ewerk 31209 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Januzaj off to Sociedad for £10m. Big money for a player who has done so little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7174 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Mitrovic is 22 as well, not a kick in the arse away from Adam Armstrong. It's safe to say our expectations are probably a little high for him based on his transfer fee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7174 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, ewerk said: Januzaj off to Sociedad for £10m. Big money for a player who has done so little. Mental money for a fella who couldn't get off the bench for the Mackems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 2 hours ago, Rayvin said: Really don't think up front is that big a concern for us. We're not going to be taking the division by storm, it makes more sense to shore up the back, play to Rafa's strengths (defensive/counter attack) and aim to be 'difficult to beat' for the first season back. Counter attacking should win us a few games we'd otherwise be written off for. Sounds like we're already downgrading our expectations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Will you lot be happy to start the season with Mitro and Gayle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10971 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 4 minutes ago, Park Life said: Will you lot be happy to start the season with Mitro and Gayle? Hard to say, if the rest of our team has been improved significantly, then yeah. Even then, Mitrovic and Gayle may well surprise people and be a capable Premier League strike force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Of course they may, but the % is pretty low that both will be enough to see out the five months till January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) Well we know their PL records. 1/4 and 1/6. Albeit Gayle didn't play many games as a No.9 under Pardew at Palace. I don't think either has enough about them. Gayle is slightly more dangerous and is probably a better player now. But generally speaking PL defences are more organised now bar the 2/3 stragglers at the bottom. Edited July 12, 2017 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22161 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 6 minutes ago, Park Life said: Will you lot be happy to start the season with Mitro and Gayle? if we sign a quality winger, number 10 and a left back and if we sell colback, then maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10971 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 7 minutes ago, Park Life said: Well we know their PL records. 1/4 and 1/6. Albeit Gayle didn't play many games as a No.9 under Pardew at Palace. I don't think either has enough about them. Gayle is slightly more dangerous and is probably a better player now. But generally speaking PL defences are more organised now bar the 2/3 stragglers at the bottom. But if we sign a decent #10 a decent winger and continue to improve our defence, won't they be good enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: if we sign a quality winger, number 10 and a left back and if we sell colback, then maybe. About as much chance as this guy's chances with Olive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 8 minutes ago, The Fish said: But if we sign a decent #10 a decent winger and continue to improve our defence, won't they be good enough? We won't be signing anything of the kind. We're scrabbling around for loans ffs! I can see us getting another midfielder because it looks like they are trying for that. But the 5 players we needed to go straight into what is essentially a Championship side...I can't see it now. Benny wanted the big deals done early. Think the budget always was 30 million ish. Till the window shuts we can hold out some hope that Benny will talk Ashley round I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20742 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 34 minutes ago, Park Life said: Will you lot be happy to start the season with Mitro and Gayle? Starting together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: Starting together? Start the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10971 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 5 minutes ago, Park Life said: We won't be signing anything of the kind. We're scrabbling around for loans ffs! I can see us getting another midfielder because it looks like they are trying for that. But the 5 players we needed to go straight into what is essentially a Championship side...I can't see it now. Benny wanted the big deals done early. Think the budget always was 30 million ish. Till the window shuts we can hold out some hope that Benny will talk Ashley round I suppose. You think we won't make another permanent signing in this window? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Just now, The Fish said: You think we won't make another permanent signing in this window? Think we'll get one more goodish player...From the looks of things a midfielder of some description. We haven't signed any Tier 1 players and I don't think we will. But I have gone into Ashleymindgames defence mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 6 minutes ago, Park Life said: Think the budget always was 30 million ish. 1 He'll get £100m including wages as long as he can shift some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20742 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 4 minutes ago, Park Life said: Start the season. Ok, sorry, not followed the thread. Would that be with Arma and Perez? Assuming Murphy is gone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 1 minute ago, adios said: He'll get £100m including wages as long as he can shift some. Can't see it. Ashley playbook is to see what happens and then fix in Jan if we're near the bottom. Our only hope is that Benny will threaten to walk and Fatley will come to his senses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I believe Rafa will get every penny the club generates and not a penny more (or less). Sunderland banked ~£85m in TV money last season, didn't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 1 minute ago, wykikitoon said: Ok, sorry, not followed the thread. Would that be with Arma and Perez? Assuming Murphy is gone? Gayle will start in the preferred 4231. Rest will depend on how Benny sees the pre-season going. As Gloom was saying and I agree we need a N0.10. They did try to sign that Samiras who can play there afaik. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20742 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, Park Life said: Can't see it. Ashley playbook is to see what happens and then fix in Jan if we're near the bottom. Our only hope is that Benny will threaten to walk and Fatley will come to his senses. i am honestly starting to feel the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 1 minute ago, adios said: I believe Rafa will get every penny the club generates and not a penny more (or less). Sunderland banked ~£85m in TV money last season, didn't they? We don't get the TV money till the end of the season afaik. iirc there are some incremental payments but not sure how that is divvied out. I read somewhere we get some payments monthly and the rest at the end of the season. On another site it said it all comes at the end of the season. I've been trying to find out the last couple of days how and when the PL money drops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 It's guaranteed income though. It'll be spent this window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 14053 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 If we signed players at the same rate as now until August 31st, we'd have signed 12 players. We don't need 12 players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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