Summer Transfer Window Thread

[Baggie_Nick]

Completely different players for me, Deeney's one of the best leaders in the Prem and loves a battle and holds the ball up brilliantly and don't forget scored 10 in 23 last season.

You don't know much about football but I've always been with you on Deeney.

You're funny Nick.  

Why don't you rate Grant again?

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Five of the ten were penalties

They're not as easy to score as you think. 

Yours, Stuart Pearce, Gareth Southgate, David Batty.....

I just don't.

If he was that good he'd be signed for another club by now like Watkins.

We'll see though. Have any other club in the football league been in for him? And I trust their scouting methods and procurement over ours. Nope. So potentially on Friday we'll have the same side that struggled to promotion with a decent Championship forward who's untried at this level.

Not good enough. Get Deeney (we both agree on that) and we have some snot and grit. But it'll be tough regardless.

Ah, the old “he’s shit because nobody else wanted him” line.

Another staple.

It is.

If he was that good.........

[Robbo2604]

Completely different players for me, Deeney's one of the best leaders in the Prem and loves a battle and holds the ball up brilliantly and don't forget scored 10 in 23 last season.

You don't know much about football but I've always been with you on Deeney.

You're adamant that we're going down anyway. With that in mind what's the point of spending a wad of money on someone with no resale value or, alternatively, a loan for which we get nothing at the end of the season.

At least with Grant there's resale value.

I'd like to have both, but if its a choice between Grant and Deeney then it's a no brainer.

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More on Grant; he is set to sign a six-year contract with #wba. The transfer fee will be spread over the period of that deal. Very much a Covid transfer

Absolutely fine. Six year seems a bit long but presumably we're tying him down on wages that are not too extreme. IMO we would have walked the league last season with Grant up top rather than Austin/HRK

Hang on a sec, I thought we were all unhappy at not tying our best youngsters down on long deals??? Grant is only 23 after all...

I don't have a problem with it, but 6 years is a risk for anyone! I would've said 4 is about right just incase the shit hits the fan.

I rate Grant however. I wanted him to come to us a year ago

Maybe 6 years as it gives the club longer to amortise the fee

[Baggie_Nick]

You don't know much about football but I've always been with you on Deeney.

You're adamant that we're going down anyway. With that in mind what's the point of spending a wad of money on someone with no resale value or, alternatively, a loan for which we get nothing at the end of the season.

At least with Grant there's resale value.

I'd like to have both, but if its a choice between Grant and Deeney then it's a no brainer.

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More on Grant; he is set to sign a six-year contract with #wba. The transfer fee will be spread over the period of that deal. Very much a Covid transfer

Absolutely fine. Six year seems a bit long but presumably we're tying him down on wages that are not too extreme. IMO we would have walked the league last season with Grant up top rather than Austin/HRK

Hang on a sec, I thought we were all unhappy at not tying our best youngsters down on long deals??? Grant is only 23 after all...

I don't have a problem with it, but 6 years is a risk for anyone! I would've said 4 is about right just incase the shit hits the fan.

I rate Grant however. I wanted him to come to us a year ago

Maybe 6 years as it gives the club longer to amortise the fee

Lol.

[wba13]

Yes agreed Six years is a long contract but it shows the confidence that Bilic and the management have in him. If this does come off with his age we will have a big resale value because of this long contract. I now wonder if we will use the last domestic loan to bring in another striker or hopefully a fullback, we will know in a couple of days.

[Baggie_Nick]

Yes agreed Six years is a long contract but it shows the confidence that Bilic and the management have in him. If this does come off with his age we will have a big resale value because of this long contract. I now wonder if we will use the last domestic loan to bring in another striker or hopefully a fullback, we will know in a couple of days.

Yes this is key!

[Sliced]

You don't know much about football but I've always been with you on Deeney.

You're adamant that we're going down anyway. With that in mind what's the point of spending a wad of money on someone with no resale value or, alternatively, a loan for which we get nothing at the end of the season.

At least with Grant there's resale value.

I'd like to have both, but if its a choice between Grant and Deeney then it's a no brainer.

