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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan
« on: Today at 11:16:46 AM »Then why did we bring in Weimann and The lad from West Ham who barely played? M'Villa wasn't needed as we are stacked in midfield.
Those wages could have been better spent on a freebie striker or a league 1 striker will to fight for the chance. They are out there I believe.
In January we were trying to cover a number of bases not just Centre Forward. Remember Swift was struggling and Grady was away at AFCON and hadn't been tried in the 10 role. Wiemann potentially covered a number of options. We weren't stacked in midfield if we assume that Mowatt and Yokuslu aren't playing every minute and if they do they are going to burn out (which they might have anyway).
There wasn't a decent freebie on the market, but there were genuine Centre Forwards available on loan but at what price and whether they wanted to come to a Championship club is unknown. All that said I would have traded Wiemann and Marshall for a better striking option. Particularly as the latter was very obviously not ready for Championship football.