Summer 2016: Transfer rumours and suggestions

[Dave]

We had too many foreign prospects like Gana and Vertout last year. This season I'd prefer we stick to players like Jedinak.

An Aussie

I never said he was British. What I meant was players that are more of a known quantity regards English football. I love the excitement of a signing from a foreign league as much as the next person, but we have to rebuild in a lot of positions and need players that can hit the ground running in the key positions. Elphick, and McCormack type signings. Jedinak has captained Crystal Palace out of this division and done pretty well since getting into the Premier League also. Better him in central midfield than an €18m punt on a 19 year old that has been playing in Serie A.

Isn't that the sort of view that leads to a club signing Grant Holt (off the back of 15 Premier League goals don't forget) rather than Benteke, or sticking with Andy King over "one season outside lower league French football's" N'Golo Kante?

Out of curiosity, do you think (and I'm not saying that you shouldn't if you do) that we should be playing Bunn or Steer over Gollini? They're both older and both have extensive experience of the league that we're playing in. It's a key position and we want them to hit the ground running, so surely Gollini should be third in line?

[Rudy65]

We had too many foreign prospects like Gana and Vertout last year. This season I'd prefer we stick to players like Jedinak.

An Aussie

I never said he was British. What I meant was players that are more of a known quantity regards English football. I love the excitement of a signing from a foreign league as much as the next person, but we have to rebuild in a lot of positions and need players that can hit the ground running in the key positions. Elphick, and McCormack type signings. Jedinak has captained Crystal Palace out of this division and done pretty well since getting into the Premier League also. Better him in central midfield than an €18m punt on a 19 year old that has been playing in Serie A.

Isn't that the sort of view that leads to a club signing Grant Holt (off the back of 15 Premier League goals don't forget) rather than Benteke, or sticking with Andy King over "one season outside lower league French football's" N'Golo Kante?

Out of curiosity, do you think (and I'm not saying that you shouldn't if you do) that we should be playing Bunn or Steer over Gollini? They're both older and both have extensive experience of the league that we're playing in. It's a key position and we want them to hit the ground running, so surely Gollini should be third in line?

I think Ashton means we want to sign some expereince at championship level and include a msaller mixture of foreign players compared to last year. i agree

[Rudy65]

A few days ago Rafael van der Vaart was mentioned as potentially our meltdown signing. He's just become FC Midtjylland's meltdown signing.

He is past it. Glad we missed out

[Dave]

We had too many foreign prospects like Gana and Vertout last year. This season I'd prefer we stick to players like Jedinak.

An Aussie

I never said he was British. What I meant was players that are more of a known quantity regards English football. I love the excitement of a signing from a foreign league as much as the next person, but we have to rebuild in a lot of positions and need players that can hit the ground running in the key positions. Elphick, and McCormack type signings. Jedinak has captained Crystal Palace out of this division and done pretty well since getting into the Premier League also. Better him in central midfield than an €18m punt on a 19 year old that has been playing in Serie A.

Isn't that the sort of view that leads to a club signing Grant Holt (off the back of 15 Premier League goals don't forget) rather than Benteke, or sticking with Andy King over "one season outside lower league French football's" N'Golo Kante?

Out of curiosity, do you think (and I'm not saying that you shouldn't if you do) that we should be playing Bunn or Steer over Gollini? They're both older and both have extensive experience of the league that we're playing in. It's a key position and we want them to hit the ground running, so surely Gollini should be third in line?

I think Ashton means we want to sign some expereince at championship level and include a msaller mixture of foreign players compared to last year. i agree

So far, we've signed four players - two from Championship clubs, one who spend the last few years of his career in the Championship and captaining his team to the title, and one from that weird "abroad" place where they play a difference type of football to the type that we need in order to beat Rotherham.

So I think that if there is a very good player from abroad, who we want to sign and wants to join us (not that this chap does, it would appear) it might be better to not panic just because he's spent the last five years being not good quite enough to play at a higher level than the Championship.

[phantom limb]

I think one of the most important signings we could make is a good sports psychologist. Some of these players have ability but are absolutely devoid of self belief and confidence, and don't seem to be able to cope with even the slightest setback during a game. They just completely go to pieces.

[Ads]

We've sacrificed the midfield in two games. Desperately need somebody in there to shield the back four.

Obvious as the nose on your face that we need a centre half and a right back to help Elphick out.

[SoccerHQ]

First two games have shown we've down nowhere near enough business and very naive by the management to think some of the mainstays of last year would magically turn into world beaters.

I'm not on about the ones RDM is wanting rid of...but rather the ones he rates....Hutton, Bacuna and Westwood. Richards potentially aswell.

[ozzjim]

Desperate for 2 really decent hard strong midfielders.

[SoccerHQ]

Jedinak is a must.

If we're seemingly bidding 12m for 19 year old midfielders from Seria A we can stretch to 3-4m for him.

[ozzjim]

Jedinak, Chester... someone like Barry would be great.  The difference in mentality with Elphick at the weekend was massive. We need much much more of it.

[cdbearsfan]

The defence will be better with Elphick in it. The attack might be fine when McCormack is up to speed.

We desperately need reinforcements in midfield though. Westwood is nowhere near good enough and Gardner had me pining for him tonight. Tshibola wasn't too bad, in fairness.

[pauliewalnuts]

I think we have a nucleus of players who really must never play for us again.

[Ads]

It's unbelievable the difference Elphick made on the weekend.

Everybody knows it and has been saying it, but I'll echo it; we need leaders in the midfield.

[Richard E]

I think we have a nucleus of players who really must never play for us again.

Just the 18 or so of them.

[MonsXI]

Tony get the chequebook open and get us players with desire and fight.