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

[LukeJames]

James Bree signed for Luton according to SSN.

Now theres one I thought would've turned out alot better than he did.

[Gareth]

So who thought we'd enter September without signing a single new player?

Au contraire.

We have been busy stuffing the youth squad with some of the best talent around.

Quite sure we will be making at least four signings for the seniors in due course.

Commendable. Isn't going to help us next season though.

So would we prefer to sign number 3 or 4 on the striker target list to get it done today or keep trying to get number 1 or 2 on the list?  It’s by no means ideal but it’s a sellers market several clubs want the same players & those players want the best club & deal they can get. 

There’s no doubt we need to get the first one over the line so people relax a bit but everyone needs to face the fact that we may well start season without key new signings and it may well take till deadline day to get everything done & likewise it might be deadline day before we can be assured that Jack goes nowhere.

[Toronto Villa]

So who thought we'd enter September without signing a single new player?

Who thought we’d enter September with the season only officially ending a couple of weeks ago and the new season not having started yet?

When did you think the season ended?

Ours, like 95% of teams finished 5 weeks ago.

If only we operated in a vacuum and everything revolved around us and our season. We also fired our Director of football, hired a new one and another recruitment bloke. You can't just go out lashing millions without giving them time to come in and assess everything. I'm sorry I don't see the panic. We will buy players, we will sell some. There's time left in the market for a lot of things to happen. Some are acting like the window closes on Friday. It doesn't. There is over a month left. In normal circumstances it would be July and the season starts in August. Business will get done. And frankly, we don't need to go crazy again. We need to buy correctly and add astutely to what we have. And with it being a long season, while not perfect I would sooner buy the right player than any player just because they are available earlier in the window.

[ASHTONVILLA]

James Bree signed for Luton according to SSN.

Good news. Never looked even close to good enough. If we can shift a few more from the list of players that should not be anywhere near even the bench then it will really help with FFP. Lansbury, Kalinic, Nyland, Hogan, El Ghazi, Taylor, Samatta and Wesley would all be nice to get off the payroll.

[MalcolmP]

So who thought we'd enter September without signing a single new player?

Who thought we’d enter September with the season only officially ending a couple of weeks ago and the new season not having started yet?

When did you think the season ended?

Ours, like 95% of teams finished 5 weeks ago.

 The thought of Nyland starting against Sheff Utd is worrying...

yeah, Nyland is crap isn't he?  Just watch the 2 League Cup Semi's against Leicester!  2 of the best performances of any goalkeeper in whole of last season. But lets forget that and remember 1 mistake against Sheffield Utd.

[Three Spires Villa]

So who thought we'd enter September without signing a single new player?

Who thought we’d enter September with the season only officially ending a couple of weeks ago and the new season not having started yet?

When did you think the season ended?

Ours, like 95% of teams finished 5 weeks ago.

 The thought of Nyland starting against Sheff Utd is worrying...

yeah, Nyland is crap isn't he?  Just watch the 2 League Cup Semi's against Leicester!  2 of the best performances of any goalkeeper in whole of last season. But lets forget that and remember 1 mistake against Sheffield Utd.

2 games v 1 game?! To be honest I wouldn’t want him as our starting keeper, regardless of his heroics in the cup.

[MalcolmP]

James Bree signed for Luton according to SSN.

Good news. Never looked even close to good enough. If we can shift a few more from the list of players that should not be anywhere near even the bench then it will really help with FFP. Lansbury, Kalinic, Nyland, Hogan, El Ghazi, Taylor, Samatta and Wesley would all be nice to get off the payroll.

  Why Wesley? he scored more goals for us last season (when playing a ltd no. of games) than Rodrigo who Leeds have just paid £26m for (and he was playing in his home country) !! Just look at Douglas Luiz at end of season how good he was. Wesley will be the same when he returns to full fitness - give the guy a chance, playing in toughest league in the world and in a new country.

[DB]

You can't argue with that logic.

[N'ZMAV]

You can't argue with that logic.

This is the internet - you can argue with anything

[Gareth]

So who thought we'd enter September without signing a single new player?

Who thought we’d enter September with the season only officially ending a couple of weeks ago and the new season not having started yet?

When did you think the season ended?

Ours, like 95% of teams finished 5 weeks ago.

 The thought of Nyland starting against Sheff Utd is worrying...

yeah, Nyland is crap isn't he?  Just watch the 2 League Cup Semi's against Leicester!  2 of the best performances of any goalkeeper in whole of last season. But lets forget that and remember 1 mistake against Sheffield Utd.

The only way your discussion works as a argument with substance is if Nyland won the league cup final.
He didn't so the semi final is irrelevant.

Absolutely wrong - he was very good in the semi finals

By your logic every goal scored in the season we lost the play off final to Fulham doesn’t count?

[ASHTONVILLA]

James Bree signed for Luton according to SSN.

Good news. Never looked even close to good enough. If we can shift a few more from the list of players that should not be anywhere near even the bench then it will really help with FFP. Lansbury, Kalinic, Nyland, Hogan, El Ghazi, Taylor, Samatta and Wesley would all be nice to get off the payroll.

  Why Wesley? he scored more goals for us last season (when playing a ltd no. of games) than Rodrigo who Leeds have just paid £26m for (and he was playing in his home country) !! Just look at Douglas Luiz at end of season how good he was. Wesley will be the same when he returns to full fitness - give the guy a chance, playing in toughest league in the world and in a new country.

Don't rate Wesley at all, looks a terrible player hence he is on my list to dump. Happy for him to prove me wrong this season, but coming back from a bad injury mid season I wont be holding my breath. As for Rodrigo, I am glad we didn't buy him.

[Clampy]

You can't argue with that logic.

This is the internet - you can argue with anything

No you can't.

[colin69]

100% agree I wasn’t sure at one point  but I think Wesley will come good.

[SheffieldVillain]

So who thought we'd enter September without signing a single new player?

Who thought we’d enter September with the season only officially ending a couple of weeks ago and the new season not having started yet?

When did you think the season ended?

Ours, like 95% of teams finished 5 weeks ago.

 The thought of Nyland starting against Sheff Utd is worrying...

yeah, Nyland is crap isn't he?  Just watch the 2 League Cup Semi's against Leicester!  2 of the best performances of any goalkeeper in whole of last season. But lets forget that and remember 1 mistake against Sheffield Utd.

The only way your discussion works as a argument with substance is if Nyland won the league cup final.
He didn't so the semi final is irrelevant.

Absolutely wrong - he was very good in the semi finals

By your logic every goal scored in the season we lost the play off final to Fulham doesn’t count?

I don't think either the one mistake against Sheff Utd or the two games against Leicester define his usefulness. However, he's played 30 games for us, very rarely other than aganst Leicester inspired any confidence and both times he's had a run in the team, he's  been dropped for Steer or Reina to address that. So, yes, it would worry me if he started against Sheffield Utd. He's a 3rd choice keeper at best for me.

[algy]

Signed Ruben Shakpoke from Norwich.  He's a striker, at least.