Summer transfer, gossip and speculation thread

[tomd2103]

Swansea have apparently agreed a fee of £6m with Brentford for Ryan Woods.

That's a shame.  Him instead of Whelan would be great for us.

He would have been an interesting signing, but as it stands we have 4 or 5 players in the squad who can play the position he does.  I honestly think Doyle-Hayes could be a similar type of player to Woods, so it might be better giving him a chance.

[sickbeggar]

yeah the point i'm making is it is the sort of signing i'd welcome if we had an established No.1 who we're looking at for Moriera to challenge them and maybe purchase for future potential. whereas the feeling i get is its someone we're bringing in because we don't fancy our 2 existing 'keepers to be great in the championship  but we can't afford to sign anyone permanently of that quality so we're having a punt.To me that doesn't hint at a fortune in funds because if there was ,you'd just go out and get an established 'keeper or if you really rated the lad you'd pay the not exactly purse bursting fee to purchase an athletico Madrid reserve reserve reserve(?)

[footyskillz]

Here’s a laugh

https://thisisfutbol.com/2018/08/blogs/aston-villa-table-17-8m-bid-for-yerry-mina/

They report the story and then at the end give it a likely of being true rating of 0 out of 10. It is a shame the tabloids don't show similar honesty. ''Here's a fantastic story......but unfortunately it is bullshit".

I hope Woodsie at daily star gets hold of this I'm sure they still print it!

[jwarry]

When you look at this, apart from Stoke and Forest there has not been a lot of activity.  FFP is biting everybody

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/championship/transfers/wettbewerb/GB2/saison_id/2018

[eamonn]

Didn't realise Andy Weimann had gone to Brizzle.

[kipeye]

Swansea have apparently agreed a fee of £6m with Brentford for Ryan Woods.

That's a shame.  Him instead of Whelan would be great for us.

He would have been an interesting signing, but as it stands we have 4 or 5 players in the squad who can play the position he does.  I honestly think Doyle-Hayes could be a similar type of player to Woods, so it might be better giving him a chance.

Of the 'unsung' I think he was the one that impressed me most last season. Think he will be a great player but does look suspiciously like Sidwell who also looked great for a season.

[andyh]

I don’t think we have seen enough of ANY of our promising youngsters to know whether they could make the grade or not, with the exception of Davis.

[olaftab]

We need a big rough tough scary centre half to compliment  Chester and take care of physical stuff.

we got one Elphick

he ticks those boxes but falls down a bit on Football ability

Hmmm I was thinking scary for opposition not us.

[SoccerHQ]

I don’t think we have seen enough of ANY of our promising youngsters to know whether they could make the grade or not, with the exception of Davis.

Green looked good early last season if he can still be classed as a youngster. Got a goal in him aswell which we will need with our present options.

[tomd2103]

I don’t think we have seen enough of ANY of our promising youngsters to know whether they could make the grade or not, with the exception of Davis.

Agree Andy and I think the finger has to be pointed at Bruce for that.  To have gone two seasons in this division and not even had a look at some of the younger players in a league game is not great really.   

[Chris Smith]

I don’t think we have seen enough of ANY of our promising youngsters to know whether they could make the grade or not, with the exception of Davis.

Agree Andy and I think the finger has to be pointed at Bruce for that.  To have gone two seasons in this division and not even had a look at some of the younger players in a league game is not great really.   

I suspect that their failure to impress when given the opportunity in cup games has counted against them. A strong showing would have helped their cause.

[andyh]

I don’t think we have seen enough of ANY of our promising youngsters to know whether they could make the grade or not, with the exception of Davis.

Agree Andy and I think the finger has to be pointed at Bruce for that.  To have gone two seasons in this division and not even had a look at some of the younger players in a league game is not great really.   

I suspect that their failure to impress when given the opportunity in cup games has counted against them. A strong showing would have helped their cause.

There were some very strong performances by one or two in the cup game against  Wigan at the start of last season, Doyle-Hayes in particular.
Never to be seen again !

[mr underhill]

Could be -they were all mainly awful against Boro in the Cup last season at home. What really pisses me off is that two years on from relegation and around £75m spent in trying to get back, we're still at least four players short in key positions.

[old man villa fan]

Could be -they were all mainly awful against Boro in the Cup last season at home. What really pisses me off is that two years on from relegation and around £75m spent in trying to get back, we're still at least four players short in key positions.

Developing young players is not about one or two games and that's it. It is about putting them on the bench and giving them 20 minutes when the time is right and playing alongside regular players, not in a team that has between 5 and 10 changes.

[paul_e]

1 chance in a cup game surrounded by players building up fitness or getting a run out because they're normally on the bench isn't a good way to make those decisions.

They need a run of 4-5 20-30 minute appearances from the bench as the minimum really. Anything less and all your really doing is making them terrified of making a mistake rather than trying to be themselves.  For me Clarke, Doyle-Hayes and Lyden should all be getting 10-15 appearances this season, Green, RHM, O'hare and Davies probably deserve the same and I'd be looking to get time for Taylor, Clark, Suliman and Bazeley-Graham as well.  All of them have shown huge amounts of potential at times and we should be giving them a nudge to keep working hard by giving them a glimpse of the first team.