The Next Transfer Window
This discussion has been closed.
Howdy, Stranger!
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Quick Links
Categories
- 1.5K All Categories
- 1 Site Stuff
- 31 Admin (FAQs, rules, queries etc.)
- The Boleyn Arms
- 35 General Chatter
- 7 Member info & Family Album
- 3 Radio Llama (music videos)
- 416 Fun & Games
- 111 BA Predictor Threads
- 34 Word Games
- 4 Quizzes
- 2 Pun Threads
- 300 Magic Minutes
- 3 Other Fun & Games
- 117 Current West Ham
- 200 Men's First Team
- 3 Women's Team
- 12 PL2 & Academy
- 32 Management & Board
- 15 Stadium & Training Ground
- 27 West Ham Miscellaneous
- West Ham Matches
- 403 Match Threads
- 72 MOTM
- 9 West Ham Nostalgia
- 35 Former Players and Staff
- 4 Past Games & Glories
- 37 Transfers
- 46 Transfer Speculation
- 87 Completed Transfers
- 55 Internationals
- 48 Men's Internationals
- 5 Women's Internationals
- 2 Youth Internationals
- 121 Football Chatter
- 43 Football Chatter
- 270 Other Teams & Matches
- 26 Other Players & Staff
Comments
In a normal window I would probably say yes to Stones, but not in the market with the budget (or lack of) we have
He's a talented played, but he's been plagued with injuries, is on a high wage and has won pretty much everything during his stint at City so I wonder how he'll respond if the worst happens and we are in a relegation dog fight
Too big a risk imo, so I wouldn't mind us giving him a miss
Part of me thinks it is an ambitious move for a smaller team like us, but another part of me wonders if he'd adapt. Man City play in a style where they have all of the ball and up to an extent your defensive frailties are less heavily exposed. While we play "under the cosh" far more (especially away from home and against the top teams). Therefore, we sometimes need to grind out a result and therefore need defenders who can do exactly that (i.e a James Collins style performance). Would Stones be able to do that? I'm not fully convinced.
We have Balbuena as a back-up and Rice can play there in an emergency, plus we have that Cardoso kid, if he's any good. If we do get a CB, that to me is where we buy a cheaper promising talent, not splash on a big club outlet buy.
I'm nervous about relying on Antonio as the only other striking option. I'm not 100% convinced he'll definitely do well there in extended periods, plus I'd like to see him alongside Haller.
He could be a great bit of business, but for me it's a hard pass as we arent in a position to drop £20mil on a player who may or may not be any good (or fit enough to actually stay on the pitch)
We dont need another expensive/injury prone player who gives up the minute the going gets tough
Imo we need 3 CBs who you'd be happy as starters, and that would leave Balbuena as a 4th choice (maybe Cardoso would challenge for that 4th spot). Rice should never be considered a CB as we lose so much from midfield if he played there. One injury for a couple of months, and then a strain, or suspension and Cardoso would be starting as things stand, or we'd stick Rice in and lose out in midfield.
LB, CB, CF, CM are our priorities imo, as I do agree about Antonio; I'm very concerned that his purple patch won't continue and he'll be found wanting as a CF as he generally always been when tried there except for this brief spell post-Lockdown.
I mean the way the club is set up, constantly chopping and changing managers (which was always going to catch up to them) is hardly the ideal setting for a young player, especially one who was already getting minutes in the Premier league
Odd move, but not too concerned as Johnson has justified that we rated him higher than Jeremy
Remind me of the rules... we offered him a contract but he turned it down. Are we eligible for a fee/compensation. Or is he too old?
I would imagine the package (whether contract length or wage) was more attractive from Watford than us. Otherwise it makes no real sense for him to go there when he basically started after lockdown as our first choice RB & had made that position his own.
Premier League RB or Championship RB at a managerless club? 🤔
I don’t get that. We own him, he signed a new 5-year deal just before going off on loan & now he is back.
If someone wants to offer £20m for him, fine. But surely Moyes will want to have a look at him & he should have the attitude now to break into our first 11.
Liverpool are facing a transfer battle with West Ham for the signature of Real Betis defender Aissa Mandi.
Two years ago he got a 4-match ban for hitting a fan who was trying to prevent a throw-in (and allegedly being racially abusive at the same time) during a Barcelona B game,
Feisty!
I agree, unlikely we'd spend £13.5m on a virtually unknown and untried kid without taking him on loan or something first.
On paper he was a good keeper but...