Transfer in's and out's rumours etc.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Leicester looked good yesterday - looks like most of this league is on free scoring mode.

RdP will hopefully sign this week sounds close.

[Tichi1]

[QUOTE=WTF11;39577803]Ok, so I was one if those who suggested we would struggle to survive, and was proved completely wrong by the performance against Liverpool, where essentially we played the same players as got us promotion. Dont think anyone would criticise the players (and I made a comment about neither Koch nor Rodrigo having had any chance to "acclimatise" to the way Bielsa wants the team to play, so hardly surprising they both looked ike fish out of water).[Quote]

And here we have it, good lad WTF for appologising for getting it completely wrong again!
I've got a granddaughter who keeps getting things wrong, but her appology and winning smile usually gets her out of trouble, but then she is just five - you on the other hand .....

[asturianblanco]

Daniel James (again) what do we think? seems he wants to come, personal terms agreed, just the fee to sort out....

[cherrypie7]

Daniel James (again) what do we think? seems he wants to come, personal terms agreed, just the fee to sort out....

We have Helder Costa and Ian Poveda for that right wing slot. James would be a very expensive non essential addition, i think. I believe we need a specialist left back. Dallas has looked suspect in both games, especially late in the game. I like Dallas but I think he is not a premier league level left back. Alternatively, Bielsa could play 3 in defence and have 2 koch and phillips play in front of them. Leicester did this yesterday. Seemed to work but it was only Burnley so cannot make any conclusions.

[WTF11]

[QUOTE=Tichi1;39579812][QUOTE=WTF11;39577803]Ok, so I was one if those who suggested we would struggle to survive, and was proved completely wrong by the performance against Liverpool, where essentially we played the same players as got us promotion. Dont think anyone would criticise the players (and I made a comment about neither Koch nor Rodrigo having had any chance to "acclimatise" to the way Bielsa wants the team to play, so hardly surprising they both looked ike fish out of water).

And here we have it, good lad WTF for appologising for getting it completely wrong again!
I've got a granddaughter who keeps getting things wrong, but her appology and winning smile usually gets her out of trouble, but then she is just five - you on the other hand .....

I don't have a winning smile.

Be interesting to see how many of those who thought Casilla was the next big thing, or that JKA was "a nice bit of business" would be willing to acknowledge their own misjudgements.

(And for good measure, I was wrong about the players who got us promotion, for all the good that Rodrigo and Koch did (both conceding penalties and woeful defending from Kich for the v Dyke goal), we may as well have been playing with 9 men).

Said elsewhere that playing both with next to no time to acclimatise (not that some thought that "capped internationals" needed any), was nonesense and as far as my opinion of both goes, its unchanged. Neither has shone and neither has had that opportunity to acclimatise (I suspect the two are connected).

[norfolk white]

Why on earth we keep being linked to wingers, we have Costa, poveda, alioski, even dallas has played winger, we are scoring goals aplenty and conceding just as many, doesn't need a genius to see where we need strengthening, and it's not wingers.

[ozleeds]

Why on earth we keep being linked to wingers, we have Costa, poveda, alioski, even dallas has played winger, we are scoring goals aplenty and conceding just as many, doesn't need a genius to see where we need strengthening, and it's not wingers.

The game style is an all-out attack perhaps they think we just need to outscore teams don't know. All I know is if like I said after the season ended we looked at getting decent defenders than worry about the rest was laughed at. GK CB LB a must if we had them and the way the rest of the team is playing we would be talking top3 not 12 16 so on. Even Cooper is a liability just look how easy Mitro headed over him.
Even MB said he is worried about our defense but still nothing is done about it.

[Rev72]

CB is a must.

[Rev72]

Daniel James (again) what do we think? seems he wants to come, personal terms agreed, just the fee to sort out....

Decent player but I would rather all the eggs go in the CB basket..we look a touch iffy at the back.

[ozleeds]

Decent player but I would rather all the eggs go in the CB basket..we look a touch iffy at the back.

I don't get why we are rumoured to be going for guys that can't get a game with there own teams eg the 2 Liverpool guys we supposably interested in and this guy which if rumours are true they paid 18 mils but we can get him for 12 mils.
A proper Lb is a must also and if Ayling goes down well be screwed on the right also. An experienced keeper wouldn't go a stray either.