theboyangel Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 7 hours ago, TRO said: I wouldn't mind a cheeky bid for Joachim Andersen, if we can't get Pau Torres. we'll see him today. Well, he seems to like to see for us, so why not?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 2 hours ago, KMitch said: Everyone said the same about KKH when he was recalled in January, but he can't even make the bench which has 2 goalkeepers on it... The point is that we massively overrate our young players and expecting a player failing to stand out in a relegation threatened Championship team to suddenly break into our squad next season, with Emery and a reportedly record high transfer warchest isn't realistic, IMO. I think the difference is that Tim has already experience in the PL (not a lot for sure but he has a few games under his belt) & he has been consistently playing where as KKH was in and out of the Huddersfield squad / XI... It might be that him getting another loan is best for all parties but he probably would've made the squad in several matches this season for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 36 minutes ago, one_ian_taylor said: Perhaps tell us which West Ham players to look out for ahead of the next game A lad called Ings, who knows where the net is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philosopher Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 3 hours ago, KMitch said: Everyone said the same about KKH when he was recalled in January, but he can't even make the bench which has 2 goalkeepers on it... The point is that we massively overrate our young players and expecting a player failing to stand out in a relegation threatened Championship team to suddenly break into our squad next season, with Emery and a reportedly record high transfer warchest isn't realistic, IMO. I'm not saying his going to be starting every game. What I am saying is I expect Emery to see him as someone who in 2 or 3 years (maybe sooner) would be the perfect partner for Kamara. He was doing exceptionally well before Beale left, and since then the team has dropped like a stone. He has underperformed, like everyone else at QPR. As for KKH his situation is a little different. Firstly he is a couple of years younger, and hasn't even got u21 caps yet I believe. Secondly Iroegbunam has won the u21 euros, as the primary DM. Thirdly Iroegbunam is being chased by a number of top clubs. Iroegbunam is further along in his development. KKH has to mature as a defender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 (edited) 14 hours ago, MaVilla said: with regard to JWP, its not all about height, but tbh, having "another" 5ft 8/5ft 9 player in our ranks probably isnt the best idea. I know height/physicality isnt the be all and end all, but we are severely lacking in height/physicality overall and it shows defensively. im not against signing less physical players, but if we do, we probably need to compensate elsewhere in the team. note: before someone loses their mind about blah blah "cloggers", you can get technical AND physical players, ideally we need that imo, or at least we need them somewhere if we dont have it in other areas Mate players and teams are getting bigger, stronger and faster in general. People who fail to acknowledge that are just lying to themselves. I've been saying this for a while. Even the examples they would try to use of peak " Barcelona " or " Man City " don't apply anymore, as they are a very good technical team who are also bigger than us as evidences in our last games. Exceptional talent like Messi, or little Pitbulls like Emi 2 can still survive but that's now the exception, not the rule IMO. Edited March 4, 2023 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 30 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Mate players and teams are getting bigger, stronger and faster in general. People who fail to acknowledge that are just lying to themselves. I've been saying this for a while. Even the examples they would try to use of peak " Barcelona " or " Man City " don't apply anymore, as they are a very good technical team who are also bigger than us as evidences in our last games. Exceptional talent like Messi, or little Pitbulls like Emi 2 can still survive but that's now the exception, not the rule IMO. spot on mate! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 6 hours ago, Villaphan04 said: I think the difference is that Tim has already experience in the PL (not a lot for sure but he has a few games under his belt) & he has been consistently playing where as KKH was in and out of the Huddersfield squad / XI... It might be that him getting another loan is best for all parties but he probably would've made the squad in several matches this season for us I think Tim will certainly be a regular on the bench next season. We had to bring on a CB to play DM with Kamara's injury so hardly overflowing with options there. However he is a long way from starting 15-20 games at prem level. He was doing well for QPR before hitting the wall after about 20 starts in championship so gives you an indication he's a long way off doing that at prem level. Ramsey was in and around the first team squad for about a year before he was deemed ready to even start four prem matches in a month. Not sure why we brought KHH back, feels a bit of a waste of six months. