Summer 2016: Transfer rumours and suggestions

[mr underhill]

the geezer from The Sun still thinks we are in for Kodjia for £10m. Bristol holding out for £13m

[Ron Manager]

the geezer from The Sun still thinks we are in for Kodjia for £10m. Bristol holding out for £13m

Surely Xia can afford 13mil. After all he stated that he was going to provide the new manager with funds of between 20-50 mil when he bought the club.

[pauliewalnuts]

the geezer from The Sun still thinks we are in for Kodjia for £10m. Bristol holding out for £13m

Surely Xia can afford 13mil. After all he stated that he was going to provide the new manager with funds of between 20-50 mil when he bought the club.

It's not just about that, though.

THe amount of  money we have to spend will be finite, there won't be a never ending bucket of it. There will have to be a limit as to how much we will pay for a player.

[mr underhill]

£13m for Kodjia would be crazy after one season in the division. Having said that, if he goes anywhere ,I can  see the fee easily being £8m plus

[Toronto Villa]

I'm glad we are not just panicking and rushing into deals. RDM seems to know what he wants and Xia is backing his judgement. This isn't Lerner and Sherwood. It seems better thought out and we should be patient as he evaluates his needs and plans for the season properly. This is a long campaign and much will change over the next few months. It's very much for about having a stable base, gathering momentum and finishing strong.

[pauliewalnuts]

Well, I'd be gladder if the squad looked more capable than it currently does.

[mr underhill]

we need a striker as an absolute prerequisite. Dobbin is not up to the job.

[Toronto Villa]

Up front is a complete disaster.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I'm starting to suspect most of our new signings will be players on loan.

[Villafirst]

I'm starting to suspect most of our new signings will be players on loan.

Agree, I don't think any decent funds are available.

[oldtimernow]

we need a striker as an absolute prerequisite. Dobbin is not up to the job.

That's unfair on Dobbin the horse who may have once broken into a gallop, Lumpoflead never seems to break sweat

[PaulWinch again]

Clearly the defence had a meltdown today, but that's as much down the the midfield cover as anything. The
biggest concern is the lack of a suitable forward line.

[SoccerHQ]

the geezer from The Sun still thinks we are in for Kodjia for £10m. Bristol holding out for £13m

Surely Xia can afford 13mil. After all he stated that he was going to provide the new manager with funds of between 20-50 mil when he bought the club.

It's not just about that, though.

THe amount of  money we have to spend will be finite, there won't be a never ending bucket of it. There will have to be a limit as to how much we will pay for a player.

Sell some more players than and balance the books that way like any sensible club would.

Have to say I'm amazed we seem to be rejecting 4-5m bids for likes of Clark, Westwood and Sinclair.

[curiousorange]

From what I saw today, we need somebody who holds the ball up as well as being an instinctive finisher. I wouldn't trust anyone we have to score more than a handful this season. I don't know what Ayew is being told to do, but he plays so far from the area we need him in that Di Matteo can't be relying on him to lead the line.

[ciggiesnbeer]

I'm glad we are not just panicking and rushing into deals. RDM seems to know what he wants and Xia is backing his judgement. This isn't Lerner and Sherwood. It seems better thought out and we should be patient as he evaluates his needs and plans for the season properly. This is a long campaign and much will change over the next few months. It's very much for about having a stable base, gathering momentum and finishing strong.

Not sure mate. The January window of shame (I boo you Hollis & Lerner) was the leadership of the club thinking they were being prudent. In fact they were just being cheap and doomed us to relegataion and now this set of players in the Championship.

Tony is about to make the same mistake. We do not have a stable base. We have a poor squad particularly midfield and up front.

Radical change & panic is needed not stability. IMHO.