January Transfer Thread 2017

[BlueToff]

Awfully quiet in this thread to say the window opens in just over a week.

Need my daily fix of players linked in this thread so I can fume when they don't come

It's Christmas mate.

Just get drunk

 

[Brownie]

 

[Goat]

We thought we had found a God.

 

[Brownie]

We thought we had found a God.

Unfortunately

 

[EFCPaul]

Well that is a ridiculously over-dramatisation

It's a bad injury. There's nothing to indicate it's career-threatening.

For some players, it can be - like Gibson.

For others, like Arteta, they have to change the way they play.

For others, usually the big, physically strong players, like Strootman, they recover fine, even with a few set-backs.

The whole reason he's effective as a player is because of his pace and unorthodox movements. Having such major surgery on his leg will undoubtedly have a massive effect on his ability in those regards even once he fully recovers. Correct me if I'm wrong but I can't think of a single winger in recent memory whose had such an injury and come back to be the same player. And if he can't be the same player as before, well, what can he be then?! A central midfielder? No chance. A number 10? Probably not. A wing-back? Don't see it myself.

It's depressing but I think there's a very strong possibility he won't ever play more than a handful of games ever again if any at all for us, especially if Koeman isn't still here by 2018.

 

[Goat]

Unfortunately

Give me some names Browns.

No midgets tho.

 

[hetion]

The whole reason he's effective as a player is because of his pace and unorthodox movements. Having such major surgery on his leg will undoubtedly have a massive effect on his ability in those regards even once he fully recovers. Correct me if I'm wrong but I can't think of a single winger in recent memory whose had such an injury and come back to be the same player. And if he can't be the same player as before, well, what can he be then?! A central midfielder? No chance. A number 10? Probably not. A wing-back? Don't see it myself.

It's depressing but I think there's a very strong possibility he won't ever play more than a handful of games ever again if any at all for us, especially if Koeman isn't still here by 2018.

This is my worry tbf. If there's any player in the league who will be most buggered by an ACL, it's Bolasie.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

He was never the same after he slammed his knee into the post. Lost his fearlessness.

 

[CairnsToffee]

Few reports again that Del Boy is away again in January due to lack of first team opportunities

FYI Del Boy, when the opportunity arises might be an idea to taken them....

 

[Goat]

Few reports again that Del Boy is away again in January due to lack of first team opportunities

FYI Del Boy, when the opportunity arises might be an idea to taken them....

• ¯\_(°﹃°)_/¯

 

[cronullasharks]

Few reports again that Del Boy is away again in January due to lack of first team opportunities

FYI Del Boy, when the opportunity arises might be an idea to taken them....

Who's he linked with ?

He's one of the many in the squad I'm quite happy for the club to let go.

 

[cadex]

Who's he linked with ?

He's one of the many in the squad I'm quite happy for the club to let go.

Read it was Boro a few days ago.

 

[cronullasharks]

Read it was Boro a few days ago.

Thanks mate, probably score a winner against us too.

 

[4737carlin]

Boro be good for him and us to get some coin that we can use towards better players.

 

[Zezti]

And we were worried about Barca's buyback clause...