| Joël Piroe 18:51 - Dec 27 with 10185 views | lurcher |
Have we struck a deal with Leeds? |  | | |  |
| Joël Piroe on 20:33 - Dec 27 with 2717 views | J2BLUE |
| Joël Piroe on 19:58 - Dec 27 by Libero |
I fear I’m the only person on here that isn’t convinced he would be a good fit for us… |
I would be much happier with a loan.
Although if it takes a £15m signing to go up then so be it. |  |
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| Joël Piroe on 20:36 - Dec 27 with 2700 views | LeoMuff |
| Joël Piroe on 20:31 - Dec 27 by Kieran_Knows |
This. Probably going to be one of those players that falls in to the category of ‘too good for the Championship, not good enough for the Prem’.
6 month loan, no permanent option would be ideal. |
If he can’t press I would imagine it’s a no from us, not seen enough of him to comment |  |
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| Joël Piroe on 20:46 - Dec 27 with 2639 views | StokieBlue |
Can Leicester afford him?
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| Joël Piroe on 20:49 - Dec 27 with 2631 views | lazyblue |
Quiet |  | | |
| Joël Piroe on 20:55 - Dec 27 with 2575 views | tractordownsouth |
| Joël Piroe on 20:02 - Dec 27 by FrimleyBlue |
Sounds like something we do need then
We dont press really so that's fine. Teams sit low so pace not needed. We are best when crossing to feet than air but need someone who can read the delivery and score goals with first time finishing. |
You can compromise on some of those attributes but being able to compete in the air is a non-negotiable. More teams are playing a back three this year and we’ve seen how we’ve lacked threat in those games when Azon has lead the line.
If we want a proven Championship finisher with good box movement, I’d try and get Salech from Cardiff. All his goals are from close range but he wins his headers and works really nicely knitting together an attack made up of small technical players. Young and physical enough to potentially play higher than the Championship too.
I’d put Sam Surridge high up the list as well. If we can get either of them plus an experienced PL midfielder on loan I’d be happy, then anything else is a bonus. |  |
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| Joël Piroe on 21:11 - Dec 27 with 2482 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Joël Piroe on 20:00 - Dec 27 by tractordownsouth |
Very much hope this isn’t true. Piroe is a top finisher but he can’t press, run fast or head the ball so completely unsuited to how we like to play. I’d like to think we’ve learnt from Akpom to look beyond a striker’s goal tally and focus more on how they fit into the system. |
Haven't we drastically changed our style of play already?
We used to play with a right 10 (Chaplin/Omari) and a left 10 (Broadhead) supporting the lone striker (Hirst/Moore). Davis was an attacking wing back and we had Burns as a pacy winger on the right, supported by Harry Clarke who could overlap Burns in attack or slot in as a third centre back when defending as Burgess would often cover for Davis.
Now we have Jaden who is an out and out winger which nullifies Davis threat, Nunez, who plays more like an attacking midfielder than a right 10, Sindre/McAteer, neither whom are pacy wingers in the style of Burns or Ogbene, and Furlong who rarely overlaps like Clarke and tends to stop and pass back to O'Shea because he has no attacking instincts.
I'm pretty sure if we had a finisher like Piroe we would have turned the draws in which we dominated possession (Derby, Watford, Wrexham, Millwall) into wins. [Post edited 27 Dec 2025 21:14]
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| Joël Piroe on 21:21 - Dec 27 with 2424 views | You_Bloo_Right |
| Joël Piroe on 19:39 - Dec 27 by FrimleyBlue |
And the players name after famous French investigators. |
Belgian.
Belgian investigators. |  |
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| Joël Piroe on 21:21 - Dec 27 with 2420 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Joël Piroe on 21:11 - Dec 27 by GlasgowBlue |
Haven't we drastically changed our style of play already?
We used to play with a right 10 (Chaplin/Omari) and a left 10 (Broadhead) supporting the lone striker (Hirst/Moore). Davis was an attacking wing back and we had Burns as a pacy winger on the right, supported by Harry Clarke who could overlap Burns in attack or slot in as a third centre back when defending as Burgess would often cover for Davis.
