The Summer Transfer Thread 2022.

[Colours never run]

Comparing Gilmour to Rice last season is comparing apples to oranges irrespective of whether they are similar players.

Pick any season comparison you like, the result is pretty much the same. They're world's apart.

[Gsbgsb]

Last call before I start deleting posts.

Feel free to discuss Scottish footballers and Billy Gilmore HERE.

Sorry was typing my post so did not see yours.

[Aztec Hammer]

Would signing Lingard mean we could afford to put another AM/LW on the back burner and go and sort out a LB to ST first?

[EastleighHammer16]

It’s finally happening!

[Ironing Board]

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[Colours never run]

Oh FFS, at that price just bring back our own Josh. Better player too.

[Bubbles Fortuna]

It's hard to glean how good these youngsters from teams like Chelsea are as they so rarely get a chance to play, a string of loans for unfamiliar clubs playing all manner of styles of play never getting to settle.

Look at Bamford, pretty average bar the odd season, finally goes to Leeds permanently and it all clicks.

Is Loftus-Cheek any good? Spell at Palace was decent, Fulham a tad disappointing. If Gallagher flops on loan somewhere next season is he still a prospect?

Chelsea's model is career meddling to say the least, even Abraham flopped on loan at Swansea.

[Ironing Board]

My personal view is we should be scouting far and wide. There is lots of talents in less storied leagues like Holland, Portugal, Belgium, Scandinavia etc.

If we want to stretch our budget and get players with good sell-on value we have to get people in from less glamorous locations. For all we know the next great player may be starting out in the J-League.

[S-H]

Last call before I start deleting posts.

Feel free to discuss Scottish footballers and Billy Gilmore HERE.

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[stammer]

It’s finally happening!

I dont want to be earist but.... ( his barber hasnt helped matters either )

[Gsbgsb]

Oh FFS, at that price just bring back our own Josh. Better player too.

If you are thinking about spending money on Cullen you might as well just stick with Coventry, far more potential than Cullen ever had. Trouble is he will not develop that sitting on the bench at West Ham. It is why Cullen had to move to get first team football and probably the same is true of Coventry.

I can see Brownhill moving on and Kompany might then look to Cullen to replace him. How he does in the championship will be a far better gauge of his worth than a couple of good seasons for one of the best clubs in Belgium.

[Bubbles Fortuna]

It’s finally happening!

Our players can practice lifting the Conference League trophy using his head.

[Ironing Board]

I dont want to be earist but.... ( his barber hasnt helped matters either )

Its's a sign - sign Josh Brownhill and we will win the European Cup!

[Mullhull]

Oh FFS, at that price just bring back our own Josh. Better player too.

I mean I'm not sure the quality of the Belgian League is great but to be honest Brownhill's stats aren't bad. I added in Declan because we all know how good he is. Cullen played a lot more minutes than both of them too, but you can click per 90 and see the stats from that.

Brownhill vs Rice vs Cullen

[El brooko79]

My personal view is we should be scouting far and wide. There is lots of talents in less storied leagues like Holland, Portugal, Belgium, Scandinavia etc.

If we want to stretch our budget and get players with good sell-on value we have to get people in from less glamorous locations. For all we know the next great player may be starting out in the J-League.

Young foreign players will not get a work permit unless they are established internationals or playing regularly in bigger leagues/European football. At which point they are well known.

Maybe Kretinsky could find a mutually beneficial solution where young players go and play in Prague and move to us - similar to.what Redbull do with Salzburg and Liepzig. Prague would need to be playing European football.

It must not evolve into a watford/udinese situation

[Puff Daddy]

I don't know why we don"t sign Rafa Nadal. He's finding the net quite a bit

[Colours never run]

Moyes "Everyone cannae welcome our new boy Billy, sorry I mean Josh Brownhill to the group. Josh come over here son, we're over here!"

Brownhill "I'm all ears Boss, yes 1 second"

Moyes "Aye we can all see that.."

[Ironing Board]

Moyes "Everyone cannae welcome our new boy Billy, sorry I mean Josh Brownhill to the group. Josh come over here son, we're over here!"

Brownhill "I'm all ears Boss, yes 1 second"

Moyes "Aye we can all see that.."

:lol:

Warburton: "Here's your bottle of Buckfa..., er Irn Bru boss. It's in this brown paper bag here...."

[continental skills]

My personal view is we should be scouting far and wide. There is lots of talents in less storied leagues like Holland, Portugal, Belgium, Scandinavia etc.

If we want to stretch our budget and get players with good sell-on value we have to get people in from less glamorous locations. For all we know the next great player may be starting out in the J-League.

Hasn't that all gone out the window with Brexit?

[YorksHammer]

Yorks has called him **** a number of times. Said he wouldn't pay £3.5m for him.

And I stand by it, hyperbole and all!

To be honest, my biggest issue is that some seem to think a 20 year old with one decidedly average season in the Premier League is going to 'solve' our striker situation. And the readiness by some for us to spend £25m on a player who has relatively little experience, and hasn't shown a lot of the characteristics that we keep saying we want/need from a centre forward in our system really surprises me.

He's the kind of player where I'd think '£15m, hmm, a bit toppy but there's potential there'. £25m is an outright no. The £30m+ prices that have sometimes cropped up on here are ludicrous. Especially with other key areas to immediately address.