January 2017 Transfer Speculation

alderz

3rd in 86?

McHammer

Oxford to Rangers loan complete according to Twit

baracks_a_hammer

alderz said:

3rd in 86?

1986 was our best top flight finish, however it was before the premier league era

MIAHammer

alderz said:

3rd in 86?

That was in the old First Division not the Premier League.

Lukerz

West Ham pull out of Scott Hogan race, according to Sky Sources.

Are we actually not going to bring in a new striker.

Ravel49

;whistle

OldCastleSwift

Slaven_A_Laugh_Lukerz said:

West Ham pull out of Scott Hogan race, according to Sky Sources.

Are we actually not going to bring in a new striker.

Could be Sky trying to create some drama. I'd be pretty unhappy if we didn't bring one in, because Carroll and Sakho have proven to be unreliable fitness wise and Ayew and Calleri have been far from convincing.

Bats, Hogan or Defoe I'd be delighted with

Lukerz

Rav ;lol

Also, I don't like the attitude that this season is done and dusted so there is no real need to rush and buy players, we go with what we have and settle for mid table.

IMO we should be going for 7th, to equal our finishing position of last season, and be doing everything to achieve that, especially after the abysmal start we made. Think it sends out completely the wrong message to settle for 10th (ish), given we are trying to build ourselves up as a next level club with the stadium move. Clubs aspiring for the next level don't 'settle' for anything.

A lot of our problems this season stem from not signing a striker last summer and not sufficiently filling that RB slot, leading to Antonio playing WB and Nord RB whenever Byram has been unavailable. So Sam basically has no competition for his spot.

The board cannot seriously be expecting AC to see us through until May with his record. 5 months of continuous football? Can't see it, and we only have one other striker capable of reliably filling in and he's suffered more injuries than Andy! Add to that he wanted out 6 months ago and has played 1.5 games all season.

I hate the 'do a job' mentality. As in, 'well if Andy breaks down we have Ayew who can sort of play there, Antonio who can sort of play there, and then we have Fletcher and Calleri', as if either of those two are good enough to start half a dozen games on the bounce when Andy tweaks something. Kind of making out we have four other options when really it's one.

Really will be disappointed with no RB or striker signed, or at the very least one of them.

jay_in_cpt

OldCastleSwift said:

Chelsea being linked with Celtic's Dembele.

I wonder if this leave Bats looking for a move ;hmm

;hmm

Or Slav might just feel that our top scorer could always fill in as a striker if needed...

SuzanneClaret

OldCastleSwift

jay_in_cpt said:

OldCastleSwift said:

Chelsea being linked with Celtic's Dembele.

I wonder if this leave Bats looking for a move ;hmm

;hmm

Or Slav might just feel that our top scorer could always fill in as a striker if needed...

Which is kind of Luke's point. We don't want someone that can 'fill in'. We want a striker to play as a striker when Carroll breaks again.

baracks_a_hammer

It's interesting that the only other interest in Hogan appears to be villa and palace

You get the impression that Slav is not wholly sold on him ;hmm

baracks_a_hammer

I wonder if we might still get Defoe if Ulloa forces his move to Sunderland?

Adam

Cue Palace signing Hogan and scoring 10 in 16 games to keep them up.

Sigh.

I guess Bilic really rates Calleri. I guess we'll see how good he is if he gets a run of games.

Ravel49

BREAKING NEWS

Free-agent Emmanuel Adebayor is in Istanbul for talks and a medical with a Turkish Super League club.

Vorselaarhammer

Diamantis_Are_Forever said:

BREAKING NEWS

Free-agent Emmanuel Adebayor is in Istanbul for talks and a medical with a Turkish Super League club.

Yeah I think the club is "Istanbul Diamantis "...

buffybegood

Doesn't deadline day usually get its own thread?

Lukerz

Buzz kill from young Jackerz

Jack Sullivan @jsullivanwhu
Very unlikely we sign anyone today, unless someone quality comes available. The manger would prefer we hold the money till the summer.

#gotowork(thenbed) ;wink

Ravel49

*puts tie back in it's place

Lukerz

Rav ;hug

Lukerz

Same place, same time next year folks?

Vorselaarhammer

The Manager is a very sensible boy....

Saying that Suarez becomes available lets go after him...

Lukerz

So it's the manager who wanted Payet gone, hence G&S sold him.

And the manager would prefer we didn't strengthen now, hence G&S didn't spend on a striker and RB.

Glad they've covered themselves.

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Disappointed pulling out of the running for Hogan (or any striker)

Would like a proper striker to come in so Fletcher could get a loan move as he is just a kid and needs game time at this point of his career

Bilic must see something in Calleri as he blocked him leaving and has tried using him off the bench recently

Lukerz

One fluked goal and all of a sudden Calleri's the answer.

IronHerb

I dont understand why we write players off after less than 3 hours game time. ;hmm

Yeoldhammer

Same every year. Not surprised. Lets wait till summer where we can get better players which never come to us... the 2 positions we needed to bring in someone for and we didn't even manage it. Watch it backfire when Byram and Carroll break down get suspended.

Ravel49

For me there’s nothing to play for this season now.

Save the reddies and invest in the summer when it’s better to do business.

Hopefully some youth can get some game time towards the end of the season
#yoofnothoof

Vorselaarhammer

There is a distant sound on the wind and he goes by the name of Ayew.

At some point I assume we will have our 20m striker back and playing.

Lukerz

So, to summarise:

Best (technical) player sold
CB and winger signed
Priority positions missed