The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 31st July

[fridgemagnet]

Translation. Dealing with Mendes is a nightmare

I don't know why we continue dealing with that prat; he plays us like a fiddle every window...

 

[Cochise]

The man has a lot of clients and sadly for us, some of them are quite good.

 

[FloridaSpur]

dovahkiin​

Thanks for the updates!​

 

[GlennHuddlestone]

Palace refusing to negotiate on his clause even above the fee as they want it all upfront ! We won’t do that

WLB on Eze

 

[dovahkiin]

a few posts from wlb here

 

[usspur]

Ange likes garner

Another midfielder we like is Matt Riley at Celtic but a lot of competition for him that can offer him weekly pl football

garner

I didn’t say we are pursuing it but he likes him and we have looked at it

Riley

Probably we like him alot but isn’t seen as a priority atm

Garner

Yeh could be a late late deal if we revisit for that position. They do us a favour for Del Boy

Chiesa

Club arnt as keen on him any more as in chiesa

Eze

We would be willing to go above the release clause on staggered payments. Intermediaries have informed palace of this mate . Most deals are done that way however they don’t want to lose him and if they do it’s on there terms pay it all upfront !

 

[Jaddas]

Trix on Solanke

From my guy this morning.....

"We will see how interested we really are in Solanke if Bournemouth don't take players off our hands in exchange"

 

[dovahkiin]

from solanke thread

They do have an interest in couple of our players, with one being a loan proposal

 

[WorthATry]

D1:

The only players we are being linked with are now forwards

the likely scenario today is Solanke and neto

we have made two significant bids for eze but palace want 65-70 and almost all up front
we let Nile John go as we can’t keep all the kids and we rate Devine and donley higher

 

[WorthATry]

D1 in response to someone asking if we will bring in another CB:

We will not be buying another center half anytime soon , we have three world class center half’s and Dorrington , Philips and luka vuskovic coming through

we were looking at full backs but Spence and donley have had great pre seasons

 

[SDogg]

That’s actually great news regarding Donley would love to him get some significant minutes

 

[GioW]

Don't mind that ITK atall. All focus on forwards is exactly what we need .

 

[Tezza1978]

Interesting ITK and I would be happy with the 2 mentioned and Spence /Donley given their chance in defence. Something we can revisit in January then if we need another full back at that time.

 

[Tezza1978]

And the Eze ITK doesn't surprise me at all. Just can't see it happening for the reason mentioned.

 

[Mr Pink]

Yeah Solanke and Neto. Take that all day.

Will be hugely surprised if we get Eze.

 

[mil1lion]

Donley in the Udogie role will be a great outcome not least because of our squad numbers and him being under 21. I hope he can defend though. I won't complain about Neto and Solanke, probably the best we can hope at this point.

 

[felmani26]

Not recruiting a LB/LCB this summer is a calculated gamble considering we will likely have Davies remaining but there does need a bigger sample size before I'm happy to see Donley or Spence operating there at the highest level despite promising pre season displays.

Echo the sentiments in being happy with the focus in forward areas - that's undoubtedly where the recruitment focus needs to be, I just hope it's remedied satisfactorily come 1st September.

 

[CorlukaModric]

In response to D1’s ITK I think it will be a massive mistake if we don’t bring in a backup LB.

We’ll hopefully play 50+ games this season and can’t rely on Destiny who’s recovering from a serious injury or Mickey to cover that position.

Donley has done well but let’s be honest it’s been poor opposition and the PL is a completely different level. It’s also not fair on his development either to keep him around to get limited minutes at a position he’s never played in before this pre season.

Edit - I forgot Davies but for me he can’t invert and has zero pace. He can stay this season as 4th choice CB and that’s it really

 

[GioW]

In response to D1’s ITK I think it will be a massive mistake if we don’t bring in a backup LB.

Well hopefully play 50+ games this season and can’t rely on Destiny who’s recovering from a serious injury or Mickey to cover that position.

Donley has done well but let’s be honest it’s been poor opposition and the PL is a completely different level. It’s also not fair on his development either to keep him around to get limited minutes at a position he’s never played in before this pre season.

Don't forget we have Spence as an option there now aswell

 

[nicdic]

Yeah I think between Dragusin/Davies for LCB and Udogie, Spence, Donley, VDV, Davies we have the cover for left back. We won't get everything sorted this window. Solanke and Neto would be great.