ExiledGeordie

And probably a striker

Away form is dogshit, need to turn that around and win today if we want 6th. Man U will no doubt drop some points v Palace and Arsenal but Chelsea are hitting some form. Win today and put Brighton away at home and we’ll be looking good for 6th.

Sure but the club has to box clever with its spending. RW and striker will cost serious cash. Assuming it happens it makes sense to me at least.

Yeah wasn’t Robertson signed from Hull?

Where do people see his role next season when he’s back? I mean we’ve only seen him in a few games so it’s difficult to assess his role fully. I guess if Bruno stays the question is how Howe uses them both in midfield. He is the proverbial “like a new signing”.

Cheers thanks for that. I guess the added complication for us is the metro underneath and the road which ambulances use but architects can do wonders thesedays.

Extremely short sighted viewpoint. Both are premier league starters, Kelly is still young, is fast and will only get better and there’s the bonus that he can fill in at LB if needed too. Tosin has qualities we lack I.e pace and would be a solid addition. Signing both on free transfers bolsters the defence (and improves our back line speed) until Botman returns and allows significant outlay on positions like striker and RW., positions which will be expensive.

Anyone with any construction knowledge know how long (roughly) would completion of the Gallowgate extension take if it was cleared to go ahead? Did I see 8000 extra seated mooted?

Spot on, 100k per week 😂

He's exactly what Arsenal need/want but we took a punt on him and they didn’t. Realistically they probably know he’s not for sale currently.

They could sell it to him as being the “final peace in the puzzle” to deliver the title (assuming they come up short this season). Theyre also well stacked on most areas other than striker so could probably go all out for a striker. I just don’t see us selling him this summer though as it would completely derail our plans and it would take Isak to agitate for a move. The fee would be massive too particularly as he’s probably about to sign a new contract. The likelihood is he signs a new contract, stays, fires us into the champions league next season then probably stays or we don’t make champions league and we sell him next summer for some ridiculous fee.

Howe always talks Targett up but due to Burns form and his injuries he’s barely kicked a ball recently. Realistically how much is he going to play moving forwards? Wilson also seems like a no brainer to move on in terms of the financial aspect. Plus if club brings in a young, exciting 2nd striking option (e.g Sekso type signing) then he becomes a bit part player and I’m still not convinced he’d be happy with that considering he still has a few decent years left in him. Time will tell. I still think we need 3 strikers even if the 3rd option is Wilson or a young development option.

It’ll be very interesting to see what the club does with Wilson. The ideal situation is we bring in another really good young striker AND Wilson stays and we have 3 strikers. Whether he’s happy with that or whether we’re happy to cash in say if a promoted club wants to take a punt on him with a contract. Tosin and Kelly make perfect sense in terms of defensive reinforcements and free transfers as it frees up money for players in the striking and wing areas. I’m also intrigued what happens at LB and what Howe things if Hall in terms of his readiness to start next season and Targett. Is he going to use Targett as the steady Eddie player to rotate with Hall and have Kelly (assuming he signs) as the emergency LB or will they move Targett on in the summer and bring someone else in? I’m not convinced Hall is ready to be the bonafide starting LB for us and I’d love us to sign a really solid experienced attacking LB but they cost money. Summer will be very interesting indeed.

Assuming we get Tosin and Kelly it’d be interesting to see how much outlay we have for RW and striker.

Faster surely?