Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

I don't really rate Austin either.
For 15m we could get a decent MF and a LB!

And see how Libor gets on.

[dekko]

I'd be grumbling under my breath if we spent the reported £15m on Austin.

I don't rate him.

I may be being cruel when I say this, but I can't escape the feeling Austin has just had the best season of his career.  I fear he's a journeyman who's had a purple patch and not a late emerging talent.

And I think the same could be true of Chery after 18 good months at the age of 27.

Grant Holt springs to mind

[LeeB]

I'd be grumbling under my breath if we spent the reported £15m on Austin.

I don't rate him.

I may be being cruel when I say this, but I can't escape the feeling Austin has just had the best season of his career.  I fear he's a journeyman who's had a purple patch and not a late emerging talent.

And I think the same could be true of Chery after 18 good months at the age of 27.

Grant Holt springs to mind

Grant Holt plods aimlessly into my mind.

[peter w]

There is absolutely no way on earth that we should be considering loaning players from Everton to give them game time.

Here here!

No way we should be quoting posts that use phrases like 'game time'.

Agreed, rookie mistake.

I was like, so, oh my God.

[footyskillz]

If there is money to spend, I'd use some of to get Sebastian Giovinco

He's on mental money Mr Sox. Very few sides in Europe will offer him what he's on with Toronto. He's a super player and head and shoulders above MLS.

$8.5m per season.

I'm sure there's money to spend, but probably not that many truckloads.

I was at Yankee Stadium earlier to see NYC FC vs. Toronto. Giovinco certainly took his hat-trick well - the third was a quality finish lifted over the keeper - but my MOTM was the centre mid for Toronto, Collen Warner.

He broke things up, made some decisive passes including one for the second goal and was typically in the right place. Cheyrou the Toronto skipper also played well. Toronto deserved to win.

All relative as it is hard to compare the standard versus the PL but a cracking game that finished 4-4.  We sat in the noisy section which was interesting/fun - tho NYC FC fans waving yellow cards after a couple of fouls was a bit sad.

Boiling hot, bright sunshine and a range of (expensive) decent beer to buy without a queue and enjoy in the ground during the game was a really good too. Yankee Stadium is not too shabby either - not quite Villa Park tho 

A really good day that I would recommend to anyone visiting NYC.

I saw it live on sky sports with curbs being rolled out as co commentator. Defending in league is pretty shoddy and I think that's why altidore duped me these many years

[footyskillz]

There is absolutely no way on earth that we should be considering loaning players from Everton to give them game time.

Here here!

No way we should be quoting posts that use phrases like 'game time'.

Agreed, rookie mistake.

I was like, so, oh my God.

Even though its a global game motson the worst for saying overtime !

[pauliewalnuts]

I saw it live on sky sports with curbs being rolled out as co commentator. Defending in league is pretty shoddy and I think that's why altidore duped me these many years

Woaaah!

Have you turned your back on Jozy?

[cdbearsfan]

I don't know what to believe any more.

[Dave]

If there is money to spend, I'd use some of to get Sebastian Giovinco

He's on mental money Mr Sox. Very few sides in Europe will offer him what he's on with Toronto. He's a super player and head and shoulders above MLS.

$8.5m per season.

I'm sure there's money to spend, but probably not that many truckloads.

I was at Yankee Stadium earlier to see NYC FC vs. Toronto. Giovinco certainly took his hat-trick well - the third was a quality finish lifted over the keeper - but my MOTM was the centre mid for Toronto, Collen Warner.

He broke things up, made some decisive passes including one for the second goal and was typically in the right place. Cheyrou the Toronto skipper also played well. Toronto deserved to win.

All relative as it is hard to compare the standard versus the PL but a cracking game that finished 4-4.  We sat in the noisy section which was interesting/fun - tho NYC FC fans waving yellow cards after a couple of fouls was a bit sad.

