Groundhopping Owl Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 1 hour ago, Lomas613 said: Villa also released Amravi (however spell it haha) would take a punt at him too Think he's off to Marseille. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlofOliveGrove Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Jota Flint Dunk Maguire Elphick That would be my top 5 targets. Overall possibility of any signing.....about 20% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinaOwl Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 7 hours ago, Blue and white said: I've heard were signing Busquets and Iniesta as back up for Bannan and Lee. When I saw "I've heard we're signing Busquets and Iniesta", I though that I had opened Bladesmad by mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanye West Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Would take a punt on Elphick, he was good before this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mancowl08 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 I think our defence, centre midfield and strike force are all more than good enough...we just need wingers and maybe 1 really good young centre back. I liked that right winger for Leeds, does anyone know his name....pace to burn and gave us real problems! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beauchief Owl Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 4 minutes ago, mancowl08 said: I think our defence, centre midfield and strike force are all more than good enough...we just need wingers and maybe 1 really good young centre back. I liked that right winger for Leeds, does anyone know his name....pace to burn and gave us real problems! Sakho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mancowl08 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Just now, Beauchief Owl said: Sakho? Yep that's the fella! He's like a JJ type of player! Other than Forestieri....we have no one who can skin a man and get us out of our seats! I think we're really missing that in our team! We used to have it with JJ, Helen and Drenthe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birley Owl 1867 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 3 hours ago, Groundhopping Owl said: Some good names on here - so don't be offended that I'm about to criticise a fair few of them Bong and Pocognoli are getting new deals at Brighton Hanley was awful for both club and country last season Bassong and Delaney are both past it Sako and Gouffran's wage demands will be ridiculous. When you say Williams - who do you mean? Danny Williams from Reading? Only one of Bong and Pocognoli is gonna get a contract from Brighton seems like it'll be Bong too if this article is anything to go by - http://www.juicebrighton.com/news/news/brighton-news/stockdale-offered-new-contract-with-the-albion/ Hanley hs undoubted quality though that one poor season (with a team who won the league and with a shocking national team) won't destroy. You may be right on Delaney and Bassong only one way to find out though! Sako and Gouffrans wages will be no different to what we are currently paying Fletcher, Rhodes, etc. And yes Danny Williams CDM from Reading, he'll get a new deal though I'd imagine but if he doesn't we should go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhopping Owl Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 7 minutes ago, Birley Owl 1867 said: Only one of Bong and Pocognoli is gonna get a contract from Brighton seems like it'll be Bong too if this article is anything to go by - http://www.juicebrighton.com/news/news/brighton-news/stockdale-offered-new-contract-with-the-albion/ Hanley hs undoubted quality though that one poor season (with a team who won the league and with a shocking national team) won't destroy. You may be right on Delaney and Bassong only one way to find out though! Sako and Gouffrans wages will be no different to what we are currently paying Fletcher, Rhodes, etc. And yes Danny Williams CDM from Reading, he'll get a new deal though I'd imagine but if he doesn't we should go for it. Yeah just checked - Bong has been offered a new deal, Pocognoli won't be offered a new deal by West Brom. For centre halves it's a personal preference but I'd rather find a younger player with more mobility to develop behind Lees and Loovens/Hutch - Hanley and Delaney both have the turning circle of your average oil tanker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddyowl Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 OUT Dawson Kean Palmer Pudil Lachman Melo Abdi McGugan Semedo Jones Nuihu Joao IN George Friend - Boro Eric Lichaj - Forest Grant Hanley - Newcastle Jota - Brentford Britt Assombalonga - Forest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birley Owl 1867 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 5 minutes ago, Groundhopping Owl said: Yeah just checked - Bong has been offered a new deal, Pocognoli won't be offered a new deal by West Brom. For centre halves it's a personal preference but I'd rather find a younger player with more mobility to develop behind Lees and Loovens/Hutch - Hanley and Delaney both have the turning circle of your average oil tanker. I'm think we need a ready made replacement for Loovens already, then get someone in young to develop. We may already have that though in the dev squad. People have been suggesting Elphick too who is even less mobile than that so it seems that might be the way we end up going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwokenGiant Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontus_Jansson For starters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookeh Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 On 20/05/2017 at 21:47, Blueblood said: How do ppl know so much about these players? Do ppl watch them on a regular basis or are they judged on the 10 seconds highlights on 5 or the occasional live TV game? Genuine question BTW cos I watch as much football has possible, but don't know half of these players Surprised most don't know these players as we've played against half of them recently. For my part: Tommy Elphick: Proven defender at this level, captained Bournemouth to promotion and would have played more for them in the Prem last year if not for a big injury. He's been there and done it, and has looked solid, combative and leader-like when I've seen him (particularly the early doors game against us this season). He's not the tallest and that's maybe a slight concern if he's along side Lees, but he does seem to be strong enough to win headers and make up for hi slack of height. That he's been Captain at Bournemouth and with Loovens getting older he'd be able to take up that