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[Albion] Dan Ashworth’s thoughts on our transfer window
- Thread starter vagabond
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Medwayseagull
JCB
Would have been interesting to hear his thoughts on the "outs" as well as the "ins".
Albion Dan
Banned
Standard party line answer to the question.
Clive Walker
Stand Or Fall
i was really expecting him to answer :
"yeah, we've fooked up massively by not signing a striker, we weren't even looking so didn't even get to the stage of asking Tony for the dosh. Wish I'd been on NSC as it never entered our minds that an injury could impact us so much. We are risking relegation now but we have signed 56 players for our development squad which we will enjoy watching if the worst comes to the worst"
"yeah, we've fooked up massively by not signing a striker, we weren't even looking so didn't even get to the stage of asking Tony for the dosh. Wish I'd been on NSC as it never entered our minds that an injury could impact us so much. We are risking relegation now but we have signed 56 players for our development squad which we will enjoy watching if the worst comes to the worst"
Biscuit Barrel
Well-known member
I am going to carry on wetting the bed each night until we spend at least £30M on a striker 
Medwayseagull
JCB
I am going to carry on wetting the bed each night until we spend at least £30M on a striker
You are going to need a hell of a lot sheets.
Well there must be an answer to why the club haven't brought in a striker - for cover if nothing else. I wish I could understand what it is. Clearly not short of the cash as the £25m bid for Nunez demonstrated. Another failing of the recruitment team? Or a failure of the academy who seem to churn out defenders and midfielders by the coach load but can't bring through a striker.
Connelly already being "rested" by ROI ahead of their meaningless game later this week. If he gets a long term injury playing mickey mouse friendly games we will end up "fooked". Just lucky that Maupay isn't an international player.
- Nov 11, 2009
- 11,349
Smart guy obvs, but its PR waffle. Though I guess it will be happy clapped!
Yes the future punts, may well be good and looks like it could be great in time. (though it may not be?). falling through the trap door this season would be disastrous
But the current match day squad is bare in positions, with no decent cover or genuine like for like options- no matter how much gloss you try and add to it.
Just reeling off everything thats happened that everyone already knows about, shows a good command of his brief, but doesnt answer the real fundamental issues or the interviewers question.
Saying Ali J is a forward we believe in to get goals (when he isnt starting or more often not selected for over 2 years) is spin, Adding that Lamptey can chip in with the attacking threat is sweeping the lack of quality depth of proper strikers under the carpet, or trying to sugar coat the facts. We are all in on Maupay staying fit, suspension free and in form.
We failed to sign first team ready attacking targets (I get that it happens and that may not be our fault - but we did) and we are threadbare with quality cover at LWB and with genuine CF's - much less than most league competitors.
maybe his hands were tied, and he can only work within his remit, but we havent got decent, experienced like for like options in at least 2 key positions.
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- Nov 11, 2009
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I am going to carry on wetting the bed each night until we spend at least £30M on a striker
Cost is irrelevant, could be a free. We play great and win 2 games with 352, confidence is up then March gets injured and Maupay is sent off - there is no back up plan.
fosters headband
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Also the lack of competition to Maupay and Connolly is not great motivation for them to put in a shift week in week out. I just hope the Swiss signing is good enough to put them under pressure to keep their places
fair enough interview but scraping the barrel to imply Trossard and AJ are striker options. ( especially as AJ has only shined a couple times to lower league players ).
We have created a bucket load of chances in the first 4 games and missed an absolute hatful again. Our Achilles heel from last season. That isn't addressed and in addition to that we have no back up.
We may get away with it but it was an opportunity to push on a bit that I think we have missed + could pay for as the season goes on.
We have created a bucket load of chances in the first 4 games and missed an absolute hatful again. Our Achilles heel from last season. That isn't addressed and in addition to that we have no back up.
We may get away with it but it was an opportunity to push on a bit that I think we have missed + could pay for as the season goes on.
We lost £20m in 2018/19, an esimated £30m in 2019/20 and if no matches take place in front of a paying audience it will be £40m this season.
If you ignore those facts then it was perhaps a disappointing answer from Dan Ashworth.
If you take them into consideration what he said seemed measured and reasonable. Finding 20 goal a season PL strikers is tough, risky and very expensive.
Our defence this season with in theory two additions in Lamptey and White, both of whom are effective newcomers, should be a step up on last season but we are shipping goals, as are many other clubs.
Up front it is clear that GP is not keen on a big striker, Glenn Murray was first of all given a new contract for 2020/21 and then shipped out as his strengths aren't met by Potterball and vice versa.
If you ignore those facts then it was perhaps a disappointing answer from Dan Ashworth.
If you take them into consideration what he said seemed measured and reasonable. Finding 20 goal a season PL strikers is tough, risky and very expensive.
Our defence this season with in theory two additions in Lamptey and White, both of whom are effective newcomers, should be a step up on last season but we are shipping goals, as are many other clubs.
Up front it is clear that GP is not keen on a big striker, Glenn Murray was first of all given a new contract for 2020/21 and then shipped out as his strengths aren't met by Potterball and vice versa.
Reasonable interview.
However I still can't believe there is no recognition that we need another striker. We only have 2 real strikers, this is unacceptable. The club line that AJ is a striker now is a bit ridiculous.
We need a premier League striker as backup. It doesn't need to be a 20 goal striker it just needs to be a fairly average player that is happy to sit on the bench and cover for injures.
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However I still can't believe there is no recognition that we need another striker. We only have 2 real strikers, this is unacceptable. The club line that AJ is a striker now is a bit ridiculous.
We need a premier League striker as backup. It doesn't need to be a 20 goal striker it just needs to be a fairly average player that is happy to sit on the bench and cover for injures.
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That's if we don't already have one in Maupay
- May 8, 2018
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I was going to suggest sleeping in the bath until 2022
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Frankworthington
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If Maupay is injured for any length of time we are in serious trouble!!
I cannot believe he does not realise that.
I cannot believe he does not realise that.
fosters headband
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A good point about the finance, but this puzzles me as to why we keep spending so much money on potential foreign youngsters. Another £10 million yesterday and I would love to know how much in total the club has spent on these players since this policy began. Not one of them seems likely to break into the front side any time soon. It’s not my money, but I would have thought the money be better spent on the first team to consolidate our position in the Premier League first
stewart_weir
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- Mar 19, 2017
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Its a fact we have been scoring. Its also a fact we have been conceding more than scoring. Its also a fact that spending gazillions with Covid meaning no supporters will be allowed in until at least next August I think we have had a very sensible transfer window which Covid has without a doubt meant we need to be careful.
It's not one or the other, is it? I think we've clearly done both. Money spent on the first team:
- Lallana
- Veltman
- New contracts for Dunk, Alzate, Connolly
- Zeqiri
It's a long term project!