Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[Monty]

Emi would be tremendous as a skipper on the pitch, but don't forget Ash as overall club captain. Knows the place inside out and he's been through more at the top level than anyone else in the squad.

I'm glad Young is back with us, but you can't be fucking off to Man Utd and then be made captain on your return. A period of atonement is necessary.

He has been at a real club in between, to be fair. Had a good exile.

[Big Ming]

It has to be mings, surely?

There's something that just feels right about having a centre-back as skipper.

[algy]

It's an armband. For the first time in donkeys' donkey's, we're blessed with character all over the pitch, from very back to very front. Smith rotated the captaincy at Brentford, I believe. I have no qualms with that. We'd be proud of any of them being captain.

Armband or not, Mings is a fucking colussus of a human being.

Agreed on every point. With that other player gone, I'd move to a rotating captaincy.

[Dave]

Go with the Italian tradition of longest-serving player.

Come on down captain Jed Steer.

[DrGonzo]

Steer would first have to supplant Emi 1 in the line up, if he does that he'd deserve the armband!

Reports on the mainland say a £10m bid for Doucore to be submitted to "test their resolve". 

[Dave]

On the defensive midfielder apparently Bayern are willing to let Corentin Tolisso go.

Would fit the part pretty well if we could convince him.

[Gareth]

Reading the last 10-15 pages of this thread it seems most are up for signing JWP - have to admit other than his set pieces he’s always been a player I’ve watched lots and been undecided as to whether he is a good player or not.  Like the sound of the distance he covers though, we need that for definite.

[john e]

Go with the Italian tradition of longest-serving player.

Come on down captain Jed Steer.

What first-team player would it be if that was the case

[LeeB]

Go with the Italian tradition of longest-serving player.

Come on down captain Jed Steer.

What first-team player would it be if that was the case

"Sorry Emi, we know you're probably the best in the world but Jed's been here the longest and now he's captain so he has to play"

[Brend'Watkins]

Reading the last 10-15 pages of this thread it seems most are up for signing JWP - have to admit other than his set pieces he’s always been a player I’ve watched lots and been undecided as to whether he is a good player or not.  Like the sound of the distance he covers though, we need that for definite.

I'm in that camp too.  I don't really know what he's good at apart from free kicks.  The ground covering I hadn't noticed, it's an admiral quality.  I also remember he was given the job of doubling up on Grealish at their place which he did well at so the defensive side of his game must be decent. A bit of an all rounder free kick specialist then? nice to have but I'd prefer a mobile 6ft something, 14 stone enforcer.

[Dave]

Go with the Italian tradition of longest-serving player.

Come on down captain Jed Steer.

What first-team player would it be if that was the case

McGinn I expect.

[paul_e]

Go with the Italian tradition of longest-serving player.

Come on down captain Jed Steer.

What first-team player would it be if that was the case

McGinn I expect.

Keinan Davis!

[Duncan Shaw]

It looks like JWP, as quite a few on here have suspected, will probably not happen with Saints not wanting to sell, quite a few mumurings that we are "looking elsewhere" about this morning.

[sickbeggar]

On the defensive midfielder apparently Bayern are willing to let Corentin Tolisso go.

Would fit the part pretty well if we could convince him.

Had a bad injury I think. Wonder what they'd want for him? I guess wages would be high.

[Fasth56]

On the defensive midfielder apparently Bayern are willing to let Corentin Tolisso go.

Would fit the part pretty well if we could convince him.

Given that Messi is on £500,000 a week at PSG, we could have signed him for the 2 years given him a £10m bonus for getting us into Europe and still had £40m change from the transfer of Grealish

Had a bad injury I think. Wonder what they'd want for him? I guess wages would be high.