Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[pauliewalnuts]

I hope there's a plan B because going with what we currently have strikes me as a huge missed opportunity.

[ozzjim]

I'll be interested to see whether JWP will be at Southampton this time next year.

With Barnett as his agent, I'd think the release clause is already being WhatsApped around.

[ozzjim]

I hope there's a plan B because going with what we currently have strikes me as a huge missed opportunity.

So many times we can pinpoint where we have not taken the chance to kick on. I really hope this summer isn't added to the list. Mine stretches back to the mid 90s, I'm sure others go further.

[London Villan]

This close season is a real cross roads. I fear we haven’t taken the right route.

[ChicagoLion]

I hope there's a plan B because going with what we currently have strikes me as a huge missed opportunity.

So many times we can pinpoint where we have not taken the chance to kick on. I really hope this summer isn't added to the list. Mine stretches back to the mid 90s, I'm sure others go further.

i think that chance to really kick on went with Grealish.
I just don’t see how they can compensate and improve on what we had.
I had this view before he dumped us and despite some decent signings I think we are now just another mid table team slugging it out. I don’t blame the board because I do believe that they are ambitious but the gap is just too big.

[cdbearsfan]

Just us and poxy Norwich that have sold our best player then?

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

If barnett is jwp's agent he's best avoided.

[ChicagoLion]

Just us and poxy Norwich that have sold our best player then?

it looks like it so far. I think Kane will go though.
There is a scramble now to find a replacement for Kane + other signings before Levi will do the deal.

[Damo70]

I hope we can pull another one or two signings out of the bag because the loss of Grealish and the way our first game went has meant our start to the season has been demoralising already.

[villadelph]

I hope we can pull another one or two signings out of the bag because the loss of Grealish and the way our first game went has meant our start to the season has been demoralising already.

No Ollie, Young on the left, AEG on the right, and Nakamba in the DM role.. not exactly our best XI.

[Steve67]

Any team is only as strong as its weakest member, we still have a couple of those in the first 11. I hope we have another couple of players coming in because the likes of El Ghazi and the Nakamba definitely need to be replaced. Even as squad players, eventually.  In terms of the centre of midfield, we rely on an inconsistent SJM and Luiz to provide the beef and the energy.  FFS, sort it out Dean.

[Gareth]

Just us and poxy Norwich that have sold our best player then?

& Southampton :-)

[ChicagoLion]

Just us and poxy Norwich that have sold our best player then?

& Southampton :-)

JWP

[tomd2103]

At Brentford, when they used to beat us every game, they always played with Ryan Woods as the deepest midfielder.

And so you can see the logic in playing Luiz there which was working fine 12 months ago before his dip in form post January.

Still feels like DM-Luiz-McGinn is potentially a really good midfield and then you can have a few forward combinations infront of that and shouldn't be too far off a top half finish.

Agree that would be a midfield three worth looking at this season.  Do get the feeling though that the management team see Luiz as a ‘6’, McGinn as an ‘8’ and there will be someone else in the attacking midfield position. 

[john2710]

We supposedly offered a total of £50m for JWP & ESR. If that's true, then we were never seriously interested in either.