Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[jackyboy]

Also why do we always get bullied and ran over by these sorts of teams?

 

[Victus]

The people content, the mattys and the neilers of the forum just show me how little they know about football if they thought us going into the season with no right side was ok and to just be patient. This was always on the cards.

 

[Vagner Love]

All that money for a dibling, throw it at a new pair of fullbacks ffs

 

[catcherintherye]

Beats me lad. I know we were Championship, but the way we’ve gone hell for leather this summer to ensure we can “stepped up” - been quite innovative trying to find talent across Europe etc. then I look at other clubs in this season who seem to have thought PL football was guaranteed and they don’t need to improve themselves (Wolves, Brentford, West Ham etc.). I worry there might be a few clubs who are starting to wake up to the fact we’re not Luton or Ipswich. And there’s a fight on.

I think it's very early days mate. They all said the same the last 2 years. Let's wait and see I suppose.

 

[pfim]

For the love of God, and all that is Holy, please buy a RB.

 

[mikel_88]

Lack of physicality in that midfield massively worrying. Haven’t replaced the good things Doucoure offered, iregbounam just isn’t good enough for this level - need an upgrade in there asap.

That and feel like all 3 tonight run round dont hold in midfield going after the ball. Need a player who can sit in that midfield protect the back 4 let the other two mids push on

 

[catcherintherye]

There should be overreactions tonight because the team the manager had to select tonight was nowhere near good enough. If we want to improve this season we need to have standards.

I've had enough of knowing we aren't ready to compete when the seasons starts. If I can see it, and I haven't a clue about football, then why does the club insist on waiting to recruit late in pre season.

It's not an overreaction at all, we have been going towards this for most of the summer.

 

[Zatara]

What recruitment team???

David Moyes.

 

[SuperKev91]

Also why do we always get bullied and ran over by these sorts of teams?

All our physicality is in the back four.

Doucoure masked this for a couple of years by letting our midfield and attackers cheat.

We need to change how we’re setting up long term. 4-5-1 isn’t it I don’t think.

 

[f.t.r.s]

Even an average, competent right back gives us a much better chance of winning games....

Jake next to tarkowski is infinitely better than Keane starting

 

[toffee66]

Terrible penalty decision not withstanding Everton got exactly what they deserved there, nothing.

It was a terrible performance and hardly anybody in a blue shirt should be able to look at themselves in a mirror after it.

Nor the manager, CEO, transfer negotiator. Not even the tea lady.

Players needed. Multiple. Urgently.

 

[Zatara]

As I just put in the Moyes thread, we let 10 players go and brought in

Aznou - not ready
Barry - not ready
2 x reserve keepers
Grealish - not match fit to start

We’ve signed 1 player {KDH) who is ready to play.

It’s beyond incompetent and mismanagement.

Joke of a football club.

Kind of. KDH is an 8 who is ready to play.

Moyes has used him at Roma and today in the 10 position.

Alcaraz, our actual 10 on the wing.

Grealish who probably adds most as a 10 on the left

Why strengthen our strongest areas and leave the weak spots?

This isnt any recruitment team excuse this is on Moyes. Wasted so much money this window and not improved the 11.

 

[Noble Savage]

We need some players in the next 72 hours to be registered in time for Sunday . Knowing the snail’s pace our recruitment “team “ move at ( unless it’s for a goalkeeper) I don’t see our first home game going very well .

 

[Bebeto]

David Moyes.

Yep...he seems to be doing all the work at the moment...we need a proper dof.

 

[SteStocksDJ]

if we got rid of branthwaite for a decent sum (either in jan or next summer)

But it bought us 4 extra players. Would you take it?