Recent content by toffeeblue9

Yep, I've no issue with slowish playmaker types in wide areas. It's pretty much how he set us up last time he was here. The issue is that you've got to have full backs who can overlap and deliver the ball and we currently don't have them on either side. That being the case, it's probably almost...

Harsh. He struggled a bit last season, but he was v good the season before.

Where have you seen that? £20m is the figure I've seen thrown about

Yeah, I get that, but he's going to want a 3 or 4 year deal. We've got enough players on the wrong side of 30 (although happily we've shifted some this summer). Wouldn't be the end of the world like, but I'd still prefer to swerve given the choice.

Soucek would only be acceptable if signed along with another centre mid who adds some quality on the ball. If he was our only central midfield signing I'd be really, really disappointed. He does a job and will chip in with a few goals but he's adding very little in the way of progressing the...

They're also including a 16 year old in their 1st team squad this season who plays the same position. I forget his name, but he's supposed to be the next big thing for his age. I genuinely don't get the Madueke thing

He played left back a lot last season (and I thought he was a real find for them), but you know what City are like with their full backs - they play midfielders there all the time as Guardiola values them being good with the ball. No idea what he'd be like as a left back in a team like ours...

Reminds me of Theo Walcott in some ways - very fast, but lacks a football brain. I'd been pretty disappointed to see us linked with him. I was about to say that the fact it's Brentford who are interested makes me question my own judgement, but the Carvalho thing is a good point

Thought he did pretty well in the first half. Unlucky not to score and physically looked after himself a lot more than I'd seen before (accepted obvious context about the opposition)

If you're taking him at face value, Barry only signed 6 days ago and "a few" is typically 3 or more, so you'd be talking over the next 15 days

The Tete deal shows you exactly why the budget is a bit of a jigsaw. We wanted him and even giving him a payrise, we'd have had a decent right back in on a relatively decent outlay. Now it looks like we don't fancy any of the other free agent options, so we will go and spend some decent money on...

"After impressing for England U21s this summer" He played 26 minutes in one game Honestly, Google is free

I visit two or three times a year. It's huge. Only Heathrow comes close in Europe as far as other airports I've visited. I know they say Amsterdam is on par, but I never felt like it was quite on the scale of Frankfurt. But anyway 🤷 Let's get back to moaning about only signing a sub keeper

People seem to think you just work through your transfers in order of how much you need them. Doesn't work like that all the time. Some deals will take ages as there's a domino effect from other deals - like a buyers chain in a house purchase. Other deals are just more complicated anyway...

You're right, but I think most people would be expecting to see Patterson move on this summer (assuming we can find a buyer)