Summer transfer, gossip and speculation thread

[ChicagoLion]

Based on his comments and decision making, I do actually believe he has lost the plot.

[Mister E]

According to the B'ham Mail, Bruce is about to sanction a loan deal for RDL to join Melbourne City! Well done Brucie if true! Weaken the defence even further! I thought RDL looked really good in pre-season matches??

Bruce obviously does not rate De Laet or there is some kind of issue between the pair, so why wasn't he either sold or loaned out in the summer?  Instead he's now going to be loaned out to play in a footballing backwater (apologies to all our Aussie friends on here for that description!!) which as McCormack proved last season, is not really preparation for a possible return to Championship football. 

Aspects of Bruce's squad management really are atrocious. 

We played 3 at the back in the pre-season games and yet do not adopt it for the season; we have a fit-again decent defender who played okay in the pre-season and is now being showed the door, effectively.
We live in a (claret and blue) world of madness.
Either his famed man-management skills are not all they’re cracked up to be or he genuinely believes that the defence ain’t that important.

[Ads]

Clearing his wages off the books.

[Steve67]

Perhaps he has to clear some of the salary out before he signs John Terry.

Beat me to it Ads!

[VillaLoyal]

Perhaps he has to clear some of the salary out before he signs John Terry.

Beat me to it Ads!

Thought the same earlier today. He has to be on over 20k?

[Ads]

I'd have thought closer to 30k myself.

Wouldn't surprise me if the the board have said ok...but we're in a budget.

It's a very left field loan.

[London Villan]

Based on his comments and decision making, I do actually believe he has lost the plot.

It all points to him working his notice. I’m sure of it

[SoccerHQ]

I just don't think he rates De Laet. Or dosen't think he's got over the injury enough to be a week in week out regular for us anymore.

It was the same last season. He played in the cups and the odd league game and looked o.k but was then cut from the squad and loaned out.

Would certainly rather have him at LB than Hutton.

[Steve67]

                               Nyland
Elmo            Chester            Tuanzebe           Hutton
                               Jedinak
Bolasie         McGinn            Grealish            El Ghazi
                               Abraham

Is Bruce looking to go with this sort of team in the longer term?  With Jimmy Danger, Thor, Whelan, Albert, Bree as back up?

Dreadfully weak defence, other than Chester.

[mr underhill]

most teams in the league would kill for it though, plus that bench

[Clampy]

On RDL, bearing in mind how good he looked in pre-season, it's strange that Bruce is seemingly happy to let him go but like Elphick he wasn't a Bruce signing and he may not rate him. Him or Elmo should be competing for the right back spots though.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

I'm annoyed that Bruce has been allowed to loan out another of our defenders.
RDL has been described as "quality" and "versatile" by his new manager, the kind of player we need especially defensively. After the way Bruce has f-cked up our back line, I'm amazed he is still allowed to have a say over our outgoings and incomings and for what purpose? To shoehorn Axel into the right back position at the expense of our own players (including Bruce signings), so he can appease manure and allow moaninho to have an influence over our starting 11. It all smacks of desperation in an attempt no doubt to see a possible return of terry to undo Bruce's f-cking mess, he hopes.

[Brassneck]

                               Nyland
Elmo            Chester            Tuanzebe           Hutton
                               Jedinak
Bolasie         McGinn            Grealish            El Ghazi
                               Abraham

Is Bruce looking to go with this sort of team in the longer term?  With Jimmy Danger, Thor, Whelan, Albert, Bree as back up?

Dreadfully weak defence, other than Chester.

That would be my team.

Bruce has said that Axel WILL be playing which annoys me but if he has to play then hopefully, he;ll play in the centre.  Elmo is far batter equipped at RB.

I worry that if Terry joins, Elmo will make way for Axel which to me is detrimental.

[JUAN PABLO]

I'm annoyed that Bruce has been allowed to loan out another of our defenders.
RDL has been described as "quality" and "versatile" by his new manager, the kind of player we need especially defensively. After the way Bruce has f-cked up our back line, I'm amazed he is still allowed to have a say over our outgoings and incomings and for what purpose? To shoehorn Axel into the right back position at the expense of our own players (including Bruce signings), so he can appease manure and allow moaninho to have an influence over our starting 11. It all smacks of desperation in an attempt no doubt to see a possible return of terry to undo Bruce's f-cking mess, he hopes.

I could kind of understand it , if theres something in the loan that we are signing Axel after the loan period but if hes going back then whats the point .  thou If we could see him at CB Id be happier with RDL going but just dont get why he is being squeezed in at RB. 

Does seen odd loaning how a versatile player like RDL while the like of Lansbury cant even get on the programme stand selling them.

[sirlordbaltimore]

On RDL, bearing in mind how good he looked in pre-season

Where on earth has this myth come from ?