Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation

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  • HappyHammer_ishHappyHammer_ish
    Kovacic would be an amazing signing...
    Croatian link too.. ;pray ;pray ;pray
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    PrestonHammer said:

    A bit left field but how about a bid for Marko Arnautovic? I reckon he would be perfect for left side of a three.

    I must have had a premonition on the 19th May... ;lol
  • TwistandShoutTwistandShout
    Preston is ...... #braderz ????

    ;nonono
  • adecokeradecoker
    Are there any early guesses for where our last ditch South American loan signing striker that no one's ever heard of is going to come from?

    My money's on Paraguay. Not necessarily a Paraguayan but currently plying his trade in Paraguay. I couldn't tell you his name because I've never heard of him.
  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    I also think Peru, the guys name is Senor Pad Intonbear
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    billybondsbeard said:

    Ex is such a fraud
    He has basically repeated Jinxed posts from KUMB from last night
    He called the Arnoutovic interest last week and is generally pretty good for an itk imo

    Shots fired...

    ;wink
  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    MA's agent: "I hope the club does not stand in his way - the offer received is more than correct, compared to what Stoke paid for him."
  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    Miaow.....

    “In the end he wasn’t considered because he has no stamina, no physical impact and isn’t a big game player.”

    - Jose Mourinho on Lacazette
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    So, playing Devil’s Advocate, does £53m for Arnautovic, Hernandez and Gray represent good business in today’s market?

    A better use of that type of money would be Hernandez, Braithwaite and Kovacic.

    Tell Arsene to do one with regard to Quina!
  • HappyHammer_ishHappyHammer_ish
    IMG_2428

    Saw this on twitter... Bit difficult to read but couldn't be bothered to re write it...
  • HappyHammer_ishHappyHammer_ish
    edited July 2017
    Vorselaarhammer said:

    Miaow.....

    “In the end he wasn’t considered because he has no stamina, no physical impact and isn’t a big game player.”

    - Jose Mourinho on Lacazette

    So he signed lukaku... who has scored 5 goals in 35 against the top six since 2014... "big game player"

    IMG_2429

    P.S. Go on Sakho! ;scarf
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    It's so depressing to wonder how many goals Sakho and Carroll would have scored over the last few seasons if they'd both been available 95% of the time.
  • adecokeradecoker
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    Jorderz_Slaven_A_Good_Time said:

    It's so depressing to wonder how many goals Sakho and Carroll would have scored over the last few seasons if they'd both been available 95% of the time.

    But they weren't. Just cherish those happy memories of the 5% of the time that they were.

  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    I suspect that Stoke have deliberately overpriced Aerodynamics in the hope no one thinks he's worth £25m
  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    edited July 2017
    Jorderz_Slaven_A_Good_Time said:

    It's so depressing to wonder how many goals Sakho and Carroll would have scored over the last few seasons if they'd both been available 95% of the time.

    After my 'soccer' studies at MIT I developed an algorithm which incorporated various striker attributes (e.g. physical presence, back to goal, shot accuracy, link up skill, technical ability, mental strengh etc) and eliminated time out injured.

    According to my calculations, the answer is.... 39 ;cool
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited July 2017
    Happy, that twitter thing... where did it actually originate?
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Bazshuayi said:

    According to my calculations, the answer is.... 39 ;cool

    Every Frood knows that the answer is 42 (and where their towel is).
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited July 2017
    If we sign Arnie for £20m ish, where does that leave Ayew?

    Team, potentially, would be:

    Adrian
    Zabaleta - Reid - Ogbonna - Cresswell
    Obiang - Noble/Kouyate
    Antonio - Lanzini - Arnautovic
    Hernandez

    Do we sell him? Can't spend £40m on two players when one doesn't play.

    Amazingly if we could sign Arnie, Hernandez and Gray, that could be it. Only 4 signings with Zab. Not massive overhaul, but 3/4 come into the starting XI. Then we have the luxury of saying 'maybe another top CB if one becomes available and an upgraded keeper (Hart)', but they are bonuses. I do think we need another CM though.

    Then depends who we sell and will need replacing in the squad (Snodgrass, Feghouli, Ayew etc).

    If the Daves pull it off then full marks.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Slaven_A_Laugh_Lukerz said:

    If we sign Arnie for £20m ish, where does that leave Ayew?

    Competing with Arnie.

    If we're to progress, we need two good players for every position. If Ayew wants to play, he needs to out-perform Arnie (should he sign).
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited July 2017
    OCS - agree mate completely ;ok but will either accept that?

    I know in an ideal world they both would accept that, but if one doesn't play, I'd expect them to be impatient.

    Maybe Ayew competes with Lanzini for that No.10 role, giving us a different option? Or with Antonio for RW should he not produce?

    Suppose Arnie, Ayew and Lanzini could all actually get in the XI.
  • secrethammersfansecrethammersfan
    We are West Ham -there will always be at any one time enough midfielders injured to be forced able to experiment with playing people in new positions.

    It's like arguing about where you will put your new spare wheel on a car with wheels lasting one month.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    Arnautovic seems like a player who turns up once every 3 or 4 games. Am I missing something with him? (Perfectly possible, as my interest in Stoke matches generally is on a par with my interest in garden furniture or Love Island).
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    Stoke fans rated him as their best player.
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer

    Adrian
    Zabaleta - Reid - Ogbonna - Cresswell
    Lanzini Obiang Arnautovic
    Antonio - Hernandez - Ayew


    4-3-3 - all out attack


  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    I think he has an X factor, playing for Sparky (written with as much sarcasm as possible) Hughes and the basham boys cant be great for creativity...

    I know whenever we play them he is the guy I'm worried about excluding the Goons of course.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Yeoldhammer said:


    Adrian
    Zabaleta - Reid - Ogbonna - Cresswell
    Lanzini Obiang Arnautovic
    Antonio - Hernandez - Ayew


    4-3-3 - all out attack


    Back to Greenwood, losing 3-4
  • LukerzLukerz
    Jorderz - turning up every 3/4 games is no different to most of our attacking players though.
  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    turning up and actually playing 3/4 games in a row is usually beyond our attackers. Ok I must be getting grumpy (I missed out on the other 6 dwarfs apparently) to instantly think that so its bed time! I will hopefully awaken to the news of our new striker joining (or that fantasypremierleagues up and running or both!)
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    Lukerz - True, but surely we should be aiming for better than we have, rather than more of the same.
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    What we have at the moment are two players that spend more time out injured than playing . We need players who can play on a regular basis preferably with PL experience which is what we seem to be going for . Carroll is brilliant when fit but we all know its not often enough and we end up playing Antonio upfront
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