Summer 2018 Transfer Thread

[stringvest]

We are going to be fucking mustard next season. Breathe it in boys.

Testify.

[Arl arse]

Fuck this shit, getting boss players in. Who the fuck do we think we are?

 

FSG out! Bunch of absolute fuckin amateurs professional people with zero loads of ambition.

 

Pppfffttt!

[smilezzz]

Salah

Van Dijk

Chamberlain

Keita

Robertson

 

Clyne

Milner

Firmino

Gomez

BENTEKE

 

Sterling

Allen

Sturridge

Coutinho

BORINI

 

Kuyt

Bellamy

Arbeloa

Mascherano

 

Here's a few others.

Fixed

[Dundalis]

I just get the feeling Alisson could blow up in our faces if he's the one we get. One good season in a top flight league, all the hype about being the Messi of goalkeepers. Don't buy a keeper for his distribution stats, that's what outfield players are for.

 

If you spend 70 mill on a keeper, you really don't want to fuck it up. Give me Oblak for a bit more, or someone the scout team identify as being world class in the making for much much cheaper. A keeper that doesn't work out is a much easier pill to swallow at 20-30 mill than 70.

[Bad Red Bull]

Nobody is suggesting Allison for his distribution alone. He's good at shot stopping and coming out of his line quickly to clear the ball or block the shot.

[Numero Veinticinco]

He's an excellent shot stopper. Excellent. I'd still prefer Oblak because he's the type of keeper I like. I do believe there's got to be some keepers out there who are of required ability, but they'd be a risk. We're looking for players who are ready made, at this point. Even then, surely there can be some good players who are less than 80m. I'd be overjoyed if we got Oblak or Alisson, but it's a load of money and I can't complain if we draw the line at upping the world record from 35m to 88m. It's fucking outrageous.

[aRdja]

He's an excellent shot stopper. Excellent. I'd still prefer Oblak because he's the type of keeper I like. I do believe there's got to be some keepers out there who are of required ability, but they'd be a risk. We're looking for players who are ready made, at this point. Even then, surely there can be some good players who are less than 80m. I'd be overjoyed if we got Oblak or Alisson, but it's a load of money and I can't complain if we draw the line at upping the world record from 35m to 88m. It's fucking outrageous.

Pope?

[Numero Veinticinco]

Pope?

I mentioned him earlier in the season, questioning if he's good enough. He certainly seems to be good at the 'keeping the ball out of the net' side of things, but I've heard that he has severe weaknesses in other areas. Considering wee want Alisson, who has a strength with his feet and distribution, I think it might well be a requirement.

[aRdja]

I mentioned him earlier in the season, questioning if he's good enough. He certainly seems to be good at the 'keeping the ball out of the net' side of things, but I've heard that he has severe weaknesses in other areas. Considering wee want Alisson, who has a strength with his feet and distribution, I think it might well be a requirement.

SOLD!

[Carvalho Diablo]

Pope?

We could buy Pope AND McCarthy for less than Alisson would cost.

 

Mig and Karius out the door.

[Ne Moe Imya]

Fuck this shit, getting boss players in. Who the fuck do we think we are?

 

FSG out! Bunch of absolute fuckin amateurs professional people with zero loads of ambition.

 

Pppfffttt!

 

I note with some amusement that the FSGOut boys on twitter are still as adamant as ever that the owners are bleeding us dry.

 

They just move the goalposts with every purchase. "Sure they bought van Dijk for £75m, that was just the Coutinho money! Robbing bastards." Then we get Fabinho. "Well he's just a replacement for Can, probably sell Salah this summer." Now we buy Fekir. "Where's the goalkeeper money John? Spent it on another yacht most likely."

 

If Alisson comes in you can guarantee they'll be lambasting the club because we didn't get Dembele or a centre back. It'll never be enough.

[Elite]

I note with some amusement that the FSGOut boys on twitter are still as adamant as ever that the owners are bleeding us dry.

 

They just move the goalposts with every purchase. "Sure they bought van Dijk for £75m, that was just the Coutinho money! Robbing bastards." Then we get Fabinho. "Well he's just a replacement for Can, probably sell Salah this summer." Now we buy Fekir. "Where's the goalkeeper money John? Spent it on another yacht most likely."

 

If Alisson comes in you can guarantee they'll be lambasting the club because we didn't get Dembele or a centre back. It'll never be enough.

I understand both sides, let's just get through this window without selling one of our stars before we start lauding them.

[Boss]

Pope is the new Heaton, who himself was the new Marshall, who before that was the new Hennessey.

 

Every season a British goalkeeper plays a blinder and then falls back into the mediocrity from whence they came for the remainder of their career. The key is to totally bypass them. Don't even acknowledge them until they are capable of replicating it for two seasons in a row - a feat which non of them have managed. 

[aRdja]

Pope is the new Heaton, who himself was the new Marshall, who before that was the new Hennessey.

 

Every season a British goalkeeper plays a blinder and then falls back into the mediocrity from whence they came for the remainder of their career. The key is to totally bypass them. Don't even acknowledge them until they are capable of replicating it for two seasons in a row - a feat which non of them have managed.

 

Heaton suffered a bad injury.

[Boss]

You know who's a really underrated keeper? Fabianski. He's consistently good every season for Swansea and no-one talks about him. 

[Gym Beglin]

Surely the measure of transfer money being well-spent is our resilience to injuries.

 

I still see catastrophic issues if Van Dijk, Firmino or Salah are injured.

[Numero Veinticinco]

SOLD!

It's not enough to just be a good shot stopper anymore. In a more open team, he might well look much worse. Mignolet certainly did. Mig would do well at Burnley or Stoke. Here... not even close.

[Guest]

Bernd Leno is the next name on the GK list. No idea about him as I know little about German football but plays for Leverkusen apparently.

[Mcfaggen]

Surely the measure of transfer money being well-spent is our resilience to injuries.

 

I still see catastrophic issues if Van Dijk, Firmino or Salah are injured.

I get the perspective but I think catastrophic is a bit strong. If Fab provides more cover the potential of VD missing is lessened.

 

With Keita & Fekir I think we can do different things to compensate for either Mo or Bobby missing too.

 

It’s not like for like but I think this core makes us stronger & improves resilience.

[INTORRESTING]

Approx 200 mil spent on midfield recently. This is all looking very slick and very exciting. A few steps away from having a perfect window.

[Captain Turdseye]

Silly season isn’t really silly this time. It’s shite.

 

Where are the stories of our ‘interest’ in players like Griezmann and Mbappe?

 

Neymar want to leave PSG. We should be leaking to the media that we’re monitoring fuck out of that situation. Lewandowski wants out of Bayern, you say? And Klopp’s looking for another CF. I’m just putting 2+2 together here.

[Greycellgreen]

Lyon have just said reports of this being imminent are ‘categorically false’.

 

Hmmm

[Captain Turdseye]

Lyon have just said reports of this being imminent are ‘categorically false’.

 

Hmmm

If Fekir isn’t happening after all, we should take a punt on that Neymar kid at PSG.

[Gym Beglin]

Maybe we want Fekir because he looks a bit like Salah if we grow his hair out, and it might confuse the opposition. Just a thought.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Lyon have just said reports of this being imminent are ‘categorically false’.

Hmmm

Fuck off James!