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

[Baldy]

We might want to keep some money in the Bank for now. Barkley is only on loan and if he keeps up this form a massive offer will be required to get him from Chelski. Also, with the progress he has made, Luiz might need a lucrative offer to keep City's maulers off him.

For now, Lansbury and one goalie out and possibly one loan in if Dean deems it necessary.

I really rate Elmohamady. If need be and as a last resort think he could do a job for us anywhere along the back line on a temporary basis. Hopefully, wont be needed but re-assuring to know he is there. 

[SoccerHQ]

Mane is a better player all round player than Salah imo. As soon as I saw he was injured instantly became more confident about getting a result and so did the team by what we saw.

[ozzjim]

Targett is unlucky with the ricochet for the first. Mings is trying to cover the way Salah bends the ball to the left from that position, but goes too far and shows him the channel to the near post.

[PeterWithesShin]

Actually, I wonder if it's worth putting in a bid for Salah or Mane, i'm sure they could do a job as cover for our first team.

[Toronto Villa]

Today’s window won’t be the issue. But I hope we get rid of a few and bring in at least one more by the 16th. Reinforce from a position of strength.

[SoccerHQ]

Today’s window won’t be the issue. But I hope we get rid of a few and bring in at least one more by the 16th. Reinforce from a position of strength.

That's a good point actually. Weren't we linked with Mepham from Bournemouth a few weeks back? DS managed him at Brentford and he's a Welsh international. Was injured a fair bit last season.

[saunders_heroes]

Isn’t the 16th the deadline for lower league clubs?

[cdbearsfan]

Salah is in the top half dozen players in the world. He's going to get away from far better players than Mings and Targett

12th best player on the pitch last night.

15th behind Elmo, Plastic and Marvelous, for me.

[paul_e]

Another centre half or a resolution to whatever's going on with Engels is needed

An experienced centre forward, who's prepared to be a backup would be nice, but I've no ideas.

Smith has said all along that Engels is injured and the latest is that he's expected to return after the break, I see no reason to not believe that.

God knows what's happened with Engels - he seems to have been out forever and nobody can ever remember him getting injured. It looks like Deano has decided that he can busk it with Hause & Elmo in emergencies until January. Up front is similar; Watkins, Traore and Davis until the Return of the Wes.

Did we ever find out which 2 players it was that Smith said might have to isolate? Could it be that Engels was one of them? Smith never said a word about him during the restart but this season he's mentioned a thigh injury a few times.

[ozzjim]

Isn’t the 16th the deadline for lower league clubs?

Domestic, so we can still buy from the Championship.

[Lastfootstamper]

Salah is in the top half dozen players in the world. He's going to get away from far better players than Mings and Targett

12th best player on the pitch last night.

Not even the best Egyptian.

[Sexual Ealing]

Not even the second-best Egyptian.

[N'ZMAV]

Depending of fitness of Wesley and Engels - we may need cover in attack and defence

[VinnieChase84]

I don’t think we will do anything today

[N'ZMAV]

I don’t think we will do anything today

nah neither do I.