score 15 plus in League 1, not just a body in a number 9 shirt so we can say we have signed a striker. Every team is looking for strikers who can score regularly, it is not easy.
To be fair, the article posted by Torch doesn't implicitly say that it's Chaplin he's after. I guess it is but would be surprised if Robins wasn't looking at someone else in case the Chaplin deal doesn't come off.
He went for ched Evans but missed out. I doubt very much he is an “eggs in one basket” kind of guy.
He went for ched Evans but missed out. I doubt very much he is an “eggs in one basket” kind of guy.
Robins i assume, when evans signed for Fleetwood ourselves and 2 other sides were mentioned in the article, at the time.Who did?
Robins i assume, when evans signed for Fleetwood ourselves and 2 other sides were mentioned in the article, at the time.
Given the trialist was with a view to U23s, I wouldn't hold out much hope of the other being an immediate first teamer.he was looking for two apprently.
Given the trialist was with a view to U23s, I wouldn't hold out much hope of the other being an immediate first teamer.
tbh AN Other + Ponti, JCH + Biamou and we've got four. Another would seem a bit excessive!
(About time we got the AN Other mind!)
Won't deny that!Yeah but you could argue Ponti is 19 and Chaplin is what? 20? 21? Still seems a lot of pressure on young shoulders.
Your old GMK handle would have come in perfectly for this thread!Won't deny that!
There was a sizeable viewpoint that said Ponti should have been starting last season, mind. So... he might get his chance.
The heady days when Ben Mackay was our strike threat!Your old GMK handle would have come in perfectly for this thread!
Might be an idea to have 'Grendel need not answer' as a sticky to be honest.The heady days when Ben Mackay was our strike threat!
Out of interest... are JCH and Biamou able to play together? If we *have* to, would they make for a decent front two?
(Grendel need not answer!)
Big jump, but I was very impressed with him.Eisa to Bristol now confirmed.
It's an interesting question. I think both would be better paired with a nippier striker around them and perhaps both would look better individually than they did last season with a different striker to McNulty - one of the things I thought McNulty was guilty of was not playing with/off his strike partner enough and just buggering off and doing his own thing in whatever space he could find. Fortunately there was plenty of space in L2 and he did it very well and scored a load of goals! With less space, time and a greater emphasis on playing in a strike partnership I think McNulty will need to adapt his game in the Championship to be anywhere near as successful. But I digress...!The heady days when Ben Mackay was our strike threat!
Out of interest... are JCH and Biamou able to play together? If we *have* to, would they make for a decent front two?
(Grendel need not answer!)
Portsmouth have sensibly held onto Chaplin as now they've been proven right ... they didn't get their target, so they didn't release ... we should have done the same with McNulty ... we made a mistake ... and the new season is just around the corner ... I agree with the above, I have faith in Mark Robins, but we are leaving it late ...
I agree, but we didn't have to sell him right at that moment, we could have made them wait a week or 2 just like we've had to with this Chaplin deal. We need to look after ourselves first, we could have said the same as what pompey are saying. "We will sell him but only once we have a replacement".There is no point keeping a player who is unhappy, and would have downed tools (according to his agent), we have enough time to get someone in, we didn't sign Armstrong until late in the day, would rather sign someone decent than make a panic signing just for the sake of it.
There is no point keeping a player who is unhappy, and would have downed tools (according to his agent), we have enough time to get someone in, we didn't sign Armstrong until late in the day, would rather sign someone decent than make a panic signing just for the sake of it.
Yeah but you could argue Ponti is 19 and Chaplin is what? 20? 21? Still seems a lot of pressure on young shoulders.
Is An Other better than A Replacement. We need to know ...Given the trialist was with a view to U23s, I wouldn't hold out much hope of the other being an immediate first teamer.
tbh AN Other + Ponti, JCH + Biamou and we've got four. Another would seem a bit excessive!
(About time we got the AN Other mind!)
This is indeed the stock answer but there's been loads of players who have knuckled down once there's no chance of a move.
Is that a euphemism?Imagine if he doesn't sign and scores against us and kisses the badge
Bayliss in Jan?Name some
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