Monroe Transfer

Says who?

Post of the year

Why does that mean they have no idea?

Read about this earlier. Brought the tragedy closer to home. Rest in peace.

Bad day for aircraft yesterday... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33UxDRfkA7Y

Can someone on Twitter ask a journo/ITK or something if we're still in the hunt for another striker on top of this guy? Got this horrible feeling he's it for striker reinforcements.

Are the club actually going to bother officially announcing this one, or will it only be 100% confirmed when he appears in training photos?

They could be shit journeymen like what Villa are signing. That's what I was getting at. They're good players regardless of what they cost.

Pretty sure Pardew called him a player who can play up front as opposed to an out and out striker.

Ah, the old selling club argument.

We were very close to the Champions League (and relegation...) not too long ago. I'm sure new players are aware of this, however fortunate we were to get to that position. The quality we're bringing in so far for once at least hints at a little ambition. There are few players in the league who'd say no when a club like Arsenal comes calling. I'd wager that if Debuchy was at Man Utd and Arsenal were interested he'd still be tempted. Purely because he's more or less 29, at the peak of his powers, and is desperate to be playing in Europe at this stage.

Not that it matters but Debuchy is 29 in a few days. This is very shrewd business based on what I've heard and read. Shame some have to spin (pun intended) everything to portray it as negative as possible.

We'll sign another striker or two this window, though.

We could have sold Cabaye last summer and didn't. We don't always roll over.

To be fair if they immediately replace Debuchy with Janmaat, I'll be giving them some rare credit.

Cheat!

Kroos confirms he's off to Real Madrid.

If CT wants to enjoy the ride, let him. Not a fan of this attitude that suggests other fans should feel guilty for paying to watch their team.

Twot

Yeah right, like Chez needs any more money. Give it to Deano.

I wasn't counting loan players there, and Amalfitano and Gosling aren't really big misses. Fair point about Cabaye. As for Perez, whatever the club may have said, I reckon he'll get plenty of first team game time. When perhaps he shouldn't, depending on how well we do or don't do in terms of getting new forwards in.

Man up.

You do realise that the vast majority of the clubs in this league (and most top tiers) are in a pretty similar position, right? I don't know why you seem to imply that we're unique in not having a settled squad at this point in the pre-season. Especially during a World Cup summer. Look around. It's the same everywhere, if anything we've done no less business than any other club, and more than others in some. What does "token gesture signings" even mean in this context? You think they've pulled these players names out of a hat? At what point do you give the club any form of credit for bringing certain players in? In the next few days we're almost certainly going to bring in a good £17m+ worth of talent in Janmaat and Cabella. Both players good enough to make their respective World Cup squads. Quite probable that we'll have those two and possibly another (Riviere?), on top of Perez, De Jong and Colback all in time to make the plane to New Zealand for our first pre-season tour. That's seven players in. Two out (Yanga-Mbiwa who will surely be replaced eventually, and Debuchy). Hardly suggests we're likely to have a significantly weakened squad come mid-August, does it? How can you say there's no "forward thinking/planning" and in the same sentence point out how we follow players for months on end? Isn't that the very definition of planning? To have an eye on a player (like Cabella) and then sign him when the time is right? Yes we don't always get players over the line, but it's not easy for all but the very biggest/wealthiest clubs. We're a mid-table club who don't have the same incentives as better ones. Has the fact that ridiculous amounts of transfer business happens in the last day (or two) of the transfer window escaped you?

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