Not said anything about his ability just the fact it would be another loan, who if as good as you say, will not leave Barcelona permanently for us.

IMO, the signings are as follows:

Payet - Good
Ogbonna - Poor
Obians - I envisage a Peter Butler type who won't be a first teamer.
Lanzini - No idea but I have serious doubts about the mentality of a 20 year old player who goes and plays in the UAE.
Jenkinson - No opinion.

JLCABA wrote:valzy , I wished we had signed Modibo Maiga on loan

:lol: Now that I won't disagree with.

I call every loan a stop gap.

If they are exceptional bigger clubs will sign them next summer. No good and they go back to their club.
That's not building for the future IMO.

So, if Middlesborough sign Rhodes, then you can add Boro (when it happens) and Newcastle to the list. I stand by my point though, We've brought in 6 players for £23m on the 23rd July and only 4 teams in the country have outspent us. What exactly were you expecting?[/quote] I make our net spend betwe...

We've spent £23m so far and brought in 6 new players and it's the 23rd July. Only Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool have spent more than we have thus far on transfers. In 'relative terms' what exactly were you expecting?[/quote] We got between £5 - 7 million for Downing so that figure...

I just want signings that move the club forward..not stop gaps.

Like the Payet signing but the rest, IMO, offer no real improvement. Lost our most creative player. In my eyes, much of a muchness from last season. I have said it before, a couple of good signings can change that but just over 2 weeks before the season starts. I have a feeling a couple more loans w...

Halovic on loan? Getting a bit concerned now...it's starting to look, in relative terms, like a bargain basement transfer window. I've said it before, identify your target and pay the money.

Jovetic is a good player......but I don't think he is right for us at the present rime. He strikes me as a player who likes to roam around, playing all across the front line and coming back to midfield.
We need a centre forward to stay up front, within the width of the 18 yard box.

Someone just asked Gold if that was our biz done and said no we could ideally do with a striker although we do have Zarate, Carroll, Sakho and Valencia. Not sure if he forgot Maiga or hopefully it is that he is going. That isvery depressing news. We know David Gold likes to be economical with the t...

I think Valencia was £11m and Ogbonna £7.8m. We have been promised that we are moving forward. Going to the next level. This would be an exciting summer. Time to deliver. A spend of approximate £19m this summer is not the next level. Competing with teams such as Palace, WBA and Stoke is not the next...

I guess he's digging out the owners out for insinuating it was going to be an 'exciting' summer. Some supporters are getting fed up with the'big' talk of the owners followed by.........nothing.

A youngster signed from the UAE. Definitely in the long punt basket.
Should not really be mentioned as a major signing and I would guess he won't play more than 10 games.

They have spent nearly £30 million on two players in last 2 weeks. I think the fans pressure got to Ashley and I reckon they will spend close to £50 million this summer.

I still think Austin will end up at Newcastle. Hope not but can't see us paying the money.

Hugh Jargon II wrote:Still think we need at least 4 ....including two forwards and two midfielders. 1 should be able to cover rb. Diarra would be perfect if he was decent in training.

Agree with this comment.

Yea Why Not wrote:Is Lanzini a loan?

Season long loan according to Insider.

Really? So when we signed Alex Song on loan last season, you didn't find that exciting? It also looks to have led to a permanent move. Injuries aside. Unless there are ITK's on here everyday and us signing players at the same time, some people are just never happy. I'd like to know the percentage o...

Come on, lets keep it real.

I just want to see a team develop over a few seasons and feel they are actually part of West Ham....these season long loans, no, not for me.