Transfers, 2024-25 season

[RobinRobin 12490]

Nah we're getting Bellingham. No room for him. 🙂 

[Gemmill 49987]

 

 

 

[wykikitoon 22912]

[Howay 12496]

Rice would be brilliant for us, it’s probably the best move he can make as well (depending on what happens with a certain Arsenal DMs legal troubles). 
 

I don’t think Chelsea will be in for him, I honestly think they’re up against some FFP challenges they’ve already spent 120m or so in the coming summer with Nkuku and a couple of young Brazillian signings already signed for summer moves and on top of that they’ve signed Enzo to a one year extension after he signed for 8.5 years in the summer - that to me is a clear sign they’re finally realizing there’s trouble looming since their last set of accounts were a total fucking disaster and didn’t even include a considerable number of their signings, as that year means they stretch Enzo’s fee out even more for FFP. I really do think the owners at Chelsea don’t have a fucking clue tbh, and a lot of these players they’ve signed for massive money look fairly poor (or honestly shite in Mudruyks case), while a small sample size of games we’ve seen plenty big money signings flop and they’ll have to try and clear out a lot of players but the market knows these issues and they’ve had a really poor year. 

[Kid Dynamite 7641]

I'd imagine Man Utd would see him as an upgrade on McTominay too. 
 

He's a perfect fit here to sit deep and allow Bruno to push forward. We would need to be in the CL to stand a chance though 

[Gemmill 49987]

It's not inconceivable that of the two clubs, it could be us and not Man United that can offer him CL football next season.

[Kid Dynamite 7641]

It will be interesting to see who leaves the club in the Summer.
 

I think the trick is not going to be to upgrade the likes of Burn, Almiron, Longstaff etc. But rather to buy first team ready players to replace Ritchie, Lascelles, Manquillo etc. 

 

That way you have a bench full of strong players to rotate into the team with cup/European games etc. 

[The Fish 11323]

1 hour ago, Kid Dynamite said:

It will be interesting to see who leaves the club in the Summer.
 

I think the trick is not going to be to upgrade the likes of Burn, Almiron, Longstaff etc. But rather to buy first team ready players to replace Ritchie, Lascelles, Manquillo etc. 

 

That way you have a bench full of strong players to rotate into the team with cup/European games etc. 

I'm confused, can't you do both? Buy first team players to replace Ritchie and that lot, who are also upgrades on Longstaff and the others?

[Toonpack 11380]

3 minutes ago, The Fish said:

I'm confused, can't you do both? Buy first team players to replace Ritchie and that lot, who are also upgrades on Longstaff and the others?

 

My hope would be the players mentioned become the squad depth, replacing the Ritchie's and Manqillo's etc.

[ackas 311]

If Chelsea are doing a mass clear out in the Summer, then I wouldnt mind Kante on a 2 or 3 year deal, if Rice isnt a goer.

[Dr Gloom 23643]

1 hour ago, Gemmill said:

 

 

 

[Dr Gloom 23643]

1 hour ago, Howay said:

Rice would be brilliant for us, it’s probably the best move he can make as well (depending on what happens with a certain Arsenal DMs legal troubles). 
 

I don’t think Chelsea will be in for him, I honestly think they’re up against some FFP challenges they’ve already spent 120m or so in the coming summer with Nkuku and a couple of young Brazillian signings already signed for summer moves and on top of that they’ve signed Enzo to a one year extension after he signed for 8.5 years in the summer - that to me is a clear sign they’re finally realizing there’s trouble looming since their last set of accounts were a total fucking disaster and didn’t even include a considerable number of their signings, as that year means they stretch Enzo’s fee out even more for FFP. I really do think the owners at Chelsea don’t have a fucking clue tbh, and a lot of these players they’ve signed for massive money look fairly poor (or honestly shite in Mudruyks case), while a small sample size of games we’ve seen plenty big money signings flop and they’ll have to try and clear out a lot of players but the market knows these issues and they’ve had a really poor year. 

I heard a rumour claiming their yank owner thought Chelsea qualified for the champions league automatically every year and didn’t realise you need to finish too 4 

[Dr Gloom 23643]

1 hour ago, Kid Dynamite said:

I'd imagine Man Utd would see him as an upgrade on McTominay too. 
 

He's a perfect fit here to sit deep and allow Bruno to push forward. We would need to be in the CL to stand a chance though 

True. Bruno is arguably better at the DM role than rice though. I thought he had to play further forwards after he scored all those goals last season but he’s been bloody brilliant in the deeper role this season. 
 

