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Author Topic: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread  (Read 464340 times)

Offline Steve67

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1170 on: January 03, 2020, 08:40:12 PM »
Yes please to Butland.  Why not?

Because his form has been poor for the last couple of seasons. Stoke seem to be dumping high earners from their squad so the fee could be reasonable enough. My preference is to get Steer back in as soon as he is fit. Has played successfully with likes of Mings and Hause already . New keeper would have to develop that understanding mid season which would be far from ideal.

I'd take him, depending on the fee.  We have a habit of turning players around and making them good again.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1171 on: January 03, 2020, 08:49:43 PM »
Every time I watch Stoke (granted thats not many) Butland makes a cock up, Stoke have destroyed him and would want a ridiculous amount of money for him.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1172 on: January 03, 2020, 08:50:18 PM »
We now need two quality strikers to stay.

Bowen and Watkins would be ideal, and if they can get Batshuayi as well it would be a fantastic window

Marcus Rashford?

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1173 on: January 03, 2020, 09:01:11 PM »
Butland is broken. Much like Scott Carson got broken, and Joe Hart is broken.

Bowen and Watkins would be great but cost a fortune. I wish we could go get 2 or 3 young prospects like Brentford pick up though, before having to spunk 20 million on them.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1174 on: January 03, 2020, 09:01:28 PM »
Every time I watch Stoke (granted thats not many) Butland makes a cock up, Stoke have destroyed him and would want a ridiculous amount of money for him.

My Stoke mate sent me a message about Butland "Any chance you're taking poppadom hands off us?"

He said he isn't good enough for Stoke, let alone the PL.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1175 on: January 03, 2020, 09:15:37 PM »
Stoke should have just sold Butland in the summer. I’m sure he’ll move eventually but it will now be for a much reduced fee, and I think he’d need to go somewhere where there is going to be less pressure on him so he can get his form back. Moving to a premier league team at this stage could potentially destroy him.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1176 on: January 03, 2020, 09:24:51 PM »
We now need two quality strikers to stay.

Bowen and Watkins would be ideal, and if they can get Batshuayi as well it would be a fantastic window
What about a front two of Batshuayi and Benteke ??

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1177 on: January 03, 2020, 09:27:30 PM »
We now need two quality strikers to stay.

Bowen and Watkins would be ideal, and if they can get Batshuayi as well it would be a fantastic window
What about a front two of Batshuayi and Benteke ??

Bat & Ben

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1178 on: January 03, 2020, 10:49:13 PM »
Roofe from anderlecht for 7 million might have legs. Scored  6 in 13 this season for them I think and only 26

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1179 on: January 03, 2020, 10:50:55 PM »
Roofe from anderlecht for 7 million might have legs. Scored  6 in 13 this season for them I think and only 26

Not for me, was hit and miss in the championship.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1180 on: January 03, 2020, 10:54:04 PM »
Butland is broken. Much like Scott Carson got broken, and Joe Hart is broken.

Bowen and Watkins would be great but cost a fortune. I wish we could go get 2 or 3 young prospects like Brentford pick up though, before having to spunk 20 million on them.

Just as the Daily Mail links us to Joe Hart!! 

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1181 on: January 03, 2020, 10:59:35 PM »
Roofe from anderlecht for 7 million might have legs. Scored  6 in 13 this season for them I think and only 26

Not for me, was hit and miss in the championship.


yeah but your not going to get a pruven 20 goal a season finished article coming in for 7mill
so you either spend millions and millions or take a punt i'm afraid (or loan obvs)

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1182 on: January 03, 2020, 11:13:54 PM »
We definitely do not need Butland.


Do we?!

I would have thought a loan for a keeper would have been a better move if Heaton is expected to be fit for the start of next season.  Heaton, Steer and Nyland is a pretty good balance of keepers and if we sign another permanently it means one of those will have to go next season.

If Heaton is going to be out into next season then it might have to be a permanent deal, but I would bd looking at a loan at this point.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1183 on: January 03, 2020, 11:15:07 PM »
Benteke, really? He is injured, not done much since he left us and would he really be what we need? As someone mentioned, it’s a big stretch to think he will pick up where he left off, under a totally different set-up.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1184 on: January 03, 2020, 11:39:18 PM »
I think Benteke would do well. Would want us to sign another centre forward just in case, but there's a lot to be said for playing in an environment you're comfrtable in. Worth a gamble. Imagine if it came off.

 


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