Summer transfer, gossip and speculation thread

[mrfuse]

No real cover in defence. I found it baffling why Bruce didn't get a decent CB in.

He would have done had Aberdeen not knocked us back. The real problem was the timing, why wait ‘til the last day/hours to make a bid.

As with Abraham, who said yesterday Bruce told him he wanted him ages ago but we didn't actually sign him until 4.57pm yesterday according to local media. Things take time.

Was the French lad our first choice for CB ? we have no idea how long that had been going on.

Maybe someone else was, and that fell through unexpectedly. We just don't know.

I don't think any club just gets to noon on deadline day and thinks 'oh lets try and get him' without having worked on it, or the first/second choice deals for a good while first

Things taking time is no real excuse though when we are desperately in dire need of a CB.

I understand deals fall through and you have to wait for other deals to go through, but surely it should have been a priority the minute we knew Terry was gone. You would have thought that we would have gone after 5 or 6 different options.

If Chester gets injured we are stuffed.

[sirlordbaltimore]

I've literally no idea if we did go for 5/6 options

[mrfuse]

I've literally no idea if we did go for 5/6 options

Well obviously we didn't otherwise we would have had one.

To be honest the number doesn't really matter, we just didn't get one and their should be no excuses for that.

[paul_e]

I've literally no idea if we did go for 5/6 options

Well obviously we didn't otherwise we would have had one.

To be honest the number doesn't really matter, we just didn't get one and their should be no excuses for that.

Give him time, he'll come up with one, he's got more than Bruce.

[Malandro]

So, Bruce could've bought McKenna, according to the Aberdeen manager.

Idiot.

[Clampy]

So, Bruce could've bought McKenna, according to the Aberdeen manager.

Idiot.

They turned down our bid because one, it wasn't enough and two, they wouldn't have got time to get a replacement.

[Malandro]

So, Bruce could've bought McKenna, according to the Aberdeen manager.

Idiot.

They turned down our bid because one, it wasn't enough and two, they wouldn't have got time to get a replacement.

Bruce was given that advice a week before the deadline.

[Clampy]

No real cover in defence. I found it baffling why Bruce didn't get a decent CB in.

He would have done had Aberdeen not knocked us back. The real problem was the timing, why wait ‘til the last day/hours to make a bid.

As with Abraham, who said yesterday Bruce told him he wanted him ages ago but we didn't actually sign him until 4.57pm yesterday according to local media. Things take time.

Was the French lad our first choice for CB ? we have no idea how long that had been going on.

Maybe someone else was, and that fell through unexpectedly. We just don't know.

I don't think any club just gets to noon on deadline day and thinks 'oh lets try and get him' without having worked on it, or the first/second choice deals for a good while first

Things taking time is no real excuse though when we are desperately in dire need of a CB.

I understand deals fall through and you have to wait for other deals to go through, but surely it should have been a priority the minute we knew Terry was gone. You would have thought that we would have gone after 5 or 6 different options.

If Chester gets injured we are stuffed.

The problem was we wasn't really in a position to do anything when Terry left but that said, Elphick should not have gone until we definately had someone in.

[Clampy]

So, Bruce could've bought McKenna, according to the Aberdeen manager.

Idiot.

They turned down our bid because one, it wasn't enough and two, they wouldn't have got time to get a replacement.

Bruce was given that advice a week before the deadline.

Yeah I know, just posting what I  read. He has made a right mess of it defensively.

[Malandro]

So, Bruce could've bought McKenna, according to the Aberdeen manager.

Idiot.

They turned down our bid because one, it wasn't enough and two, they wouldn't have got time to get a replacement.

Bruce was given that advice a week before the deadline.

Yeah I know, just posting what I  read. He has made a right mess of it defensively.

It's beyond comprehension.

Play defenders in their correct position.

[mr underhill]

Totally agree - and completely bonkers to bid for both McKenna and Moukoudi so late. Interestingly, Moukoudi was a sub on Friday.

[tomd2103]

 

Totally agree - and completely bonkers to bid for both McKenna and Moukoudi so late. Interestingly, Moukoudi was a sub on Friday.

We were linked with Chris Mepham from Brentford earlier in the window.  I've seen him play a couple of times for Wales and for Brentford the other week and think he would have been a good signing.  Right footed, but like Terry, can play on the left side and came through the ranks at Chelsea.

[mr underhill]

we were linked with loads of people once we got out of jail - but they didn't appear other than Axel who has probably had his confidence destroyed for life

[OCD]

Should raise the Terry discussion again.

[Des Little]

Totally agree - and completely bonkers to bid for both McKenna and Moukoudi so late. Interestingly, Moukoudi was a sub on Friday.

We were linked with Chris Mepham from Brentford earlier in the window.  I've seen him play a couple of times for Wales and for Brentford the other week and think he would have been a good signing.  Right footed, but like Terry, can play on the left side and came through the ranks at Chelsea.

To be fair, Phil Mepham would have been an improvement in that defence yesterday.