Jokes aside, if we are serious and can afford it, I would take Ben Whiteman, Joe Pigott, Ronan Curtis, Lewis Montsma & Scott Fraser. Just a few names in this league that would improve us
Doubt there's much chance of signing any of those unless we get promoted.
For those of us that listened to CAST's interview with Thomas Sandgaard know that we will go in for a goal scoring striker and now with Famewo appearing to having a long term injury, a CB. We are in December and Levitt must surely go back for his sake and get playing for someone and Cafc get another loan player in.
If we get promotion then Thomas will be prepared to up the ante.
Can't believe some people want Pigott back, TS said he expects promotion and will look to bring in players in January who will be able to step up a division if we look like we are on course for promotion, Pigott is not that player,
I'm pleased he has found his level and is doing well as I honestly didn't see him playing higher than League 2.
Pigott's got more goals and assists combined than any other player in the division - he has just two less than Bogle, Washington and Aneke combined.
Some people just can't accept that a player can get better especially ones that their club let go for nothing. I bet some at Sheffield Wednesday still reckon Jamie Vardy isn't all that!
Fortunately for us, future prolific Championship strikers grow on trees - especially those that are prepared to accept the restrictions of this season's cap. Although Pigott isn't one of them as it is reported that he is too expensive!
Can't believe some people want Pigott back, TS said he expects promotion and will look to bring in players in January who will be able to step up a division if we look like we are on course for promotion, Pigott is not that player,
I'm pleased he has found his level and is doing well as I honestly didn't see him playing higher than League 2.
I'd have him over Bogle, wouldn't you? Pigott scores goals because he gets in the right positions and takes a lot of shots.
League 1 might turn out to be his limit but I wouldn't write him off stepping up to the Championship. Plenty of examples of strikers improving later on in their careers, especially those in the target man/hold up player mould.
Piggot was described as the best finisher at the club by Nathan Jones who knows his stuff. He was young and quite heavy when he played for us and we just lumped the ball up to him. He was poorly utilized.
He has gone off, found a club that plays to his strengths and come.on strongly. Good luck to him, I think he is likely similar to Washington in that he looks decent at this level and would be ok in a Championship squad but not stand out.
thought he played very well yesterday, and in my opinion will do better than Bogle, but we cant seriously think of buying him, as all our new signings will surely be with an eye on the Championship next year, and hes not that good.
Why would Wimbledon want to sell him. Unless they are in dire financial condition, they aren’t going to sell their best striker. Could we pay well above market value to convince them - yes but you are only going to do that if you think he will be a high level player in the Championship. Pigott has been fantastic for the last 15 fixtures but before that has been proven as decent but not high level striker. Are we going to take the risk of paying a 7 figure sum on a striker in their late 20s who has had a good short run of form? Seems awfully risky for me
Why would Wimbledon want to sell him. Unless they are in dire financial condition, they aren’t going to sell their best striker. Could we pay well above market value to convince them - yes but you are only going to do that if you think he will be a high level player in the Championship. Pigott has been fantastic for the last 15 fixtures but before that has been proven as decent but not high level striker. Are we going to take the risk of paying a 7 figure sum on a striker in their late 20s who has had a good short run of form? Seems awfully risky for me
Jokes aside, if we are serious and can afford it, I would take Ben Whiteman, Joe Pigott, Ronan Curtis, Lewis Montsma & Scott Fraser. Just a few names in this league that would improve us
Why would Wimbledon want to sell him. Unless they are in dire financial condition, they aren’t going to sell their best striker. Could we pay well above market value to convince them - yes but you are only going to do that if you think he will be a high level player in the Championship. Pigott has been fantastic for the last 15 fixtures but before that has been proven as decent but not high level striker. Are we going to take the risk of paying a 7 figure sum on a striker in their late 20s who has had a good short run of form? Seems awfully risky for me
7 figures?! You're kidding me right?...
It could be high 6 figures but I think Bostonaddicks point still stands. In January you'll always have to pay over the odds if you want to sign a player from a club that doesn't really have to sell.
Supaclive. I don’t think he is worth 7 figures by any means but do you think Wimbledon is going to sell their best player in the typically inflated January transfer market for 400k? Would it surprise me that their asking price is 1 million, not really?
The problem with Levitt is his wages don’t count towards the gap anyway do they? So if we do manage to flog Bogle we’re going to need to move someone else out as well.
