Summer 2023 Transfer Thread

[Scott_M]

10 minutes ago, Reckoner said:

Top trolling from the Echo. Fucks sake. 
 

I’ve had about 10 season ticket holders register for tickets sale access for me (well, my daughter but I’d be “forced” to go as well), none of them successful.

[an tha]

2 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

I’ve had about 10 season ticket holders register for tickets sale access for me (well, my daughter but I’d be “forced” to go as well), none of them successful.

Put two in both unsuccessful and got places 10,000 odd and 12,000 odd on waiting list. Useless.

[an tha]

36 minutes ago, Pidge said:

Do you think Coates will put in a good word for us?

It is is his duty.

[Scott_M]

Just now, an tha said:

Put two in both unsuccessful and got places 10,000 odd and 12,000 odd on waiting list. Useless.

Lowest a friend has one at is like 200 but they only said the wanted 1, so I’d need 2 others as well.

 

She’s doing a 3rd night at Anfield as well now.

 

They’ll oversubscribe those who get a sales code anyway, they’ve already said they aren’t guaranteed.

 

Did a few Ticketmaster applications as well, see what comes of them.

[Scott_M]

No idea who this is or how true it might be…

 

[joe_fishfish]

Josh LFC is my new favourite fake ITK, until Pearce tells us Fab is definitely staying anyway.

[an tha]

30-40m and think about how we could put that towards an upgrade....

[TheHowieLama]

Only a chump would pay 40 m for Fabinho.

[Megadrive Man]

4 minutes ago, an tha said:

30-40m and think about how we could put that towards an upgrade to John's Yacht.

 

[Megadrive Man]

38 minutes ago, Reckoner said:

Top trolling from the Echo. Fucks sake. 
 

Can she play midfield?

[Section_31]

"There could be nothing in it but it wouldn't surprise me if it was true."

 

The fuck kind of ITK patter is that? 

[Section_31]

2 minutes ago, Megadrive Man said:

Can she play midfield?

 

She was originally enlisted as a physio but there was trouble when she walked in and told Keita to shake it off, there's been bad blood ever since but is regarded by some of the fans as something of an anti hero.

[an tha]

6 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Only a chump would pay 40 m for Fabinho.

Good job saudi league is full of very wealthy chumps

[Babb'sBurstNad]

8 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

 

She was originally enlisted as a physio but there was trouble when she walked in and told Keita to shake it off, there's been bad blood ever since but is regarded by some of the fans as something of an anti hero.

 

[TheHowieLama]

[Leyton388]

18 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

"There could be nothing in it but it wouldn't surprise me if it was true."

 

The fuck kind of ITK patter is that? 

 

Sounds like fat dunc koptalk ITK

 

[The Midnight Rambler]

So we need to break the transfer record for a defender (80m) to sign the Chelsea Colwill kid? Seems more batshit than spending 300m on Mbappe.

[3 Stacks]

Colwill, like Lavia, has the talent to be world class. Depends on your stomach to pay the fee.

[CapeRed]

8 hours ago, Strontium said:

 

Missing a few there, aren't you.

 

Swapping Milner, Keita, Ox, Arthur, Carvalho and Firmino for Mac Allister and Szoboszlai has definitely made our squad smaller. 6 out, 2 in, net -4.

 

You can debate until the cows come home whether a smaller squad is a good thing, but one thing that can't be denied is that it is smaller. And smaller squads are, by definition, more vulnerable to injury crises, which is the one thing we really specialise in.

3 of the six you mentioned were permanently on the treatment table so therefore we are currently -1 and the transfer window is still open. It looks like we really want Colwill and are waiting to see what happens after his talks with the chubby hamster.

[Lee909]

Colwill is overpriced on paper but I guess alot of the fee is he's hopefully your CB for a decade and being HG is huge part of the value.Marc Guéhi would be another option I guess but Palace are going to want 60ml for him. 

 

Saw pictures earlier supposedly of Colwill as a kid in one of our old kits. 

 

Chelsea will stick a 8 year deal with huge wages in front of him and tell him everything he wa to to hear to sign it. 

 

 

Bit surprised we've not been linked with that young German CB at Southampton, he's supposed to have a 25ml release clause

[Jose Jones]

I quite like Colwill, seems to have good defensive instincts and pretty good passer.  Not sure he has the outstanding physical attributes to be making him worth shit loads of millions though.

He's not as fast or as tall as Konate or Van Dijk for example, so you'd be really relying on him being pretty much the smartest defender of all time if you're paying massive amounts for him.

[CapeRed]

7 hours ago, bizzle10 said:

Agreed if Van Dijk is on the slide then we got to start thinking about a young replacement but it’s a joke the 3rd richest club according to turnover in the world can’t buy a boss defensive midfielder and a young centre back unless we sell apparently FSG can’t walk and chew bubblegum at the same time 

As far as mf goes we have enough numbers right now IMO as for centre back the club want the right centre back for our style of play . They could have been in for tricky Micky VDV but obviously he doesn’t fit the brief. FWIW I really like Inacio , I think he would fit in nicely .

[3 Stacks]

13 minutes ago, Jose Jones said:

I quite like Colwill, seems to have good defensive instincts and pretty good passer.  Not sure he has the outstanding physical attributes to be making him worth shit loads of millions though.

He's not as fast or as tall as Konate or Van Dijk for example, so you'd be really relying on him being pretty much the smartest defender of all time if you're paying massive amounts for him.

Nah, he wins every duel, he's a freak.

 

I will say, I'm not sure why he didn't play more for Brighton. Maybe lack of experience and Brighton had decently big stakes to play for.

[Jose Jones]

5 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

Nah, he wins every duel, he's a freak.

 

I will say, I'm not sure why he didn't play more for Brighton. Maybe lack of experience and Brighton had decently big stakes to play for.

 

Does he?  Didn't seem that way to me really in the limited amount I have seen.  Tidy defensively I would say (which is pretty good for a young kid) rather than physically dominant.  He would be your number 2 centre back rather than the number 1.  Konate could mature into the number 1 with a bit more smarts/experience so that would work once Virg hangs them up in a couple of years.

Anyway I'd happily take him at 30-40 million range, not at 60-80. 

[3 Stacks]

16 minutes ago, Jose Jones said:

 

Does he?  Didn't seem that way to me really in the limited amount I have seen.  Tidy defensively I would say (which is pretty good for a young kid) rather than physically dominant.  He would be your number 2 centre back rather than the number 1.  Konate could mature into the number 1 with a bit more smarts/experience so that would work once Virg hangs them up in a couple of years.

Anyway I'd happily take him at 30-40 million range, not at 60-80. 

He's 95th percentile for all centre backs in winning aerial duels and he plays in probably the most demanding league for that. You have to be dominant to do that. And he's mobile and really good on the ball. 

 

The only worry is sample size but on the face of it he is one of the most talented defenders and in every way.