Boiling hot, bright sunshine and a range of (expensive) decent beer to buy without a queue and enjoy in the ground during the game was a really good too. Yankee Stadium is not too shabby either - not quite Villa Park tho 

A really good day that I would recommend to anyone visiting NYC.

I saw it live on sky sports with curbs being rolled out as co commentator. Defending in league is pretty shoddy and I think that's why altidore duped me these many years

What has MLS defending got to do with what you think about Jozy Altidore? Until this season he last played in MLS in 2008.

[passitsideways]

I'd be grumbling under my breath if we spent the reported £15m on Austin.

I don't rate him.

I may be being cruel when I say this, but I can't escape the feeling Austin has just had the best season of his career.  I fear he's a journeyman who's had a purple patch and not a late emerging talent.

And I think the same could be true of Chery after 18 good months at the age of 27.

The thing is that Austin's been banging in the goals every season he's played for about half a decade now. I get that only one of them have been in the Premier League, but it still doesn't really fit the journeyman profile I think of. That being said, I would agree that this is probably going to be his best season - I'd expect something like 11-14 goals a season in the PL rather than 18 going forward. It probably depends on what the next club he goes to wants him to do - I've never gotten the impression watching him that he's suited to playing up front on his own.

Chery is obviously a gamble, but at least he has the goalscoring record in the first place, unlike, say, Tonev.

[Risso]

I'd be grumbling under my breath if we spent the reported £15m on Austin.

I don't rate him.

I may be being cruel when I say this, but I can't escape the feeling Austin has just had the best season of his career.  I fear he's a journeyman who's had a purple patch and not a late emerging talent.

And I think the same could be true of Chery after 18 good months at the age of 27.

The thing is that Austin's been banging in the goals every season he's played for about half a decade now. I get that only one of them have been in the Premier League, but it still doesn't really fit the journeyman profile I think of. That being said, I would agree that this is probably going to be his best season - I'd expect something like 11-14 goals a season in the PL rather than 18 going forward. It probably depends on what the next club he goes to wants him to do - I've never gotten the impression watching him that he's suited to playing up front on his own.

Couldn't you say the same for Grant Holt and Ricky Lambert though?

[villadelph]

Moyes bidding £6m for Joel Campbell. If Benteke is off, that is a player I would be looking at for the price.

[passitsideways]

I'd be grumbling under my breath if we spent the reported £15m on Austin.

I don't rate him.

I may be being cruel when I say this, but I can't escape the feeling Austin has just had the best season of his career.  I fear he's a journeyman who's had a purple patch and not a late emerging talent.

And I think the same could be true of Chery after 18 good months at the age of 27.

The thing is that Austin's been banging in the goals every season he's played for about half a decade now. I get that only one of them have been in the Premier League, but it still doesn't really fit the journeyman profile I think of. That being said, I would agree that this is probably going to be his best season - I'd expect something like 11-14 goals a season in the PL rather than 18 going forward. It probably depends on what the next club he goes to wants him to do - I've never gotten the impression watching him that he's suited to playing up front on his own.

Couldn't you say the same for Grant Holt and Ricky Lambert though?

I guess to a degree. But their situations are obviously a little different compared to 26 year old Austin's, right? Lambert had his first EPL seasons at 30 and 31, where he did very well for a Southampton team superior to us. Who knows if he would've fallen off the cliff at age 32, but I daresay that he may have managed another good season if he had stayed at Southampton. Likewise, Holt was 30 when he came to the EPL, and got dumped at the age of 32, loan spell aside.

I suppose my point is that I'm happy to count on goalscorers with extended scoring records across different levels of English football maintaining their record, so long as at least one of those seasons were in the EPL, particularly when they have time on their side. That's different to me actually wanting Austin for the price quoted, because I'm not sure he'll do that well with the way I expect us to play.

[Clampy]

Moyes bidding £6m for Joel Campbell. If Benteke is off, that is a player I would be looking at for the price.

I'd bring him in anyway if possible and get what we can for N'Zogbia.

[Legion]

A packet of Monster Munch would do for me.