Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread

[mr underhill]

no, Hogan's his man.

[dave shelley]

The cynic in me is saying that our incoming business is done and we are being fed the old Doug line that we were interested in players x, y and z but we couldn't make it happen.  If this turns out not to be the case I shall return to apologise.

[ozzjim]

Going into the next 15 games with 1 recognised striker fit would be lunacy.

You are probably right.

[paul_e]

I doubt that's the case, I just think they're treading a fine line with FFP so it's a case of finding someone we can take for loan or a small fee who can be a target man for us to play around but there's just not many players like that available in this window. I reckon if Palace let Benteke go on loan rather than a sale he's an option and Giroud might be an option but the wages make it difficult.

Strangely things might get easier after tomorrow, if we can offer players a cup final and potential route into European competition they might be more likely to accept the offer than if they're just coming for a relegation battle. My guess is we'll see stronger links after that and any names that are genuine options will be out there by Thursday lunchtime.


On top of that Davis is back in training so even if we don't get anyone we should have cover soon.

[SteveN]

Chelsea, Spurs, Man U and us are all looking for a striker.  I can see a mad fight on deadline day between everyone to sign Glen Murray.

[OCD]

Until he gets injured again.

[Clark W Griswold]

Going into the next 15 games with 1 recognised striker fit would be lunacy.

You are probably right.

Going into the next 15 games and a relegation scrap with El Ghazi, Trez and Jota as your wing options is not exactly the most sane decision either. As i've said before, we've been playing with out and out wingers since Bruce came so around 3 and half years and we've had one consistantly decent one in that time, Snodgrass. The rest have shown flickers of quality here and there at best and have been largely shite.

[Big Ming]

I know it's only a rubbish rumour but Sturridge for £5M would be OK if I thought he was no more likely to get injured than anyone else.

[ozzjim]

Davis and he would be playing rock paper scissors for the physio table.

[aj2k77]

I know it's only a rubbish rumour but Sturridge for £5M would be OK if I thought he was no more likely to get injured than anyone else.

He wouldn't be Daniel Sturridge. It's a lovely thought to imagine all these potential players who have had injuries and could come back and do brilliant job at a bargain price but it very, very rarely happens.

[ChicagoLion]

Davis and he would be playing rock paper scissors for the physio table.

More like - cruciate, calf strain, hamstring

[JJ-AV]

I'm not concerned that we won't get a striker. I'm sure there's a handful they're waiting on. Giroud isn't going to go unless Chelsea get a CF.

It'll go to the wire but I'm sure we'll get one.

[Steve67]

Has Sturridge been playing? How’s he been doing out there?  This would be great if it wasn’t for the enormous amount of baggage that came with him. I file under ‘B’ too.  I can’t see Smith going for it.

[aj2k77]

19/20   Knock   Jan 10, 2020   Jan 27, 2020   17 days   4 games missed
19/20   Muscle Injury   Dec 8, 2019   Dec 13, 2019   5 days   2 games missed
19/20   Calf muscle strain   Nov 24, 2019   Nov 29, 2019   5 days   1 game missed
19/20   Thigh muscle rupture   Oct 28, 2019   Nov 24, 2019   27 days   5 games missed
19/20   Groin Injury   Oct 23, 2019   Oct 25, 2019   2 days   1 game missed
19/20   Achilles tendon problems   Sep 22, 2019   Sep 26, 2019   4 days   1 game missed

So he's been there 6 months. Picked up 6 minor injuries and missed 14 games at various times because of them. In other words, he's still Daniel Sturridge and complete waste of everyones time except for the Physio team.

[SoccerHQ]

DS said during the Brentford-Leicester game we still wanted another striker so it's still very much a priority despite signing Sammatta.

Would be amazed if we don't sign anyone this week but then I was saying the same on 27th August!