Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[matty1878]

Hoo boy. I guess this means Harry is almost certainly staying. Our RB depth is O'Brien/Garner/Coleman/Patto. I really wish Moyes had just given Dixon a run in preseason.

if he needs to play mate
it’s better to play you know in a season

than not

 

[MaximusEvertonius]

i bet my GOT membership

and season seat

we sign more…

go!!!

This. I love Matty’s positivity and enthusiasm. Always hopeful. The world needs more of it. Tip of the cap to you, mate. A true blue .

 

[RichCee123]

it is strange that we have barely utilised the loan market to strengthen the team

1 loan signing

especially with the amount of players that needed to be replaced you would have thought the loan market would have been perfect for us

interesting

Jack and Merlin

 

[Osamabindiesel]

Why bro?

Hes still at the club, right?

I thought Dixon was loaned out?

 

[jazzy]

i bet my GOT membership

and season seat

we sign more…

go!!!

As the arbiter of these matter I demand that you hand over your season ticket , sorry I mean smart phone to me until you are proved to be correct.

 

[Bebeto]

We were never gonna buy a another striker after spanking over £50m on them and no one they want available.

Perhaps a loan would have been nice...or another young upcoming striker from some low league somewhere.

 

[stretford blue]

it is strange that we have barely utilised the loan market to strengthen the team

1 loan signing

especially with the amount of players that needed to be replaced you would have thought the loan market would have been perfect for us

interesting

Definitely thought they would have filled all the loan slots up maybe gives us some scope in jan

 

[milks]

More than anything I am surprised by the age profile of the players we have signed this summer.
Anzou and Dibling are just 19. Barry, Dibling, Alcaraz and possibly now Rohl as well all 23 or under.

I thought David Moyes would go for more experienced, older players but it looks as if we are trying to build a team for the future as well as the present.

This shows that the final decisions aren't being made by Moyes, which is good news for the club.

 

[Nymzee]

i bet my GOT membership

and season seat

we sign more…

go!!!

Well Rohl hasn't signed yet, so hardly a difficult bet Matthew

 

[Bebeto]

It seems Moyes opinion is that OBrien is ok at RB.

I remember him doing the same with Jags and Lescott - in fact Lescott was decent at LB.

I mean worst case scenario (job injury) you could still use patto. Not ideal, but better for the balance of the team than using garner.

 

[Goat]

I thought Dixon was loaned out?

So did I till I googled him.

 

[Nymzee]

Hoo boy. I guess this means Harry is almost certainly staying. Our RB depth is O'Brien/Garner/Coleman/Patto. I really wish Moyes had just given Dixon a run in preseason.

That guy who has been in a leg brace all summer?

 

[Daytripper]

Get 'frustrated' all you want. It's just simply being misplaced in this case for the reasons I've outlined

For the record - a 'specialist right back' before this window closed would've been a 'nice to have' of course, but not a 'must' have..

The reasons you originally outlined are why we needed to bring one in the first place imo.

 

[HappyJack]

Wheres Kurt?

 

[nonstripdzebra]

Tbf we have Seamus and Patterson at RB with Garner as back up.

We obvs thought we had Tete too.

Moyes will makeshift but I think it's also worth noting that ultimately a 39 year old Ashley Young appeared as the steadiest option between those two last season. I love Seamus as much as all of us but it was more than reasonable to assume retirement was on the table this summer for a reason. Patterson has been plagued with fitness issues but also been incredibly unreliable even when he's available. Maybe he puts together some of that potential in the first few months that seems still possible, I just think its equally plausible that we don't have even a median EPL level RB in the squad at present.