Confirmed Signing Kurt Zouma

[Bebeto]

Any chance he can feature against wolves or is the FA looking for an excuse to screw us over

 

[Nymzee]

Any chance he can feature against wolves or is the FA looking for an excuse to screw us over

I hope not. Throw a lad into a PL away match with teammates he’s never met before.

 

[Bebeto]

I hope not. Throw a lad into a PL away match with teammates he’s never met before.

If he can be at least on the bench cause we do not have any other options and don’t want Pennington anywhere near the squad

 

[Bluewolf]

we're waiting for Villarreal to finish with the smoke chamber

Is that, that brummy gimp who thinks he's itk at everton. He's upgraded on a car in a service station

 

[Big Fat Sam]

Good Lord, are they firing him out of a cannon ???

I think it's the same cannon Silva used to fire Williams all the way to Stoke.

 

[Rudolf Hucker]

Any chance he can feature against wolves or is the FA looking for an excuse to screw us over

Apparently, as long as he’s registered 75 minutes before KO.

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https://www.premierleague.com/news/60177

Registration - To register a player, clubs have to send the Premier League all the documents relating to the transfer, including but not limited to the player’s contract, the transfer agreement, permission to work in the UK (if required), international clearance if transferring from abroad International Transfer Certificate). For a player transferring from abroad, providing that the relevant papers have been submitted in time, ITC can be received up to 75 minutes before kick-off for a player to be eligible.

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Although, unless he’s ready to train with the squad by 12pm today, I would doubt it.

 

[KaiserEFC]

L’Equipe saying announcement imminent apparently. I’m inclined to believe them seeing as they broke it

 

[suey_11]

Good Lord, are they firing him out of a cannon ???

No they are saving that for Cuco Martina's unveiling.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I would agree with you if we weren't trying to replace 3 out of 4 at the back and possibly 3 in the midfield. It is probably going to be a bit messy at first until they get on each others wavelength. The fixture list gives us chance to pick up points while they gel, but I worry about the non-home games and especially on Saturday seeing we are going there off the back of numerous defeats.

Whilst I agree to an extent, even with last years squad I would fancy against all of the teams in those first 5 fixtures. We've had Digne and Richarlison for a little bit, so hopefully they will be able to slot in, so a team something like: Pickford; Coleman, Holgate, Keane, Digne; Gana, Morgan, Sig; Richarlison, Walcott; Tosun should be able to gel well enough together and be strong enough to beat a bunch of teams who all finished below us in the league last season with largely the same team + the anchor of Allardyce's awful tactics.

 

[Paul E]

Whilst I agree to an extent, even with last years squad I would fancy against all of the teams in those first 5 fixtures. We've had Digne and Richarlison for a little bit, so hopefully they will be able to slot in, so a team something like: Pickford; Coleman, Holgate, Keane, Digne; Gana, Morgan, Sig; Richarlison, Walcott; Tosun should be able to gel well enough together and be strong enough to beat a bunch of teams who all finished below us in the league last season with largely the same team + the anchor of Allardyce's awful tactics.

Holgate is still injured isn't he?

 

[Cary Hattrick]

No
Too small

I think it's the same cannon Silva used to fire Williams all the way to Stoke.

 

[andy4efc]

Whilst I agree to an extent, even with last years squad I would fancy against all of the teams in those first 5 fixtures. We've had Digne and Richarlison for a little bit, so hopefully they will be able to slot in, so a team something like: Pickford; Coleman, Holgate, Keane, Digne; Gana, Morgan, Sig; Richarlison, Walcott; Tosun should be able to gel well enough together and be strong enough to beat a bunch of teams who all finished below us in the league last season with largely the same team + the anchor of Allardyce's awful tactics.

Holgate wont play.

If he is back from injury he has only played 45 minutes or so of pre-season hasn't he?

It'll be Jagielka and Keane.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

4 hours 18 minutes

 

[bluerobert]

His middle name is Happy, get it done blues!

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Holgate is still injured isn't he?

Holgate wont play.

If he is back from injury he has only played 45 minutes or so of pre-season hasn't he?

It'll be Jagielka and Keane.

Either way, I think that should be enough to get a really strong start to the season. In our first 10 fixtures, we play just 2 teams that finished above us last year. It's a great opportunity to have a good start and build some momentum and confidence, which is something we lacked last season, due in part to the tough run of fixtures early on.