Strike

Baffling decision to pick this backline - James and Colwill need to be in there

Caught out by their high press.

Ornstein etc haven't reported yet. Sure hope we are pursuing Delap/Sesko/Gyokeres/Ekitike simultaneously

If it was a short term solution, why'd the club agree a future fee for Sancho? Now have to pay 5m to get out of signing him.

Sancho was a disaster. We are paying a lot in wages for someone who has got 3G 5A in 31 league appearances. His stats look good only because of contributions in the Conference League.

If you are going for 45 players in a summer some are bound to be decent. (Samu I'd still avoid) The board also decided to sign Felix and Sancho to bolster the attack last summer.

If Gyokeres and Sesko have not given us the green light, I'd go with Ekitike Rather get a striker who is technically good than wait around again. We have waited few summers now to address the striker position and I'll just take whatever quality we can sign this year.

I would love Maignan (unless form has tailed off last year), Chevalier or Garcia. Get any and sell Sanchez Kepa and Jorgensen

I would take him over 30m Delap. Technically good striker would be useful against deep blocks

Jackson was a striker that played well when there was space to run into. We should be looking for a striker who can play well vs the deep blocks. Someone who is technically gifted and can finish half chances. Delap will be the wrong call with the kind of strikers that are set to move this summer

Delap is making his decision first but that is no reason to make him a priority. I hope the club is exploring Gyokeres and Sesko without alerting the media

These quotes are really odd - He’s saying F off to the pundits saying we are not good enough. But when there was talk of a title challenge it was Maresca himself saying we are not good enough in the first place.

Haven't yet heard about Gyokeres/Sesko but club continuously linked to Delap, Ekitike by credible reporters.

Yeah true. Maybe it's just me but I feel a lot better about Top 4 and slow progress than a cup win. Man United for example won a cup in 2024 and went on to have their worst season in recent memory

There are a lot of good players potentially moving - Eze, Mbuemo, Rogers. Hopefully the club is doing the work behind the scenes to convince the player and was only waiting to secure CL before getting active.

Murillo, Morgan Rogers, Gyokeres + Santos, Estevao joining. We'd compete in the Champions League imo

It matters when you see who among Spurs and Chelsea can make the step up now. We are well placed to kick on, make this a title winning team

Teamtalk is a super dodgy source

Barca has just offered to sign him and send him out on loan for a year.

Maresca decisions have been questionable after a good start and his personality puts me off. Imo he comes off has grumpy/holier than thou without having the results in the game to warrant that kind of treatment. Continue with him next season but keep plans in place for a future manager

Just thinking the way the results have fallen I hope Villa are forced to sell Morgan Rogers.

After it became clear Villa and Newcastle were losing, I wouldn’t have minded a Forest equalizer

I was thinking this too but it is so important though. We have the budget to build a squad for the Champions league and the league and Maresca or not, it is where the club needs to be right now

Garnacho is a decent ball-carrying midfielder. But I'd try to go all out and sign Rogers + a striker in his prime - Gyokeres or Isak Villa do need to make sales for PSR reasons

If that is the case, does Gyokeres have another big club that might sign him? Wouldn't want to lose out and have to look at a young striker like Delap/Ekitike