Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation
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I honestly cannot fathom what our scouts do, what Slaven sees in some players that he can't see in others and we better come up with some REALLY GOOD signings to offset what other clubs are currently doing. Is this going to be yet another transfer window where it's generally just totally underwhelming.
Batigol, Javier and Hart would be a good starting point to show the owners/manager do have some respect for the supporters.
People can bang on about strikers, we'll get them eventually, but remember how many goals we let in last season too. How many spankings did we get at home to the top 6? Not to mention Watford and Southampton. WBA put four past us at their place. We let in so many goals last season where we all went ;hmm when looking at Adrian or Randy.
Hart and Zabaleta will bring up the standards in that defence, adding to Reid, who is one of our best players. Will be nice for Winnie to actually not be the only man doing any defending. Poor sod. Fonte is also a former captain and leader. Ogbonna, Collins, Cresswell, Masuaku and Byram.
We will get the strikers but facts remain, keep clean sheets and you only need one goal. Seeing as these 20+ goals a season men are probably just out of reach, we can settle for a 10-15 one and tighten up that back line as a compromise.
Big ;ok from me for the Daves if they conclude the deal.
If we can give him stability then his confidence grows and we have a top keeper on our hands.
Get it done.
Something about a risky single hooked up and eventually caressed to deep fine leg ;puzzled
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He hasn't exactly lit up the EPL for the last couple years and he has been dropped from the England squad
Find it ironic that the many people that say it's only one bad season he had also forgetting fact that up untill this year not a single person cared that we had Adrian in the team.....surely if Hart is allowed a bad season then so is Adrian
Most importantly it's not that he's not an upgrade on Adrian/Randy that people are against this it's the fact that there are far more pressing concerns in the squad and Harts wage alone could potentially affect more important transfers I.e. some reliable and superior strikers
The reason I am happy with Hart is that I know that, at his best, he's much better than Adrian will ever be.
It wasn't very long ago at all that he was considered one of the best in the world by practically everybody, managers and pundits alike.
He's lost confidence because somebody regularly cited as the best manager in the world, Guardiola, came in and booted him out without a chance. That's got to hurt.
Then he goes to Torino low on confidence, probably trying too hard to prove himself, in a new league with a different style, in an average team facing a lot of pressure in matches, and it's no real shock he didn't do great.
But he is a leader and the worst part of our season last season, worst than anything else, was the shambolic organisation of our back 4/5, and the pathetic way we capitulated after going a goal down time and again.
Having a very accomplished leader and PL winner organising the back four will be a huge bonus.
And, when he gets his confidence back, he will, IMO, return to being considered one of the best in the league.
Are you saying you think he's an upgrade or not? And reports suggest we are to pay half half his wages.
Just because we badly need strikers doesn't mean we shouldn't improve other positions if opportunities come up. If for whatever reason we fail to sign a striker I'd rather we had improved the rest of the team than not.