While we’re playing fantasy football, if we got rice and Maddison, we could rotate Bruno and Rice at “number 6”, while also rotating him with the others at “number 8”

[Chaser 1367]

3 hours ago, Dr Gloom said:

True. Bruno is arguably better at the DM role than rice though. I thought he had to play further forwards after he scored all those goals last season but he’s been bloody brilliant in the deeper role this season. 
 

While we’re playing fantasy football, if we got rice and Maddison, we could rotate Bruno and Rice at “number 6”, while also rotating him with the others at “number 8”

That is a delicious prospect.

[wykikitoon 22912]

4 hours ago, ackas said:

If Chelsea are doing a mass clear out in the Summer, then I wouldnt mind Kante on a 2 or 3 year deal, if Rice isnt a goer.

Kante is a cracking player but he's a cripple now. 

[ohhh_yeah 3053]

 

 

Goalkeeper Reece Byrne has been signed.

 

[wykikitoon 22912]

To be sure 

[Dr Gloom 23643]

2 hours ago, Chaser said:

That is a delicious prospect.

[Howay 12496]

9 hours ago, Dr Gloom said:

True. Bruno is arguably better at the DM role than rice though. I thought he had to play further forwards after he scored all those goals last season but he’s been bloody brilliant in the deeper role this season. 
 

While we’re playing fantasy football, if we got rice and Maddison, we could rotate Bruno and Rice at “number 6”, while also rotating him with the others at “number 8”

I think Rice is better at the traditional defensive mid role of shielding the back four, breaking up play, etc what sets Bruno apart which we are seeing in this deeper role is the bloke is impossible to press in possession. He’s so fucking good at beating the opposition press, and from that deeper role he’s able to alleviate pressure and get our attack developing from such a strong platform. As you mention I’d love to see Rice and Bruno alongside each other with a more creative midfielder ahead, then we have Joelinton and Willock rotating in, or being subbed on to run opposing sides into the ground. 

[RobinRobin 12490]

2 hours ago, Howay said:

I think Rice is better at the traditional defensive mid role of shielding the back four, breaking up play, etc what sets Bruno apart which we are seeing in this deeper role is the bloke is impossible to press in possession. He’s so fucking good at beating the opposition press, and from that deeper role he’s able to alleviate pressure and get our attack developing from such a strong platform. As you mention I’d love to see Rice and Bruno alongside each other with a more creative midfielder ahead, then we have Joelinton and Willock rotating in, or being subbed on to run opposing sides into the ground. 

Belingham? 🙂 

[Dr Gloom 23643]

7 hours ago, Howay said:

I think Rice is better at the traditional defensive mid role of shielding the back four, breaking up play, etc what sets Bruno apart which we are seeing in this deeper role is the bloke is impossible to press in possession. He’s so fucking good at beating the opposition press, and from that deeper role he’s able to alleviate pressure and get our attack developing from such a strong platform. As you mention I’d love to see Rice and Bruno alongside each other with a more creative midfielder ahead, then we have Joelinton and Willock rotating in, or being subbed on to run opposing sides into the ground. 

that’s the thing that separates Bruno for me. He plays the modern number 6 role, doing more than just shield and break up play. Botman and Schar can give him the ball even if he’s got an opposition player on his arse because he’s so good on the ball he’ll just glide past them before orchestrating another attack from deep. I’m pretty sure fish all have some hipster Italian word for the deep lying playmaker role. 
 

I’ve also been impressed with how strong he he is on the ball given he’s not the biggest bloke. I’d be happy if we bought a cheaper number 6 than rice as an understudy and got Maddison in to play ahead of Bruno. I can see those two linking up beautifully 

 

Not that I wouldn’t take Rice too mind. He was west ham’s best player at sjp by far.  

Edited April 15, 2023 by Dr Gloom

[Ayatollah Hermione 14687]

I think one of Rice’s underrated skills is his ability to get you up the pitch. He can just glide 40/50 yards with the ball effortlessly 

[Chaser 1367]

No mistake, Rice is a brilliant player, has a great attitude and would be a quality addition. Every time we play West Ham he stands out against the rest of their team by a mile. 

[MrBass 3045]

Not to mention, Rice comes with this,

[ewerk 33229]

 

 

I must admit I got a bit excited until I saw who the author was.