Patrick Bamford

Would depend on price. I’d prefer Archer back, but he would give options in a plan B. I don’t care about the celebration thing but the feigning bit v Villa was idiotic. His injuries would be a worry but if over them yes
 
A big if but if the financial side could work and he is over his injuries then he would be a great signing.

He would fit perfectly with the fluid style of play that Carrick wants, he seems like a decent enough lad who won't rock the spirit of the camp.

Would be a big yes from me but doubt we could afford it, especially combined with the risk of him not being available for lots of games.
 
Injury prone and been ***** for a while. Don’t think it would be a good signing at all now
 
Rofesleg said:
I agree with that.
Although I think Denis Law scoring for Man City against Man Utd to relegate them in 74 is the first famous example. A half hearted back heel I think it was.
That was probably justified.
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Yes agree. Although Law’s goal ultimately wasn’t the deciding factor.
 
When he appeared last season he seemed to have lost that edge, but then Leeds were struggling. A drop down to Champo level might see him regain his confidence but then again injuries may have permanently blunted him A gamble, as others have said, but if we were to see 25/30 games from him he'd be worth it: proven at this level.
Could see him moving abroad, maybe France, somewhere he'd take less punishment, have more time on the ball.
 
atypical_boro said:
I disagree with the celebration thing. Players should celebrate against us, and vice versa, unless you’re at Juninho levels of adoration. It’s a relatively new thing for some 21 year old whose barely had a career to refuse to celebrate against a club he played 3 games on loan at 3 seasons earlier. It makes me cringe. Sorry, just my opinion.

I’d have Bamford back tbh. Definitely not too old and has a lot of natural ability and versatility across the front 4. The best days of his career could yet be ahead of him. Or he could just be a useful squad player who isn’t always fit. We need some depth upfront though, and I imagine he’d be the sort of lad who could be realistic about wages and where his career is at.

PS. He always spoke very highly of Pulis after leaving.
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As I said players should celebrate scoring against their former clubs. But he went completely overboard. What's wrong with jumping the corner with your hands in the air or a knee slide? To sprint the whole length of the field and celebrate as If we'd done him dirty and was proving a point was just ridiculous.

We loved the man, even when he left and Pulis wasn't even here anymore, just baffling
 
He is one of my favourite strikers obviously different to some of the greats we've had up front but he had a touch of class.

Loved watching him, him going to Leeds was a mistake for me he needed a team with pace round him who play football. I thought he could make the top but he hasn't really progressed.

That ship has sailed for me. Too injury prone.
 
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I think he would benefit from playing under Carrick. If it wasn't silly money for either the fee or for his wages then I'd love him back.
 
I think I have got as much chance of playing up front against Milwall as we have of signing Bamford back. I think he is a very good footballer but he will be staying in the premiership if Leeds are selling. There are lots of teams just looking to survive and a run of games from Bamford could make the difference, so they will risk it.
 
I think Bielsa-ball was in some ways the making of him but also the destruction of him.
He went from 'boy band member' with a youthful complexion to 'frazzled veteran' in about 18 months :D

Sure it got him playing the best football of his career - let's face it most of that Leeds team Bielsa inherited were champo-level.
Bilesa was a demanding genius.
I guess ultra-fitness gives you those extra fractions of a second to compose yourself and make better decisions etc.

Not sure he was set up physically to play murderball in training etc.
Mind you, not many are!

He had that awkward ongoing ankle injury while with us and now has a serious amount of miles on the clock.

It's a 'no' from me.....but best of luck to the player
 
If there’s premier league clubs in then I think that’s where he’d go.
He needs to get a run of games to get confidence back somewhere.
 
How tedious were the “poor St Paddy forced out by nasty Pulis” brigade (which also conveniently forgot Pulis wasn’t the one who accepted the offer from Leeds)

I don’t blame him for leaving and ultimately it was the right choice for him but he certainly wasn’t forced out of the club.
 
I agree with most that I’d prefer to have Archer.

And actually I think coming back to us might be the best move for Archer himself. I see parallels between Archer’s situation now and Bamford’s situation after his first loan spell with us in 2015. In Bamford’s case, he had a great season, just missing out on promotion, and was the talk of a lot of speculation. There was talk of him coming back to us for the following year but, for one reason or another, he chose to go on loan to lower level premier league sides. These sides really weren’t suited to his style of play, and he twisted in the wind for a few years before finding his feet back with us. With Archer in a similar situation to Bamford in 2015, surely it would make sense to join a team suited to your style and desperate for you to succeed? Rather than being frozen out for a few years at Palace, Sheff Utd or Luton.
 
I’d prefer to have Archer like. But if Bamford’s wage demands were reasonable I wouldn’t be against having him in the squad.
 
indeedido said:
If we keep Akpom and can't get Archer back, then Bamford would be excellent, and be a great spearhead for Akpom, Ramsey and Diallo.
However if Akpom is to go, the Bamford has the ability to play that role too, behind Archer.
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Diallo!!! No chance...he's already publicly said if he's going away from Utd he wants to go back to Blunderland
 
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