| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on 16:44 - Mar 7 with 3807 views | Nutkins_Return |
...that might have made a big difference this season who would it be?
If say Ben Sheaf (caveat is he has missed time injured but sliding door wouldn't have got that injury). I've never seen him have a bad game, is a great size and technically superb. Makes midfield tick, silky on the ball with great passing range. Reminds me of Declan Rice a lot but obviously a step down. Natural successor to Morsy and him and Cajuste would be ideal. He's a bit more mobile than Philips (who has done well at times as well). Cov season was massively derailed by his injury and they have gone out and spent big champ money as cover.
(Other mentions would b F ioanidis but his form dropped and Delap great. Hamer I thought would have been great as well). |  |
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| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 17:04 - Mar 7 with 3317 views | WD19 |
Whoever was immediately above Muric on the wish list. |  | | |
| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 17:05 - Mar 7 with 3307 views | J2BLUE |
Butland*
*99% sure we didn't miss out on him and it was just a random fan rumour on deadline day but i'm going with it. |  |
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| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 17:05 - Mar 7 with 3310 views | Linners |
Gert Verheyen |  | | |
| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 17:11 - Mar 7 with 3261 views | Dennyx4 |
| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 17:04 - Mar 7 by WD19 |
Whoever was immediately above Muric on the wish list. |
Wasn’t Rushworth the goalkeeper we enquired about first? |  | | |
| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 17:11 - Mar 7 with 3261 views | cvillageblue |
I think if we had Flynn Downes in our squad we'd have more points - maybe not much but a few more.
Agree with the above answer of our no 1 keeper.
Also had we signed Jaden in the summer we'd be £15m better off - or had the money to invest in other areas of the pitch. | |
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| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 17:15 - Mar 7 with 3238 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Vinicius Junior |  |
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| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 18:50 - Mar 7 with 3050 views | MK1 |
Would rather have spent the money from Muric, Clarke and Philogene on Rutter from Leeds. Not sure he would have come here, but he would have been massive for us. I was banging the drum for Sheaf last summer as well. Think he is a great player. I was also hoping we would retain Moore. He would have been very useful to have had around. |  |
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| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 19:42 - Mar 7 with 2929 views | jayessess |
I'd say the biggest difference would have been getting the goalkeeper recruitment right first time. |  |
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| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 19:55 - Mar 7 with 2877 views | suffolkpunchdrunk |
Ao Tanaka for me. Best player at Portman Road in the pre season friendly against Fortuna Düsseldorf. He cost Leeds about £3 million and has been one of the best players in the championship this season. |  | | |
| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 19:59 - Mar 7 with 2856 views | Nutkins_Return |
| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 17:15 - Mar 7 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Vinicius Junior |
Fair play nobody has said Batistuta.
And credit to me for not saying Lee Trundle. | |
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| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 20:00 - Mar 7 with 2851 views | Nutkins_Return |
| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 19:55 - Mar 7 by suffolkpunchdrunk |
Ao Tanaka for me. Best player at Portman Road in the pre season friendly against Fortuna Düsseldorf. He cost Leeds about £3 million and has been one of the best players in the championship this season. |
Good shout. Absolute bargain. | |
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| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 22:57 - Mar 7 with 2608 views | FrimleyBlue |
Downes |  |
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| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 23:10 - Mar 7 with 2592 views | SE1blue |
Hladky.
Might not have been the complete answer but would not have been the disaster we stuck with for too long. |  |
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| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 23:41 - Mar 7 with 2518 views | FrankMarshall |
Ao Tanaka. Can't understand why we didn't sign him up.
Think Kieffer Moore would have been a better option than Al Hamadi while Hirst was injured. |  |
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| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 07:14 - Mar 8 with 2290 views | LRB84UK |
I think Jeremy would have made a difference this season. I was gutted we didn't sign him on a permanent contract. | | | |
| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 07:28 - Mar 8 with 2264 views | Kieran_Knows |
Flynn Downes. |  |
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| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 08:08 - Mar 8 with 2179 views | Churchman |
| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 23:41 - Mar 7 by FrankMarshall |
Ao Tanaka. Can't understand why we didn't sign him up.
Think Kieffer Moore would have been a better option than Al Hamadi while Hirst was injured. |
I agree re Moore. I think a player who is big and can bring others into the game like him would have been an asset. No, he’s not the best player I’ve ever seen but he does stuff Delap hasn’t learned yet, would have offered more than AAH and knew the club.
Tanaka? Yes, looks good in the Championship, but that doesn’t mean he a play in the Premier League..
