Keep

Collins, Randall, Morley, Forino, Dempsey, Baxter, Southwood, Schon, Toal, Tutu, Forrester, Cogley, (Vic, injury means we cant' get rid)

Get rid, Mcatee, Santos, Jones, Sheehan, Thomasson, Gomes, Lolos, Johnston

prob missed a couple and not included the loans 

must remember nlundlu bollocks is coming back 

25 minutes ago, L/H White said:

do you go to the game with your eyes closed?  he's hopeless 

i reckon even @desperado struggles to find a positive in him.

7 minutes ago, desperado said:

I would say it was the maximum we could have expected at this stage! 🤣

Damp squib or not, were you expecting something more today?

Yep. Today was literally both the minimum and maximum to be expected. I'm not sure what else anyone thought was going to happen? 

1 minute ago, Big E said:

i reckon even @desperado struggles to find a positive in him.

Can I pass 🤣

What I will say positively, is that him being injured till Christmas means it gives SS every chance this summer to find those qualities in another player, that we thought Vic was going to bring, but rarely did.

A big fella who can hold it up, win balls in the air and provide some much needed physicality.

By the time it gets to Christmas, the performing L1 prime Drogba will mean we don’t have to rely on Vic again. 😁

I like Mcatee. He needs to improve but he’ll come good. Unless we sell him to Grimsby

7 minutes ago, desperado said:

Can I pass 🤣

What I will say positively, is that him being injured till Christmas means it gives SS every chance this summer to find those qualities in another player, that we thought Vic was going to bring, but rarely did.

A big fella who can hold it up, win balls in the air and provide some much needed physicality.

By the time it gets to Christmas, the performing L1 prime Drogba will mean we don’t have to rely on Vic again. 😁

Fair play. The only time I’ve heard someone go all in on the Vic love was some tangerine dreamer who just hated Bod so much he built Vic up 

1 hour ago, thebells said:

Yep. Today was literally both the minimum and maximum to be expected. I'm not sure what else anyone thought was going to happen? 

I mean we could have heard quite a bit less, say for example if some of the out-of-contracts or loanees had been offered something.

We could be sat here today with only 3/4 definitely on their way.

The fact that’s it’s more, for me, signifies a clear intent to move away from the past, where possible and create as much space as is possible at this stage.

This intent fills me some optimism that we are looking to strengthen across the squad.

I suspect there will be more to go and /or not be considered part of our future. But this will be further down the line.

Not a damp squib in my eyes 😊

Edited May 7, 20251 yr by desperado

3 hours ago, deeane Koontz said:

 

Can't see many queuing up wanting to match the length and wages of these fannies

 

3 hours ago, tomski said:

Plenty will.

Agree with Tomski. The saving on transfer fees means teams can invest in wages. A team who might be willing to pay (say) £300k for a defender in the transfer market can get Santos for free* and pay him an extra £2k a week wages for a 3 year contract.

 

*Appreciate some players would want a signing on bonus rather than just increased wages.

Classy farewell from Jones

13 minutes ago, 1969 said:

Classy farewell from Jones

Well said 👏👏

4 minutes ago, desperado said:

Well said 👏👏

Rico now 

11 minutes ago, desperado said:

Well said 👏👏

Absolutely. Undoubtedly a good lad and a good club and team man. 

8 minutes ago, 1969 said:

Rico now 

 

Both The Same 

like someone did them for them 

just sign these Lads 

39 minutes ago, little whitt said:

Both The Same 

like someone did them for them 

just sign these Lads 

Even used the same pen to sign them

Is this thread the substitute for the usual "transfer gossip" thread this summer?

4 hours ago, gonzo said:

They'll both not be here by August.

vics going nowhere

not cos hes shit, because he isnt

nobody is taking his knee on....imo

3 hours ago, Ani said:

I think you have just defined a damp squib, it was the minimum we could have expected. 

and the maximum

1 minute ago, Casino said:

vics going nowhere

not cos hes shit, because he isnt

nobody is taking his knee on....imo

Sure we can have a whip round to pay his contract up

4 hours ago, Rival Son said:

We’d be stupid to say that, for example, CMG has been told to find a new club, as this would reduce any transfer free. I’m sure there’s a quite a lot - CMG, Lolos, even McAteer - that we’d listen to offers for. But if the buyer knows you want to sell, the price goes down. You only show your hand when you absolutely must do; I.e. mid-late August.

I wasn't actually being serious.

3 hours ago, tomski said:

I like Mcatee. He needs to improve but he’ll come good if we sell him to Grimsby

 

2 hours ago, desperado said:

 

Thanks for the memories, Rico : gonna miss this...

2 minutes ago, Traf said:

I wasn't actually being serious.

3 hours ago, tomski said:

Hard to distinguish the tongue-in-check comments, from those who genuinely thought about half a dozen players would be publicly placed on a transfer list! 

3 minutes ago, Rival Son said:

Hard to distinguish the tongue-in-check comments, from those who genuinely thought about half a dozen players would be publicly placed on a transfer list! 

Fair enough.

That said, I wouldn't be against everyone of our squad being made available for transfer.
Every single one of them has disappointed us to some degree : some more than others, of course.

I’d imagine there’s a very few for whom we wouldn’t entertain anything other than overpriced bid.

Given how our players are so much better than any other given we have the best squad in the league should be easy to shift them all 

3 minutes ago, Traf said:

Fair enough.

That said, I wouldn't be against everyone of our squad being made available for transfer.
Every single one of them has disappointed us to some degree : some more than others, of course.

At the end of the day (and throughout the day) everyone of our players is available for transfer if someone will pay some type of fee or maybe just take them off our hands.