Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[pauliewalnuts]

Biggest issue with Baker is as soon as he has a run of form his glass legs fail him. It's a shame as I think he was one of the most improved player last season. He is a big guy and the pressure on the body with blocks and tackles certainly takes its toll on CH players.

Agree. I feel sorry for him.

[Damo70]

The French Connection continues . Today we are linked with Stade Rennais forward Paul Georges Ntep for £10m. Popeye Doyle next up.

Maybe we could come up with a song for him to the tune of Hanson's Mmmbop.

[paul_e]

Biggest issue with Baker is as soon as he has a run of form his glass legs fail him. It's a shame as I think he was one of the most improved player last season. He is a big guy and the pressure on the body with blocks and tackles certainly takes its toll on CH players.

Agree. I feel sorry for him.

Me too but if he's picking up injuries like this at his age i's just going to get worse as he gets older.  I've got nothing against him but he'd be the first one I'd look to move on (followed by Senderos, I'd keep the other 3) because in defence you need some consistency in selection and I don't think we'll ever be able to confidently predict him last 20-25 games on the bounce.

[pauliewalnuts]

That's why I feel sorry for him ^^^

[RussellC]

I suppose if somebody's offering money for Baker it would make some sense to move him on and keep Senderos for another season, who's going to be much harder to shift.

[jwarry]

Ntep looks useful.  A forward line of Ntep, Ayew and a centre forward might just make this season exciting

[RussellC]

Ntep looks useful.  A forward line of Ntep, Ayew and a centre forward might just make this season exciting

Yep - I appreciate I'm basing this on a YouTube compilation but he does indeed. Would certainly represent better value than Townsend if true, although according to various French journalists on Twitter he's injured until October and reluctant to leave before the Euros as he's just broken into the French squad.

[Toronto Villa]

What's very useful about Baker is that he's a solid left sided CB. And those are hard to find at PL level. We've all seen how even a seasoned professional like Vlaar is essentially a far inferior player when he was asked to play that side of the pairing. His injuries are certainly very unfortunate because he came on leaps and bounds last season. It's why we might perservere with him and why I think there is no chance Clark would be sold. A better, more assured and slightly healthier version of Baker.

[myf]

I'd like some tested premiership players, at least a striker. After our finish last season it was clear we needed to bring in several quality players. In the meantime we've lost our two best players and brought in 3 untested and expensive ones. 

Still a fortnight to go but we should have done our business much earlier given our weak position. It was obvious benteke was off.

The squad is weak and injury prone. What we've done so far doesn't fill me with any confidence

[saunders_heroes]

I think another centre half is a must this summer. The thought of going into next season relying on Clark, Okore (who is already injured) Senderos and Baker makes me shudder.

[cdbearsfan]

Richards is playing centre-half.

We have five centre-halves which is enough.

[Clampy]

I'd like some tested premiership players, at least a striker. After our finish last season it was clear we needed to bring in several quality players. In the meantime we've lost our two best players and brought in 3 untested and expensive ones. 

Still a fortnight to go but we should have done our business much earlier given our weak position. It was obvious benteke was off.

The squad is weak and injury prone. What we've done so far doesn't fill me with any confidence

You say we should have done our business earlier, but it's not even the end of July and we've brought in 5 players, 6 including the likely arrival of Ayew, with the probability of a few more and the transfer window doesn't shut for another month.

[saunders_heroes]

Richards is playing centre-half.

We have five centre-halves which is enough.

Yes, the injury prone Richards. Besides the other players I mentioned hardly fill me with confidence what with their ongoing habit of screwing up on the pitch.

[Steve R]

Any bets on which geographical feature O'Reilly will finally manage to cross first? The English Channel, The Ardennes, The Rhine, The Alps or the Pyrenees?

[Holte L2]

Richards is playing centre-half.

We have five centre-halves which is enough.

Yes, the injury prone Richards. Besides the other players I mentioned hardly fill me with confidence what with their ongoing habit of screwing up on the pitch.

Richards doesnt convince me at centre half. I think he would be excellent at right back, therefore I would like to see us sign another centre half.