Who should we buy from the relegated sides?

[Dark Munster]

[Nordic Saint]

On 21/03/2021 at 23:52, woodsaint1 said:

Would certainly take Tomas Vaclik, very solid goalkeeper with plenty of european and international experience. Sell McCarthy and let Vaclik and Forster battle it out for number 1

If we're looking for a replacement for McCarthy as backup goalkeeper to Forster and eventual first choice, David Raya would be a better buy.

[The Kraken]

Harrison Reed and Mario Lemina at Fulham look quite tasty.

[Cartman]

Parachute payments mean buying from newly relegated clubs isn't the bargain it used to be, almost as expensive as buying from another Premier League club. There is a reason a players like Buendia and Sarr weren't picked up by anyone last year. Buendia in particular would have been great at Saints.

[austsaint]

On 21/03/2021 at 23:02, Saint_lambden said:

I'd sign Conor Gallagher (on loan at WBA from Chelsea). Can play in front of the back four and in number 10 role if needed too. Decent at breaking up the play, is a really good presser of the ball, likes a pop from range and has a nice delivery on him which would give us an alternative to JWP in that area. Sounds like Chelsea want about £9m for him which for a 21 year-old with his versatility would be a great long-term deal and give us real competition in the middle of the park. 

If Ralph really does want 2 players in every position, that would mean JWP/Gallagher in one CM slot and Diallo/Romeu in the other as I don't think Smallbone is ever really going to make the cut at this level, especially as he's now got to come back from a very serious injury. 

The other plus with a player like Gallagher is the back up dead ball delivery which we have lost with the departure of Bertrand.

[Matthew Le God]

29 minutes ago, Cartman said:

Parachute payments mean buying from newly relegated clubs isn't the bargain it used to be 

You have to go back a long time to before they existed. Parachute payments have been around for 15 years!

[Cartman]

2 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

You have to go back a long time to before they existed. Parachute payments have been around for 15 years!

Let me be more precise... parachute payments combined with the massive tv contracts of the last 6+/- 2 years which result in relegated clubs not being as desperate to cut costs as they used to be mean their players are still very expensive, much more than they used to be.

[Gingeletiss]

That young lad, Carvalho, from Fulham, looks to have something about him, 18? I think.

 

[striker]

2nd the comments on Periera from WBA. He is a future star and easily the best player on WBA

[Medrurkin]

On 15/05/2021 at 23:32, The Kraken said:

Harrison Reed and Mario Lemina at Fulham look quite tasty.

If you like chewing on recycled shite. 

[woodsaint1]

On 15/05/2021 at 23:13, Nordic Saint said:

If we're looking for a replacement for McCarthy as backup goalkeeper to Forster and eventual first choice, David Raya would be a better buy.

Not convinced we'll be looking to spend any money on a keeper as we've other priorities. Although Vaclik will be available on a free and if the option is there we should look at it

[Cartman]

8 minutes ago, woodsaint1 said:

Not convinced we'll be looking to spend any money on a keeper as we've other priorities. Although Vaclik will be available on a free and if the option is there we should look at it

I'm convinced we are, no team with a clear first choice rotates goalkeepers the way we have been doing, probably done to put them in the shop window and hope there in interest in at least one of them. They are also both out of contract in 2022.

Keeper may not be our highest priority, but it should be quite high, third or fourth after left back, an attacker and another full back.

[ErwinK1961]

3 minutes ago, Cartman said:

I'm convinced we are, no team with a clear first choice rotates goalkeepers the way we have been doing, probably done to put them in the shop window and hope there in interest in at least one of them. They are also both out of contract in 2022.

Keeper may not be our highest priority, but it should be quite high, third or fourth after left back, an attacker and another full back.

It should be an area we target, but can’t see us doing it.
 

Good goalkeepers win you points - Niemi replacing Jones was probably worth 10-12 points a season for us. 

[sadoldgit]

28 minutes ago, ErwinK1961 said:

It should be an area we target, but can’t see us doing it.
 

Good goalkeepers win you points - Niemi replacing Jones was probably worth 10-12 points a season for us. 

How many players have we bought from teams relegated to the Championship in the past?

[ErwinK1961]

17 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

How many players have we bought from teams relegated to the Championship in the past?

I was talking about signing a GK.

[Matthew Le God]

31 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

How many players have we bought from teams relegated to the Championship in the past?

Redmond is one example

Edited 17 May, 2021 by Matthew Le God

[Cartman]

1 hour ago, sadoldgit said:

How many players have we bought from teams relegated to the Championship in the past?

Since coming back, Redmond who had a year left on his contract and Austin who had 6 months when we signed him in January. Not really a market we go for.

[sadoldgit]

11 hours ago, ErwinK1961 said:

I was talking about signing a GK.

Goalkeepers are still players. I was just curious as I couldn’t think of many players signed from relegated teams in the past.