Ross Wilson (Sporting Director)

[The Prophet]

1 minute ago, Astroblack said:

 

Exactly. Honestly, I was jealous when they appointed Ritchie. Know he hasn't done anything yet but feel like he's got fire in his belly and ambitious as well as being a charismatic person. 

 

If the bar is that low, Ross Wilson may not be so bad.

[RS]

We should just “Liverpool” Bournemouth. Jobs a good-un. 

[Astroblack]

Just now, The Prophet said:

 

If the bar is that low, Ross Wilson may not be so bad.

 

 

Bar is on the floor with Wilson. Fleeced by Brentford and Forest for 105m and I bet the keeper he just signed isn't worth 16 million. When Leeds signed Meslier they paid 4.5 million euros. Not the best comparrison but feel like we're getting exploited by everyone. 

[Mattoon]

At this point I don't see why the cartel 6 even bother with scouts, they have us to do all their donkey work for them and a host of other clubs with flat packed PL experience on tap and zero financial constraints.

[The Prophet]

8 minutes ago, Astroblack said:

 

 

Bar is on the floor with Wilson. Fleeced by Brentford and Forest for 105m and I bet the keeper he just signed isn't worth 16 million. When Leeds signed Meslier they paid 4.5 million euros. Not the best comparrison but feel like we're getting exploited by everyone. 

 

[TRC]

Wissa will prove his worth this season. 

[Astroblack]

8 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

 

 

Sorry didn't see that he signed in October 2025. Was he apart of the Elanga sale to us? Bastard did fuck all in January. 

 

Surely if you're a sporting director, you should have a 10-20 shortlist for every position. All you have to do is scroll Transfermarkt and see who's getting the numbers within the age range you're comfortable with. 

 

The Germans get their players from Switzerland, why aren't we doing that? Teams like Freiburg, Frankfurt sign quality players. Attack Belgium's league. Dinamo Zagreb are always producing players, it's really not rocket science. 

 

 

Edited 13 hours ago by Astroblack

[Viana]

2 hours ago, Astroblack said:

We signed a goalkeeper from the second division of France. 
 

We’ve lost Trippier, no links to another RB. 
Gordon gone, one link to a replacement who’s signed for someone else. 
 

This is very reminiscent of last year’s window. 
 

If we can’t get the top players because of the cartel six, sign some top Championship players because they WILL be playing in the Premier League sooner or later. Start competing for Brighton, Brentford and Everton’s targets. 

We've signed an exciting young goalkeeper that looks like having a lot of great attributes on top of being able to play out with the ball. 

 

We've officially missed out on one target who decided to string us along. If we're going to say this 'feels reminiscent of last year' every time we don't get a target we might have a long few months ahead. 

 

My metric for success this summer is; has the team got better? Perhaps Munoz is the second coming, but I don't think so. He's a very talented young winger with one good season behind him at a young age. There are other footballers. 

 

EDIT: If I'm being honest, my preference has a always been to go after Nusa of Leipzig. I like that Munoz style (hard working, quick, etc) but I like how Nusa would link with Woltemade. 

 

 

Edited 12 hours ago by Viana

[B-more Mag]

52 minutes ago, RS said:

We should just “Liverpool” Bournemouth. Jobs a good-un. 

 

The gazumpee becomes the gazumper. 

[Astroblack]

13 minutes ago, Viana said:

 

 

My metric for success this summer is; has the team got better? Perhaps Munoz is the second coming, but I don't think so. He's a very talented young winger with one good season behind him at a young age. There are other footballers. 

 

 

 

 

The team got worse last year and it's already gotten worse this year with the sale of Gordon and loss of Trippier. 

[ianovthetoon]

Let’s let Liverpool know we’re bidding 45 million for Lee Cattermole cos Suds reckons he’s class. Sit back get some popcorn 

[Elephant]

1 minute ago, ianovthetoon said:

Let’s let Liverpool know we’re bidding 45 million for Lee Cattermole cos Suds reckons he’s class. Sit back get some popcorn 

I was thinking about this too. Or other option maybe just release our list of targets, then wait 2 weeks and let others sign who they want and then get what’s left.

[Danh1]

1 hour ago, RS said:

We should just “Liverpool” Bournemouth. Jobs a good-un. 

Tried it with Brighton and failed. 

[TRC]

4 hours ago, Danh1 said:

Tried it with Brighton and failed. 

Once, keep going lads.

[Ben]

Do transfers not get planned months in advance ? Are multiple targets not identified and then we make bids and try to do deals ? 

 

For a club that everyone has said needs an injection of 5 or 6 players we seem to be doing a lot of sweet fuck all.

[r0cafella]

10 minutes ago, Ben said:

Do transfers not get planned months in advance ? Are multiple targets not identified and then we make bids and try to do deals ? 

 

For a club that everyone has said needs an injection of 5 or 6 players we seem to be doing a lot of sweet fuck all.

