| Ben Doak 15:23 - Jul 18 with 8314 views | IP1Blue |
Possible Omari replacement? Slightly cheaper and will no doubt have potential top level interest but could he be tempted if they don’t materialise? |  | | |  |
| Ben Doak on 15:26 - Jul 18 with 4945 views | monty_radio |
Given our wealth of wide-men / no 10s , and our dearth of credible midfielder behind them, do we, at this stage, even need an Omari replacement? What do others think? | |
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| Ben Doak on 15:27 - Jul 18 with 4905 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Seems like Doak and Hackney are on our radar but also potentially on the radar of the likes of Everton so might be tough to get done. Either would be a great purchase though I think. |  | | |
| Ben Doak on 15:27 - Jul 18 with 4899 views | Kieran_Knows |
| Ben Doak on 15:26 - Jul 18 by monty_radio |
Given our wealth of wide-men / no 10s , and our dearth of credible midfielder behind them, do we, at this stage, even need an Omari replacement? What do others think? |
100% we will need a replacement. |  |
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| Ben Doak on 15:32 - Jul 18 with 4787 views | chenners17 |
Would be a brilliant replacement but think I saw Liverpool are after up to 25 million for him which is very steep in the championship. | | | |
| Ben Doak on 15:34 - Jul 18 with 4763 views | itfcsuth |
Watched a fair bit of Lewis Koumas at Stoke last year. Looked a talented boy and natural Wes Burns replacement, pace and power and in that mould of a old fashioned touchline winger.
Not sure we would look to add to that RW area this season. I think Ogbene & Burns are perfect options for us in the Championship this season. |  | | |
| Ben Doak on 15:37 - Jul 18 with 4672 views | cressi |
| Ben Doak on 15:34 - Jul 18 by itfcsuth |
Watched a fair bit of Lewis Koumas at Stoke last year. Looked a talented boy and natural Wes Burns replacement, pace and power and in that mould of a old fashioned touchline winger.
Not sure we would look to add to that RW area this season. I think Ogbene & Burns are perfect options for us in the Championship this season. |
Perfect if both 100% fit, one not up to speed and the other one out for weeks or months. | | | |
| Ben Doak on 15:42 - Jul 18 with 4578 views | SouperJim |
| Ben Doak on 15:27 - Jul 18 by Kieran_Knows |
100% we will need a replacement. |
Really? Burns, Ogbene, Chaplin, Broadhead, Clarke and Philogene isn't enough options?
I won't be surprised if we do sign a replacement and of course it's not an either/or, but it's central mid and line leading strikers we need.
Edit: I even forgot Szmodics! [Post edited 18 Jul 15:43]
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| Ben Doak on 15:45 - Jul 18 with 4489 views | Big_Jase |
| Ben Doak on 15:42 - Jul 18 by SouperJim |
Really? Burns, Ogbene, Chaplin, Broadhead, Clarke and Philogene isn't enough options?
I won't be surprised if we do sign a replacement and of course it's not an either/or, but it's central mid and line leading strikers we need.
Edit: I even forgot Szmodics! [Post edited 18 Jul 15:43]
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Ogbene coming back of a long term injury and Burns not back till Christmas.
We need another right winger/right 10
Jaden, Broadhead & Clarke are all left sided players. Broadhead is likely to move on as well this summer. |  |
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| Ben Doak on 15:46 - Jul 18 with 4485 views | Matt_Netherlands |
| Ben Doak on 15:42 - Jul 18 by SouperJim |
Really? Burns, Ogbene, Chaplin, Broadhead, Clarke and Philogene isn't enough options?
I won't be surprised if we do sign a replacement and of course it's not an either/or, but it's central mid and line leading strikers we need.
Edit: I even forgot Szmodics! [Post edited 18 Jul 15:43]
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We definitely will.
In Omari, Delap and Enciso we’ve lost three of our first choice front four from the end of last season. |  | | |
| Ben Doak on 15:47 - Jul 18 with 4451 views | hunty21 |
| Ben Doak on 15:26 - Jul 18 by monty_radio |
Given our wealth of wide-men / no 10s , and our dearth of credible midfielder behind them, do we, at this stage, even need an Omari replacement? What do others think? |
Have we got thst star player though to give us the edge IMO these other players are capable but puts us more as play off contenders now we need someone who unlocks defenses Doak is a good shout | | | |
| Ben Doak on 15:56 - Jul 18 with 4246 views | jayessess |
| Ben Doak on 15:42 - Jul 18 by SouperJim |
Really? Burns, Ogbene, Chaplin, Broadhead, Clarke and Philogene isn't enough options?
I won't be surprised if we do sign a replacement and of course it's not an either/or, but it's central mid and line leading strikers we need.
Edit: I even forgot Szmodics! [Post edited 18 Jul 15:43]
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We sub the front 4 in pretty much every single game, which does mean you need more options than you think.
We've got 7 for those 3 slots, which means just 2 injuries leave you short there (and we're already carrying 1!). In 2023-24 we had: Broadhead, Harness, Scarlett/Sarmiento, Chaplin, Hutchinson, Burns, Aluko and used Taylor there.
