2023 Summer transfer window - hopes, needs, expectations and rumours.

[Hookeysmith]

Fuck me if people can't see the reference was a turn of phrase to emphasise my (pathological hatred for all things red) then you need to find your safe space and wait until it all goes away.

God forbid if I ever say anything positive about the Tories  I might get tarred and feathered

[LeeB]

Is there anything positive to say about the Tories by anyone with an ounce of self respect?

[Drummond]

Is there anything positive to say about the Tories by anyone with an ounce of self respect?

They make it much easier to see the good in people.

[Drummond]

So 3 weeks until pre season, hopefully we'll have done most of our business by then.

[edgysatsuma89]

Blanket bans on what can and can't be joked about is a slippery slope. It was in my opinion just a shit post.

I didn't say anything about banning, just that my opinion is that it's not cool to make rape/sexual violence 'jokes'. People can say what they like and we can be ok or not ok with it. It's also a bad post aye

Yeah you didn't, sorry, poorly worded by me.

[Somniloquism]

Is there anything positive to say about the Tories by anyone with an ounce of self respect?

I suspect he could have named a couple of tories instead, but there would have probably been a 50/50 chance he was talking about sex offenders again.

[Toronto Villa]

Interesting about Tammy that it’s alleged we agreed to buy him from Roma for about £25m and then he got injured.

[edgysatsuma89]

Interesting about Tammy that it’s alleged we agreed to buy him from Roma for about £25m and then he got injured.

I don't think I've seen a player split opinion so much. I get that he was great for us in the championship but whenever I have seen him play at the top level (admittedly probably only properly around 7/8 times), I have always been really unimpressed.

[nigel]

Interesting about Tammy that it’s alleged we agreed to buy him from Roma for about £25m and then he got injured.

I don't think I've seen a player split opinion so much. I get that he was great for us in the championship but whenever I have seen him play at the top level (admittedly probably only properly around 7/8 times), I have always been really unimpressed.

I’m not really one for having ex players back, but for £25m it’s a bit of a no brainer.
In fairness Ashley Young proved me wrong on that though.

[Hookeysmith]

Is there anything positive to say about the Tories by anyone with an ounce of self respect?

I suspect he could have named a couple of tories instead, but there would have probably been a 50/50 chance he was talking about sex offenders again.

Are you aware they have taken ironic out of the dictionary

[KevinGage]

His numbers hold up at Chelsea and for his first season in Rome, as well as his stint with us.

An oft overlooked benefit (and not reason enough to shell out €30 million on it's own admittedly) is his height at defending set pieces. We're a bit on the small side as a group of players.

I'd be open to the idea of getting him, Mings and McGinn - the core of our play-off team - back in the same starting XI. But that was four years ago, as hard as it is to believe.

If we target better than Tammy now we're in good shape.

Maybe a loan with an option/ obligation to buy makes more sense next Jan.

[Dave]

Maybe a loan with an option/ obligation to buy makes more sense next Jan.

Wouldn't that just mean that he's being treated by our doctors for the next six months rather than theirs?

[KevinGage]

The loan starting next Jan with us, obv. 

If it looks like he's responded well to treatment and is back in first team contention there.

[Dogtanian]

Interesting about Tammy that it’s alleged we agreed to buy him from Roma for about £25m and then he got injured.

I don't think I've seen a player split opinion so much. I get that he was great for us in the championship but whenever I have seen him play at the top level (admittedly probably only properly around 7/8 times), I have always been really unimpressed.

And he wanted to ditch us and get out in January of our promotion season.

[edgysatsuma89]

His numbers hold up at Chelsea and for his first season in Rome, as well as his stint with us.

An oft overlooked benefit (and not reason enough to shell out €30 million on it's own admittedly) is his height at defending set pieces. We're a bit on the small side as a group of players.

I'd be open to the idea of getting him, Mings and McGinn - the core of our play-off team - back in the same starting XI. But that was four years ago, as hard as it is to believe.

If we target better than Tammy now we're in good shape.

Maybe a loan with an option/ obligation to buy makes more sense next Jan.

You see I can see all that, I did look up his stats and he has had 2 good seasons at the top level yet when I see him play I don't 'get it'. I never feel like I'm watching a top striker. Obviously statistically I'm wrong but my gut just says 'no' to getting him.