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

[Sexual Ealing]

Who uses cash these days?

Germans.

And people who buy drugs.

[chrisw1]

We've got Diaby, Zaniolo, McGinn and Ramsey who can all play where Coutinho plays.  There is also Buendia when he comes back.  I like Coutinho, but he hasn't really shown enough during his time here to convince me that he would be worth keeping if an offer came in.  Freeing up his wages would surely give us some more wriggle room to bring players in. 

Yep, after this latest injury I've lost the small amount of hope I had that he may contribute.  I'd sell him either way if there was a taker.

[LeeB]

Who uses cash these days?

Germans.

And people who buy drugs.

Yes, so I've heard.

[pauliewalnuts]

Who uses cash these days?

Germans.

And people who buy drugs.

Yes, so I've heard.

And people who sell drugs.

[LeeB]

Who uses cash these days?

Germans.

And people who buy drugs.

Yes, so I've heard.

And people who sell drugs.

Cool, can you PM your menu please and do you deliver to Castle Brom?

[ASHTONVILLA]

I just wonder with the manager if he wants to bring about a culture at the club where we 'get on with it' and find solutions within rather than trying to fix everything with a chequebook.

I wonder too if he feels his methods might get diluted with a bloated squad.

That sounds plausible to me.

I've just laughed at myself for using the term 'chequebook' though, like it's 1987 or something.

Some of my UK customers still pay with cheques, farmers here are strange folk sometimes. Millionaire landowners with public school education that wont use banking methods smallholders in central Africa manage to use. It's a pain in the neck, I misplaced a cheque a couple of days ago and will now have to have a six week argument with the farmer over sending a replacement. Which considering it's for nearly £10k and was three months late is a nuisance.

I agree though that with the detail Emery goes into with his players, that his methods would be hard work with a bloated squad. two players for each position and a few youth players on the fringe seems to be what he aims for, rather than Chelsea style squad largesse.

I'm happy to keep Coutinho, think he will be an asset in Europe and can then move on in January when we have a replacement ready. Been a very good transfer window.

[AV84]

I just wonder with the manager if he wants to bring about a culture at the club where we 'get on with it' and find solutions within rather than trying to fix everything with a chequebook.

I wonder too if he feels his methods might get diluted with a bloated squad.

He literally said this either before or after the Burnley game. He was talking about whether or not we'd be bringing in players to replace Mings and Buendia, and he basically said they would look within the squad to see if different players can step in to fill the gaps. He didn't mean literally fill the positions, he meant contribute the things to the team that Mings and Buendia did. That's not to say we won't get a last minute signing in, but it definitely sounds like he has no intention of buying just for the sake of it.

[ozzjim]

I just wonder with the manager if he wants to bring about a culture at the club where we 'get on with it' and find solutions within rather than trying to fix everything with a chequebook.

I wonder too if he feels his methods might get diluted with a bloated squad.

He literally said this either before or after the Burnley game. He was talking about whether or not we'd be bringing in players to replace Mings and Buendia, and he basically said they would look within the squad to see if different players can step in to fill the gaps. He didn't mean literally fill the positions, he meant contribute the things to the team that Mings and Buendia did. That's not to say we won't get a last minute signing in, but it definitely sounds like he has no intention of buying just for the sake of it.

He has also said we need to be looking to have as strong as squad as possible and be ready for opportunities in the market though, so I don't think it's as simple as he likes a smaller squad, I think it's more he's quite picky. Not sure how that translates to his love of Robin Olsen mind

[AV84]

He has also said we need to be looking to have as strong as squad as possible and be ready for opportunities in the market though, so I don't think it's as simple as he likes a smaller squad, I think it's more he's quite picky. Not sure how that translates to his love of Robin Olsen mind

Personally I think the Olsen situation is simply a case of there not being a lot of options out there who are almost as good as Martinez AND willing to play back up. And sure, some will say he doesn't need to be as good as Martinez, just better than Olsen, but I don't think that's the way Emery looks at things.

[passport1]

I think he has said they will be very strategic in the market. It goes back to his approach  in the January window  when he was prepared to utilise the squad he inherited and wait until this summer to get the players he wanted. Our former scatter gun approach to signings appears to be a thing of the past.

[Risso]

You cool kids with your fancy cheque books, a postal order was always good enough for me.

[thick_mike]

Or unused postage stamps

[pablo_picasso]

He has also said we need to be looking to have as strong as squad as possible and be ready for opportunities in the market though, so I don't think it's as simple as he likes a smaller squad, I think it's more he's quite picky. Not sure how that translates to his love of Robin Olsen mind

Personally I think the Olsen situation is simply a case of there not being a lot of options out there who are almost as good as Martinez AND willing to play back up. And sure, some will say he doesn't need to be as good as Martinez, just better than Olsen, but I don't think that's the way Emery looks at things.

There are not a lot of options who are almost as good as Martinez AND willing to play backup at Villa either...

[Holte L2]

Who uses cash these days?

The programme sellers at Villa Park. Even at Bournemouth they had a card reader.

[AV84]

Leeds have signed two new midfielders, I wonder if Gnonto will get a last minute move?