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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024

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Bloody typical, but sounds like hopefully back next week.
 
With Phillips going on loan to Stoke we have 18 NHG and 7 Association players in a potential UEFA squad.
We are only allowed 21 non-CT so 4 more need to leave the club.
Likely candidates GLC, Reggie and Solomon. We could get away with Forster just not being included in the squad.
But one more needs to leave if we want to sign a new player.
 
With Phillips going on loan to Stoke we have 18 NHG and 7 Association players in a potential UEFA squad.
We are only allowed 21 non-CT so 4 more need to leave the club.
Likely candidates GLC, Reggie and Solomon. We could get away with Forster not being included in the squad.
Lo Celso, Reguilon, and Solomon will leave, and 1 player will just not be registered for Europa.
 
It is incredible how we have gone into this season with a weaker squad than last season. Anyone telling me two youngsters who have had 30 minutes of Premier League football are good enough not to sign another midfielder. We are not going to see Richarlison for half a season after he starts this weekend. We have to play more matches with less players this season
 
And every single top 6 club has won a trophy, most have multiple, even in their "barren years". Apart from us.

Sure. They have. And it's frustrating for everyone and we are all very very well aware of it.

Saying it every day, in every thread doesn't change anything though. And neither has winning trophies for some fans of other teams when it comes to moaning every chance they get.

Even if we won something, the moaning wouldn't stop for half the folks (at least) that revel in the negativity.

And look, I'm well aware that I don't have to come on here, I don't have to post, I can block every single poster that I feel is being consistently toxic but it's not in my nature to do that. I enjoy reading different points of view.... but I just wished there would be at least something different being said and that when I have a different, competing view, something nuanced and un repetitive could be said back.
 
these are direct quotes but I suspect people will still call Ange a liar….


🎙️| Ange Postecoglou on Wilson Odobert:

“He's one that we identified really early on in the summer. It's no secret we were looking for a wide player and Wilson was one of the ones we highlighted. We had to go through certain steps to get these things done. They're not as straight forward as saying 'that's who we want, go and get them'. Obviously getting big Dom in was very important for us and we spent a lot of time working on that deal but once Dom was done there was one target and that was Wilson and that happened really quickly.

I really like the way he plays in the wide areas. He's different to our other wingers. He's a dribbler, he likes to get into the front third. He can play either side, he can play central. He's had a really good development if you look at his trajectory from PSG as a youngster to Troyes, playing in Ligue 1, and France and Premier League football before the age of 19. I think he ticked all the boxes for us and he's a fantastic young bloke as well, so really happy to get him in.

With all the players we've signed, I think irrespective of age we’re signing them because we think they can make an impact. I certainly see that with Wilson. He's a year older than Archie and Lucas and they’ve already made an impact. We sign players because we're still in that stage of building a team. I won’t bring players here who I don’t think can meaningfully contribute to us in the short-term and Wilson definitely will.”
 
these are direct quotes but I suspect people will still call Ange a liar….


🎙️| Ange Postecoglou on Wilson Odobert:

“He's one that we identified really early on in the summer. It's no secret we were looking for a wide player and Wilson was one of the ones we highlighted. We had to go through certain steps to get these things done. They're not as straight forward as saying 'that's who we want, go and get them'. Obviously getting big Dom in was very important for us and we spent a lot of time working on that deal but once Dom was done there was one target and that was Wilson and that happened really quickly.

I really like the way he plays in the wide areas. He's different to our other wingers. He's a dribbler, he likes to get into the front third. He can play either side, he can play central. He's had a really good development if you look at his trajectory from PSG as a youngster to Troyes, playing in Ligue 1, and France and Premier League football before the age of 19. I think he ticked all the boxes for us and he's a fantastic young bloke as well, so really happy to get him in.

With all the players we've signed, I think irrespective of age we’re signing them because we think they can make an impact. I certainly see that with Wilson. He's a year older than Archie and Lucas and they’ve already made an impact. We sign players because we're still in that stage of building a team. I won’t bring players here who I don’t think can meaningfully contribute to us in the short-term and Wilson definitely will.”

0 filter on his words, I like the cut of his jib.
 
Sure. They have. And it's frustrating for everyone and we are all very very well aware of it.

Saying it every day, in every thread doesn't change anything though. And neither has winning trophies for some fans of other teams when it comes to moaning every chance they get.

Even if we won something, the moaning wouldn't stop for half the folks (at least) that revel in the negativity.

And look, I'm well aware that I don't have to come on here, I don't have to post, I can block every single poster that I feel is being consistently toxic but it's not in my nature to do that. I enjoy reading different points of view.... but I just wished there would be at least something different being said and that when I have a different, competing view, something nuanced and un repetitive could be said back.
You just gotta put the dreary drips on ignore at least until after the window ends.
 
No no no no no.

What do YOU suggest?

We keep hearing people ask what those of us that are dissatisfied are doing.
What do we do?
We can't give up our season ticket as there's tens of thousands of others that will take them.
We can't get anti owner songs going because most fans don't get involved.
We can't throw bricks at people because that's what arseholes do.

There's little more we can do but moan. But we will not accept that we're a nothing club that shouldn't be trying as hard as it can to be better.

But at least use an AI to come up with new and improved and dare I say it more intelligent moans.....
 
Spending money is one thing, how you spend it is another.

Every single PL clubs net spend has changed in the last number of years. There’s far more money in the league in general and transfer fees have inflated as a result.

The issue I am highlighting is we are still targeting the same quality of player and operating in the same way in the market as we always have under ENIC.
The quality of player we are targeting are the Van de Vens, Udogies, Sarrs, Bergvalls. That's the quality we've always been targeting. The only difference is that our current approach is getting more right than wrong.
 
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