Summer 2024 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[Drummond]

Digne is equally a geriatric at 30 and on huge wages. One of them will be going.

He was on huge wages for where we were, the arse end of the table, he'll be on the going rate for where we are now, or who we want to replace him with.

Yup. I'd imagine that his equivalent player at the sort of club that we supposedly aspire to be isn't going to be earning any less than he is.

Average wages are crazy in the Premier League.

Back in the 80's Gary Lineker was on £400pw back when he played for Leicester...... the average was £425pw.

[tomd2103]

Moreno is over 30 and was poor last season after his come back. Digne is equally a geriatric at 30 and on huge wages. One of them will be going.

Wouldn't be surprised if one or possibly even both Moreno and Digne were gone by the end of the transfer window.

[Drummond]

Reports in Spain saying Felix is ours if we stump up the money €50m, and that we're prepared to make him our highest paid player.....

[brontebilly]

Players with different attributes that are hard to compare. Dougie brings a metronomic quality to the midfield passing, creating time and space (and with it, control). Tielemans brings more vertical penetration in his passing. Neither can tackle.

Tielemans can't run either. The world's oldest 26 year old I recall a poster calling him, well into last season too. I remember him playing next to Luiz, Kamara must have been injured, at Bournemouth back in December. We might aswell have had a traffic cone in midfield next to Luiz. When he played in the Ramsey role on the left, he was a disaster too. Emery eventually found him a role up next to Watkins and that's fine when we have lots of possession. But out of possession even there he was a liability, struggles to press from the front. A good option to have further up the pitch, don't get me wrong, but replacing Luiz as a second 6, no chance for me.

Im really struggling to see how any combination of our new midfield options replaces the quality and stability Luiz/Kamara brought to our midfield. Barkley, given his history with us alone, must be our strangest signing since maybe Heskey? It's going to be some jump from starting with Luton, under little pressure as they were expected to be relegated anyway, to playing PL and CL football with us. Every performance scrutinised, dealing with rotation, he couldn't cope with it before. If Emery can get Barkley performing to the level Luiz was, football coaching is wasted on him, it's in the UN he should be.

Tielemans highest average match rating came from playing at his deepest. 7.23, compared to 7.11 as an attacking midfielder.

He scored 2 goals as the defensive pivot, created 1, with the stats the opposite way round in attack.

If we read everything you'd wrote last season, without knowing the context of how we'd got on, I'd be looking up pubs to drink in for Bristol City, rather than hoping we get somewhere warm to go to for our first Champions League away game.

A polite suggestion, but have you ever considered trying to enjoy your hobby? Maybe think about it.

Average match ratings?....try having a drink in Bristol some time, highly recommend it 👍

[paul_e]

Players with different attributes that are hard to compare. Dougie brings a metronomic quality to the midfield passing, creating time and space (and with it, control). Tielemans brings more vertical penetration in his passing. Neither can tackle.

Tielemans can't run either. The world's oldest 26 year old I recall a poster calling him, well into last season too. I remember him playing next to Luiz, Kamara must have been injured, at Bournemouth back in December. We might aswell have had a traffic cone in midfield next to Luiz. When he played in the Ramsey role on the left, he was a disaster too. Emery eventually found him a role up next to Watkins and that's fine when we have lots of possession. But out of possession even there he was a liability, struggles to press from the front. A good option to have further up the pitch, don't get me wrong, but replacing Luiz as a second 6, no chance for me.

Im really struggling to see how any combination of our new midfield options replaces the quality and stability Luiz/Kamara brought to our midfield. Barkley, given his history with us alone, must be our strangest signing since maybe Heskey? It's going to be some jump from starting with Luton, under little pressure as they were expected to be relegated anyway, to playing PL and CL football with us. Every performance scrutinised, dealing with rotation, he couldn't cope with it before. If Emery can get Barkley performing to the level Luiz was, football coaching is wasted on him, it's in the UN he should be.

Tielemans highest average match rating came from playing at his deepest. 7.23, compared to 7.11 as an attacking midfielder.

He scored 2 goals as the defensive pivot, created 1, with the stats the opposite way round in attack.

If we read everything you'd wrote last season, without knowing the context of how we'd got on, I'd be looking up pubs to drink in for Bristol City, rather than hoping we get somewhere warm to go to for our first Champions League away game.

