punkymonkey666 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Just now, MaVilla said: looks like Webster to Brighton is gonna happen, 20 or 22m depending on the news outlet. Makes you wonder how serious we were with going in for him?, if we had really wanted him sure we could have stumped that up, does make me wonder if DS really wanted him at all (maybe was willing to go 10-15 rather than 20/22?) Are people generally happy with Engels & Konsa for 20m?, rather than Webster for 20/22m? Webster perhaps Plan B for Mings? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitzlsperger_12 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Just now, MaVilla said: looks like Webster to Brighton is gonna happen, 20 or 22m depending on the news outlet. Makes you wonder how serious we were with going in for him?, if we had really wanted him sure we could have stumped that up, does make me wonder if DS really wanted him at all (maybe was willing to go 10-15 rather than 20/22?) Are people generally happy with Engels & Konsa for 20m?, rather than Webster for 20/22m? I would rather have Engels, Konsa & Hause, rather than the risk of having Elphick as back up if we did sign an experienced PL defender. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, MaVilla said: looks like Webster to Brighton is gonna happen, 20 or 22m depending on the news outlet. Makes you wonder how serious we were with going in for him?, if we had really wanted him sure we could have stumped that up, does make me wonder if DS really wanted him at all (maybe was willing to go 10-15 rather than 20/22?) Are people generally happy with Engels & Konsa for 20m?, rather than Webster for 20/22m? Yes. Much better value and who knows how much Konsa could be worth in future. A £20m player for £12m was a bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pintpotvilla Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 4 minutes ago, MaVilla said: to be fair, Liverpool were/are a better team without Coutinho. It's not that Coutinho!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 44 minutes ago, Pez1974 said: Konsa was being regularly selected ahead of Axel for the England u21s. That doesn't make him better, and Axel does have a (short) history of injuries which may have impacted on him playing. However, I do not understand why Axel for (make up a figure) £25m+ would be better than Konsa for £12m either in the short term or the long term. And then there's that history of injuries. We needed players, and personally I'm delighted we signed the 2 you mentioned instead of just Axel. Fair enough. I'm by no means disappointed in Konsa and Engels. They are just a complete unknown to me and given the choice is probably have looked to have kept Axel knowing that I think he will be very capable in the league and keeps more of last year's team together whilst still being within our transfer criteria. Still excited by Konsa's potential and I've heard some good things about Engels, hopefully they live up to it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 If we signed someone from outside the EU on or before deadline day can the WP be sorted afterwards, or does it need clearance before a player can legally sign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 The last 10 pages can be moved to the “Doing a Fulham” thread. This one is for spurious Twitter links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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villaglint Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 If we are still thinking of ridiculous players we could be interested in what about Wilfred Zaha. Everton seemed mostly likely but I guess that may have changed with the Moise Keane acquisition. Would cost an arm and a leg but I'd put it in the just more likely to happen than Coutinho or Bale category. Still only 26 feels like he's been around forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pete101 Posted August 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, villaglint said: If we are still thinking of ridiculous players we could be interested in what about Wilfred Zaha. Everton seemed mostly likely but I guess that may have changed with the Moise Keane acquisition. Would cost an arm and a leg but I'd put it in the just more likely to happen than Coutinho or Bale category. Still only 26 feels like he's been around forever. Never been a fan of zaha , always thought he was the most over rated player in English football, think a lot of my dislike for him comes from his constant bitching about being fouled , jack gets a lot worse treatment and just gets off the floor and gets on with it 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 20 minutes ago, MaVilla said: looks like Webster to Brighton is gonna happen, 20 or 22m depending on the news outlet. Makes you wonder how serious we were with going in for him?, if we had really wanted him sure we could have stumped that up, does make me wonder if DS really wanted him at all (maybe was willing to go 10-15 rather than 20/22?) Are people generally happy with Engels & Konsa for 20m?, rather than Webster for 20/22m? I think it's likely we've had a long list of players we were considering. Each player had an upper valuation assigned, and when we were quoted higher prices we moved on to the next one. I think Konsa was a direct replacement for Webster. I think the price we got quoted for Phillips put us off and we moved on. There's probably a long list of targets this happened with. Could well be Benrahma was another one of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 1 minute ago, pete101 said: Never been a fan of zaha , always thought he was the most over rated player in English football, think a lot of my dislike for him comes from his constant bitching about being fouled , jack gets a lot worse treatment and just gets off the floor and gets on with it also doubt he would fit what DS wants, for all his running etc, i dont think Zaha is technically very good in terms of short, crisp passing etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pez1974 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 17 minutes ago, HalfTimePost said: Fair enough. I'm by no means disappointed in Konsa and Engels. They are just a complete unknown to me and given the choice is probably have looked to have kept Axel knowing that I think he will be very capable in the league and keeps more of last year's team together whilst still being within our transfer criteria. Still excited by Konsa's potential and I've heard some good things about Engels, hopefully they live up to it! I understood where you were coming from, and I think most of us would have loved Axel back. I think that the (likely) inflated price and the likelihood that any decision would be at the end of the window meant that Konsa, on balance, was the better option - in my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted August 2, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted August 2, 2019 A striker and we’re done... and it’s been the best window ever! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pez1974 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 26 minutes ago, MaVilla said: looks like Webster to Brighton is gonna happen, 20 or 22m depending on the news outlet. Makes you wonder how serious we were with going in for him?, if we had really wanted him sure we could have stumped that up, does make me wonder if DS really wanted him at all (maybe was willing to go 10-15 rather than 20/22?) Are people generally happy with Engels & Konsa for 20m?, rather than Webster for 20/22m? Yes. We needed numbers, so unless Engels and Konsa are the second coming of Lescott and Richards, I'm happy. Even if Webster becomes 'the next John Terry'; that's football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 1 minute ago, MaVilla said: also doubt he would fit what DS wants, for all his running etc, i dont think Zaha is technically very good in terms of short, crisp passing etc. One of my best mates is a Palace fan so I've seen a fair bit of them over the last few years. Without a doubt he has single handedly kept them up for several years now. He is hit and miss as all of these types of players are but on song he is unplayable. I don't think he fits the bill in that I dont see his value rising much if any from what it would take to buy him. That said there is no doubt he would improve us and I'd imagine the thought of him and Wesley would give several PL defenders some sleepless nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raver50032 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 5 minutes ago, pete101 said: Never been a fan of zaha , always thought he was the most over rated player in English football, think a lot of my dislike for him comes from his constant bitching about being fouled , jack gets a lot worse treatment and just gets off the floor and gets on with it Indeed, and this bit in bold, I hope that Jack continues in that way... Let the ref/VAR do the finger-wagging. Just do you best Jack and let them worry about you. Zaha seems a bit of an enigma to me. I can't decide whether I think he's good or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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villalad21 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 19 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: A striker and we’re done... and it’s been the best window ever! Green left so we still need another winger i'd say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 22 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: A striker and we’re done... and it’s been the best window ever! Think we just need benrahma and Maupay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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