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Summer Transfer Window 2017

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Just making up some rumours about us lashing in a £40M bid for West Ham Captain Andy Carroll seeing as we are being linked with every jarg striker going

100% ITK me, you can take that to bank!

@orly
 

I get that Koeman likes to play with a big number 9 up top to get on the end of crosses, but we don't really play with any width anymore, especially with Bainseys recent reluctance to bomb forward. Where are the crosses going to come from to justify a big, immobile centre forward? Bolasie was alright at getting wide and knocking crosses in, but none of our other midfielders do it.
This.

If we sign Benteke or Giroud we also need to sign a winger in my opinion. Not someone like Sigurdsson either, he can cross but not really beat a man. We're not going to get very far by just flinging balls into the box from 30 yards out, we'd need to be trying to get to the byline and getting crosses in from there. Baines is struggling to offer that, Holgate certainly is, so I think to play that way we'd need a proper wide player who wants to supply the ammunition.
 

No chance.

They're demanding £40m for Perisic mate.

They'd want £60/70m, at least, for Icardi.

I don't disagree that that's what £50m should get you, but it just won't go that far in this market.
I'd probably pay £40m for Peresic in today's market. Doesn't solve our striker problem though.

Not panicking yet as there's still 7 weeks of transfer window left, but given our very difficult start it would obviously be good to get somebody in early.

The Rooney signing is starting to grow on me.
 
This.

If we sign Benteke or Giroud we also need to sign a winger in my opinion. Not someone like Sigurdsson either, he can cross but not really beat a man. We're not going to get very far by just flinging balls into the box from 30 yards out, we'd need to be trying to get to the byline and getting crosses in from there. Baines is struggling to offer that, Holgate certainly is, so I think to play that way we'd need a proper wide player who wants to supply the ammunition.

Long season with different team challenges.

Some games will require delivery into the box. Others will need playing through.
Ideally we will have a squad of 25 who can exploit weakness in any opposition.
That was why Man United won the EL last season. They where not the best team in the competition, but they where able to look for and capitalise on the oppositions frailties.

We should be targeting that competition.
 
Nothing like him, can't stick that one. Heskey was rapid and very mobile, played left wing at times. Still crap but got such a good career in endeavour over skill.

Benteke is a different kind of player altogether

What they have in common, is that they're both built like heavyweights, but go to ground more than Victor " man baby " Anichibie. That takes some beating lol
 

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