Summer 2016: Transfer rumours and suggestions

[SoccerHQ]

Not making the play offs will be a failure now surely.

Dr Tony will certainly see it that way given what he's invested so far. I don't see RDM surviving not making the top 6.

Unlike our punts last summer, we have signed 5 players who were key parts of promotion winning teams from this division.

Top 2 is more difficult...need a lot more consistency for that which I'm not sure we're capable of yet.

Still aim has to be in the top 6 at xmas and then really push on second half of the season.

As Chelt says we will be busy again in January I'm sure.

[ChicagoLion]

This window looks like the classic, buy the best players in the Division that are available.
A lot of credit to the owner and management for over turning the squad so quickly, I will not be happy though until I have seen the wankers that are still here out of the door.
No idea if this set up is good enough to get promotion as it will take time to mould a team but at least we have a chance now.
Still think we will fall short but maybe a play off position.
Need some better luck with injuries as well.

[Ads]

We need a couple of wins to bind the squad together now.

These two.home games are massive. Forest in particular are on their arse after Burke left with Assombalonga et al massively unhappy about it.

Be nice to get a good win and then back that up against Brentford.

[Toronto Villa]

Very much so Ads. It's critical that we get a solid couple of wins under our belt now. Take full advantage of those first half chances and most sides won't be able to come back. No excuses now.

[curiousorange]

I don't imagine they'll all play at the same time, but it would be quite something to see which defence can resist Kodjia, McCormack, Grealish, Ayew and Adomah.

[JJ-AV]

Not getting promotion would be failure. We've an embarrassment of riches at this level.

A Champions League winning manager, 3/4s of a promotion winning back four and three 20 goal strikers.

And that's without considering the pedigree of Jedinak, Ayew, Adomah.

[PaulWinch again]

Yep we need to start winning games now. Dr Tony has put up the money when some doubted him and now it's up to the team to justify that heavy investment.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

We need a couple of wins to bind the squad together now.

These two.home games are massive. Forest in particular are on their arse after Burke left with Assombalonga et al massively unhappy about it.

Be nice to get a good win and then back that up against Brentford.

I expect nothing less.

6 points in the bag, confidence flowing, players hardworking, fans cheering and ready to face the Barcodes.

[Villafirst]

Crazy that a club like Leicester can now spend £27m on Slimani. They were a nothing club 5 years ago. Just shows how far Lerner dragged us down. I only wish Dr Xia had bought the club 2 or 3 years ago. At least we haven't had a boring window experienced under Lerner for too many years!

[VinnieChase84]

Imagine the backing when we are back in the prem!

[supertom]

Yep we need to start winning games now. Dr Tony has put up the money when some doubted him and now it's up to the team to justify that heavy investment.

It'll be tough to get these players gelling quickly, in unison with trying to eradicate that stench of defeatism that's come from the club for the last 4 years. Last season was just horrific. We've flushed a large proportion of those players away now but it's almost like the ground is stained, there's still a fog over the club that needs lifting. I'm kind of glad we've got a little break before the Forest game in order to work on the training ground and get the new boys properly integrated.
We've got three winnable games coming up. The home games in particular are very important. We've got to make VP intimidating.

We've got to be a lot more ruthless when we're on the front foot too. We should have won the last three games comfortably, but we only picked up 2 points.

[john e]

Crazy that a club like Leicester can now spend £27m on Slimani. They were a nothing club 5 years ago. Just shows how far Lerner dragged us down. I only wish Dr Xia had bought the club 2 or 3 years ago. At least we haven't had a boring window experienced under Lerner for too many years!

You only have to compare the squads of Villa and Crystal Palace to see the difference between a prem club and one that's just been relegated
we've got to get back quickly or it will just get wider

[Le Lapin]

Lerner was part of the problem for us alright. But our biggest problem was when Lerner did fork out, Paddy Reilly had identified a wrong type of character for us. Cumulative seasons of different managers and Paddy Reilly signings added to the likes of Gabby etc done us in. God knows how this season is going to pan out....

[supertom]

Crazy that a club like Leicester can now spend £27m on Slimani. They were a nothing club 5 years ago. Just shows how far Lerner dragged us down. I only wish Dr Xia had bought the club 2 or 3 years ago. At least we haven't had a boring window experienced under Lerner for too many years!

You only have to compare the squads of Villa and Crystal Palace to see the difference between a prem club and one that's just been relegated
we've got to get back quickly or it will just get wider

Our squad right now too, looks better than it has since Downing and Young buggered off for me and yet this is a squad well primed for the championship. I think that says a lot about the state of our squad between TSM1 and Sherwood/Garde. A couple of players dragged us over the line for 4 years. When they left we were fucked.

[ozzjim]

We are still and injury away from struggling in the centre of defence and midfield. A loan in those 2 areas would have been ideal, but beyond that we are pretty well set.