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Parrott plays on the shoulder of the last man.
That's a shocker!Parrott plays on the shoulder of the last man.
I guess I’m saying I don’t know what his role is on the pitch, sometimes playing as a wide midfielder others as a strike partner.
Nobody can know definitively but was rumoured at £7.5k -8k. Not sure if that's before he signed a new deal though. @Barnsley may have a better idea.
He joined them in 2018 though, for £700k rising to £1.2m. We'd only just been promoted to League One then.
A better question would be has a player moved in January to a similar placed club to us, on realistic money, that would significantly improve us more than Gyökeres will?
I can't think of many.
Arguably Elijah Adebayo from Walsall to Luton. He would have been a good few hundred thousand though & it's a big step up from League 2. Is he significantly better than Godden, Walker & Gyökeres? Too early to tell & a lot of pressure for us to put on him.
Daryl Dike could potentially be a good move for Barnsley but again, there's no saying how well players from the MLS will transition - historically it's not great so no guarantees. Big future fee on his deal too.
I also don’t get the need to replace Kelly when we’d been playing without him anyway - he’s played 11 games
No but if we want better than what we’ve got it’s very likely to cost more than we can afford.
Nobody can know definitively but was rumoured at £7.5k -8k. Not sure if that's before he signed a new deal though. @Barnsley may have a better idea.
He joined them in 2018 though, for £700k rising to £1.2m. We'd only just been promoted to League One then.
A better question would be has a player moved in January to a similar placed club to us, on realistic money, that would significantly improve us more than Gyökeres will?
I can't think of many.
Arguably Elijah Adebayo from Walsall to Luton. He would have been a good few hundred thousand though & it's a big step up from League 2. Is he significantly better than Godden, Walker & Gyökeres? Too early to tell & a lot of pressure for us to put on him.
Daryl Dike could potentially be a good move for Barnsley but again, there's no saying how well players from the MLS will transition - historically it's not great so no guarantees. Big future fee on his deal too.
Well I think whoever replaced Tim Sherwood cost a lot less so not really and relating to this thread is James massively better than Kelly?
Leon Clarke if I’m being pedantic
Leon Clarke has only managed 6 starts & 1 goal since September & Shrewsbury have already brought in other strikers to replace him. Hardly what we need is it?
Also he wasn't available in January anyway, he moved to Shrewsbury in September & we weren't without both Walker & Godden then.
I was talking about when we signed him!
I see, but not sure what looking at the past does.
Who was available in the window just gone that we could have signed that's better than what we did?
His post was ambiguous to say the least. He hopes the past gives him a rock solid argument, but of course it doesn't.
Glen Murray?I'd love to know which strikers were available and affordable who have played 40 times in the Premier League.
Glen Murray?
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Not really - my point is we have a lot of midfielders but very little elsewhere and he is an expensive luxury - if we decided we could not afford a centre forward as they are some kind of luxury commodity I’d then rather see a centre half instead of Hyam used to a back 3 to stop leakage of stupid goals
0 goals in 14 games for Millwall...
He had an injury early start to the season and then didn’t get much game time at Milwall and was only coming off the bench
Gyokeres was 0 in 10 for Swansea so what’s your point?
People said there was no1 better out there, my opinion was Parrott is better and much more highly rated, supposed to be the next Harry Kane according to Spurs fans and scored loads in youth leagues and U23’s etc
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I mentioned Parrott based purely on his cameo against us but as with any realistic option we had it would be a gamble.
We don't have the budget for a proven Championship striker
We don’t have a budget for a proven championship player in any position but our forwards as it stands aren’t good enough - Godden maybe it may not - so it’s a big area of concern
Well we spent £1million on one. Us staying up could depend on whether he is good enough or not.
who was that? Because Walker was not a proven Championship player.
He had an injury early start to the season and then didn’t get much game time at Milwall and was only coming off the bench
Gyokeres was 0 in 10 for Swansea so what’s your point?
People said there was no1 better out there, my opinion was Parrott is better and much more highly rated, supposed to be the next Harry Kane according to Spurs fans and scored loads in youth leagues and U23’s etc
In comparison, Parrott is also a fully fledged international for Ireland
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So why did Parrott have to drop to League One to try & get minutes? Millwall are one of the lowest scorers in the league yet he still couldn't get a game.
Gyökeres was at Swansea, flying high, one of the highest scoring teams in the league & behind an excellent partnership in Ayew & Lowe.
To correct your stats:
Parrott 0 in 14
Gyökeres 1 in 11
Gyökeres has of course scored goals in Germany & 1 for Brighton now 1 for us too whilst Parrott has never scored a single goal at senior level.
You're aware that he is a full Sweden international & has actually scored for them too?
Parrott probably will go on to have a decent career but, at this stage, Gyökeres is a better fit & was far more likely to make an immediate impact.
who was that? Because Walker was not a proven Championship player.
We don’t have a budget for a proven championship player in any position but our forwards as it stands aren’t good enough - Godden maybe it may not - so it’s a big area of concern
And didn’t cost £1m
How much then? And if he really isn’t good enough, why did we bother?
Why isn’t he good enough?
That was Grendel’s point. He said none of our forwards are good enough for the championship. I stated for the money we spent on Walker (I thought it was £1million) he needs to be good enough and it could be the difference in relegation or survival. Then you and Clint jumped in missing the point
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