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Summer 2025 transfer thread


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With all the money saved the last couple of windows and Trent,Mo and Virg wages off the books should be a few pennies to spend

 

This summer will be(in honour of @Captain Turdseye )

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Anyway by the end of the window tbe squad will be(again for CT)

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Or maybe we will save it for a 2026 warchest

 

 

 

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Stuck in a loop this club when it comes to transfers. We can see the reset button but it’s never quite within reaching distance.

 

- Told we’re active and work is going on behind the scenes daily.

- “200m kitty in the war chest”, we’re going to be busy…

- Interested in and monitoring XYZ…

- Oops sorry, what we really meant is we’ll only act if it’s the right player at the right price at the right time. We won’t be pressured into “panic buys” and all that cute shit.

- Clock strikes 11pm on September 1st and we’re left unsurprisingly disappointed, but it’s fine because we can take the piss out of Everton for winning the transfer window.

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2 minutes ago, JohnnyH said:

The other summer transfer thread has already turned into a moan-fest so maybe we keep this one but only grown up chat allowed about actual transfers and whatnot?  The whining can stay in the other thread?


I agree. 
 

This can be the BDE transfer thread, the other one (despite my best attempts to talk about transfers and football) is already a competition to see who can have the biggest SDE. 

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Based on the assumption that I think Salah & VVD will stay (I’m 50/50 on Trent), before any further exits, priorities in order of importance for the summer are…

 

1) Centre forward. Unfortunately, I don’t think Nunez will ever make it and I don’t think Diaz is a long term option. 
 

Ekitiké, Openda, Isak, Sesko, Vlahović, Osimhen (although I doubt we’d pay the money for him)…. There are plenty of options. 
 

Having another player alongside Salah who is capable of >20 goals per season really would open so many different avenues for our attack. 


2) Left back. A position we’ve struggled in this season. Robbo hasn’t been at his best / is in decline and while Tsmiskas is a decent alternative, he’ll never be, well, peak-Robbo. 

All depends if we’re going to release Tsmiskas & Robbo in one window, I doubt it, we’ll likely sell Tsmiskas and Robbo will see out his contract. 

 

If we sign Hato from Ajax he covers this area and partially centre back. 
 

My Dad’s mate is a Blackburn season ticket holder, he’s been saying how good Beck has been for them. We have Chambers & Scanlon who can player here, although Scanlon has been injured at Milwall all season. Either way, I’d be happy for any as 3rd choice. 

 

3) Central midfield. I assume Endo will leave. Does McConnell or Nyoni take that 6th spot or do we buy somebody? Slot & Hughes’ call. 
 

4) Centre back. If we sign Hato, I assume his ability to cover both positions would mean we won’t move for somebody here. It would be helpful if we did some proper succession planning for VVD, maybe we think that is Nallo. 

5) Attacking midfielder. Dream scenario, realise it is never going to happen, Wirtz or Musiala would be phenomenal. 

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28 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

Can someone confirm if this is the grown up big dick energy thread which completely suits JohnnyH and Scott_M?


I can confirm it. 
 

The other thread has already mutated into a pit of insecurity and mis-placed inadequacy, it’s a lost cause. 
 

Can the titles be changed?

 

Summer 2025 transfer thread - BDE posters 

 

and

 

Summer 2025 transfer thread - SDE posters. 
 

BDE obviously includes myself, Johnny H, Pidge, An Tha, AoT and posters of this calibre. At the very least, it would be a good social experiment.

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7 hours ago, Lee909 said:

With all the money saved the last couple of windows and Trent,Mo and Virg wages off the books should be a few pennies to spend

 

This summer will be(in honour of @Captain Turdseye )

trump-huge.gif

 

 

 

Anyway by the end of the window tbe squad will be(again for CT)

U5V.gif

 

 

Or maybe we will save it for a 2026 warchest

 

 

 

Out of neg for the Wotsit Hitler GIFs.

 

I come on the FF to get away from that racist rapist cunt.

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6 hours ago, Binomial said:

Stuck in a loop this club when it comes to transfers. We can see the reset button but it’s never quite within reaching distance.

 

- Told we’re active and work is going on behind the scenes daily.

- “200m kitty in the war chest”, we’re going to be busy…

- Interested in and monitoring XYZ…

- Oops sorry, what we really meant is we’ll only act if it’s the right player at the right price at the right time. We won’t be pressured into “panic buys” and all that cute shit.

- Clock strikes 11pm on September 1st and we’re left unsurprisingly disappointed, but it’s fine because we can take the piss out of Everton for winning the transfer window.

18 months ago we completely rebuilt our midfield.  Everyone on here (including me) lost our shit about the way it was done, but there's no denying we're much better for it now.

 

The key is - still - to sign those extensions.  The next priority is an upgrade on Nuñez and a replacement for Robbo. (Kerkez, maybe?  Or someone I've never heard of, because scouting isn't my job.)

 

The real loop we're stuck in is FF misgobs writing off a transfer window before it's even opened.

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26 minutes ago, Scott_M said:


I can confirm it. 
 

The other thread has already mutated into a pit of insecurity and mis-placed inadequacy, it’s a lost cause. 
 

Can the titles be changed?

 

Summer 2025 transfer thread - BDE posters 

 

and

 

Summer 2025 transfer thread - SDE posters. 
 

