Makis

My main worry would be this could be a similar case to Keane. He struggled because he was used to playing in a very defensive team that plays a low block. Getafe are also a very defensive team.

19 hours ago, Matt said:

I don’t care if he’s a great footballer if he’s a prick. Struggling to find evidence of that though, he just sounds very self-confident 

Here's some stuff: https://www.90min.com/posts/6382601-adrien-rabiot-manchester-united-should-avoid-signing-the-psg-outcast-at-all-costs

Trippier would want closer to 100k/w which is would be a bit steep just for cover.

3 hours ago, Shukes said:

I was thinking the same. Too many leaks of that image. 

I do t think it’s bad at all though, but I see what Matts saying, we we’re being happy told we were going to have something groundbreaking to live up our illustrious history.

So unless you see it rise up from under the water of the docks when needed, Thunderbirds style, then it’s very much the same design of many others.

Leaks? That image was IIRC posted by the club at the very beginning of the process. And that's still the only picture from the outside there is.

Are you talking about the first two images? That's some sort of demonstration image that was created probably even before Meis started his work.

He's apparently a total bellend. 

Welbeck is hardly shit. He's a good player when he's fit but that seems to be a rare occurence. His injure record is enough to swerve him, there's absolutely no need to be stupid and call him shit.

Don't worry about it

It's just that there are two catch-all threads, one for Twitter rumours and one for rumours with no links so putting this one on the latter would have sense. It would just, IMO, make the area hard to read if a new thread is started for every tenious link.

So why create a thread instead of using the one for rumours without a link? 

18 minutes ago, markjazzbassist said:

I thought brexit would change the amount of foreign players each team was allowed to have.  I believe it was discussed on here when the whole brexit thing first started.

Think players signed before that are not counted.

He's 30 so he knows he has reached his ceiling. Now it's about collecting a retirement fund basically. He won't be playing for a club that wins trophies, Everton is about the best bet at that as well, even if it's in the bench.

33 minutes ago, Romey 1878 said:

When was that announced?

His contract is runnin out + if we are signing another 2nd choice keeper it's pretty obvious.

Stek is leaving and they obviously think Virginia is ready to be #2. This guy shouldn't be playing many games and is probably cheap.

23 minutes ago, Matt said:

Unlikely. He’s played at the highest level for a decade, won a load of trophies. Completely different characters in my opinion. 

It's quite likely. He's been injured a lot and usually that doesn't change when players age.

8 hours ago, Matt said:

No. As I said, I’d expect Kompany or Cahill to have an impact like Barry did for Martinez 

Or he might have an impact like Williams.

We have a DoF who wants a young and exciting side and you lot want to go Allardyce the team? 

Instead of signing over-the-hill players with high wages how about signing young, motivated players with potential? 

I suspect this is just a rehash of last summer's rumours when nothing at all happened.

Bowler has apparently been the standout player. Gibson looks good as well. Gordon maybe most promising but younger than the rest. Adeniran and Markelo possibilities. And Virginia obviously who will apparently be promoted to first team next season. 

4 hours ago, StevO said:

Do Koeman, Elstone, Kenwright and Moshiri get no blame while Walsh was at the club?

In short: yes and no. If you are the manufacturing boss of a company and there's a disaster in manufacturing you are ultimately responsible. If it was CEO's fault and you did nothing, you are still at fault for allowing it or not walking away.

If Walsh wasn't responsible what the eff was he doing at the club? What was he paid a surely handsome wage for?

6 hours ago, StevO said:

I get that he was, but I’m also sure he won’t have made that decision all on his own. We can’t blame him for everything we didn’t like during his time, he didn’t have ultimate control. 

He was the guy ultimately responsible for squad building. That's what he was paid for. If he let someone else interfere and did or could not do anything it's still his fault.

But who was the DoF in 2017?

Mirallas has a year left because he got an extension from Walsh. Can't remember when Bilasie's runs out. 

Also linked with that lot across the park and Juventus as well as Dortmund so I wouldn't yet include him any possible lineups for next season..

Lo Celso was one I thought would fit Brands's idea of a young player currently sitting on the bench at a big club before he moved to Betis.

1 hour ago, duncanmckenzieismagic said:

I would have said Lucas Deign and Gomes were out of our league last summer but he got both of them in 

They were practically Barca reserves. Pepe has been absolutely brilliant and will be snapped up by a big club for a fee we can't afford.