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 I'm really interested to see where we go this summer. I could see us going for a few 25-27yo players going into the final year of their contracts, with an emphasis on making us a bit more robust in defence. AWB - £15-20m Pau Torres - £30m-35m with 1 year left? Guendouzi - £35m - doesn't match description above but feels nailed on Thuram - Free Relegation vulturing could be interesting (as always) this year too: Onana, Salisu, JWP, Gnonto, Sinisterra 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burchy Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 5 hours ago, HalfTimePost said: I'm really interested to see where we go this summer. I could see us going for a few 25-27yo players going into the final year of their contracts, with an emphasis on making us a bit more robust in defence. AWB - £15-20m Pau Torres - £30m-35m with 1 year left? Guendouzi - £35m - doesn't match description above but feels nailed on Thuram - Free Relegation vulturing could be interesting (as always) this year too: Onana, Salisu, JWP, Gnonto, Sinisterra Is AWB a massively improvement on Cash? I haven’t seen that much of Utd this season so can’t comment but I’d be surprised if we’re not in for a RB/CB as opposed to a RB/RWB. I think Guendouzi might come in but I’d prefer Otavio instead, older granted but would fit perfectly for that RM slot. I’m not sure about Torres either, would prefer Schlotterbeck at Dortmund but he’s probably a stretch. it will be an interesting summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 30 minutes ago, burchy said: Is AWB a massively improvement on Cash? I haven’t seen that much of Utd this season so can’t comment but I’d be surprised if we’re not in for a RB/CB as opposed to a RB/RWB. I think Guendouzi might come in but I’d prefer Otavio instead, older granted but would fit perfectly for that RM slot. I’m not sure about Torres either, would prefer Schlotterbeck at Dortmund but he’s probably a stretch. it will be an interesting summer Schlotterbeck is surely Bayern bound, been linked all season after not going there last season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, HalfTimePost said: I'm really interested to see where we go this summer. I could see us going for a few 25-27yo players going into the final year of their contracts, with an emphasis on making us a bit more robust in defence. AWB - £15-20m Pau Torres - £30m-35m with 1 year left? Guendouzi - £35m - doesn't match description above but feels nailed on Thuram - Free Relegation vulturing could be interesting (as always) this year too: Onana, Salisu, JWP, Gnonto, Sinisterra It will be interesting to see who goes down. I don’t think there is anyone from Bournemouth we’d want but there are some good players at the other clubs. JWP, Salisu, KWP, Lavia are all good players at Southampton. Everton have Onana. Adams and Gnonto at Leeds. Palace are in trouble and they have Eze, Olise, Zaha, Guehe. Leicester and West Ham are the other two who I don’t think will drop but Maddison, KDH, Rice etc. May be some targets there depending on who goes down and cost. Edited March 5, 2023 by Delphinho123 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Cheeky bid for Kalvin Phillips… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 11 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Cheeky bid for Kalvin Phillips… I genuinely wouldn’t want him even if Man City paid us to take him off their hands. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: It will be interesting to see who goes down. I don’t think there is anyone from Bournemouth we’d want but there are some good players at the other clubs. JWP, Salisu, KWP, Lavia are all good players at Southampton. Everton have Onana. Adams and Gnonto at Leeds. Palace are in trouble and they have Eze, Olise, Zaha, Guehe. Leicester and West Ham are the other two who I don’t think will drop but Maddison, KDH, Rice etc. May be some targets there depending on who goes down and cost. Some serious raids if these clubs go down. I think it will be Forest, Bournemouth and one more. Probably Southampton. It’s nice we have moved away from the teams in the mix as we’re probably on the same level as a few of them. If we can finish the season strong and above Fulham and Brentford to take us top 10 I reckon that’s excellent progress in Unai’s first season leaving us in a good place to spend in the summer. Edited March 5, 2023 by Vive_La_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Made In Aston Posted March 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 5, 2023 22 hours ago, Jareth said: Tommy Elphick was 188mm. Just corrected it for you 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerner's Driver Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 25 minutes ago, jacketspuds said: I genuinely wouldn’t want him even if Man City paid us to take him off their hands. Why buy a player (no matter how good when fit), who is never fit long enough to be worth his salary? We are surely past taking punts like that? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 In terms of a winger.....Would Solly March, be a good shout, for us. Every time I see him play for Brighton, he has a significant effect on the team. I think he is under rated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Delphinho123 said: It will be interesting to see who goes down. I don’t think there is anyone from Bournemouth we’d want but there are some good players at the other clubs. JWP, Salisu, KWP, Lavia are all good players at Southampton. Everton have Onana. Adams and Gnonto at Leeds. Palace are in trouble and they have Eze, Olise, Zaha, Guehe. Leicester and West Ham are the other two who I don’t think will drop but Maddison, KDH, Rice etc. May be some targets there depending on who goes down and cost. Zabarnyi from Bournemouth at CB would be a good shout too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 The injury to Kamara further proves we need a Guendouzi, Merino type who are versatile enough to play further forward and in a double pivot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 12 minutes ago, TRO said: In terms of a winger.....Would Solly March, be a good shout, for us. Every time I see him play for Brighton, he has a significant effect on the team. I think he is under rated. Probably cost a fortune but yes massively underrated also might not mean much in this day and age but he’s a Brighton academy player and given the transfer policy at Brighton they might value having a local core player at the club. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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