Your Realistic Transfer Targets

**** knows how I managed that.

 

Rudy Austin would be one for me, whether or not we go up. His contract at Leeds is expiring. He's 30 but I think he's still got some time left. One year contract with an option for a second, like Gomes has.

 

Alex Mowatt and/or Sam Byram Leeds
Demerai Gray Brum
Allan Nyom
Chalobah?

 

Would love Mowatt. Byram would be even better. Byram would be the perfect signing to signal our intent, same age as Nathaniel Clyne was when he joined Southampton. If he got a move to a progressive Premier League side, he'd be worth £15-20mil in about three or four years.

 

Tal Ben-Haim
Rio Ferdinand
Jose Bosingwa
Nigel Quashie

 

I'd rather sign McNulty than that cnt.

 

Seen our team sheet for next year

1) Scott Loach
2) Phil Neville
3) John Terry
4) McNulty
5) Steven Hunt
6) Thorne
7) Lloyd Dyer
8) McBoo
9) Matt Ritchie
10) Dominic Poleon
11) Antony Knockeart

 

Hoolahan on the bench

 

*shudder*

 

Feel free to build on that. That goes to Hornet23, too, who felt it appropriate to dislike the post without feeling it necessary to explain why. As I've said before, that 'feature' really is terrible for promoting discussion.

 

I don't see Pozzo breaking the core business model, or paying inflated wages for proven prem players already on £50-£100k a week

Can see us trying to buy Aidy Guediora, plus 1 x centre back, 1 x left back / left wing back, 1 x centre mid on top of Aidy

If we could pick up Chalobah cheap I think it worth investing some coaching time to knock out the last 2 years of hoof 442 and get him back to where he was

 

I disliked it because he's sh!te!

 

He's ****e. Barely good enough for Leeds and won't be improving anytime soon. Tries hard enough but gets suspended quite often and I think he'd struggle in a passing side.

 

this thing about not having this or that player because his wages will be 10. 15. 25 or 40k a week is rubbish

I doubt that Tozser, Abdi, Layon, Deeney, Vydra, Watson and a handfull of others are already in ht e£20k a week plus bracket

 

There's a fair difference between £10k and £40k! You've probably seen the list of Serie A salaries that has been posted a few times which shows that the Pozzos don't pay high wages. They pay a relatively low wage and rely on players believing that a move to their team is the best for their long-term prospects.

If they're going to begin paying higher wages (which I don't doubt they'll do if we get the Premier League riches), I think we can be fairly certain that they won't be doing so for ageing players who have been little better than average in the Premier League. Paying Deeney or Abdi £20k a week to stay as the best players at the club and earn us £100mil is nothing like paying Rickie Lambert or Alan Hutton double that amount to barely improve on what we already have for a year.

If we're going to start paying wages in the region of £40k, I'd be surprised if the Pozzos didn't decide to spend that on younger players with room to improve and earn future transfer fees.

 

Exactly, the Pozzo model has worked so far, doubt they'll change it anytime soon.

 

excellent at wembley yesterday. he's still got it.

 

Ahead of myself here, but if we went up, Arter, Bamford, Wilson, Ayala, Ince, Gueirdiora, Ritchie, Afobe, Chalobah, Martin may be worth an enquiry at least.

 

So you'd sign a load of Championship players?

 

Oh come on, it's about those who could make the step up.

 

I think we'd be in a position to sign some quality players, look at the players we've got who have been attracted by Championship football. Who knows what players would want to come to us to play Premier League football. I bet the owners have already spoken to some Udinese players about it. Not saying those players listed aren't good, some of them could be useful if we go up. I can't see us just signing some of the best players from the Championship should we be promoted though.

 

So, seeing as we already have most of the 25 x over 21's that we would be permitted in the Premier League, who are we getting shot of to accommodate all these new players?

 

To confirm I wouldn't sign all these players, if we wanted Bamford and got him you would write off Wilson, Afobe, Ritchie and Ince. Imo that list of players are all too good for the championship, I figured this list was about realistic signings, not Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez or Angel Di Maria.

 

ince was **** when he played for palace in prem was not up to the job

 

Balotelli isn't getting much game time...

 

It's irrelevant who we sign, if Abdi stays healthy we'll finish top half.

 

You lot have lost the plot. We will get some good players we've never heard of any maybe a couple of English ones to make up the quota, which is exactly how it's worked the last couple of years.

 

How long has Rooney got on his contract? Anyone know? van Persie is free at the end of this season too right?

 

Is Ched Evans still available???

 

I'd take Wilson from Hearts. He's activated a clause in his contract allowing him to leave for free this summer. Didn't make it at Liverpool but has been very impressive for Hearts and I think he'd be good at this level.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32371640

 

We weren't in the PL for the last couple of years though. Personally I've never supported Watford in the PL with the Pozzos as owners so I dunno what will happen