Transfer Rumours Summer '22 Transfer Thread

If we are getting Halil and Pelkas then I hope the other attacking player is someone whos natural position is on a wing.

 

It is indeed, almost one which you would think could challenge for top 10 (maybe top 6).

I personally would be happy with a real challenge next year.

 

We're really really going for it, aren't we?

This isn't a top six squad, it's a top 2 squad. The volume of new players will probably cost us this year

 

It might, but the bulk of the squad has now had 3-4 games together and looking to gel already, and we haven't dropped any games yet. So if anything the chemistry should only improve from here.

If it was going to be the integration of new players that was going to cost us I would have expected to have a slow start.

 

oh my lord Syd being positive?! A welcome change to see on a Monday…

 

Possibly, but atm everyone including the squad is riding a positive wave, I think a key indicator will be how we react when we lose a game.

 

HT what I’ve learnt from the first 3 games is that we will probably be going unbeaten

 

Appreciate that, but feel it's wise to play it down.

We've currently got a threadbare side, no bench and a new squad, yet we're 2nd. As long as everything goes to plan, our forward options look like a joke.

 

Why the hell would anyone put Baxter in goal ATM

 

Baxter's great but Ingram's stepped it up a level this year. It's funny what proper competition does.

 

Even if both fit, I would have started the season with Ingram. The 5 keepers we have are all really good

 

I’m all for depth but Oscar, Tetteh, Sayyadmanesh, Longman, Sinik, Halil, Pelkas, Tufan, Traore and a mystery number 10 is outrageous for 3/4 positions.

Wonder if they see Tufan as a long term partner to Seri?

 

That's very true (although we did lose in the League Cup and bounce back), but I suppose every side goes through that, I'm just saying that the numbers we've brought in becomes less of a stumbling block the more games we get into the season, and the less we drop during that period the better. Every side will go on bad runs, but I have more confidence in getting through that with a settled squad than if it was happening now. Oscar scoring two for instance gives him such a burst of confidence that wouldn't have been there if we were going into GW10 and he still hadn't scored.

 

Sadly feels like Longman's gotten injured at the worst possible time. This sort of thing can happen and in a few months he could well be a forgotten man and on his way out. I certainly hope that's not the case, but I've seen that sort of thing plenty of times before.

 

I think tufan would start over slater

slater and woods would probably come in from the bench second half

 

I think Tufan is wasted higher up. He finds spaces lovely, but a player of his class, I want him on the ball as much as possible.

We're still pretty short in midfield, we had something like 7 midfielders last year and they all got game time.

 

I cant wait for one of those long distance efforts to make the net ripple. It’s coming, one of the best ball strikers this club has seen, I could watch his shooting in the warm up all day

 

Are we sure the mystery number 10 isn’t just double counting either the Turkish lad from Brentford or Pelkas?

 

I just worry Tufan and Seri would be overrun without the safety of a Jones alongside them or 3 CBS behind. On paper we should have one of the best midfields in the league though