mantle as well. So having seen him for a few games and with his overall history in the league he seems a no brainer. Ryan Bennett: Will admit to not knowing a massive amount about him, seen him as much in interviews as on the pitch tbh. Seems an intelligent and level headed guy, been in and around Norwich's team for years, including their promotion season and in the premier league. So seems to have enough about him to offer some more competition in our backline, and seems about as good as we could get on a free. Callum Paterson: Is a full Scottish international with 5 caps, of which I've seen all of them, as well as various highlights for his club, Hearts. his debut was the first 45 against Italy and he kept Darmian quite for the duration. He's calm, decent on the floor and in the air, he's been out injured since xmas, but had 10 goals, 2 assist from right back at that point. He looks certain to be Scotland's right back for years to come and it'd be better to pick him up cheap from a Scottish club, before he becomes a £7-8m playe, just like Hull did with Andy Robertson. Connor Goldson: No one's seen much of him this season, but he played the 90 at their place last season and started the first playoff game. Looked really accomplished and physical for a young guy and I remember thinking it was a good thing for us when he went off. He's well thought off by their fans, and I think there's a decent change he'll stay as he may well be good enough to make the step up. If they wat to let him out and buy a 'big' centerback then we should be in for him imo. Gary Mackay-Steven: Has been a notable player in Scottish football up until his move to Celtic. He was a part of the Dundee United team that as actually threatening to become the 2nd team in Scotland for a while there (along with the likes of Ryan Gauld, now of Sporting Lisbon, who we were linked with last year, and Andrew Robertson, left back at Hull). Saw a lot of him in extended highlights at that time as he was one of those who caught the eye in the SPL and looked like he could be a talent (like Ryan Fraser, now doing really well at Bournemouth). His move to Celtic hasn't worked tho, he's stuck behind Scott Sinclair and while he got a half against Man City in the Champions League, he's not going to be a starter there. He's got ability, he runs at players and gets goals as well as assists. He's exactly the type of winger we don't have, tho the closest is probably Forestieri. For the relatively low price he'd command, I think he's well worth a punt. I've also mentioned a couple previously: Liam Lindsey: Center back from Partick Thistle, 21, and has been performing well by all accounts. Came to my attention via word of mouth on a Scotland supporters forum, Scotland has a bit of a shortage of halfway decent centerbacks (as evidenced by Hanley having been a starter in recent years) and Lindsey has been getting good reviews, as well as being part of what was the second tightest defences in the SPFL until the final 2 games where the whole team seems to have gone on holiday. He's young, big, has popped up with 7 goals this season and is another who looks like they have a lot of potential. Partick have never sold a player for more than 300k, so for that kind of outlay he's well worth the gamble. Igor Bubnjic: I'll admit that this one is just a player I'm a fan of. I saw him when he was a relative youngster a few years back, when I randomly went to a Hajduk Split league game. He's a tall Croatian center back who has really good distribution. He was on the edge of their national team not long ago and was playing in Serie A for Udinese and Carpi. Still at Udinese, but went out on loan for a bit this year. Doubtless looking for a new kickstart to his career and we could do a lot worse. If you like Bannan's passing, you'll probably enjoy this too: https://youtu.be/ZLUzarKXf4U So.. all of them bar Lindsey I've seen for at least 90 minutes, most for at least a handful of games. Add in their history and what people I trust are saying about them and I'm pretty confident they'd all either do a job for us or represent worthwhile risk vs investment in the case of Lindsey and Mackay-Steven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlZfan84 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 I'd love us to sign Jota. Quality player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flo Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 We are signing Forsyth from Derby ive heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 On 2017-5-21 at 00:29, 19owl08 said: Shitty HITC are suggesting we may go "back" in for Ince HITC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookeh Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 6 minutes ago, owlZfan84 said: I'd love us to sign Jota. Quality player. I really haven't seen Jota play much at all. Obviously I've seen his stats, but where would he fit in our team? Seems like he'd just sit in that Hooper/Forestieri position, and unless we're going to ship them out, it doesn't seem like the best thing to do with our budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookeh Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 1 minute ago, flo said: We are signing Forsyth from Derby ive heard. Reasonably steady left back with a decent cross on him. Not sure I'd gamble on a guy who's not kicked a ball since doing his cruciate tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s6 owl Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Think the pigs have just signed Edna from emmerdale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19owl08 Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 On 22/05/2017 at 13:48, Birley Owl 1867 said: Only one of Bong and Pocognoli is gonna get a contract from Brighton seems like it'll be Bong too if this article is anything to go by - http://www.juicebrighton.com/news/news/brighton-news/stockdale-offered-new-contract-with-the-albion/ Hanley hs undoubted quality though that one poor season (with a team who won the league and with a shocking national team) won't destroy. You may be right on Delaney and Bassong only one way to find out though! Sako and Gouffrans wages will be no different to what we are currently paying Fletcher, Rhodes, etc. And yes Danny Williams CDM from Reading, he'll get a new deal though I'd imagine but if he doesn't we should go for it. Williams would be a good shout & the type of player we could do with. But Reading will have new investment this year after the takeover. Reading will either be in the prem or building a side which they'd no doubt want him to be part of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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