Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[Lastfootstamper]

He'll be thirty this autumn, and he's yet to notch up 200 appearances, never mind goals, in the top two divisions. Horses for courses, and his isn't Epsom.

[Toronto Villa]

He always looks so sullen, does Marcus. I'd rather more smilers.

I’ll see your Bacuna and raise you a...

[Damo70]

Gayle is very good in division 2, and average in the top flight mixed in with the occasional venture into looking good and more regular visits to looking crap.

Div 2: 59 goals in 100 games
Div 1: 21 goals in 99 games

Division 2? Have you been in a coma for the last few years? Do you still call the charts 'the hit parade' and call a nightclub a discotheque? 

[Toronto Villa]

Gayle is very good in division 2, and average in the top flight mixed in with the occasional venture into looking good and more regular visits to looking crap.

Div 2: 59 goals in 100 games
Div 1: 21 goals in 99 games

Division 2? Have you been in a coma for the last few years? Do you still call the charts 'the hit parade' and call a nightclub a discotheque? 

Erm...we haven’t told him he woke up in 2019 yet. He still thinks Milli Vanilli sang their songs.

[Sexual Ealing]

Gayle is very good in division 2, and average in the top flight mixed in with the occasional venture into looking good and more regular visits to looking crap.

Div 2: 59 goals in 100 games
Div 1: 21 goals in 99 games

Division 2? Have you been in a coma for the last few years? Do you still call the charts 'the hit parade' and call a nightclub a discotheque? 

Erm...we haven’t told him he woke up in 2019 yet. He still thinks Milli Vanilli sang their songs.

I enjoyed this reference.

[ozzjim]

4 weeks to go tomorrow.

Squad depth...

GK - Steer, Kalinic, Nyland - (Heaton) - One must be on the way out
RB - Guilbert, Elmo, Bree
LB - Targett, Taylor,
CB - Mings, Chester, Hause - (at least 1 short)
DM - Hourihane - (desperate for 2 players that can play here IMO)
CM - Grealish, McGinn, Lansbury, Bjarnason, Tshibola (poor after the first 2 really)
Wing - El Ghazi, Green, Jota (Need another quality option)
Striker - Wesley, Kodjia, Hogan (Need another)

I still think we are 2 midfielders (one specific holding, one that can play both roles), a centre half, a keeper, a striker and a winger from having a squad I would be confident in. I think 4-5 or 5 of the above will leave too. Even if we only signed 1 midfielder, we are still 4-5 short. Going to be an interesting month, last thing we want to go is end up with a couple of bad injuries and rely on players that could not get in our team in the championship.

[Brassneck]

4 weeks to go tomorrow.

Squad depth...

GK - Steer, Kalinic, Nyland - (Heaton) - One must be on the way out
RB - Guilbert, Elmo, Bree
LB - Targett, Taylor,
CB - Mings, Chester, Hause - (at least 1 short)
DM - Hourihane - (desperate for 2 players that can play here IMO)
CM - Grealish, McGinn, Lansbury, Bjarnason, Tshibola (poor after the first 2 really)
Wing - El Ghazi, Green, Jota (Need another quality option)
Striker - Wesley, Kodjia, Hogan (Need another)

I still think we are 2 midfielders (one specific holding, one that can play both roles), a centre half, a keeper, a striker and a winger from having a squad I would be confident in. I think 4-5 or 5 of the above will leave too. Even if we only signed 1 midfielder, we are still 4-5 short. Going to be an interesting month, last thing we want to go is end up with a couple of bad injuries and rely on players that could not get in our team in the championship.

I agree with this.

At a push, I'd be happy to go with Steer (although it would be a gamble) and at this point, I'd settle for one DM with Hourihane as back up.

When we got promoted, we all knew that realistically, we were only Jack, SJM and possibly Elmo towards a PL side.  3 loans made permanent have helped and also brought a bit of continuity.  My only criticism so far is that I'd question whether we ought to have kept Whelan for another 12 months, or at least until January.  Other than that, I'm happy with our dealings to date and I'm confident the other positions will be filled over the next 4 weeks.  Our signings so far have been the easier ones - The more difficult ones are taking time and there's been very little movement in the PL this summer.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Wouldn't mind Roofe as a backup, think he is a good player and wouldn't cost a fortune.

Would annoy Leeds fans too.

[cdbearsfan]

Yes, and we could sing one of the many Carew songs for him.

[AsTallAsLions]

Yes, and we could sing one of the many Carew songs for him.

"Our Hause in the middle of defence" followed by "Our Roofe is on fire" would be fun alright!

[Dazvillain]

Leeds fans all thinking PHILLIPS on his way our as he wasn’t used in any video or press release pics of their new shirt release

[Hairbandinho]

Talk of Hegazi for £5m.

Who knows how accurate that is.

[AsTallAsLions]

Talk of Hegazi for £5m.

Who knows how accurate that is.

Hopefully not very.

[kieron]

Talk of Hegazi for £5m.

Who knows how accurate that is.

Hopefully it's not accurate whatsoever.

[ajmant]

As a squad player, I'd be ok with that.