Kimbo Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 Jackson had been doing pretty well at Chelsea until the second half of last season, he turned to shit and I think Chelsea’s slow paced football was partly to blame. Our style combined with Eddie’s coaching could make him a big success. The money Chelsea are demanding is insane though, I would be thinking 50+10 based on him being a success. It’s a bit of a nonstarter really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gottlob Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 Judging from the last few windows we ought to be crawling back to Dan Ashworth or even Lee Charnley, who surely performed miracles as a one-man band given the apparent need these days to fill about a dozen different positions before you're supposed to get anything done. We seem guilty of a narrowness and even of a certain arrogance when it comes to identifying our targets, slowness and a perverse kind of stinginess when making our bids, too credulous when it comes to the interest of players in signing for the club, and when it all goes wrong and we are inevitably gazumped by others or refuse to meet clearly stated asking prices, we are slow to pivot probably in part because our pool of targets is too small and because we barely seem able to do one thing at once. We need a quality centre back and some competent cover for the midfield beyond the striker problem. But I think the emphasis given to that problem all summer and the amounts we supposedly bid for Pedro and Ekitike indicate that we've known about Isak's issue all along, and were hoping to sign one of them to replace him rather than looking to switch to two up top. I also think it's fanciful to believe we'll spend more than £100 million on a couple of strikers if Isak does leave, which I don't think is guaranteed. But if he goes I think the most likely scenario is Wissa and then a cheaper backup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibierski Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 Could be neither, and Mitchell left because he knew the club structure was fucking awful and deals would be hard / near impossible to do. Doesn't have to be one or the other with Howe/Mitchell dynamic. Been two DoF in a row that Howe has publically liked, so there's a clear break then from DoF and upstairs. Getting an actual CEO in will be a start. Fuck Earles off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT24 Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 Hahaha no fucking way, I am OUT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzz Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 Just now, JT24 said: Hahaha no fucking way, I am OUT. FUCK OFF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnes23 Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964 Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 Dear me,an upgrade on Pope? I don't see it, hopeless with his feet as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 We were told this would happen tbf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 Wtf is going on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibierski Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 Just now, Gottlob said: We need a quality centre back and some competent cover for the midfield beyond the striker problem. But I think the emphasis given to that problem all summer and the amounts we supposedly bid for Pedro and Ekitike indicate that we've known about Isak's issue all along, and were hoping to sign one of them to replace him rather than looking to switch to two up top. I also think it's fanciful to believe we'll spend more than £100 million on a couple of strikers if Isak does leave, which I don't think is guaranteed. But if he goes I think the most likely scenario is Wissa and then a cheaper backup. But we do need two strikers if Isak goes? All the bidding is to get a 2nd striker so drop off isn't massive. Like we've loaded up on the wings so there's depth, why wouldn't striker be same? No way at start of window was Osula put down as 2nd choice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Dancer Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 Seriously we need to get a fucking grip of the situation and look abroad ffs. That’s an absolute embarrassment of a signing and I don’t care if people try and justify it. An absolute shitshow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingArthur Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 To replace Dubravka? Howe said if the player doesnt improve the squad then no point signing him. Is Ramsdale better than Dubs? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibierski Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 Ramsdale will cost more same as Trafford Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 Just now, KingArthur said: To replace Dubravka? Howe said if the player doesnt improve the squad then no point signing him. Is Ramsdale better than Dubs? Yes he is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernmag Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 I don't rate Ramsdale as low as some, but surely someone like Chevalier or Lammens would be better value? Slightly points to the unimaginative/risk averse targeting some suspect is going on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzz Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 Just now, AyeDubbleYoo said: Yes he is. He's really not Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 Honestly man, are we fucking insane? What are we doing? It appears our approach is to bid for players who could improve us from the PL and underbid and allow them to go elsewhere. Then turn to other PL targets who aren’t good enough and will still have inflated fees Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 He's a grade-A bell whiff and cost Southampton 25 million so god knows what we'll pay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT24 Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 Fit for purpose? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 (edited) ramsdale. incoming transfer bath : toaster edition Edited July 28, 2025 by thomas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 Targeting the same players again. Boring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibierski Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 Sky Sports Keith. Hopefully it's another wide of the mark BS story. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernmag Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 This'll test the 'Eddie can do no wrong' brigade by the sounds... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInfiniteOdyssey Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 Real imagination from our scouting team again, how do they do it!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberts Mustache Posted July 28, 2025 Share Posted July 28, 2025 Do we even have scouts? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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