Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread

[Steve67]

Despite the nice words said by Smith about Nyland's performance yesterday, the fact that he is talking about 'candidates' for goalkeeper tells us everything that we need to know about Dean Smith's opinion of his keepers outside of Heaton and Steer.  He mentioned that fact that Nyland and Kalinic are both internationals, sounded like a 'come and get them' to me.

[Steve67]

Oh for a quality midfielder that can supplant Nakamba and Hourihane from the team to the bench and Lansbury and Jota to anywhere away from the first team squad.

Whilst Jota is lightweight and not speedy. He does appear to enjoy setting up goals. Which I believe is an attractive attribute for a midfielder.

You're right Frank, it is.  But there is so much more required in the Premier Division.  Jota is a passenger far too much.

[Risso]

Oh for a quality midfielder that can supplant Nakamba and Hourihane from the team to the bench and Lansbury and Jota to anywhere away from the first team squad.

Whilst Jota is lightweight and not speedy. He does appear to enjoy setting up goals. Which I believe is an attractive attribute for a midfielder.

He might like it, he’s just not good enough to do it very often.

[PeterWithe]

When you are as slow and weak as Jota you really need to be exceptionally talented and he’s not, a cheap punt that hasn’t paid off. It happens.

[Ads]

Jota isnt capable of playing outside in the Championshipz never mind the top flight.

Inside in 343 as one of the supporting 10s, maybe.

[frank black]

Darlow coming back Linked (on our books as a kid)Out of contract in the summer and we’ve been linked with him before (albeit under Bruce)

Judging from Dean responses to questions it looks like we may be in for a GK

[Ian.]

Oh for a quality midfielder that can supplant Nakamba and Hourihane from the team to the bench and Lansbury and Jota to anywhere away from the first team squad.

Whilst Jota is lightweight and not speedy. He does appear to enjoy setting up goals. Which I believe is an attractive attribute for a midfielder.

He might like it, he’s just not good enough to do it very often.

I like him, he can spot a pass but not at right midfield, he’s not strong or quick enough. This level is probably a bit out of his depth.
He might make it just behind the forward but I’d rather Jack was there.

[KevinGage]

Billic has managed Croatia, so I wonder of he'd go for Kalinac plus £ for Johnstone.

Then again, seeing as he's managed him before perhaps not...

[TonyD]

Given that we have needed at least one more striker even before the season started, I expected to have one lined up already.

[SoccerHQ]

Alan Nixon is saying that Batshuayi is going to Palace when Chelsea secure a replacement. However it seems that Palace are signing Tosun on loan...

Assume that means Benteke is going, but even still Ayew has been in good form so Tosun, Batshuayi and Ayew seems a lot for Palace...

Conor Wickham also fit again (perhaps just for two weeks) and scored the other day. I can't really see the need for Batshuayi this year from Palace. They're 10 points clear of bottom 3 whereas last year they were only a point or two above relegation zone.

[SoccerHQ]

Darlow coming back Linked (on our books as a kid)Out of contract in the summer and we’ve been linked with him before (albeit under Bruce)

Judging from Dean responses to questions it looks like we may be in for a GK

Interesting fact. DS had Darlow an Sam Johnstone on loan at Walsall during 12/13 season.

[aev]

Right wing tabloid reckons we will have stump up £110k a week for Drinkwater.

Where do they get this nonsense from ?

[BoVillan esq]

Given that we have needed at least one more striker even before the season started, I expected to have one lined up already.

You would think so, its pretty obvious for most managers that any potential target missed in the previous transfer window would good to go at the very start of the next one,

[Clampy]

Given that we have needed at least one more striker even before the season started, I expected to have one lined up already.

You would think so, its pretty obvious for most managers that any potential target missed in the previous transfer window would good to go at the very start of the next one,

It probably is not as easy as that. Circumstances may have changed since then or they may have someone else in mind. He did say he wanted one in by the 12th (i think) so hopefully someone will be in next week.

[SoccerHQ]

Oliver Giroud remains on the radar.

I'm sceptical that he'd actually want to come but that's the sort of signing we need to start improving the mentality of the dressing room.

Been said before but Chelsea signing Gullit in the mid 90s changed the perception around them and was reading an interview about Man. City and Brian Marwood said one of their key early signings was Patrick Vieria. Was past it on the pitch when they signed him but he really improved the focus off the pitch apparently.

Have we ever signed a world cup winner?