Summer transfer madness thread

[aj2k77]

Well we still have around 35 first team players, waaaaay too many, we need to trim that by something close to 10 players.

Shit, it's not that much, is it?

4 goalkeepers
Bunn
Steer
Johnstone ? Possibly signing within 48 hours
Gollini (On loan forever, we may still be covering a portion of his wages)

11 defenders
Richards
De Laet
Hutton
Bree
Terry
Cissokho
Taylor
Baker
Elphick
Chester
Toner

13 Midfielders
Bacuna
Lansbury
Gardner
Hourihane
Bjarnason
Jedinak
Green
Grealish
Veretout
Gil
Adomah
Lyden
Tshibola

6 Forwards
McCormack
Agbonlahor
Hogan
Kodjia
Hepburn Murphy
Davis
 

[olaftab]

Adomah is no good. He should never be ahead of Grealish or Green for team selection.

[tomd2103]

That squad is way too big.  A squad of 18-20 senior pros backed up by younger players is about right.  Something like:

Johnstone, Steer, Sarkic

De Laet, Bree, Chester, Terry, Baker, Toner, Taylor

Jedinak, Lyden, Bjarnason, Lansbury, Hourihane, Bacuna, Adomah, Green, Grealish,

Kodjia, Hogan, RHM, Davis

Add a new striker and possibly a holding midfielder to the above and that would be enough.

[SoccerHQ]

Likes of Toner and Lyden are miles away from first or team contention and no doubt will be loaned out or sold.

Same for Davis and possibly RHM although more likely loan route for them.

Edit: As for the bleeders dry sorry senior pros well it's a pipe dream trying to shift likes of Richards and Gabby as we've tried that plenty of times.

More likely Elphick will be moved on as don't see him having many opportunities with what we have.

[SirSteveUK]

Apparently,Burnley are willing to pay 2.5M for Whelan - sounds fishy as I'm sure 1M would be enough

[tomd2103]

Likes of Toner and Lyden are miles away from first or team contention and no doubt will be loaned out or sold.

Same for Davis and possibly RHM although more likely loan route for them.

Edit: As for the bleeders dry sorry senior pros well it's a pipe dream trying to shift likes of Richards and Gabby as we've tried that plenty of times.

More likely Elphick will be moved on as don't see him having many opportunities with what we have.

Both Lyden and Toner have already played for the first team, as have Davis and RHM.  Agree that we are lumbered with the likes of Agbonlahor and Richards, but I wouldn't have them near the first team set up though. 

[ozzjim]

Adomah is no good. He should never be ahead of Grealish or Green for team selection.

He has a great habit of finding a final ball. The other 2 need to develop that, until which he is the more productive.

[sid1964]

read that the journalist A Nixon has tweeted that Villa want £1m for Hutton and Wednesday want him on a free transfer, this could be 1 of the outs that Dr Tony is referring too?

[Duncan Shaw]

Adomah is no good. He should never be ahead of Grealish or Green for team selection.

He has a great habit of finding a final ball. The other 2 need to develop that, until which he is the more productive.

He was 2nd to Hourihane in number of assists last season and top the season before that in helping Boro get promoted.  Yet is keeps getting shouted on here that he is no good.  He is clearly very effective at what he is in the team to do at this level, so why would he not be in the team ahead of two promising yet unproven players?

[Clampy]

I think the main floor in Adomah's game is that he's not the quickest and he could weigh in with a few more goals but I thought he did ok overall last season. I definitely wouldn't call him no good.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

I think the main floor in Adomah's game is that he's not the quickest and he could weigh in with a few more goals but I thought he did ok overall last season. I definitely wouldn't call him no good.

He's a very good player at this level but I think the Championship is his ceiling.

[Chris Smith]

I think the main floor in Adomah's game is that he's not the quickest and he could weigh in with a few more goals but I thought he did ok overall last season. I definitely wouldn't call him no good.

He's a very good player at this level but I think the Championship is his ceiling.

I agree; he works hard, creates chances and never shirks responsibility.

[cdbearsfan]

Whoosh.

[mr underhill]

he's an architrave short of a fenestration.

[AVH87]

read that the journalist A Nixon has tweeted that Villa want £1m for Hutton and Wednesday want him on a free transfer, this could be 1 of the outs that Dr Tony is referring too?

I saw that tweet, but I'm very confused by it. We are trying to sell a player for 1million whose contract apparently expired at the end of June?