08 Jun 2015 10:57:20
I think Ings is a sensible/logical addition to the squad. He scored over 10 goals last season in a team that got relegated! He also has a great work rate, he never stops - the lad works his nuts off - exactly what we need. Work rate is catching, it will rub-off on his team mate, hopefully.

It seems a no brainer to me!

Good luck Danny Ings!

1.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 11:26:46
I fail to see what he offers that Fabio Borini doesn't.

A hardworking forward who wants to do well and scored 10 goals in a side down the tail-end of the table (Burnely, Sunderland).

All sounds very familiar to me.

2.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 11:29:24
The only way fans will accept Ings is if another striker (more experienced and better quality) comes in. If it is only Ings, then the fans will turn on the owners and manager as the signing of a top striker was a priority for this summer and Ings does not fit the criteria. Decent squad player to be used in Europa and domestic cup competitions but without a top calibre striker, the club will not get top4 next season either.

3.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 11:32:02
Dont we have another striker that scored 10 odd goals to help keep a team up last year? Only 24 and works really hard. I hope Ings succeeds but it frustrates the hell out of me when half the players we have aren't given a run of games.

4.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 11:43:36
Good to see the signing of Ings, would of preferred us to sign Charlie Austin as I think he is more of a finished product. but the lad can only get better so let's give him a chance & support him.

5.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 11:48:59
Boring doesn't score enough.

6.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 12:07:46
I think Ings will do o.k. Definitely better than Borini and I prefer him to Austin.He does not mess around in front of goal like our existing attacking players and is not afraid to go in where it hurts.

7.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 12:17:31
Ings is younger, homegrown, and suits our system more due to being faster and more direct.

Added to the fact he scored far more goals from open play. Borini played in a better team that created better chances, and also scored a fair few penalties. Ings actually scored more in a team that did get relegated, didn't have any cup runs and he did this without taking penalties.

We have players capable of stepping up and taking a spot kick so that is not as important to us as a player with the pace to get in behind or the abiity to beat a man and get a shot off, so that he can score more goals from open play.

Not to mention the fact that Borini scored his 10 or so for Sunderland in his 3rd season in top flight football. He had already had a season in Serie A with Roma and a season with us.

Last season was Ings first in a top division. How did Borini do in his first season in the Prem? 1 goal? Ings got 11.

I really don't get the comparison. They are both very hardworking. The comparison starts and ends there.

8.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 12:25:35
"Boring" should read "Borini" lol.

9.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 12:42:24
Our strikers scored a combined 8 goals last season. Ings scored 10 in a relegation fighting team, that sums up why he is a good addition for me. Hopefully with Sturridge fit and with the amount of chances we create (we still created chances just didn't score from them) he will up that tally to mid teens.

10.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 12:45:53
I think I am right in saying a fair few of Borini's goals for Sunderland were penalties. If you look at the goals Ings scored, the majority were poachers goals in and around the 6 yard box showing good movement and sharp reactions. Look at his header at old Trafford as an example, selling the centre half a dummy and giving himself a free header at the back post. I don't see him as he answer by any stretch of the imagination, but I think he will prove to be a good signing!

11.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 13:23:50
Great signing. No brainer for the money paid. Work-rate, pace and goals. Exactly what we need.

12.) 08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015 16:03:35
With Rodgers at the helm do you honestly expect Ings to be used correctly? Borini has been completely mismanaged, Lambert was a mistake to begin with as was Balotelli yet he still failed to give Borini any half decent chance. Any striker in that position would struggle for form.