Summer 2023 Transfer Thread

[Carvalho Diablo]

5 hours ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

We need a defensive midfielder then.

Palhinha

[Bobby Hundreds]

4 minutes ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

Palhinha

He'll be 28 in the summer and expensive. 

[Mil-ing Around]

We need to replace Bobby, I agree with others that we won't but we really need to. Our front line doesn't have enough players with a football brain. Salah has always been poor in his link up play and passing.

 

Gakpo does have a football brain, Jota is decent. But Diaz I'm not so sure, great dribbler and a threat, but his final ball and decision making leaves alot to be desired.

 

Nunez, well...erm yeah. It's kinda obvious at this point. Sure he's a handful but that's not going to create the symmetry and dynamic movements or sustained attacks we need to scare teams again.

 

We need a proper footballer up there who can actually link our attacks together and bring others into play. And not another fucking tall one either.  

[Lee909]

If the Mount rumours are true he's another that can cover the forward positions with Bobby off

[J-V]

2 hours ago, Morning Glory said:

Happyish with the 5 but for me if we could upgrade on Jota I would do it.,

 

Osimhen it is.

[TD_LFC]

10 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

If the Mount rumours are true he's another that can cover the forward positions with Bobby off

 

'The forward positions' doesn't actually mean anything though.

 

Can he play as a false 9?

Can he play as a wide forward?

In the absence of that can he play as a more traditional 9?

 

The first two are the roles of our forward positions in our 'standard' set up.

 

 

[Anubis]

I’ve seen a few shouts for Ugarte online. Isn’t he a DM? Is he any good?

[Carvalho Diablo]

In the process of trimming the wage bill of older legs, making room for a big splash or 5.

 

Hopefully.

[Josef Svejk]

39 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

If the Mount rumours are true he's another that can cover the forward positions with Bobby off

 

He's pure Chelsea. I hope we never sign him. And his shit hair. 

[Mook]

1 hour ago, Mil-ing Around said:

We need to replace Bobby, I agree with others that we won't but we really need to. Our front line doesn't have enough players with a football brain. Salah has always been poor in his link up play and passing.

 

Gakpo does have a football brain, Jota is decent. But Diaz I'm not so sure, great dribbler and a threat, but his final ball and decision making leaves alot to be desired.

 

Nunez, well...erm yeah. It's kinda obvious at this point. Sure he's a handful but that's not going to create the symmetry and dynamic movements or sustained attacks we need to scare teams again.

 

We need a proper footballer up there who can actually link our attacks together and bring others into play. And not another fucking tall one either.  

 

I think you've answered your own question there, Gakpo looks like the Firmino replacement.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

1 hour ago, TD_LFC said:

 

Don't think you target Nunes and Bellingham with the intention of playing a 2 so the indication seems to be we'll stick to 4-3-3.

I agree but we might not go for/get either.

[TheHowieLama]

7 minutes ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

I agree but we might not go for/get either.

Agreed, forget either.

[Bad Red Bull]

9 hours ago, Anubis said:

I’ve seen a few shouts for Ugarte online. Isn’t he a DM? Is he any good?

He's class.. if we are looking for a DM, he should be at the top of the list. 

[Bobby Hundreds]

Rio Ferdinand saying Bellingham should go to United as they are on the up and Liverpool have stagnated and are being surpassed. This season is a write off but next season we finish above them I've no doubt.

[DaveT]

13 hours ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

In the process of trimming the wage bill of older legs, making room for a big splash or 5.

 

Hopefully.

Bobby, Keita and Ox are on a combined £420k a week!

[Bad Red Bull]

2 hours ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

Rio Ferdinand saying Bellingham should go to United as they are on the up and Liverpool have stagnated and are being surpassed. This season is a write off but next season we finish above them I've no doubt.

For all their celebrations, "if" we beat them today, we are only 7 points behind them. It's not like a huge gap.

[Bobby Hundreds]

3 minutes ago, Bad Red Bull said:

For all their celebrations, "if" we beat them today, we are only 7 points behind them. It's not like a huge gap.

Tomorrow isnt it. I dont think we will beat them but it's this season that's an anomaly for me, we buy energetic midfielders in the summer and we tear it up again.

[sir roger]

Nicky Butt wasn't far off with his assertion that they are better on the pitch this season but Liverpool's club set up is still well ahead overall.

[El Dangerous]

Rashford having the season of his life and Mo ‘finished’ Salah is only about 5 goals behind him overall.

[Barrington Womble]

2 hours ago, Bad Red Bull said:

For all their celebrations, "if" we beat them today, we are only 7 points behind them. It's not like a huge gap.

If they stay in the uefa and fa cups, if we beat them tomorrow I think we'll finish above them. 

[Barrington Womble]

18 hours ago, Mil-ing Around said:

We need to replace Bobby, I agree with others that we won't but we really need to. Our front line doesn't have enough players with a football brain. Salah has always been poor in his link up play and passing.

 

Gakpo does have a football brain, Jota is decent. But Diaz I'm not so sure, great dribbler and a threat, but his final ball and decision making leaves alot to be desired.

 

Nunez, well...erm yeah. It's kinda obvious at this point. Sure he's a handful but that's not going to create the symmetry and dynamic movements or sustained attacks we need to scare teams again.

 

We need a proper footballer up there who can actually link our attacks together and bring others into play. And not another fucking tall one either.  

I'm not sure if I agree with any of this. Salah is a sublime passer of the ball. Nunez has shown he is exceptional at creating chances for others and the big let down has been the players on the end of his chances this season. Diaz looked very tactically astute last season and didn't look out of place when he placed centre and right too. Genuinely I don't know what you think is good if you think our forwards aren't. We have some of the smartest forwards in football. 

[3 Stacks]

18 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

I'm not sure if I agree with any of this. Salah is a sublime passer of the ball. Nunez has shown he is exceptional at creating chances for others and the big let down has been the players on the end of his chances this season. Diaz looked very tactically astute last season and didn't look out of place when he placed centre and right too. Genuinely I don't know what you think is good if you think our forwards aren't. We have some of the smartest forwards in football. 

If we end up with a midfield that has Thiago and Bellingham in it, a player that is sublime at breaking the lines and then a player that has composure and ability in the final third, we can have all arrows in attack.

 

If we want to have the workhorse midfield, which is what most people want us to have, we need a forward like Firmino who can play between the lines. 

[Razoray]

5 hours ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

Rio Ferdinand saying Bellingham should go to United as they are on the up and Liverpool have stagnated and are being surpassed. This season is a write off but next season we finish above them I've no doubt.

We'll be 7 points behind them tomorrow evening, in a season where they are an all conquering machine and we are poor for the first season in years. Ya I'd go to the club that have had a good (nowhere near great) 6 months rather than a team that has been almost great for 6 years

[Barrington Womble]

4 hours ago, 3 Stacks said:

If we end up with a midfield that has Thiago and Bellingham in it, a player that is sublime at breaking the lines and then a player that has composure and ability in the final third, we can have all arrows in attack.

 

If we want to have the workhorse midfield, which is what most people want us to have, we need a forward like Firmino who can play between the lines. 

I think gakpo has shown his is capable of that. I think Diaz could do it in a different way, but he'd still be between the lines. Both would take it and run with the ball like Bobby did earlier in his time here, before that injury prior to Madrid 19, but both have excellent touch in tight spaces and great awareness of where people are around them. 

[Leyton388]

Another player FSG have been happy to allow his contract  to run down. Considering they go on about us not having any money they are more than happy to allow players to leave for free who we could and should have got a fee for.