Ashley Williams

[Westend Blue]

would we be happy to keep the welsh trend going and try for hennessey in goal? at least we know that communication and organisation would be much much better then last season, coleman, jags, williams, baines.... infront of hennessey.. i dunno, i just like the sounds of that...

That's a shocking shout

 

[blakefaa]

That's a shocking shout

Ive got reason to believe we will be spending good coin on an attacking player mate, good coin in the sense that there may not be a whole lot of room in the budget to splash out on a world class keeper... would you have been happy with hennessey last summer?

 

[Goat]

 

[nsno-chris]

Ive got reason to believe we will be spending good coin on an attacking player mate, good coin in the sense that there may not be a whole lot of room in the budget to splash out on a world class keeper... would you have been happy with hennessey last summer?

No

He's horrendous

 

[nsno-chris]

The plot thickens

 

[Connor]

Goat.

Fix this.

 

[Westend Blue]

Ive got reason to believe we will be spending good coin on an attacking player mate, good coin in the sense that there may not be a whole lot of room in the budget to splash out on a world class keeper... would you have been happy with hennessey last summer?

He's an improvement on what we have currently but only very slightly.

 

[ggooggooggoo]

want to share the other two you expect? Witsel and? If no names what position?

Defender striker midfielder and a tall keeper

 

[Jayhow15]

Ramadan?

 

[blueblue]

I do think Moshiri is a very smart businessman. That's one of the reasons why I'm worried that he'll eventually stop spending money on us if moves like this don't work out. It's the gambler's fallacy. Don't throw good money after bad.

At 32 years old, I'm sure he'll be fine this year. Next year at 33, there's a chance he'll slow down. Once he hits 34, it's unreasonable to expect him to be at his best.

My main problem is that we can never recoup this money. We aren't Man City or Chelsea, our money is limited and we need to make sure we are using it wisely.

If this is the only veteran we bring in, I can deal with it. I just don't want this to be our focus going forward. We need to go after younger players (under 27 preferably) and only occasionally supplement them with vets to provide experience.

None of that is true.
If a player looks after himself there is no reason why they cannot play at their peak up to at least 35. Obviously you need a bit of luck with injuries and you need to manage your lifetstyle, but has Gareth Barry shown signs of decline ?, if anything he has improved since he came here.

 

[n01efc]

That's a shocking shout

It's not, he is a great shot stopper but just needs to learn when to come for crosses.

 

[TheFinnFan]

Erm,....Williams though

 

[Goat]

Ive got reason to believe we will be spending good coin on an attacking player mate, good coin in the sense that there may not be a whole lot of room in the budget to splash out on a world class keeper... would you have been happy with hennessey last summer?

Ive got reason to believe we have enough funds to purchase any of the players we require, we wont be buying sub standard players cos they are a cheap option.

The only reason we wont sign the players we want will be down to our current stature.

We wont go from our number 1 choice to a player that will make do, we have a list, we will start at the top.

This is the truth.

 

[blakefaa]

No

He's horrendous

even if say, we spent 30 - 40m on an attacker, and only had a tight budget left for a gk?

 

[Goat]

Erm,....Williams though

Im very much led to believe we will sign 2 CBs, regardless of Stones moving.