Summer Transfer Window - Credible Rumours Only Please

bluebud · June 17, 2015

Kantareller said:
Surely that must be a loan fee?

Think it said permanent deal, one year left on his contract, would prob want a lot of wages though.

Woolly Blue · June 17, 2015

potato said:
Tom Hopper, Adam Smith and James Pearson would make good squad players....heard they are available on the cheap.....

*resists urge to make terrible "had your chips" pun
:bye:

Jayhow15 · June 17, 2015

sageyefc said:
The problem is he'll have a problem with being backup.

Always threw his dummy out the pram at the arse for not playing enough, then when he did play he complain he was on the wing and not up top.

Swerve that, another eto'o situation

Play him behind Rom then.

Michaelcoyb · June 17, 2015

Woolly Blue said:
*resists urge to make terrible "had your chips" pun

Thankyou.

Jayhow15 said:
Play him behind Rom then.

Do you think he could play the number 10 role? Have we been linked to him or should this be in the other thread?

ToffeeDoug · June 17, 2015

I've always considered Podolski an athlete in football boots, running up and down in straight lines but he possesses a cracking shot and has the discipline to hold the left wing position, unlike Mirallas, and that positioning could only help Baines in establishing a new effective pivot.

Goat · June 17, 2015

ToffeeDoug said:
I've always considered Podolski an athlete in football boots, running up and down in straight lines but he possesses a cracking shot and has the discipline to hold the left wing position, unlike Mirallas, and that positioning could only help Baines in establishing a new effective pivot.

Did you just suggest hes better than Mirallas?

ToffeeDoug · June 17, 2015

MoutsGoat said:
Did you just suggest hes better than Mirallas?

No I didn't, I think Mirallas is great but a left winger he is not. He cuts inside and doesn't look to combine with Baines, which is rather a waste of Baines trying to go forward.

Deco · June 17, 2015

Kone out and Podolski in would be nice. Podolski still has enough to offer up top and on the wing.

FTY · June 17, 2015

Podolski would be ace, 2 birds with one stone as well, or 1.5 mil? All over it.

evertony · June 17, 2015

dixienormous said:
We've been linked with one player in the past who i would love above all others and thats Hakim Ziyech
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/everton-plot-hakim-ziyech-transfer-3671223

absolute quality player!

That's the Mirror all over....naming three players we're in for and likely to get...Tello, Tadic and Ziyech, and one who we weren't interested in, E'to.....and guess what....

evertony · June 17, 2015

ToffeeDoug said:
I've always considered Podolski an athlete in football boots, running up and down in straight lines but he possesses a cracking shot and has the discipline to hold the left wing position, unlike Mirallas, and that positioning could only help Baines in establishing a new effective pivot.

Did you do trigonometry at school?

EvertonNJ · June 17, 2015

There's been a lot of Podolski to MLS talk but wouldn't mind him here over Kone

Saint Domingo · June 18, 2015

Podolski is a good striker, always scores a fair few when playing regularly. Wenger seems to be obsessed though with having a physical presence upfront which is why the likes of Adebayor, Chamakh, Bendtner and now Giroud get the nod ahead of Podolski Walcott even Sanchez in that central position. Sadly Podolski could bag as many as he wanted up front, as soon as Lukaku is fit Martinez will play him regardless of form and Podolski would be farmed out onto the wing where he is not as effective. Of course the ideal solution is to play with two strikers but this seems even less likely. Don't know why people think Podolski isn't good though, he is.

USABlue · June 18, 2015

Saint Domingo said:
Podolski is a good striker, always scores a fair few when playing regularly. Wenger seems to be obsessed though with having a physical presence upfront which is why the likes of Adebayor, Chamakh, Bendtner and now Giroud get the nod ahead of Podolski Walcott even Sanchez in that central position. Sadly Podolski could bag as many as he wanted up front, as soon as Lukaku is fit Martinez will play him regardless of form and Podolski would be farmed out onto the wing where he is not as effective. Of course the ideal solution is to play with two strikers but this seems even less likely. Don't know why people think Podolski isn't good though, he is.

So a 30 year old podolski should start over Rom?

LinekersLegs · June 18, 2015

Saint Domingo said:
Podolski is a good striker, always scores a fair few when playing regularly. Wenger seems to be obsessed though with having a physical presence upfront which is why the likes of Adebayor, Chamakh, Bendtner and now Giroud get the nod ahead of Podolski Walcott even Sanchez in that central position. Sadly Podolski could bag as many as he wanted up front, as soon as Lukaku is fit Martinez will play him regardless of form and Podolski would be farmed out onto the wing where he is not as effective. Of course the ideal solution is to play with two strikers but this seems even less likely. Don't know why people think Podolski isn't good though, he is.

From an attacking point of view, especially when chasing a game, it can make sense but surely the reason very few teams use in the league these days is because it leaves you very open defensively? City managed it well and Liverpool with Suarez managed to score more than they conceeded but there are few other examples iirc of it working recently.