Bid Imminent for Bradshaw

Pritchard is a midfielder

 

Think those stats are heavily skewed - he's only started 7 of those games. Can use Bradshaws stats against him also (e.g. 2 goals in last 12 games). Not saying we should sell Bradshaw but still stand by the belief that thiam is better suited to playing as a sole striker.

 

Bradshaws doing pretty well in a team that is creating very few chances from crosses, very few goals through the midfield, that generally doesn't keep the ball very well and is just hoofing it up to him in the blind hope it sticks. We're not great at corners anymore, our free kicks are pretty abject and he's still our top scorer by a mile, despite not starting every game.

Personally i'd be trying to get him on a new contract and keeping some consistency in our squad seeing as it turns over fully about every 18 months.

 

The thing is, he's got 18 months left on his contract and has said himself he'd be open to new contract talks. This is the one time where I reckon any talk of £5million based on current market values isn't silly talk.

 

Oh dear, I hope they don't offer Vito Mannone in part exchange

 

Apart from any other considerations we'd have to be crazy to sell a player to a club in lower Championship. Better inside the tent pissing out an all that.

 

sell our top scorer in January . been there before . no way

 

Top scorer in a bottom of the table side, our most valuable asset apart from Hecky. Considering the stupid fees being thrown about, we must accept nothing less than £8 million in my opinion.
If we sell then it’s the same old.

 

Ridiculous to think we would sell our top scorer to another side struggling at the same end of the same table.
Easy way to deal with it is to issue a flat no. We no longer have the excuse of being strapped for cash.

 

What gives you the impression that thiam is better suited to the lone striker role than bradshaw? I think Bradshaw would be better with a big strike partner who can hold the ball up like moore. He has scored 11 in 26 games in a midfield which created very little which isn't bad, also when you do play 451 you want your midfielders to chip on with goals our midfield has been very poor at this excpt Potts!

 

Thiam has moved country never mind league, is young and didn't speak English, long-term he's going to be better than Bradders in his career, I'm willing to take a bet on it.

 

if we were skint then maybe sell to raise money .....but he is the only player who seams to know where to put the ball I feel for him he works his arse of and does get the goals we are looking like selling him and putting two new players in ...what if they don't work out ....I mean the last two strikers we bought hardly pulling trees up.we don't need the money so why not at least keep him in reserve on the bench worsecase

 

I appreciate the facts he moved league and country etc. But still his goal record in France and in the French Ligue 2 at that which is no where near league 1 level is poor.

 

Think he is stronger, has a better first touch and controls the ball better. Too often does the ball bounce off Bradshaw making attacks break down. Think thiam is better at bringing others into play. Whereas Bradshaw looks the better goalscorer.

 

Fair enough but if we want to move up the table I don't think selling our top scorer and playing thiam or moore upfront on there own is a good choice if we do the midfield really have to pull there fingers out and chip in with some goals I this only Potts in midfield has scored more league goals than pinnock but not 100%.
Who knows maybe Bradshaw wants the move must be frustrating at times playing how we do.

 

That was a debut that will live long in the memory, amazed he's still a professional footballer.

 

Out of curiosity , with your description of how we play , have we got anything going for us ?

 

This. Bradshaw seems a very limited footballer to me, if he's got the ball at his feet he looks pretty limited. Good goal poacher, good footballer? Nah.

 

Yes, we'll get better.

 

We would be nuts to sell Bradshaw unless it's for silly money. If we gave him some decent service and support he'd be our 'fox in the box'.