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

[Fred Crump]

I think we are done now other than exits, but it’s still been a great window.

[AGRIPPA]

Apparently Dundee Utd defender Kerr Smith is about to sign.... only saying what Twitter is....”Villareport”

[manic-road]

Apparently Dundee Utd defender Kerr Smith is about to sign.... only saying what Twitter is....”Villareport”

One for the future if true, he's only 15.

[AGRIPPA]

Apparently Dundee Utd defender Kerr Smith is about to sign.... only saying what Twitter is....”Villareport”

One for the future if true, he's only 15.

Good.... we seem to be buying up
Lots of young talent

[JJ-AV]

Tuanzebe on loan would do me

[N'ZMAV]

Tuanzebe on loan would do me

He's injured - probably won't be fit until after the deadline passes.

[KevinGage]

The powers that be probably think they have enough left back and centre half cover as it is.  Targett, Taylor and Hause can all play LB and Hause and Engels (numberwise, at least) provide centre back cover.

There aren't even rumours of a left back coming in, so it looks like they are happy with what they have there.

Maybe that'll change if any couple from Angela, El Ghazi, Engels or Guilbert depart before Monday. 

Rose even on a short term deal looks like an obvious one if that happens.

[villa `cross the mersey]

Tuanzebe on loan would do me

He's injured - probably won't be fit until after the deadline passes.

seems injury prone .....too risky

[paul_e]

Tuanzebe on loan would do me

He's injured - probably won't be fit until after the deadline passes.

seems injury prone .....too risky

More importantly Konsa is a better player.

[Percy McCarthy]

I wonder how it would have turned out had we not signed Collymore that summer of 97. Don’t get me wrong, I was absolutely buzzing at the time but as we found out he was a costly disaster.

A couple, maybe a few, days before we signed Collymore, Sir Brian told us at the shareholders association ‘do’ that we were trying to sign a centre-forward and he’d been to watch Liverpool, Everton and Newcastle. So the alternatives were Ferguson or Cole. Who knows what would have happened, but they couldn't have been much worse.

[Ger Regan]

I wonder how it would have turned out had we not signed Collymore that summer of 97. Don’t get me wrong, I was absolutely buzzing at the time but as we found out he was a costly disaster.

A couple, maybe a few, days before we signed Collymore, Sir Brian told us at the shareholders association ‘do’ that we were trying to sign a centre-forward and he’d been to watch Liverpool, Everton and Newcastle. So the alternatives were Ferguson or Cole. Who knows what would have happened, but they couldn't have been much worse.

I presume you mean Ferdinand? Cole was long gone from them at that stage. Ferdinand would have been a much better signing I'd imagine, although easy in hindsight.

[Brazilian Villain]

I presume you mean Ferdinand? Cole was long gone from them at that stage. Ferdinand would have been a much better signing I'd imagine, although easy in hindsight.

I think he meant Big Dunc.

[Percy McCarthy]

I wonder how it would have turned out had we not signed Collymore that summer of 97. Don’t get me wrong, I was absolutely buzzing at the time but as we found out he was a costly disaster.

A couple, maybe a few, days before we signed Collymore, Sir Brian told us at the shareholders association ‘do’ that we were trying to sign a centre-forward and he’d been to watch Liverpool, Everton and Newcastle. So the alternatives were Ferguson or Cole. Who knows what would have happened, but they couldn't have been much worse.

I presume you mean Ferdinand? Cole was long gone from them at that stage. Ferdinand would have been a much better signing I'd imagine, although easy in hindsight.

Yeah, must have been then.

[richtheholtender]

I don’t know if it’s been mentioned but I really like the fact that a lot of our starting line up are now 24,25,26. Not many 18-21 year olds not many 31-34. All in their prime.

[SoccerHQ]

I wonder how it would have turned out had we not signed Collymore that summer of 97. Don’t get me wrong, I was absolutely buzzing at the time but as we found out he was a costly disaster.

A couple, maybe a few, days before we signed Collymore, Sir Brian told us at the shareholders association ‘do’ that we were trying to sign a centre-forward and he’d been to watch Liverpool, Everton and Newcastle. So the alternatives were Ferguson or Cole. Who knows what would have happened, but they couldn't have been much worse.

I presume you mean Ferdinand? Cole was long gone from them at that stage. Ferdinand would have been a much better signing I'd imagine, although easy in hindsight.

Les Ferdinand went to Spurs that summer and was ravaged by injured for much of his time there. Was also about 30 at that point so Newcastle had the best of him. Andy Cole would've been the best option of the three given of course he linked up superbly with Dwight York when they played in Stretford.