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Re: Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.
« Reply #90 on: April 05, 2021, 12:01:51 PM »
I don't think we'd have employed Lange, given his CV, or the new recruitment lad if we were then just going to loan players from Real Madrid. Steve Bruce could even tell you the names of a few Real Madrid players!

‘The boy Zidanes a t’rrific talent and wor delighted to have him.’

I was watching a podcast of an interview with an ex-footballer who Bruce signed when he was at Blues.  He said Bruce completely froze him out of the first team picture after just a couple of months and when he went to see him to ask him why he had signed him in the first place, Bruce's reply was that he had scored against his teams a couple of times.  Sounds about right.

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Re: Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.
« Reply #91 on: April 05, 2021, 12:22:55 PM »
Someone on the BBC live online text feed of the game yesterday said Smith's comments on expected transfer activity in the summer coming were alarming.

Does anyone know what comments were being referred to ?

The only thing I recall was Smith saying that he had two sporting directors who did a lot of the work, and while he had his input with them, they made his life as a football manager much easier.

English football manager praises directors? What witchcraft is this?!.

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Re: Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.
« Reply #92 on: April 05, 2021, 12:56:45 PM »
I don't think we'd have employed Lange, given his CV, or the new recruitment lad if we were then just going to loan players from Real Madrid. Steve Bruce could even tell you the names of a few Real Madrid players!

‘The boy Zidanes a t’rrific talent and wor delighted to have him.’

I was watching a podcast of an interview with an ex-footballer who Bruce signed when he was at Blues.  He said Bruce completely froze him out of the first team picture after just a couple of months and when he went to see him to ask him why he had signed him in the first place, Bruce's reply was that he had scored against his teams a couple of times.  Sounds about right.

Hence Henri Lansbury.  Did Hogan also score against us when Bruce was manager?

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Re: Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.
« Reply #93 on: April 05, 2021, 01:00:01 PM »
No. Hogan never played against us when Bruce was manager.

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Re: Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.
« Reply #94 on: April 05, 2021, 01:15:35 PM »
2 potentially shrewd ones with experience (especially if we get into Europe/challenging for Europe)
Oxlade-Chamberlain and Phil Jones- an experienced head or 2 would be invaluable as ones who can a variety of roles and re development hunger and enthusiasm for game providing they stay fit.

Abraham:striker
Winks: midfield
McNeill:attacking wide
Oxlade-Chamberlain:versatile Midfielder
Phil Jones: defence versatile

I go for Winks McNeill and Abraham and think they should be our 3 key moves in summer
« Last Edit: April 05, 2021, 01:18:48 PM by Footy-Vill »

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Re: Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.
« Reply #95 on: April 05, 2021, 01:24:40 PM »
2 potentially shrewd ones with experience (especially if we get into Europe/challenging for Europe)
Oxlade-Chamberlain and Phil Jones- an experienced head or 2 would be invaluable as ones who can a variety of roles and re development hunger and enthusiasm for game providing they stay fit.

Abraham:striker
Winks: midfield
McNeill:attacking wide
Oxlade-Chamberlain:versatile Midfielder
Phil Jones: defence versatile

I go for Winks McNeill and Abraham and think they should be our 3 key moves in summer
It may all be about opinions, but what the hell are you on?
Jones and Chamberlain: no thanks!
For Winks, read Sanson, Ramsey or Luiz.
McNeil - possibly, although I suspect he'll go to a Chumps League team.
Abraham - yes, if we can.

I'm amazed that your thorough analysis work has not prompted you to talk about cover at CB (realistic, not Jones!) and at LB.

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Re: Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.
« Reply #96 on: April 05, 2021, 01:31:08 PM »
Abraham maybe, McNeill haven't seen enough to comment. The others: no. A fully fit Chamberlain would be good, but there is no such thing. Jones is wank, there's no way he would be willing to become back up and is worse than any of our starting defenders.

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Re: Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.
« Reply #97 on: April 05, 2021, 01:32:27 PM »
Anyway, Haaland and Messi for me, please Villa. Wouldn't mind Saint-Maximim, too.

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Re: Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.
« Reply #98 on: April 05, 2021, 01:49:51 PM »
Swaris has made another £3bn, FFP is going out the window. We'll spend £100m easy.

Where did you see this Ads?

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Re: Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.
« Reply #99 on: April 05, 2021, 02:01:45 PM »
I don’t see Abraham as being an especially  talented footballer, but he does know where the goal is. Might work if Watkins moves out wide, but Watkins is the new Defoe so that would be a waste.

Try and buy players to improve service to Watkins. Buendia.

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Re: Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.
« Reply #100 on: April 05, 2021, 02:15:57 PM »
I'm sure I read a quote from Abraham when he was here that he preferred to play from wide, that he didn't consider himself a 'natural' number 9.

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Re: Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.
« Reply #101 on: April 05, 2021, 02:23:21 PM »
2 potentially shrewd ones with experience (especially if we get into Europe/challenging for Europe)
Oxlade-Chamberlain and Phil Jones- an experienced head or 2 would be invaluable as ones who can a variety of roles and re development hunger and enthusiasm for game providing they stay fit.

Abraham:striker
Winks: midfield
McNeill:attacking wide
Oxlade-Chamberlain:versatile Midfielder
Phil Jones: defence versatile

I go for Winks McNeill and Abraham and think they should be our 3 key moves in summer
It may all be about opinions, but what the hell are you on?
Jones and Chamberlain: no thanks!
For Winks, read Sanson, Ramsey or Luiz.
McNeil - possibly, although I suspect he'll go to a Chumps League team.
Abraham - yes, if we can.

I'm amazed that your thorough analysis work has not prompted you to talk about cover at CB (realistic, not Jones!) and at LB.

Does Phil Jones still play or does he just do the Stan Laurel looky likey appearances now 🤔😀

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Re: Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.
« Reply #102 on: April 05, 2021, 02:30:00 PM »
Phil Jones is past his best - we should be avoiding players like that.

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Re: Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.
« Reply #103 on: April 05, 2021, 02:34:03 PM »
Phil Jones is past his best - we should be avoiding players like that.

His best wasn't good enough, christ knows what level he's at now. He was bought on potential, he was an absolute brick shithouse at 18, but he didn't develop.

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Re: Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.
« Reply #104 on: April 05, 2021, 04:19:27 PM »
For me, in priority order:

Big Strong DM
Young Left Back
Young Centre Back
Forward who can play across the line

The DM I'd be looking for someone in their mid-late 20s that we could potentially get the most out of whilst the U23 lot keep developing with loans and sub appearances. I'd probably be looking at the clubs in Spain, Germany and Italy that are just missing out on Europe but I don't have anyone in particular I'd be going for.

Up front i've given the names of the sort of players I'd be looking at before but I think it's crucial that they're good playing a bit wider as well as central.


The 2 defenders I'd prefer to be U23 so they're ok with being understudies and coming through as they develop, I'd still be looking for them to have a whole bunch of appearances to their name though, 21-22 year olds with 10-15 senior matches to their name are just too big a risk because you can only judge them on what they might turn out to be. Someone like Konsa is a good example of what to look for, signed as a 21 year old with over 100 appearances to his name.

 


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