Famara Diedhiou or Charlie Austin?

Ironops

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Both out of contract in the summer, Diedhiou seems to be a Warnock favourite and we may well have tried to sign Austin in Jan just as he went to QPR

Diedhiou has scored 8this season but averaged 1 in 3 at Bristol

Austin has scored 5 in 13 at QPR and has a ratio of 1 in 2 across his career

Who would we rather have?
 
Diedhiou, purely because he's younger.

Though it is worrying that since our rumoured attempt to sign him he's only scored against us.
11 games, playing virtually the full match in all of them, and he got 2 goals and an assist against us but hasn't been involved in any goals in the other 10 matches.
 

It’s certainly possible. I do think they are the type Warnock will go for, not sure he will go down the untried route. I think Akpom will stay and be third choice with Fletcher and Britt leaving on frees.
 

Yeah, Austin is the better player but feels unlikely he'd play 35+ games so you need another you can rely on. Both would be great business.

Although Diedhiou hasn't been in great form recently maybe not a terrible thing, it might knock a few quid off his wage demands!
 
Diédhiou.... His 'type' is exactly what we are missing. He's a big unit who is decent in the air and actually is pretty skilful. I imagine he would be cheaper in wages than Austin.

I don't even worry about Diédhiou goals. He will probably get 10-15 but it's what else he brings. If we don't get him then we need his 'type'.

I know it's been done to death but imagine if we'd got Kiefer Moore for 2mil (we paid that to loan Hugill😕). I genuinely believe we would be comfortably top 6 with him. Especially the style we play.

I think Austin would be a bit like Britt. He just wouldn't suit us bombing it forward and turning teams quickly. He's also older / injury prone and on big wages. Although he's on Talksport so plenty of Boro gossip😉

We are probably going to need two forwards if Fletcher leaves (although hope he stays).
 
We could have around 50k a week freed up if Britt and Fletcher leave. That's pretty stunning👍

It's wages to throw at free transfers
 
We are probably going to need two forwards if Fletcher leaves (although hope he stays).
another reason to go for Dhediou as the experienced head, then there was this talk of an intriguing foreign wild card that Warnock wanted to see in the flesh. If it's a younger, ultra talented player to battle with Dhediou then that could be the way to go.
 
The fact he went to QPR tells a lot. I know he had a good spell before, but it's an admittance of championship mediocrity.

32 in the summer and he hasn't managed to start 20 league games sin the last 6 seasons. He is exactly the kind of player we used to waste money on under Robson, old crocks that never produce the value you need.
 
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