Popular Post! Thor 2,817 Posted July 31, 2023 Popular Post! Share Posted July 31, 2023 3 minutes ago, Hashishi said: I hate to be the pessimist again but doesn't anyone feel like the circus is continuing? All of our signings have been busts apart from Enzo who we overpaid for after he had a WC under his belt. I had hope for fofana but alas :(. I have hope for the Brazilian lad that just got his visa though. The truth is I would be more comfortable sealing caicedo no matter what and have chalobah/humphreys and colwill/badman with Silva alternating, rather than buy yet another mediocre player. Idk much about disasi but he definitely isn't gvardiol level. I can only imagine it's because poch doesn't rate one of chalobah or humphreys (who I know is a bit young but now his route to the team is blocked). Arse, Manure and pool (our competitors for top 4) have all spent their 100-200m and are integrating their players in friendlies. We would be lucky to just sign a DM before the season starts. Hope if we've moved on from caicedo things will move quicker, but it's a big step down to lavia or kone. We replaced Mount and Havertz with Nkunku and Jackson, with a +40mil buffer. And they look significantly better. We've gotten rid of a lot of deadwood and massive wages. Gusto has looked great - and solidifies an area we struggled with weakness. Wingers looking better and Maatsen coming on has been great. Found a solid, international level CB for cheap in this market to help with Fofana being down for majority of season. Literally midfield is the only area we are light on where as a lot of problems have been fixed. Hamilton, Norfolkblue1961, NikkiCFC and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrenshah 186 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Window has been exceptional, just need to flog CHO, Luka, Sarr and Ziyech. Get in Caicedo for around 90m (80+10) at best, if 100 remains the ask then can move on. If required another buy like Kudus or Olise for the 35-40m mark. Happy wih Maatsen playing a bit higher if we dont buy. Cucu needs to sold or needs to be moved to a CDM role like a Lahm'ish position (If we dont get Caicedo). Next season need to get rid of Sterling somehow, hope Saudi come calling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,516 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Maybe we were after him before Disasi. 1 hour ago, shrenshah said: Window has been exceptional, just need to flog CHO, Luka, Sarr and Ziyech. With Lukaku and Ziyech I think it will be very late in window because clubs know how desperate we are to get rid so we would have to accept any offers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,666 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 3 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said: Maybe we were after him before Disasi. With Lukaku and Ziyech I think it will be very late in window because clubs know how desperate we are to get rid so we would have to accept any offers. I'd be concerned about Ziyech considering he failed a medical for the Saudi league, not sure if any european clubs would be that keen on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashishi 148 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 2 hours ago, Thor said: We replaced Mount and Havertz with Nkunku and Jackson, with a +40mil buffer. And they look significantly better. We've gotten rid of a lot of deadwood and massive wages. Gusto has looked great - and solidifies an area we struggled with weakness. Wingers looking better and Maatsen coming on has been great. Found a solid, international level CB for cheap in this market to help with Fofana being down for majority of season. Literally midfield is the only area we are light on where as a lot of problems have been fixed. Sorry maybe I wasn't clear. I meant the signings from previous windows that have already had a chance to prove themselves like Cucu and Sterling. We all already know this though, My point was Midfield was where we were light for a few seasons now and it hasn't been addressed. Previous ownership is also to blame for letting it get to the point where we had to play Jorgi and Kova in a pivot when kante was perpetually injured. The midfield signing is going to be very important in my opinion and we can't afford a bust in that position this season because we need top 4. This is my point. The midfield signing should've been prioritised as we have 1 friendly left and little to no chance of the signing to get to play with Enzo before the season starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,763 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 3 hours ago, Thor said: We replaced Mount and Havertz with Nkunku and Jackson, with a +40mil buffer. And they look significantly better. We've gotten rid of a lot of deadwood and massive wages. Gusto has looked great - and solidifies an area we struggled with weakness. Wingers looking better and Maatsen coming on has been great. Found a solid, international level CB for cheap in this market to help with Fofana being down for majority of season. Literally midfield is the only area we are light on where as a lot of problems have been fixed. No doubt the window has been great The club has been ruthless in most decisions - spending 40m on an emergency cover CB. But what about GK? Club is still studying the market for GKs. Didn't bid for Onana/Raya and seem to be content with going into the season with Kepa Fulham Broadway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhsc 1,139 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 So in an ideal world remaining business would probably be GK, DM and RW/CAM? Kepa/? Reese/Gusto - Disasi/Thiago - Colwill/Badiashille - Chilwell/Cucu ? - Enzo Madueke/? - Nkunku/Gallagher - Mudryk/Sterling Jackson + Santos, Hall, Maatsen, Broja, Casedei, Angelo all in consideration for who stays and who loans? If they all stayed that would give us 25 players, which is the very upper end of what Poch wants. This is what Poch was eluding to in terms of tough choices as all of them have a solid case to stay. Personally I'd probably keep Santos, Maatsen and Broja. Keep Angelo only if we're not buying a RW/CAM. That