Summer 2022 Transfer Thread

[olaftab]

Once again some mention the old chestnut. Net spend. Spend is spend and we spent nearly £100M last season to finish 14th, NGE. We have spent a further almost £50M this year. We need to stop this till we see our head coach get a tune out of his current squad.

[PaulWinch again]

We've been two players away from being a great side since Gregory wanted Muzzy bleedin' Izzet and...some other half-decent donkey but no more than that.

When are we going to see signs of this squad having been highly-coached and ready to unleash fury on a weekly basis?

Agreed, not a cent more for Gerrard. Let him work with what he has and prove that he can make a coherent lot out of them.

I never really understand this attitude - it’s not a binary thing, the squad still needs enhancement regardless of the fact you don’t rate Gerrard.

[enigma]

Any centre forward links? We don't seem in any great rush. Has anyone told them the season starts in early August this season?

We're being linked with Raul de Tomas of Espanyol. Scored 17 in 34 league games last season.

[PaulTheVillan]

Shame Belotti is off to Roma. 

[cdbearsfan]

Any centre forward links? We don't seem in any great rush. Has anyone told them the season starts in early August this season?

We're being linked with Raul de Tomas of Espanyol. Scored 17 in 34 league games last season.

5'10" according to Wiki, no thanks. We need somebody to hold the ball up not another Ings.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

Any centre forward links? We don't seem in any great rush. Has anyone told them the season starts in early August this season?

We're being linked with Raul de Tomas of Espanyol. Scored 17 in 34 league games last season.

5'10" according to Wiki, no thanks. We need somebody to hold the ball up not another Ings.

He is supposed to be very good at holding the ball up and bringing others into play. Where his stats falter is in the high press side of his game.

[Delboy Villan]

The way Ings and Watkins are playing I would give Davis and Archer a go as a pair (when Davis is fit)?

People seem to think that it is as easy as stating on here that we should go get him then they arrive the next week. There are many things involved many of which you cannot understand, for example Onana turns down Wet Spam to go to Evertoffees? This is a 20 year old kid who started 11 games last season (costing 33M) choosing a relegation battler over a team in a European Competition and consistently finishing top half in the Prem? Now that defies logic IMO!

 

[Risso]

The way Ings and Watkins are playing I would give Davis and Archer a go as a pair (when Davis is fit)?

I've spotted the flaw in your otherwise great plan.

[ozzjim]

Any centre forward links? We don't seem in any great rush. Has anyone told them the season starts in early August this season?

We're being linked with Raul de Tomas of Espanyol. Scored 17 in 34 league games last season.

5'10" according to Wiki, no thanks. We need somebody to hold the ball up not another Ings.

He even looks a bit like Ings. I can't help thinking he would be like the fella spurs signed that couldn't hit a barn door.

[ozzjim]

The way Ings and Watkins are playing I would give Davis and Archer a go as a pair (when Davis is fit)?

I've spotted the flaw in your otherwise great plan.

I actually think Ollie could do with a striker up with him at times. Archer and he might dovetail nicely.

[cdbearsfan]

Barcelona still can't sign Lewandowski, loan him with an agreed fee at the end of the season, please. One big signing like that would lift all the gloom.

[paul_e]

A striker would be nice but we need to move the ball through midfield much quicker regardless of who is up front. If that means we need a new signing in there then that has to be the priority.

Fix that and I think all of our attacking players will look better.

[cdbearsfan]

Striker is the priority. We have about seventy midfielders, Gerrard needs to start getting the best out of them.

[Dave]

A striker would be nice but we need to move the ball through midfield much quicker regardless of who is up front. If that means we need a new signing in there then that has to be the priority.

Isn't that pretty much what Buendia is for? If he can't get in the side, whose place is this new midfielder taking and why not just put Buendia there?

[paul_e]

A striker would be nice but we need to move the ball through midfield much quicker regardless of who is up front. If that means we need a new signing in there then that has to be the priority.

Isn't that pretty much what Buendia is for? If he can't get in the side, whose place is this new midfielder taking and why not just put Buendia there?

If I'm honest I don't know what Buendia is for. He's a quality player but I don't know what his role in the team is, he's not quick enough to play wide and a bit too small to play as a centre mid which means he's probably best as a 10 but then I want him to be the person benefitting from the quicker play in midfield, not the one instigating it. This is why i quite liked the idea of 2 10s where him and Coutinho both play and alternate who drops a bit deeper.