January 2017 Transfer Speculation

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  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    The last two games Feghouli has started to show what he is capable of imo, he is only now getting a run in the team as Payet was obviously first choice.

    We shouldn't forget that Obiang wasn't pulling up tress until he got a chance this season to play a number of games in a row, due to us having to play 3 at the back as we had no RB's...

    We do need another winger and Snodgrass is ok, not a world beater but will provide competition, we have only 2.5wingers at the moment and the .5 currently in Africa.

    BTW was watching the training video and Fonte looks pretty quick in the tackle which will be nice.
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited January 2017
    London Evening Standard report that whilst we've had a bid for Snodgrass accepted and are in talks about Hogan, we will not complete deals for them until Payet is gone.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    So we're not confident that Payet will go. ;hmm
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    edited January 2017
    From the Beeb.

    West Ham and Burnley will compete for the signing of Hull City top scorer Robert Snodgrass after the Hammers had a bid accepted.

    Burnley had an offer accepted on Wednesday and, while both are believed to be in the region of £10m, West Ham's is higher.

    The Tigers, who are 19th in the Premier League, rejected a bid from the Hammers earlier this month.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38755703
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited January 2017
    And not signing a RB or striker is very reckless IMO. Arbeloa is just an empty shirt. He is not going to play for us again and, in any case, he is injured. One injury or suspension to Byram and it's back to 3-4-3 or Nord at RB. We don't want to be forced to change a system through losing one player. Same goes for Andy.

    I get the argument to wait until the summer but if players we want are available now, get them now and if necessary don't bother signing players in the summer, just add one or two, instead of 5/6/7. That way we get a settled environment and can have a stable pre-season. One of the biggest issues in the summer was signing 11/12 players and disrupting what we had last season.
  • alderzalderz
    Luke

    I agree with that, but I think the key is "if players we want are available now". Presumably, there aren't RBs available that we want.
  • LukerzLukerz
    ;ok

    Agree with that so if not, we go after one in the summer. But if we don't know who we want now, why would another 6 months change that?

    Presumably we have a scouting shortlist of RB targets? If we spend, say, £10m on a RB, it's £10m we don't have to spend in the summer.
  • alderzalderz
    But if we spend £10m on a RB now it doesn't mean we just magic that money back in the summer. If we spent it now or in the summer it's still money spent, so I don't really get that argument.

    I would assume we do have an idea of RBs we want, but that they are categorically not available until the summer for one reason or other.
  • LukerzLukerz
    Alderz - no I meant if we spend £10m now, we subtract £10m from the summers budget. Not that we spend £10m now and can still spend that later.

    I just don't get why some feel the summer is when you shop, if you can buy in Jan (successfully).
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Boro throwing their hat in the ring for Snodgrass, apparently.

    (BBC)
  • alderzalderz
    Ah ok, I see.

    I would suggest that the reason the summer is seen as the time to shop is that prices are (typically) much higher in January as people do not want to sell their star assets mid-season.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Summer is deffo a better time to buy that the winter window

    As luke said if we have a target then we should go for it but if they aren't available or the team are currently charging 1.5 the price they will be in the summer than we should back off

    Also worth noting that walking into the window we were already have a £30/40mil net spend this season, not just we have spent £10mil this window it's £10mil on top of the amount we spent in the summer so for the season we've spent over £40mil net
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    edited January 2017
    I think a lot of transfers depend on a 'dominoes falling' effect - you can have him if we get our target, which depends on if they sell the other, whose club are waiting etc.

    January, in that case, would be a much harder time to do business, as it is such a short space of time for all the dominoes to fall.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    We've been looking for a right back who most are satisfied with for an eternity now. You cannot keep saying there might not be the right one available window after window. It's a poor excuse. It isn't as though many supporters are yearning for a Dani Alves - just a solid reliable one will do!!
  • LukerzLukerz
    I quite like the one at Bournemouth. Thank it's Adam Smith? Always impresses me when I watch them.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    a) Does he want to leave? b) Do they want to sell? c) How much?

    If only it was that easy.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    edited January 2017
    I like the idea of making our own Sam Byram as no 1 RB, but we need a back up as Arbeloa is not deemed good enough....
    Glen Johnson in the summer ;ok
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    jay

    Can't see Johnson coming to us to be back up to anyone.
  • tomkinsworldclasstomkinsworldclass
    Slaven_A_Laugh_Lukerz said:

    I quite like the one at Bournemouth. Thank it's Adam Smith? Always impresses me when I watch them.

    ex spurs and millwall ;nonono ;nonono ;nonono ;nonono
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    Grey , agree not now , but I don't see why not in the summer ;ok
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Dean Smith (Brentford Manager) -

    "We have had offers from different clubs for Scott but all of them haven’t met the valuation.

    "We keep our business strictly private and we will say no to people if we don’t think the value has been met."

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/38251493
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Carlton Cole to Notts County hopes Nolan.
  • TheMadcapLaughsTheMadcapLaughs
    IronHerb said:

    Carlton Cole to Notts County hopes Nolan.

    Shouldn`t this be in the anagram thread or trivia thread. Because I would have arranged the words in a different order if it was me. ;biggrin
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    Why is Snodgrass so popular?
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    SuzanneClaret said:

    Why is Snodgrass so popular?

    I think it's the beard
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    Suzanne,

    He takes a good free kick but would be disappointed if his arrival, IF it happens, were to mean Feghouli left as I genuinely believe he has alot to offer.
  • sweepy23sweepy23
    Not sure why it means that Feghouli would leave. Payet out Snodgrass in.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    sweepy,

    ;ok we can only hope that is the case if Snodgrass joins. I was only going on the concensus who believed he would be allowed to go once a few new players arrived.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    He said he wanted to stay.
  • tomkinsworldclasstomkinsworldclass
    I think snodgrass will end up playing a mixture of roles; he likes playing on the right hand side so he can cut in and Antonio could be moved to the left, or he could play on the left and Cresswell overlapping/supporting will create enough space for him to deliver, or finally, in the 3 at the back system he could just take Payets position, so Lanzini and Snodgrass tucked in centrally a touch and playing off a CF in a more free role to compensate for his lack of appetite defensively. Still though, the though of him putting in quality crosses for Carroll and Antonio ..... ;wahoo ;wahoo
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