Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread

[N'ZMAV]

Also, if we did get a top player like Tammy or Edouard, we’d have to get rid of 1-2 from Wes, ally, Keenan and Vassiliev. Who gets the chop?

Davis and Vassiliev could be loaned out.

[Clampy]

No chance, we'll flop back to Watkins with a bigger bid needed and more competition now. He's had no match practice and should we get him won't be up to speed for a month. Purslow, assuming he's doing the deals is doing very poor. 3 windows on the trot with massive failings.

Massive failings? Blimey.

Well the first two certainly were.  The jury is out on this one so far, but it's not looking too clever at the moment.

Were they though? Abraham came in during the first one, Mings came in the following January which helped us up and last season's was a bit mixed, just not buying another striker fucked us up. I'd say only the last January one wasnt great.

[aj2k77]

They're all much of a shiteness. Wesley has room to improve but isn't an out and out forward. Samatta's all round game is garbage, Vassiliev I don't think is a striker either and Keenan hasn't scored in 2 years and couldn't finish a yoghurt.

I'd keep Wesley because no one's touching a player back from a long term injury unless it's for peanuts. Samatta and Davis are crap and I'd sell in a heart beat if we were capable of getting in anyone half decent without it taking 6 weeks and Vassiliev is one above my knowledge of the younger players.

[Diablo]

What bet? Have you been at Sexual Ealings Garys?

Ha! You're not going to get much take-up for scouse rhyming slang on here!

Ah...The penny may have dropped. Is the translation Gary Abletts? Tablets?

[aj2k77]

No chance, we'll flop back to Watkins with a bigger bid needed and more competition now. He's had no match practice and should we get him won't be up to speed for a month. Purslow, assuming he's doing the deals is doing very poor. 3 windows on the trot with massive failings.

Massive failings? Blimey.

Well the first two certainly were.  The jury is out on this one so far, but it's not looking too clever at the moment.

Were they though? Abraham came in during the first one, Mings came in the following January which helped us up and last season's was a bit mixed, just not buying another striker fucked us up. I'd say only the last January one wasnt great.

Last 3 windows:

Summer 2019 - 1 senior striker and a raft of Belgian and other mid tier league gambles.
January 2020 - Drinkwater, Baston and Samatta......
Summer 2020 - A right back.

I wouldn't be surprised if the owners have had a call or two with Purslow to ask him what is going on. They don't appear to be able to sell the plan to anyone other than players being asked to make a huge step up.

[Ads]

What bet? Have you been at Sexual Ealings Garys?

Ha! You're not going to get much take-up for scouse rhyming slang on here!

Ah...The penny may have dropped. Is the translation Gary Abletts? Tablets?

I know my audience SE!

Look at Diablo playing the "ooooh is that what it meant?" "Innocent" card. Nice try Diablo, nice try.

[gpbarr]

No chance, we'll flop back to Watkins with a bigger bid needed and more competition now. He's had no match practice and should we get him won't be up to speed for a month. Purslow, assuming he's doing the deals is doing very poor. 3 windows on the trot with massive failings.

Massive failings? Blimey.

£140m spent and El Ghazi playing as lone striker. Blimey.

This bears repeating because so many people seem to forget - when we came up we had a usable first team squad of about 10 players. We could have spent 200 million last year and we would still have had gaps, that was never going to be cured in one window, especially when we are not allowed by FFP to spend massively beyond our means.

We are near the end of the 3rd window. Purslow doesn’t to me seem the guy who is going to make the moves we need to make. Time will tell but the warning bells are clanging. If you choose to ignore them, that’s your right to do so

[sickbeggar]

whatever way you look at it, Smith has failed with his striker purchases

Wesley - jury out at best, not sure if he'll adapt
Samatta  - just looked awful
Davis - probably the most worrying one. How anyone could think he's a striker is beyond me

[chrisw1]

No chance, we'll flop back to Watkins with a bigger bid needed and more competition now. He's had no match practice and should we get him won't be up to speed for a month. Purslow, assuming he's doing the deals is doing very poor. 3 windows on the trot with massive failings.

