The Transfer Window 2: Electric Boogaloo

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  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    If we sign Yarmolenko ,Bruno Fernandes and this Paraguay centre back plus Wilshere I don’t see why we would sign Payet he’s 31 would cost 25m I would rather spend the money on younger players . Pellegrini seems to be targeting players in mid 20,s and under .
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    alderz

    I agree with you in principle, but it's not like he's a kid who was badly advised; it's a stroke he's pulled more than once.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    alderz said:

    I believe strongly in second chances, personally.

    He did the same thing before, at Saint Etienne (refused to train), to force a move. So you could argue that WE gave him his second chance to be better, and he messed that up.


    I don't think he is going to change, so believe 'taking him back' would just end up with us being treated badly. Again.
  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    I think the quandary is that if he says and does the right things then the majority of us would most likely accept it and keep a sceptical eye on him for a time.

    He does have previous though but I also understand the second chancers who can picture a midfield with Lanzini, Payet and Wilshere in it feeding Arnie and co...

    This fence I am sitting on is starting to creek.

    P.s So we've got another defender from Paraguay coming? Whats up with the defender recruitment? Who's going? Who's potentially first choice? Diop, with the money he cost, I assume will be one of them...
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    Be a nice problem to have lots of defenders vying ,for first team spots instead of us trying to find fit bodies . I think Reid,s days are numbered and maybe rice will do a dm role until we see how Pellgerini lines his team up maybe a back 5 Cresswell/ Arthur left wing back Fredericks /zabs on right with Diop ogbonna Paraguay fella as cb ;hmm
  • Expat_HammerExpat_Hammer
    Or 8 defenders when we play the big six ;biggrin
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    But what's to stop him propelling us up the league with his performances?
  • MunichHammerMunichHammer
    Grey - I am not so sure about players welcoming him back. What I am saying, however, is that if his employers thought it was a good idea then I would be happy to trust their judgement on that.
    On the other hand I can't see any of my former employers giving me another go after burning bridges and effectively trashing their office. I very much doubt the Daves are that forgiving, especially as they know what would happen if it didn't work out.
  • AdamAdam
    My Liverpudlian friend showed me an Everton fans’ forum, to show me that most of their ‘summer transfer window’ thread was about us! ;lol

    Made me laugh
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    grey_til_I_dye said:

    Sorry, yeold, but I struggle to see where your negativity is coming from.

    We've made 3 signings that improve us on last year.

    If we were to sign Wilshere, that would be another one.

    If he 'only' makes 28 starts for us next year, like he did last year, we've still got a hell of a player for a free.

    No "You think" i dont think Fabianski is an improvement.

    Wilshire takes up a probably 6 figure salary crushing our wage packet for someone who has being blighted by injuries for the majority of his career. and its a hell of an "IF" he actually can play a number of games for us. I agree with Dean Ashton on Wilshire we shouldn't be anywhere near this.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    On that basis we need to sell Lanzini on his return.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Oh! Fabianski not an improvement on Hart? Really?
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    not an improvement on Adrian.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited July 2018
    I thought Dean Ashton was saying what was in the best interests of JW, not West Ham, as his reason for being against the transfer?

    (Goes to find article in case I got it wrong. Edit, yes ;ok)
  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    edited July 2018
    I think, from memory, he cited a slower paced, more technical league suiting Jack after his injuries
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited July 2018
    Yeoldhammer said:



    No "You think" i dont think Fabianski is an improvement.

    Not an improvement on an on-loan Joe Hart?

    Really? OK, then. I have to say I think any perm PL standard GK is an improvement.
  • MunichHammerMunichHammer
    Adam - what are they saying?
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    edited July 2018
    its a hell of an "IF" he actually can play a number of games for us
    He's made 20+ starts the last 2 seasons, and played in 38 games last year, so not that unlikely.

    If he signs, sure there is an element of risk, but we couldn't sign a player of his proven quality under normal circumstances, so I think it would be well worth the gamble.

    Lanzini had fewer starts than Wilshere last season.
  • imagelostimagelost
    edited July 2018
    On payet ,
    It’s should be left to the best, of the West Ham footballing brains.
    ;lol
    See how it pans out
  • BarneyBarney
    Lanzini has got to go then ;weep
  • AdamAdam
    It wasn’t anything necessarily bad (I think it was one of the better forums). They were just annoyed that we’re getting our business done, whereas they need to sell players to buy.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    edited July 2018
    Depending on how everyone does at pre season, you are lookig at fabianski, fredericks and Wilshere all being 1st teamers and if he can recapture his Dinamo form Yarmolenko probably starts on the left

    So 4 first teamers in and an extra CB with only 2 squad players (Collins and Evra) and 1 starter (Mario) out the door,sounds good to me

    Fabianski
    Fredereicks Reid Ogbonna Cresswell
    Noble Rice Wilshere
    Arnie Javier Yarmolenko

    Adrian
    Zab Reid Balbeuna Masuaku
    Fernandes Kouyate Obiang Antonio
    Carroll Hugill

    Not a bad squad and i feel we will add again to it
  • MunichHammerMunichHammer
    We simply don't have the financial clozt to change everything in one window.
    And thinking back, I don't think many people saw that much in Lanzini and a lot of people were probably happy with Zaza with his being an accomplished Italian international etc.
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    MrsGrey said:

    Yeoldhammer said:



    No "You think" i dont think Fabianski is an improvement.

    Not an improvement on an on-loan Joe Hart?

    Really? OK, then. I have to say I think any perm PL standard GK is an improvement.
    See the Fabianski thread.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    ;puzzled We have a Fabianski thread?
  • HammerwombatHammerwombat
    Payet back in a westham shirt. Not as long as I have air in my lungs.

    But, oh, the memories of when he turned it on will live forever. Along with the payet France away shirt hanging in my wardrobe. ;wotsits
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    Yarmolenko plays on the right from the clips I have seen so Arnie on left with Chicharito in the middle seems like a pretty decent forward line
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    On Fabianski I’m struggling to see what else the club could have done. A Tom Heaton or Nick Pope, say would have cost £20m minimum? Which would then have meant no Anderson, Yamolenko, etc because there would have been no budget for it? ;hmm
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    baracks,

    Being mischievous we haven't got Anderson either.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    I’ve heard it’s close ;whistle
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