Summer 2018 Transfer Window

[Timak]

Koeman and his criminal spending are going to be our 2008 crash moment: the full effects wont be seen for years and it's a tortuous road back to financial stability.

It is what did for every other brainless PL club. Huge job to sort out - best part of £500m in wage/fee commitments for players with next to no resale value.

 

[deipnosophist]

Dunno, think they are making the same mistakes we did (albeit not quite as bad) in that they are buying lots of players in the latter half of their career, who are joining for money, and most of whom play in a similar position.

yeah...as i said, that's what I'm hoping

 

[Groucho]

Can’t make my mind up about Drinkwater. Think he better than what we have though.

That’s your answer then.

 

[davek]

If we spend £xxM to upgrade our backup striker, when we have other glaring needs, I'll campaign for you to be appointed moderator of GOT (or tubey, surely it's his time)

TBH, I have no faith whatsoever in our attack. Tosun is not the answer, he cant lead the line. Niasse is a bundle of awkwardness that can get a goal or two but is not going to pressure Tosun. Richarlison might have to weigh in with about twice more than he did for Watford to make up for that lame attack we have. My view is that we need another attacker. If we dont get one we'll be sunk in terms of a top ten finish.

 

[Goat]

Pickford
Coleman - Lascelles - Mina - Digne
Besic
Walcott - Iceland - Rico
Rondon - Tosun​

 

[zzr45]

I stand by my assessment that Koeman - having spent £250M - left us with players capable only of playing Championship quality football.

How is that even a matter of conjecture?

I was inferring you were being far too lenient.

 

[Goat]

TBH, I have no faith whatsoever in our attack. Tosun is not the answer, he cant lead the line. Niasse is a bundle of awkwardness that can get a goal or two but is not going to pressure Tosun. Richarlison might have to weigh in with about twice more than he did for Watford to make up for that lame attack we have. My view is that we need another attacker. If we dont get one we'll be sunk in terms of a top ten finish.

The problem for me is that neither Rondon or Tosun are "good enough" to play up top on their own, both would be better up top as a 2 and thats the problem, not many modern formations utilise a top 2 very well, the only that maybe does is 4-4-2 with a midfield diamond, which means Walcott and Rico dont really fit in.

 

[SixtyGrand]

TBH, I have no faith whatsoever in our attack. Tosun is not the answer, he cant lead the line. Niasse is a bundle of awkwardness that can get a goal or two but is not going to pressure Tosun. Richarlison might have to weigh in with about twice more than he did for Watford to make up for that lame attack we have. My view is that we need another attacker. If we dont get one we'll be sunk in terms of a top ten finish.

100% Tosun isn't the answer. Moshiri needs to get his wallet out and deliver that top quality centre forward.

 

[Papa Shango]

It's a different type of player: scores as many as Niasse and creates more space / gives a game a different dynamic. He's an upgrade on Niasse, no question.

I don't mind Rondon but I'm not sure how he scores as many as Niasse?

I'd be Ok with both of them. Both cause headaches for opponents for different reasons.

 

[ToffeeDevil]

Pickford
Coleman - Lascelles - Mina - Digne
Besic
Walcott - Iceland - Rico
Rondon - Tosun​

i've given up on mina, and think we'll end up getting shafted with lascelles. it'll be:

Coleman-Keane-Jags-Digne bleh

 

[trueblue10]

8 days left.

It takes us 5 days to to broker any sort of deal, 1 day to get them to FF and 3 days to do a medical. We are stuck with what we have lads.

 

[davek]

It is what did for every other brainless PL club. Huge job to sort out - best part of £500m in wage/fee commitments for players with next to no resale value.

I've said this before: the club should seriously look at the behaviour of its largest shareholder and manager and conduct an internal investigation to that end. It was no less than gross corporate negligence what happened here last summer. And, btw, I said so at the time. I asked constantly who was taking responsibility for this overspend: of course that got me the height of abuse form the "clever" people...as per 'kin usual.

 

[Nyhus]

It appears that Watford's squad is more valuable than Everton's, makes you wonder why Silva left them for us...

Uhm, not quite how that happened..

 

[Goat]

i've given up on mina, and think we'll end up getting shafted with lascelles. it'll be:

Coleman-Keane-Jags-Digne bleh

I was just trying to out to see what it looks like, it looks like 6-0 defeats every week.

 

[Lelouch]

We don't need someone to lead the line, We don't have a creative bone in this squad. How can Tosun do anything when our two center mids pass sideways.