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

[in exile]

I hope we keep well away from Ghendouzi.
Utter crap.

[Footy-Vill]

The Walcott dream is alive I suspect as Everton bringing in players could squeeze him out.
I rather have him than Callum Wilson .
Can play across the front 3 and experienced

Only 'news' and somewhat in relation to above and by no means a major ITK is Cantwell.
Fully makes sense clubs playing waiting game . Like an offwr has been in for Cantwell at Norwich .
They are managing his situation accordingly.
He may or may not move as he's loyal to them, but does he want to do another year in championship?? The only news at the moment is he's in under 21 squad. Alot of cases the money has to be right for all parties for a transfer to be made.

Don't be surprised if he's playing in the premier league again....
He's a good fit for Dean Smith and his coaching team to develop. But other prem clubs including German ones are interested
Watch this space on Cantwell developments.

Up the villa

[chrisw1]

The Trez, Hourihane, El Ghazi and Samatta timebomb is still ticking. I hope we're still not waiting for Brentford to check their answer phone messages. 37 days gone, 18 left until the big kick off.

33 days to go in transfer window, that’s the significant one

Well it depends if you are content with us starting the season under strength and playing the first quarter of the season or so with players still bedding in.  It's not like we've got a huge margin for error based on last years points total.

It’s not about being content with it - if you are trying to buy players that others want then it is a sellers market & unless you move down your list of targets the seller dictates the timeframe - as we will if anyone commits to bidding for Jack.

I can’t think of a player we signed last summer that others were linked with so was easier to get them done quickly by offering the £’s - it’s a sign of progression that we are now in a market for players others want - the key is to get the right ones (even if it takes a few weeks longer) and get through this coming season mid table where we can then say we are re-established as a PL team & next summer can be looking at the types of players Everton are about to sign.

Worst thing we can do now is panic & splash another 100m on players that are no better than the ones we have now.

We know how the market works.  But Aj pointed out there was 18 days to ko and you retorted that 33 days is the significant one.  I'm just pointing out that given how shit we are 18 days is pretty significant itself.

In terms of last summer we missed out on both Benrahma and Maupay because we weren't prepared to pay the cash and Watkins as we decided we didn't want to spend £10m on him.  But at least we got Wesley and Trez instead.

I agree we shouldn't be panicking and chucking silly money around, but we are getting to the stage where we're likely to be starting with an understrength team either because we haven't got players in or they've not had any time with the squad.  So I think it's understandable that some people are getting a bit nervous about the situation.

[Clampy]

There is no proof whatsoever that we didn't want to spend £10m on Watkins last season. There is no proof of that figure being true either.

[LukeJames]

The Walcott dream is alive I suspect as Everton bringing in players could squeeze him out.

I haven't checked this post for a few hours and I come on to this gem.

[The Edge]

Nyland has come on leaps and bounds.
He still has plenty to learn, but he will certainly get better with a better defence in front of him.

I thought the defence looked a bit better without Nyland behind it, tbh.

To be honest I can’t argue with that.
I do think he has improved heck of a lot since Cutler came in.

Nyland looked quality at times. But his howlers against Wolves and Sheff Utd probably meant they lost faith in him so his days were always numbered. It's harsh but we're playing in the world's toughest league where every point is vital.

[chrisw1]

There is no proof whatsoever that we didn't want to spend £10m on Watkins last season. There is no proof of that figure being true either.

It's what Gregg Evans said in his podcast and I presume inhis Athletic article where he discussed last seasons transfer business.  He seemed pretty confident in his position.  If you don't believe me listen to it, it was an 1874 podcast from a few weeks ago.

[Clampy]

There is no proof whatsoever that we didn't want to spend £10m on Watkins last season. There is no proof of that figure being true either.

It's what Gregg Evans said in his podcast and I presume inhis Athletic article where he discussed last seasons transfer business.  He seemed pretty confident in his position.  If you don't believe me listen to it, it was an 1874 podcast from a few weeks ago.

Just because Gregg Evans said it in a podcast doesn't necessarily make it true.

[LeeB]

I hope we keep well away from Ghendouzi.
Utter crap.

I'm glad it's not just me, he's absolutely wank.

[The Edge]

The Walcott dream is alive I suspect as Everton bringing in players could squeeze him out.

I haven't checked this post for a few hours and I come on to this gem.

Surely that was meant tongue in cheek?

[LeeB]

The Walcott dream is alive I suspect as Everton bringing in players could squeeze him out.

I haven't checked this post for a few hours and I come on to this gem.

Surely that was meant tongue in cheek?

The upside of that deal is that we wouldn't have to cope with his aerial prowess again.

[chrisw1]

There is no proof whatsoever that we didn't want to spend £10m on Watkins last season. There is no proof of that figure being true either.

It's what Gregg Evans said in his podcast and I presume inhis Athletic article where he discussed last seasons transfer business.  He seemed pretty confident in his position.  If you don't believe me listen to it, it was an 1874 podcast from a few weeks ago.

Just because Gregg Evans said it in a podcast doesn't necessarily make it true.

No of course not.  You either take it at face value or you don't, but The Athletic seem to try to hold themselves to higher a standard than the average rags so I've no reason to believe he made it up.  FWIW he said we just decided not to proceed with Watkins (who was available at £10m) not that it was just a battle over price like it seems to have been with the other two.

[LeeB]

There is no proof whatsoever that we didn't want to spend £10m on Watkins last season. There is no proof of that figure being true either.

It's what Gregg Evans said in his podcast and I presume inhis Athletic article where he discussed last seasons transfer business.  He seemed pretty confident in his position.  If you don't believe me listen to it, it was an 1874 podcast from a few weeks ago.

Just because Gregg Evans said it in a podcast doesn't necessarily make it true.

No of course not.  You either take it at face value or you don't, but The Athletic seem to try to hold themselves to higher a standard than the average rags so I've no reason to believe he made it up.  FWIW he said we just decided not to proceed with Watkins (who was available at £10m) not that it was just a battle over price like it seems to have been with the other two.

I find it hard to believe to be honest, given we paid more for Hogan a couple of years earlier and they got £20m for Maupay.

[The Edge]

I hope we keep well away from Ghendouzi.
Utter crap.

I'm glad it's not just me, he's absolutely wank.

Agreed. Although he did do a job on us when he came on at their place. I think we were 2-1 up? But overall a bit of a fanny and not what we need at all.

[Footy-Vill]

Just looking at some of the free transfers available and Gotze and Clyne are on the list. Great/ good players a few years ago and since lost their way. I know Gotze has never hit the highs since World Cup final in 2014 and struggled when he moved to Bayern, can play all across the forward line and could be worth a gamble.
Not sure what happened to Clyne (injuries?) since he moved to Liverpool but still relatively young (29) to offer something.

1. We don't need anymore right backs
2. Do some search on clyne (I won't be posting here site rules which I abide) and yourll perhaps be enlightened

I hope that's ok to say admin.