Downes? Hardly ripped it up for Southampton and while I don’t know the bloke I’m not convinced he’d have made a huge difference. Maybe and to contradict myself he’d certainly have offered more than Cajuste and especially Phillips. |  | | |
| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 11:43 - Mar 8 with 1944 views | Nutkins_Return |
| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 23:10 - Mar 7 by SE1blue |
Hladky.
Might not have been the complete answer but would not have been the disaster we stuck with for too long. |
I genuinely think we would have less points with Hladky. As well as he did at times last season he's miles off a premier league keeper and hasn't done well at Burnley. Muric is a better keeper than him and won us some points and lost us some points. At best I think Hladky does similar.
Mistakes Hladky made last year would have been ruthlessly punished as with Muric and he would have had even less time and a lot more pressure and a lot more shots to save.
If it's keeper wise then clearly Palmer was the man to get in the summer. | |
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| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 11:51 - Mar 8 with 1909 views | Nutkins_Return |
| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 23:10 - Mar 7 by SE1blue |
Hladky.
Might not have been the complete answer but would not have been the disaster we stuck with for too long. |
I genuinely think we would have less points with Hladky. As well as he did at times last season he's miles off a premier league keeper and hasn't done well at Burnley. Muric is a better keeper than him and won us some points and lost us some points. At best I think Hladky does similar.
Mistakes Hladky made last year would have been ruthlessly punished as with Muric and he would have had even less time and a lot more pressure and a lot more shots to save.
If it's keeper wise then clearly Palmer was the man to get in the summer. | |
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| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 12:07 - Mar 8 with 1840 views | NeedhamChris |
Ioannidis | |
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| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 12:09 - Mar 8 with 1844 views | TractorWood |
| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 23:10 - Mar 7 by SE1blue |
Hladky.
Might not have been the complete answer but would not have been the disaster we stuck with for too long. |
He'd have been eaten alive in the Prem. All I've seen from Burnely of him is clangers. |  |
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| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 13:30 - Mar 8 with 1656 views | pointofblue |
| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 12:09 - Mar 8 by TractorWood |
He'd have been eaten alive in the Prem. All I've seen from Burnely of him is clangers. |
We’d just have an extra £8m to spend without really noticing the difference. | |
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| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 13:41 - Mar 8 with 1611 views | NthQldITFC |
| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 11:51 - Mar 8 by Nutkins_Return |
I genuinely think we would have less points with Hladky. As well as he did at times last season he's miles off a premier league keeper and hasn't done well at Burnley. Muric is a better keeper than him and won us some points and lost us some points. At best I think Hladky does similar.
Mistakes Hladky made last year would have been ruthlessly punished as with Muric and he would have had even less time and a lot more pressure and a lot more shots to save.
If it's keeper wise then clearly Palmer was the man to get in the summer. |
I agree. Both Hladky and Muric are nervous sorts of keeper, both have their strengths, (Hladky footwork, Muric shot-stopping and claiming high balls usually) but both also have weaknesses (Hladky presence, both decision making and communication) which as you say are ruthlessly punished in the PL, and nervous keepers need to be brilliant all-rounders in order to succeed (Pickford, to some extent).
Hladky's confidence would have been destroyed by his lack of presence inviting PL forwards to force a lot of mistakes out of him, just like Muric's has. But I agree that Muric has more redeeming qualities particularly given we were never going to invite the press just as much as we did in the Championship. |  |
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| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 13:43 - Mar 8 with 1588 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 11:51 - Mar 8 by Nutkins_Return |
I genuinely think we would have less points with Hladky. As well as he did at times last season he's miles off a premier league keeper and hasn't done well at Burnley. Muric is a better keeper than him and won us some points and lost us some points. At best I think Hladky does similar.
Mistakes Hladky made last year would have been ruthlessly punished as with Muric and he would have had even less time and a lot more pressure and a lot more shots to save.
If it's keeper wise then clearly Palmer was the man to get in the summer. |
Worth repeating, that.
The only thing is that I think McKenna may have been quicker to make the change had Hladky stayed rather than Muric being an expensive new signing. |  |
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| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 21:06 - Mar 8 with 1365 views | Nutkins_Return |
| If you had to choose one player that we missed out on on 13:43 - Mar 8 by Nthsuffolkblue |
Worth repeating, that.
The only thing is that I think McKenna may have been quicker to make the change had Hladky stayed rather than Muric being an expensive new signing. |
That's a fair point. The answer would still be Palmer of course but yes some millions saved. | |
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