Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

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Twitter rumours of a medical on Wednesday

For who?

He hasn't said, but there are pictures of Houses up, suggesting Hause is now done.

[Sexual Ealing]

Twitter rumours of a medical on Wednesday

For who?

He hasn't said, but there are pictures of Houses up, suggesting Hause is now done.

Ah, ok. Thanks.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

MON wasn't responsible for the relegation but you can't write him out of the story. He is responsible, however, for missing our biggest chance at doing something big for ages, as we were spending the most money in the league on overpriced, uninspiring signings with zero resale value (for the most part) to play football at least a decade out of date, right down to the lack of squad rotation. That's entirely on him.

Add to that he thought it a personal insult that he should sell the players (most on high wages) that he wasn't using and had no intention of using.

[Confusious says]

Mon also walked out on us a week before season started, very helpful that.

[hilts_coolerking]

If he signed duff players and played outdated tactics we did pretty well to finish 6th those times.

Actually he had some strengths as a manager which got us up there but he also had severe limitations which meant we were never going to go any higher.  I thought that was becoming clearer at least a year before he left.

[Sexual Ealing]

If he signed duff players and played outdated tactics we did pretty well to finish 6th those times.

Actually he had some strengths as a manager which got us up there but he also had severe limitations which meant we were never going to go any higher.  I thought that was becoming clearer at least a year before he left.

That's about right I think. The world had started to move on and he's barely Championship standard now. See the relief in Ireland at Mick McCarthy's samba football having returned!

[Monty]

If he signed duff players and played outdated tactics we did pretty well to finish 6th those times.

Actually he had some strengths as a manager which got us up there but he also had severe limitations which meant we were never going to go any higher.  I thought that was becoming clearer at least a year before he left.

He signed some good players, a lot of rubbish and made up for his tactical limits with genuinely remarkable team motivation. It was nowhere near enough though.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

His name has not been mentioned  for a while and he's not a player I know very well but what opinions are out there regarding Sawyers of Brentford?
As regards MON....FOMON!

[Nastylee]

Championship player imo

[TheMalandro]

Twitter rumours of a medical on Wednesday

For who?

He hasn't said, but there are pictures of Houses up, suggesting Hause is now done.

Is that from Dr Tony?

[The Moose]

😎🐅🧨%£@¥ = q.....👍

[FatSam]

It is bonkers when you consider the wages we were throwing around back then that the only two strikers he spent money on, and we were rigidly playing 442 as well, were Heskey and Harewood.

Exactly, this is something I’ve also always thought - the guy can’t sign strikers. Carew was a swap, and these two were the only others. At Leicester the only strikers of note he bought were Claridge (29), Cottee (32), Collymore (29), whilst he inherited Heskey. At Celtic he bought Sutton (27), Hartson (26), whilst inheriting Larsson. At Sunderland he bought Wickham (18), Fletcher (25), Graham (27) and Saha (34), whilst he inherited Gyan.

[Toronto Villa]

Gregg Evans suggesting we are now after Butland.

[Brassneck]

Gregg Evans suggesting we are now after Butland.

That'll teach Stoke for thinking they could get Chester on the cheap this time last year.

[AsTallAsLions]

Butland... No thanks. Not at the money being reported anyway.

Why we seem so intent on replacing Steer with Kalinic also in reserve is strange to me. We have other priorities surely.