deipnosophist
Player Valuation: £80m
...it's an oldie...but a goodie lol
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TheFinnFan
Finners
Will we see action today
brieverton
Player Valuation: £50m
I think there will be an upturn in performances and results under Koeman, we will be far better organised and tactically flexible, and much fitter I would expect.
Even without signings there should be a bounce of 2 or 3 league placings but that is hardly what we are looking for.
I thought at the end of the season we needed between 5-7 players to make us competitive this season. There are some glaring gaps in the squad and as a minimum we need a worthy first-choice GK, another CB, DM, and competition for Lukaku. I would add another CB and RB cover, that's another 6 players.
If Tottenham felt the need to add 3? players to a team that looked comfortably better than us last season, not to mention the likes of the Manchester clubs, then we most certainly need to make signings as a priority.
Like most others, I'm hoping that this will be the week. The only way to approach it from my viewpoint is to just try to stay positive, if we can see the gaps then Koeman and Walsh certainly can too.
Personally now I think it will be a stretch to add 5-6 players between now and the closing of the window. Going into the Spurs game I'd settle for 2 signings this week (GK and Midfield) and one the week after with another flurry of activity in deadline week.
Perhaps the appointment of key personnel and getting those appointments right (Koeman, Walsh) has led to a more stringent/patient approach to signing players which I would welcome in the long-term but I don't mind admitting what should in theory have been a far more enjoyable transfer window has had a lot of the fun sucked out of it at this stage for me. Rightly or wrongly, I expected that we would have bagged 2 or 3 signings by now.
Even without signings there should be a bounce of 2 or 3 league placings but that is hardly what we are looking for.
I thought at the end of the season we needed between 5-7 players to make us competitive this season. There are some glaring gaps in the squad and as a minimum we need a worthy first-choice GK, another CB, DM, and competition for Lukaku. I would add another CB and RB cover, that's another 6 players.
If Tottenham felt the need to add 3? players to a team that looked comfortably better than us last season, not to mention the likes of the Manchester clubs, then we most certainly need to make signings as a priority.
Like most others, I'm hoping that this will be the week. The only way to approach it from my viewpoint is to just try to stay positive, if we can see the gaps then Koeman and Walsh certainly can too.
Personally now I think it will be a stretch to add 5-6 players between now and the closing of the window. Going into the Spurs game I'd settle for 2 signings this week (GK and Midfield) and one the week after with another flurry of activity in deadline week.
Perhaps the appointment of key personnel and getting those appointments right (Koeman, Walsh) has led to a more stringent/patient approach to signing players which I would welcome in the long-term but I don't mind admitting what should in theory have been a far more enjoyable transfer window has had a lot of the fun sucked out of it at this stage for me. Rightly or wrongly, I expected that we would have bagged 2 or 3 signings by now.
Pabbers
Player Valuation: £60m
Feels like this Pogba deal could be holding up a few deals.
Juventus / Napoli both want Witsel and his agents know that, so it makes complete sense for them to stall on a deal for 11th place prem team, to wait for offers from 2 CL teams.
Mata, again its clear they are waiting on the Pogba deal, they don't want to be left with no Pogba or Mata.
Koulibaly, same....Napoli waiting for Higuin situation.
IMO
Juventus / Napoli both want Witsel and his agents know that, so it makes complete sense for them to stall on a deal for 11th place prem team, to wait for offers from 2 CL teams.
Mata, again its clear they are waiting on the Pogba deal, they don't want to be left with no Pogba or Mata.
Koulibaly, same....Napoli waiting for Higuin situation.
IMO
danny=)
Player Valuation: £8m
AndyC
Player Valuation: £70m
In other words, the world and his dog are all awaitin' on those lunatics at OT to splurge upwards of £100 million on Pogba before we can all get on with relatively sensible business... if there is anything remotely resembling 'sensible business' in the insane world of football these days ?
Angle c
Player Valuation: £950k
Well at the moment we're in to about 15 or 16 mill compensation for Martinez, koeman and Walsh. That alone gives me quite a bit of confidence, can't imagine ke right would ever have paid that!
I'm sure players will be signed soon
deipnosophist
Player Valuation: £80m
that bag of nincompoop mulch resembles, what a lot of posters herein this thread, call a brain.thanks for reminding me I was all out of this stuff.
Ashtonian
Banned on request
I remember saying that a few years ago mate.
Then we sold all our best attackers and loaned a couple of crap players in on deadline day.
If Everton are nothing, they are the definition of the more things change, the more they stay the same
Would make sense. I think even one reasonable signing during this week (not a second choice Stekelenburg) would settle many people down.
With other positive changes at the club combined with Esk's predictions, the apparent lack of transfer activity is starting to concern people.
ijjysmith
Calm
TheFinnFan
Finners
Ah, well...maybe in few days thenNo mate. Play MK Dons tomorrow though.
deipnosophist
Player Valuation: £80m
Friday
Ashtonian
Banned on request
My concern with the players we currently have is pretty much how many of them would genuinely make the teams above us? considering the gap now between us and the top 8 even, how many would our players walk into?
discounting Leiscter as they are a team made up of players who wouldn't make anyone elses to be fair, makes you wonder how good we actually are squad wise, when 2 years ago we would have all been thinking we had a team capable of making the top 4.
So yeah, the bigger picture has to be we aren't just adding one or two to be competitive, we need 7-8 players in this squad replacing with ready and able players.
Mcgeady / Niasse / Hibbert / Osman / Piennar/ Kone / Mattoni / Robles
discounting Leiscter as they are a team made up of players who wouldn't make anyone elses to be fair, makes you wonder how good we actually are squad wise, when 2 years ago we would have all been thinking we had a team capable of making the top 4.
So yeah, the bigger picture has to be we aren't just adding one or two to be competitive, we need 7-8 players in this squad replacing with ready and able players.
Mcgeady / Niasse / Hibbert / Osman / Piennar/ Kone / Mattoni / Robles
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