Summer transfer madness thread

[ASHTONVILLA]

The man is starting to worry me a lot. He seems to have less tactical plan than MON, who I always thought to be the most tactically inflexible buffoon known to man.  Clearly the affable Bruce is trying to wrestle that accolade away.

At least MON had a tactic to not be flexible with, and it was reasonably effective most of the time. Bruce doesn't seem to have any tactics at all, he just pulls 11 names out of hat at random!

[ozzjim]

No that was Tim nice but dim.  Bruce has 4 4 2. Or at least thinks he wants to play 2 strikers because that is how you very promoted from this division. No one had told him his Hull side played a 3 5 1 1 type formation yet.  Worried he might eat them. 

[ASHTONVILLA]

Such a nice bloke, says all the right things and I really want him to do well. Not convinced he will though.

[ozzjim]

Oh genuinely like him.  Which makes it so much harder to watch his team. 

[eamonn]

Anyone know if the Russian is injured or what?

[ozzjim]

He's in a secret meeting with some idiot with a wig in the USA.

[brontebilly]

Rumours of Betis being in for Veretout on loan. Don't loan him Villa. Either keep him and play him or sell for 6m ish and put in a massive % of the next sale to get a bit more. Loaning him is just pointless.

It's all well and good saying play him, he doesn't want to play for us! At least that what I keep seeing reported.

I am starting to develop a Micah Richards sized dislike for Vertout. Decent player that is reported to not want to play for us in the Championship despite being paid silly money to do so. Wont drop wages for a move, and expects us to keep loaning him out until he gets a free transfer when his contract runs down.

We have never done such poor business as bringing in Vertout / Amavi/ Ayew and Traore.

Signed Richards and Lescott in that transfer window too. Disaster!

[Ads]

£38 million from Benteke and Delph and we couldn't sign a forward, winger, central midfielder or centre half worth a damn.

The summer of madness and we lapped the Kool-aid up here in Jonestown.

[1958Villan]

Reports saying Sunderland are interested in McCormack.
I can't see them giving us our £12m back but, give us £4m and Rodwell and I'd be happy, especially if we spent some of the cash replacing MacCormack with Millwalls Lee Gregory.

[ldavfc4eva]

If Sunderland want McCormack then I would want £8million cash, they have only just come down so have plenty of cash, also they will be one of the favourites to go back up so why sell cheaply to a rival if at all.

Wouldn't want Rodwell, too injury prone.

[ozzjim]

Rodwell is just Richards or Jenas all over again.  Don't touch!

[Steve67]

Rodwell will be yet another injury prone poorly coached sap who we will pay over the top wages for. No better than anything we currently have. Then again, it's not like Bruce has any imagination is it?

[olaftab]

There is absolutely no point in signing anymore players and filling the pond of mediocrity to the brim. We need to make a team out of what we have now.

[Ads]

Isn't the Rodwell McCormack swap a made up rumour from a few weeks ago?

[JUAN PABLO]

worrying If Kodja don't play , you can not see where the goals are coming from . Bruce has a great squad to be fair just hasn't a clue how to use them.  He talks such a good game and seems a great bloke but soon as the whistle starts he has a football brain like my girlfriend .