still loads of rumours about iheanacho. would be a cracking signing imo. https://www.nationalworld.com/sport/foo ... ed-4958400

still loads of rumours about iheanacho. would be a cracking signing imo. https://www.nationalworld.com/sport/foo ... ed-4958400

Boro splashing cash too now. Morgan Whittaker for £8m.. that’s a lot of money for a side not involved in auto promotion race

[quote="tad rhino":k22612vj]still loads of rumours about iheanacho. would be a cracking signing imo. https://www.nationalworld.com/sport/foo ... ed-4958400[/quote:k22612vj] Would be a cracking signing at this level

[quote="tad rhino":k22612vj]still loads of rumours about iheanacho. would be a cracking signing imo. https://www.nationalworld.com/sport/foo ... ed-4958400[/quote:k22612vj] Would be a cracking signing at this level

Did Iheanacho play for Leicester when they were in the Championship I can`t remember. And if so how many did he score for them? Al Hamadi currently at Ipswich is another we are rumoured to be looking at. Again I know very little about him other than he doesn`t seem to be starting in a struggling Ipswich team.

[quote="chapylad":3sbjav71]Did Iheanacho play for Leicester when they were in the Championship I can`t remember. And if so how many did he score for them? Al Hamadi currently at Ipswich is another we are rumoured to be looking at. Again I know very little about him other than he doesn`t seem to be starting in a struggling Ipswich team.[/quote:3sbjav71] Did, scored a few first half of the season, tailed off a bit second half. He'd be ideal as an impact sub imo. think he got 23 in two seasons in premier league too.

[quote="Trebor1":2w8gszwv]Did, scored a few first half of the season, tailed off a bit second half. He'd be ideal as an impact sub imo. think he got 23 in two seasons in premier league too.[/quote:2w8gszwv] Cheers Bud that`s impressive. Fingers crossed we get at least 2 in this window then.

iirc he leads the line really well, quick and strong. not a natural finisher like piroe but better all round than him.or joseph. if my memory is right!!

[quote="chapylad":1qxtjsrk]Cheers Bud that`s impressive. Fingers crossed we get at least 2 in this window then.[/quote:1qxtjsrk] Yeah when you consider he was mainly used as a sub but did play a few when Vardy fell out of favour. Will see anyway, Graham Smyth reckons he can only see one signing coming in if he was having a bet on it.. unless Bamford injury is worse than thought then they may go for a striker also but he thinks a 10 is the most likely at this stage. Ger Lynch was saying though there's a few press reports saying Iheanacho is deffo signing (but did say they are not from hugely reliable sources).

Well didn`t see that one. Sheffield really missed Hamer and hopefully the new signings have upset the others Joffy looked decent too.

Huge game now on Monday, chance to go 4 clear

Joffy is a talented lad, just needs games and to find his position. Brilliant result for us. Takes pressure off us a bit but yes big chance to get some real daylight between us and the rest

Reports in Germany saying Leverkusen are in for Buendia on loan. Villa want an obligation to buy, so it's not agreed yet. But Leeds are also in for him, and could still get him if they manage to agree a fee depending on promotion. I doubt he drops to the championship, though.

Geldhart for me was the best striker and finisher at the club. He just didn’t fit the brief for a centre forward nowadays that spends 99% of his time outside the box. He would have been great pre 2010 as part of a big man / little man combo such as Quinn/Phillips , Toshack/Keegan or Chapman/Rod Wallace. I hope he does well at Hull and finally starts enjoying the game. Was great to see the poison dwarf spitting his bile after the game and moaning about the 50/50’s as usual. Wilder is a poor man’s Warnock without the character.

not sure he was the best striker and finisher but he is immensely talented. he's never found a proper position but I wish him every success at hull.

[quote="tad rhino":3us7w98d]not sure he was the best striker and finisher but he is immensely talented. he's never found a proper position but I wish him every success at hull.[/quote:3us7w98d] I don’t see the real competition from anyone currently playing at Elland Road in the finishing stakes. If Geldhart had the 3 or 4 chances Piroe had on Wednesday night against Norwich at least one would have been nestling in the back of the net. Piroe was painfully slow with all those chances, we all know Joseph has not lived up to expectations and Bamford’s finishing over the last couple of years has been erratic and downright poor at times. Geldhart has better feet than all of them in the box and is more instinctive as a finisher. Like I said before though, he couldn’t do enough outside the box for Farke to ever get a sniff.

I watched the Sheffield/Hull game and Joffy spent most of the time on the left cutting in. I`m sure he would have done a job as a 10 if given the minutes. Like Tad has said on here in the past Farke is stubborn and it was anyone of Piroe, Joseph and even the fast declining Bamford who would always get in ahead of Geldhart regardless of how bad they were playing.

no manager from bielsa to farke has given him much time, if any. they can't all be wrong

[quote="tad rhino":2nzivq3d]no manager from bielsa to farke has given him much time, if any. they can't all be wrong[/quote:2nzivq3d] Yeh that did cross my mind Tad and depending on how you look at it you could say they were both stubborn barstewards and wouldn`t budge. Or he just wasn`t good enough hence why they didn`t select him. The odd 10 minutes he was given he was underwhelming for sure. Again was that down to the lack of minutes or he isn`t that good?

Geldhart's issue at Leeds is/was that he's never fit the tactical systems of the managers we've had. He's not athletic enough to play as a lone 9, which also means he isn't that effective in a high press, and can't really be effective as a winger either. He's a 2nd striker or wide 10 in a narrow tactical set up. There's not many managers who play those types of systems anymore.

yes I'd agree with that. he's the type you build a side around and that doesn't happen nowadays

[quote="Jack Burton":8wk79hpm]Geldhart's issue at Leeds is/was that he's never fit the tactical systems of the managers we've had. He's not athletic enough to play as a lone 9, which also means he isn't that effective in a high press, and can't really be effective as a winger either. He's a 2nd striker or wide 10 in a narrow tactical set up. There's not many managers who play those types of systems anymore.[/quote:8wk79hpm] Exactly. Gerd Muller scored 68: goals in only 62 games for West Germany but wouldn’t get anywhere near the team nowadays. Same for Toto Schilacci in Italy. Geldhart is a throwback to a good old fashioned centre forward who does all his best work in the box, but those type of players are now obsolete.

Yes you`re probably right as Hull played him as a floating 10 playing out left and cutting in which suits the way they play.

Buendia gone to Leverkusen

[quote="Trebor1":nxav1yw1]Buendia gone to Leverkusen[/quote:nxav1yw1] I do wonder if in light of recent favourable results we are hoping to fudge it with Piroe and Joseph till the end of the season with possibly just a loan signing coming in when all the transfer activity has died down and we can see what’s left. We are in a real tricky position at the moment, we don’t have a decent striker at the club, but are we going to risk spending money on a temporary fix that ultimately wouldn’t be good enough if we make it to the promised land. We currently have Piroe that wouldn’t play in the PL, and unless Joseph’s career takes on a remarkable upward trajectory he wouldn’t feature either. Would we risk adding a third striker not fit for purpose just to get us over the line ? It’s looking more and more like a loan signing as back up rather than a de facto match winner that simply wouldn’t be available.

piroe would be good off the bench in a premier league side but never a starter. I could see him scoring a few off the bench