Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[Ger Regan]

We need two more centre halves.

[Steve67]

As it stands:
                         Steer
Guilbert (a fucked) Chester Hause Taylor
                        Hourihane
Jota         Grealish      SJM        El Ghazi
                         Wesley

[Clampy]

Things seem to have gone quiet. Really need to get the baulk of new signings in before pre season training starts. Defence is a worry with so few numbers.

We haven't signed anyone for a week and it's gone quiet? We're not going to sign players every day.

[john e]

As it stands:
                         Steer
Guilbert (a fucked) Chester Hause Taylor
                        Hourihane
Jota         Grealish      SJM        El Ghazi
                         Wesley

We’re ok Up front and in midfield then
Just at the back looks a bit ropey

no way will we be starting the season like that though

[TheMalandro]

We are limited to a signing every three days with the soft embargo.

[pauliewalnuts]

We are limited to a signing every three days with the soft embargo.

The Soft Embargo sounds like a band.

Some sort of mid 70s experimental quartet.

[pauliewalnuts]

Things seem to have gone quiet. Really need to get the baulk of new signings in before pre season training starts. Defence is a worry with so few numbers.

We haven't signed anyone for a week and it's gone quiet? We're not going to sign players every day.

Innit.

It's the third week in June, there's fucking ages till pre-season even starts. We've done way, way more business than we usually do by this point, and way more than almost all other clubs do.

[SoccerHQ]

Heaton is better than 'doing a job' for us. 33 seems old but for a goalkeeper isn't the end of the world, we'd probably get 3 years out of him and if a better/younger option comes along in the meantime he could spend the last year or 18 months of any such deal as our #2.

Given the other areas we need to strengthen, Butland is just too expensive for me at 20m. If he was obviously worth it, that would be a different story, but for me the jury's out. I would prefer Heaton or Pope with Steer pushing them for the shirt.

Tend to agree, we signed Friedel when he was 37. He was solid and didn't miss a single prem game over three seasons.

Friedal rarely missed a game throughout his career. According to Wikipedia, in the last two seasons, Heaton has played 4 games and 19 games respectively. Hardly a fair comparison.

He got a bad shoulder injury at start of 17-18 which gave an opportunity to previous unknown Nick Pope. He played so well Heaton couldn't get a look in from the bench when he recovered.

Then he was fit start of last season but they gave Joe Hart the chance. Somehow took until late December but Heaton came in and stayed in for rest of the season.

I think trying to make out he's injury prone is incorrect, he's played 200 times for Burnley since signing in 2013.

[TheMalandro]

Heaton is better than 'doing a job' for us. 33 seems old but for a goalkeeper isn't the end of the world, we'd probably get 3 years out of him and if a better/younger option comes along in the meantime he could spend the last year or 18 months of any such deal as our #2.

Given the other areas we need to strengthen, Butland is just too expensive for me at 20m. If he was obviously worth it, that would be a different story, but for me the jury's out. I would prefer Heaton or Pope with Steer pushing them for the shirt.

Tend to agree, we signed Friedel when he was 37. He was solid and didn't miss a single prem game over three seasons.

Friedal rarely missed a game throughout his career. According to Wikipedia, in the last two seasons, Heaton has played 4 games and 19 games respectively. Hardly a fair comparison.

He just needs a little time?

[Duncan Shaw]

Apparently, we  have opened talks to sign the geezer from Huddersfield. Maybe just a stalking horse to get Mings over the line?.

Maybe, or perhaps Mings ain't gonna happen after all.

[pauliewalnuts]

Apparently, we  have opened talks to sign the geezer from Huddersfield. Maybe just a stalking horse to get Mings over the line?.

Maybe, or perhaps Mings ain't gonna happen after all.

On the bright side, the fact we have another option suggests we've covered our backsides in the case Mings doesn't come back.

[cheltenhamlion]

Apparently, we  have opened talks to sign the geezer from Huddersfield. Maybe just a stalking horse to get Mings over the line?.

Maybe, or perhaps Mings ain't gonna happen after all.

Unless anything has changed dramatically this week you can chill about Mings.

[Ads]

What side does the Huddersfield chap play on?

[b23]

What side does the Huddersfield chap play on?

Town signed Terence permanently after his succesful loan spell with the Club, where he established himself as a real fans’ favourite with some exceptional defending at left back and on the left side of a back three in 17 impressive appearances.


https://www.htafc.com/matches/first-team/defender/terence-kongolo2/

[themossman]

I was in Bournemouth today. Pulled up next to a ridiculously modded Range Rover and I was absolutely sure it was going to be the emperor. It wasn’t, obviously.

However I did dine in the same restaurant Gazza was trashed in the other week so y’know.