No but I’d prefer to replace Levitt with another U21. Flog Bogle and then it’s 3 in, 2 out
I don't think he was inundated with offers when he was a free agent. No one will pay money for him and he's under contract. Also he's part of Bowyer's master plan, softening up the opposition for Chuks to take advantage and it has worked on a few occasions.
Deji is a useful player, if you play him at CB he’s a good player at this level. If we were to get rid of someone i’d say JFC
If we get JFC playing constantly like he did yesterday then he's one of the first players in the team for me
Hopefully now we've got the equipment to detect hamstring issues quicker we'll be able to manage him better and he'll get a consistent run of games in the team
Would Davison be a better bet than Bogle at the moment?
It's a decent shout. Bogle does serve a purpose. He is Chuck's warm up man away from home. He softens up defences before the great man makes his cameos.
However, he is nowhere near as effective at home when we are on the front foot. We need someone to put away chances in that instance. I'd fancy Davison is a more rounded centre forward and would be better suited to a need for goals.
Would Davison be a better bet than Bogle at the moment?
Think so: - Davison deserves a chance at this level and is similar to Bogle in terms of physicality and work rate, but with more attacking confidence at the moment - Has more resale value and is a longer term option - Would free up wages to sign a better attacking player, so he’d likely only be backup anyway
Wasn't it Nathan Jones who thought Pigott was the best finisher at the club when he was still a youth team player? I seem to remember him getting a lot of stick for saying that but his comments are wearing a lot better than some of the abuse Pigott received after one poor game against Millwall.
Are we really saying that Josh Davison is the answer to our scoring needs? We are trying to be promoted from League one not the isthmian league. I love our youth as much as the next and think there are a few that can operate in league one in the distant future. However our affinity to homegrown players is clouding our objectivity. There is no way that Davison, Vennings, Barker, Lapslie etc should be in the squad given our current goals. It easy to see Bogle doesn’t score but the answer is outside the club whether it be Schwartz or a loanee. Davison scoring one in three in the National league doesn’t inspire me that he will be an upgrade to Bogle this season. The times Davison suited up last year he was clearly way out of his league and nothing I saw made me think that he could currently operate in league one. Plus we would have to find someone to take Bogle’s salary on which would not be easy. The best thing for our younger players is to continue to loan them out so they can develop.
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For those of us that listened to CAST's interview with Thomas Sandgaard know that we will go in for a goal scoring striker and now with Famewo appearing to having a long term injury, a CB.
We are in December and Levitt must surely go back for his sake and get playing for someone and Cafc get another loan player in.
If we get promotion then Thomas will be prepared to up the ante.
Some people just can't accept that a player can get better especially ones that their club let go for nothing. I bet some at Sheffield Wednesday still reckon Jamie Vardy isn't all that!
Fortunately for us, future prolific Championship strikers grow on trees - especially those that are prepared to accept the restrictions of this season's cap. Although Pigott isn't one of them as it is reported that he is too expensive!
League 1 might turn out to be his limit but I wouldn't write him off stepping up to the Championship. Plenty of examples of strikers improving later on in their careers, especially those in the target man/hold up player mould.
Surprised people have given up on Bogle already though
He has gone off, found a club that plays to his strengths and come.on strongly. Good luck to him, I think he is likely similar to Washington in that he looks decent at this level and would be ok in a Championship squad but not stand out.
In January you'll always have to pay over the odds if you want to sign a player from a club that doesn't really have to sell.
I don't think he was inundated with offers when he was a free agent. No one will pay money for him and he's under contract. Also he's part of Bowyer's master plan, softening up the opposition for Chuks to take advantage and it has worked on a few occasions.
Hopefully now we've got the equipment to detect hamstring issues quicker we'll be able to manage him better and he'll get a consistent run of games in the team
It's a decent shout.
Bogle does serve a purpose. He is Chuck's warm up man away from home. He softens up defences before the great man makes his cameos.
However, he is nowhere near as effective at home when we are on the front foot. We need someone to put away chances in that instance. I'd fancy Davison is a more rounded centre forward and would be better suited to a need for goals.
- Davison deserves a chance at this level and is similar to Bogle in terms of physicality and work rate, but with more attacking confidence at the moment
- Has more resale value and is a longer term option
- Would free up wages to sign a better attacking player, so he’d likely only be backup anyway