Summer 2018 - The Rebuild and The Recovery

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  • Expat_HammerExpat_Hammer
    edited May 2018
    Evans Dendoncker ;puzzled
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    Shaqiri is a great talent but he threw in the towel for Stoke, and publically slammed his team-mates (I mean, fair enough, Stoke players are mostly terrible, but not the attitude you need when things aren't going well...), so I'm a bit ;hmm about him.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Last month Ben Foster told the local paper he would stay at West Brom
    I’ll be here. I’ve got no interest in trying to move clubs. I’m very settled and I’m sure there are quite a few others who would love to stay and help us get back to the Premier League.

    If the worst comes to the worst and we end up in the Championship next season we’ve got to bounce back up, it’s as simple as that. I’d like to keep a core of the players that really want to dig in and work hard and be in a tough fight to get out of the Championship because it is a tough fight as well

    It’s a really different league to the Premier League and we need to go about it to get back first time - we need to really bounce back strongly and get back to where we should be
    https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/west-bromwich-albion/2018/04/08/ben-foster-promises-to-stay-at-west-brom-next-season/#f5BU8zys3C8eDQHH.99
  • LukerzLukerz
    Wouldn’t be getting into the habit of cherry picking relegation players as I feel the losing mentality is ingrained in them. We need to start creating a positive team spirit and mentality. Maybe Evans but that would be it. Butland and Shaqiri massively over-rated IMO.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    Craig Dawson out of that lot for me.
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    Stoke won't want to let Butland go, so would probably only accept a ridiculously high offer.

    Would people think he was worth say £35m?
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Younger rather than older, for me. Don't want players who might only have a year or two in their legs.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    edited May 2018
    Everton set the precedent last summer with Pickford. Stoke will want a suitor to at least match the £30m he went for.

    If Pickford is worth £30m (he isn't) then Butland, as a better 'keeper IMO, is worth £35m (but only in todays ridiculous market value of English 'keepers).

    We won't spend that on a new No1 though, so I'm not even entertaining the notion. Heaton is still on my list, though. At 32 he's got a good few years left but won't command such a large fee.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    edited May 2018
    Lots of reports saying Shaquiri has a £12mil relegation clause

    Surely thats worth a punt

  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Him and Arnie worked well together at Stoke. He's a decent age. He's done it at PL level for a few years. We have big concerns over Antonio's long-term fitness.

    I'd take Shaq at £12m.
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    Joe Allen Craig Dawson maybe Rondon
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    http://www.claretandhugh.info/hammers-set-for-quick-decision-on-manager/

    Sounds like they are going for a head of recruitment rather than a DoF
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    Mangala is available on a free this summer might be worth a look
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Pearces_Left_Foot said:

    Joe Allen Craig Dawson maybe Rondon

    No. Not Rondon. Rondon would be no use to us.
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    I was thinking if he was cheap a different kind of striker to what we have but not overly fussed more of a squad player
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    MrsGrey said:

    Pearces_Left_Foot said:

    Joe Allen Craig Dawson maybe Rondon

    No. Not Rondon. Rondon would be no use to us.
    Someone needs to be Jordan Hugill when Jordan Hugill is sold back to Preston...
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    I’d buy Buckland for £35mil.

  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    Suze

    OK, but postage is extra. ;wink
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    OldCastleSwift said:

    MrsGrey said:

    Pearces_Left_Foot said:

    Joe Allen Craig Dawson maybe Rondon

    No. Not Rondon. Rondon would be no use to us.
    Someone needs to be Jordan Hugill when Jordan Hugill is sold back to Preston...
    But we haven't really needed Jordan Hughill, so I'm not convinced we need someone to be someone we haven't needed.

    ;puzzled
  • MunichHammerMunichHammer
    I'm not sure whether we really need to spend big bucks on a keeper.
    Adrian is a decent keeper and how about Trott as backup?
    I think we could have had de Gea, Neuer, and Kahn in goal and we would have still shipped lots of goals because we had a leaky team. Those are the positions we need to address.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Every club needs a Jordan Hugill.

    I'm honestly starting to think that maybe he just won a competition or something.
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    Carroll for Shelvey anyone ?
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    I think I know Suze's answer...
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    Going by the PL Fantasy football on Total points

    the 4 best defenders outside the top 6. (currently)

    Maguire / Hegazi / Mawson / Cresswell

    the 4 best midfielders

    Mahrez / GroB / Shaqiri / Milivojevic

    the 2 best strikers

    Vardy / Rooney
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    I think it starts with N and ends in Oooooo.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    Whether we need a “hugill” type striker within our squad can be debated at great length

    What (to me) is a lot clearer is that if a club like ours has an alleged transfer budget of £30m you cannot spend £9m of it on a player who basically doesn’t play.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    I think the entire football world retired him on his behalf.
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    edited May 2018
    We spent gross £40m on 2 players last summer. (£48m for the year.)

    Just shy of £60m 16-17 (both windows.)

    Just shy of £50m 15-16

    Just over £40m 14-15

    I don't think £30m gross spend is anywhere near our limit, if the club thinks the players are worth it.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes said:

    I think the entire football world retired him on his behalf.

    IMG_20150613_124421

    Any excuse
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    For the summer, i'd assume our gross spend would be around £50mil

    Nowadays that gets you 2/3 players..........Swansea wanted £50mil for Mawson in the summer

    Can't imagine too many of our players will be sold for good money given how short we are already

    What we need

    GK (or 2)
    RB
    CM (or 2)
    CB
    Winger

    5 players, so looking at £10mil per player which these days isn't gonna get you much

    Which why I'm in such favour of fredericks on a free and Shaqiri
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