Summer transfer madness thread

[Fred Crump]

There's a lad at the Boggies called Jonathan Leko who is very quick, can beat defenders for fun, but very raw. Tiny really rates him, but maybe a season's loan an outside possibility? Plays wide right I know , but maybe could give an option on left cutting back inside a la Ashley Young. Come to think of it , reminds me of him a bit.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

I seriously doubt they would loan a player to us. And why should we help develop one of their players?

[Fred Crump]

I seriously doubt they would loan a player to us. And why should we help develop one of their players?

Because it could be a win / win. Every other Championship side takes good youngsters on loan from Premier clubs bar us. They would get a talented youngster developed, he could make a difference to us. Look at Chelsea and Izzy Brown last season. As for whether they would loan a player to us, it's the way professional football mangers think , us fans don't react the same way.

[Gareth]

I seriously doubt they would loan a player to us. And why should we help develop one of their players?

Because it could be a win / win. Every other Championship side takes good youngsters on loan from Premier clubs bar us. They would get a talented youngster developed, he could make a difference to us. Look at Chelsea and Izzy Brown last season. As for whether they would loan a player to us, it's the way professional football mangers think , us fans don't react the same way.

Sam Johnstone is on loan from a Premiership team.

[Fred Crump]

Good point - you got me there  ! But a bit different I think because we seem to have wanted to buy him and they wouldn't sell.

[Fred Crump]

I think the general point I was trying to make is that we don't seem to use the loan system as creatively as some sides . I don't have any particular axe to grind over Leko, I just used him as an example because I've seen him play at first hand since he was 10 and know he's a very talented young player.

[tomd2103]

I seriously doubt they would loan a player to us. And why should we help develop one of their players?

Pulis shows symptoms of the 'obsessed with Villa' bug that seems to inflict anyone employed at the clubs in Small Heath and Sandwell, so not sure it would be a possibility anyway.

[Gareth]

Good point - you got me there  ! But a bit different I think because we seem to have wanted to buy him and they wouldn't sell.

:-)

I agree by the way, last summer I was banging on that I wanted to see Solanke on loan, Chelsea in particular are stock piling players and there are definite gems in there, likewise Man City....Leko might be a fine player one day but he plays for a club that doesn't really scores goals either so you'd presume if he has it he'll be nailed on to be in their 18 every week

[passitsideways]

Think the last time we would've done that was Kyle Walker under Houllier, and that loan went very well for all parties. You could argue Bertrand but I think he was pretty much surplus to requirements at Chelsea by then, and wasn't exactly that unproven a youngster.

As long as they're good enough to fill a genuine need in the squad that can't conceivably be filled by existing options, I really don't see why you wouldn't bring in and develop another team's youngster, outside of some misguided sense of pride.

[KRS]

There's a lad at the Boggies called Jonathan Leko who is very quick, can beat defenders for fun, but very raw. Tiny really rates him, but maybe a season's loan an outside possibility? Plays wide right I know , but maybe could give an option on left cutting back inside a la Ashley Young. Come to think of it , reminds me of him a bit.

If it's the kid I'm thinking about then I believe Pulis dropped him from the squad because he developed a bad attitude in the mold of Berahino?

[Fred Crump]

I hadn't heard that but it wouldn't surprise me. Sadly these days for every one 'boring' James Milner there seems to be about 10 Saido Berahinos.

[Matt Collins]

There must be kids at the top premier clubs in particular who could add creativity while jack is out in particular

But the clubs might want assurances on them starting games which could be tricky unless they're genuinely stellar

[tomd2103]

There must be kids at the top premier clubs in particular who could add creativity while jack is out in particular 
But the clubs might want assurances on them starting games which could be tricky unless they're genuinely stellar

We had two of those at the club at the start of the summer in Gil and McCormack.  It points to poor planning and preparation by Bruce if we are left short in that area.   

[Clampy]

There must be kids at the top premier clubs in particular who could add creativity while jack is out in particular 
But the clubs might want assurances on them starting games which could be tricky unless they're genuinely stellar

We had two of those at the club at the start of the summer in Gil and McCormack.  It points to poor planning and preparation by Bruce if we are left short in that area.   

A bit unfair considering Grealish only got injured 3 days ago. As for Gil, he's been out of favour for a while and McCormack is not a Grealish type player anyway. Besides, the window does not close for another month.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

I do agree that we don't seem to use the loan system enough, Johnstone aside. Some of the best players in the Championship last season were on loan from PL clubs.