Tooj Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 He's been shite whenever I've seen him this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 He's been dreadful indeed. I'm still willing to give him another chance under another manager though. Lucho never seemed to had a plan for midfield this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Yeah, it's been a very good year for them and Ilarra has been their best player without discussion. It's just that I'm really doubtful he can replicate that level in a more taxing environment. What's going on with Andre Gomes? Another player I'd dream of having play for us. Is he eventually going to take Iniesta's spot? Hope not for Barca's sake. Obviously would be a good player for a team like us but he's been terrible for Barca so far Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Honestly, I thought we'd had a good transfer window, adding a depth that we'd never had in recent times, but all of them except Umtiti have been failures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bailey Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 I've always been a believer in signing first teamers/key players and relegating current first teamers to squad players. Never see the point in signing squad players unless they are either to useful to turn down or have potential to improve. A quality number 10 is what I'm most keen on. Sigurdsson would be belter. Agree 100% Looking at the amount of investment/changes required I think loans are going to be crucial in the short term. No way can we get the volume of replacements needed in one or two windows imo. Make key, crucial big signings and use the loan system to the max effect. A few players to look at from those teams who won't make it up (though competition for the likes of Cairney will be tough) and a few from those dropping down that would immediately improve our 1st 11. Hoping Rafas standing will get a few players interested that would maybe not consider us otherwise. Another massive summer for us in terms of what we our long term goals are. Let's hope they have learnt lessons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Think Llorente would be a perfect signing for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Ignacio Camacho from Malaga would be ideal as the screening midfielder. Suprised he is still there. Marcos llorente from Real Madrid on loan (doubt they would sell) would be brilliant but probably too big a fish for us to catch. On the contrary, they love to do sell-with-buyback transfers for this kind of prospects. It's true that they don't usually send the players abroad if they are really interested in them long term, though. They prefer that they get used to play in La Liga. Benítez has a long track record of getting Spanish players to perform in England, so fishing in Spain seems a good choice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Ignacio Camacho from Malaga would be ideal as the screening midfielder. Suprised he is still there. Marcos llorente from Real Madrid on loan (doubt they would sell) would be brilliant but probably too big a fish for us to catch. On the contrary, they love to do sell-with-buyback transfers for this kind of prospects. It's true that they don't usually send the players abroad if they are really interested in them long term, though. They prefer that they get used to play in La Liga. Benítez has a long track record of getting Spanish players to perform in England, so fishing in Spain seems a good choice. Carvajal, Morata & Casemiro went abroad. Both European competition level teams, not newly promoted teams. But Benitez..... Morata was always likely to come back but not the other 2. Perhaps Casemiro too - both featured in the first team a fair bit the season before the loan. Feel like Carvajal earned his. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Andre Gomes just isn't very good, no idea how Valencia got so much money for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 He showed glimpses for Valencia. Remember him playing really well vs. Real last season. Offers next to nothing for Barca, though. I don't understand what his best position is meant to be. Doesn't seem to have any notable strengths. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Ignacio Camacho from Malaga would be ideal as the screening midfielder. Suprised he is still there. Marcos llorente from Real Madrid on loan (doubt they would sell) would be brilliant but probably too big a fish for us to catch. On the contrary, they love to do sell-with-buyback transfers for this kind of prospects. It's true that they don't usually send the players abroad if they are really interested in them long term, though. They prefer that they get used to play in La Liga. Benítez has a long track record of getting Spanish players to perform in England, so fishing in Spain seems a good choice. Carvajal, Morata & Casemiro went abroad. Both European competition level teams, not newly promoted teams. But Benitez..... Morata was always likely to come back but not the other 2. Perhaps Casemiro too - both featured in the first team a fair bit the season before the loan. Feel like Carvajal earned his. I don't think Morata was expected to come back either. He kinda forced them to do it with his CL exploits. Even now he only gets a handful of starts despite his goal return and Benzema's unspectacular form. But yeah, those examples show that they aren't loathe to sell good rated players abroad either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Ignacio Camacho from Malaga would be ideal as the screening midfielder. Suprised he is still there. Marcos llorente from Real Madrid on loan (doubt they would sell) would be brilliant but probably too big a fish for us to catch. On the contrary, they love to do sell-with-buyback transfers for this kind of prospects. It's true that they don't usually send the players abroad if they are really interested in them long term, though. They prefer that they get used to play in La Liga. Benítez has a long track record of getting Spanish players to perform in England, so fishing in Spain seems a good choice. Carvajal, Morata & Casemiro went abroad. Both European competition level teams, not newly promoted teams. But Benitez..... Morata was always likely to come back but not the other 2. Perhaps Casemiro too - both featured in the first team a fair bit the season before the loan. Feel like Carvajal earned his. I don't think Morata was expected to come back either. He kinda forced them to do it with his CL exploits. Even now he only gets a handful of starts despite his goal return and Benzema's unspectacular form. But yeah, those examples show that they aren't loathe to sell good rated players abroad either. Been a number of games since Benzema turned up. Without Bale the team lacks real pace. Get Morata in. Feels like Morata was only brought in to be sold for a profit. Rate Benzema highly but he needs to be sold. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4440150/Newcastle-United-Jay-Rodriguez.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Fine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 http://i.imgur.com/JLVFLuK.png Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Perfect Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 http://i.imgur.com/JLVFLuK.png Seems a bit harsh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 He's good like but made of glass and thus a waste of money imo unless we get a really cheap deal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Would have been great pre injury, but he probably wouldn't be available then so i suppose that's the point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Shawcross not joining us, "at the moment".... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Shawcross not joining us, "at the moment".... Probably cos it's April Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Shawcross not joining us, "at the moment".... Probably cos it's April Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Any decent free transfers we could start speaking to? Think it would be a decent sign of intent if we wrap up a couple of players before the window opens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/statistik/endendevertraege Nothing that promising.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Shawcross not joining us, "at the moment".... Probably cos it's April Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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