jackbauer24 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Frankly I am surprised that there is so little discontent. Some ok signings but not enough to suggest to me we are going to be any better than last season. Without Benteke up front I cannot see where the goals are going to come from. As always we will be scratting round at the last minute or end up bringing in the likes of Adebayor. Hopefully Sherwood will pull out a few surprises but I see only a few reasons to be cheerful at the moment and more other reasons to be concerned. Me too. But it's a blend of wanting to scream in hysteria at our current situation and just throwing my arms in the air and giving up for me. It's the quiet before the storm. Some people are optimistic we'll be better off overall, others are convinced we're doomed. But, more than any other season, we head in to the next one with a great amount of uncertainty in what we'll produce. We could start with 5/6/7 new faces in the first XI, mostly unknown names to the masses, playing in a new way that doesn't focus on lumping the ball to Benteke. So neither group really has enough evidence to suggest it will be better/ worse. It really is a case of wait and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted July 21, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2015 I won't panic till the window is closed. Yes, it would be nice to bed in players before the season starts - but circumstances dictate our options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 The deal for Benteke, as quoted, has us getting paid in 2 installments of 16m...the first paid immediately, but structured this way, we arent quite money bags FC... Nonetheless i expect more signings. ...we should be mid table material. Not great, but decent value and not relegation fodder. For me, its a massive improvement. All deals are, so when we buy players it will be structured the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 The deal for Benteke, as quoted, has us getting paid in 2 installments of 16m...the first paid immediately, but structured this way, we arent quite money bags FC... Nonetheless i expect more signings. ...we should be mid table material. Not great, but decent value and not relegation fodder. For me, its a massive improvement. All deals are, so when we buy players it will be structured the same. I didn't know all payments to all selling clubs are made in two installments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted July 21, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2015 (edited) Interesting on Talksport how Darren Gough was commenting on the John Stones interest from Chelsea, talking about 25-30m transfer fee......and saying strikers go for much more than defenders. How the bloody hell do other clubs do it?....sell well I Mean. If it happens, it puts our Benteke deal in the shade. Tim did say that we're not going to get a replacement with that (32,5 mill) money, so at least he is aware Benteke goes/went for too little. Edited July 21, 2015 by AVTuco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Unproven in the Premier league solid signings. Alot of players look flash in Europe. Are you Martin O'Niell? Now now we'll have no contretemps here What you gonna do? Set your rabid beardy Irish sidekick on us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted July 21, 2015 Moderator Share Posted July 21, 2015 Unproven in the Premier league solid signings. Alot of players look flash in Europe. Are you Martin O'Niell? Now now we'll have no contretemps here What you gonna do? Set your rabid beardy Irish sidekick on us? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 That's a genuine surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 21, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2015 I am still seeing randoms coming in. Bizarre to call Gueye and Amavi "randoms". Just bizarre. And just a bit...well, random. What he was trying to say was "I've never heard of them so they must be shit" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 21, 2015 Moderator Share Posted July 21, 2015 Is designer stubble a beard? No, probably not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Is designer stubble a beard? No, probably not ...no its designer stubble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Whatever we do now, do it quick. The suspense is killing me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 21, 2015 Moderator Share Posted July 21, 2015 Is designer stubble a beard? No, probably not ...no its designer stubble Good point well made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 I reckon we'll lose to Bournemouth. Everyone will go absolutely mental and it'll be all doom and gloom. But we'll end up having a comfortable season once everyone settles. Basically, the opposite of last season's cluster **** Wish I had your confidence. On paper the team looks shite. We were shite with Delph and Benteke, a couple of unproven Premier League players signed, an possibly Adebayor coming in, is gonna change................................wait for it............................ feck all!! "WHERE ARE THE BIG MONEY SIGNINGS". For once we are, or will be feckin loaded and I am still seeing randoms coming in. You call them randoms. Others would call them solid signings. So would I. And me. The best young left back in Europe and a midfielder probably better than Delph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Interesting on Talksport how Darren Gough was commenting on the John Stones interest from Chelsea, talking about 25-30m transfer fee......and saying strikers go for much more than defenders. How the bloody hell do other clubs do it?....sell well I Mean. If it happens, it puts our Benteke deal in the shade. it helps they have good players to sell in the 1st place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 How many years has the window existed ? And still some people don't seem to realise 70% of transactions are in the last week or so ? Patience ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Well I do think IF Sherwood did get disenchanted at any time..... he wouldn't hang around as long as Lambert did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Well I do think IF Sherwood did get disenchanted at any time..... he wouldn't hang around as long as Lambert did. In fairness TRO, you've no idea that's the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7392craig Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 I reckon we'll lose to Bournemouth. Everyone will go absolutely mental and it'll be all doom and gloom. But we'll end up having a comfortable season once everyone settles. Basically, the opposite of last season's cluster **** Wish I had your confidence. On paper the team looks shite. We were shite with Delph and Benteke, a couple of unproven Premier League players signed, an possibly Adebayor coming in, is gonna change................................wait for it............................ feck all!! "WHERE ARE THE BIG MONEY SIGNINGS". For once we are, or will be feckin loaded and I am still seeing randoms coming in. You call them randoms. Others would call them solid signings. So would I. And me. The best young left back in Europe and a midfielder probably better than Delph. I completely agree, but Delph hardly kept us up last season, Benteke did. I hardly think Adebayor is a replacement. I'm certainly not gonna jump on the doom and gloom bandwagon, but I'm feeling a little cautious in regards to my optimism, at least until another striker comes in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 The deal for Benteke, as quoted, has us getting paid in 2 installments of 16m...the first paid immediately, but structured this way, we arent quite money bags FC... Nonetheless i expect more signings. ...we should be mid table material. Not great, but decent value and not relegation fodder. For me, its a massive improvement. All deals are, so when we buy players it will be structured the same. I didn't know all payments to all selling clubs are made in two installments Yeah it seems to be very rare that substantial transfers of players are paid in full upfront so I don't think this hinders our potential of recruiting players with that money as we will structure deals the same way when purchasing a player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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