Summer 2022 Transfer Thread

[SoccerHQ]

Rumours that we are prepared to listen to offers for Konsa. Arsenal apparently interested.

I won't be impressed if we replace him with, say, Gomez.

Gomez looked awful for Liverpool in recent times, I really don't think that's an upgrade at all after his bad injury.

Konsa not been as good as last season but there's still a good defender there when he's wearing the right studs. Would be a bit knee jerk to move him on unless we're getting a stupid bid for him.

I imagine Brentford have been clever as they usually are and have a hefty sell on clause so dosen't seem much point in selling him imo unless he desperately wants to leave.

[Risso]

Fix the midfield, and the defence will look better. Mings is a very good defender most of the time, but the more pressure he’s under, the more chance he has to drop a bollock. We need to keep the ball much, much better than we do, with McGinn usually being the chief culprit in giving it away. Selling Konsa would be madness.

[Rigadon]

On the face of it, selling Konsa would be weird.  But central defender partnerships are critical - they make each other look better or worse than they are more than any other positions the pitch I always think.  So, the coaching staff will have a clear idea as to which one / both aren't good enough for how they want to play, which is obviously from the back on the deck. 

[eamonn]

Still not sure how good Konsa's distribution is. He always takes the safe option of squaring to Mings to play it forward.

[rooboy316]

I get the feeling Gerrard doesn’t rate Konsa as much as we do.

[chrisw1]

I get the feeling Gerrard doesn’t rate Konsa as much as we do.

He hasn't seen him at his best tbf, but you would have thought he'd have done his homework.

[paul_e]

I really like Konsa and think he could become a top CB but I do think he's had a poor season, which has added a lot of pressure on Mings. So much so that I think Chambers was unlucky to lose his place on the back of 1 iffy performance against West Ham having been very good in our 2 best performance this year.

On this season I can understand why Gerrard doesn't rate him as highly as the fans do and might see it as a position that needs to be addressed further.

[Dave]

Mings is a very good defender most of the time, but the more pressure he’s under, the more chance he has to drop a bollock.

I'm not sure that's true. He's at his best when he's throwing himself at everything and getting his head on the end of endless balls into the box. His ricks tend to be when he's got plenty of time and he's just too casual.

[Mister E]

I get the feeling Gerrard doesn’t rate Konsa as much as we do.

Surely we're looking at the wrong priorities if we start offloading CB before we've sorted out central midfield.
The only reason to single out Konsa of the 4 current CB is that the club perhaps think we will get the most money for him. However, if it means spending what we earn on a similar CB, what would be the point?!

[villadelph]

I really think the Konsa/Watkins to Arsenal talk is just London media nonsense. If we upgrade their positions and they are deemed surplus to requirements, that's one thing, but to say we are actively listening to offers.. wouldn't any good DOF pick up the phone and listen?

[Drummond]

Mings is a very good defender most of the time, but the more pressure he’s under, the more chance he has to drop a bollock.

I'm not sure that's true. He's at his best when he's throwing himself at everything and getting his head on the end of endless balls into the box. His ricks tend to be when he's got plenty of time and he's just too casual.

I'd balance what you've both said, with agreeing with you Dave, but also then agreeing with Risso that he drops a bollock when he puts himself under pressure unnecessarily as a result of having too much time.

[cdbearsfan]

I think part of our problem lately is a lack of an upfield outlet pass as Watkins isn't holding the ball up as well as he did last season and all our other attackers are 4 ' 6".

Teams are increasingly leaving two or three men forward to close us down from goal kicks and they're bound to make the odd mistake under that pressure every time.

[OCD]

We only signed Konsa up to a new contract last April after a very good season.

[Clark W Griswold]

I think any of our players are sellable if they want to leave, see Grealish last season. I also think all but Martinez are sellable even if they’re not pushing to leave if the right offer comes in and we have a really good replacement lined up. There’s a lot of the squad I’d prefer to keep on the strength of their ability though, Konsa included. I’m not sure he’s ‘pushed on’ to use football jargon as much as I thought though. First season he looked like the best young centre back we’d had since Ugo. Last season he improved slightly and this season he’s not been quite as good, discipline being an issue too. As I say though, definitely sooner keep him and certainly wouldn’t replace with Gomez, who’s not bad but nothing special. The weakest cb we currently have is Hause, who isn’t terrible by any means but he’d be the obvious one out the door if we’re bringing someone in.

[nigel]

I don’t think Konsa will be going anywhere.
Watkins, on the other hand, I could see him going.