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Author Topic: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread  (Read 864964 times)

Offline AV82EC

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1245 on: August 02, 2020, 06:29:40 PM »
Too used to the Hertfordshire quality of life to stray back to Brum.

I bet he lives in a newbuild in Hemel. There's nothing there that he can't find in Dorridge.

He lives in Claverdon In Warwickshire so very much in the area. Does that make me ITK?

It very much does. Where is Randy dining this evening?

There’s this fab place in the Hamptons, crap wine list but the food is nice.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1246 on: August 02, 2020, 06:31:33 PM »
I believe that Bournemouth were one of the (11, I think?) PL clubs that were unreliant on any matchday income whatsoever. They'd no need of the ground they were in, let alone a bigger one.

In June 2109 their accounts stated that they had a wage bill of £111 million against an income of £130 million, with around 4% of that from ticket sales

They owed £76 million in transfer payment instalments and had the fourth highest paid director in the Premier League.

They averaged around 800 empty seats per match. This season their highest gate pre-lockdown was 10,832.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1247 on: August 02, 2020, 06:44:48 PM »
Mirror saying we've got £100m to spend.
that'll get us a few to improve the first team.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1248 on: August 02, 2020, 06:47:05 PM »
Not convinced by Origi. Prefer the link to Iheanacho

Please a resounding no to each of them. They are bit part players at their current clubs, and whilst Origi has scored some important goals in the champs league he has never done it consistently.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1249 on: August 02, 2020, 06:57:01 PM »
Not convinced by Origi. Prefer the link to Iheanacho

Please a resounding no to each of them. They are bit part players at their current clubs, and whilst Origi has scored some important goals in the champs league he has never done it consistently.
that's the sort of striker we always sign :D

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1250 on: August 02, 2020, 06:59:47 PM »
Danny Ings was a bit part player at his last club.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1251 on: August 02, 2020, 07:05:21 PM »
Very true and I think we need to calibrate our expectations. We want quality, but there’s going to be an element of speculation given where we are.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1252 on: August 02, 2020, 07:06:34 PM »
Not convinced by Origi. Prefer the link to Iheanacho

Please a resounding no to each of them. They are bit part players at their current clubs, and whilst Origi has scored some important goals in the champs league he has never done it consistently.
that's the sort of striker we always sign :D

Bit harsh on Origi, from the outside looking in, he’s always seemed to well for Liverpool when needed no matter what the opposition. He’s also a bit part player as he’s behind 3 of the best strikers in world football at the moment. If we could keep jack and benhrama or someone of that quality in, I think Orgi could do ok for us.
Never seen anything of the Hearts fullback but at that price got to be worth a punt, just like we did with McGinn.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1253 on: August 02, 2020, 07:19:14 PM »
Sil Swinkels  linked

no idea neither

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1254 on: August 02, 2020, 07:21:40 PM »
We have squad players. They're occupying our first XI.

and that right there is the major problem that needs addressing

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1255 on: August 02, 2020, 07:27:58 PM »
Sil Swinkels  linked

no idea neither

Youth signing. Defender. Highly rated, apparently.  Part of the major effort going into building a truly productive Academy.
Same story with Shapoke.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1256 on: August 02, 2020, 07:29:40 PM »
We’re not going to get players who will immediately want or expect European football without paying way over the odds. We need to find players that are obviously going to be better than what we have, but are also motivated to come to us to improve themselves and us, but also will be contributors to our progression. It will be an achievement on our part to secure a mid table position and properly compete in every game vs the top 6 or 7 sides, even winning a few. We only did that once last season. So yes, we need better but our expectations need to be measured and it includes who we can bring in based on what we are and hope to be in the next 2 or 3 seasons.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1257 on: August 02, 2020, 07:34:35 PM »
Not convinced by Origi. Prefer the link to Iheanacho

Please a resounding no to each of them. They are bit part players at their current clubs, and whilst Origi has scored some important goals in the champs league he has never done it consistently.

Let's face it we arnt in a position to sign the first choice players from their respective clubs at the moment

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1258 on: August 02, 2020, 08:00:22 PM »
Not convinced by Origi. Prefer the link to Iheanacho

Please a resounding no to each of them. They are bit part players at their current clubs, and whilst Origi has scored some important goals in the champs league he has never done it consistently.
that's the sort of striker we always sign :D
As TV said if we follow your logic we would have said no to Ings. We will not get top class finisher at this stage in our development. We took a chance on Benteke and he came good but that’s a rare occurrence.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1259 on: August 02, 2020, 08:00:32 PM »
The priority has to be Top level centre forward and 2 Midfielders. That would potentially enable us to put out a competitive 11.
Heaton Gilbert  Mings Konsa Target Luiz SJM Jack +3 above.
I do not think that the rest of the squad are PL quality and should be at best squad players.
Maybe nakamba Indiana Hause Trez Engels Wes Davis will come good . I can see an argument for keeping Hourihane as an impact sub.
Taylor AEG Elmo Nyland Samatta Jota  need to make way for replacements and hopefully a couple of youngsters making an impact.

 


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