They are mate, obviously given the nature of things a degree of fluidity exists but we will certainly have a list of targets per position who we are interested in. 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

4 hours ago, Ben said:

Do transfers not get planned months in advance ? Are multiple targets not identified and then we make bids and try to do deals ? 

 

For a club that everyone has said needs an injection of 5 or 6 players we seem to be doing a lot of sweet fuck all.

 

 

We should have 2 deals now and it's only mid June. Obviously one fell through which is gutting. 

 

In previous windows we'd barely be talking about transfers right now. 

 

I looked up the list yesterday and I think there have only been 3 permanent transfers for money done in the PL so far, 4 if Munoz to Liverpool is included. 

 

 

Edited 42 minutes ago by AyeDubbleYoo

[Ikon]

Just now, AyeDubbleYoo said:

 

 

We should have 2 deals now and it's only mid June. Obviously one fell through which is gutting. 

 

In previous windows we'd barely be talking about transfers right now. 

 

"should have two deals" Sorry mate but nah   We have one. A youngster from ligue 2.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

1 minute ago, Ikon said:

 

"should have two deals" Sorry mate but nah   We have one. A youngster from ligue 2.

 

That's why I said one fell through. 

 

The point is we were moving quite quickly, certainly much quicker than any time in the recent past. 

[Ikon]

4 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

 

That's why I said one fell through. 

 

The point is we were moving quite quickly, certainly much quicker than any time in the recent past. 

 

Only results count imo. We shall see if we are moving fast or not. I'd be amazed if we have more than 1-2 new players starting next season from the off, if that. If we have more then yeah it means we've got them in pretty early and that we have moved reasonably fast. I doubt we will get the players in that we need. Just my gut feeling. Still early days.

 

 

Edited 35 minutes ago by Ikon

[AyeDubbleYoo]

1 minute ago, Ikon said:

 

Only results count imo. We shall see if we are moving fast or not. I'd be amazed if we have more than 1-2 new players starting next season from the off. If we have more then yeah it means we've got them in pretty early and that we have moved reasonably fast. I doubt we will get the players in that we need. Just my gut feeling. Still early days.

 

It's a bit silly if only results count. Otherwise what's the point in following anything, just log back on in August.

 

The point was we were doing fuck all, which we clearly aren't. We had a deal agreed and in place for our second signing by an early stage of the window. Literally if Munoz doesn't get a call from Liverpool we are all on this thread saying how class Wilson is. 

 

I'm not saying anything about how the window will go overall, I was responding to someone saying we were moving slowly. 

 

 

Edited 34 minutes ago by AyeDubbleYoo

[Ikon]

1 minute ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

 

It's a bit silly if only results count. Otherwise what's the point in following anything, just log back on in August.

 

The point was we were doing fuck all, which we clearly aren't. We had a deal agreed and in place for our second signing by an early stage of the window. 

 

I'm not saying anything about how the window will go overall, I was responding to someone saying we were moving slowly. 

 

That's not what I'm saying at all. I just think it's irrelevant saying that we should have two. Only the birds in the hand are relevant. I'm sure we've moved for targets before in earlier windows as well which we haven't got in quite eary enough. I'm sure we are trying to move even earlier now, but I'm not sure it helps a lot if we aren't ruthless and decisive and haggle a bit too much. The time and end result is what counts.

[TRon]

9 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

 

It's a bit silly if only results count. Otherwise what's the point in following anything, just log back on in August.

 

The point was we were doing fuck all, which we clearly aren't. We had a deal agreed and in place for our second signing by an early stage of the window. Literally if Munoz doesn't get a call from Liverpool we are all on this thread saying how class Wilson is. 

 

I'm not saying anything about how the window will go overall, I was responding to someone saying we were moving slowly. 

 

 

 

 

 

I know what you are saying, but you can't use a failed signing attempt as a positive given it mirrors our desperate attempts last year. 

 

Obviously we hope that Wilson will come through and the rest of the summer will reflect this, but we can only go on what has happened so far. 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Just now, TRon said:

I know what you are saying, but you can't use a failed signing attempt as a positive given it mirrors our desperate attempts last year. 

 

Obviously we hope that Wilson will come through and the rest of the summer will reflect this, but we can only go on what has happened so far. 

 

Surely you can though. We identified a target of a different profile basically exactly as people wanted. We agreed the deal with him very early in the window. It fell through. 

 

I know it's the thing in football but the obsession on only the outcome is odd. 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

5 minutes ago, Ikon said:

 

That's not what I'm saying at all. I just think it's irrelevant saying that we should have two. Only the birds in the hand are relevant. I'm sure we've moved for targets before in earlier windows as well which we haven't got in quite eary enough. I'm sure we are trying to move even earlier now, but I'm not sure it helps a lot if we aren't ruthless and decisive and haggle a bit too much. The time and end result is what counts.

 

OK, but then let's talk and criticise the end result. The point was we were saying we were doing fuck all, which the 2 deals I mention show is false.