Massive failings? Blimey.

Well the first two certainly were.  The jury is out on this one so far, but it's not looking too clever at the moment.

Were they though? Abraham came in during the first one, Mings came in the following January which helped us up and last season's was a bit mixed, just not buying another striker fucked us up. I'd say only the last January one wasnt great.

I'd consider leaving yourself with not enough defenders in one and not enought attackers in another were both masive failing.  That's not to say some of the business wasn't good but those huge gaps were there for all to see and very nearly cost us both times.  James Chester is probably still paying for the first.

[Pat Mustard]

No chance, we'll flop back to Watkins with a bigger bid needed and more competition now. He's had no match practice and should we get him won't be up to speed for a month. Purslow, assuming he's doing the deals is doing very poor. 3 windows on the trot with massive failings.

Massive failings? Blimey.

£140m spent and El Ghazi playing as lone striker. Blimey.

This bears repeating because so many people seem to forget - when we came up we had a usable first team squad of about 10 players. We could have spent 200 million last year and we would still have had gaps, that was never going to be cured in one window, especially when we are not allowed by FFP to spend massively beyond our means.

We are near the end of the 3rd window. Purslow doesn’t to me seem the guy who is going to make the moves we need to make. Time will tell but the warning bells are clanging. If you choose to ignore them, that’s your right to do so

The window is open until 5th October - we’re not even halfway through it.

[SheffieldVillain]

Summer 2019 - 1 senior striker and a raft of Belgian and other mid tier league gambles.

Plus Heaton, Guilbert, Konsa and Luiz who are all decent additions. Which is why Ads suggested it was "mixed, just not buying another striker fucked us up."

[SheffieldVillain]

whatever way you look at it, Smith has failed with his striker purchases

Wesley - jury out at best, not sure if he'll adapt
Samatta  - just looked awful
Davis - probably the most worrying one. How anyone could think he's a striker is beyond me

How is Davis one of Smith's striker purchases? He's been at the club for 5 years.

[N'ZMAV]

Summer 2019 - 1 senior striker and a raft of Belgian and other mid tier league gambles.

Plus Heaton, Guilbert, Konsa and Luiz who are all decent additions. Which is why Ads suggested it was "mixed, just not buying another striker fucked us up."

hang on, we signed Borja Baston too....

[Brazilian Villain]

Ah...The penny may have dropped. Is the translation Gary Abletts? Tablets?

You could be onto something given the context. I thought it was tea and biscuits (Darjeeling and Garibaldis).

[Toronto Villa]

No chance, we'll flop back to Watkins with a bigger bid needed and more competition now. He's had no match practice and should we get him won't be up to speed for a month. Purslow, assuming he's doing the deals is doing very poor. 3 windows on the trot with massive failings.

Massive failings? Blimey.

£140m spent and El Ghazi playing as lone striker. Blimey.

This bears repeating because so many people seem to forget - when we came up we had a usable first team squad of about 10 players. We could have spent 200 million last year and we would still have had gaps, that was never going to be cured in one window, especially when we are not allowed by FFP to spend massively beyond our means.

We are near the end of the 3rd window. Purslow doesn’t to me seem the guy who is going to make the moves we need to make. Time will tell but the warning bells are clanging. If you choose to ignore them, that’s your right to do so

The window is open until 5th October - we’re not even halfway through it.

You beat me to it. There’s a whole month to go. I’d have loved an extra player or two in by now also. But some are acting like deadline day is approaching. I want us to get the right players in while recognizing players we only bought last summer and that are under contract will continue to contribute and improve. Clearly some aren’t up to it but much of our issues last year were tactical failings and defensive naivety. I would hope we’d have learned from that in season 2. We clearly need additions in some key spots and I still have full faith we will address those.