Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)

[StripiestPilot]

It just doesn't seem like there is a proper list of priority targets. It all sounds opportunistic.

It seems like Vicario, Maddison, VDV and Solomon were players we actually did our diligence on and now it's just Levy and Paratici rooting around the bins and eavesdropping on what other clubs are doing. We already spent the Kane money so anything more depends on sales and players being pushed out by other clubs. What a sad state of affairs, I feel for Ange.

 

[JDefoe]

We must have a ton of confidence in Bentancur.

 

[Paul Gascoigne]

No reason to get both Kelly and Schuurs.

But if Dier, Tanganga, Sanchez are all away then yes we do. It means that Davies is our only current CB

 

[FightingIllini]

It just doesn't seem like there is a proper list of priority targets. It all sounds opportunistic.

We've been in for Johnson and Gallagher before tbf.

 

[GGTH]

Not sure about being a 6. Gallagher’s weakest point is he is not for the want of a better word a ‘’baller’’ like Bissouma, Bentancur or Sarr. Our system you need the player at the base of midfield to be the best or close to best baller in the team, great press resistance, ability to progress the ball from deep.

He isn’t that guy, he is a more a fighter and hard presser with a good eye for goals, like a Lampard type, a solid number 8 or maybe a number 10.

No, he's definitely not an ideal 6 for this system, but neither is Hojbjerg and he has been filling in at times.

 

[Get in!]

Ffs we sell Kane to buy Lloyd fucking Kelly.

This club...

 

[Hampshire Spur]

Prepare to be astonished my friend!

Hope not.

 

[Zest]

We act like a club with no money at all, it really is bizarre

And, Levy being Levy, like no change was urged last season. Surreal times. If we wobble in the coming weeks and haven’t spent £80m at least tomorrow on Johnson and Scharr (seem front runners), bile is rightly going to be aimed fiercely at Levy and Co.

 

[GGTH]

It just doesn't seem like there is a proper list of priority targets. It all sounds opportunistic.

It seems like Vicario, Maddison, VDV and Solomon were players we actually did our diligence on and now it's just Levy and Paratici rooting around the bins and eavesdropping on what other clubs are doing. We already spent the Kane money so anything more depends on sales. What a sad state of affairs, I feel for Ange.

We've been watching Johnson since he was in the Championship.

 

[The Mercurial No.10]

Why do they all play for rubbish teams?

Because they're all not at the 'Big 6', hence 'the Other 14'.

On the subject, the amount of people here who don't understand some of the tripe they post, especially stuff from Twitter and particularly statistics is laughable.

 

[SpaggyBoy]

Gallagher is shite

FYP

 

[ElTel]

Reguilon to Man Utd is just hilarious

Yep, and second most hilarious is Llloyd Kelly to Tottenham.

 

[NotThatTedHughes]

It just doesn't seem like there is a proper list of priority targets. It all sounds opportunistic.

It seems like Vicario, Maddison, VDV and Solomon were players we actually did our diligence on and now it's just Levy and Paratici rooting around the bins and eavesdropping on what other clubs are doing. We already spent the Kane money so anything more depends on sales. What a sad state of affairs, I feel for Ange.

Counting Udogie, we’ve clearly upgraded at four positions this year (if you include the rarely used Bissouma and Sarr the arguably six). We’ve lost Harry so one (very) significant downgrade.
Ange is far better off than he would have been at the end of last year.

 

[Zest]

gravenberch 40 mill to liverpool
bakayoko to brentford

and we are getting lloyd kelly

Johnson, Scharr and Orban, mad 24hours to come bro’

 

[Ed Vanderlay]

Ffs we sell Kane to buy Lloyd fucking Kelly.

This club...

Maybe change your name to get out

 

[TonySoprano]

We've been watching Johnson since he was in the Championship.

You just type things and convince yourself they are true don’t you?

 

[Tomo]

No, he's definitely not an ideal 6 for this system, but neither is Hojbjerg and he has been filling in at times.

True, hojbjerg is probably the least suited to 6 of all our midfielders given he struggles the most in tight spaces and under a press. The 6 role in a possession team is wildly different to the 6 in a counter attack system. If Hojbjerg stays he should play more like a Kante breaking up play further forward.

Bissouma or Sarr are the obvious 6’s in the squad in our system but they will be off for ACON so maybe Bentancur will need to fill in who knows.

 

[Deleted member 15314]

Not sure about being a 6. Gallagher’s weakest point is he is not for the want of a better word a ‘’baller’’ like Bissouma, Bentancur or Sarr. Our system you need the player at the base of midfield to be the best or close to best baller in the team, great press resistance, ability to progress the ball from deep.

He isn’t that guy, he is a more a fighter and hard presser with a good eye for goals, like a Lampard type, a solid number 8 or maybe a number 10.

TBH, I think we need a player like that to be both Maddison's backup as well as starting alongside him when we want to really attacking.

Biss on his own behind them should be fine.

I just don't like Gallagher cos he'd be super expensive and he's not that good, and as you said he's not very technical.

 

[Bill Madrid]

We must have a ton of confidence in Bentancur.

Now that Skippy seems to have taken on Winks' scapegoat mantle, as I exclusively predicted 18 months ago, I'm going to go all in and say Bents will be the next out of the traps after a couple of so-so games coming back from injury.

 

[Starks]

Yep, and second most hilarious is Llloyd Kelly to Tottenham.

That happened has it?