07 Aug 2024 08:03:06
We read it constantly on here ie. sell dessers and sign shankland to replace him ?I most certainly wouldn't but i'll throw it out to one and all ? Would you want us to sell dessers and sign shankland as his replacement and if so for what reasons ? Should be very interesting ?.
07 Aug 2024 08:29:06
Yes. Shanks is more clinical. Will reduce the wage bill and possibly even make a profit in terms of selling Dessers for £4m and signing Shanks for £2.5m. I like Dessers as a guy and as a back up striker he would be great but he’s not the man to take us forward. I also think we need better than Shankland but if it’s a choice between the 2, reducing the wage bill and possibly making money I think Shankland is a better option.
07 Aug 2024 08:31:41
Get Shankland in as well. I have doubts over Danilo.
07 Aug 2024 08:40:15
I'm probably in the minority SWS, but I would keep Dessers before I'd keep Danillo. Both miss too many chances for a main striker (IMO Danillo was just as bad in front of goal before his injury, he missed some absolute howlers) but Dessers does more for the team than Danillo.
I'll give an example. In the first half last night Diomande took a heavy touch and got caught in a tackle just inside the Dynamo half. Was never a foul but he was looking for one and stayed down. Dynamo, quite rightly, looked to break. Dessers saw Diomande missing and sprinted back to fill his space in midfield, running past Tom Lawrence to do so. He filled the gap, covered for his teammate and helped to stop the Dynamo break.
He does this often, which goes mostly unnoticed by our fans. It's the mark of a right good teammate.
Now, I'm not arguing he's good enough to be a main striker playing up top on his own for us. But I do think his all round game, defensively and offensively, is better than Danillo and Shankland so if I had to pick one of the 3, it would be Dessers, all round. I think you lose too much of the "other" stuff he does to benefit the team with Shankland and I don't think Danillo is as good in front of goal as either of them, or as good in the buildup or the defensive side.
We need a new main striker, of that there's no doubt. But IMO it has to be someone significantly better than, or who offers something completely different from Dessers offensively, but who will still do what he does off the ball.
Let me put it another way, if some of the players we've had in our squad over the last few years with significantly more ability than Dessers had his mentality, work ethic and team focus, they'd be far better players for it.
I'm not his biggest fan, but I think he's good enough to play 20-30 games of a 65 game season alongside or in place of the main striker we need to sign.
07 Aug 2024 08:46:15
Personally I would like Tavs wages off our bill along with his errors (Sterling as RB) - sign Shankland and have both strikers on our books as we will need goals moving forward - I have been one of Dessers harshest critics but the boy keeps giving good runs and so far is always fit and will get goals (but not enough vs chances) but needs support/ replacement in some games - so I say we need both ??.
07 Aug 2024 08:55:28
I love dessers as a person: he seems a brilliant guy to have a round. Always smiling, always humble, always confident and positive and always gives everything .
I have to say though, sell him for £4m and sign shanks for say £3m makes a profit, saves on wages, and brings up our quota for euro squad. I’d absolutely be doing that. Not much between them but if anything I’d say shankland pips dessers in quality.
I’d rather have both and a top notch first choice striker. So 3 and no Danilo. However 3rd striker should maybe be Lovelace.
07 Aug 2024 09:00:05
We've much bigger problems than Dessers. Tav, Cantwell, Dowell, Wright, Davies and Lawrence need to go.
07 Aug 2024 09:06:03
It’s a simple answer no.
07 Aug 2024 09:06:57
Correct Mark.
07 Aug 2024 09:07:27
At this stage I’d probably give big Dessers the season to see how things go with him.
If it’s much of the same from Dessers until January and Danilo or the new boy haven’t kicked on I’d sign Shanks on a pre contract if he’s still available depending on other signing options at the time.
I like to say though that I hope Dessers and Danilo kick on and Shanks is no longer required but at this stage Shanks IMO more consistent and a better finisher.
07 Aug 2024 09:32:59
Sell Dessers to sign Shankland naw just naw.
07 Aug 2024 09:33:00
Danilo is getting zero mins fron the manager which is a big concern considering he's cost us a fortune. Shankland is all round better player than dessers.
07 Aug 2024 09:41:12
Shankland is a much better option than Dessers, better finisher, better player, harder worker, leads the line well and it should be a no brainer to bring him in. Shankland basically played the 10 role last weekend which created a gap for the Hearts midfield to attack. A much better player than the usual suspects on here give him credit for, and like many other players in the recent past been deemed 'not Rangers class' by some. If we had brought Shankland into the club in January, we would have won the league. We cannot make that same mistake again. Get him signed.
07 Aug 2024 10:08:42
Sign shankland not to replace dessers but to add to our strikers options.
07 Aug 2024 10:24:19
We need better than both.
But I wouldn't be wasting the money on Shankland that Hearts will want.
07 Aug 2024 11:50:35
Paul86 the guy had some real bad luck last season, he was just starting to settle in scored a brave header but got his cheekbone smashed, he then recovered played with a mask, very similar to the one Mbappe wore how did he play at the euros with a mask on? he then suffered a further injury and is now slowly getting back to fitness . Please give the guy a bloody chance before you write him off.
07 Aug 2024 11:53:03
Keep dessers get the other dead wood away cantwell Davies and co and bring in shanks too but aye keep dessers before Danilo he got a lot too prove at least dessers works his socks off even if finishing can be questionable.
07 Aug 2024 11:56:57
JJ
That's bit unfair he's so tried untested. Let's wait fully fit. We've desire for more up front. Danilo, Dessers, Shanklin powerful options.
07 Aug 2024 12:01:51
Todd
Irrespective age, would jambos sell for 2.5m? Don't think so.
07 Aug 2024 14:28:05
I've always said we won't sign shankland unless it's a precontract bosman
Club already deemed him not good enough twice would look stupid then paying a big fee a precontract however would be great business.