I think we'd look to add an 8th if we could. |  |
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| Ben Doak on 15:57 - Jul 18 with 4230 views | Guthrum |
| Ben Doak on 15:47 - Jul 18 by hunty21 |
Have we got thst star player though to give us the edge IMO these other players are capable but puts us more as play off contenders now we need someone who unlocks defenses Doak is a good shout |
The answer is we don't entirely know. Szmodics, Philogene and Jack Clarke have pretty good track records of unlocking defences in the Champ, even if they couldn't quite do it in the Prem. Ogbene's record is decent. That's before you add in Broadhead, Chaplin and Burns, with what we know they can do (including scoring stunning goals). |  |
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| Ben Doak on 15:57 - Jul 18 with 4201 views | pointofblue |
| Ben Doak on 15:27 - Jul 18 by Kieran_Knows |
100% we will need a replacement. |
Then we'll have to get rid of another winger/10 on top of Hutch, for registration reasons. | |
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| Ben Doak on 16:03 - Jul 18 with 4116 views | Parky |
| Ben Doak on 15:26 - Jul 18 by monty_radio |
Given our wealth of wide-men / no 10s , and our dearth of credible midfielder behind them, do we, at this stage, even need an Omari replacement? What do others think? |
‘Need’ - probably not, but we’ve got the money. We’re probably the most attractive proposition for players in the Championship this coming season, I don’t see why we wouldn’t. | | | |
| Ben Doak on 16:03 - Jul 18 with 4119 views | jayessess |
| Ben Doak on 15:57 - Jul 18 by pointofblue |
Then we'll have to get rid of another winger/10 on top of Hutch, for registration reasons. |
3 GKs
8 Defenders
5 Midfielders
8 Forwards
3 Strikers
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I'd guess we need some U21s somewhere... [Post edited 18 Jul 16:23]
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| Ben Doak on 16:03 - Jul 18 with 4114 views | Kieran_Knows |
| Ben Doak on 15:57 - Jul 18 by pointofblue |
Then we'll have to get rid of another winger/10 on top of Hutch, for registration reasons. |
So you don't think anybody else will leave between now and the end of August?
I can think of up to 8 who still might be out the door. | |
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| Ben Doak on 16:06 - Jul 18 with 4058 views | southnorfolkblue |
| Ben Doak on 15:42 - Jul 18 by SouperJim |
Really? Burns, Ogbene, Chaplin, Broadhead, Clarke and Philogene isn't enough options?
I won't be surprised if we do sign a replacement and of course it's not an either/or, but it's central mid and line leading strikers we need.
Edit: I even forgot Szmodics! [Post edited 18 Jul 15:43]
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Our 2 main RW options have massive question marks above their heads after major injuries. I love Wes but he’s had a string of significant injuries and may be he is one that needs to be moved on in favour of a younger more robust model | |
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| Ben Doak on 16:08 - Jul 18 with 4025 views | SouperJim |
| Ben Doak on 15:46 - Jul 18 by Matt_Netherlands |
We definitely will.
In Omari, Delap and Enciso we’ve lost three of our first choice front four from the end of last season. |
We've also gone down a division, I know how ambitious we are but we may have to cut our cloth for the championship a little. | |
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| Ben Doak on 16:12 - Jul 18 with 3965 views | monty_radio |
Having read that both Jaden and Clarke are left-sided players, I observe that they're both predominately right-footed, which is where, I think, Jaden was deployed in the England U21s. I note also that Omari's eye-catching England performances were on the left. Most seem to feel that Omari is not best used as a no10, so I don't automatically see, apart from his charisma and sometime wow factor, that a direct replacement is required. | |
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| Ben Doak on 16:12 - Jul 18 with 3955 views | Bellevue_Blue |
| Ben Doak on 16:06 - Jul 18 by southnorfolkblue |
Our 2 main RW options have massive question marks above their heads after major injuries. I love Wes but he’s had a string of significant injuries and may be he is one that needs to be moved on in favour of a younger more robust model |
Exactly, unfortunately can't rely on the two of them with big injuries to come back from.
I can see a RW loan with option to buy type deal being the perfect option. | | | |
| Ben Doak on 16:17 - Jul 18 with 3884 views | Big_Jase |
| Ben Doak on 16:12 - Jul 18 by Bellevue_Blue |
Exactly, unfortunately can't rely on the two of them with big injuries to come back from.
I can see a RW loan with option to buy type deal being the perfect option. |
Ben Doak, Tom Fellows or Yaser Asprilla | |
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| Ben Doak on 16:19 - Jul 18 with 3858 views | Parky |
| Ben Doak on 16:17 - Jul 18 by Big_Jase |
Ben Doak, Tom Fellows or Yaser Asprilla |
I wonder whether Rak-Sakyi will be of interest, I remember McKenna wanting him when we were in League 1. | | | |
| Ben Doak on 16:30 - Jul 18 with 3727 views | Matt_Netherlands |
| Ben Doak on 16:08 - Jul 18 by SouperJim |
We've also gone down a division, I know how ambitious we are but we may have to cut our cloth for the championship a little. |
True. However you could argue that Burns and Chaplin played out of their skins in 23/34 and so are they likely to replicate that again now? Two years olde rand neither had huge amounts of game time in last 12 months? | | | |
| Ben Doak on 16:39 - Jul 18 with 3604 views | LeoMuff |
| Ben Doak on 16:30 - Jul 18 by Matt_Netherlands |
True. However you could argue that Burns and Chaplin played out of their skins in 23/34 and so are they likely to replicate that again now? Two years olde rand neither had huge amounts of game time in last 12 months? |
Chaplin also had a good season for Barnsley in the championship with 11 goals. If Burns fully recovers from his ACL I see no reason for him to replicate 23/24 though Ogbene could be very hard to displace |  |
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| Ben Doak on 16:39 - Jul 18 with 3608 views | jayessess |
| Ben Doak on 16:30 - Jul 18 by Matt_Netherlands |
True. However you could argue that Burns and Chaplin played out of their skins in 23/34 and so are they likely to replicate that again now? Two years olde rand neither had huge amounts of game time in last 12 months? |
Actually thought Burns was unfortunate not to post even better numbers in 23/24, he seemed to generate more than his fair share of near misses.
Also felt like last season he was gradually playing his way up to the level. The injury might have interrupted that but there's every chance Chaplin and Burns play at a higher level in 2025/26 than they managed last time in the Champ. | |
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