Smirking_Saint

i think in this case Id rather listen to the Rik guy… infact he has already shut down Sky who I’m genuinely shocked are so consistently bad transfer wise considering their contacts At 25m he’d already be gone I think he moves for a fee around 40m.. however thats made up

I’m not usually a fan of writing off players before they’re given a fair crack of the whip but it took me all of about 25 minutes to realise he’d never amount to anything much at the top level He was genuinely awful and arguably the worst transfer I ever remember us making and there has been a few rough ones

I wouldn’t be surprised if we’ve had to up our budget due to the clubs around us spending freely I said before that we’re seeing the financial freedom of the Prem, compared to Europe in action here.. and the prem clubs are taking advantage snd grabbing talent whilst we can From our perspective our rivals in the lower prem are also strengthening considerably so maybe we are going for it to keep up I wouldnt want to be under Gao ownership this year… I think we’d almost certainly be for the chop

Fair enough… I wasn’t only having a pop at you tbf… and fwiw I agree.. we need to do more… but I can’t really blame SR for that, who largely have done a great job upgrading the coaching, recruitment and playing side of things and have undone a lot of the damage done by either no recruitment or crap recruitment under the previous regime

We also need a winger

They play in different positions for a start

I think it can still happen, I think it could be unlikely if Aubameyang doesn’t happen but we’re in contact I think Personally think we can do better but the club like him 🤷🏻‍♂️

Are we bringing Cedric back ?

100% Id of loved Kalajdzic but I think we’re looking for a player closer to Broja… infact Im pretty sure we’ll see Broja at the end of the window but on the odd chance we don’t it’ll be more of a poacher then big guy Sasa I think would have potentially replaced Che if things were different

I don’t think we’ve done enough, but that doesn’t mean its a bad window.. if I could be arsed to go back and look at what it was we needed most of us would say a DM, CB, FB, Striker, AM… none of us expected us to get close to that… yet we’ve done it all except for a striker and FB… by all accounts this is already a good window, if we complete the rest it will be incredible All info coming out of and around the club looks like they are aiming to conclude a striker and probably also the FB we need as well as another AM and CM So why exactly are we saying SR havn’t done enough ? Where we were before SR squad wise was indicative of poor quantity and quality of recruitment, they look like they’ve immediately addressed that We apparently have around 40m for a proper striker if reports are to be believed, that is significant for us and I despite what some of thd moaners want I don’t want to just waste that on the wrong targets… because lets face it… you’ll be moaning about that next year…

That is a hell of a signing btw

Generally speaking, when it comes to PSV that guy is a pretty reliable source It feels an absolutely bonkers fee for us… but like Ive saud before here and on twitter, although we’ve been conditioned to the Gao years… this is unfamiliar territory for SR, we don’t know what their reserves are What I have been told however, is that SR are significantly worried about relegation that would paralyse their project early… they need a PL club as the headpiece of their multi club model

We’ve had our best transfer window in god knows when, signing youth with actual immediate PL ability.. the club are still saying there is more to do Yet we get fucking nutcases slagging off the efforts Cant you lot sod off to the UI or something?

The simple truth is exactly as you say.. and often it never makes it into the media because if the media reported on every expression of interest from every club to every agent then it would fill its own magazine rack and thats before agents touting players about We seem good at keeping our firm interest out of the limelight however, which Ive always been relatively impressed with Ramos is an odd one, doesn’t feel ‘Saintsy’, seems very expensive for what is a gamble but yet the club apparently sent representatives (which could have just been scouts)… I still believe the player is/will be Broja

Nope agree.. he’s picked for England I think because this new way of thinking is you need a left footed and right footed CB… even at the expense of… call me old fashioned… a good CB

FWIW I’m not sure we’ve ever truly been in for Ramos, I think we probably had his name on our list and we have had representatives go to talk to him but I’m not hugely convinced we were that serious I also think it’ll cost teams less than 60m to pick him up

I’m not entirely sure what it is you’re moaning about here ? Utd have spent best part of 300m and we basically matched them/looked better yesterday

Broja

Your problem is you’re judging him off just goals, even if Adam Armstrong scored Che’s goals Saturday Id still be asking for Che to start over him this Saturday… because it was him that changed the game with his ability to harass and hold the ball up… none of our other options dk that Broja was ok, scored a few in a purple patch, FWIW I think he’ll be a decent prem forward, good feet, good eye for goal, decent 10 yard burst yeah.. but he isn’t worth 30m imo

Ive always thought he was worth a punt

You also think we should throw Che out with the bathwater so forgive me for taking your observation with a pinch of salt Personally we have Che snd need someone next to him with a good pedigree, Im not completely enamoured with Broja, Mara feels like he has as much about him and a higher potential ceiling 2 weeks ago Id of said we were still likely to sign Broja… now Im not so sure

i imagine that resolve could have weakened considering he hasn’t been blessed with playing time recently

Wondered this myself, doesn’t at all seem like a move we’d make at 25/35m

They’ve basically realised that you can rehab an ACL deficient knee to be as strong as a surgically repaired knee.. the issue with an ACLr is you lose the proprioception in the joint anyway (as the new ligament has no nerves) so it’ll never fire the same way if you overextend anyway Worth noting that Ive always been a gym goer and played a lot of sport anyway so basically did a shit load of stregth and proprioception work and now have been fine without it, your body eventually gets used to the new joint condition, obviously some people aren’t able to and some are, naturally its even easier for pro athletes to rehab with or without due to them being stronger initially

We were playing 4222 from about 25 minutes Started in a loose 4231/4141 but it was certainly 4321ish in defensive transitions until we moved to 4222 to finish the game off