Summer transfer madness thread

[RussellC]

The squad should be good enough

yes  that squad should get us promoted . Just hope SB knows how to set the players up as he had no idea last season.

This is what worries me. Bruce needs to know the system/s that he wants to play, based on the personnel that he has / wants to sign, and have the conviction to play that way, in training and in matches.

Last season, he was reactive at the first sign of teething problems. If he really wants to play  a back 3 then go for it, but make sure you're targeting players who are comfortable in that system, and then use pre-season for them to perfect it. When talks about "experimenting with a back 3 in pre-season" it makes me think that he's no nearer to knowing his best shape / starting XI than he was when he joined.

[RussellC]

That squad is not good enough, no goals other than Kodija.
It still looks like a bunch of misfits and with a manager that has a very limited method.
When does the clear out begin?

Have to disagree with this. There are goals in the squad, as long as Bruce uses the players effectively. Hogan, McCormack, Hourihane, Lansbury are all proven goalscorers at this level. Terry is a proven scorer from set-pieces. Adomah and Hourihane are prolific providers of chances. Grealish and Green are more than capable of doing the same.

The squad is good enough to get promoted. As long as it's coached and managed properly.

[DBTW]

The Good Doctor has hinted on Twitter that we don't need to worry about the GK situation. Hopefully that'll mean a permanent deal for Johnstone is close.

It's Peter Bonetti.

Phil Parkes, 6`4 and a quarter.

With a wonderful seventies porn star look.

And born in Sedgley.... (also I don't want to kick off another scrap but I think Joe Corrigan was 6'4 and trumped all for height). 

And still owes me a lot of beer, round shirker

[Nelly]

We could do with a younger Jedinak. Someone who will allow Hourihane and Lansbury to play further up the pitch. I like Jedinak a lot but fitness and age are question marks over him.

[Clark W Griswold]

That squad is not good enough, no goals other than Kodija.
It still looks like a bunch of misfits and with a manager that has a very limited method.
When does the clear out begin?

Have to disagree with this. There are goals in the squad, as long as Bruce uses the players effectively. Hogan, McCormack, Hourihane, Lansbury are all proven goalscorers at this level. Terry is a proven scorer from set-pieces. Adomah and Hourihane are prolific providers of chances. Grealish and Green are more than capable of doing the same.

The squad is good enough to get promoted. As long as it's coached and managed properly.

Yes, the goals will come if the football starts flowing, which brings us back to the formation / playing style being the issue that needs resolving. I'd like to see our Jack used in a 'Teddy Sheringham' role, I think he could be well suited. He's not fast enough and doesn't get to the by line enough to be a winger and he doesn't compete enough to be in midfield but in a more advanced central role just behind a main striker he could be effective. That said I'd still start the season with Kodjia and Hogan.

[Damo70]

That squad is not good enough, no goals other than Kodija.
It still looks like a bunch of misfits and with a manager that has a very limited method.
When does the clear out begin?

Have to disagree with this. There are goals in the squad, as long as Bruce uses the players effectively. Hogan, McCormack, Hourihane, Lansbury are all proven goalscorers at this level. Terry is a proven scorer from set-pieces. Adomah and Hourihane are prolific providers of chances. Grealish and Green are more than capable of doing the same.

The squad is good enough to get promoted. As long as it's coached and managed properly.

Yes, the goals will come if the football starts flowing, which brings us back to the formation / playing style being the issue that needs resolving. I'd like to see our Jack used in a 'Teddy Sheringham' role, I think he could be well suited. He's not fast enough and doesn't get to the by line enough to be a winger and he doesn't compete enough to be in midfield but in a more advanced central role just behind a main striker he could be effective. That said I'd still start the season with Kodjia and Hogan.

Certainly at this level I think Grealish could do some damage in a free role. The way Alan Ball got the best out of Le Tissier.

[ChicagoLion]

So how many did Hogan Landsbury fat Mack Hourihane score for us last  season?
Maybe it is the way they have been played and that problem has not been resolved either.

[Clampy]

So how many did Hogan Landsbury fat Mack Hourihane score for us last  season?
Maybe it is the way they have been played and that problem has not been resolved either.

They didn't score enough and they all need to weigh in. We missed chances last season to have put more games to bed.

[Chico Hamilton III]

The Good Doctor has hinted on Twitter that we don't need to worry about the GK situation. Hopefully that'll mean a permanent deal for Johnstone is close.

It's Peter Bonetti.

Phil Parkes, 6`4 and a quarter.

With a wonderful seventies porn star look.

And born in Sedgley.... (also I don't want to kick off another scrap but I think Joe Corrigan was 6'4 and trumped all for height). 

And still owes me a lot of beer, round shirker

Paul Cooper, short-arsed Brierley Hillbilly penalty specialist

[PeterWithesShin]

We have more than enough goals in our squad, the question is whether Bruce can get the best out of them. Just about any side in the division would cream themselves to have Kod, Hogan, Fatgate, Jack, Albert, Hotlips and Angela in their squad.

[garyshawsknee]

We have enough creativity and goals in the squad, SB needs to dramatically improve on what he told them to do last season. Getting the whole team to move up ten yards may be an improvement on last season, hopefully Terry can see this if Bruce doesn't.

[Damo70]

The Good Doctor has hinted on Twitter that we don't need to worry about the GK situation. Hopefully that'll mean a permanent deal for Johnstone is close.

It's Peter Bonetti.

Phil Parkes, 6`4 and a quarter.

With a wonderful seventies porn star look.

And born in Sedgley.... (also I don't want to kick off another scrap but I think Joe Corrigan was 6'4 and trumped all for height). 

And still owes me a lot of beer, round shirker

Paul Cooper, short-arsed Brierley Hillbilly penalty specialist

He was at Small Heath before his Ipswich years.

[stuart r]

The Good Doctor has hinted on Twitter that we don't need to worry about the GK situation. Hopefully that'll mean a permanent deal for Johnstone is close.

It's Peter Bonetti.

Phil Parkes, 6`4 and a quarter.

With a wonderful seventies porn star look.

And born in Sedgley.... (also I don't want to kick off another scrap but I think Joe Corrigan was 6'4 and trumped all for height). 

And still owes me a lot of beer, round shirker

Paul Cooper, short-arsed Brierley Hillbilly penalty specialist

The Wolves version of Phil Parkes was born in West Brom. Hadn't realised until this thread but the Black Country provided more than its fair share of good but not great goalkeepers in the 70s.

[manic-road]

The Good Doctor has hinted on Twitter that we don't need to worry about the GK situation. Hopefully that'll mean a permanent deal for Johnstone is close.

It's Peter Bonetti.

Phil Parkes, 6`4 and a quarter.

With a wonderful seventies porn star look.

And born in Sedgley.... (also I don't want to kick off another scrap but I think Joe Corrigan was 6'4 and trumped all for height). 

And still owes me a lot of beer, round shirker

Paul Cooper, short-arsed Brierley Hillbilly penalty specialist

He was at Small Heath before his Ipswich years.

Paul Cooper played for Sutton Coldfield FC as well.

[tomd2103]

Afobe being linked with a move back to Wolves in some papers today.  Would be a decent signing for us.