Transfer Rumours Summer '22 Transfer Thread

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spesupersydera said:
Talking of short arses; late 60s a now deceased work mate was an apprentice on the books of Derby County, this is a story he loved to tell; towards the end of the season Cloughy called him into the office to tell him that he was letting him go because ''you're a tidy player but, you're just too short son'' - my mate was heartbroken, especially when a few weeks later Cloughy bought Archie Gemmill who, as my mate loved to say, ''that bastard was half an inch shorter than me!!'' - he'd later tell you that Gemmill was one of the best midfielders he'd ever seen. RIP 'appy, it was a great story.
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Archie Gemmill was indeed a great player. Another great shortarse was Jimmy Johnstone who ripped TWS apart in the European Cup
 
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NewcastleTiger said:
the fact he’s he’s still as unfit as he was 5 weeks ago and now suggestions he’ll start regardless
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He's definitely a lot better than he was, he got through 90 at the weekend.

However, he's definitely the type of player to completely coast through a friendly. I've seen a few Turks mention his fitness, when he's actually fit, so when he gets to those levels, he'll be a top signing for us.

We know what type of person he is, and that he's going to need a lot of protecting and tonnes of positivity and that's often more than half the battle.
 
Shark Sports said:
He's definitely a lot better than he was, he got through 90 at the weekend.

However, he's definitely the type of player to completely coast through a friendly. I've seen a few Turks mention his fitness, when he's actually fit, so when he gets to those levels, he'll be a top signing for us.

We know what type of person he is, and that he's going to need a lot of protecting and tonnes of positivity and that's often more than half the battle.
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I think it’s definitely a case of if rather then when unfortunately
 
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Kalman said:
No, no nuance here. Just look at all the great, short players Castro named in isolation.
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Surely you must see that your stance here also lacks nuance? You're making it very black and white, that every team must have a tall player in the base of their midfield. Obviously many teams will, but to make out that it's an absolute necessity seems too simplistic for me.

Seri played that position in a team which won the league last season and we really had to push the boat out to get him, it seems a bit nuts to now be focussing so much on his perceived weakness before he's even played a league game.
 
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PLT said:
Surely you must see that your stance here also lacks nuance? You're making it very black and white, that every team must have a tall player in the base of their midfield. Obviously many teams will, but to make out that it's an absolute necessity seems too simplistic for me.

Seri played that position in a team which won the league last season and we really had to push the boat out to get him, it seems a bit nuts to now be focussing so much on his perceived weakness before he's even played a league game.
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His perceived weakness will be highlighted more without sufficient protection. Fulham could afford that luxury because of the rest of the squad. We need to be in a position to do so, size doesn’t have to just be height, Doc for example runs through people which is why he’s a better option at present than Tufan
 
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