Not Andy Naylor
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Bournemouth as a team were pretty poor. At various times we have been linked to Solanke, Billing and Harry Wilson and all three were dismal today. Billing wandered around looking utterly uninterested.
Solanke looked poor today. Bournemouth could be going down.
I must be missing something as to why he started instead of Callum Wilson.
Bournemouth as a team were pretty poor. At various times we have been linked to Solanke, Billing and Harry Wilson and all three were dismal today. Billing wandered around looking utterly uninterested.
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From my clued-up Bournemouth-supporting friend
“Solanke is a donkey, an absolute joke. striker who doesn’t score goals. Our best player is lerna and he was on the bench for some reason. We are in trouble”.
It’s the going rate in this crazy market, but Bmuff may have overpaid as they did with Ibe (£15m).
To be fair to Ibe he has had a court case hanging over his head which has affected his form. Drove into a shop, waiting around for someone to appear to exchange insurance details, no-one came and now accused of fleeing the scene.
Premier League Star mistakenly charged with fleeing the scene of an accident
Got to feel for him. I mean who HASN'T driven their Bentley through the wall of a coffee shop, at 4am at least ONCE?
I think he's overrated. He's no Andone, he's no Murray and he's no Locadia.
Next in line is Aaron Connolly. We do not currently require Dominic Solanke.
Murray is getting older, will have limited game time next season
Andone has hit the ground running looks like the real deal
Locadia had one good game in a wide attacking position
Connoley promising but untested
Solanke has premier experience and highly rated, still very young, at the right price would be an excellent acquisition
I don't understand those that aren't exited by this. He's a 6'2, quick, young English striker that has scored goals across all the England age groups, and Southgate thought highly enough of him to give him a full cap a while back. He also has been thought well enough of to be retained by Liverpool up until now. Brighton and other smaller Prem teams only get the chance to sign players like this before they show their full promise.
Our current options are.... Murray, he's incredible but how much longer he will keep going at his level? Locadia, is he a winger, is he a striker? He certainly isn't the quick target man and long term replacement for Murray we were expecting. Leaving us with Andone who has made a great start.
Our youngsters... Connolly has great promise but doesn't have 50 senior appearances behind him like Solanke and is not a longer term Murray replacement. Gyokeres, unsure if he is a left winger or striker? Plus he isn't home grown.
Due to our current options it wouldn't make sense to bring Solanke in on a 6 month loan. But, a loan with a view to a permanent or permanent in January would be a big statement and very exciting. He could well have already been a target before Ashworth was due to come in, but if we stay up this year it could well be a long term (Ashworth) plan to target home grown players that haven't quite broken through at bigger clubs.
(Quoting Shins post above)
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Solanke is a really decent forward, not sure if he fits in with the Reds pacy forward line and not really that top, top plan B up front.
However, would have been a really great option for us.
Got to feel for him. I mean who HASN'T driven their Bentley through the wall of a coffee shop, at 4am at least ONCE?
I don't understand those that aren't exited by this. He's a 6'2, quick, young English striker that has scored goals across all the England age groups, and Southgate thought highly enough of him to give him a full cap a while back. He also has been thought well enough of to be retained by Liverpool up until now. Brighton and other smaller Prem teams only get the chance to sign players like this before they show their full promise.
Our current options are.... Murray, he's incredible but how much longer he will keep going at his level? Locadia, is he a winger, is he a striker? He certainly isn't the quick target man and long term replacement for Murray we were expecting. Leaving us with Andone who has made a great start.
Our youngsters... Connolly has great promise but doesn't have 50 senior appearances behind him like Solanke and is not a longer term Murray replacement. Gyokeres, unsure if he is a left winger or striker? Plus he isn't home grown.
Due to our current options it wouldn't make sense to bring Solanke in on a 6 month loan. But, a loan with a view to a permanent or permanent in January would be a big statement and very exciting. He could well have already been a target before Ashworth was due to come in, but if we stay up this year it could well be a long term (Ashworth) plan to target home grown players that haven't quite broken through at bigger clubs.
Sense at last. This is the only post everyone needs to read