Master plans are perfect when relayed on paper - it’s the execution where they tend to fail!
Do our business early, Marquis signing, strikers to be brought in. As of today? Nowhere near a master plan coming to fruition.
But still plenty of time the optimistic ones tell us. Our late action last season bringing in predominantly loan signings shows the folly of this strategy relying on late activity
Gaston Ramirez was on loan
Patrick Bamford too
and Lee Tomlin
and Jelle Vossen
and Álvaro Negredo
Eddie Nketiah, Thomas Henry and Dwight Gayle may well have been on the cards.. certified big hitters!
LOAN, £4.5m and BIG WAGES
Marcus Forss, Sam Gallagher and Antoine Semenyo look very much the order of the day.
How do they compare with 'THE FANS CHOICE' goal scoring strikers?
Rodrigo Muniz, Viktor Gyökeres & Adam Armstrong
'The Unicorn'
Young, bags of potential fast, exotic, no sooner do we hear the whispers of a loan than Eddie's potential arrives on the big stage, gone quicker than a bottle of red at Gazza house with a handful of sleeping tablets. Rodrigo 'The Jewel' Muniz set our hearts racing once again with a few strange 'come and get' me likes on twitter.. it seems Fulham were in on the joke and he's not bringing his 1in3 talent to our squad. Brentford were doing moneyball for real way before boro started hitting the markets, crunching the numbers. Marcus Forss at 23 may not seem an inspired move to many with a peak of 7 goals in 39 appearances.. 7 goalless appearances in the premier league. Take a look at Brentford fans reaction when Ivan Toney was rumoured to be out of the door 'Marcus Forss is a better finisher anyway' from the same stable as Neal Maupay and Ollie Watkins we have a striker that can finish.. Jones + Giles + Forss = GOALS
10 goal involvements over 19 full championship games.
'The Big Striker'
Thomas Henry is a name I would not be surprised to be linked with premier league clubs 1in3 for a struggling team in Serie A is no mean feat, yet fans still managed to umm and ahh over his supposed 9 million euro move to the championship. No surprise that Verona had him signed sealed and delivered for another great season in the Italian top flight. Viktor Gyökeres! How much is he worth? £12m, £15m £20m easy.. the best thing since sliced bread and the perfect striker according to the Twittersphere 17 goals in 45 appearances has sent boro fans into a frenzy. He was only £1m and he's foreign.. making him the bargain we need. (for £15m - £20m) this ex Brighton loanee does not have Coventry fans worried at his departure 'he runs around a lot' aided by the fantastic Callum O'Hare (a poor mans Marcus Tavernier) snap their hands off for 3 or 4 million they were saying and reinvest! Now comes the big disappointment.. 'Sam Gallagher' formerly having his playing time shared across striker, left wing, and right wing, 1 in 3 for goal involvements last season, he's another player brought in by Tony Mowbray (the golden seal of approval) aided by Ryan Giles and Darrah Lenihan he brings more to the table.
I could see him making 40 games next season based on last season stats having a 14 goal involvement. MASSIVE
'Championship Cheat Code'
Dwight Gayle scores championship goals, no truer words spoken than Adam Armstrong scores championship goals.. almost immediately ruling them both out as summer signing for the boro. Wait.. an injured striker who failed to score for Sunderland you say? A must have for the Middlesbrough hierarchy. Lets not forget the scintillating performance against us for Newport County about four years ago. Supposedly on Chelsea's radar 8 in 31 games last season will do me for a 22 year old coming into his final year. 'Boro Cheat Code' W A T M O R E 2
Antoine Semenyo in the championship has one goal involvement every two games. The left to Sam Gallaghers right.
Lots of talk of us needing 20 goals a season strikers.. I think we need to bring in 30 goals from three striker to be brought in 10 goals a season, ideally 1in3 merchants. Josh Coburn could very well be one of those. Meaning TWO strikers tasked with bringing in at least 10 goals a piece.
9 Marcus Forss 23yo 7 goals in 39 (20 goal involvement potential) - 4 years left on his contract, free transfer
10 Sam Gallagher 26yo 7 goals in 30 (14 goal involvement) 2 years on his contract cost £5m
11 Antoine Semenyo 22yo 8 goals in 31 (1in2 goal involvements) final year of contract, academy
Rodrigo Muniz 21yo: 1 goal ever 90mins, no assists - 4 years left on his contract cost £7m - just teasing us
Viktor Gyökeres 24yo 1in2 goal involvements. half the assists of Sam Gallagher cost £1m - asking £8m?
Adam Armstrong 25yo 1in2 goal involvements 3 years left on his contract cost £15m - loan with a view?
Marcus Forss £2.5m - 11 goals + 9 assists
Sam Gallagher £3m - 9 goals over 40 games +5 assists
Antoine Semenyo £7m - 10 goal potential + 10 assists (5 goals+5 assists)
ONE IN TWO GOAL INVOLVEMENTS RIGHT? THAT'S WAHT WE'RE AFTER!