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Offline GarTomas

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #1470 on: June 13, 2019, 11:35:18 AM »
I’m generally pleased with all/most of the players we have been linked with whether they have been from good sources or just tittle tattle

even the ones I’ve never heard off seem pretty good at closer  inspection
this makes a big change from previous managers/years


Also, they seem to be targeting exactly the areas which people on here generally feel they should be.

Back-up for Jack - tick
Defensive midfielder - in for Phillips
Loan players - get them back
Goalkeeper, Striker, Left back.

It's refreshing that what they're doing is so clearly sensible instead of stockpiling players in positions we already have players in.

A small part of me is missing the fact we haven’t already signed 3 more right backs to supplement the 4 we already have.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #1471 on: June 13, 2019, 11:39:03 AM »
Phillips is fantastic and the best player in the Championship who isn't called Jack. Really like him.

I can't think of any good players called Jack in the Championship anymore (winky face)
« Last Edit: June 13, 2019, 11:47:28 AM by Dave »

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #1472 on: June 13, 2019, 11:45:07 AM »
We're being linked with good players and all but I'm concerned by the parochialism to be honest. All the proper links have been English for one thing - not just playing in England but actually English. I do not want a repeat of Monism.

Offline hilts_coolerking

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #1473 on: June 13, 2019, 11:48:11 AM »
We're being linked with good players and all but I'm concerned by the parochialism to be honest. All the proper links have been English for one thing - not just playing in England but actually English. I do not want a repeat of Monism.
Must admit I kind of agree with this.  There is plenty of time to go though and maybe he's just doing the quick wins first.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #1474 on: June 13, 2019, 11:53:27 AM »
Yeah I was rather hoping we would be linked with players who had played at Real Madrid not Real Smethwick.

Have we got shitloads of cash or not?

I won't start panicking just yet, though.

Offline Ger Regan

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #1475 on: June 13, 2019, 11:54:45 AM »
That thought had crossed my mind as well, but then our 2 signings to date haven't been English. I care about the right players being brought in, regardless of nationality. If problem positions can be filled by english people who can presumably meet the minimum "english trained" requirements in matchday squads (can't recall what those rules are), then great, we can supplement this with additional foreign signings. There's been nothing in Smith's history (or presumably Pitarch's) to suggest they'll go down then MON route.

Offline SheffieldVillain

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #1476 on: June 13, 2019, 12:00:31 PM »
We're being linked with good players and all but I'm concerned by the parochialism to be honest. All the proper links have been English for one thing - not just playing in England but actually English. I do not want a repeat of Monism.

We've signed 3 players so far - Guilbert, Jota and El Ghazi. None of them are English. Two of them hadn't played in England until we signed them (originally in El Ghazi's case).

Why not judge the management on what they do rather than who the papers choose to link us with?
« Last Edit: June 13, 2019, 12:04:10 PM by SheffieldVillain »

Offline ktvillan

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #1477 on: June 13, 2019, 12:07:06 PM »
We're going to need some squad depth and I was actually thinking the other day that Rodriguez wouldn't be a bad shout as a squad player.  Despite his tendency for volleyball and diving for pens I actually think he's a decent player and has played and scored at PL level before.  Always seemed to cause us trouble, but I suppose the volleyball and diving has had a bit to do with that.  For £5m it might be worth it.

Smith's management style and signings at Brentford indicate he's nothing like MON.  Thankfully.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #1478 on: June 13, 2019, 12:09:33 PM »
We're going to need some squad depth and I was actually thinking the other day that Rodriguez wouldn't be a bad shout as a squad player.  Despite his tendency for volleyball and diving for pens I actually think he's a decent player and has played and scored at PL level before.  Always seemed to cause us trouble, but I suppose the volleyball and diving has had a bit to do with that.  For £5m it might be worth it.

Yep. We're going to need more than one striker brought in - one big money signing and then one or even two others to supplement. £5m on this signing would mean more can go on the big deal.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #1479 on: June 13, 2019, 12:15:56 PM »
We're being linked with good players and all but I'm concerned by the parochialism to be honest. All the proper links have been English for one thing - not just playing in England but actually English. I do not want a repeat of Monism.

We've signed 3 players so far - Guilbert, Jota and El Ghazi. None of them are English. Two of them hadn't played in England until we signed them (originally in El Ghazi's case).

Why not judge the management on what they do rather than who the papers choose to link us with?

Jota is a former player of Dean's, Guilbert is a total unknown and El Ghazi was already playing with us and is therefore not exactly a new signing really.

I will wait of course. It's just worth pointing out that expensive British signings and players who used to play for him elsewhere was precisely MON's MO.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #1480 on: June 13, 2019, 12:19:33 PM »
I could not care where they come from, I do believe that we have a management team that know what they are doing though.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #1481 on: June 13, 2019, 12:23:03 PM »
Be interesting to see how many of these linked players will actually result in them being signed, or even bid on, I'm guessing it's a low percentage and we will keep our cards close to our chests.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #1482 on: June 13, 2019, 12:27:34 PM »
You mean buy well-regarded players from abroad by the barrow-load, and destry a team, just like Fulham?

Or incrementally build a team that will firstly survive and then prosper with suitable additions?

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #1483 on: June 13, 2019, 12:28:16 PM »
A small part of me is missing the fact we haven’t already signed 3 more right backs to supplement the 4 we already have.
I assumed we went for a "concept squad" consisting entirely of right backs as an elaborate piece of avant-garde performance art where we were making a telling statement on the state of modern day international politics.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #1484 on: June 13, 2019, 12:31:37 PM »
You mean buy well-regarded players from abroad by the barrow-load, and destry a team, just like Fulham?

Or incrementally build a team that will firstly survive and then prosper with suitable additions?

Who said by the barrow-load? I just want us to cast the net as wide as possible. I feel like people are forgetting that this is a league in which you need Richarlison - a genuine Champions League level player - just to finish 8th.

 


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