Confirmed Signing Demarai Gray

[Noisy noise annoys]

Not ignored as much as just hopeful the club was planning something beyond full time bombing crosses. But McNeil is also a target.

So is the likes of Bailey according to sources. Townsend is just a free and better alternative to everyones pet hate...Iwobi. That is all, it really is not worth all the negativity.

 

[BlueToff]

Signing squad players who aren't good enough to replace a squad player that isn't good enough just isnt wise business mate.

At least you're admitting that Brands made the mistake in the first place and it is all his fault we are now bargain basement shopping.

CA was our cheat code with transfers, mate. He was the draw for players last year. Now we don't have it.

I think Gray offers us something we don't have and if I had to choose between Iwobi and Townsend for the right (which I do, clearly) then the latter gets the nod cause he can hit a ball.

But, if we have Townsend on say £50k a week (I know, I know, mad) and Gray on £30-40k, and you're probably looking at around the same if not a bit less for Begovic, then in getting Bernard out of the door we've actually got three players in, two of which were needed in the form of Gray (as in, real, direct pace) and a back-up GK.

We need real first-team quality but right now I imagine we literally only have money for the right-back, and that is a priority position.

We also need a midfielder and another forward, but they'll depend on outs.

 

[MikeH72]

hes played his whole career in the top flight, English international. and he's on a free transfer, was 29 last week.
Absolute gash is Iwobi for £35m on a five year deal.

Wtf is this.

 

[windymiller]

I liked his line saying he hopes he can cross and shoot and score goals like he did when he was young.

Yeh cheers mate otherwise you're just Wan Bissaka.

Without the pace

 

[Efcjake]

£8.5m.

Marcel Brands. He's great isn't he.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Still more than Lucas, to be fair.

Yep, on a free

 

[Connor]

Talks a great game to be fair to him

 

[Paul Rideout]

I liked his line saying he hopes he can cross and shoot and score goals like he did when he was young.

Yeh cheers mate otherwise you're just Wan Bissaka.

To be fair if he does one of those things it puts him in our top 4 midfielders

If he does 2 he’s our second best

 

[BlueToff]

Teams will figure that out very quickly and just work on stopping us putting in crosses. Then what do we do?

Well we have more than one way of playing mate.

The issue last year was Carlo didn't work on one - it was if James isn't fit to get it to Digne then we just have to get it to try and win a set-piece.

It's why you keep the quality you do have and have different options.

But all of those options have to result in us getting Dom or Rich on the end of things in the box.

 

[Sona]

He came across really well in the interview. Sounds delighted to be here, has been told that he’s a squad player and said that he’s looking to prove that assessment wrong & become a starter. Love that attitude.

Welcome Andros.

 

[TheBigIguana]

works for LFC I guess. We're just trying to play Moyesball again cuz West Ham did so well lol

The RS have their fullbacks do it. We're recruiting wingers to do it on top of having Digne already. That's really different.

 

[Efcjake]

CA was our cheat code with transfers, mate. He was the draw for players last year. Now we don't have it.

I think Gray offers us something we don't have and if I had to choose between Iwobi and Townsend for the right (which I do, clearly) then the latter gets the nod cause he can hit a ball.

But, if we have Townsend on say £50k a week (I know, I know, mad) and Gray on £30-40k, and you're probably looking at around the same if not a bit less for Begovic, then in getting Bernard out of the door we've actually got three players in, two of which were needed in the form of Gray (as in, real, direct pace) and a back-up GK.

We need real first-team quality but right now I imagine we literally only have money for the right-back, and that is a priority position.

We also need a midfielder and another forward, but they'll depend on outs.

And who's fault is that?

Not the man who is apparently responsible for the last 3 years of transfers who spunked away a load of money on Bernard, Delph, Iwobi, Gomes and Kean.

This is where Brands has led us. Going to be a great next 3 years st this rate.

 

[windymiller]

Well we have more than one way of playing mate.

The issue last year was Carlo didn't work on one - it was if James isn't fit to get it to Digne then we just have to get it to try and win a set-piece.

It's why you keep the quality you do have and have different options.

But all of those options have to result in us getting Dom or Rich on the end of things in the box.

Do we? With the players we are bringing in and those likely to leave, what is Plan B going to look like? Plan A is obviously crosses and headers.

 

[HokieToffee]

2 goals, 6 assists for Townsend this season. Book it.

 

[Kev50]

Wtf is this.

did you not know?