09 Jan 2024 22:00:21
Sasa and Fabio both out on loan and yes I know they both need minutes, but Danny Ings .
Thoughts everyone.

1.) 10 Jan 2024
10 Jan 2024 06:29:57
Not for me.

2.) 10 Jan 2024
10 Jan 2024 06:38:26
Agree Blackfords.not sure he would add anything.

3.) 10 Jan 2024
10 Jan 2024 09:56:33
A bad move, we can do a lot better without breaking the bank.

4.) 10 Jan 2024
10 Jan 2024 13:33:34
Ings?…absolutey not for me also, hardly an upgrade!

5.) 10 Jan 2024
10 Jan 2024 15:30:24
Ings or Sick note to his mates! I don't think he's quick enough tbh. Anyone we sign has to be able to keep up with the players we have already. Ings has no hope except on a bike!

6.) 10 Jan 2024
10 Jan 2024 17:17:12
No to ings or adams.
We can do better

7.) 10 Jan 2024
10 Jan 2024 17:18:34
Ings isn't an upgrade on Silva and Sasa? He's scored 62 PL goal and he's been injured most of the time.

Funny how some don't want Ings because he's injury prone but are happy to give Sasa a chance even though he's 5 years younger than Ings but been injured for a longer period.

8.) 10 Jan 2024
10 Jan 2024 17:38:36
No, too old, too slow. The talk is most probably w ham trying to get shot. We must have a replacement in mind given that we've let sasa and fabio go out tho.

9.) 10 Jan 2024
10 Jan 2024 18:00:00
Ings would be a poor option no goals and I xpect masive wages. I would rather put nathan frazer on the bench and give him 15 mins or so each game he would be keen to impress and the experience would do him good

10.) 10 Jan 2024
10 Jan 2024 18:40:40
Ings is slow, but he is a natural goal scorer. Not saying he's my 1st choice, but is definitely an upgrade on Sasa and especially Fabio.

11.) 10 Jan 2024
10 Jan 2024 18:46:02
Thing is Jas those posters saying 'give Sasa a chance' (I wasn't one of them) but they were clearly just trying to be practical, as he's our player and we (cough, wasted, cough) £15m on him.
I would also just point out that of Danny Ings 62 Prem goals only 2 have come since he moved to WHU a season ago (which was worse than even I expected if honest)! They aren't just getting rid cause of the injuries it's also because he hasn't been prolific for about three years! In actual fact Ings has got 2 goals for WHU in 26 games; whereas Sasa has scored 2 goals for us in 12 apps (almost all of which were the last 10 mins of the game). So actually in real terms Sasas strike rate probably actually is better than Ings! I have nothing agaisnt Ings but he's on big wages and hasn't been much good since 2020!
I'm also unsure why peeps seem to think the choice is Fabio, Sasa or Ings?! There's a whole load of players out there wanting to come to the Prem, at least one of them must be up to playing a sqaud role for us?!

12.) 10 Jan 2024
10 Jan 2024 19:55:50
You're right. There are players who the scouting team will have identified. Who they are, we won't know unless we're in the inner sanctum of the club. Whoever it us though, needs to hit the ground running as Hwang as a massive miss for us.

Saying that, I'm sure GON stated a few weeks ago that he wanted an out and out number 9 so that Cuhna could play a bit deeper.

Only 20 days of constant rumours to go.

13.) 10 Jan 2024
10 Jan 2024 21:27:33
Haha so true Jas, it's the hope that kills! ? Personally I still want Boulaye Día, but I believe he is also out of contract in July so may be waiting for bigger fish (I think Newc were tied to him as well). Like ya say though who it will actually be is anyone's guess?! ?

14.) 11 Jan 2024
11 Jan 2024 01:24:49
If we were getting a fit Ings, playing at his best, I'd snap their hands off for him, but if he was at his best, he wouldn't be available.

It's a gamble but you never know, it could work out.

On the other hand, Ekitike only scored 4 goals in 32 games for PSG, so he's hardly a sure bet either.

I think, at this time of the season, for us, it's probably less about finding the ideal signing and more about finding the most efficient deal.

Hobbs said that while we are losing Sasa and Silva, they barely played any minutes anyway, so there's little need to replace them.
Obviously he's not taking injuries and internationals into the equation there but I can understand where he's coming from.

15.) 11 Jan 2024
11 Jan 2024 13:59:04
Totally agree Greylegwolf, very underwhelming and a big step backwards

16.) 11 Jan 2024
11 Jan 2024 15:16:10
Hobbs doesn't understand the concept of injuries or Plan B?

17.) 11 Jan 2024
11 Jan 2024 17:53:31
Yeah I have to agree with Handsome here, it's not enough to add their minutes together and say they won't be missed cause that's not how footy works! Just look at Sasa, both his goals resulted in us getting 4 more points than we would have now. that's without even mentioning the fact that GON deserves to have an option on the bench if we need to change a game!
Having said all that Hobbs knows his business and I suspect that stance was just to help negotiations, what he was basically saying is we won't be held to ransom. I also wonder if they will move things about without Hwang, as at the moment Netos still to come back into the team. Like Jas said just another 19 days of speculation and guff in the press to go then! Happy days ?

18.) 11 Jan 2024
11 Jan 2024 19:03:14
The problem is decent strikers are like gold, lots of average players about who call themselves strikers and vastly overpriced . All the strikers mentioned will just end up bench warmers plus we are still in a pickle with fair play rules. If we are hit with a points deduction, coming late in the season it will make doing an Everton very difficult.