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They just signed one for 19m - Diouf. I imagine KWP will be the backup for both.

Huge problem in football in general.

Would be the same as last season. Some really rough periods and some good periods leaving us around bottom half but not relegated i.e 16th to 12th. Make the right additions and we can bump up to c. 12th to 8th for next season expectations.

Bash out an article for us then lad.

Brands wanting Dumfries or Livramento and Benitez saying no leading us to buy Patterson. Great stuff.

I think he's a decent pick up due to his versatility at RB/LB which he's capable of doing as a backup for a club at our and West Ham's level which should be sniffing around those European spots, but if that 90k wage is true then it's well avoided.

So you'd be paying a full back that has been playing at the lower levels of the PL an above average wage. That doesn't sound sensible and seems a lot of money to me. Around half of that is where he should be.

It's also forgetting that the promoted teams have a completely different dynamic of urgency since their squads are filled with Championship slop.

Aye, he's not worth that. Can understand the lad wanting to try for it since it will be his last big contract of his career but he's a full back that's been operating at the lower level of the PL. If anyone pays him above half of that then it's questionable.

Had two years to do something and did nothing to suggest he's worth signing, even on a free.

Shows how much time can change. Last season we had Dyche who criminally underused Beto who we all thought was complete naff, DCL who the club wanted to back to the hilt despite obviously not wanting to be here and Chermiti. This season we have got rid of DCL, we have Moyes and Beto who is...

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My point is that there would be more than just Everton and Leeds interested if he was so exceptional at that price. I think you probably overrate him a tad and I underrate him a tad. Truth is somewhere in the middle.

If Soucek was exceptional at what he does then he wouldn't be leaving West Ham to sign for Everton for 12m.

I would just prefer we avoid spending money on 30+ year old players unless they are exceptional at what they do. Soucek is decent but not a game-changer for us. I'd rather use that 12m elsewhere i.e., a younger version of him or Doucoure.