[Albion] The striker situation

[Deadly Danson]

Should anything happen to Glenn and also allowing for the fact that's he's 34, we are left with the unproven Locadia (and a different type of forward) and the seemingly far from full fitness and also unproven Andone. Surely there is no way we can allow Hemed to leave on loan and presumably one more striker is top priority for 1st January? Really difficult for the club to judge and keep everyone happy but a couple of injuries and we are suddenly very short.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Yes, Hemed cannot go now until January.

Also we are now at bare bones levels in central defence until January. Any HGP free agents available ?

 

[dazzer6666]

Should anything happen to Glenn and also allowing for the fact that's he's 34, we are left with the unproven Locadia (and a different type of forward) and the seemingly far from full fitness and also unproven Andone. Surely there is no way we can allow Hemed to leave on loan and presumably one more striker is top priority for 1st January? Really difficult for the club to judge and keep everyone happy but a couple of injuries and we are suddenly very short.

Thank goodness someone noticed.....hope CH is reading this. Can we email him ? [emoji23][emoji23]

 

[Deadly Danson]

Yes, Hemed cannot go now until January.

Also we are now at bare bones levels in central defence until January. Any HGP free agents available ?

With Dunk hopefully back after the international break I think I'd be happy to go with Ben White as the 4th choice for the moment but again a bit of a gamble.

 

[father_and_son]

Thank goodness someone noticed.....hope CH is reading this. Can we email him ? [emoji23][emoji23]

Email PB... he's always happy to forward on to CH. Not like he has anything else to do.

 

[dazzer6666]

Email PB... he's always happy to forward on to CH. Not like he has anything else to do.

He’s too busy with flaskgate at the moment

 

[junior]

If Murray is injured we have Locadia and Hemed. Although Locadia is a bit of an unknown and I'm not sure if CH trusts him yet, I'd be completely happy if Hemed had to play the Murray role.

We also have Gyorkes in the stiffs, who I'm told is highly rated. I don't think we need to be panicking about something that hasn't happened yet.

 

[BBassic]

If Murray is injured we have Locadia and Hemed. Although Locadia is a bit of an unknown and I'm not sure if CH trusts him yet, I'd be completely happy if Hemed had to play the Murray role.

We also have Gyorkes in the stiffs, who I'm told is highly rated. I don't think we need to be panicking about something that hasn't happened yet.

And, when fit, Florin Andone.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

With Dunk hopefully back after the international break I think I'd be happy to go with Ben White as the 4th choice for the moment but again a bit of a gamble.

"Weeks, not months". We may not see him until after the 2nd international break.

 

[GT49er]

Yes, Hemed cannot go now until January.

Also we are now at bare bones levels in central defence until January. Any HGP free agents available ?

Not for us - or any other PL team - I believe.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Far be it for me to have the temerity to question Sir Chris, after that magnificent win on Sunday, but.... it seemed to me (from before the game, not ONLY in hindsight), that Tomer Hemed's absence on the bench was an error of judgment.

Glenn Murray was utterly magnificent in that game - an absolute masterclass in the lone striker role. But, with 15 minutes to go he looked exhausted, and as a result we were less able to keep the ball in their half. It was very clear that fresh legs were needed, but because the only available options were Locadia - who plays in a different style, or an out of position Bissouma - it was completely understandable that CH felt that leaving an exhausted Murray on was less risky than changing anything.

All perfectly understandable if those really were the only possible alternatives, but when you had a perfectly decent back-up striker, of exactly the same style as Murray, sat watching in the stands, and then training on his own in Hove Park later that evening, it seems absolutely baffling.

I just don't get it. Our style is built around Murray's role. We have two players who can play it, and we don't use one of them

 

[Machiavelli]

"Weeks, not months". We may not see him until after the 2nd international break.

That, surely, would be months, not weeks.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Not for us - or any other PL team - I believe.

And yet there have been numerous articles in the press linking free agents with PL teams before Aug 31st.

1 rogue article in the mirror disagrees ( including with other mirror articles ), and yet it seems to get almost mythical belief.

 

[GT49er]

Should anything happen to Glenn and also allowing for the fact that's he's 34, we are left with the unproven Locadia (and a different type of forward) and the seemingly far from full fitness and also unproven Andone. Surely there is no way we can allow Hemed to leave on loan and presumably one more striker is top priority for 1st January? Really difficult for the club to judge and keep everyone happy but a couple of injuries and we are suddenly very short.

Let's see how the unproven, unknown and unfit Locadia and Andone actually perform between now and January before panicking.

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

And, when fit, Florin Andone.

What the hell is going on with Andone?

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

That, surely, would be months, not weeks.

Anything under 2 months ( 9 weeks ).

 

[Deadly Danson]

"Weeks, not months". We may not see him until after the 2nd international break.

Not impossible certainly. I would suggest that in the situation we are in, having White who is familiar our style of play is probably our best (and indeed our only) bet. Shame we couldn't quite get that 4th CB (who is ready to play) signing over the line.

 

[BBassic]

What the hell is going on with Andone?

One of those injuries that seems to go on Andone, Andone, Andone.

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

 

[GT49er]

And yet there have been numerous articles in the press linking free agents with PL teams before Aug 31st.

1 rogue article in the mirror disagrees ( including with other mirror articled ), and yet it seems to get almost mythical belief.

True - but I'm going with The Mirror article though, unless or until a PL club actually signs (and plays) a free agent between now and January.

 

[OzMike]

We also have Gyorkes in the stiffs, who I'm told is highly rated. I don't think we need to be panicking about something that hasn't happened yet.

Is the answer.