Summer Transfer Thread - The Verdict.

[Risso]

The NSWE era brought a new regime and a plan backed up by good decisions.
Since the Greasy saga all that has changed. I have no idea what the plan is and the decisions since then have brought us to where are today. Losing to fkin Bournemouth, an unpopular manager, pissed off fans, bottom of the league, horrible football and a disappointing transfer window.

That's why a good number of us despise him.

Which is fair enough I suppose.  But the level of signings we've made (Coutinho aside, and the money involved there wasn't astronomical) doesn't help stave off a nagging doubt as to how hard Villa actually tried to keep Grealish.  An equivalent would be that West Ham haven't sold Rice.  Somebody might say "yet", which would be fair, but there isn't even much speculation.  He's easily as high profile and as important to West Ham. 

Fuck knows, it just feels a bit bloody miserable at the moment.

Grealish only signed a new contract because of the astronomical buy out clause in it. Then Man City were stupid enough to pay it.

[richtheholtender]

Settle down.

Aimed at the wrong person

[sid1964]

One of the ways to improve a team is to sign better players than you currently have

Squad fillers are not the way to improve our first 11

[richtheholtender]

The one small hope I’m clinging on to is that they’ve decided to keep Luiz because they’re hopeful a new manager will play him correctly and therefore persuade him to sign a new deal.  Ditto Bailey, Sanson (not new deals but to be played).

Reasons for going

Can triple his wages

European football

Potential relegation battle if he's stays


Reasons for stating

Our ambitions club


Yes, he's staying

[AV82EC]

Massively underwhelming.

Lots of fighting talk from Purslow and the owners but next to no actual substance.

It's funny because if I had put this I'd have been hounded by a pack of wolves until I was forced to no longer give an opinion. Be careful posting things like this, they'll come together and try to ridicule you with "you're stupid", "you're ridiculous" and "grow up" all personal attacks without once me doing it to them or retaliating. They won't attempt to beat you with debate or fact, they need to turn it in to farce to come across as alpha to anyone who rarely posts or is a new poster. Might as well just be a group of people down the pub. Anyway, great points, completely underwhelmed.

It’s a discussion board mate, people will disagree. You’re coming across as a whinging pussy because people aren’t agreeing with you. You’re not going to get everyone to agree with how you see it, that’s life. And it also doesn’t mean that people don’t accept some of what you’re saying either, they just have a different perspective.

[paul_e]

It's not a pack of wolves, it's a group of individual posters who all disagree with how aggressively you're blaming the owners for the team not playing well.

[Risso]

I'd give it a 4/10. A good start, with definite high quality upgrades in Carlos and Kamara. Sadly it then fizzled out almost entirely. When the attacking bit of the midfield and the forward line is recognisably the source of most of the frustrations, not to strengthen it is a poor show. They obviously realised that with the aborted purchase of Sarr, so why they then didn't get somebody else in of that ilk, lord only knows. I think Dendoncker will be a useful purchase, but a forward and an 8 would have been very welcome and vital additions.

[ozzjim]

Settle down.

Aimed at the wrong person

It really isn't. As I said on the previous page and you chose this one to respond to, you are getting comments because of your posting style and manner of your insults at something some people don't share your view about. Just like you have found numerous threads to have your one line crusade, others have the ability to reply. You appear to not want to see any counter arguments, which is your perogative, but stop claiming to be a victim for people having a different opinion.

[richtheholtender]

Settle down.

Aimed at the wrong person

It really isn't. As I said on the previous page and you chose this one to respond to, you are getting comments because of your posting style and manner of your insults at something some people don't share your view about. Just like you have found numerous threads to have your one line crusade, others have the ability to reply. You appear to not want to see any counter arguments, which is your perogative, but stop claiming to be a victim for people having a different opinion.

Can you show me an insult I've made please and ill be happy to apologise

[ozzjim]

Calling the owners trotters and then doubling down on it on a separate post. Or is that not an insult?

[richtheholtender]

Massively underwhelming.

Lots of fighting talk from Purslow and the owners but next to no actual substance.

It's funny because if I had put this I'd have been hounded by a pack of wolves until I was forced to no longer give an opinion. Be careful posting things like this, they'll come together and try to ridicule you with "you're stupid", "you're ridiculous" and "grow up" all personal attacks without once me doing it to them or retaliating. They won't attempt to beat you with debate or fact, they need to turn it in to farce to come across as alpha to anyone who rarely posts or is a new poster. Might as well just be a group of people down the pub. Anyway, great points, completely underwhelmed.

It’s a discussion board mate, people will disagree. You’re coming across as a whinging pussy because people aren’t agreeing with you. You’re not going to get everyone to agree with how you see it, that’s life. And it also doesn’t mean that people don’t accept some of what you’re saying either, they just have a different perspective.

Don't mind people disagreeing with me, it's a forum and I actually prefer it. But most of isn't being being debated it's just being dismissed because others don't like it. It's kind of ironic what you're saying to the actual truth.

[richtheholtender]

Calling the owners trotters and then doubling down on it on a separate post. Or is that not an insult?

No, that isn't insulting another poster. Unless NSWE or purslow are on here

[Vegas]

6/10

On paper Coutinho, Carlos & Kamara are good.

Squad players, Olsen & the others? We needed some numbers.

Dendoncker? Quite happy with this. Adds some height and steel in the middle.

Feel we needed a wide player.

Shame we couldn’t move on Guilbert & Sanson.

I think that’s very fair. I think the negativity some are feeling is just in contrast to the “pushing for Europe” rhetoric we have been fed. For what we’ve spent, we’ve done quite well and improved in some important positions.

[ozzjim]

Calling the owners trotters and then doubling down on it on a separate post. Or is that not an insult?

No, that isn't insulting another poster. Unless NSWE or purslow are on here

I didn't say other posters. Some people who have a different view to yours, which you clearly cannot fathom as a possibility, may take issue with you insulting the owners? Using several threads to stamp your feet saying the same thing repeatedly is likely to attract attention. You appear to have taken the victim role for people pointing this out to you.

[Goldenballs]

Fuck me this is tedious.