Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[Dante Lavelli]

I hate Man U, but they have a decent pedigree, what I would annoy me more was if he went to Spurs or Liverpool.

The constant Liverpool connection is a strange one as Rodgers stubbornly refuses to play big strikers.  He has had Lambert and Balotelli this season yet he has preferred to play Sterling there.  I appreciate Benteke has more to his game than those players but some sort of tactical flexibility would surely have been better than Sterling up-front.

[pbavfckuwait]

The only thing with Benteke to Liverpool, is I honestly think we could push them to 40 or 45 mill, if Sterling goes they are going to be desperate to sign a name that can hit the ground running, so we could definitely get a premium.
To be honest if he does go and he is not playing in Claret and Blue for us, I really do not care where he goes to, as long as we get top dollar for him.
If he stays we need to get him better support, we can not keep hoping he pulls us over the line on his own all the time.

[mr underhill]

absolutely - if he hadn't found his best form recently we would now be looking forward to the Championship

[walsall villain]

Irrespective of how next week goes the summer is going to be quite the whirlwind of activity over at B6. It's going to be like a revolving door there.

It needs to be. We can't keep going through this shit.

It's easier to list those I'd want to keep than the long list I don't. For a starter just Benteke and Sinclair up front, the rest can go. Needs proper investment and wise spending as we all know.

[bob]

I think we should buy some good players and sell some of our bad ones.

[Steve67]

I think we should buy some good players and sell some of our bad ones.

Bob, this is a profound statement. I totally and utterly agree with you 😁

[PeterWithe]

I think we should buy some good players and sell some of our bad ones.

I reckon you might be onto something there.

[Steve67]

Irrespective of how next week goes the summer is going to be quite the whirlwind of activity over at B6. It's going to be like a revolving door there.

It needs to be. We can't keep going through this shit.

It's easier to list those I'd want to keep than the long list I don't. For a starter just Benteke and Sinclair up front, the rest can go. Needs proper investment and wise spending as we all know.

Agreed Walsall, it just shows us the enormity of the task ahead for Tim Sherwood. I hope he's up for that task and has the nous and ability to play the market. We need so many players out and sooo many positions covering. That said, unless we sign freebies like bosman's I'm not sure I'd want to take the cheap and cheerful route. We are in a position like this because we've taken THAT route already. If we have, say £15mill to spend would we be better to try to bring in three £5m quality players? Simplistic I know, but the gambling with cheap players also doesn't seem to work.

[Dante Lavelli]

I agree Newby.  We do not have the money to make wholesale changes so need prioritise signings.  If we spread the money too thin we'll just end up with a bigger squad, but one still full of average players.

I think we need to give certain players the opportunity to improve as, like Clark has shown, age/experience can improve players.  In that category I'd include Bacuna, Baker, Bennet, Westwood, Sanchez, Gil - all players which have shown potential and have age on their side.  Nzogbia, Cissokko, Richardson, Senderos and Weimmann (still young but needs a fresh start) have probably peaked and should be sold if we can find offers.

Is Joe Cole out of contract?

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

I think we should buy some good players and sell some of our bad ones.

What?!?!? That goes against everything we've done in the least 5 years. Are you some kind of mad man?!?!?!

[UK Redsox]

I think we should buy some good players and sell some of our bad ones.

Bob for manager. He could be the new Ads

[brian green]

He is better than Ads.

[IAmTheOneIanOlney]

Winning the cup could be the difference between keeping or losing our better players. Win and we build on that success. Lose and it might be all change.

Definitive stuff, eh.

[Chris Jameson]

I think we should buy some good players and sell some of our bad ones.

Bob for manager. He could be the new Ads

The biggest compliment I could pay him is that I thought he was Darren.

[Eckybloke]

He is better than Ads.

Was Ads all that bad in hindsight?