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

[ozzjim]

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

Wrong, we stayed up by a single point. EVERY game is vital because as is we are the 17th best team in the division and in for another season long struggle.

Couldn't agree more. Our last few games are tough. We need to hit the ground running this season.

[aj2k77]

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.

Trez, Hourihane, El Ghazi and Samatta time bomb? What over the top rubbish.

Yes, they're the main weak links, another season with them playing dozens of games will see another season of us circling the plug hole, possibly getting sucked down it and ending up back at square one. Down the pan, with a diminuishing reputation.

[brontebilly]

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.

Yeah he took control of the midfield that day while Dean Smith stood powerless on the sideline....that was probably our worst defeat of last season. If Ghendouzi was available he would be a no brainer for us and half the teams in the division.

[Three Spires Villa]

Just saying the transfer window finishes in x days is missing the point, to improve on last season we need some better players in, we can not afford to let any points slip away

[Clampy]

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.

Trez, Hourihane, El Ghazi and Samatta time bomb? What over the top rubbish.

Yes, they're the main weak links, another season with them playing dozens of games will see another season of us circling the plug hole, possibly getting sucked down it and ending up back at square one. Down the pan, with a diminuishing reputation.

El Ghazi and Samatta, maybe. Trez and Hourihane proved last season they can come in and do a job. Trez's goals helped keep us up and he'll have had a season under his belt so the time bomb analogy was well over the top.

[Gareth]

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

Wrong, we stayed up by a single point. EVERY game is vital because as is we are the 17th best team in the division and in for another season long struggle.

It’s not wrong at all in my opinion, the right players is the most important thing - there is no guarantee that we would lose the first 2/3 games with the side (goalkeeper aside) that picked up 8 points in the last 4 games.

Absolutely would be wonderful if the day the guys get back from international break that we have all our signings done & on the BMH pitches but the fact remains that a lot of business will be done by all the sides you’d expect to be in the bottom few places in the last week of the window.

[OCD]

Even with Samatta it's a bit harsh as it was a player joining a struggling team in a foreign league and being asked to step up straight away. He had very little supply and in most of the early games we were getting little possession because of the teams we were playing.

[paul_e]

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

Wrong, we stayed up by a single point. EVERY game is vital because as is we are the 17th best team in the division and in for another season long struggle.

It’s not wrong at all in my opinion, the right players is the most important thing - there is no guarantee that we would lose the first 2/3 games with the side (goalkeeper aside) that picked up 8 points in the last 4 games.

Absolutely would be wonderful if the day the guys get back from international break that we have all our signings done & on the BMH pitches but the fact remains that a lot of business will be done by all the sides you’d expect to be in the bottom few places in the last week of the window.

I think the international break is a very important point in this. On it's own that makes this week both more difficult to complete the signings of a lot of players and also makes it less urgent that we get the players on the training ground as soon as possible. Any signing between now and next Thursday is unlikely to meet a big part of our squad until then anyway so we're really looking at having the whole team together for 8-9 days before the Sheffield United game now with the cup game in midweek mostly just giving us a chance of an extra pre-season game.

[pauliewalnuts]

Starting to wonder if Vill I An is some sort of militant Mormon or somesuch. Has a very low standard for what constitutes a 'scandal'.

It might be Vill I An's Victorian values, surely refreshing in these licentious times.

My favourite ever letter to Viz went like this:

"Dyslexia? Bone bloody idle, more like."

It was signed by "Victor Ian Values".

That's excellent.

I also remember: "Blind people. Take those thick, dark glasses off to give yourselves at least a chance of seeing something"

[pauliewalnuts]

I'll admit, I am now starting to get a bit concerned at the lack of incomings.

However, I've decided, over the last four or five months or so, to limit the degree to which I allow this stuff to bother me.

[Villafirst]

I'll admit, I am now starting to get a bit concerned at the lack of incomings.

However, I've decided, over the last four or five months or so, to limit the degree to which I allow this stuff to bother me.

Not even news on fees agreed with any player?

[aj2k77]

The international break is now the excuse, lol. So first it was a few teams haven't finished their season yet, now it's the break, then what? Too close to the season to get reinforcements in so no one will sell. Then we hit January and it's the old January window excuse.

We are full of excuses. And that is why we don't do any good any more. Talk of acting like we mean business and acting like we are a big club is just that, talk. We don't walk the walk and haven't done for a long time. We come up with reasons why we can't.

[Clampy]

The international break is now the excuse, lol. So first it was a few teams haven't finished their season yet, now it's the break, then what? Too close to the season to get reinforcements in so no one will sell. Then we hit January and it's the old January window excuse.

We are full of excuses. And that is why we don't do any good any more. Talk of acting like we mean business and acting like we are a big club is just that, talk. We don't walk the walk and haven't done for a long time. We come up with reasons why we can't.

Why are you losing your rag over what someone has posted on a forum? The window closes in five weeks, calm down.

[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

Wrong, we stayed up by a single point. EVERY game is vital because as is we are the 17th best team in the division and in for another season long struggle.

It’s not wrong at all in my opinion, the right players is the most important thing - there is no guarantee that we would lose the first 2/3 games with the side (goalkeeper aside) that picked up 8 points in the last 4 games.

Absolutely would be wonderful if the day the guys get back from international break that we have all our signings done & on the BMH pitches but the fact remains that a lot of business will be done by all the sides you’d expect to be in the bottom few places in the last week of the window.

I think the international break is a very important point in this. On it's own that makes this week both more difficult to complete the signings of a lot of players and also makes it less urgent that we get the players on the training ground as soon as possible. Any signing between now and next Thursday is unlikely to meet a big part of our squad until then anyway so we're really looking at having the whole team together for 8-9 days before the Sheffield United game now with the cup game in midweek mostly just giving us a chance of an extra pre-season game.

But if we could get them signed, moved and fully settled in this week then they'd be in a position to make the absolute most of those 8-9 days

[tomd2103]

The international break is now the excuse, lol. So first it was a few teams haven't finished their season yet, now it's the break, then what? Too close to the season to get reinforcements in so no one will sell. Then we hit January and it's the old January window excuse.

We are full of excuses. And that is why we don't do any good any more. Talk of acting like we mean business and acting like we are a big club is just that, talk. We don't walk the walk and haven't done for a long time. We come up with reasons why we can't.

Who are the "we" you are accusing of making excuses mate?   Surely a bit pointless if it is posters on here you are referring to, given that noone on here has any influence on our transfers whatsoever?

I would suggest a strongly worded letter to the Evening Mail or Sports Argus.