Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[LeeB]

Phillips brings the Alan Partridge shrug out in me.

[Des Little]

Let's be brutally honest, Rice will only go to Chelsea and Phillips wouldn't leave Leeds for us in a month of Sundays (or sundaes if the punfest is still going). 

[sickbeggar]

Be very surprised if we spend 50+m a PL DM. If we do buy one, and i'm not convinced we will, it will be from abroad.

[ozzjim]

If I was the owners of either I would be asking for £100 million.

[villa for life]

I wonder if Leicester will want Axel given the injury to Fofana

[ozzjim]

Zouma surely a better bet for them?

[brontebilly]

Not a chance Phillips or Rice would go to a team that finished 11th last season...will be interesting to see if Phillips shows a bit more loyalty to his hometown club when the time comes... surprised Rice hasn't already left, has plenty of form for that....

Thought Watkins did very well last season leading the line for us. Ings is a fine player but shifting Watkins regularly to the left wing to accommodate him doesn't make much sense to me. Going two up top would leave us very light in midfield and none of our wide options are grafters either. Lots for Deano to figure out but I'm a bit worried as to our shape when everyone is fit and available.

[OCD]

I think players like Bellingham, Rice and Phillips would only be options if could offer champions league football. It's just a little bit too soon. We're better off looking at players who aren't as established but that we can identify as having the ability to get there with a little more development and progression with us.

[nick harper]

We found the player we’re looking for now in 2015 - Idrissa Gueye. Right player, wrong time. We need to find the 2021 version.

[Big Ming]

Now Jack scone, it’s time for the rest of the squad to prove themselves

It's certainly given us food for thought.

You want jam on it.

Cream first ?

There isn't another way.

This is wrong. Entirely impractical. The queen of England has them jam first, and anyone who does it differently is clearly a wrong 'un.

Right side/fuck them up/jam first/...

Jam first.

Always.

[Dave]

We found the player we’re looking for now in 2015 - Idrissa Gueye. Right player, wrong time. We need to find the 2021 version.

Could do worse than just bringing him back for a couple of seasons, given PSG have about eight similar players for that position and probably wouldn't be upset to lose his wages.

[Rigadon]

Gueye returning would just remind me of that god awful team we had back then, regardless of what he's gone on to achieve elsewhere.  Eye-bleedingly bad on every single level. 

[brontebilly]

Gueye returning would just remind me of that god awful team we had back then, regardless of what he's gone on to achieve elsewhere.  Eye-bleedingly bad on every single level.

You could see he had talent back then but he used to give up after a couple of mistakes. The mismanagement of those young players was absolutely scandalous but it shows the importance of a solid crew of senior pros at a club. No wonder Dim Tim has never managed again, nor Garde really either. Can't even remember the last geezer.

[robleflaneur]

Not a chance Phillips or Rice would go to a team that finished 11th last season...will be interesting to see if Phillips shows a bit more loyalty to his hometown club when the time comes... surprised Rice hasn't already left, has plenty of form for that....

Thought Watkins did very well last season leading the line for us. Ings is a fine player but shifting Watkins regularly to the left wing to accommodate him doesn't make much sense to me. Going two up top would leave us very light in midfield and none of our wide options are grafters either. Lots for Deano to figure out but I'm a bit worried as to our shape when everyone is fit and available.

Not sure about his spell at Exeter but Ollie spent most of his time at Brentford playing on the left.
I rate Ings as a better finisher than Ollie.Ollie's movement and pace are his assets and with Bailey also offering blistering pace and goals,I think it's a very good combination.
Ollie offers great workrate and pressing which we haven't had on the flanks,except for Trez and Ollie is far superior.This should allow us to win the ball higher up the pitch which Smith really wants.
Think Liverpool as a blueprint,who haven't got a Buendia in their midfield,but possess 2 wide goalscorers,Mane and Salah,who aren't traditional wingers.

[sickbeggar]

Gueye returning would just remind me of that god awful team we had back then, regardless of what he's gone on to achieve elsewhere.  Eye-bleedingly bad on every single level.

yep. Somehow I doubt Gueye has that many happy memories that would persuade him to return either.