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Strike partner for Wickham
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 cpj  Kent 05 May 16 3.02pm |
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In theory, if you can put the ball in the old onion bag in the Nationwide League, you ought to have a good chance of doing likewise in the higher leagues. Hopefully at least one of Lapado, Appiah or Anderson will get a chance pre-season and solve our problems overnight. Alternatively, Kaikai seems to know how to score.
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| Booted Eagle Bristol 05 May 16 6.11pm |
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Originally posted by Elphers40
Gylfi Siggurdson for me. Would be a superb addition but highly unlikely unless we really push the boat out. Jordan Ayew has 7 goals in 28 for Villa, with better teammates willing to work think that he might have more in his locker. More probable to score a few than some striker from a lower league. To be honest I would be concerned if we were looking for the next Jamie Vardy next season and pinning our hopes in improving our goals scored on only this and/or somebody "coming good" from our crop.
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| fed up eagle Between Horley, Surrey and Preston... 05 May 16 7.00pm |
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Originally posted by Booted Eagle
Would be a superb addition but highly unlikely unless we really push the boat out. Jordan Ayew has 7 goals in 28 for Villa, with better teammates willing to work think that he might have more in his locker. More probable to score a few than some striker from a lower league. To be honest I would be concerned if we were looking for the next Jamie Vardy next season and pinning our hopes in improving our goals scored on only this and/or somebody "coming good" from our crop. I agree. It's time for someone of a proven background to be brought in. Obviously if there is a talent out there who has potential we should be looking at them, but not pinning hopes on them. Then we can hopefully develop them over time.
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| Mad4palace 05 May 16 10.15pm |
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Well we've got enough 'next Jamie Vardys' at the club: Gayle (to an extent), Anderson, Appiah and now Lapado, so we've had enough attempts at discovering talent from the lower leagues in my opinion. Lets see how Lapado does, i'd be happy to see one of them step up to fill Campbells place in the squad but the real target should be one with at least Championship experience.
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Uphill  Bedford 08 May 16 8.11am |
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If you are looking for a skilful, quick and guaranteed scorer of goals in the Premier League look no further than Jermaine Defoe. He is keeping Sunderland up and still has a season left in him. If Gayle can emulate him (and they have many similarities) then we have no worries for the future and all we then need is a creative midfield provider like Fabrigas. If not him then a Ben Watson/Lee Tomlin/George Boyd/Stephen Gleeson type would be an investment. Shame we let Barry Bannan go and ignore Jonny Williams but the manager has always considered that type of player a lightweight and expensive luxury ...
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| Indefatigable South London 09 May 16 5.25pm |
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Originally posted by fed up eagle
It does seem if you are critical of the club someone is ready to take offence. By saying that recruitment isn't good I believe that to be a genuine point. Ok, Cabaye, Wickham and Souare for me are good additions to the squad. However, for those players there is also Mcarthy, Mutch, Sako, Lee, Adebayor and Bamford (both loan), and last seasons loanees Sanogo and Ameobi. There are more of course but I think you can catch my drift. Some of those are championship players at best. I'm all for Pardew being given the chance to spend some money and build a team. No doubt he should be able to lead us into next season, but he needs to up his game, and the clubs ambitions when it comes to signings needs to improve. Just so it doesn't offend anyone, this is merely an opinion, copyrighted to me. The poster shall take no responsibility for offence caused and any deaths due to heart atttacks triggered by anger at my opinions. Any characters or events that bear resemblance to this post are purely a coincidence.Copyright FUE. Filmed in panovision. Edited by fed up eagle (05 May 2016 2.49pm) I think you're being a bit harsh on some of the failures. Sako on a free was a no brainer given he was brought in as a squad player. Lee was so cheap and with game time he and Mutch seemed to be improving. McCarthy still may prove himself, he's looked decent before he came to us and it's an ok number 2. Bamford was worth a punt. Adebayor was a risk worth taking. Wasn't signing Cabaye a sign of our increased ambition? Also by your own admission, the 3 first team players Pardew has bought in, have all worked, it's the fringe players that haven't. Well now we only need to bring in players that are better than what we have, something Pardew has shown he can do. Our recruitment has been steadily improving since promotion despite the management changes.
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| Goldfiinger Just down the road 09 May 16 7.46pm |
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Originally posted by Mad4palace
Now that we've seen Pardew insist on playing a 4-4-2 with Bolasie partnering Wickham, unless Gayle burst into the team in these last few games, Pardew really ought to be looking at a proper striker so that Bolasie can go back to his best position. The benefits of having Bolasie there as the striker are that we can easily switch to a 4-5-1 or 4-3-3 as the game unfolds, Pardew also can field Puncheon as a much needed creative influence BUT we all agree that Bolasie isn't really cut out for a central role. I think we need a kind of off the shoulder kind of striker a la Vardy. Here are my candidates for a Wickham strike partner: Callum Wilson - Bournemouth, Loic Remy - Chelsea, Alexandre Lacazette - Lyon, Andre Gray - Burnley, Danny Ings - Liverpool, Jermaine Defoe - Sunderland Each one can take care of themselves IF played as a lone striker better than Gayle in my opinion, but are each are suited to playing with a big man like Wickham and a few (Remy, Lacazette, Ings) could slip back into a wing position if really needed to defend. I'd say now Gayle is finally starting to shine and gain the gaffers trust and Wickham if he can stay fit should kick on. Both fit and both would score 10+ a season. So I'd be thinking back up to them rather than to replace either... And that being said an attacking midfielder should be our top target. But I would def still go for Callum Willson as our possible third choice. Palace should sell all their other forwards with the exception of players breaking through from the development squad. No one else is good enough for our level.
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| Mad4palace 09 May 16 8.46pm |
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Originally posted by Goldfiinger
I'd say now Gayle is finally starting to shine and gain the gaffers trust and Wickham if he can stay fit should kick on. Both fit and both would score 10+ a season. So I'd be thinking back up to them rather than to replace either... And that being said an attacking midfielder should be our top target. But I would def still go for Callum Willson as our possible third choice. Palace should sell all their other forwards with the exception of players breaking through from the development squad. No one else is good enough for our level. Gayle really likes to tease us each season with a string of good performances where we start believing he'll finally come good. I'd think Callum Wilson would be ahead of Gayle in the pecking order.
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| Petereagle Brockley 11 May 16 11.46pm |
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Originally posted by fed up eagle
I agree. It's time for someone of a proven background to be brought in. Obviously if there is a talent out there who has potential we should be looking at them, but not pinning hopes on them. Then we can hopefully develop them over time. Loads of rumours about Slimani being signed. Great header of the ball and natural goal scorer, lets hope!
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sprites  Auckland 12 May 16 1.03am |
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Originally posted by Petereagle
Loads of rumours about Slimani being signed. Great header of the ball and natural goal scorer, lets hope! To be honest, if it means another season of Gayley sitting on the bench and limited time for Wickham, I'd rather not.
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| Mad4palace 12 May 16 4.17pm |
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Originally posted by Petereagle
Loads of rumours about Slimani being signed. Great header of the ball and natural goal scorer, lets hope! Never seen him play but wouldn't he be another target man, he's big and physical looking so I imagine he and Wickham would be going for the same balls and getting in each others way.
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Blake42395  Grand Junction, Colorado 12 May 16 5.30pm |
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I know this may be a crazy suggestion but what about Lacina Traore? I've seen talk about a big man and he certainly is big at 2.03m. In the 4-4-2 style he would be a good counterpart up front on the left side because he is left footed and Wickham is right footed. Also, he would be a massive aerial threat with all of the crosses we throw in the box
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