Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[LowerNorthStand]

Cahill makes absolute sense lets get him in and working with JT at the back we need experience to not do a Fulham

[MoetVillan]

I've never got the phrase, "he knows the club". What does that actually mean...he knows the quickest route to get there, where the toilets are?

He knows what the fans are like
He knows what the fans expect.
He knows our proud history
He knows hard work pays off ( we sold him to a smaller team and he made his way to the England team )
He knows what it takes to win.

One season at £100k per week work for me

You forgot to add...The point is you talk the talk but don't walk the walk vis-a-vis you've not yet passed your forklift driver's test. The man who gives the jobs in the warehouse is a personal friend of mine, alright? I know you're the man for the job.

How come you know so much about midgets? Are you passing the book?

[Risso]

Cahill sends a Micah and Lescott sized shiver down my spine.

50/50 on this one, not sure it’d be the right move.

Well, we'd have to hope he was more of a John Terry type than those two.

[TopDeck113]

I'm not sure I buy into the back-where-it-all-started, full-circle happy ending when it comes to ex-players. I saw Andy Gray play in 1986 - 87.  However, I do think that our survival in the first season back will depend as much on some been-there, done-that Premier League nous as it will on a crop of possibly great but yet untried younger players.   If Dean and the rest of our management believe that Cahill is that nous, is not too injury prone, fits in with the rest of the planned squad building and offers value for his not inconsiderable wages, he's perhaps worth a one year deal with the club having an option on a second.

[AllanW]

I have no problem with Cahill coming in. He can do a job for a year or so in squad terms not just in a position we need now but as a leader-type in the dressing room. Bags of experience and loves the club. No problem.

Also makes some sense in succession-planning terms if we lose Terry at the end of the next season or so; possible defense coach at the club, grateful for his first chance.

[Sexual Ealing]

I have no problem with Cahill coming in. He can do a job for a year or so in squad terms not just in a position we need now but as a leader-type in the dressing room. Bags of experience and loves the club. No problem.

Also makes some sense in succession-planning terms if we lose Terry at the end of the next season or so; possible defense coach at the club, grateful for his first chance.

Allan, I saw that you'd commented and, having some time to kill, I thought 'bingo!'.

I'm not angry, just very disappointed.

[Richard E]

Gregg Evans has said on Twitter that Cahill is unlikely and certainly not imminent.

[mr underhill]

but Jansson might be? He's leaving in the next 48 hours according to Phil Hay, a bid from an English club of £5.5m has gone in today.

[VinnieChase84]

but Jansson might be? He's leaving in the next 48 hours according to Phil Hay, a bid from an English club of £5.5m has gone in today.

Sheff United. I wouldn’t want him, he reminds me of a Dalmatian chasing a balloon 

[olaftab]

Forget Cahill. We are a progressive club moving forward. Not a "Pre-Retirement" Lounge for players on their way out of the game  and looking to fill their boots for a few more millions.

[rougegorge]

but Jansson might be? He's leaving in the next 48 hours according to Phil Hay, a bid from an English club of £5.5m has gone in today.

Sheff United. I wouldn’t want him, he reminds me of a Dalmatian chasing a balloon

He's one of those players who loves to fist pump the crowd into action,  loves the crowd loving him,  but bull in a china shop and accident waiting to happen spring to mind.

[Sexual Ealing]

but Jansson might be? He's leaving in the next 48 hours according to Phil Hay, a bid from an English club of £5.5m has gone in today.

Sheff United. I wouldn’t want him, he reminds me of a Dalmatian chasing a balloon

He's one of those players who loves to fist pump the crowd into action,  loves the crowd loving him,  but bull in a china shop and accident waiting to happen spring to mind.

He's also ineffective at one-on-ones, as evidenced by his pitiful attempt to stop Adomah scoring at Elland Road. We sliced through the whole team!

[AllanW]

Allan, I saw that you'd commented and, having some time to kill, I thought 'bingo!'.

I'm not angry, just very disappointed.

       

I can do 'short' I just don't feel like doing it often ...

[Sexual Ealing]

Allan, I saw that you'd commented and, having some time to kill, I thought 'bingo!'.

I'm not angry, just very disappointed.

       

I can do 'short' I just don't feel like doing it often ...

You're damaging your brand mate!

[Monty]

I don't think there's any evidence to suggest that Cahill is, in the Lescott-Richards manner, a c**t. Seems nothing less than professional and legit and the only questions should be about budget and about whether he still has the legs to play a high line as we're going to (I suspect) for much of the season.