Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[TelfordVilla]

if before the summer, someone had said:

Grealish out
Young, Tuanzebe loan, Bailey, Ings, Buendia in.

I think most of us would have been underwhelmed.

Even if adding that centre midfielder enforcer was included into that list above, it will always  be underwhelming because of one factor. I think we all thought it wouldn’t happen this summer at least, maybe next year but certainly not this one.

What a wanker.

spot on too

[ozzjim]

if before the summer, someone had said:

Grealish out
Young, Tuanzebe loan, Bailey, Ings, Buendia in.

I think most of us would have been underwhelmed.

Even if adding that centre midfielder enforcer was included into that list above, it will always  be underwhelming because of one factor. I think we all thought it wouldn’t happen this summer at least, maybe next year but certainly not this one.

What a wanker.

spot on too

Only way this summer doesn't look a let down is getting a couple of better players than we have in key positions, which looks unlikely. Rat boy was almost like 2 players for us on a match day.

[Nunkin1965]

If midfield is not sorted we will be in a Relegation fight,Mark my words.

I can't believe how bad this summer has been.

Where's the money??

You must be getting a little tired or weary of this?

The desperation of wanting to play us shows through a bit.
I yabba dabba do think its unlikely to happen though.

[Flin5tone]

The signings are very good for the Championship/lower ends of the PL

A.Young - 36 year old
Buendia - unproven Championship Player
Ings-very good but injury prone
Bailey-Very exciting prospect but unknown to how he will perform in this league
Tuanzebe-Loan signing

If this is all we have in return of Jack Grealish it's very , very worrying. If they were an addition to keeping him then great.

I was expecting at least another 2 high profile signings

[aev]

The signings are very good for the Chanpionship/lower ends of the PL

A.Young - 36 year old
Buendia - unproven Championship Player
Ings-very good but injury prone
Bailey-Very exciting prospect but unknown to how he will perform in this league
Tuanzebe-Loan signing

If this is all we have in return of Jack Grealish it's very , very worrying. If they were an addition to keeping him then great.

I was expecting at least another 2 high profile signings

Young - experienced player with plenty of medals, presumably will be a positive influence on our talented youngsters.
Buendia - He stats (if you like those) were v good in a relegated Norwich team, and clearly had an excellent season last year.
Ings - Missed 9 games in 2 years, Hardly injury prone. A massive upgrade on Davies / Wesley
Bailey - We don't know, but I think he will be excellent.
Tuanzebe - An upgrade on Engels, who hardly played anyway.

Cheer up.

[ozzjim]

The signings are very good for the Chanpionship/lower ends of the PL

A.Young - 36 year old
Buendia - unproven Championship Player
Ings-very good but injury prone
Bailey-Very exciting prospect but unknown to how he will perform in this league
Tuanzebe-Loan signing

If this is all we have in return of Jack Grealish it's very , very worrying. If they were an addition to keeping him then great.

I was expecting at least another 2 high profile signings

Young - experienced player with plenty of medals, presumably will be a positive influence on our talented youngsters.
Buendia - He stats (if you like those) were v good in a relegated Norwich team, and clearly had an excellent season last year.
Ings - Missed 9 games in 2 years, Hardly injury prone. A massive upgrade on Davies / Wesley
Bailey - We don't know, but I think he will be excellent.
Tuanzebe - An upgrade on Engels, who hardly played anyway.

Cheer up.

Agreed. The signings are good players and top half level. The issue is the balance and the gaps that remain.

[Ian.]

We all said we needed another striker, it was a must. It was a gamble last year to do what we did. I just don’t think we expected a striker with the proven talent of Ings. There was plenty of times last season even with that traitor playing well, we couldn’t break down sides and called for two up front. Quite often against the more dogged teams, Burnley and West Ham at home who we absolutely battered but couldn’t score.

It’s a tough one, but trying to fit the few players we have purchased into a system is still something I’d rather have than still have to be reliant on Davis, AEG, Bert and Trez (If and when fit).

I’m more than happy with the players we have brought in, all going to be a success I’m convinced and I’m not convinced we haven’t finished yet, there maybe a late surprise still.

[Risso]

We really do need a modern-day version of Andy Townsend.

Andros went to Everton.

Brilliant Footy! 😂

[CT]

If midfield is not sorted we will be in a Relegation fight,Mark my words.

I can't believe how bad this summer has been.

