Summer Transfer Thread

[Deleted member 15344]

Sometimes you just gotta hope tbh there is money to spend and there is the stadium to go into,Rafa got a bad time at Chelsea and would hope he wanted to come back to prem and with all the bigger teams with managers he may well give us a chance I was hoping but if a club like Madrid come calling that's us shot down.

Fair enough about hope but there are plenty of CL clubs around that would snap him up

I really could see Bilic doing a great job - he did brilliantly with Croatia and reckon he would have a few unknowns that have potential to be stars

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I think Bilic could be a perfect fit for West Ham personally.

 

[sandmagnet]

Fair enough about hope but there are plenty of CL clubs around that would snap him up

I really could see Bilic doing a great job - he did brilliantly with Croatia and reckon he would have a few unknowns that have potential to be stars

Would hope so but they way he left us and working with Sullivan buying a few players and rumour of him telling Sam they need to play would go down like a lead balloon ,as I said down to the nitty gritty if it comes to that has he managed a team in that position ? Btw not knocking Sam in anyway he did a fantastic job at West Ham in getting the club back and no one pissing up bars and the Bentley gang not showing its ugly head. Turned us into a decent club again! But football was a bit poor most of the time!

 

[Foxholer]

Billic scares me if we get down to the nitty gritty in the bottom half and attracting players. Carroll has way to many problems with injuries and not having the biggest budget that money could be spent on other players for us,plus to much route one footie. Bfs will prob buy him unless he goes Sunderland with Nolan.we played some of our best football for years imo when he was not fit at the start but as soon as he got fit bus put him straight back in and it changed. Only my opinion many other hammers have a different one. Manager pick would be Rafa for me but prob going to Madrid and righty so.

Slightly depressing that Big Sam has gone! To me, he was a really good manager and it was only the unrealistic fans that caused problems! These days the Club is in no position to play the 'attractive' sort of football demanded when the biggest asset (when fit!!) is someone that can bully the defence! Let the attractive football come from the wing-backs and mid-field (as happened quite a bit) and score the goals through strength in the Penalty Box!

Certainly some unrealistic talk about lofty 'main targets'! My fear is that we get Maclaren!

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Would hope so but they way he left us and working with Sullivan buying a few players and rumour of him telling Sam they need to play would go down like a lead balloon ,as I said down to the nitty gritty if it comes to that has he managed a team in that position ? Btw not knocking Sam in anyway he did a fantastic job at West Ham in getting the club back and no one pissing up bars and the Bentley gang not showing its ugly head. Turned us into a decent club again! But football was a bit poor most of the time!

Bit poor at times maybe - but got you results

And results is what you need to establish top half table whilst you move into the Olympic Stadium

Just got to be careful that it doesn't back fire and you end up with th e biggest stadium in the Championship

 

[sandmagnet]

Slightly depressing that Big Sam has gone! To me, he was a really good manager and it was only the unrealistic fans that caused problems! These days the Club is in no position to play the 'attractive' sort of football demanded when the biggest asset (when fit!!) is someone that can bully the defence! Let the attractive football come from the wing-backs and mid-field (as happened quite a bit) and score the goals through strength in the Penalty Box!

Certainly some unrealistic talk about lofty 'main targets'! My fear is that we get Maclaren!

Yes maclaren scares me and he would suit Sullivan. I'd rather of stuck with Sam other then Rafa or that type of manager foxholer and be sure to stay in prem but he showed he would play good football when he had the right players. Wasted a bit of money on Jarvis mind you.

 

[sandmagnet]

Bit poor at times maybe - but got you results

And results is what you need to establish top half table whilst you move into the Olympic Stadium

Just got to be careful that it doesn't back fire and you end up with th e biggest stadium in the Championship

which is what we are all thinking tbh.you can chuck as much money at it as you please but if the right man is not in charge it can all go pear shaped like we did under curbs.

 

[richart]

Feds to Bournemouth is a bit of a blow. Expecting more departures and no arrivals. Renewed my season ticket and expect to see a lot of the kids playing this season (again) We had 11 academy players play in the first team this year, and hopefully three or four will cement a first team place. Unfortunately no obvious strikers so will struggle for goals again.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Feds to Bournemouth is a bit of a blow. Expecting more departures and no arrivals. Renewed my season ticket and expect to see a lot of the kids playing this season (again) We had 11 academy players play in the first team this year, and hopefully three or four will cement a first team place. Unfortunately no obvious strikers so will struggle for goals again.

