Summer window

Hume, Huggins, Gooch, O’Nien are either natural right backs or very capable.

Unless someone leaves I really can’t see us using a loan in that position.

 

Hopefully the club are focusing on strikers now before any other position

 

Benfica also have a lot of talented forwards that are ahead of semedo currently so that might be a reason why they arent as high on him

 

Decent shout Laird apparently very steady.
I’d agree with @Smug in Boots that in the absence of a specialist Evans upgrade, Hume has the game to play that position for us at least short term.

 

Laird has the potential to be better than all of them, has lost his way last couple of seasons but he is a talented lad. Id happily sign him and have him as humes back up, as he will still grt plenty of game time over the season

 

Me neither - Laird is available permanently. And he's a level up on everyone except Hume IMO.

 

I don't think its a case of focusing in a particular area. They'll have their fingers in all sorts of pies.

 

Laird would be great at right wing back as well. If we were to use a 3-5-2 formation - Laird could play that right sided role quite well, with Hume at RCB doing his John Stones impression.

Anyway I think Laird is a long shot because he's very reputable and that doesn't scream value to me.

 

He is ****ing mint Hume like.

Possibly my favourite player.

 

It’s also testament to our coaching team and program as a whole. I feel they/that often gets overlooked when our recruitment and Mowbray are being (rightfully) lauded.

 

I genuinely think he's our player with the highest potential. He just oozes class for me. Very understated as well.

 

He seems really calm and laid back, which is exactly what you need at the back.

 

Like a young Dennis Irwin....

 

Benfica did offer him a new contract and he's apparently turned them and Brighton down

 

Reckon announced today or tomorrow?

 

cowan86 on rtg reckons hes going to brentford, semedo

 

Wrong Semedo.

 

The Semedo one is a really weird one. Absolutely nobody in the UK is "properly" reporting on it. The Portuguese press did, and then the Echo have reported THAT the Portuguese press are reporting it. And Michael Walker is saying its reported to be happening. But hasn't written a story about it himself, which is bizarre.

It makes me feel like we are so watertight on transfers now that journalists are genuinely having to guess. Because nobody seems to be willing to directly state it as their own story.

 

Was similar when Jewi was signing if I remember right just that one Costa Rican journalist reporting it

 

Whos the other like? Nout on twitter when searching Semedo and Brentford