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

[Dante Lavelli]

On the most recent evidence a team full of championship players finished 9th.

I assume you are referring to Sheffield, who finished 2nd in the Championship and got promoted as opposed to Brentford, who didn't because they weren't good enough.

With regards to Brentford, my hope is that their good players must be really good as they’re propping up the shallowness of the squad. 

Their recruitment model demands that their squad will typically be full of young inexperienced players and probably some average players at any given point.  They rarely keep hold of their better players and equally signings such as the CB from Leeds are very rare. 

[Legion]

I don't see the point in predicting the number of goals scored by individuals because it doesn't really matter much.

If we play the same 433 we did after the lockdown then 10-15 from the defence, similar from the midfield and 20-30 from the striker/wingers gets us to the 50-60 goals that normally sees you safely into midtable.

After all this is a transfer thread about bringing in specific players as well as the specific positions.

This thread is 99%+ made-up nonsense as it is year after year.

as low as that do you think ?

99.99%+ would have been more accurate.

we usually have 1 or 2 reliable ITK posters as I recall. Although I guess with the risk of deals getting hijacked there may be tighter security around info leaking from clubs these days. Even the hacks don’t seem to have much inside track anymore.

Do we? Who?

[N'ZMAV]

ITK on here?

This transfer window is turning people a bit silly.

[kippaxvilla2]

I think Watkins will make it in the PL. However,  I thought the strategy for this window was to sign proven PL players.  I’ve only seen us linked with the Arsenal keeper so far.

[Legion]

No such thing as ITK. Not publically, anyway.

[Jon Crofts]

I think Watkins will make it in the PL. However,  I thought the strategy for this window was to sign proven PL players.  I’ve only seen us linked with the Arsenal keeper so far.

The Arsenal keeper who just won something and stated publicly his desire to win loads at Arsenal? Can’t see that one happening.

[PaulWinch again]

I think Watkins will make it in the PL. However,  I thought the strategy for this window was to sign proven PL players.  I’ve only seen us linked with the Arsenal keeper so far.

I think that’s a tricky task. We could get Premier League experience, but it’ll be lower end quality of that bracket. I’d rather get someone who is young, with a skill set that can succeed in the top flight. Watkins fits that bill.

[ADVILLAFAN]

I worry that the Premier League experience type players, will be people of Danny Drinkwater's ilk

[Gareth]

No such thing as ITK. Not publically, anyway.

Exactly this....unfortunately there are a lot of gullible people, particularly on twitter who buy anything as gospel....the desperados who beg those 14 yr old geeks for info that they don’t have until they make it up are the worst...

[Lastfootstamper]

They can talk and plan all they like - just like the game itself, results are all that matters. And so far with a week before the start of the season, the results are what’s concerning. Yes it could all change this week but the facts are that several of our competitors have got business done and we have not

We don’t play our first league game for 3 weeks.

And then there's still another two weeks after that until the window closes, with then yet another 11 days for transfers between the PL and the FL. Ages yet.

[Clampy]

There was one of these pretend ITK's on Twitter the other day who announced he was doing one of those 'ask me a question' jobs like famous people tend to do on there and people actually were tweeting him questions.

[mcgrath_85]

On the most recent evidence a team full of championship players finished 9th.

I assume you are referring to Sheffield, who finished 2nd in the Championship and got promoted as opposed to Brentford, who didn't because they weren't good enough.

😂

[ozzjim]

There is no chance we are getting Martinez watching him yesterday. Arsenal would be bonkers to sell him, Leno is a good keeper but Martinez looks like he's got a bit of something.

Can't see anyone stumping up £40 million this summer for Eduoard either, but I can see why Celtic would want that with a 40% sell on clause in there. I wonder if Brentford have that kind of arrangement over Watkins.

I thought I had blocked all the twitter itk pillocks, but there is one I've missed that's a real delight. Appears to like the hinting and getting people to ask him continually. I do wonder what the motivation is.

[ozzjim]

The other take away from twitter is that Rashica is this years Kiotake.

[aj2k77]

There is no chance we are getting Martinez watching him yesterday. Arsenal would be bonkers to sell him, Leno is a good keeper but Martinez looks like he's got a bit of something.

Can't see anyone stumping up £40 million this summer for Eduoard either, but I can see why Celtic would want that with a 40% sell on clause in there. I wonder if Brentford have that kind of arrangement over Watkins.

I thought I had blocked all the twitter itk pillocks, but there is one I've missed that's a real delight. Appears to like the hinting and getting people to ask him continually. I do wonder what the motivation is.

Probably a kid bored because he's been off school for 5 months.