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Summer 2019 Transfer Thread


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7 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

I told my kids last night I didn't have any money when they asked as they were going out. Really had a little cash in the pocket.

Any truth in the rumour that when they asked if they could have an ice cream you fucked off in a kayak?

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23 minutes ago, Horus said:

When we're signing players happy to be backups, then are we really improving?

We are improving the bench which is really what we need to do. Not many players in the market improve our first team. 

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4 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

We are improving the bench which is really what we need to do. Not many players in the market improve our first team. 

There's a difference in approach. When we signed Nabby, it wasn't to be a backup, but that's where he now is (for a mixture of reasons). If our approach to him from the off was to come and be a backup here, then he wouldn't have signed.

 

My fear, is that not only are we boxing off the first team from any competition, but we're also looking at the level below we need to be looking at, which won't actually improve anything other than numbers.

 

If we were signing Pepe, as an example, then you tell him to go and make a place in the starting 11 his own, and if he's out performing any of the front 3, then he's made it. Looking for backups will fill our squad back up with the kind of players we've all been delighted to see the back of over the last 3 years. 

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Real Madrid are blocking Bale's move to China as apparently they are demanding a transfer fee rather than allowing him to move for free.

 

Although they have every right to be financially rewarded for a player under contract, the way they are getting him out of the club is a disgrace and the least they can do is allow him to move on without a fanfare.

 

Real Madrid continue to be thundercunts.

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5 hours ago, CWD82 said:

 

You're missing the point I’m trying to make J-V.

 

You are correct we don’t get done on the counter but our keeper, backline and midfield are miles better than Arsenal. I’ll even say Gomez, Lovren, Keita, Milner and Chamberlain (our back ups arguably) are all better than any of Arsenal’s starters in their positions.

 

None of their front 3 get in our team like for like either by the way.

 

They’re a shit show of a team. They haven’t got the platform in defence or midfield to play that front 3

 

Your point was incorrect.  According to you Arse "Front 3 with Lacazette and Aubameyang and they get destroyed in midfield by any team that can counter".  No they wouldn't if they were to get destroyed it would be because they lack the players in the positions you mentioned in the quoted post above.

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1 hour ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

Ward was getting a shot at being No1 a few days later he was gone and Alison was in. Smoke and mirrors. Or not.

We discovered fekirs knee was made of spaghetti. We spent the fekir money on alisson otherwise we might still be looking at ward or Ming. 

1 hour ago, 3 Stacks said:

The season will come down to the front three staying fit. If that ends up being the case, Keita improving to the level he's capable of playing at and Chamberlain playing something close to a full season improves our squad from last season.

 

Those two were non-entities last season but both offer the creativity, dribbling and drive that our regular midfield of Fabinho, Wijnaldum and Henderson don't offer. If those two play at a good level, we'll be flying. 

So if everything is perfect we'll be ok. It doesn't seem much of a plan to be honest. 

 

And as for keita, I know it's not a popular view, but he'll never make it with us imo. 

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9 minutes ago, Barry Wom said:

So if everything is perfect we'll be ok. It doesn't seem much of a plan to be honest. 

 

And as for keita, I know it's not a popular view, but he'll never make it with us imo. 

I said we need 3 players to stay fit and 2 to be good. Not exactly said everything needs to be perfect. I think expecting players who cost 35m and 55m respectively to be a value add to the squad isn't too unrealistic, but that's just me. 

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12 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

I would say keeping the back 5 fit and available is probably more important - tough to beat if you are not conceding anything. We have shown we can win without one/two of our front three.

We'll struggle in the long run if any of the front 3 are out. Playing Lovren, Gomez or Milner at the back for say, a month, is a far better outcome. 

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10 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

We'll struggle in the long run if any of the front 3 are out. Playing Lovren, Gomez or Milner at the back for say, a month, is a far better outcome. 

Yea, neither would be good for a long stretch. Of the three I would miss Mane the most.

 

It would depend on the games -- for me, our front three are really at their best against top sides. All of them struggle to play with their backs to the goal against cloggers. They thrive in transition.

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36 minutes ago, J-V said:

 

Your point was incorrect.  According to you Arse "Front 3 with Lacazette and Aubameyang and they get destroyed in midfield by any team that can counter".  No they wouldn't if they were to get destroyed it would be because they lack the players in the positions you mentioned in the quoted post above.

In that case, we agree. They will get destroyed on the counter attack playing them 3 as they’re shit and don’t have the players behind to support being a Liverpool rip off

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3 hours ago, Barry Wom said:

No point talking about city in some ways, they've got an outstanding squad and anything they buy at the moment is to bring some depth in the position they have and allow for some continuity as the some of their players are getting the wrong side of 30. It's pretty fair to assume though, they've made par high 90s points and I see no reason why they won't go there again, so unless you're happy not challenging for the league, high 90s is the target. 

 

I don't care about any of those behind us right now. I think your assesment makes their changes appear in the most negative light you could paint them. But as far as I'm concerned, they're not city's business, so they shouldn't be ours. None of those sides will beat 90 points. 

 

So what it all comes down to for me, is what we can do. Can we be as competitive on the league as last year? Well a simplistic view is yes as we've held together the first XI. However, there are more factors. Our forwards have only just stopped playing. They will likely struggle early on. We had that issue to some extent last year, but sturridge started the season well and was able to do his only work during that spell. This year we're to rely on someone who's never played 1st team football or origi. We've also lost cover at left back. I'm not arsed Moreno is gone, we should have shifted him years before, but why shouldn't we replace him in the squad? Then there's the fixture list. We're guaranteed to play 50 matches this season if we don't win 1 cup game. That's harder than last year, with a slightly thinner and more tired squad. Then what if we actually managed to win some domestic cup games? That's more pressure on the squad right there. 

 

For me the squad at best is the same as last year, but with the impact of the summer on our forwards and letting sturridge go, I think we're a bit behind. And the season is going to be tougher. And now we're European champions, maybe more of a scalp and games getting more difficult. 

 

So here's the thing for me. If you're happy with something in the top 4 and if things our way a decent CL run, then not adding to the squad I think is fine. If we've any real aspirations of winning the league, we should add to the squad. Personally I think we're settling for the former. 

 

Lots of good stuff in here and we’re broadly in agreement. My post was in response to some cry arsing about our rivals strengthening. Some have but not significantly. We agree that we’re the 2nd best team in the country still next season.

 

I want us to win it but in my eyes the key to that is taking at least 4 points off city ourselves rather than the other way round.

 

We need a left back to back up Robertson, I think I said that in the original post. I would argue us getting Chamberlain back makes us stronger if he gets back to fitness and we have to let him try to do that. Same way we have to give Keita a go at being the player he’s meant to be.

 

Brewster if he can sprint is better than Sturridge in my opinion. He was gone at the end. 

 

The point about the front 3 I also agree with but I don’t see anyone who comes in and sits on the bench. We’re not breaking our transfer record for a back up right winger who is 1/4 of the player Salah is. If Pepe does what Shaqiri did in his last season for Stoke people will say Pepe was a decent signing. We have Shaqiri. We have Origi who has shown improvement and we’re meant to be in for another versatile forward. Get them and we are better than last year.

 

Beat city at home and get a point away and we’re close to winning it again

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19 minutes ago, Thoth said:

Real Madrid acting like cunts towards a cunt by not letting said cunt leave for free so cunt can earn £1 million quid a week ... all cunts together

This.

 

This is probably the most sensible post in this thread for I don't know how many pages...

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