Transfer Rumours Summer Transfer window

Yeah mate. They wanted someone even with patto being at full strength. Now it's more of a rush.

 

Honestly nothing wrong with that though

I like hearing folks opinions, especially the ones that are different to mine as helps me think about things differently

 

Honestly if Areola is better than Patterson it is not by much. At his best he concedes the shots he's expected to concede and very rarely wins them points and does lose them points on a regular enough basis to be noticeable. Not too sure how hes managed to hang around the prem for so long. At least Patto has the 'advantage' of being relatively young and untested at this level rather than already found out.

 

I'm probably asking for too much but I want a GK, 2xCbs and a CM by the west ham game

Then we will have a few wweeks to then strengthen in the forward areaa

 

Nowt wrong with that mate. It would be brilliant to keep more of the promotion team together as they gave us something unbelievable. The PL is brutal though.

 

Absolutely but we want survival. No time for sentiment

 

Yeah same. As a absolute minimum, I would accept first choice starter signings in GK and CB for that first game.

 

Fair do’s. I was under the impression it could be risky with him not playing too much

 

Imo if we hadn’t gone up and there was a realistic chance of Moore and seelt starting our first championship game, I’d be slightly disappointed, so I don’t see a world it’s the case for our first prem game.

I’m really happy with what we’ve done so far at this stage of the window but I do think there’s a little pressure to move some things on in the next week. Gk and cb pre West Ham I think is very important. With less pressure on a rw, cm, second cb and striker that can come in before the end of the window.

I’m still confident we’ll be ready for West Ham, like RLB said I think sometimes you need that punch in the mouth like we got on Saturday. The sporting directors will be working even harder this week imo.

 

Yes its brutal, but i do believe some of them can and will step up.

Not every player in the Premier league is miles better than our squad from last year.

Again just my opinion and apologies for being optimistic, I dont need and the forum doesnt need any in depth reasons why my opinion is wrong

 

As said earlier - it’s a massive week ahead

We really need to hit the ground running

West Ham (H) on paper is in the top 5 easiest fixtures from 38. Must be one we target for 3 points

 

I want signings in as soon as possible, we’ve got a real chance in them first three games and could really build some momentum. Hopefully 1-2 in this week

 

You'll be surprised with GK. Game time reaction and coordination need fine tuning. Plus, it's more the psychology for keepers and being switched on within a game day environment for the full 90 with a full stadium etc.

 

Agree. I wonder if we make a bid for that Ukrainian that we enquired about

 

The last paragraph is something I forgot to consider. He did say it reminded him how far away we actually are and the work that needs to be done. Might have give the sporting directors that little bit more push to get stuff over the line. Not that they won’t have been but would defo be a motivating factor

 

We absolutely do have players that can step up mate for sure. Some just disagree about Areola not being as good as Moore. That’s all there is to it mate

 

As i said, not getting into it, its an opinion not shared by many so let's just leave it there

 

He was still his calm self but I can’t remember feeling him be as frustrated as he was on Saturday. Not that I think it was with the recruitment at all just with how the players performed. They set some promising markers in Portugal and were way off that on Saturday. Obviously don’t want us to show up like that but I’m glad it happened when it did and I think there will be a big refocus now.

 

Out of all the keeper links (including meh ones) I do hope Ortega is a concrete one. I think that experience in goal and his ability will be good. The more experienced additions the better

 

Yep, I still feel we’re way short

Look at the midfield. Sadiki and Diarra are highly rated but they’re bairns. I really worry if we lose 3 or 4 in a row and need a bit of a lift with the tough games coming thick and fast. I’m desperate for Xhaka to sign