Neal Maupay

[Romey 1878]

 

[Palfy]

10 minutes ago, Romey 1878 said:

 

Let’s hope they get him. 

[c1982]

 

[Gwlad]

I will be underwhelmed.

[Fosse Captain]

5 minutes ago, Gwlad all over said:

I will be underwhelmed.

Forget underwhelmed, I’ll be flat out disappointed. 
 

Poor signing.

I stand to be proven wrong, but don’t think I will be 

[Aidan]

Done deal, apparently. Not sure of the source, but GOT seem to think he's in the know.

[dunlopp9987]

Honestly I'm so depressed at how miserable the last year has been with this club and the fact we don't have a striker, I'll take this. 

Am I thrilled by this signing? Absolutely not in the slightest. Is he a striker, and have some people have been joking (or have they?) about putting Keane up top for us? Yes. So get him in.

[Aidan]

I mean when he does finish they aren't bad goals at all. These were just from last season, a few seem to be important goals too.

[c1982]

Maupay and we still need another striker which looks like Brereton-Diaz before we sell Gordon. If we sell Gordon, he’d need replacing too. We need multiple attacking options - yes we all want a marquee like Newcastle, West Ham or whoever but they already have attacking options and a bit of depth - we don’t so £15m each for Maupay and Brereton-Diaz makes a lot of sense to me. Calvert-Lewin is first choice but with injuries, suspensions and the 5 sub rule, all 3 will get plenty of time and hopefully plenty of goals!

[Aidan]

My guess is were buying these players to play across a front 3. I think both will have plenty of opportunity in the wide areas as well as centrally.

[c1982]

10 minutes ago, Aidan said:

My guess is were buying these players to play across a front 3. I think both will have plenty of opportunity in the wide areas as well as centrally.

Diaz often plays wide for Blackburn. We need a range of attacking options as currently we have not a lot!

[Romey 1878]

He's better, much better, than Rondon.

Usually I'm not one to be happy with signing someone just because they're better than the shite we already have, but when that shite is Rondon and goals are what keep you in the league then I'm in.

I think he'll be decent for us but I do hope there's another coming too.

[Romey 1878]

 

[Hafnia]

I’m actually ok with this, he’s an absolute pain in the arse for opposing defences, a bit of a Tim Cahill mentality.  
 

There’s not a lot out there and if the numbers are good then I think this lad could be alright. 

[chicagoblue]

29 minutes ago, Hafnia said:

I’m actually ok with this, he’s an absolute pain in the arse for opposing defences, a bit of a Tim Cahill mentality.  
 

There’s not a lot out there and if the numbers are good then I think this lad could be alright. 

Maybe play him in the Cahill role

[Shukes]

We need a striker of his type. Do we want another big hold up striker like Calvert Lewyn? Yes as a squad player.

But we also need a plan B striker, someone who can come on and totally change the style. Maupay could be a very good signing for us.

[Tonsta]

Not impressed with this at all, never going to run away from anyone, needs too many chances before he converts, if we have lost Charlie, hard worker fast and scores, and we are about to lose Gordon, and this is their replacement, a younger Rondon, then we have gone backwards again.

We are in the final week of the transfer market, and this is pure desperation.

[c1982]

He will 100% be a cult hero here as he is a master of the dark arts - he’ll get in the opposition’s faces and wind them up - from experience that really gets Goodison going. Yes, he’ll need to score a few but his effort and general shithousery will endear him to the fans.

[Romey 1878]

 

[Aidan]

I'd start him over rondon even if we could only register him 5 minutes before the game.

[Hafnia]

2 hours ago, Tonsta said:

Not impressed with this at all, never going to run away from anyone, needs too many chances before he converts, if we have lost Charlie, hard worker fast and scores, and we are about to lose Gordon, and this is their replacement, a younger Rondon, then we have gone backwards again.

We are in the final week of the transfer market, and this is pure desperation.

The reality is - who is gettable that we should be in for?  Brereton Diaz has been looked at and for whatever reason doesn’t seem to have many suitors. 
 

I think we would be getting this lad as a 2nd striker and will be able to play across the front 3. 
 

he’s not slow at all…. Not sure where that perception is from. 

[RuffRob]

He significantly adds to our squad.

Not a silly fee and not silly wages. 

 

[Hafnia]

He’s got pace, is busy, can finish, is still young. 

[c1982]

8 minutes ago, RPG said:

So, can he play tomorrow?

If registered before midday. We may not know if he was/wasn’t registered straight away.

[Hafnia]

I’m sure you can register player pending medical . 

[StevO]

The amount of negativity around this transfer baffles me. It’s like some people think we’re an attractive proposition. We’re not. We’re a club that players and agent know has been run into the ground. Last season was an utter shambles and then we sold our best player. We’re shopping in Lidl because we don’t know where the nearest Waitrose is. 
 

If anyone watched us last season and thinks we should be buying top level talent, go and see your GP or your optician. Something isn’t right. 
 

This is what happens when your club is starting again from the beginning, and we have to live with it for a while. 

[RuffRob]

7 minutes ago, StevO said:

The amount of negativity around this transfer baffles me. It’s like some people think we’re an attractive proposition. We’re not. We’re a club that players and agent know has been run into the ground. Last season was an utter shambles and then we sold our best player. We’re shopping in Lidl because we don’t know where the nearest Waitrose is. 
 

If anyone watched us last season and thinks we should be buying top level talent, go and see your GP or your optician. Something isn’t right. 
 

This is what happens when your club is starting again from the beginning, and we have to live with it for a while. 

Spot on, we need to walk before we can run. This is the type of signing that should help us get to being a solid mid table team (footballing wise and financially wise) we need to be doing this before we have grand designs on mixing it with those in the top half of the table.

I think it's a sensible signing this summer. Has plenty of premiership experience, does score goals and is solid and a grafter out of position. isn't breaking the bank. 

[Sibdane]

I’m okay with this one. I think he’s better than what we have available, and when DCL is back I think he’ll be enough competition to make him kick on. 

[StevO]

12 minutes ago, RPG said:

I'd be a lot happier with this if we could get the lad from Blackburn in too. It would give us options up front to mix things up and at least keep the other team guessing.

I agree with this. 
If we have DCL, Maupay and Brereton-Díaz we would actually have options. 

[London Blue]

Decent option, good technical skills, strong hold up play and a master of the dark arts. Not option A, but what we need and better than what we have until dcl is fit.