Now we have Jaden who is an out and out winger which nullifies Davis threat, Nunez, who plays more like an attacking midfielder than a right 10, Sindre/McAteer, neither whom are pacy wingers in the style of Burns or Ogbene, and Furlong who rarely overlaps like Clarke and tends to stop and pass back to O'Shea because he has no attacking instincts.
I'm pretty sure if we had a finisher like Piroe we would have turned the draws in which we dominated possession (Derby, Watford, Wrexham, Millwall) into wins. [Post edited 27 Dec 2025 21:14]
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Yes, very much so and I fully agree. We need someone now who can pick up the pieces and create something from nothing once Philogene/Clarke/Egeli have run into dead ends/or cut back, slowed us down and the opposition have got into their defensive shape. Piroe is someone far more suited to that than Hirsty. |  |
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| Joël Piroe on 21:34 - Dec 27 with 2325 views | ringwoodblue |
Signing previous Championship Golden Boot winners hasn’t exactly worked out well for us so why should signing Piroe be any different? |  |
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| Joël Piroe on 21:48 - Dec 27 with 2226 views | itfcsuth |
He ticks every box of another £15m signing. |  | | |
| Joël Piroe on 21:58 - Dec 27 with 2164 views | StokieBlue |
| Joël Piroe on 21:48 - Dec 27 by itfcsuth |
He ticks every box of another £15m signing. |
In that 15m was his last price tag?
The negativity must be really tiring.
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| Joël Piroe on 22:03 - Dec 27 with 2141 views | Libero |
| Joël Piroe on 20:55 - Dec 27 by tractordownsouth |
You can compromise on some of those attributes but being able to compete in the air is a non-negotiable. More teams are playing a back three this year and we’ve seen how we’ve lacked threat in those games when Azon has lead the line.
If we want a proven Championship finisher with good box movement, I’d try and get Salech from Cardiff. All his goals are from close range but he wins his headers and works really nicely knitting together an attack made up of small technical players. Young and physical enough to potentially play higher than the Championship too.
I’d put Sam Surridge high up the list as well. If we can get either of them plus an experienced PL midfielder on loan I’d be happy, then anything else is a bonus. |
If we end up with Sam Surridge leading the line, I’ll be gutted. There’s a reason he’s playing MLS in his prime. |  | | |
| Joël Piroe on 22:30 - Dec 27 with 2042 views | Herbivore |
| Joël Piroe on 20:02 - Dec 27 by FrimleyBlue |
Sounds like something we do need then
We dont press really so that's fine. Teams sit low so pace not needed. We are best when crossing to feet than air but need someone who can read the delivery and score goals with first time finishing. |
"We don't press really" - you don't watch much of Ipswich, do you? |  |
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| Joël Piroe on 22:30 - Dec 27 with 2042 views | itfcsuth |
| Joël Piroe on 21:58 - Dec 27 by StokieBlue |
In that 15m was his last price tag?
The negativity must be really tiring.
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Please tell me you aren’t suggesting we sign Joel Piroe on a permanent deal for £15m. | | | |
| Joël Piroe on 22:33 - Dec 27 with 2019 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Joël Piroe on 19:24 - Dec 27 by DarkBrandon |
So he’s definitely signing? Cool! |
For £15M which is probably a bit steep. He had better score a hat trick in his first match. |  |
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| Joël Piroe on 23:11 - Dec 27 with 1884 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Joël Piroe on 22:30 - Dec 27 by Herbivore |
"We don't press really" - you don't watch much of Ipswich, do you? |
In comparison to our last champ season i dont feel we do herbz.
As mentioned we were one of the best at pressing and high turnovers in the opponents half's in the year we got promoted. Thats not us this season and another reason why imo hirst hasn't looked the same either as alot of the play he was involved in was the quick turn over of play after we won the ball back High fed it to hirst who then played in others. Alot of the balls Hirst has had to try and deal with are zipped balls down the middle from oshea for him to grapple the cb for.
Im not alone in feeling our press has changed.
So yes I do watch ipswich.
I will edit to this tho when we discussed pressing earlier. That front three press has changed hence by thoughts above.
Its definitely a different shape. In 23 it was like a 3 v press.
Our midfield tho i feel are more involved this season hence azors high interception figures.
