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Offline RussellC

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #360 on: May 28, 2019, 01:39:32 PM »
What does this mean for James Justin from Luton?  Is he good enough for the Prem so will we follow through with our reported interest? Same question applies to Freddie Gilbert who we have already signed?

I think he's played most of the season at left-back fro Luton, despite being right-footed, and are interest in him has apparently continued despite Guilbert signing. Taylor - despite his renaissance of recent weeks - is very much still the weak-link in our team, and I don't for one second think that Smith will be planning on going into next season with him as our first-choice left back.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #361 on: May 28, 2019, 01:58:17 PM »
Jean-Michel Seri at Fulham is one I'd be looking at.

Reckon he's got this summer's Idrissa Gueye written all over him.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #362 on: May 28, 2019, 02:05:40 PM »
Jean-Michel Seri at Fulham is one I'd be looking at.

Reckon he's got this summer's Idrissa Gueye written all over him.

He cost Fulham the best part of £20m. Probably cost more now.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #363 on: May 28, 2019, 02:06:45 PM »
Seri looks a really talented player, but not sure he has the work ethic we need. Monaco look favourites for him.

There is a little lad at Leicester (Mendy maybe) that doesn't seem to start under Rodgers but IMO could be ideal for us in front of the back 4. Would not be shocked to see Smith look at signing Ryan Woods on the cheap from Stoke either as a squad option in midfield.

In goal, I don't see the point in signing another one unless Kalinic gets sold on, which wouldn't surprise me. Nyland will go once hes fully fit too. If we are in for a keeper though, one of the quality of Butland should be the sort of standard, not Johnstone who Albion fans are completely unimpressed by.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #364 on: May 28, 2019, 02:12:10 PM »
Yep, I'd prefer Butland to the current batch of keepers

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #365 on: May 28, 2019, 02:17:05 PM »
Jean-Michel Seri at Fulham is one I'd be looking at.

Reckon he's got this summer's Idrissa Gueye written all over him.

He cost Fulham the best part of £20m. Probably cost more now.

He's not actually been all that great for them - he was barely featuring for them by the end  of the season (there are quite a lot of comparisons that work him vs Gueye).

So I'd be surprised if they make a profit on him.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #366 on: May 28, 2019, 02:17:48 PM »
it's nothing to do with the amount of money spent and all to do with the way it's spent (see Fulham)

It's both, really. If we spend peanuts we will almost certainly not be able to compete. That model didn't work under Lambert and would be even less likely to succeed given the vastly increased wealth of our rivals as a result of television deals which grow ever more obscene.

We need to spend lots. Not fucking around amounts. £100 million as a bare minimum. We need to spend it better than Fulham did, though.

Given the players that Smith had brought in so far I'm optimistic that we will.

Now, have we signed anyone yet? FFS... SMITH OUT!!! 😡😡😡

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #367 on: May 28, 2019, 02:18:33 PM »
As tough as it would be on Jed as a club we need to look to better players if they become available. That said I hope with all positions we just don’t blow things up. Add the right pieces. Keep the core together as Wolves did and our momentum will allow us to progress at a good pace. GK is a critical position but Jed has deserved the chance to play in the PL. For me provided we keep our key loan players LB, CM, RW, LW need big upgrades or reinforcements to add depth. 

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #368 on: May 28, 2019, 02:44:29 PM »
GK - I think we have more than enough with the 3 we have

LB - I would like us to look at Gibbs from the bitters - athletic and gets forward

CH - Keep Mings / Hause and add another to Chester on the right side

Holding MF - What about a return for Milner to offer experience for a year?

Striker - every year the pundits mention its all about scoring goals so this is where we need to really be dynamic and go for it. Sadly I think Tammy is a lovable guy and not bad for a 1 in 4 striker. In the premiership you need a 1 in 2 or better on chances  - but they do not come cheap

I like

King or Wilson at Bournemouth
Or  Batshuayi from Palace

Dean Smith seemingly had a great knack for recruiting players so hopefully he knows what we need


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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #369 on: May 28, 2019, 02:59:08 PM »
Yep, I'd prefer Butland to the current batch of keepers

If we sold Nyland and Kalinic and put the money towards Butland I wouldn't be upset. But that's more with me not knowing how good they truly are, and if they will improve once they've settled, got used to their team mates, language, English football etc.

I like Steer he seems a tad small for a keeper and he obviously isn't Ederson on the ball but he's more than earned his spot.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #370 on: May 28, 2019, 03:11:32 PM »
Yep, I'd prefer Butland to the current batch of keepers

If we're raiding Stoke I'd rather go for Joe Allen (maybe even Woods, if DS can get a tune out of him).

Never been overly impressed with Butland.

Offline garyfouroaks

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #371 on: May 28, 2019, 05:03:09 PM »
Exactly that London Villan. When people talk about "keeping the team together" they're talking about the team since Janury, the one that won 10 successive games and just got promoted to the Premier League at a canter. No-one's suggesting that we should be doing everything in our power to keep Tommy Elphick and Jedinak at centre-back.

A fair analysis.

I would still hesitate to suggest that our defence is anywhere good enough for the PL though.
« Last Edit: May 28, 2019, 06:11:46 PM by garyfouroaks »

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #372 on: May 28, 2019, 05:04:34 PM »
We should line Joe Bryan up and then pull the plug at the very last minute.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #373 on: May 28, 2019, 05:57:53 PM »
We were linked to Isaac Hayden and Nathaniel Chalobah in January so maybe we'll go back in for one of them.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #374 on: May 28, 2019, 06:05:42 PM »
We were linked to Isaac Hayden...

We'll probably get Shafted.

 


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