Summer 2018 Transfer Window

[BlueToff]

Mad cus if you'd told me in 2015/16 that we were gonna have that list of players I'd have been buzzing

We're wank at transfers aren't we

Proper

 

[Zatara]

Skriniar is excellent, was the signing of the season. Makes a change for Inter to get a bargain. I dont see them selling any of those 3 with CL next year. Brozovic has been linked repeatedly but has played his best football in the last few months.

How much do you think Skriniar /Brozovic and Perisic would be sold for ?

 

[BlueToff]

Very disappointed if we’re looking at dost. What he can do, Cenk can do better.

Carvalho coming in definitely means Schneiderlin and besic out.

Rooney leaving will most likely fund Maddison.

Bolasie/Lookman leaving will see us land lozarno. Hate to see us lose Lookman rather than Bolasie

Klassen, Sandro, Mirallas leaving will open up more possibility and I pray to god it’s kluivert.

New left back will be sign regardless.

Jag will stay due to club appreciation of his years of dedicated loyalty.

Williams and Funes will be ship out pending on takers

Martina will probably rot in the reserve.

IMO

We won't be getting that many players in mate.

It's going to be a case of 10 out, 3 (maybe 4) in.

 

[bullybeef]

Mad cus if you'd told me in 2015/16 that we were gonna have that list of players I'd have been buzzing

We're wank at transfers aren't we

Not now that we have Marcel running the show.

 

[BlueToff]

How much do you think Skriniar /Brozovic and Perisic would be sold for ?

Skriniar won't be going anywhere. He's 23, seen as the maintsay of their defence and won't push for a move I don't think - he's said he still has a lot of learning to do and wants to stay. They'd also want £50m easily I think.

Brozovic, you could probably nab for £25-30m. He's really come on under Spalletti though. Perisic would be £40m at least.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Good morning mein frandels and welcome to the introduction of the Weasel Index for the summer of 2018.

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A small tribute to @Sapie88 - without him, we are short a few Weasel pictures.

If you are new to GrandOldTeam.com , welcome, make yourself at home, and why not learn about the origins of the Index here : https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/summer-transfer-window-2017.94428/page-2560#post-5622816

Over the last few days, the rumbles under the turf have become louder. Was it Marcel Brands and his smart-casual jackets that stirred them? Was it the bloodletting on the Finch Farm lawn led by hatchet-lady-in-chief Denise filtering down into the warrens (is this right, do Weasels live in warrens?) ?

We do not know.

But last night, this happened.



It even has MASSIVE BREAKING NEWS in huge capitals. The Weasels are back.

We are therefore compelled to begin our - and I say our, because it is a Weasel Hunter Collective, in this Fourth Era of Frandliness - Weasel Index for the Summer.

I for one am expecting lots of OUTs, and perhaps not a lot of INs.

Please remember the standard Weasel Marking technique:

• Spot a majestic / disgusting example of utter Transfer Weaseling
• Write '@orly' as a reply
• Await the Index marking and then public listing the following week

There is nothing worse than missing a weasel in the wild. The Weasel Hunter Collective is remarkably efficient, but if even one gets away, they may breed uncontrollably, leading to infestation. Therefore may I also suggest that you tag in fellow Index enthusiast @CairnsToffee too when tagging your weasel spot?

Mr @CairnsToffee was always the ideal candidate for Assistant Index Curator.

https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/...fer-window-thread.98826/page-211#post-6009207



https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/summer-transfer-window-2017.94428/page-2062#post-5573274




Dangers in the Weasel Habitat:

The Ferrets

Ferrets are not to be confused with Weasels. These individuals will deliberately seek to be Indexed with utterly manufactured rumours designed solely to dilute the scientific credibility of the Index. When in doubt, tag them, but with caution. Curator discretion will then be exercised.

The Elk

The Elk is a hideous roaming creature that lurks on the edges of the GrandOldTeam.com habitat, obsessed with numbers and living in 'pods' with other invertebrates. It has (unsuccessfully) tried to have the funding for the Index taken away and keeps trying to reintroduce the 'Lickspittle Weasel' Genus Lickspittlus Myersa variant back into the breeding pool . If seen, crush immediately.


External factors

There are certainly examples of the Weasel on other social media platforms. However the Index will not be recording these, and we ask that individuals are not pursued for their rumours. We know there are serial offenders, but until they emerge from a hole in the GrandOldTeam.com lawn, they do not count.


@themole10 award for Excellent Transfer ITKness

The above is a mole. It also lives in a hole.

The Mole List is for examples of excellent Transfer Weaseling, for those who deliver, like @Joey66 , or @marnie , or @Pabbers . They tell you WHO, or WHEN, and sometimes even HOW AND WHY a transfer will happen, and then it happens.

We are blind, and because of these moles, we can see the truth - the Transfer Truth.

These moles will be listed weekly too.


The Kristian Walsh Award for Transfer Writings

A new award has been prepared for this summer window.



Direct lifting of a rumour from elsewhere, with the crime evidenced, will invoke a Kristian Walsh award.


Happy Hunting mein frandelinos.

Weasel is ours!

I nominate C for weasel matters conversation so we can know what to expect later in the window

 

[Mickey]

Lads Maguire is an absolute myth of a footballer. People see him coming out with the ball and think he's good the feller can't defend. Our defence was uber uber gash last season and still conceded less than Leicester.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Phillip Nikodem Jagielka was the fastest player in the league the other year.

you only need a high top gear if you get caught out of position, just saying

 

[Connor]

you only need a high top gear if you get caught out of position, just saying

No Jagielka slander please

 

[SerenityNigh]

people saying we should sign johnny evans

jesus

shall we sign shawcross and clint hill whilst we are at it

I like Shawcross and I've not even been drinking
Should I have a drink now?

 

[SerenityNigh]

Mad cus if you'd told me in 2015/16 that we were gonna have that list of players I'd have been buzzing

We're wank at transfers aren't we

It's like a bad Yank fantasy football team; EFC are full of "Last year's best players this year."

Shows really bad scouting. (And coaching).

 

[SerenityNigh]

No Jagielka slander please

it's not slander if it's true, is it?

 

[COYBL25]

I like Shawcross and I've not even been drinking
Should I have a drink now?

Ban.

 

[Connor]

it's not slander if it's true, is it?

*Unfollows*

 

[SerenityNigh]

*Unfollows*

Plans multi for shadow stalking campaign...

*searches Elie Wiesel among member directory*