Confirmed Signing Kurt Zouma

[Baines' left foot]

No
Too small

Aye. He’s only 6’3”. Utter midget.

 

[blue to the bone]

I’d be worried if he wasn’t

My mate is blind since birth. And he knows he's better then williams

 

[Osamabindiesel]

How important was it that we bring in actual defenders with an ounce of athleticism? We have ignored the defensive side for so long that we resorted to poo stopgaps such as Williams

 

[The binman chronicles]

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.

I hope you are right and all my fears were unnecessary. In these cases I'm more than happy to be wrong!

 

[BillBrasky]

Zouma? No Zouma?

 

[davids]

Any links to other teams forums that tell us how rubbish he is?

 

[Baines' left foot]

He was really highly rated before he moved to Chelsea and before he had that bad injury. If he can get back to those levels then this could be a very good deal.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I hope you are right and all my fears were unnecessary. In these cases I'm more than happy to be wrong!

I just think how bad we were last season and we still got 8th spot relatively comfortably. It's not a strong league really, so whilst it will undoubtedly take time for the new players to bed in, if we're going to do anything this season then we need to make a good start whilst the fixtures are benign.

 

[hirons11]

No
Too small

Guns of Navarone wouldn't be powerful enough to launch Ashley 5m

 

[brian labone]

I don't think any of the players we have signed in the last 24 hours will play tomorrow.

 

[andy4efc]

I don't think any of the players we have signed in the last 24 hours will play tomorrow.

Agreed

Gomes carrying an injury so he definately wont be.
Mina not long returned from WC so extremely doubtful even if he is in England by then.
Bernard - maybe on the bench and last 10-15mins?
Zouma - will have had a pre-season, could potentially be involved if paperwork was done in time. Even then, probably bench.

 

[Marius57]

I don't think any of the players we have signed in the last 24 hours will play tomorrow.

I think Bernard might but not as a starter. He has been over here for a couple of days so will have met and probably had a training session with the squad.

The Barca lads did all the medical and signing over in Spain so will most likely only arrive today or tomorrow so won’t be.

Zouma, May be on bench and get game time as he most likely knows some of the players anyway and should have had a pre season.

 

[ossie_21]

For something supposedly straightforward to have announced early in the morning, I’m guessing it’s not the case. Marco’s press conference he will probably explain what happened either way

 

[BlueToff]

Agreed

Gomes carrying an injury so he definately wont be.
Mina not long returned from WC so extremely doubtful even if he is in England by then.
Bernard - maybe on the bench and last 10-15mins?
Zouma - will have had a pre-season, could potentially be involved if paperwork was done in time. Even then, probably bench.

Hasn't played since March so yeh, best we can hope for is the bench I'd say. Zouma, if he signs, I'm not sure has even played a pre-season game.

 

[BlueToff]

I think Bernard might but not as a starter. He has been over here for a couple of days so will have met and probably had a training session with the squad.

The Barca lads did all the medical and signing over in Spain so will most likely only arrive today or tomorrow so won’t be.

Zouma, May be on bench and get game time as he most likely knows some of the players anyway and should have had a pre season.

Aye but he hasn't played in five months.