The 2016 summer transfer thread

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DDHammer wrote:What would make him pick up an injury because he's signed a contract?
Ask Feghouli, Ayew, Tore, Obiang and countless others.

It does seem to be part of the contracts we offer!
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Hayden wrote:We didn't play / sign Song because his performances weren't good enough.
*sigh*

What I wouldn't give for 2014-vintage Alex Song to be here right now...

Still gutted it didn't work out for him here.
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What I wouldn't give for last years Alex Song again. Even if his passing had turned a bit **** he was still making more tackles and interceptions in the middle than anyone else in the team.
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I agree, when Alex Song was ON, he was sooo good. His distribution, defending, ahhh.

I don't know what went wrong!
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Up the Junction wrote:In short, if you don't like it, this may not be the place for you. And apols for quoting your post Burnley, the above applies to many posts in this thread, but yours was closest to hand.
That's fair enough UTJ, but the point I was trying to make is that people are quick to point the finger of blame at the new guys, writing them off extremely quickly, whilst other longer serving players seem to be getting an easier ride despite, imo, playing equally poor. I guess it's because they haven't really been here long enough for anyone to have any real affinity with them. It will take quite a bit longer to properly judge whether a signing has been successful or not.
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put me in the loved Alex Song camp too
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Just checked his numbers out in Russia, 2 games, 9 interceptions, 7 tackles, 4 clearances, 80% passing, 7.27 rating.

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None of the players were have signed this window have been anywhere near Song's class. I hope we sign Zaza.
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Ben wrote:put me in the loved Alex Song camp too
I wanna get in on this, too!
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This is not panicking or a meltdown of any sorts, but Im really disappointed with the signings this summer.

I honestly dont rate any of the players we've either signed or been linked with. ( Take the promising youth players out of the equation )

Never rated Ayew - another Enner Valencia. Tore is bloody awful. Nordveit ordinary. Feghouli I never saw the fuss when he was at Valencia. Zaza tbf Ive never really seen him. Same for Masuaku. Absolutely nothing to get excited about.

Even the ones that got away - Olsson, seriously?

Compare this to the last couple of windows when we signed Antonio, Song, Payet, Lanzini, ( ok, Jelavic too lol ).

Couple this up with the stadium move ( oppo players no longer fearing the Boleyn ), teams like Everton massively improving and I think we'll be lucky to hit top half.

Like I say, not a meltdown just an honest opinion of my take in the transfer market.
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Another mental stat, he made 41 tackles in 660 minutes of football for us last season which coincided with our 0-0 fest around Christmas.
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Song was the best centre mid, when, ahem, on song , I've seen us have. He is a proper baller. We should have been mowing his ****ing lawn to keep him playing well.
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Sloffy wrote: Compare this to the last couple of windows when we signed Antonio, Song, Payet, Lanzini, ( ok, Jelavic too lol ).
In fairness, if you were immediately excited about signing Lanzini then you're a better judge of footballer than most - coming from UAE I had no idea who he was.
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WorcesterWHU wrote:
In fairness, if you were immediately excited about signing Lanzini then you're a better judge of footballer than most - coming from UAE I had no idea who he was.
Lol tbf I'll give you that one
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Sloffy wrote:This is not panicking or a meltdown of any sorts, but Im really disappointed with the signings this summer.

I honestly dont rate any of the players we've either signed or been linked with. ( Take the promising youth players out of the equation )

Never rated Ayew - another Enner Valencia. Tore is bloody awful. Nordveit ordinary. Feghouli I never saw the fuss when he was at Valencia. Zaza tbf Ive never really seen him. Same for Masuaku. Absolutely nothing to get excited about.

Even the ones that got away - Olsson, seriously?

Compare this to the last couple of windows when we signed Antonio, Song, Payet, Lanzini, ( ok, Jelavic too lol ).

Couple this up with the stadium move ( oppo players no longer fearing the Boleyn ), teams like Everton massively improving and I think we'll be lucky to hit top half.

Like I say, not a meltdown just an honest opinion of my take in the transfer market.
Totally agree, Ayew is decent, but the others are all a bit underwhelming.
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I want my Cameroon Prince back, gallantly walking through walls for us as we build a squad of big black enforcers.
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I'm sure if people use the search facility, they would find a thread devoted to Alex Song where you can discuss him to your aching heart's delight. In the meantime, please leave this for transfers.

Thank you.
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"Never seen Zaza, don't know much about him, underwhelmed."

Strange thought process. Joined Juve for £15mil last year. Scored goals for them and Sassuolo. International for one of the strongest national teams in the world.

Be excited you miserable ****'s. Hes excellent.
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just think.... we sacrificed a Song... for a Nordtveit :cry:
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