January transfer window

Genuinely can’t see us signing any LB right now. Not while Tierney is there, Inamura is in the background and Scales can deputise there as an absolute last resort.

 

We need 2 right wingers more than we need 1 striker IMO.

We only have Forrest who is a natural in that position and he's 34 now and really only an impact player.

We have Kenny, Iheanacho, Shin, Yamada and Madea who can play up front.

 

We should be though, Iheanacho not a long term plan, Maeda could be away in January and Kenny is a back up striker. We’ve not seen enough of Shin either and Osmand out for 3 months at least.

If Maeda goes along with Yang start of Jan plus AFCON we’d possibly be left with-
Forrest, Kenny & Shin as our only front 3 to play the huns and United

Unlikely I know but still a serious indictment on the state of our squad at the moment.

 

Shin and Yamada are like two players in one..

I guess we're hopefully Jota will return in Jan, he can play on the right although better on the left..

Kenny has done well, but wouldn't be comfortable starting him to lead a title charge..

New ST is essential with Iheanacho off the bench or to rotate starts..

Maeda may go in Jan too..

 

Aye. Rb, rw, striker will be it i think. And are top priorities

 

Let's out big sigh... as another window approaches

 

Totally agree, and they preferably should be left-footed to give us balance, given that all our LWs are right-footed.

 

Yep. It will take at least two windows unless we by a miracle manage to sell Bernardo, Ralston, a striker or two, Yang, Hatatee all in the beginning of the january window, which won't happen.

What they need to do is to get rid of as many as they can and absolutely * blow us away with a insane RW,ST and CM at least. We wont bring in 5-6 players in Jan

 

Loan..

Well when you put it like that

 

This.

Not looking forward to the inevitable disappointment and frustration as another opportunity to improve passes us by due to incompetence and obliviousness from the board.

 

I don't necessarily disagree that we need a striker, particularly with potential departures and injuries.

However we have 4 natural strikers on our books, Kenny, Osmand, Kelechi, Shin. Then we have Maeda there where I happen to think is his best position. So that makes it 5.

On the left wing we have Jota, Balikwisha, Tounekti, Yang who are all natural left wingers and then we have Maeda who a lot of people would regard as a natural left winger.

On the right we have Forrest who is 34. We have tried loads of players out there this season to little success as it's not their natural position.

We definitely need 2 right wingers in January. We need them in terms of both quality and numbers. If we can get those 2 in then by all means move on to striker but that will require some departures.

 

Lucky to see Osmand this season..

Im unsure that any of the others are the required quality to see us through this season.. I think Maeda will be off..

Ideally 2 × RW would be ideal, but Jota should be hopefully available in Jan.. one is likely more realistic..

If Nancy gets it 2 x 10s is what we'll need

 

I agree we need two right wingers of quality. Can't keep playing Yang and Forrest, it's a lose-lose situation.

But I don't think we can count on Balikwisha as a LW.

That's two managers now , Rodgers and now O'Neil not playing Balikwisha.
If I was a sport's journalist, the first question I would ask Martin O'Neil at his next press conference is " * is going on with our £5M new player Balikwisha ? ".

Why is he not being fitted into the team ?. Why are you now playing guys like Forrest, Yang and Hatate in front of him ?.

Why is Balikwisha now been relegated to being an unused sub ?.