david-avfc Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 1 hour ago, HalfTimePost said: This feels a more realistic target than Kamara if I'm honest. I don't know much about him other than 'OK' WhoScored match ratings. FBRef has him as a fantastic passer for a CB but the actual defensive metrics seem very poor. The WhoScored ratings though are OK, and not really sure how they'd be possible if his defensive stats were as poor as FBRef say. Anybody seen him? Pretty sure football insider’s approach to transfer rumours is a broken clock is correct twice a day 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 16 minutes ago, david-avfc said: Pretty sure football insider’s approach to transfer rumours is a broken clock is correct twice a day Yeah maybe but it is more realistic than Kamara considering the interest in him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 1 hour ago, HalfTimePost said: This feels a more realistic target than Kamara if I'm honest. I don't know much about him other than 'OK' WhoScored match ratings. FBRef has him as a fantastic passer for a CB but the actual defensive metrics seem very poor. The WhoScored ratings though are OK, and not really sure how they'd be possible if his defensive stats were as poor as FBRef say. Anybody seen him? Same agent as Konsa and the snake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 22 minutes ago, david-avfc said: Pretty sure football insider’s approach to transfer rumours is a broken clock is correct twice a day They've really got no clue have they? Most of them I'd say. The club have been super stealth with transfers since NSWE have been in. Rarely do we ACTUALLY know who we are signing until it's basically done. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WallisFrizz Posted April 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2022 17 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Rarely do we ACTUALLY know who we are signing until it's basically done. Think that’s a bit of a myth actually. Sure, Ings and Chambers were surprises but Watkins, Buendia, Coutinho, Digne and Bailey were being speculated on for a while before the deal was done, that’s not forgetting the deals that weren’t completed eg Ward-Prowse, ESR, Bentancur. Im sure most clubs are discrete but agents have big gobs, always hoping for a better deal. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 8 minutes ago, WallisFrizz said: Think that’s a bit of a myth actually. Sure, Ings and Chambers were surprises but Watkins, Buendia, Coutinho, Digne and Bailey were being speculated on for a while before the deal was done, that’s not forgetting the deals that weren’t completed eg Ward-Prowse, ESR, Bentancur. Im sure most clubs are discrete but agents have big gobs, always hoping for a better deal. Agreed. Lots seem to claim we never give anything away but we've known about most of the signings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Tomaszk said: Good post. However don't assume everyone at the club (or any club) who can push for these transfers has much of a clue though. Ings 30m Digne £27m to loan out Targett Big Wes £20m Traore £20m Ross McCormack £20m Scott Hogan £12m It's really easy to not buy bad players. Or massively overpay for players who have about a 20% chance of success. If we don't do that this summer I'll be happy. ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TRO Posted April 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2022 (edited) Brian Little once said to me face to face......."We try not to disclose who we are after, until its pretty well certain, we've got him, because it doesn't bode well, when players turn you down... ....It sends the wrong message to further targets" That makes sense to me.... But with the modern media, it's so much harder to be discreet. Edited April 24, 2022 by TRO 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Tomaszk said: Marseille CB Duje Caleta-Car looks to have been the guy we went to show off to, not Kamara. It makes sense in fairness, Kamara will be going to a Champions League side or Newcastle on £300k a week. I think West Ham tried fairly hard for Caleta-Car but he wasn't interested. He uses the ball better than Konsa, but isn't better overall IMO. Hopefully this would facilitate a move to 3421 or 3412. Spending over £30m on a player not much better than one here wouldn't be a good start. Is DCC left sided? We're a bit unbalanced at the back if Hause leaves. Mings gets injured and we don't have anyone experienced left sided to slot in so makes sense to go after LCB and train them up rather than someone like Gomez when we already have Konsa and Chambers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 11 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Is DCC left sided? We're a bit unbalanced at the back if Hause leaves. Mings gets injured and we don't have anyone experienced left sided to slot in so makes sense to go after LCB and train them up rather than someone like Gomez when we already have Konsa and Chambers. He is right footed but I think he plays on the left side of defence for Marseile from the recent team sheets 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 (edited) It's not worth worrying about DCC, Football Insider are about the most unreliable source that there is, they just completely make things up. They probably saw that Gerrard was at the Marseille game and picked a random player to link us with, but made sure it wasn't Kamara as people will have already read that story eleswhere so wouldn't get as many clicks. It could well be that we were scouting someone other than Kamara, but it's likely that Football Insider has no idea. Edited April 23, 2022 by useless 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 6 hours ago, Tomaszk said: Marseille CB Duje Caleta-Car looks to have been the guy we went to show off to, not Kamara. It makes sense in fairness, Kamara will be going to a Champions League side or Newcastle on £300k a week. I think West Ham tried fairly hard for Caleta-Car but he wasn't interested. He uses the ball better than Konsa, but isn't better overall IMO. Hopefully this would facilitate a move to 3421 or 3412. Spending over £30m on a player not much better than one here wouldn't be a good start. Any idea why he wasn't interested? I'm just wondering whether he might not be interested in a move to us, for the same reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 14 minutes ago, John said: Any idea why he wasn't interested? I'm just wondering whether he might not be interested in a move to us, for the same reason? He was West Ham only wanted a loan and not buy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 (edited) Mata or Matic. Proper experienced lads. Edited April 23, 2022 by rodders0223 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 23 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: Mata or Matic. Proper experienced lads. Are they "good honest lads though"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 I imagine most of the following will go. Targett, Hause, Guilbert, Luiz, Traore, El Ghazi, Bailey, Ings, Coutinho. Won't miss any of them. McGinn probably should go as he's not able to go to another level, Watkins isn't happy. Have we pissed Buendia of by dropping him for a player who won't be there next season? Is Digne anything other than an injury prone lightweight? Basically HAPPY DAYS. A complete rebuild yet again because another manager can't get anything out of them. Can't wait to see what overhyped overpaid garbage we sign this time! I know it's all very negative but am I wrong?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Pissflaps said: I imagine most of the following will go. Targett, Hause, Guilbert, Luiz, Traore, El Ghazi, Bailey, Ings, Coutinho. Won't miss any of them. McGinn probably should go as he's not able to go to another level, Watkins isn't happy. Have we pissed Buendia of by dropping him for a player who won't be there next season? Is Digne anything other than an injury prone lightweight? Basically HAPPY DAYS. A complete rebuild yet again because another manager can't get anything out of them. Can't wait to see what overhyped overpaid garbage we sign this time! I know it's all very negative but am I wrong?! The good thing about pissing Buendia off is he seems to be the type who is motivated by that. Also, he’s unlikely to have better alternatives right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Very upsetting to see how brilliant Guimaraes is for Newcastle. Not many players like that around that are attainable. He was one. The sort of player we needed as well. Wonder how many we'll sign we actually need this summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 We dont need to spend too much in the summer to compete next seasonMain Ins Bisoumma for free (Swap for Danny Ings) Boubacar Kamara on a free Suarez on a Free Massengo- 10 Mil Main Outs Ings( Swap for Bisoumma) Targett- 15 mil Luiz- 20 mil Davis- 10mil 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 6 hours ago, messi11 said: We dont need to spend too much in the summer to compete next seasonMain Ins Bisoumma for free (Swap for Danny Ings) Boubacar Kamara on a free Suarez on a Free Massengo- 10 Mil Main Outs Ings( Swap for Bisoumma) Targett- 15 mil Luiz- 20 mil Davis- 10mil We’re not giving Bristol City 10 million for Massengo. Brigton would not accept that deal without money included and swap deals are very, very rare. Kamara would be great but doubt he’d come to us. Suarez is probably too old . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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