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Transfers Summer 2022 Transfer Thread.

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kolyid said:
My guess is that’s why Parrott is in SK instead of locking up a loan. Conte wants to test him out to be our sixth attacker and HG player.
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Possibly . But I'm not sure he has the experience to play next season as he's only played in League 1 (20/21 season in Championship he couldn't handle it).

Keane Lewis Potter has the experience in Championship and with 12 goals and 9 assists (21 goal involvements) has shown he can own that level, which is an easier step up than frim League 1.

Moura has 2 years left on contract and isn't that productive. I suspect he could be moved on next summer creating a space for Parrott and/or Etete.
 
Spursidol said:
Up to Conte if he plays him.

With the schedule next season plenty of scope. If Conte's prepared to risk buying Spence , this guy is a similar risk imo.
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It's not about risk...

Big diff being that Spence would be #2 at worst...... This kid would have been #6

It's about game-time and what the kid thinks is appropriate for his career development.

Spursidol said:
If we think he can play, then as an HG player, we gain an extra player in the squad, could even retain Royal if he's at all unsure of Spence..
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(See above)
 
Get in! said:
I think it's a fallacy to analyze teams based on their personnel. Yes, Liverpool have lost Mane (but they have Diaz), Chelsea lost two good CBs (but the transfer window still has 7 weeks to go), and City got Haaland who people think will disrupt their system (but does it, really?). All these sides have top top managers who can get the best out of their players and adapt their systems. Just look at what Conte did with us without pre-season and with the skint squad we had. Once we got a head of steam, we were the second best team in the league in the final third of the season.

So discount our opponents at your own peril. I think all four of us, Chelsea, Pool, and City will be top teams, who can beat each other on their day. And all four of us are better than the teams below us. The important thing will be who will be more consistent. Because, at the end of the day, we'll all take points off each other, but it's how we fare in all the other matches that will make the difference.
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So if Lewis Hamilton goes into the new F1 season in a shittier car than the year before; because he's a boss driver he still stands just as much chance of winning the title?

Quality of players is a fundamental component.... Odd to think otherwise tbh.
 
Kaz Hirai said:
he's only recently turned 31. Unless he hasnt looked after himself i doubt his legs are on the way out. Probably got another 2 or 3 seasons performing at a high level as long as Chelsea take care of him
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ordinarily I would tend to agree, but his game was notably different last season. Unless it was the injuries, but I'm not sure it was. He's certainly taken care of himself, but what he gives on the pitch is far more than most and that extra level has probably taken its toll somewhat
 
Streaky Bacon said:
ordinarily I would tend to agree, but his game was notably different last season. Unless it was the injuries, but I'm not sure it was. He's certainly taken care of himself, but what he gives on the pitch is far more than most and that extra level has probably taken its toll somewhat
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It’s the type of game he plays, look at Parker, played the same all action work of 2 men on the pitch, it’s unbelievably difficult to maintain that in your 30’s even early 30’s. If he can’t adapt his game he is done.

Gerrard for example switched to a quarterback type role at Liverpool but he had an immense passing game to allow that.
 
Streaky Bacon said:
ordinarily I would tend to agree, but his game was notably different last season. Unless it was the injuries, but I'm not sure it was. He's certainly taken care of himself, but what he gives on the pitch is far more than most and that extra level has probably taken its toll somewhat
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He was cracking as normal first half of the season, carrying them at times... Second half I agree with you.
 
Murphy said:
There is. It's called "laugh at chavs". Hardly an environment for serious squad discussion.

I think our transfers and the compatison to squad depth and ability is very relevant in a transfer thread. On a forum which is notorious for off topic discussion and cunt offs, these things here actually are linked.
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Not every post in that thread is laughing at them, hence why there are other club threads to talk about other clubs.

We had this last week, some people were fawning in here over Chelsea's signings despite not feking signing anyone and the convo got moved over there.
 
Talk of Kante’s demise is greatly exaggerated. Wishful thinking.

His best performances for Chelsea were probably a bit further forward under Sarri but he has been very consistent. Like Pogba, he’s also consistently banged for France. Played really well against Denmark recently.

