The Summer 2024 Transfer Thread.

[Tony Towner]

Also, I still don’t mind the decision to not bring in a forward last January. It played out poorly but we survived. But I also don’t think we would have been in a position to compete for Europe unless we’d bought one, he immediately hit, and we stayed healthy.

Of course, given hindsight, the reasons for the club’s decision to buy no one were not what I would have hoped them to be.

There, I’m back to being daft and balance is restored.

In all likelihood I'd have had a trip to Wembley though, which would have meant a lot

 

[big mean bunny]

Cunha wasn't great after arriving in January, but he was better for it when the next season started, and last January was a tad different with the other issues around striker and injury and what that lead too meaning even a struggling to adjust senior striker would probably have been a step up.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Also, I still don’t mind the decision to not bring in a forward last January. It played out poorly but we survived. But I also don’t think we would have been in a position to compete for Europe unless we’d bought one, he immediately hit, and we stayed healthy.

Of course, given hindsight, the reasons for the club’s decision to buy no one were not what I would have hoped them to be.

There, I’m back to being daft and balance is restored.

"But we survived"

To suggest anyone was even of the mindset we could go down at that point is wrong?

We should have signed one to bolster our FA Cup squad and to give us a shot at Europe, needing one to stay up was never, ever a question?

 

[Alan]

In all likelihood I'd have had a trip to Wembley though, which would have meant a lot

Yeah… there is that.

We played so poorly in that match (outside of the 10ish minute stretch we scored during) that I don’t know we win it regardless, but yeah. Fair call out.

 

[Alan]

"But we survived"

To suggest anyone was even of the mindset we could go down at that point is wrong?

I gave my opinion, not anyone else’s.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

I gave my opinion, not anyone else’s.

So you thought we might go down back in January?

 

[Alan]

So you thought we might go down back in January?

Seemed about as likely as qualifying for Europe.

If you like, swap out “survived” for “got through it”. Relegation wasn’t meant to be the focus.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Kilman caused more problems than he solved, most people will not miss him.

Us then refusing to use that money sensibly is a separate (indefensible) issue, there's no sense in conflating two different points.

 

[Del Woppio]

If we don't sign a centre half, we'll still comfortably stay up.

But their inability or unwillingness to spend £20m on a Premier League centre back doesn't mean that they don't exist.

We could easily have replaced Max Kilman. We're not going to because one or both of Shi and Hobbs are fucking useless.

 

[Alan]

If we don't sign a centre half, we'll still comfortably stay up.

But their inability or unwillingness to spend £20m on a Premier League centre back doesn't mean that they don't exist.

We could easily have replaced Max Kilman. We're not going to because one or both of Shi and Hobbs are fucking useless.

Still willing to keep Hobbs as a separate concern, personally. We've identified some good players with him; (I think) Mosquera, Gomes, (hopefully) Gomes 2, Lemina, Neto... Whiffs, too, but IMV those are inevitable to an extent.

Dunno if it does us any good either way; if Fosun sell, Hobbs will probably move on or be forced to by a new regime.

 

[Tony Towner]

If we stay up then we'll be 3 at the back way before Halloween with the current squad

 

[pavlosmacwolf]

It's serious business mate.

It's not a serious business here, it's a forum full of individual opinions and discussion, formed from news gleaned from the press, twitter, and the ITK boys.
If i knew all the opinions on here were based on fact i'd probobally be in a permanent depression,
but they're not, so getting up on my roof and fixing the holes caused by a massive forest fire in temps of 44c is so much more to worry about.

 

[Alan]

Nonsense link Calvin Stengs on the scoresheet for Feyenoord today, the bastard.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

It's not a serious business here, it's a forum full of individual opinions and discussion, formed from news gleaned from the press, twitter, and the ITK boys.
If i knew all the opinions on here were based on fact i'd probobally be in a permanent depression,
but they're not, so getting up on my roof and fixing the holes caused by a massive forest fire in temps of 44c is so much more to worry about.

Random. It was sarcasm.

However, there are a lot of people on here who talk as though their opinion is fact, and it annoys me.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

If we stay up then we'll be 3 at the back way before Halloween with the current squad

Yep, we'll have to be. It suits our squad and/or our better players far better.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Random. It was sarcasm.

However, there are a lot of people on here who talk as though their opinion is fact, and it annoys me.

Not half as much as your petty point scoring and weird hills to die on infuriate everyone else

 

[Alan]

Yep, we'll have to be. It suits our squad and/or our better players far better.

1) Not sure this is true.
2) Didn't you just complain about people presenting opinions as facts?

 

[PuntsWolf]

However, there are a lot of people on here who talk as though their opinion is fact, and it annoys me.

Yep, we'll have to be. It suits our squad and/or our better players far better.

 

[Tony Towner]

Yep, we'll have to be. It suits our squad and/or our better players far better.

Because of the lack of literally one player

 

[Derby Wolf]

Yep, we'll have to be. It suits our squad and/or our better players far better.

It covers up the deficiencies of our defenders rather than suit our better players. The midfield drops deeper leaving Cunha, Hwang and Larsen isolated.

Only one of those can carry the ball effectively. Heaven forbid Cunha gets injured, we're back to Lage ball and can't score in an instant.