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More on Grant; he is set to sign a six-year contract with #wba. The transfer fee will be spread over the period of that deal. Very much a Covid transfer

Absolutely fine. Six year seems a bit long but presumably we're tying him down on wages that are not too extreme. IMO we would have walked the league last season with Grant up top rather than Austin/HRK

Hang on a sec, I thought we were all unhappy at not tying our best youngsters down on long deals??? Grant is only 23 after all...

I don't have a problem with it, but 6 years is a risk for anyone! I would've said 4 is about right just incase the shit hits the fan.

I rate Grant however. I wanted him to come to us a year ago

Maybe 6 years as it gives the club longer to amortise the fee

Well maybe but if the fee is 15m then that's a few more years of wages also if everything goes to pot.

[Squid]

Karlan Grant scored 4 goals in 13 appearances in the Premier League, including one against Arsenal. He is tested at this level.

[Hopalong]

As long as he's fit and professional I don't have a problem with having Charlie coming on instead of Deeney. 

Can't say as I see much difference personally.....

Completely different players for me, Deeney's one of the best leaders in the Prem and loves a battle and holds the ball up brilliantly and don't forget scored 10 in 23 last season.

You don't know much about football but I've always been with you on Deeney.

You're funny Nick.  

Why don't you rate Grant again?

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Five of the ten were penalties

They're not as easy to score as you think. 

Yours, Stuart Pearce, Gareth Southgate, David Batty.....

I just don't.
But why?   

If he was that good he'd be signed for another club by now like Watkins.
He signed for a Premier League club nearly 2 years ago and is two years younger than pin-up boy. As I have already pointed out, he has scored more goals than PUB in the last two seasons in a bottom of the league side. You really need to pay more attention.  

We'll see though. Have any other club in the football league been in for him? Who knows?  And I trust their scouting methods and procurement over ours. What are you talking about, you're not making any sense?  Nope.

So potentially on Friday we'll have the same side that struggled to promotion with a decent Championship forward who's untried at this level.  Friday? Are you pissed?  We play Burnley on Monday.  We were top 2 all season and top for a fair chunk, so how did we struggle?  The season is 46 games, yes the last few games were nervy but we thoroughly deserved it.  Grant has played 13 games in the Premier League and scored 4 goals, when he was 21.  PUB is 25.

Not good enough. Bilic obviously thinks he is. 

Get Deeney (we both agree on that) and we have some snot and grit. But it'll be tough regardless.   We could do with Deeney's leadership and experience but it's not a deal-breaker.  Mandzukic will do.  Grant is the future.  

[Baggie_Nick]

Completely different players for me, Deeney's one of the best leaders in the Prem and loves a battle and holds the ball up brilliantly and don't forget scored 10 in 23 last season.

You don't know much about football but I've always been with you on Deeney.

You're funny Nick.  

Why don't you rate Grant again?

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Five of the ten were penalties

They're not as easy to score as you think. 

Yours, Stuart Pearce, Gareth Southgate, David Batty.....

I just don't.
But why?   

If he was that good he'd be signed for another club by now like Watkins.
He signed for a Premier League club nearly 2 years ago and is two years younger than pin-up boy. As I have already pointed out, he has scored more goals than PUB in the last two seasons in a bottom of the league side. You really need to pay more attention.  

We'll see though. Have any other club in the football league been in for him? Who knows?  And I trust their scouting methods and procurement over ours. What are you talking about, you're not making any sense?  Nope.

So potentially on Friday we'll have the same side that struggled to promotion with a decent Championship forward who's untried at this level.  Friday? Are you pissed?  We play Burnley on Monday.  We were top 2 all season and top for a fair chunk, so how did we struggle?  The season is 46 games, yes the last few games were nervy but we thoroughly deserved it.  Grant has played 13 games in the Premier League and scored 4 goals, when he was 21.  PUB is 25.

Not good enough. Bilic obviously thinks he is. 

Get Deeney (we both agree on that) and we have some snot and grit. But it'll be tough regardless.   We could do with Deeney's leadership and experience but it's not a deal-breaker.  Mandzukic will do.  Grant is the future.  

Mandzukic - LOL!

[Birdman1811]

Mandzukic.

Hilarious.