January 2017 Transfer Speculation

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  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    FlorinRaduclious said:

    Yep, I put on here coupla days ago something similar brookings. We seem to have success dipping into the Championship to sieve for gold, so far it has given us Cresswell, Antonio and Byram...

    Randy, too ;bowdown
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    edited January 2017
    brookingsirons said:

    True alderz ;ok all very quite at the moment very strange ;hmm

    But to be fair, a lot of us (myself included) were critical of the club when they were broadcasting every bit of business we were trying to do, particularly The Insider, so if this is the alternative then we shouldn't really complain (as frustrating as it is) ;ok
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    edited January 2017
    The only area IMO we really need to improve now is a striker ..
    While we were without Bryram for a bit of time we were caught short, & I wanted a RB in, but now fit , you could argue the same with our LB situation, what if Cresswell gets injured, Arthur is currently injured...
    We are mid table and should remain there, baring a disaster or a unbelievably good run ...
    So take stock and do our main business in the summer...
    Just sort the Dimi saga out
  • FlorinRaducliousFlorinRaduclious
    no No NO NO to The Insider coming back.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Latest on Twitter is Rangers are in advanced talks to sign Oxford on loan and we have not made a fourth bid for Hogan ;hmm
  • FlorinRaducliousFlorinRaduclious
    If we are not playing Oxford, then yes loan him - get the lad some pitch time. And if we bring in Hogan (or another striker) same for Fletch.
  • alderzalderz
    Rangers would be a weird move wouldn't it?
  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    Pearces_Left_Foot said:

    Burnley have 10m bid for Snodgrass accepted

    Hull have announced their relegation from the Premier League.....
  • TwistandShoutTwistandShout
    alderz said:

    Rangers would be a weird move wouldn't it?

    Tinpot league, better off going to the championship if anywhere
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    We at least are not as down as Sunderland..
    I mean if u r gutted that Victor Anichabee is out for months and then have to to deal with the wonderful news of signing tefal Lescott ... #defoehandyourtransferrequestin ;ok
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Sig I'd love but can't see it happening. Certainly not now, at least.

    Martial? No chance, IMO. I think if he does leave Man U it will be for someone much bigger than us.

    As mentioned in an earlier post, I think OxCham is a realistic option in the summer but he'll cost at least £20m in today's market
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    Sunderland and Hull look like they have consigned themselves to relegation. One other spot open it seems.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    edited January 2017
    Then I can see why he'd want to move, but if he did he'd have suitors much better placed to meet his ambitions than we could. I'd love to have him here, don't get me wrong, but I just can't see it.

    Ashley Young, on the other hand...
  • alderzalderz
    If Ox gets to the summer without featuring regularly he'll be in the last year of his contract and I reckon he would be available for about £15m
  • tomkinsworldclasstomkinsworldclass
    I dont think we need much and if the right player isnt available then we should wait until the summer; why waste the money on a pointless stop gap, when we have the resources to accommodate until the summer and there only 16 games left for us because we are out of all cups- that should also aid the fitness+ injury situations as well.

    In terms of RB, as long as Byram can keep fit during the transfer window then we should be fine. Byram 1st choice, Nordviedt has done reasonably well there when given protection, Kouyate could easily fill in there as could Antonio, as he did did last season although its not ideal, whilst there is also the option to play no RB and change system to 3 at the back. which has worked very well at times.

    I dont think the right kind of players are available in this window, although there is the odd exception like Fonte, so unless we are totally convinced on the player, then we should try to sign them on loan with a view to permanent so we can protect ourselves and really check them out before committing to them. I think we need a pacy, direct winger who is left footed (only really have cresswell) and perhaps a forward as well because the situation around calleri is unclear and Sakho should be eased back, but i'm still a fan of Sakho and hope he stays and signs a new deal.

    I like Modou Barrow from swansea, very quick and direct, tore us to shreds last season and has good ability, and although not the complete package, he is in interesting option who would add another dimension for us because we do lack out and out pace. Whilst Bojan I think would fit in really well and would get more from what we already have; he naturally drops deep and would link upvwell with Carroll, Lanzini, feghouli, antonio, noble but is also a threat in the box and a scorer of all different types of goals. Both players rumoured to be up for a transfer, so I'd try to bring them in on loans and see how they do. In the summer is the time to do business.
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    I think we need right back.

    Can't remember if I've said that already.
  • TwistandShoutTwistandShout
    OldCastleSwift said:



    Ashley Young, on the other hand...

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  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    So, Ex has said that no right back is likely to join this month, we've cooled our interest in Snodgrass and although Hogan is keen to join, Slav is still not sure about him and may wait until deadline day to make a decision.

    Oh, and if Payet stays we may make a deal with him to let him play again.

    Good news all round then...
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    According to SSN the Hogan deal will only happen if Payet goes.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    A bit of an aside, but i thought I'd do a quick wiki on our former striker Abdul Razzak - remember him, one of our classic January window punts?

    Well according to wiki, at the age of 24 I think he is on his TENTH club.

    And according to wiki he has never scored.

    Yet he seems to have played for Ivory Coast!

    So a few questions spring to mind

    1) how on earth can one get called up as a striker to a national side like Ivory Coast - the didier drogba Ivory Coast, if one has never actually scored

    2) at what point should one look hard at oneself and admit you have possibly chosen the wrong vocation in life

    3) who is the scout who persuaded sully to sign him up for West Ham and is this scout still at our club?

    ;hmm
  • TwistandShoutTwistandShout
    If i remember rightly he was a defensive midfielder ;hmm
  • LukerzLukerz
    This is all very twilight zone ;hmm
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited January 2017
    Ivory Coast call up because at the time he had played 5 times for Manchester City and half a dozen of more in the Champo and was still only 19/20-ish?
  • MarkNobleLocalHeroMarkNobleLocalHero
    Abdul Razzak... ;hmm ....so forgettable ;whome ....no still doesn't register ..not even on google!!! ;nonono
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Adam said:



    Great stuff, supposedly! ;doh

    Fixed it for you. ;biggrin
  • secrethammersfansecrethammersfan
    I seem to remember Theo Walcott being called up despite never having played a game for his club's senior team.
  • SwissironSwissiron
    the fact is African football at the national level is very poor. It's at roughly the same level as EL2, maybe worse. Reigning champions Cote d'Ivoire, which is now my home, went out yesterday afetr drawing two and losing one of their final qualifying stage matches. Sound familiar?

    Nigeria, the Manure of Africa, didnt even qualify to come to Gabon. The football this year was hopeless, but believe me it was not much worse than the average across the board this year, and no one that we know or even have heard of has played well. Lots of the best players have invented injuries so as not to come to Africa, it's not the other way around...

    The pitches have almost all been rubbish but I really dont believe that this is a mitigation. The players are all desperately trying not to get injured, everyone is diving and lots of them are getting away with it.

    Cheikhou is one of the underperformers, clearly scared to be injured, Adebayor has been a joke, and Ayew has done virtually nothing. (Sigh)

    On the other hand, Flag and Bock beers are excellent... and I've had a great time, but tonight was a joke with three canals running across the pitch and the ball not even bouncing in parts of the pitch. I thought I was back watching the Big Match with wotsisname back in the early 70s.. ;lol
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Snodgrass now 2/5 to sign for us ;hmm
  • LukerzLukerz
    ;hmm
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited January 2017
    This just in on SSN
    Hull accept £10m bid from West Ham for Robert Snodgrass - Sky

    So that explains the dramatic odds shortening over the last hour
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