Where's the money??

You must be getting a little tired or weary of this?

Why don't you ignore his posts?

While I don't think we will be seriously, I think we will flirt with the bottom 3 a bit, if we don't get a better midfield option. It's not outrageous to think when without Jack last season we were relegation form, and we're 3 nil down at Watford at the weekend, and have a slightly disjointed squad at the moment.

I do. But when people quote them, I see them, so I’ll reply where I see fit.

For what it’s worth, I’m worried too, but mine sees us staying somewhere in mid table all season at the moment. Certainly not being relegated and asking “Where’s the money?”

[FatSam]

Juventus have just bought Locatelli, probably the best DM at the Euros for £30m on a £2.5m pa contract.

For me it shows the complete lack of value in JWP or other PL players

… and Dumfries went to Inter for £10m. That would be a £30-40m transfer if it was EPL to EPL.

[PaulWinch again]

The signings are very good for the Chanpionship/lower ends of the PL

A.Young - 36 year old
Buendia - unproven Championship Player
Ings-very good but injury prone
Bailey-Very exciting prospect but unknown to how he will perform in this league
Tuanzebe-Loan signing

If this is all we have in return of Jack Grealish it's very , very worrying. If they were an addition to keeping him then great.

I was expecting at least another 2 high profile signings

Young - experienced player with plenty of medals, presumably will be a positive influence on our talented youngsters.
Buendia - He stats (if you like those) were v good in a relegated Norwich team, and clearly had an excellent season last year.
Ings - Missed 9 games in 2 years, Hardly injury prone. A massive upgrade on Davies / Wesley
Bailey - We don't know, but I think he will be excellent.
Tuanzebe - An upgrade on Engels, who hardly played anyway.

Cheer up.

Agreed. To say the additions are Championship/lower end of the Premier League is nonsense. It doesn’t mean they’ll work right, but they’re good signings and players most of our immediate rivals would want/be envious of.

[Risso]

I think we need to put in a storming 90 minutes against Newcadtle to banish a lot of these doubts.

[Demitri_C]

If guilbert isnt going to be used then i still think we need a rb to compete with cash. Tuauzebe was not good at rb from what i remember.

Also who is 3rd choice keeper? We know how injury prone steer is.

In my view we need 3 players
A rb
DM
Keeper to compete with steer

[algy]

if before the summer, someone had said:

Grealish out
Young, Tuanzebe loan, Bailey, Ings, Buendia in.

I think most of us would have been underwhelmed.

Even if adding that centre midfielder enforcer was included into that list above, it will always  be underwhelming because of one factor. I think we all thought it wouldn’t happen this summer at least, maybe next year but certainly not this one.

What a wanker.

Yeah, absolutely agree there.  Whichever summer Jake left, it'd be an underwhelming one.  Players of his quality are few and far between, and even more so players of his quality who play for "my club, my city".  Even Jake doesn't fit in to that category now.

Also think this summer, we have done reasonably well ...
- Engels for Tuanzebe (loan) -> Engels wasn't playing, and it keeps a place open for one of our youngsters next summer
- Young for Taylor -> is anyone saying this isn't a massive upgrade?
- Ings ahead of Wesley, KD -> again, is anyone saying this isn't an improvement?
- Bailey (?) for Greelish -> time will tell.  You're always going to struggle to replace a player like him, but Bailey's a Champions League quality player.  We couldn't have hoped for a better replacement IMO.
- Buendia for Barkley -> Barkley vs Liverpool, maybe a downgrade.  Barkley in literally every other game except maybe Arsenal, though ...
- ?? for Elmo -> Imagine this is Freddy?  Probably a slight downgrade on Elmo at the start of the season, probably not a downgrade on Elmo as he is now.  Tuanzebe can play there, I believe.  It's the one area I don't think we've particularly strengthened in.  However, if Kesler is half as good as he sounds, I don't think we need to particularly worry about that position longer term.

[The Edge]

The signings are very good for the Championship/lower ends of the PL

A.Young - 36 year old
Buendia - unproven Championship Player
Ings-very good but injury prone
Bailey-Very exciting prospect but unknown to how he will perform in this league
Tuanzebe-Loan signing

If this is all we have in return of Jack Grealish it's very , very worrying. If they were an addition to keeping him then great.

I was expecting at least another 2 high profile signings

Don't you get bored of this? I see the Cherries had a good result last night.