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23-02-2026, 12:57 PM
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I did read the post. The biggest point is Centre Forward, yes we should have got one to replace a 35 year old Wood last summer, it should have been the priority, not a convenient deal with Textor.
We should be buying players with the potential to replace any of the 10 above. We all know Anderson and likely Murillo are leaving, with injuries any would have got a chance to make themselves first choice. The point of keeping Silva? I would play him above either Ndoye or Bakwa anytime.
What I will totally accept is the issue isnt just recruitment and its not all down to Edu regardless.
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Come on SM that is very unfair on Jesus who has scored 12 goals this season to say he is only here because we wanted to deal with Textor.
I said on another thread that when the window closed Wood was fit and starting games.
It's not Jesus fault that Wood gets injured for so long and Jesus has to start every PL game.
That wasn't the plan for him.
And if you wanted a direct replacement for Wood a 20 goal PL scorer last season (I think only Haaland and Salah scored more) we would have to stump up 80M and that will only get you a Sesko or a Gyokeres.
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(23-02-2026, 12:57 PM)Salvatore Matrecano Wrote: I did read the post. The biggest point is Centre Forward, yes we should have got one to replace a 35 year old Wood last summer, it should have been the priority, not a convenient deal with Textor.
We should be buying players with the potential to replace any of the 10 above. We all know Anderson and likely Murillo are leaving, with injuries any would have got a chance to make themselves first choice. The point of keeping Silva? I would play him above either Ndoye or Bakwa anytime.
What I will totally accept is the issue isnt just recruitment and its not all down to Edu regardless.
Aye this isn't Edu bashing this is pointing squarely at the root of our problems this season, one way or another.
Sal mentions the centre forward as a priority, i obviously argue that a full back was just as important.
I can't buy this argument no-one will sign thinking they are a backup, players are routinely signed to challenge the player in their position. The Elanga replacement went horribly wrong but beyond that no-one appears to have been signed who could really cause the first XI any problems, maybe that has led to their drop in performance?
We're not scouts, but I could probably rattle off a few championship players who could have stepped up, as anyone can - far more than a foreign league of debatable quality. In hindsight i'd have kept Toff.
Most teams make signings when theres an established XI. Its for the new signings to break into it - particularly with the Europa games on offer and more games for injuries too lets not forget. You get the shirt, you fight to keep it.
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(23-02-2026, 01:10 PM)Sniffer Dog (Admin) Wrote: Come on SM that is very unfair on Jesus who has scored 12 goals this season to say he is only here because we wanted to deal with Textor.
I said on another thread that when the window closed Wood was fit and starting games.
It's not Jesus fault that Wood gets injured for so long and Jesus has to start every PL game.
That wasn't the plan for him.
And if you wanted a direct replacement for Wood a 20 goal PL scorer last season (I think only Haaland and Salah scored more) we would have to stump up 80M and that will only get you a Sesko or a Gyokeres.
Wood cost £15, Taiwo £17m
Theres players out there, it just takes better recruiting. There's plenty of good examples at other clubs (as there are bad) but ours are what is dragging us towards relegation.
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We did sign two strikers to complement the existing Chris Wood in the summer, just that one didn't see to want to be here and then Wood got injured.
Who is this mystical striker we could've signed that was better than Kali in the summer I'd be interested to know.
Newcastle paid 80m and 60m for Woltemade and Wissa, neither of which have done much. Wolves wanted 60m for JSL at the time, based on what Newcastle did the next tier down that we would be fishing in would be even worse.
Surely the best strategy was targetting young strikers to learn from Wood. Just too bad that it didn't work out with one and then Wood got injured.
The main issue this summer was surely that we had three swings at wingers to replace Elanga (and potentially CHO) and they have all failed pretty miserably so far for one reason or another. Hutchinson signing never seemed like good value at the time, no-one had heard of N'Doye and whilst a few posters loved Bakwa, he's been pretty bad so far.
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(23-02-2026, 01:18 PM)DeesideRed Wrote: (23-02-2026, 01:10 PM)Sniffer Dog (Admin) Wrote: Come on SM that is very unfair on Jesus who has scored 12 goals this season to say he is only here because we wanted to deal with Textor.
I said on another thread that when the window closed Wood was fit and starting games.
It's not Jesus fault that Wood gets injured for so long and Jesus has to start every PL game.
That wasn't the plan for him.
And if you wanted a direct replacement for Wood a 20 goal PL scorer last season (I think only Haaland and Salah scored more) we would have to stump up 80M and that will only get you a Sesko or a Gyokeres.
Wood cost £15, Taiwo £17m
Theres players out there, it just takes better recruiting. There's plenty of good examples at other clubs (as there are bad) but ours are what is dragging us towards relegation.
