Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[cdbearsfan]

I don't like his hair. Last time we signed a player whose hair I didn't like was Lansbury, and he turned out to be shite. Mind you, I really liked Carlos Sanchez's hair and he turned out to be shite, too.

Conclusion: footballing ability is more important than hairstyle in terms of assessing whether we should sign players. I will forward my research to the coaching staff.

[Sexual Ealing]

I don't like his hair. Last time we signed a player whose hair I didn't like was Lansbury, and he turned out to be shite. Mind you, I really liked Carlos Sanchez's hair and he turned out to be shite, too.

Conclusion: footballing ability is more important than hairstyle in terms of assessing whether we should sign players. I will forward my research to the coaching staff.

Whilst I have no doubts whatsoever about the scientific fundamentals of your system, Carlos Sanchez's hair made him look like an oompa-loompa. And he was the worst player I've ever seen play for us.

[Steve67]

I don't like his hair. Last time we signed a player whose hair I didn't like was Lansbury, and he turned out to be shite. Mind you, I really liked Carlos Sanchez's hair and he turned out to be shite, too.

Conclusion: footballing ability is more important than hairstyle in terms of assessing whether we should sign players. I will forward my research to the coaching staff.

Saying that, if you look at the training pictures today, a couple of the training staff have saucy hair do's as well.

[cdbearsfan]

Mark Kinsella was worse, and he had fairly boring hair. I loved Carlos' barnet.  It was wild and untamed. We'd be playing abysmally and losing at home to some nonsense like Stoke, and I would stare longingly at his hair and instantly be transported to more glamorous, exciting times, like the occasion when we nearly got a draw against Swansea.

[SoccerHQ]

What happens with three at the back?

Southgate rolls his two 6s.

Think Italians call the three midfield options as regista

https://www.sports-king.com/dictionary.php?q=regista

Trequartistas

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1399609-trequartistas-and-the-5-most-specialist-positions-in-football

And then the holding midfield is the Gentile. It kicks anything that moves. Very very hard.

[Sexual Ealing]

Mark Kinsella was worse, and he had fairly boring hair. I loved Carlos' barnet.  It was wild and untamed. We'd be playing abysmally and losing at home to some nonsense like Stoke, and I would stare longingly at his hair and instantly be transported to more glamorous, exciting times, like the occasion when we nearly got a draw against Swansea.

But Mark Kinsella had been at Charlton for decades, looking like a dad for every one of them. And he wasn't a Colombian called Carlos Sanchez. He (Carlos) let we romantics down badly.

[Damo70]

In my era these were the numbers/positions...

2      5       6     3
            4
7          8        11
           10
            9

I remember that in the days of a number 5 always being a centre half Liverpool always played a midfielder like Ray Kennedy and Ronnie Whelan in the number five shirt.

[eamonn]

Carlos Sanchez was as decent as Nakamba until the hour mark when he would always tire. He had a bit of flair about him at least. Unlike some real no-mark midfielders we've had in the last decade (Brett "the Hitman" Holman for one).

[pauliewalnuts]

Fucking hell, I'd totally forgotten Brett Holman.

This last ten years, we've had some truly fucking shit players. Absolute dross.

[edgysatsuma89]

Fucking hell, I'd totally forgotten Brett Holman.

This last ten years, we've had some truly fucking shit players. Absolute dross.

And me. I thought he just referenced a fucking wrestler. I couldn't for the life of me tell you what he looked like.

[KevinGage]

I don't like his hair. Last time we signed a player whose hair I didn't like was Lansbury, and he turned out to be shite. Mind you, I really liked Carlos Sanchez's hair and he turned out to be shite, too.

Conclusion: footballing ability is more important than hairstyle in terms of assessing whether we should sign players. I will forward my research to the coaching staff.

Whilst I have no doubts whatsoever about the scientific fundamentals of your system, Carlos Sanchez's hair made him look like an oompa-loompa. And he was the worst player I've ever seen play for us.

Gary Pisshead Penrice and Marlon F Harewood say hi.

[SoccerHQ]

El Ahmadi or however you spell it was one of those who looked o.k in his first 3-4 starts but was then behind Westwood in the pecking order two month later so that was the other Lambert attempt at finding a decent holding midfielder.

[Risso]

Fucking hell, I'd totally forgotten Brett Holman.


This last ten years, we've had some truly fucking shit players. Absolute dross.

Paul Lambert did well to find Benteke, and it probably kept him in a job for two years longer than he deserved. Look at these these transfer windows from him otherwise though:


12/13
El Ahmadi
Holman
Tonev
Vlaar
Bennett
Lowton
Westwood
Sylla
Bowery


13/14
Helenius
Okore
Luna
Bacuna
Kozak


14/15
Senderos
Joe Cole
Kieran Richardson
Aly Cissokho
Scott Sinclair
Carles Gil
Carlos Sanchez


Now some of those did just about OK, and some went on to be better elsewhere, but bloody hell, what an assortment of absolute shite on the most part.

[sickbeggar]

Fucking hell, I'd totally forgotten Brett Holman.


This last ten years, we've had some truly fucking shit players. Absolute dross.

Paul Lambert did well to find Benteke, and it probably kept him in a job for two years longer than he deserved. Look at these these transfer windows from him otherwise though:


12/13
El Ahmadi
Holman
Tonev
Vlaar
Bennett
Lowton
Westwood
Sylla
Bowery


13/14
Helenius
Okore
Luna
Bacuna
Kozak


14/15
Senderos
Joe Cole
Kieran Richardson
Aly Cissokho
Scott Sinclair
Carles Gil
Carlos Sanchez


Now some of those did just about OK, and some went on to be better elsewhere, but bloody hell, what an assortment of absolute shite on the most part.

Thing is, Lerners rationalisation was in full effect by then. We knew we were a selling club, but probably the extent of the problem wasn't apparent. Those signings are basically a full squad and including Benteke we spent about 41m nett. That equates to under 2m a player and even back then you'd struggle to pull off too many top signings with that sort of budget. I think we spent 100m odd in the following two seasons albeit funded by sales

[chrisw1]

Christ, what a shower of shit. 

Vlaar and Lowton were probably the only two who were ok for us and we go a few years out of Westwood (I know, I know...).  I thought Okore may come good but it was not to be. 

That list is unbelievable.