The guy is far better technically than his boring run machine reputation suggests. And his anticipation will only get better with age.

He’ll be capable of playing 30-35 games a season at the highest level for another 2/3 years.

Plus he’s a legend who drives a shit car.
 
Kaz Hirai said:
he's only recently turned 31. Unless he hasnt looked after himself i doubt his legs are on the way out. Probably got another 2 or 3 seasons performing at a high level as long as Chelsea take care of him
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LeParisien said:
Talk of Kante’s demise is greatly exaggerated. Wishful thinking.

He’ll be capable of playing 30-35 games a season at the highest level for another 2/3 years.
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They're already having to manage his game-time.....

In the last 3 seasons:

2 x knee injuries > 53 days and still counting.
4 x hamstring absences > 71 days
2 x groin injuries > 42 days
2 x muscle injuries > 119 days

+ Knocks > 21 days
+ Sprained ankle > 35 days

+ 2 x Covid

www.transfermarkt.com

N'Golo Kanté - Injury history

This is the injury history of N'Golo Kanté from Al-Ittihad Dschidda. On this page injuries as well as suspensions.
www.transfermarkt.com www.transfermarkt.com

He's also out of contract next summer.
 
Spursidol said:


Shame he's gone to Brentford - really think we missed out on possibly best attacking players in the Championship, Hull fans rate his as being slightly better than Bowen (based upon goals/assists at a similar age), who went from Hull to Wham - he had better goals/assists numbers than all players at Spurs last season other than Kane and Son.

We will have a spare HG place which he could have taken as our 6th forward (after Kane, Son, Richarlison, Kulusevski and Moura) and would be a decent back up to Kulusevski (albeit inexperienced in PL - but Championship is a better training ground for PL than most european leagues for its speed and physicality mixed with skill)
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Missed out is a bit of a misnomer. Would he have wanted to join us to sit on the bench? With Brentford he will get regular playing time. That's the problem with where we're at right now: we have enough quality across all positions that any such prospect would rather go to a lesser team, where he would be guaranteed minutes. And if we want to sign such players, we'd have to pay them a heck of a lot more than what we would be willing to. So I'm afraid that category of signing may be much more difficult moving forward. We'll either have to get them really young, or when they are established and for a larger fee.
 
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Olaf said:
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This guy wrote a thesis " Set pieces: the 15-goal striker " ..... basically if you can utilise the set pieces its like signing an additional striker , that many more goals could could equate to circa 10-12 points a season , draws into win and loses in draws , every extra point or % that gets us victory and really actually try to push shitty n varpool, closing that gap, not sure we will really catch them completely but defo close that gap considerably especially when you factor in the player additions on top.
 
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LeParisien said:
Talk of Kante’s demise is greatly exaggerated. Wishful thinking.

His best performances for Chelsea were probably a bit further forward under Sarri but he has been very consistent. Like Pogba, he’s also consistently banged for France. Played really well against Denmark recently.

The guy is far better technically than his boring run machine reputation suggests. And his anticipation will only get better with age.

He’ll be capable of playing 30-35 games a season at the highest level for another 2/3 years.

Plus he’s a legend who drives a shit car.
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hes not the force he was a few years ago. over 30 your legs starting declining no matter who you are. his style is very heavy on his legs too.
 
Airfixx said:
They're already having to manage his game-time.....

In the last 3 seasons:

2 x knee injuries > 53 days and still counting.
4 x hamstring absences > 71 days
2 x groin injuries > 42 days
2 x muscle injuries > 119 days

+ Knocks > 21 days
+ Sprained ankle > 35 days

+ 2 x Covid

www.transfermarkt.com

N'Golo Kanté - Injury history

This is the injury history of N'Golo Kanté from Al-Ittihad Dschidda. On this page injuries as well as suspensions.
www.transfermarkt.com www.transfermarkt.com

He's also out of contract next summer.
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29 starts and 13 appearances off the bench. Good return.

He played 90 minutes against denmark for France start of June. Did he get injured in that?

He’ll probably go to PSG on a fat contract to end his career. Good move for him. Lower intensity and he’ll still be capable of making the difference in 12-15 CL games a season.
 
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