The fee depends on many things like remaining contract length etc.
Plus I wouldn't personally use Taiwo as a great example.
Wood has had one very good season with us to be fair but even he just like Jesus was getting dogs abuse when he first signed.
I still see that I am the only one to put some blame on our players who have thrown 2 managers this season under a bus plus Cooper at Fulham.
Missed penalties, stupid red cards, unable to take a corner kick and failing to beat Wolves, Crystal Palace, Everton twice, Braga, Sunderland etc etc because they wanted the manager out at the time.
Do people think that that sort of thing is okay?
Because I don't.
Like I keep saying it is too easy to just blame recruitment because there is more to our current league position than that.
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(23-02-2026, 01:18 PM)DeesideRed Wrote: (23-02-2026, 01:10 PM)Sniffer Dog (Admin) Wrote: Come on SM that is very unfair on Jesus who has scored 12 goals this season to say he is only here because we wanted to deal with Textor.
I said on another thread that when the window closed Wood was fit and starting games.
It's not Jesus fault that Wood gets injured for so long and Jesus has to start every PL game.
That wasn't the plan for him.
And if you wanted a direct replacement for Wood a 20 goal PL scorer last season (I think only Haaland and Salah scored more) we would have to stump up 80M and that will only get you a Sesko or a Gyokeres.
Wood cost £15, Taiwo £17m
Theres players out there, it just takes better recruiting. There's plenty of good examples at other clubs (as there are bad) but ours are what is dragging us towards relegation.
Arguably shows how good those signings were as opposed to what is available.
I can't name another CF signed this summer in the PL (that was within our ballpark) than Kali or Jesus. Can you? Feels like you're asking for something unrealistic, to just be able to produce a gem at will.
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(23-02-2026, 01:28 PM)Sniffer Dog (Admin) Wrote: (23-02-2026, 01:18 PM)DeesideRed Wrote: (23-02-2026, 01:10 PM)Sniffer Dog (Admin) Wrote: Come on SM that is very unfair on Jesus who has scored 12 goals this season to say he is only here because we wanted to deal with Textor.
I said on another thread that when the window closed Wood was fit and starting games.
It's not Jesus fault that Wood gets injured for so long and Jesus has to start every PL game.
That wasn't the plan for him.
And if you wanted a direct replacement for Wood a 20 goal PL scorer last season (I think only Haaland and Salah scored more) we would have to stump up 80M and that will only get you a Sesko or a Gyokeres.
Wood cost £15, Taiwo £17m
Theres players out there, it just takes better recruiting. There's plenty of good examples at other clubs (as there are bad) but ours are what is dragging us towards relegation.
The fee depends on many things like remaining contract length etc.
Plus I wouldn't personally use Taiwo as a great example.
Wood has had one very good season with us to be fair but even he just like Jesus was getting dogs abuse when he first signed.
I still see that I am the only one to put some blame on our players who have thrown 2 managers this season under a bus plus Cooper at Fulham.
Missed penalties, stupid red cards, unable to take a corner kick and failing to beat Wolves, Crystal Palace, Everton twice, Braga, Sunderland etc etc because they wanted the manager out at the time.
Do people think that that sort of thing is okay?
Because I don't.
Like I keep saying it is too easy to just blame recruitment because there is more to our current league position than that.
I agree with you, have been saying for ages this group is overrated and I hate the downing of tools, in particular with Cooper.
The likes of CHO, MGW, Anderson are all overrated in terms of what they are contributing. (Although Anderson has looked good since Pereira came in). Ultimately these guys are meant to be the stars but they are key contributors to our lack of goals.
CHO missed that massive chance at the start of the game, Anderson had some shots in the area easily blocked and MGW had that massive chance at the end that he smashed straight at a defender. We need more attacking output from these guys to stay up ultimately.
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In a nutshell our players are not very good at crossing or shooting . Hardly a surprise we're struggling . 25 goals in 27 games is shocking.
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Shows what happens when you have one player with 20 goals one season and is injured the next
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(23-02-2026, 01:49 PM)Jimmygordon Wrote: Shows what happens when you have one player with 20 goals one season and is injured the next
Even Wood looked a bit out of sorts when he was playing at the start of the season .
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(23-02-2026, 01:51 PM)Spangles Wrote: (23-02-2026, 01:49 PM)Jimmygordon Wrote: Shows what happens when you have one player with 20 goals one season and is injured the next
Even Wood looked a bit out of sorts when he was playing at the start of the season .
I rate Jesus but I’m not sure he is a 20 goal striker- but if he had someone playing a little closer to him he’d prob do a bit better
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