would give us a squad size of 22 which I think is what Poch is angling for - but a far cry from what we're used to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enzoforever 10 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 7 minutes ago, Mhsc said: So in an ideal world remaining business would probably be GK, DM and RW/CAM? Kepa/? Reese/Gusto - Disasi/Thiago - Colwill/Badiashille - Chilwell/Cucu ? - Enzo Madueke/? - Nkunku/Gallagher - Mudryk/Sterling Jackson + Santos, Hall, Maatsen, Broja, Casedei, Angelo all in consideration for who stays and who loans? If they all stayed that would give us 25 players, which is the very upper end of what Poch wants. This is what Poch was eluding to in terms of tough choices as all of them have a solid case to stay. Personally I'd probably keep Santos, Maatsen and Broja. Keep Angelo only if we're not buying a RW/CAM. That would give us a squad size of 22 which I think is what Poch is angling for - but a far cry from what we're used to! GK : Kepa/new GK/bettinelli RB : RJ/Gusto RCB : Axel/Silva LCB : Colwill/badiashile LB : Chilwell/hall Pivot CM: Enzo, new CM, santos, Gallagher CAM : nkunku, Carney Wingers : madueke, maatsen, mudryk, sterling ST : Jackson, broja Thats would be 23 with a lot of versatility. Don't understand the links to CAM/RW given that this list does not even include the likes of Angelo. Also, we will be having a 40/45 game season with most of the weeks just 1 game a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhsc 1,139 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 9 minutes ago, enzoforever said: GK : Kepa/new GK/bettinelli RB : RJ/Gusto RCB : Axel/Silva LCB : Colwill/badiashile LB : Chilwell/hall Pivot CM: Enzo, new CM, santos, Gallagher CAM : nkunku, Carney Wingers : madueke, maatsen, mudryk, sterling ST : Jackson, broja Thats would be 23 with a lot of versatility. Don't understand the links to CAM/RW given that this list does not even include the likes of Angelo. Also, we will be having a 40/45 game season with most of the weeks just 1 game a week. So in your world you've disappeared Cucu? What's the plan? He is almost unsellable, and Poch has used him a lot in preseason. Think it is obvious he is staying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,763 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 41 minutes ago, Mhsc said: So in an ideal world remaining business would probably be GK, DM and RW/CAM? Kepa/? Reese/Gusto - Disasi/Thiago - Colwill/Badiashille - Chilwell/Cucu ? - Enzo Madueke/? - Nkunku/Gallagher - Mudryk/Sterling Jackson + Santos, Hall, Maatsen, Broja, Casedei, Angelo all in consideration for who stays and who loans? If they all stayed that would give us 25 players, which is the very upper end of what Poch wants. This is what Poch was eluding to in terms of tough choices as all of them have a solid case to stay. Personally I'd probably keep Santos, Maatsen and Broja. Keep Angelo only if we're not buying a RW/CAM. That would give us a squad size of 22 which I think is what Poch is angling for - but a far cry from what we're used to! 22 is ideal to manage egos, keep everyone on their toes in a season without European games. Mhsc and enzoforever 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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enzoforever 10 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 21 minutes ago, Mhsc said: So in your world you've disappeared Cucu? What's the plan? He is almost unsellable, and Poch has used him a lot in preseason. Think it is obvious he is staying? If we are unable to sell Cucu, then replace Hall with him. I think we can easily take huge financial losses on him giving the sales we have made for this financial year. He is an absolute terrible footballer who should be no where near. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,732 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Might be another 2 weeks if we bid again for Caicedo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,732 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Kinsella saying that Chalobah has accepted he is surplus to requirements now that Dasasi deal has been agreed Ugochuckwu has joined the team in the US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundalf 806 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Kinda feel for that guy 😔 He tried his best bigbluewillie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundalf 806 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 😭😭 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,516 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 3 minutes ago, Gundalf said: Kinda feel for that guy 😔 He tried his best Who's gonna pay 45m for him? From current crop I consider Chalobah, Cucurella and Sterling our weakest links. So one off, other two should not see much game time. 3 minutes ago, Gundalf said: 😭😭 What a joke this guy is. How Juventus fans gonna react to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,258 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 This Robert Sanchez thing still doesn’t make much sense to me. From our side or his, really. Deemed not good enough anymore for Brighton but is good enough to push Kepa? And why would he want to jump to our bench from theirs? Basically just hoping that Kepa fucks up and if he doesn’t and performs well, Sanchez will be sat on the bench for months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhsc 1,139 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 12 minutes ago, Pizy said: This Robert Sanchez thing still doesn’t make much sense to me. And why would he want to jump to our bench from theirs? Money and a belief he could win the no.1 spot I guess. I'm hoping it is just talk though. Got to be better options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesman2610 1,430 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 I don’t know what the clubs fascination with players from Brighton. If we get Caicedo still we should never look to do business with these cunts ever again, same as if we don’t get him kexik and manpe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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