Summer transfer madness thread

[sirlordbaltimore]

I dunno if he's crap, but he plays in a position we don't need to strengthen.

Bruce has no idea what he's doing.

Let's say we want to play with wing backs (which this lad can)

Can Bree play as a wing back ? I've no idea
Can De Laet play as a wing back ? I've no idea
Can Hutton play as a wing back ? HAHAHAHAHA
Can Richards play as a wing back ? HAHAHAHAHA
Can Bacuna play as a wing back ? HAHAHAHAHA

Just having players on the books that can *in some cases* play at right back it doesn't mean they can play at wing back clearly

[cdbearsfan]

Bar Richards, any of them can play there. At least, you'd hope Bree could play they... or why did he sign him?

The sheer number of available options is a reason why we should be looking to offload players before bringing them in there.

[wittonwarrior]

Bacuna and Richards are not bad wing backs. I would have bacuna in any day over Adoma. He can do one thing adoma cannot manage - cross the ball

[Gareth]

Is it just me who thinks Elmohamady is crap and a really lazy signing?

Me too, feels like a manager doing that thing of re-signing players because they don't rock the boat - it would be a lazy & boring signing - poor mans Kachloul for me

[paul_e]

I dunno if he's crap, but he plays in a position we don't need to strengthen.

Bruce has no idea what he's doing.

Let's say we want to play with wing backs (which this lad can)

Can Bree play as a wing back ? I've no idea
Can De Laet play as a wing back ? I've no idea
Can Hutton play as a wing back ? HAHAHAHAHA
Can Richards play as a wing back ? HAHAHAHAHA
Can Bacuna play as a wing back ? HAHAHAHAHA

Just having players on the books that can *in some cases* play at right back it doesn't mean they can play at wing back clearly

If Elmo was a massive upgrade in quality then maybe get him and worry about clearing people out later but I honestly don't think he is, in which case we need to seel some of the right sided players we have before we buy more.

[paul_e]

Bacuna and Richards are not bad wing backs. I would have bacuna in any day over Adoma. He can do one thing adoma cannot manage - cross the ball

yep, wingers appear right at the top of the assists table 2 years running because of their inability to cross.

[RussellC]

I think Bacuna's crossing flattered to deceive for a few seasons simply because Beneteke was so good in the air. The goal CB scored at White hart Lane springs to mind. The cross was practically behind him, making the header even more impressive. 

[old man villa fan]

I think Bacuna's crossing flattered to deceive for a few seasons simply because Beneteke was so good in the air. The goal CB scored at White hart Lane springs to mind. The cross was practically behind him, making the header even more impressive.

The ball through for Cleverly against Everton was pretty good though.

[LeeB]

Bacuna and Richards are not bad wing backs. I would have bacuna in any day over Adoma. He can do one thing adoma cannot manage - cross the ball

yep, wingers appear right at the top of the assists table 2 years running because of their inability to cross.

Beat me to it.

Was stood next to a bloke at Wigan, nice fella, but he was giving Adomah pelters about his crossing around 30 seconds before he placed an inch perfect ball onto Hogan's head.

[eamonn]

Yeah, but you can be good for five seconds and crap for 92 minutes. Speaking of which, I wonder how Benty is doing, still at Derby I guess. 

[Hairbandinho]

I have a few concerns with Bruce. Is he planning on playing 2 wings backs beacuse its now in vogue after Conte won the league doing it? If so surely he knows we don't have the midfield to allow it to be a tactical plan that will gain promotion.

Why did we sign Bree? Did we sign him as a right back or a wing back? If it's the former...then again we have no overarching tactical plan or style of play in mind. Sign a player to play one way, never play him and then completely change tactics meaning a signing is effectively pointless.

So annoying..

[paul_e]

Yeah, but you can be good for five seconds and crap for 92 minutes. Speaking of which, I wonder how Benty is doing, still at Derby I guess. 

Of course you can, but Adomah put in enough crosses which led to goals or missed sitters that saying he can't cross can only be considered as factually incorrect.  You can argue that he should get in more than he does, or that his delivery isn't as consistent as it should be but those are different arguments.

The simple truth is that Kodjia and Adomah are the 2 attacking players we had last season who were effective, before we talk about dropping/replacing either of them I'd like to see 2-3 other players having an influence with any regularity.

[pauliewalnuts]

Carson was poor before and after the England debacle.  Hart reminds me of Carson every time he faces a free kick.

That's honestly not how I remember it.

I thought he was very good prior to the England mess.

[Damo70]

Carson was poor before and after the England debacle.  Hart reminds me of Carson every time he faces a free kick.

That's honestly not how I remember it.

I thought he was very good prior to the England mess.

I agree. I thought he was doing well for us but never fully recovered from that England game. Even though he was playing well I was surprised to see Steve MacLaren throw him in. I think it was David James who was dropped for him wasn't it?

[Toronto Villa]

Carson was poor before and after the England debacle.  Hart reminds me of Carson every time he faces a free kick.

That's honestly not how I remember it.

I thought he was very good prior to the England mess.

The only thing I recall about Carson's time with us is that every time the opponents had a free kick inside 40yds it was going on.