A polite suggestion, but have you ever considered trying to enjoy your hobby? Maybe think about it.

Average match ratings?....try having a drink in Bristol some time, highly recommend it 👍

On statistical sites, looking at the numbers I assume Ads went with whoscored - https://www.whoscored.com/Players/136345/Show/Youri-Tielemans

[brontebilly]

Whoever's at left back, having a fit and healthy Ramsey ahead of them makes a big difference with the amount of defensive work he gets through.

None of our other options really worked there last season, McGinn, Tielemans, Rogers, Zaniolo.

The Moreno/Ramsey combination was brilliant the previous season. Ramsey might be the player in our squad with the most potential.

[LeeB]

Whoever's at left back, having a fit and healthy Ramsey ahead of them makes a big difference with the amount of defensive work he gets through.

None of our other options really worked there last season, McGinn, Tielemans, Rogers, Zaniolo.

The Moreno/Ramsey combination was brilliant the previous season. Ramsey might be the player in our squad with the most potential.

I agree with this. I think he was a huge loss last season and made what we actually acheived even more incredible.

[Ian.]

Just thinking about a fully fit Ramsey in the same team as Rogers. That will scare the shit out lots of teams.

As long as we can sort out the centre defence and midfield we’ll be bloody brilliant again.

[Astnor]

Reports in Spain saying Felix is ours if we stump up the money €50m, and that we're prepared to make him our highest paid player.....

Sounds promising to me.

[Duncan Shaw]

Reports in Spain saying Felix is ours if we stump up the money €50m, and that we're prepared to make him our highest paid player.....

Get the chequebook out Monchi!!

[paul_e]

Reports in Spain saying Felix is ours if we stump up the money €50m, and that we're prepared to make him our highest paid player.....

Get the chequebook out Monchi!!

Yep, lets just get this one done, I think he'll be superb for us and Emery will be brilliant for him.

[TelfordVilla]

What has Felix ever done? I don't remember him being anything other than ordinary when he was on loan at Chelsea

[Flamingo Lane]

If Felix was considered any good by Chelsea, after his loan spell there, would it not have been fairly easy for them to tie in buying him as part of the sale of Conor Gallagher? The fact that Chelsea don't want him, when seemingly they want just about anyone, says something to me.

[Ads]

Players with different attributes that are hard to compare. Dougie brings a metronomic quality to the midfield passing, creating time and space (and with it, control). Tielemans brings more vertical penetration in his passing. Neither can tackle.

Tielemans can't run either. The world's oldest 26 year old I recall a poster calling him, well into last season too. I remember him playing next to Luiz, Kamara must have been injured, at Bournemouth back in December. We might aswell have had a traffic cone in midfield next to Luiz. When he played in the Ramsey role on the left, he was a disaster too. Emery eventually found him a role up next to Watkins and that's fine when we have lots of possession. But out of possession even there he was a liability, struggles to press from the front. A good option to have further up the pitch, don't get me wrong, but replacing Luiz as a second 6, no chance for me.

Im really struggling to see how any combination of our new midfield options replaces the quality and stability Luiz/Kamara brought to our midfield. Barkley, given his history with us alone, must be our strangest signing since maybe Heskey? It's going to be some jump from starting with Luton, under little pressure as they were expected to be relegated anyway, to playing PL and CL football with us. Every performance scrutinised, dealing with rotation, he couldn't cope with it before. If Emery can get Barkley performing to the level Luiz was, football coaching is wasted on him, it's in the UN he should be.

Tielemans highest average match rating came from playing at his deepest. 7.23, compared to 7.11 as an attacking midfielder.

He scored 2 goals as the defensive pivot, created 1, with the stats the opposite way round in attack.

If we read everything you'd wrote last season, without knowing the context of how we'd got on, I'd be looking up pubs to drink in for Bristol City, rather than hoping we get somewhere warm to go to for our first Champions League away game.

A polite suggestion, but have you ever considered trying to enjoy your hobby? Maybe think about it.

Average match ratings?....try having a drink in Bristol some time, highly recommend it 👍

Any pints you'd rate above 3/10 for me to try?

[LeeB]

Yeah, give me the scouting knowledge of an American investment vehicle over Emery and Monchi any day.