Transfer Speculation / Gossip

[brian green]

Tonev doing a Jonny Wilkinson. Love it.

[dave shelley]

What the fuck would we want Moses for? I suppose to pick him for a year ahead of our own players. Great.

To lead us out of the wilderness?

[Mister E]

I think so too. He's very inconsistent, but he can beat a man and has pace to stretch sides. He even has the odd goal in him and I think give us more balance than having Gabby on the left.

He deserves another crack at it. I just wished he'd look up more though, he tends to run into blind alley's more often than not, he can be very frustrating to watch.

"deserves"?
I think it's more a case that he needs to be played so we can move him on ...
Sorry if that sounds harsh - and in the debate about who the worst wide player is he probably ain't the worst - but I just think in the dynamic game that is played these days he is too lethargic and easily discouraged.
But, I'd be delighted if he comes good; we need someone to lead us out of the wilderness (assuming Moses ain't joining us).

[Damo70]

After our new signings and welcoming the bomb squad back into the fold we definitely have a stronger squad now than in the past two seasons. The worry of course is that we might have three left backs who are all not good enough, three right backs who are all not good enough and three centre halves who are not good enough. But you would hope that at least one player in each position can do enough to deserve to start most games. At least we will not be in the same situation as the last couple of years where players who were totally out of form and had lost all confidence were still being picked due to the lack of alternatives.

[Tuscans]

SSN are reporting Atsu has been given permission to speak to us and Everton.

[Richard E]

SSN are reporting Atsu has been given permission to speak to us and Everton.

I hope he enjoys his time at Everton.

[tomd2103]

After our new signings and welcoming the bomb squad back into the fold we definitely have a stronger squad now than in the past two seasons. The worry of course is that we might have three left backs who are all not good enough, three right backs who are all not good enough and three centre halves who are not good enough. But you would hope that at least one player in each position can do enough to deserve to start most games. At least we will not be in the same situation as the last couple of years where players who were totally out of form and had lost all confidence were still being picked due to the lack of alternatives.

My concern is that we are still only a few injuries away from having to rely on the same players who have struggled over the past few seasons. 

[Dante Lavelli]

SSN are reporting Atsu has been given permission to speak to us and Everton.

Did you sneeze?

[ADVILLAFAN]

SSN are reporting Atsu has been given permission to speak to us and Everton.

Bless you

[Damo70]

SSN are reporting Atsu has been given permission to speak to us and Everton.

Bless you

I panicked then and thought the Coventry owners wanted buy us or Everton.

[Malandro]

SSN are reporting Atsu has been given permission to speak to us and Everton.

Perhaps lamptey can put a word in. I imagine the Ghanaian Pele is very influential.

[Smirker]

SSN are reporting Atsu has been given permission to speak to us and Everton.

Permanent or loan?

[Ger Regan]

Loan, judging by the news stories i saw after googling the player in question.

[Clark W Griswold]

What the fuck would we want Moses for? I suppose to pick him for a year ahead of our own players. Great.

What the fuck did Everton want Lukaku and Barry for?

At least they were good, and probably in positions where they needed players. We might as well play Gabby, Cole or NZogbia in that kind of role first. Your example has no relevance to the point I'm making.

[Ian.]

Id be happy if we got Moses and Ki before the season starts. That would improve us no end. I'm not sure why Moses is not rated, he's a good player.