We had so many youngsters at times. It's good on the one hand to see them coming through and how they deal with the frantic pace of the championship but sad when you realise your team seems to have no long term ambition to invest properly and build a structured squad capable of getting towards the play offs

 

[ColchesterFC]

We need a goal scorer. Was sure that selling Freddie Sears to Ipswich in January was going to get us relegated and only getting £100k for him was ridiculous. Got a lot of good kids coming through the academy (well over 100 appearances from former academy players this season) and hopefully they will keep progressing. Had quite a few loan signings in during the season so will need to replace them either new loan or permanent signings.

A new manager wouldn't go amiss but the Chairman has said he's staying so just have to keep the fingers crossed that he finds a new tactic other than give it to the full back and let him hit a diagonal ball to the opposite corner of the oppositions penalty area.

 

[richart]

We had so many youngsters at times. It's good on the one hand to see them coming through and how they deal with the frantic pace of the championship but sad when you realise your team seems to have no long term ambition to invest properly and build a structured squad capable of getting towards the play offs

Love seeing the youngsters play there first games. Remember Neil Webb playing when he was 17, and you could tell he would play for England. Gylfi Sigurdsson was another star in the making. Not sure we have any of that standard but Kuhl is worth keeping an eye on.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Love seeing the youngsters play there first games. Remember Neil Webb playing when he was 17, and you could tell he would play for England. Gylfi Sigurdsson was another star in the making. Not sure we have any of that standard but Kuhl is worth keeping an eye on.

Totally agree and we've got some really good youngsters too. If we keep most of them and having had that tough first season learning about the championship they may be better for it and can kick on.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Arsenal:

Keeper (not Cech though for me)
Centre half (must have some pace)
Defensive midfielder (someone big and strong)
Goalscorer

So basically a new spine plse lol

Instead we'll get 5 small midfielders and a versatile defender lol

Oh and Id cash in Wishere whilst hes vaguely fit, would also let Rosicky go somewhere to get regular football

So who's available and better, and why not Cech then? I'd be quite happy to have him stay but I think it's pretty obvious he's going. I'd be quite happy for him not to go to Arsenal as I think he'll improve you, but he's too good and too young not to be a first team regular.

I presume that we'll be looking at Robert Green as the no. 2, with Blackman potentially as the no. 3.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Liverpool have made an initial bid of £10mil for Clyne according to reports all over social media

Expected that it won't finish there

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Liverpool have made an initial bid of £10mil for Clyne according to reports all over social media

Expected that it won't finish there

Young player who had a full PL season and could be a regular for years to come and would be set to improve, especially with European football http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/nath...datendetails/spieler/85177/saison/2014/plus/1

I think £10m would be a steal

 

[fundy]

So who's available and better, and why not Cech then? I'd be quite happy to have him stay but I think it's pretty obvious he's going. I'd be quite happy for him not to go to Arsenal as I think he'll improve you, but he's too good and too young not to be a first team regular.

I presume that we'll be looking at Robert Green as the no. 2, with Blackman potentially as the no. 3.

Just personal preference, dont think hes been as good as he was since the head injury and would rather us look elsewhere than look to take players from rivals. dont get me wrong Id rather him to our current options!!!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Just personal preference, dont think hes been as good as he was since the head injury and would rather us look elsewhere than look to take players from rivals. dont get me wrong Id rather him to our current options!!!

Not that much action last year but still pretty consistent over 2012/13 and 2013/14 http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/petr-cech/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/5658/saison//plus/1

 

[fundy]

Not that much action last year but still pretty consistent over 2012/13 and 2013/14 http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/petr-cech/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/5658/saison//plus/1

havent a clue what thats supposed to be telling me lol. just my gut feel having watched him, no hard and fast facts, think very hard to rate keepers based only on stats, big difference playing for different sides

 

[HomerJSimpson]

havent a clue what thats supposed to be telling me lol. just my gut feel having watched him, no hard and fast facts, think very hard to rate keepers based only on stats, big difference playing for different sides

I guess it's skewed by the fact Chelsea had a pretty solid defence and so perhaps not as active as others in different sides so can see what you're saying. What about Begovich from Stoke? Pretty young (27 I think)

 

[fundy]

I guess it's skewed by the fact Chelsea had a pretty solid defence and so perhaps not as active as others in different sides so can see what you're saying. What about Begovich from Stoke? Pretty young (27 I think)

Yep definitely a decent option, still gutted we let Lloris go down the road for pennies when he was available