Summer transfer window 2023

[blue to the bone]

I think its pretty obvious who the nut was referencing with his tea reference.
Welcome back Theo Walcott

 

[HalfTimeSayers]

I get it mate, there’s logic to him coming back and I think it’d be a good move for both parties but his ego won’t have it.
United, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Juventus are teams that we haven’t been on the same level as for a very long time and he sees himself as an elite level striker.

He wouldn’t even come back to the best we’ve been in the last 30 years let alone where we are now.

If he can’t get the CL move he thinks he deserves, he will have Saudi to fall back on. Refreshing that he is at least trying to play proper football somewhere before resorting to that.

 

[Dymak]

wot

Strong rumours that we will be selling Gray to fellow relegation candidates Fulham.

 

[PhilRegan]

Strong rumours that we will be selling Gray to fellow relegation candidates Fulham.

Which as a statement in itself is okay for the correct price,

The problem still remains how can we expect to replace him with better ?

 

[MACCA75]

looking forward to this going through...





Gray, Danjuma, McNeil, Iwobi, Dobbin

5 players for the wings. Even if we punt Gray we still have 4 which is 2 players for each position.

Dont need another unless...we sell...Iwobi

You really want Dobbin as one of our frontline attacking players? Danjuma, McNeil, Dobbin and Iwobi as our only wide options screams relegation.

 

[coollino]

Tea pot very nearly brewed.

Earl gray - easy one there

 

[Blue Cally]

 

[dutchblue54]

I think its pretty obvious who the nut was referencing with his tea reference.
Welcome back Theo Walcott

or simply that the Portuguese lad is nearly done lol

 

[GlosBlue]

12 million for a lad who's only asset is running quickly

Didn't he also make us sign Rondon? As well as having to pay him off when he was sacked. Probably cost us more than £12m...

 

[Davey_g08]

"Leapfrog" - I've not heard that one before

 

[CielosGrises]

How are we in better shape?

Last season’s crap defence is even weaker, and is going to get turned over on a regular basis.

Our dodgy midfield remains the same.

Selling Gray to a relegation rival is going to weaken our already impotent attack, and this Chermiti feller is only a prospect that would have been behind Gyokeres at Sporting. It’s like adding a young prospective Anichebe or James Vaughan to the squad. It’s not enough.

I think Dyche will earn is money as a manager being paid to fight a relegation battle, but I think most other managers including some of the supposed better managers would experience relegation with this extremely poor squad of footballers.

- Mina loss makes us weaker
- Begovic loss makes us weaker
- Simms loss makes us slightly weaker
- Gray loss would make us weaker

+ Danjuma makes us stronger in attack
+ Young gives us a short-term defensive boost on the left.
+ Chermiti makes us slightly stronger up front
+ Branthwaite return makes us slightly stronger at the back

It's close but overall I'd say it is a weaker squad.

McNeil is already injured who was an important player.

A Pickford injury would be disastrous.

Form positives would be Garner and Doucoure who were important players under Dyche but didn't really feature under Lampard.

 

[mahermi1]

The maddest link all Summer McGuire, haha, wages alone are miles ahead of our pay grade, age, slower than what we've got, if that's even possible and he wouldn't even entertain us. Sports pages being filled so it looks like our recruitment team are actually doing something.

 

[Tidal]

Only thing that’s missing is Gana thinking he’s Kaka and shooting from 40 yards

Over the bar every single time. Lean forward lad!

 

[Dymak]

The maddest link all Summer McGuire, haha, wages alone are miles ahead of our pay grade, age, slower than what we've got, if that's even possible and he wouldn't even entertain us. Sports pages being filled so it looks like our recruitment team are actually doing something.

Maguire's current wages our less than we are paying for the absolutely useless trio of Keane, Godfrey and Holgate. He will have to reduce his wages significantly should he move away from United as nobody is going to match his current 190k a week. I think his new wages would be similar to Mina's wages at 120k per week.

He won't be coming to Everton. He will go to a more attractive club. But he'd improve our defence no end.

 

[Dymak]

Neither are going down bro

You'd have said that about Leicester this time last season.