This!
*Signs for Norwich and proceeds to bang in a stunning 30 minute hat-trick against us in the New year(Everton That!)
I would actually be willing to accept that if it meant he left.
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I would actually be willing to accept that if it meant he left.
Jamo Martinez
Player Valuation: £70m
Haven't we got enough defenders who appear to be in comas as it is?
Said it before and I'll say it again:
Letting Josh King leave on a free less than six months after we paid £5m (ish) for him, only to then immediately bring in Rondon on a free... Idiocy.
Any significant transfer activity in this upcoming window (and by significant, I mean the type that might impact the first team squad) is surely going to be entirely dependent on the extent to which the payroll has been trimmed by shifting large volumes of dead wood in the summer. Did the departures of Bernard, Besic, Bolasie and so forth manage to shave enough off of the wage bill that we are no longer running at a financial loss?
In an ideal world our balance sheet will have improved slightly since the summer. What I mean is that the debt, which is obviously still going to be there, is hopefully smaller than it was before because we aren't running at a loss.
I hope we can somehow see a new RB arrive (either of the two Scottish lads?) and a loan in CM (Knight from Derby?), but anything more than that will hinge on MORE departures... If only we could actually sell someone at a modest profit - Gomes, Kenny, Tosun, ANYONE.
In an ideal world our balance sheet will have improved slightly since the summer. What I mean is that the debt, which is obviously still going to be there, is hopefully smaller than it was before because we aren't running at a loss.
I hope we can somehow see a new RB arrive (either of the two Scottish lads?) and a loan in CM (Knight from Derby?), but anything more than that will hinge on MORE departures... If only we could actually sell someone at a modest profit - Gomes, Kenny, Tosun, ANYONE.
sageyefc
Player Valuation: £90m
Did we actually pay money for king? Thought he was a feee, mad if so
MikeH72
Player Valuation: £100m
Yeah I remember it being £5m or something like that.
MikeH72
Player Valuation: £100m
Gray is definitely an improvement, can’t count Gordon because he was here last season but yes he’s been an improvement on someone like Bernard. In terms of ability obviously James is better than everyone else named above, but he was never staying at the club and we weren’t likely to get someone on his level to replace him with a budget of a packet of Space Raiders. Rondon is a downgrade from King. Overall I think we’re in exactly the same position.
Townsend is an upgrade on Bernard.
Gray is an upgrade on Bernard.
Gordon is an upgrade on Bernard.
Gray playing at 10 is an upgrade on Gylfi.
Rondon and Tosun can jump into the nearest volcano for all I care, they're both terrible.
James was never going to stay the moment Ancelotti left so there's not much mileage in that discussion.
We also have to acknowledge the financial position. Kean HAD to leave because we needed the money... Gray and Townsend have already justified the tiny transfer outlay IMHO.
dutchblue54
Player Valuation: £20m
realistically i can see going OUT:
*Tosun leaving for Besiktas (just to get his wages off, dont expect a fee of note)
*A few loans like Branthwaite and/or Simms
*We could be trying to get rid off the likes of Holgate and Gbamin, but depends too i guess if we can replace them. Both seem not rated by Benitez
Hope we can bring in a few decent ones in the areas where it us clear we need more quality or strenght in depth
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
Just not having to watch Siggurdson fraud us every week by pretending to be a footballer has been an improvement this season.
Spot on mate , the tenor of his posts is that he has a direct line to Benitez and that he is sharing crumbs of information that he has gathered up from the big guys table.
Dublin blue 75
Player Valuation: £50m
This lad King for Watford can score
AndyC
Player Valuation: £70m
There'll be no business done in January unless it's loans coming in and one or more departures.
We have literally no wriggle room in the accounts.
We are in serious danger of breaching rule son STCC/FFP etc and that could result in major fines or even a points deduction... which we can ill afford !!!
We have literally no wriggle room in the accounts.
We are in serious danger of breaching rule son STCC/FFP etc and that could result in major fines or even a points deduction... which we can ill afford !!!
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