So maybe saying we DONT press is wrong. So apologies thats on me. It is more of how we press imo means we dont need a striker who can.
[Post edited 27 Dec 2025 23:26]
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| Joël Piroe on 23:47 - Dec 27 with 1809 views | Herbivore |
| Joël Piroe on 23:11 - Dec 27 by FrimleyBlue |
In comparison to our last champ season i dont feel we do herbz.
As mentioned we were one of the best at pressing and high turnovers in the opponents half's in the year we got promoted. Thats not us this season and another reason why imo hirst hasn't looked the same either as alot of the play he was involved in was the quick turn over of play after we won the ball back High fed it to hirst who then played in others. Alot of the balls Hirst has had to try and deal with are zipped balls down the middle from oshea for him to grapple the cb for.
Im not alone in feeling our press has changed.
So yes I do watch ipswich.
I will edit to this tho when we discussed pressing earlier. That front three press has changed hence by thoughts above.
Its definitely a different shape. In 23 it was like a 3 v press.
Our midfield tho i feel are more involved this season hence azors high interception figures.
So maybe saying we DONT press is wrong. So apologies thats on me. It is more of how we press imo means we dont need a striker who can.
[Post edited 27 Dec 2025 23:26]
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Hirst still does A LOT of pressing when he plays. Whether we're as effective at it is another matter but we do press and Hirst leads that press. | |
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| Joël Piroe on 23:55 - Dec 27 with 1794 views | Godzilla |
Is this the famous detective thread? |  | | |
| Joël Piroe on 23:56 - Dec 27 with 1788 views | Godzilla |
| Joël Piroe on 23:55 - Dec 27 by Godzilla |
Is this the famous detective thread? |
slow as . | | | |
| Joël Piroe on 13:00 - Dec 28 with 1397 views | mellowblue |
| Joël Piroe on 23:47 - Dec 27 by Herbivore |
Hirst still does A LOT of pressing when he plays. Whether we're as effective at it is another matter but we do press and Hirst leads that press. |
Yes, a one man press is not going to match the three man press in the middle we used to have with Harness/Broady, Hirst and Chaplin. A one man press is a forlorn cause really. Feel sorry for Hirst when he does press at speed as there is always an easy out ball for the guy he is pressing. | | | |
| Joël Piroe on 13:08 - Dec 28 with 1369 views | pointofblue |
| Joël Piroe on 20:55 - Dec 27 by tractordownsouth |
You can compromise on some of those attributes but being able to compete in the air is a non-negotiable. More teams are playing a back three this year and we’ve seen how we’ve lacked threat in those games when Azon has lead the line.
If we want a proven Championship finisher with good box movement, I’d try and get Salech from Cardiff. All his goals are from close range but he wins his headers and works really nicely knitting together an attack made up of small technical players. Young and physical enough to potentially play higher than the Championship too.
I’d put Sam Surridge high up the list as well. If we can get either of them plus an experienced PL midfielder on loan I’d be happy, then anything else is a bonus. |
I was really disappointed we seemingly weren't in for Salech over the summer. | |
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| Joël Piroe on 13:14 - Dec 28 with 1352 views | Leaky |
| Joël Piroe on 19:39 - Dec 27 by FrimleyBlue |
And the players name after famous French investigators. |
Or Belgian |  | | |
| Joël Piroe on 15:03 - Dec 28 with 1209 views | vilanovablue |
Absolutely nothing on Twitter. |  | | |
| Joël Piroe on 15:50 - Dec 28 with 1088 views | cbower |
On the bench for Leeds today. That would suggest he is an injury to say the oft injured Calvert-Lewin away from starting. Doesn't really scream a done deal but never say never. |  |
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| Joël Piroe on 18:32 - Dec 28 with 797 views | bournemouthblue |
| Joël Piroe on 13:00 - Dec 28 by mellowblue |
Yes, a one man press is not going to match the three man press in the middle we used to have with Harness/Broady, Hirst and Chaplin. A one man press is a forlorn cause really. Feel sorry for Hirst when he does press at speed as there is always an easy out ball for the guy he is pressing. |
It would be intetesting to compare how much we win it back compared to then
I wouldn't be surprised if we win it back more now, partly because of Matusiwa |  |
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