Summer transfer madness thread

[ozzjim]

Really hope the Snodgrass talk confess to something.  Head and shoulders better than most our squad. 

[PeterWithesShin]

No chance, he's not 30 for another month so we won't sign him for a few more years yet.

[Ads]

We're shifting a lot on and making some decent cash. The biggest indictment is that we won't miss a single one of them.

[pauliewalnuts]

£120m for Coutinho, bargain!

Amazing deal for Liverpool, which will be made instantly less amazing if they spend half of that on virgil van dijk.

Insanity.

[ozzjim]

£120m for Coutinho, bargain!

Amazing deal for Liverpool, which will be made instantly less amazing if they spend half of that on virgil van dijk.

Insanity.

Even worse if they spend even more on the lad at Red Bull Leipzig.

[PeterWithesShin]

It's not just the fee for van Djik but the rumoured 200K a week wages as well. It's been ridiculous for ages but now it's gone to a whole new level.

[brontebilly]

No chance, he's not 30 for another month so we won't sign him for a few more years yet.

Slow enough to fit in well. Ideal man to supply our big man up front too

[ozzjim]

It's not just the fee for van Djik but the rumoured 200K a week wages as well. It's been ridiculous for ages but now it's gone to a whole new level.

There must be 20 centre halves you could buy in Europe tomorrow for under 15 million that are every bit as good as Van Dijk, who makes a lot of mistakes and lacks concentration when I have seen him. To add on that Keita at Leipzig is not really rated that highly by their fans but could cost 80 plus million, the world of mad fees has finally left the planet and gone off to bonkers town. Coutinho is worth, pre the start of this summer, 35 million ish maybe. But does not effect enough games to really justify that. 120 million is just plain stupid. Messi must be worth 500 million on these prices.

[footyskillz]

Speaking of Messi ... I'd like villa to get a savvy loan on creator in chief Patrick Roberts .  Roberts was on loan last season at Celtic very decent and would be just the job for villa. However don't see that happening with Bruce in charge far too traditionally English to have such flair. I find it staggering BB and Hourihane have been pushed on to achieve things as they are flair players  exciting and offer goals threat. BB can get into box and is energetic and Hourihane has magic left foot. Stick him in middle of park and watch him go . Hope they play 2mrw.

Anyway yes Patrick Roberts on loan from man city would be a treat and Lookman from Everton or
Oluwaseyi Ojo from Liverpool this would really help provide goals and creativity

[Clark W Griswold]

I do admire your optimism FS with Bjarnasson and Hourahane but I'm not sure about this goal threat you speak of, they haven't managed one between them yet. Bjarnasson is energetic and gets into the box, we could hire an excitable Labrador to do that, would be as effective on the ball. And watch Hourahane go where, sideways?
I think they're another couple of shit signings in a half decade of shit signings, might be Ok to bring on for more attacking players to see a game out as they'll both get stuck in (to an extent) but that's about it.

[Richard E]

I do admire your optimism FS with Bjarnasson and Hourahane but I'm not sure about this goal threat you speak of, they haven't managed one between them yet. Bjarnasson is energetic and gets into the box, we could hire an excitable Labrador to do that, would be as effective on the ball. And watch Hourahane go where, sideways?
I think they're another couple of [edit] signings in a half decade of [my work computer doesn't like rude words] signings, might be Ok to bring on for more attacking players to see a game out as they'll both get stuck in (to an extent) but that's about it.

Hourihane scored against Bristol City.

[PeterWithe]

I do admire your optimism FS with Bjarnasson and Hourahane but I'm not sure about this goal threat you speak of, they haven't managed one between them yet. Bjarnasson is energetic and gets into the box, we could hire an excitable Labrador to do that, would be as effective on the ball. And watch Hourahane go where, sideways?
I think they're another couple of shit signings in a half decade of shit signings, might be Ok to bring on for more attacking players to see a game out as they'll both get stuck in (to an extent) but that's about it.

I fear you are correct.

[Clark W Griswold]

I do beg his pardon, 1 in 13 plus a few subs appearances. I think if we're going up this season we need better than that though.

[London Villan]

He does need to be playing within 30 yards of the opposition goal to have any chance of scoring.

[andyh]

It seems that in the world of football, £50 million is the new £5 million.