Popular Post JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2022 (edited) 29 minutes ago, est1874 said: Hindsight is a wonderful thing indeed, as it's all we have to measure by ultimately. Not buying Bailey and Ings for over £60m (before wages) would have been a start really. Imagine if we'd just purchased, you know, a really good attacker who's not a crock or over the hill instead. We'd have had a much different season, that's for sure. We could have had Cristiano Ronaldo in his prime and not necessarily have a " much different season ". Especially since our main issue has been in midfield and defence, giving away silly goals and points etc. Not getting quality service to our strikers and so on. You don't know if the ONE player you claim we should have signed would have necessarily been a hit either, and what if that ONE attacker we signed got injured? Lastly, Ings and Bailey can't yet be totally written off ffs. These are players with proven past track records and pedigree. We've addressed a couple of our biggest issues in Kamara and Carlos. Digne will get a proper pre season etc Those.moves alone will allow other members of the squad to play their games better. The transfer window isn't over yet, and the season hasn't started yet. So let's save the pre gloom for our first game of the season at least. Edited July 15, 2022 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 1 hour ago, KMitch said: You can have a like cos it’s a great film but it’s Jerry, not Joey. I appreciate you probably didn’t create the meme btw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Steero113 Posted July 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2022 30 minutes ago, est1874 said: Hindsight is a wonderful thing indeed, as it's all we have to measure by ultimately. Not buying Bailey and Ings for over £60m (before wages) would have been a start really. Imagine if we'd just purchased, you know, a really good attacker who's not a crock or over the hill instead. We'd have had a much different season, that's for sure. We've dropped a fortune the last few seasons. Martinez, Cash and Digne were top signings. None of the rest has had a huge impact, and yes that includes The Magician himself, who got tired of magic tricks with several games left to play and just started making balloon animals. And even then Emi Buendia, who I feel bad for tbh, couldn't get much of a sniff. At least Coutinho didn't cost us anything in terms of up front fees. Sorry I'm not as optimistic as some, but I just can't look past a lot of wasted money when other clubs we should be competing with have bought well and gone from strength to strength in that time (Arsenal, Spurs, Palace, Newcastle). The understatement of the century. By the way, Danny Ings registered 13 goal contributions in 22 starts I would say that's pretty decent. Certainly not the stuff of an "over the hill crock". 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 (edited) Newcastle losing out on Ekitike to P$G, you love to see it. Edited July 15, 2022 by duke313 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burchy Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 If we let Davis go, who’s the ST/CF we’re bringing in (do we need one?). I’ve got suggestions for the CM and left sided CB but I’m at a loss for a forward. People seem a bit cold on Jonathan David. Any of the big guns would cost a fortune (Osimhen, L. Martinez). I quite like Gouiri at Nice but is he better than Watkins/Ings, I’m not sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burchy Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Also going by Twitter Bayern have bid for Laimer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 16 minutes ago, burchy said: Also going by Twitter Bayern have bid for Laimer Well you can't get a Laimer name than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 We weren't interested in him anyway as confirmed weeks ago by Tommy Jordan our Communications Director, but Sonny Perkins is going to Leeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 4 minutes ago, useless said: We weren't interested in him anyway as confirmed weeks ago by Tommy Jordan our Communications Director, but Sonny Perkins is going to Leeds. Confirmed we’re signing Ponny Serkins then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 3 hours ago, est1874 said: Not buying Bailey and Ings for over £60m (before wages) would have been a start really. Imagine if we'd just purchased, you know, a really good attacker who's not a crock or over the hill instead. We'd have had a much different season, that's for sure. Sorry to repeat what I've said before, but Ings had more goal contributions per minute than anyone else on the team last year. He was underused by both Deano and SG. Bailey was out completely or less than fully fit most of the season and could still come good. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
est1874 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 1 hour ago, TomC said: Sorry to repeat what I've said before, but Ings had more goal contributions per minute than anyone else on the team last year. He was underused by both Deano and SG. Bailey was out completely or less than fully fit most of the season and could still come good. Damning with faint praise, that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 4 hours ago, est1874 said: Hindsight is a wonderful thing indeed, as it's all we have to measure by ultimately. Not buying Bailey and Ings for over £60m (before wages) would have been a start really. Imagine if we'd just purchased, you know, a really good attacker who's not a crock or over the hill instead. We'd have had a much different season, that's for sure. We've dropped a fortune the last few seasons. Martinez, Cash and Digne were top signings. None of the rest has had a huge impact, and yes that includes The Magician himself, who got tired of magic tricks with several games left to play and just started making balloon animals. And even then Emi Buendia, who I feel bad for tbh, couldn't get much of a sniff. At least Coutinho didn't cost us anything in terms of up front fees. Sorry I'm not as optimistic as some, but I just can't look past a lot of wasted money when other clubs we should be competing with have bought well and gone from strength to strength in that time (Arsenal, Spurs, Palace, Newcastle). I mean I kind of agree with you WITH HINDSIGHT. However, there was no crystal ball and so the decision makers had to make calls without future knowledge. It could have worked and it could have failed. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out. However, other calls such as McGinn, Cash, Martinez were fantastic gambles. You win some and you lose some. The aim is probably to get 70% correct and we might be slightly lower at 50-60% correct so far. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stegzy Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 1 hour ago, TomC said: Sorry to repeat what I've said before, but Ings had more goal contributions per minute than anyone else on the team last year. He was underused by both Deano and SG. Bailey was out completely or less than fully fit most of the season and could still come good. Exactly. Both signings that the fans were delighted with at the time. Ings had an amazing amount of goal contributions in the time he played and that was with a lot of his wayward finishing which surprised me. 99% of fans were delighted that Bailey signed and couldn’t believe we got him. It was incredibly unfortunate that he spent most of the season injured after having a decent injury record previously. It was always going to be a season of transition after our talisman left, whom pretty much was our game plan, to integrate all the new players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 3 hours ago, burchy said: If we let Davis go, who’s the ST/CF we’re bringing in (do we need one?). I’ve got suggestions for the CM and left sided CB but I’m at a loss for a forward. People seem a bit cold on Jonathan David. Any of the big guns would cost a fortune (Osimhen, L. Martinez). I quite like Gouiri at Nice but is he better than Watkins/Ings, I’m not sure. I’d be happy to keep archer, I don’t see us replacing either Ings or Watkins and an upgrade sets you back 50/60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 West Ham make their move. £32m for Onana is tempting. Same as Sangare's buy-out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Onana looks an absolute monster. If West Ham signing him means we sign Soucek, I'll be disappointed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 3 hours ago, burchy said: If we let Davis go, who’s the ST/CF we’re bringing in (do we need one?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 It's amazing how the teams in the Premier League that are basically reduced to spectators because of the power of the big 6, still like to make the bigger clubs richer by massively overpaying for their squad players. You've got Soton buying Man City reserves, that would never play for them, for a fortune, having done the same with a Chelsea youth player the year before, Bournemouth did it with Liverpool players for years and now Wet Spam over bidding for Broja. Like paupers throwing their life savings at the rich in order to be allowed to root through their bins for scraps. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 10 minutes ago, jacketspuds said: Onana looks an absolute monster. If West Ham signing him means we sign Soucek, I'll be disappointed. Huh? Is that a rumour? I'd be appalled if that plays out. Lange can't be that stupid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted July 15, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 15, 2022 15 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: The other bid is for Amadou Onana Finally an answer 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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