Transfer Speculation / Gossip

[dave.woodhall]

If only we had a Colombian Vila fan who could tell us what was going on...

[mr underhill]

according to the Daily Wail he's 'jetting' in today and we are looking to wrap up the deal by tonight or Wednesday am. so there, Sun!

[Olneythelonely]

The Da**y M**L are usually more much reliable than the S*n. Sports-wise that is.

[Ads]

The Da**y M**L are usually more much reliable than the S*n. Sports-wise that is.

Racists are generally more reliable than liars.

[Des Little]

Well let's hope they're f*****g right then

[pauliewalnuts]

I find that, usually, the paper which is saying what i want them to say is far more reliable than the paper which is saying something I don't want to read.

[tomd2103]

If he comes in to replace KEA and breaks things up and can play the simple balls for westwood and delph then he'll be a huge upgrade.  That's the passing KEA does and the defensive job he tries to do but he's just not up to speed and ends up looking a like a passenger.

If he does come in, he'll probably play instead of Westwood, as he currently plays in the defensive midfielder role.  I don't think Westwood has the athleticism to play in a more advanced role.   

[Olneythelonely]

I find that, usually, the paper which is saying what i want them to say is far more reliable than the paper which is saying something I don't want to read.

Ha. I think that's exactly what I was trying to do there. Kid myself.

Although a lot of Spanish twitter accounts are suggesting it's pretty much done.

[paul_e]

If he comes in to replace KEA and breaks things up and can play the simple balls for westwood and delph then he'll be a huge upgrade.  That's the passing KEA does and the defensive job he tries to do but he's just not up to speed and ends up looking a like a passenger.

If he does come in, he'll probably play instead of Westwood, as he currently plays in the defensive midfielder role.  I don't think Westwood has the athleticism to play in a more advanced role.   

I can't see it, I think we'll play a fairly flat 3 with delph left, westwood central and sanchez right, just like we did with sylla in our good spell at the end of 12-13.

Our best performances over the last couple of years came from breaking up play higher up the pitch and that seems to be the 'style' Lambert wants. I suspect we'll still Westwood as the one setting the tempo but someone like Sanchez gives so much more energy in there.

[Toronto Villa]

From what I've seen he actually doesn't look very good. Would of preferred Ki but if that's what we end up with then I'll still support him.

but other than YouTube what have you or any of us really seen in depth? And quite frankly it's harder to put together a sexy YouTube compilation of a DM than a forward where you just show a number of goals. Even Harewood or Heskey can be made to look ace on YouTube. How do you make positional discipline cool in a 90 second clip from a camera phone? Sanchez has a solid reputation in the game, played well at the WC for Columbia and plays in La Liga. Is he the best thing ever? Probably not. Is he good enough for the PL and will he improve us? I think so but we'll have to wait and see.

[dave.woodhall]

And quite frankly it's harder to put together a sexy YouTube compilation of a DM

Au contraire.

[Tuscans]

From what I've seen he actually doesn't look very good. Would of preferred Ki but if that's what we end up with then I'll still support him.

but other than YouTube what have you or any of us really seen in depth? And quite frankly it's harder to put together a sexy YouTube compilation of a DM than a forward where you just show a number of goals. Even Harewood or Heskey can be made to look ace on YouTube. How do you make positional discipline cool in a 90 second clip from a camera phone? Sanchez has a solid reputation in the game, played well at the WC for Columbia and plays in La Liga. Is he the best thing ever? Probably not. Is he good enough for the PL and will he improve us? I think so but we'll have to wait and see.

The clips I've seen are poor, a bit like the piss take Cissokho vid. Just saying I would of preferred Ki as he's been around British football and won't need to adjust, plus looks better on the ball. That is all.

[Olneythelonely]

€4.4m apparently. Blimey, we're splashing it around now.

---------------Guzan----------------

Hutton---Okore----Vlaar---Cissokho

--------------Sanchez--------------

----Westwood---------Delph-------

N'Zogbia-----------------Richardson

-------------Benteke----------------

Subs from

Given
Senderos
Clark
Baker
Bennett
Lowton
Gardner
Cole
Grealish
Weimann
Gabby
Kozak

That looks a lot better than last season.

[Toronto Villa]

And quite frankly it's harder to put together a sexy YouTube compilation of a DM

Au contraire.

which DM are you referring to in that clip?

[Toronto Villa]

From what I've seen he actually doesn't look very good. Would of preferred Ki but if that's what we end up with then I'll still support him.

but other than YouTube what have you or any of us really seen in depth? And quite frankly it's harder to put together a sexy YouTube compilation of a DM than a forward where you just show a number of goals. Even Harewood or Heskey can be made to look ace on YouTube. How do you make positional discipline cool in a 90 second clip from a camera phone? Sanchez has a solid reputation in the game, played well at the WC for Columbia and plays in La Liga. Is he the best thing ever? Probably not. Is he good enough for the PL and will he improve us? I think so but we'll have to wait and see.

The clips I've seen are poor, a bit like the piss take Cissokho vid. Just saying I would of preferred Ki as he's been around British football and won't need to adjust, plus looks better on the ball. That is all.

they are clips though and we are still depending on who has submitted those clips. Not disagreeing about Ki because he's played in the PL and has a more solid body of work to judge him on.