[Link] Steven Fletcher

Don't know what's the biggest riddy, us going for him or him turning us down.

 

Sebastian Andersson is supposed to have a release clause of £4m until Saturday. If we are looking for a target man...

 

Just close this thread , ready to be opened in the summer transfer window

 

That's who I'd go for.

 

We aren't paying 4 mill and high wages for a 4th choice target man that's 29

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This year is all about the 10, so signing Fletcher on a one year deal is ideal. I know hes not everyone favourite player but Ive listened to a lot of players doing interviews when they have talked about Fletcher they have all said he is top class and massively under rated. I think he would be a brilliant option to have on the bench, it just make sense in this season to end all seasons. Apparently Celtic are still in talks with him contrary to reports he has already turned us down.

 

Who says that Andersson would be fourth choice?

He was more or less a one-in-two striker at Djurgården and Norrköping in the Allsvenskan, a league of comparable quality, and had a decent goal return with Union Berlin in the Bundesliga last season.

He also won more aerial duels than any other player in the Bundesliga last season.

29 is no age at all for a footballer these days. We could probably get four or five good seasons out of him. He would have little resale value, granted, but how much money have we wasted on duds like Baldé and Bayo?

It would be £4m well spent, in my opinion.

 

Just canna see Pedro spunking 4M on a bit part player.

 

How much do we need him for aerial duels really? I’d love a big guy knocking down to Eddy but I think there’s better out there, not sure we play that way enough to justify £4m. We focus on speed and low crosses with a goal scorer capitalising, or intricate 1-2’s to get in behind the defence.

 

That's true but also we prob don't deviate from that because we don't have the option to. I can think of a good few instances when a Fletcher/Andersson type striker would have been an ideal alternative. It's not an option we've really had in a while and I think both would do well for us.

 

Our conversion rate from corners must be horrid. Jullien would of helped since arriving but its been an issue needing addressed for a while. Domestically we should be scoring more from set pieces and in europe theyre even more important. The sheer amount of corners we can create at times. An extra 15 goals a season there, easily, probably alot more . It was a glaring issue before jullien and his last minute goal vs lazio perfectly shows how vital those 15 goals could be

We are an attacking side but we dont play a specific way. Id say we played to suit the occasion. At times we play free flowing, intricate fitba. other times we need to be more defensive. The rat is the obvious example of someone who didnt do this. Treated psg like st mirren. We paid the price. But whatever philosophy you agree with, the best team on the pitch is almost always the one that has the most options within it.

 

Totally agree and its something I have been banging on about for years. Most SPL GAMES, i SUSPECT OUR CORNER COUNT IS INTO DOUBLE FIGURES.
I would like to see statistics for a season, how many corners we get and our conversion rate. Its a simple coaching fix, but seems to me only Griff can deliver a decent corner-and he is not a first team starter and also, he needs to be in the box for corners, looking to pounce. VVD and Deneyer were the last pair of CH that regularly got on the score sheet from corners. Its another aspect of Ajer's game that frustrates me.
I did note that young Henderson has a decent delivery but wont be on the field 95% of the time.

 

Out of interest, which players have said this?

 

How many goals do we score from corners. Or from free kicks that are played long or high into the box

 

Nobody said we don’t need that option.

We just aren’t paying £4m for the option who doesn’t fit in the system.

 

True, I'm not too fussed about Andersson tbh, don't know much about him but think Fletcher if we could get him for a year would be relatively low risk and gives us that option.

 

I was making the point that a target man would be useful to have maybe not Fletcher but someone younger. Fletcher never wanted to come here in his prime but now his career is winding down we are good enough. My advice is get someone young who wants to be here toney and ajeti can both score headers and win ariel battles that's who I would go for they are both young and have good value to the club. Fletcher would just be winding down his career with a final swansong and to win trophies something that has never bothered him before.

 

I don't see the problem with Fletcher coming here to do that. He's not costing any money and brings huge experience. A one year deal with an option of another if he does well is ideal imo. Btw I think Fletcher would have jumped at the chance to come here before he headed south, it was the money men that put the breaks on it and by the time he had played down there, we prob couldn't have afforded him in his first 5 years and then prob didn't want him later on. If it suits both parties now I would be happy to have him.

 

This! To be honest Fletcher would be a better option all things considered.

 

We have spent millions upon millions on players who, ostensibly, are a poor fit for our 'system'. We spent £2m on Bayo.

We are incredibly wasteful with our resources at times. If we bought quality in the first instance, we would save millions in the long run, and add another dimension to our game.

Andersson is clearly far more than a carthorse; he can play. The ship seems to have sailed with him in any case. Fletcher could be a reasonable alternative for a season or two.