Summer Transfer Window 2019

[Roverinbelfast]

Didn't he take Harts place by the end of the season at West ham? I would actually like to have Hart, but must admit I know very little about Adrian

Just now, JacknOry said:

Very popular at West Ham was Adrian - though been number two for past couple of seasons. 

 

[RoverKyle]

I've always rated Adrian, so I'd be chuffed if we signed him. Good shot stopper and he's quite an imposing player. Shouldn't have any issues claiming crosses.

He was dropped for Hart when West Ham signed him, but he soon won his place back when they realised he was better. He's the one I'd be after out of the three.

Edited July 13, 2019 by RoverKyle

[deryck guyler's spoon]

Just now, Roverinbelfast said:

Didn't he take Harts place by the end of the season at West ham? I would actually like to have Hart, but must admit I know very little about Adrian

 

Good age for a keeper, experienced at top level, taller than Raya...………..and free. Sounds like he's worth a punt (leaving extra to spend on a bully of a Centre Half)

[yeti-dog]

I'd be happy with Adrian for sure. My preferred option of the 3 named above although wasn't Ruddy previously mentioned as a potential option rather than Adrian?I  

[Neal]

17 hours ago, Stuart said:

Anything else is just ignoring the problem.

Pre-season is well under way. We have had no first team keeper for a week. We have a makeshift defence that isn’t up to scratch and need any new players to be working together so it can hit the ground running.

Time is not on our side either.

Championship transfer deadline: 5:00pm Thursday 8th August.

And all this ignores the fact that our manager talked about “getting our business done early”.

I don't disagree time is against us but we're not a club in a position to do our business early. Every manager will say that they ideally want to sort their squad out ASAP but it's simply not the reality. 

[J*B]

Just now, RoverKyle said:

I've always rated Adrian, so I'd be chuffed if we signed him. Good shot stopper and he's quite an imposing player. Shouldn't have any issues claiming crosses.

He was dropped for Hart when West Ham signed him, but he soon won his place back when they realised he was better. He's the one I'd be after out of the three.

Hes the cheapest option, but will probably have offers in England and Spain, so would take some convincing. Hart most expensive then Carson.

[blue_n_white99]

Just now, deryck guyler's spoon said:

Adrian?

Played for West Ham for quite a while, normally as No2

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrián_(footballer)

Edited July 13, 2019 by blue_n_white99

[Stuart]

20 minutes ago, Scotland1 said:

Heard anything about Josh Sims on loan too as part of the deal?

Another midfielder?

[blue_n_white99]

Just now, Stuart said:

Another midfielder?

We are playing 1 - 9 - 1 Rush goalie

 

[JacknOry]

Just now, J*B said:

Hes the cheapest option, but will probably have offers in England and Spain, so would take some convincing. Hart most expensive then Carson.

Cheapest but best option in my opinion considering his age. Hart is a major busted flush and Carson is getting on a bit now.

He has been in the UK for close to ten years now - so might be settled here. I would imagine there might be English competition for his signature though.

Edited July 13, 2019 by JacknOry

[SBlue]

Just now, blue_n_white99 said:

Played for West Ham for quite a while, normally as No2

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian

Looks solid

[JacknOry]

Just now, S8 & Blue said:

Looks solid

Ha-ha - literally.

[J*B]

Just now, JacknOry said:

Cheapest but best option in my opinion considering his age. Hart is a major busted flush and Carson is getting on a bit now.

He has been in the UK for close to ten years now - so might be settled here. I would imagine there might be English competition for his signature though.

Which is why it's taking a while - why commit to spending big wages and a loan fee for Hart, or a fee plus wages for Carson if there are opportunities on free transfers. I dont expect we will get Adrian, but it's worth exploring.

[Stuart]

Just now, blue_n_white99 said:

We are playing 1 - 9 - 1 Rush goalie

No defenders or no keeper?

[Roverinbelfast]

Ruddy, Hart or McGovern would all be upgrades on what we had last season in my opinion. 

Ruddy would be number 1 pick 

[rigger]

Just now, Roverinbelfast said:

But is that actually a true way to view things? You as a keeper will still need to face shots and ultimately be good at stopping them. 

If you cut down the amount of shots the opposition has the less goals you will concede. A commanding keeper will help with this. A shot stopper may not.

[blue_n_white99]

Just now, Stuart said:

No defenders or no keeper?

Since the defence was pants last season I've employed some lateral thinking and binned them, plus rush goalie as I said ?

[tomphil]

Raya was overworked at times last season I think there was some stats around that backed that up.

This has to stop or whoever comes in will have issues.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

3 hours ago, Pedro said:

In truth though, we need to model our championship side on theirs. They did the basics really well.  Tight defence, hard graft and getting the ball into the box.

 

We faff around way too much, invite people on to us and are lethargic when defending our own area.  

 

Now I'm going to take a cheese grater to my finger tips for typing that.

They had a way of playing at home and a slightly modified way from home. Same players, just a different formation. The same team picked itself every week.  Everybody knew what the other player was going to do in any given situation. Work hard and play in your opponents half as much as you can. It's not complicated !

[Hasta]

Adrian is an interesting name. I think that would be a great signing. If we signed him or Ruddy I think that would be a big boost.

Prefer Hart over Carson.

 

 

Edited July 13, 2019 by Hasta

[davulsukur]

Can't be long now.

[HowieFive0]

Adrian for me .

For those with the theory that playing in the Championship would be ideal for joe Hart to get his confidence back ..I think the complete opposite! He ll have twice as much to do in the Championship than he would in the PL and the more he ll have to do the more simple errors which he's prone too will happen more and more often. imagine Hart picking the ball out of the net 60 odd times like last season ..he d feel his career would be over !

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 hours ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

Can this be pinned to the top of every page of the thread? 

The default reaction to moan about Mowbray and the club is so deeply entrenched in some that no matter what happens from here to the end of the window, people are going to complain. 

The player will either be too young, too old, have played for Burnley, be a loan, even though other clubs were laudid for their loans last season or we only signed them because no one else was interested. 

Although I'm sure I'll be told now that this isn't true, probably by a mod, even though it is true. 

There's only one real rule - Are they good enough ? Although with old players they can be good enough today and not good enough tomorrow.

[Stuart]

Just now, blue_n_white99 said:

Since the defence was pants last season I've employed some lateral thinking and binned them, plus rush goalie as I said ?

0-9-1 then.  

[Fraserkirky]

I thought there was definitely something in the Joe Hart rumours about a month ago.

Wont be surprised if it’s him, and would be okay with it.