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Transfers Summer 2016 Transfer Window Thread

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NSFB said:
The funny thing about those referring back to last year as a sort of "you doomsdayers were all wrong" is can anyone see us getting 9pts off the Manchester clubs this season, not losing to Woolwich, Chavs and Liverpool with the squad as it is compared to how they've all improved their sides?

If that gets repeated we can again finish top 4. Will it given we are standing still in the market far more than other clubs. Remains to be seen but not confident.
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Most of them still use leicester as proof that it isn't an advantage to spend more.
That was a freak 1 off season. This season will be a lot tougher.
Hope levy doesn't expect poch to get us top 4 this season. It would be very harsh on poch.
 
NSFB said:
The funny thing about those referring back to last year as a sort of "you doomsdayers were all wrong" is can anyone see us getting 9pts off the Manchester clubs this season, not losing to Woolwich, Chavs and Liverpool with the squad as it is compared to how they've all improved their sides?

If that gets repeated we can again finish top 4. Will it given we are standing still in the market far more than other clubs. Remains to be seen but not confident.
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Last season we were also going to get pummeled by those teams....

City - won their first 5 PL games
Utd - had signed Depay and Schneiderlin, both players the doomsayers we definitely needed.
Scum - always finish top 4 under Wenger regardless of what we do.
Chelsea - previous seasons Champions.....we could never hope of catching them
Liverpool - massively outspent us on players......again the doomsayers said we couldn't keep up with that
 
Blanchflower said:
Poch looks considerably less worried than many seem on here

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Of course he's not worried, cause......

"I've got Onomah, Joshua Onomah
He's better than Isco,
Meyer and Sissoko
I've got Joshua Onomah"
 
Boltonspur said:
We pay his wages & a nominal fee to the loaning club. The player comes to us & we can assess him in the same way he can assess us as a club. If he isn't in Zidane's immediate plans then what does he have to lose? Come here, play CL football & have an opportunity to force his way back into RM. Or end up with a lovely contract here if he likes it & we like him. I'm sure it's more complex than this, but for the love of God it shouldn't be that difficult.
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Unless RM aren't so sure they want him to go, then it becomes a bit more difficult.
 
Noreasonitcantbeus said:
If you look at Leicester City and how they are backing Ranieri and getting their business done and look at us you would be forgiven in thinking they were the club with the greater ambition.

Either Pochetino has uber belief in his and the squad's ability or he has been duped.

We are going to be 2 players short of quality even if we somehow secure the longest transfer saga ever and sign a ridiculously over-prices Sissoko.

Fook me it's discombobulating.
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Everyone would be going fucking mental if we were signing the players they have / are
 
Smoked Salmon said:
We aren't finishing top four this season unless we do a Leicester and really play beyond ourselves.

The Manc clubs are a cert, which leaves two places and us competing with Woolwich, Liverpool, Chelsea and Everton. We never finish above Woolwich, and all these teams have strengthened. We played well last year, but our points total was comparable to AVB's full season, when we finished 5th. If that doesn't make it clear that we also benefited from an unprecedented downturn in Manchester and from Chelsea then I don't know what does.

Personally I think we'll be 5th or 6th this year. I don't expect much more, especially with us also having to play CL with an arguably thinner squad. People see last year's finish and get wide eyed and expect a title run. But I think people need to be realistic.
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If we finish 6th this season then I'd say poch has done a solid job.
 
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Totti said:
I think the problem is that he has 2 years left. At the end of the loan he will have 1 year left and will be worth considerably less. If his loan is unsuccessful, then his value is even more diminished. If he has a good loan, they'll probably price us out of a move but will have to either end up selling him for much less or TRY and get him to sign a new deal.
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Madrid either want t loan him or they don't, if they don't then it's a dead deal and you move on, that's what I mean
 
I think this window is turning into another shambles, it was clear to see we had weaknesses within our squad, one has been addressed, a new forward (janssen), imo wanyama is almost like for like with dier. As i have said before, we lack another creative midfielder, and natural pace out wide if we play with two forwards up top. Teams will have analysed us and noted that our width is provided by the fullbacks, whilst our attacking midfielders play very narrow. Now we are getting the begging bowl out and possibly throwing vast amounts at players who do not warrant the price. I love the fact that a new stadium is being built, but we need a team equally magnificent to play in it.
 
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