The Incoming Transfers Everywhere Thread: Summer 2023

[Freddeno]

Michael Owen predicts us to go down, his list:

1. Man City
2. Arsenal
3. Liverpool
4. Manchester United
5. Chelsea
6. Aston Villa
7. Newcastle United
8. Brighton
9. Tottenham Hotspur
10. Brentford
11. West Ham United
12. Everton
13. Nottingham Forest
14. Fulham
15. Crystal Palace
16. Burnley
17. Bournemouth
18. Wolves
19. Sheffield United
20. Luton Town

 

[Jinky]

Michael Owen predicts us to go down, his list:

1. Man City
2. Arsenal
3. Liverpool
4. Manchester United
5. Chelsea
6. Aston Villa
7. Newcastle United
8. Brighton
9. Tottenham Hotspur
10. Brentford
11. West Ham United
12. Everton
13. Nottingham Forest
14. Fulham
15. Crystal Palace
16. Burnley
17. Bournemouth
18. Wolves
19. Sheffield United
20. Luton Town

Ah shit. Best start planning for the Championship then.

 

[Deano]

Can't blame any pundits or outsiders for putting us in and around the bottom 3. They won't look at any of the teams in much depth, they will just see all the outgoings and not much of anything coming in plus the speculation around Lopetegui.

 

[WsWolf]

Can't blame any pundits or outsiders for putting us in and around the bottom 3. They won't look at any of the teams in much depth, they will just see all the outgoings and not much of anything coming in plus the speculation around Lopetegui.

That makes it seem even dafter to me. Form table last year puts wolves about 10th, suddenly now gonna finish in the bottom 3.

 

[Sniffer]

Everton up to 12th because..,,..?

 

[Deano]

That makes it seem even dafter to me. Form table last year puts wolves about 10th, suddenly now gonna finish in the bottom 3.

As I said they won't look that deep at all they're not going to even know Wolves were 10th in the form table. Heard a number of pundits and ex players talk about the outgoings as if they were the core players of the side. We are in a position where being lower mid table they don't pay much attention to us at all.

 

[Sniffer]

https://www.wolvesforum.co.uk/threads/new-contest-premier-league-table-prediction.36485/page-

Come on, you know you want to. Even Michael Owen is playing.

 

[sycophantia]

Can't blame any pundits or outsiders for putting us in and around the bottom 3. They won't look at any of the teams in much depth, they will just see all the outgoings and not much of anything coming in plus the speculation around Lopetegui.

This is it 'pundits' only really care about their old clubs and the glamour clubs.
I'd have thought Everton and Forest were in more danger than Bournemouth or Palace or us.

 

[WsWolf]

Don't think this is about their faux affordability bullshit anymore. This is about keeping Lop or he's gone.

Not itk obvs, but if we don't sign Scott I think he's gone before Utd

That'll be professional of him. Leaving a club with a week to go before the season starts. Probably cement my impression of him as a proper sulky little tit.

Regardless of my views on Fosun and that lying bellend chairman we have, Julen's job is to coach the side he's given.

 

[PuntsWolf]

It could be me being naive (again) but aren't all of these 'wim skint, no money to spend, no signngs till we've sold more players' comments just SM and media outlets taking a few ambiguous comments from JL and Shi and putting a spin on them?
I dont think I've seen any statements from Lopetegui, Shi or Hobbs that we've no money to spend at all or that there will be no more signings till we've got rid of more deadwood.

Hobbs said early doors we needed to make a £50m profit (or was that via Johnny Phillips?).

The alledged £60-£80m loss is just rumoured from PTS et al. Which if true we would have to make a profit this year, but given the outgoings and slashing of the wage bill (plus increased TV money and tickets) seems a given.

From what Penk/Craig put on Twitter though, the £60-80m loss seems almost impossible, particularly if Cunha and Traore’s deals are bumped into this FY.

But if all that is true, and those deals are in this FY, then we are currently sitting at that “£50m profit” and therefore will need to sell more to create wriggle room. But that isn’t even factoring in we’re saving c. £25m in wages which is huge and more important than getting £8m for Podence

 

[Donegal Wolf]

Everton up to 12th because..,,..?

Most probably because his Dad used to play for them.

He retired 10yrs ago (Interesting Mike not his Dad) and has always been more interested in horse racing then football, you can tell by his punditry does minimum of research.

 

[sycophantia]

Hobbs said early doors we needed to make a £50m profit (or was that via Johnny Phillips?).

The alledged £60-£80m loss is just rumoured from PTS et al. Which if true we would have to make a profit this year, but given the outgoings and slashing of the wage bill (plus increased TV money and tickets) seems a given.

From what Penk/Craig put on Twitter though, the £60-80m loss seems almost impossible, particularly if Cunha and Traore’s deals are bumped into this FY.

But if all that is true, and those deals are in this FY, then we are currently sitting at that “£50m profit” and therefore will need to sell more to create wriggle room. But that isn’t even factoring in we’re saving c. £25m in wages which is huge and more important than getting £8m for Podence

You could be right, we'll see, I'm still expecting at least 3 players coming in, maybe not 3 we would have considered a few months ago.
Any way if Scott and Elvedi aren't announced on pitch this afternoon, me and my Billy Qiuet mates are kicking off

 

[Johnny75]

That'll be professional of him. Leaving a club with a week to go before the season starts. Probably cement my impression of him as a proper sulky little tit.

Regardless of my views on Fosun and that lying bellend chairman we have, Julen's job is to coach the side he's given.

Not this again.

If you started a new job and they promised you a new company car, corner office, 4 new members of staff and your own tea lady but only delivered 50% of that and then told you 6 months later you're not getting the rest at all, how would you feel?

You don't need the job and could get one easier elsewhere, your new boss is a lying arsehole and your expected to do the same job regardless of this weasel.

I'd walk too.

 

[Sniffer]

If it was just you Johnny that would be fine. When your boss is also giving your son a job and all of your mates too, it does slightly muddy the water somewhat.

 

[Johnny75]

If it was just you Johnny that would be fine. When your boss is also giving your son a job and all of your mates too, it does slightly muddy the water somewhat.

That's fair. You'd have to get them on board too.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Few rumours that Palace want Podence

Start the car…. In reality an easy rumour to run with as they may well lose Olise.

 

[Mel Evo]

Not this again.

If you started a new job and they promised you a new company car, corner office, 4 new members of staff and your own tea lady but only delivered 50% of that and then told you 6 months later you're not getting the rest at all, how would you feel?

You don't need the job and could get one easier elsewhere, your new boss is a lying arsehole and your expected to do the same job regardless of this weasel.

I'd walk too.

Does this tea lady have a trolley with cakes, and do I get to pick before my son? We can discuss the transfer budget after we’ve resolved this.

 

[Sniffer]

That's fair. You'd have to get them on board too.

I’m sure his next employers would be willing to give some a job but you never know. They’ve probably all done ok for themselves following him about to trust him though.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Everton up to 12th because..,,..?

SktBet have us and Everton at exactly the same odds 11/4. Obviously Owen knows more though…

 

[Sniffer]

There’s a number of clubs who have done next to nothing in this transfer window. West Ham, Palace, Everton, Forest. 3 of those were below us last season too. These so called top pundits still haven’t grasped that only Neves was a guaranteed starter, we’d purchased 4 additional central midfielders since the start of last season, and we’ve got two forwards who may be fit for purpose.
= relegation because Coady, Jimenez and Neves are big names.