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Author Topic: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread  (Read 864313 times)

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8580 on: October 01, 2020, 05:42:49 PM »
Pay as you fight deal maybe.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8581 on: October 01, 2020, 05:51:13 PM »
Daniel Sturridge is available for free. Would he be worth considering as a back up striker option if the contract was heavily weighted towards appearances?

Our physios are probably in a cold sweat at even the thought of that happening.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8582 on: October 01, 2020, 05:57:04 PM »
I'd take Sturridge on that kind of deal until Jan, it's very low risk, he's hardly going to be asking for huge money and he'd got well with this group.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8583 on: October 01, 2020, 06:08:46 PM »
Costa would bully Targett in training so much that Matt would pretend he was ill/had high gates and would never come in for training.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8584 on: October 01, 2020, 06:09:31 PM »
I'd take Sturridge on that kind of deal until Jan, it's very low risk, he's hardly going to be asking for huge money and he'd got well with this group.
and keep the medical team busy.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8585 on: October 01, 2020, 06:48:57 PM »
Watkins is clearly our first choice striker, but we could do with a more experienced option who can step in if Watkins needs a break or starts to struggle for a bit.  I'm not sure KD would be able to provide that option really and I see him more of a bits and pieces striker at the moment, as opposed to a genuine replacement option.


Think therefore that we do need one more until Wesley comes back.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8586 on: October 01, 2020, 08:27:57 PM »
after watching Davis tonight, we definitely do.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8587 on: October 01, 2020, 09:05:54 PM »
We actually are short of another centre back, left back, defensive midfielder, winger and striker, really. I hope it acts as a wakeup call and we sign one of them.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8588 on: October 01, 2020, 09:09:34 PM »
Think Smith is gonna wing it. Upto him at the end of the day as he'll be the one who will get the boot if it goes pear-shaped.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8589 on: October 01, 2020, 09:13:26 PM »
GET A FUCKING GOOD LB IN. FFS

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8590 on: October 01, 2020, 11:26:32 PM »
Still think we should have got Benrahma. Scored a stunning goal tonight.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8591 on: October 01, 2020, 11:39:25 PM »
Still think we should have got Benrahma. Scored a stunning goal tonight.

If it was the first it was more or less a tap in. Ah, he scored a second. I'll look out for it.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8592 on: October 01, 2020, 11:44:32 PM »
We really appear to lack depth of quality in the squad. Let see what happens...

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8593 on: October 01, 2020, 11:47:06 PM »
Still think we should have got Benrahma. Scored a stunning goal tonight.

If it was the first it was more or less a tap in. Ah, he scored a second. I'll look out for it.

Its the bit of skill to kill the guy rushing out at him more than the finish, although both are pretty neat.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8594 on: October 02, 2020, 12:05:40 AM »
We really appear to lack depth of quality in the squad. Let see what happens...

We finished 17th for a reason last year even with Jack in amazing form for three thirds of it.

To me this window was all about strengthening the first 11 considerably and I believe we've done that. Some of the regular starters will be moving down to the bench now.

Yes we're still short in depth but that will only be corrected over another 2-3 transfer windows. Sooner or later we will get rid of Jota, Lansbury, Taylor, Nakamba, AEG, Trez and they will need to be replaced.

 


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