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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024

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How Dry should our Powder be?

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TottsAmazeballs said:
It is a fact that this is their opinion. And their opinion is not normally a fact in and of itself.

But, stating an opinion that is clearly falsifiable means it is a statement of fact, and therefore subject to the rigorous scrutiny of forum pedants such as myself.

So, to whomever you were responding: *cough* Your 'opinion' is wrong. Wrong, I tell you!

Bought 2 starters (Solanke and Odobert)
Bought in 2 subs. (Gray and Bergvall)
Signed up an academy star (Moore)
Got rid of at least 8 unwanted players and removed £600k a week from the wage bill while only increasing it by £400k.

Net result is we've left £200k a week in the kitty for a last-minute deal.
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If GLC goes, that's £300k a week available and no way Levy's pocketing that, so it means we're getting Williams or Yamal.



















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JDefoe said:
Reggie is honestly not that bad, he can be useful at times, but I cannot think of a worse use of his skillset than inverted fullback. That’s basically playing CM and having to receive and scan 360 degrees. He’s the opposite of that, a kick and run wing back type of the Sissoko and Brennan Johnson ilk
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Yup, but more of an athlete than technically good in final third - in 21/22 made 25 appearances (22 starts) in PL but only 2 goals and 3 assists. Could never get the hang of crossing or final third activity
 
ThePreacher said:
I often wonder what type of players a Europa League team are expected to attract?
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Other top clubs attract top players when they drop out of the champions league. We don't sign top players even when we're in it.
Compare Woolwich's transfer window when they finished 5th two years ago to ours when we finished 4th
We just don't have the desire or the will to succeed where it matters to most football fans. On the pitch. And you're just making excuses for it.
 
Richard Arlison said:
If this was the NBA I feel like somehow we just got the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd pick.

I can't think of any young player joining another prem club this season better than Bergvall, Gray, and Odobert. Yang as well could really be top 5 but I have no idea how to rate him yet.

In terms of the trade period I think it's fair to say other teams have had better windows than us for senior players getting traded. What we have done is clear a ton of cap space to make room for a superstar or 2 and brought in a center to build the team around
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I think you peaked with this post. Brilliant. I don’t even know how sincere it is anymore either or how much is just dedication to a role but fair play.
 
Doom Funk said:
We've bought one single player that you can make a case walks into our strongest 11 from last season and improves us

Solanke

I'm sceptical that he's really much of an upgrade on Richarlison but we'll see

Everything else is building for a future that never comes

We're living in a world now where a Bergvall or an Oderbert can have a promising 45 min cameo and suddenly gets declared as generational and a game changer

It's a 5 year olds mentality and one I won't be subscribing to , no matter how much the real fan brigade on here continue to cajole and abuse anyone that isn't getting giddy on unfounded hype

These guys might all turn out to be incredible , I really hope they do

But history suggests this is unlikely

We finished 20-3O points behind the top three last year

Put aside all the bullshit and bluster , Do you really see us significantly bridging that gap with our squad as it stands today ? Factoring in European football too
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Deuterz said:
It’s actually really annoying as I associated you with the avatar for ages. The bear isn’t doing it for me.

When The Extra Mile(sey) The Extra Mile(sey) hijacked the fox it confused the shit out of me for a while.
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Doom Funk carrying the flag for the Shady fan club

For that I will be forever grateful

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Deuterz said:
It’s actually really annoying as I associated you with the avatar for ages. The bear isn’t doing it for me.

When The Extra Mile(sey) The Extra Mile(sey) hijacked the fox it confused the shit out of me for a while.
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I've been thinking about reintroducing it actually

I'm determined to make sure that Shadydan gets his due around these parts

He's criminally underappreciated

In a perfect world every member would be made to change their avatar to it as a tribute

Imagine a whole forum of shadydan's

Utopian ideal
 
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