January 2017 Transfer Speculation

TwistandShout

Id prefer we sign Hogan over that Batshuayi guy.

MrsGrey

OldCastleSwift said:

;hmm

I wonder...

Both Ex and West Ham Central have re-tweeted a tweet from June about Batsuayi agreeing to join West Ham before Chelsea's last minute intervention. Probably nothing in it, but I wonder if it's a clue as to why we're hanging back on the Hogan deal ;hmm

Who's June, and is she ITK? ;hmm

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

I'm surprised by the Fonte signing and without thinking about it much assumed we don't need him.

But looking at our goals against column this season, maybe we really do ;lol

Don't care which combination of defenders we play, as long as it results in a few more clean sheets.

ASLEFshrugged

If Feghouli stays we don't need Snodgrass

The argument for keeping Noble is that we've not won a game in the league without him in the starting XI for over two years.

OldCastleSwift

ASLEFshrugged said:

The argument for keeping Noble is that we've not won a game in the league without him in the starting XI for over two years.

Is this true?! ;nonono

I actually think we do need Snodgrass. Well, a left winger anyway. Feghouli and Antonio are very much right wingers and Lanzini isn't really a winger at all. I'd like a lefty on the left wing so we have more of a balance ;ok

Ravel49

Andros Townsend ;cool

alderz

ASLEF ;ok

Remember when we didn't think Lucas Neill was any good, but when he wasn't there we were rudderless and had no leaders? I think this is the same sort of thing. It's hard to quantify what he brings to the team sometimes, but something he does makes a lot of difference to us

baracks_a_hammer

ASLEFshrugged said:

The argument for keeping Noble is that we've not won a game in the league without him in the starting XI for over two years.

Surely that's because he's a virtual ever present??.. ;hmm

ASLEFshrugged

League games without Noble in the starting XI

20 Dec 14 Leics H 2-0
28 Dec 14 Ars H 1-2
1 Jan 15 WBA H 1-1
11 Feb 15 Saints A 0-0
24 May 15 Newc A 0-2
29 Nov 15 WBA H 1-1
16 Nov 16 Spurs A 2-3
2 Jan 17 Man U H 0-2

At Forest Antonio played on the left about 95% of the time, at Wednesday it was about two thirds on the right and a third on the left.

TheMadcapLaughs

MrsGrey said:

OldCastleSwift said:

;hmm

I wonder...

Both Ex and West Ham Central have re-tweeted a tweet from June about Batsuayi agreeing to join West Ham before Chelsea's last minute intervention. Probably nothing in it, but I wonder if it's a clue as to why we're hanging back on the Hogan deal ;hmm

Who's June, and is she ITK? ;hmm

You will find June is the most august of the ITK`s, much better than May, and don`t be fooled by April. June will often steal a march on all the other ITK`s and is definitely the most reliable. In fact you could say she is hot. Flaming June as she is known amongst the ITK`s.

ASLEFshrugged

alderz - exactly, I think its a sort of gypsy curse whereby unless Noble treads on every blade of grass we can't win, that would explain why he runs a greater distance per game than any other player in the Prem.

That look of concentration isn't him thinking about the game, he's trying to remember if he's missed a spot.......

IronHerb

ASLEFshrugged said:

If Feghouli stays we don't need Snodgrass

The argument for keeping Noble is that we've not won a game in the league without him in the starting XI for over two years.

By the same token we've lost a lot of games when he has started.

baracks_a_hammer

;lol

McHammer

FONTE TO WEST HAM...?

We have an update on Jose Fonte's impending £8m move to West Ham. According to Sky sources, Fonte is having his West Ham medical today.

Skysports

secrethammersfan

Adam said:

The Fonte one is a bit strange. We're not better than Southampton.

I think a lot of people thought we were better than Southampton at the start of the season. Maybe Fonte is ignoring the temporary state and looking at the potential?

He might just be getting a pay raise.

secrethammersfan

Who's June, and is she ITK? ;hmm

You will find June is the most august of the ITK`s, much better than May, and don`t be fooled by April. June will often steal a march on all the other ITK`s and is definitely the most reliable. In fact you could say she is hot. Flaming June as she is known amongst the ITK`s.

She did say Messi was coming, but that was just a due lie. Due? Lie? Due lie? July?


;yercoat

McHammer

I wish my company worked like the transfer system. I feel like a bit of a Noble/Ginge at the moment!

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Must be said that it can't be easy seeing Southampton lack ambition in the transfer market over the last coupe years

Losing Mane, Lallana, Clyne, Lovren, Schneiderlin, Pelle etc shows a club lacking ambition and despite our poor summer window we haven't been forced into selling our best players we usually offer them new contracts, Cresswell ,Kouyate, Reid, Antonio to name a few

Like the comment about chelsea pre buying the superstars, buy proven quality that you can get a good 18 months from an plan their successor correctly (no panic buys) for when they do start showing their age

Pengeman

The January transfer window has once again highlighted what to me appears to be disturbing trend.. Moneybags Manchester City have signed 13-year-old Finley Burns from Southend United in a £175,000 deal, which could rise to £250,000 (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4138506/Manchester-City-spend-175-000-13-year-old-defender.html). Surely, this will exert pressure on the kid and can ruin his childhood. What about his education and sense of life? What is the effect of commodification on young minds?
Of course, MANC are not alone. Last year Chelsea paid £80,000 for 10-year old Cameron McGeehan (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35833792). Juventus signed another 10 year old kid (http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/juventus-sign-10-year-old-9020662)

It is one thing developing your own academy and nurture younger talent but quite another to put value on the head of a child and dangle vast sums of money in front of them, their parents and no doubt some agents too. What does is do to the child's development and sense of self-worth and what if things don't work out, as the law of averages suggest that most will not reach the top grade. How many will be able to handle the peculiar pressures that come with stardom at such a young age. The world of pop stars and child actors sends a warning and I think football authorities should look at this issue.

What next? Football agents scouring maternity wards to catch them quick and start trading?

SuzanneClaret

SSN say Fonte has completed a medical.

Lukerz

Jose Fonte completes West Ham medical. Confirmation imminent - Sky Sports

Lukerz

SNAP!

SuzanneClaret

Ooooo what do I win?

;wahoo

alderz

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38696547

Berahino to Stoke £12m. They turned down £20m in the summer and didn't even get any game time out of him ;doh

baracks_a_hammer

Berahino signs for stoke

alderz

I ALREADY SAID THAT BARACKS

FlorinRaduclious

There is a part of me that feels Berahino could have been a good buy for us (a striker, pacey, good finisher) and in todays market £12m is a good price considering he's 23 with some fair experience and pedigree. But then his attitude when I've been fuming at Dimi...

Vorselaarhammer

From wba to stoke is that a step up.... ;hmm

SuzanneClaret

I don't think so.

Vorselaarhammer

Me neither...