January 2017 Transfer Speculation
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http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2017/01/19/brentford-boss-dean-smith-drops-big-hint-over-what-is-holding-up/
The men behind it are Barry Whelan, Will Salthouse and Marlon Fleischman, they were in the news back in 2014 when the employed Neil Warnock's son as a consultant at the time when Colin was Palace manager and they had Zaha as a client - Zaha has since switched agents. They also used to have Harry Kane but he's left them too.
Yeah, its my day off, I've got to wheel the ex-Mrs shrugged to the hairdressers (when she wakes up) so I'm bored and Googling
So, Niang could be off to Watford, Snodgrass to Burnley and it's all gone quiet on the Scott Hogan front.
I'm beginning to miss The Insider... ;whistle
Apparently, Palace have agreed a £9m fee for Robbie Brady. He's another one I wouldn't have minded at West Ham. I do think we're a left winger short so would like us to do some business in that area. Both Ayew and Lanzini can do a job out there, but both are better centrally.
The more I think about it the less I'm bothered with signings this january. I don't think we'll get above 8th now no matter who we signed, and I don't think we'll get relegated. I was for Snod, but the idea of waiting until the summer and getting better quality at a better age such as Oxlade-Chamberlain - I think we can cope (especially once Ayew is back unmalariared). In all honesty we could have coped without Fonte, (Collins and Oxford are now back) however he was available and far better (IMO) then our other options other than Reid so that I understand.
I do think a striker is needed this window however, as we know the risk with Carroll, I don't fully rate Calleri and although I like Fletcher, Bilic doesn't seem to trust him. Or maybe worth not buying and forcing Bilic's hand to try out Norman Stanley IDK.
Yeah, replace one moody Frenchman with another one ;nonono
However, if they want top 7 - and it's possible if not likely - then they need to invest now to give us the best possible chance. Although it's unlikely to offer a European spot this time round so I doubt they'll be aiming that high, TBH
If we get Hogan Great but not to bothered either way maybe a better idea to invest the money from the eventual sale of Payet in the summer. ;ok
Carroll and Sakho are our main two but both can get injured at any time, so even if it's good now, we'll be kicking ourselves if both get injured. Fletcher is young and as much as he shows nice touches, we haven't seen enough to know whether he's got the right instinct to get goals. Don't know about Calleri, though the change in team spirit post-Payet might lift Feghouli, Calleri and Ayew. If we count Antonio as a striker, then we might need another winger.
If Byram gets injured, there's no replacement.
While I agree that is what he was brought in for: the future; the willingness or not to play him now, if he is trusted or not makes a difference for if we need another striker in now or not. Part of me would trust Fletch, try him out as Carrolls backup until the summer, bring another striker in then rather than now.
Slav is clearly a fan of loaning the first team fringe youngsters (Samuelsen, Burke, Cullen, Martinez, Browne) so it wouldn't surprise me if Fletcher followed suit.
player just to get let down , and tbh are they worth the hassle when you think of cresswell and Antonio coming from the champo are we not better looking at more players like that ..
I mean look how the Payet thing has worked out in his second season I know this will never really change as we are not Man city or Chelsea but we can be one day
if we build up slowly and don't try and run before we can walk .
You only get let down by transfer rumours if you put any stock in them, though.
If you assume that every ITK is actually talking nonsense (except the verified ones like Big Oli) then you don't need to get let down.