Summer transfer madness thread

[SoccerHQ]

Too much risk with the play offs. We've had plenty of no shows at Wembley so I really wouldn't fancy us holding it together for the 200m game.

Automatic promotion has to be the target and go all out for that.

[Gareth]

I saw some rumours about someone offering real money for that fat useless tub of shite Micah Richards. Is there anything in it?

I'd be stunned if he could pass a medical anywhere, he doesn't seem to be able to do 45 minutes without injury.

Think the only way he goes is with a wallet even fuller than it is now

[cdbearsfan]

Yep me too (I'm arguing against those that say we can't possibly have one of the best squads if we finished 13th)

We can't possibly have one of the best squads if we finished thirteenth and struggled to score goals.

A team with a better squad than us would have more than one goalscoring option. As many do.

[old man villa fan]

From Day 1 of the season we should be setting up and playing football to get us into the top two.  This will then give us a bit of security of a play-off place if we fall a bit short.

[PeterWithesShin]

Of course we can. We finished 2nd under SGT and the following year with a near identical side were nearly relegated. Despite battering Inter. Manager, confidence etc can all have an effect, positive and negative. IMO Bruce held us back as an attacking force, which is still my worry. Doesn't mean we don't have a squad that nearly any club in the division would want just because they underperformed last season.

[pauliewalnuts]

Too much risk with the play offs. We've had plenty of no shows at Wembley so I really wouldn't fancy us holding it together for the 200m game.

Automatic promotion has to be the target and go all out for that.

My brother in law is a Hull fan, and well versed in Bruceism.

His prediction is that we'll have a really good first two thirds of the season, be top or second, then collapse, scrape into the play offs and go up that way.

[paul_e]

Too much risk with the play offs. We've had plenty of no shows at Wembley so I really wouldn't fancy us holding it together for the 200m game.

Automatic promotion has to be the target and go all out for that.

My brother in law is a Hull fan, and well versed in Bruceism.

His prediction is that we'll have a really good first two thirds of the season, be top or second, then collapse, scrape into the play offs and go up that way.

It might not be the final third but he generally has patches where he struggles to get points (mainly because the team can't score), runs of 5-6 games without a win really aren't uncommon if you look through his record.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Too much risk with the play offs. We've had plenty of no shows at Wembley so I really wouldn't fancy us holding it together for the 200m game.

Automatic promotion has to be the target and go all out for that.

My brother in law is a Hull fan, and well versed in Bruceism.

His prediction is that we'll have a really good first two thirds of the season, be top or second, then collapse, scrape into the play offs and go up that way.

So logically we should calling for Bruce out when we are top of the league. Tricky. Tricky.

[Matt Collins]

Too much risk with the play offs. We've had plenty of no shows at Wembley so I really wouldn't fancy us holding it together for the 200m game.

Automatic promotion has to be the target and go all out for that.

My brother in law is a Hull fan, and well versed in Bruceism.

His prediction is that we'll have a really good first two thirds of the season, be top or second, then collapse, scrape into the play offs and go up that way.

Because Hull did that once?

[Clampy]

We will have a blip of some sort along the way, all teams do. It's how we respond to it that matters.

[old man villa fan]

We will have a blip of some sort along the way, all teams do. It's how we respond to it that matters.

Newcastle and Brighton lost a few games but I wouldn't say either had bad spells last season.

[Ads]

Newcastle would go three or four games, especially at home where they wouldn't win, manage to win 6 or 7 on the spin.

[PeterWithesShin]

We're the kings of at least 1 bad run in a season. Anybody want to guess the last time we didn't have a run in the league of 1 win in 7, or worse?

[PeterWithesShin]

Newcastle would go three or four games, especially at home where they wouldn't win, manage to win 6 or 7 on the spin.

They twice went 3 games without a win, and once went 2 home games without a win.

[supertom]

We're the kings of at least 1 bad run in a season. Anybody want to guess the last time we didn't have a run in the league of 1 win in 7, or worse?

1891?

No I'd guess 95-96 maybe?