BDE obviously includes myself, Johnny H, Pidge, An Tha, AoT and posters of this calibre. At the very least, it would be a good social experiment.

You need that big dick to get John away from Linda's massive strap on don't you 

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18 minutes ago, Daisy said:

You need that big dick to get John away from Linda's massive strap on don't you 


Your not the first SDE’er to misquote me on this, funny that, must come from your insecurity…

 

You are aware I’ve not actually said anything about the size of any forumites  dick, or rod or johnson? Because if I did, that would not be the point I’m making and it would be weird. 

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8 minutes ago, Smell The Glove said:

These dick energy expressions are fucking terrible. Truly awful phrases.


I’m happy to amend if you want? 
 

I was thinking instead of BDE, “Spirit Of Klopp” ie positive, confident, assured, clear purpose.

 

And for SDE, “Spirit Of Hodgson” ie insecure & inadequate.

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Just now, Scott_M said:


I’m happy to amend if you want? 
 

I was thinking instead of BDE, “Spirit Of Klopp” ie positive, confident, assured, clear purpose.

 

And for SDE, “Spirit Of Hodgson” ie insecure & inadequate.

Think you might need to step away from the transfer threads for a while.

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2 minutes ago, Smell The Glove said:

Think you might need to step away from the transfer threads for a while.


As I said, at the very least, it would be a cracking social experiment. 

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1 hour ago, Jairzinho said:

Can someone confirm if this is the grown up big dick energy thread which completely suits JohnnyH and Scott_M?

 

Can there be RADE? (Relatively Average Dick Energy?  Asking for me wife?

 

 

I will however say, that there was a level of truth in my post (albeit with a bit of RADE). 

 

I virtually stopped going into the January transfer thread as it was just a shithole.  The same people shouting the same moaning shite (as I see it) over and over and over. I'm 52 in a couple of weeks.  I don't live and die by everything the clubs does like I did when I was 30.  I want to be able to have grown-up conversations.  They can and will include people saying that they aren't happy with the 3 contracts issue, but then I want to discuss what happens if the 3 do go, in a grown up fashion?  Not just the exact same complaints as the same person has written almost word for word in the "Contracts" thread and the "FSG Out" thread.

 

So if they need the summer transfer thread to be like the January transfer thread, then let them do that in the main thread.  But a thread that's there for genuine chat about transfers that are possible, hopeful, wishful, etc is what I'd like.  And surely this forum is for all of us?  We did it before a few years back where we started a separate transfer thread for people who didn't want to complain angrily but just wanted to discuss the latest rumours and possibilities?  And apart from the obvious people trying to hijack it at the start, it become somewhere I, and others, could go and see genuine transfer chat without the usual "Yeah, but those cunts won't spend anything and I bet do this other [insert utterly daft overreaction comment] too" at the end of every post. I'm not here for that. I'd like to chat and read posted rumours. 

 

So maybe this thread can have its title changes to the "The other Summer transfer thread (no moaning)"?  And the people (we and they know who they are) can just leave it to us, and they can stick to the main Summer transfer thread, and the Contracts thread, and the FSG Out thread?

 

Too much to ask?

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“It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it”
 

A life lesson from Bananarama and The Fun Boy Three. 
 

It’s not so much what is posted, it’s how it’s posted. I wonder if those who need to learn that lesson, would even know they do. Probably not. 

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17 minutes ago, YorkshireRed said:

“It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it”
 

A life lesson from Bananarama and The Fun Boy Three. 
 

It’s not so much what is posted, it’s how it’s posted. I wonder if those who need to learn that lesson, would even know they do. Probably not. 

 

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1 hour ago, Scott_M said:

BDE obviously includes myself, Johnny H, Pidge, An Tha, AoT and posters of this calibre. At the very least, it would be a good social experiment.

And by this you mean posters who agree with you as opposed to anyone who can see that the owners have done some things really well but also that other things could have been done better which would have put the club (football terms, not financial) in an even better place. There is a mid point between screaming 'get the fuckers out' and wanting to sleep with the board. Are these posters also in the 'simple' bracket that you so condescendingly brand everyone else.

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4 minutes ago, Jimmy Hills Chin said:

And by this you mean posters who agree with you as opposed to anyone who can see that the owners have done some things really well but also that other things could have been done better which would have put the club (football terms, not financial) in an even better place. There is a mid point between screaming 'get the fuckers out' and wanting to sleep with the board. Are these posters also in the 'simple' bracket that you so condescendingly brand everyone else.

The funny thing is that your description of the people "opposed" to Scott (and me and the others) matches our opinions: FSG have done a lot of stuff right, there's stuff they could have done better, and the people screaming "get the fuckers out" (who do exist, unlike any mythical beasts who want to sleep with the board) are just plain wrong.

 

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1 minute ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

The funny thing is that your description of the people "opposed" to Scott (and me and the others) matches our opinions: FSG have done a lot of stuff right, there's stuff they could have done better, and the people screaming "get the fuckers out" (who do exist, unlike any mythical beasts who want to sleep with the board) are just plain wrong.

 

I get this, but the constant defence of FSG over anything (which does happen) gives a very skewed view of this balanced approach. I'm not an 'FSG out advocate' but the people who defend FSG constantly come across, to me at least' as too full of their own superiority with comments like 'the grown ups are talking' or the ridiculous BDE thing. It's not a good look, just saying.

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