Sunderland Rumours Archive July 08 2014

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08 Jul 2014 14:45:12
Let's be realistic here. We need to shift the high earners off the wage bill to allow us to purchase new. This means Cabral, N'Diaye, Diakite, Roberge, Scocco and Graham all need to get their transfers out sorted before we can commit to quality replacements.

I know others have left so we have funds from their wages being removed but Lee Congerton has stated he wants to buy quality and not just players for the sake of it. Plus we have signed three others to replace some of these so fees and wages will need to be paid there.

I personally think we need at least the following: -

LB - Hopefully Alonso with Diakite going the other way

2 x CB - I would hijack QPR's deal for Caulker if possible and hopefully get Zouma on loan from Chelsea

CM/ACM - If we are staying British then get Mutch from Cardiff as well. He proved he can graft and has attacking capabilities. Possibly Rodwell as well but not on loan. City will sell so get him on the books now. If they do go loan at least have a clause stating an agreed fee to purchase if his spell is successful.

St - Not sure here. A fit Fletcher, Whickham with a newly signed contract and Altidore with a bit confidence might just do us. I would forget Borini as he obviously does not want to come here permanently

Ed's. Are there any other realistic targets out there as opposed to hopeful speculation one?

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{Ed024's Note - I'm not hearing anything on a new striker - Poyet may be waiting to see how Fletcher copes with pre season. Its well known that Poyet wants Vergini and Alonso, and the Andy Mutch rumours don't seem to be going away. Rod Fanni (Marseille) is a possibility, if Vergini falls through I wouldn't be surprised if we put in a cheeky bid for Nedum Onuoha}

08 Jul 2014 19:06:52
Onuoha did quite well for us, and Caulker is a very good prospect, which underlines how much stronger most of the competition are growing while we continue to struggle. When the main headline featuring Sunderland in the transfer market relates to the manager's son joining WH, it is hard to believe that this window is going to be much better than the previous ones.

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It's hard to understand why we aren't getting the players in

Surly Gus must realise that if you field the same players that were so extremely close to getting the club relegated they will produce near enough the same results (tbh, the team is considerably weaker at the moment)
He surly realises this won't he? Won't he?!?

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09 Jul 2014 00:36:09
I agree with all the players that should be leaving and I think these are the type of players Poyet should be looking at bringing in. Wasted talent at the clubs they are currently at.

RB- Micah Richards

CB- Steven Caulker, Charlie Mulgrew, Eric Dier

LB- Marcos Alonso

CM- Jack Rodwell

Wingers- Nathan Redmond, Scott Sinclair, Tom Ince

Attacking Mid/Striker- Michu, Joel Campbell

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09 Jul 2014 09:06:06
I forgot about Richards as he is a definite target I would go after.

Not sure Mulgrew will be up to the PL as I don't rate the Scottish League. Don't know much about Dier but might be one for the future rather than a first team player now.

Ince has signed for Hull, Redmond is middle of the road and not really better than we've had and Sinclair just isn't up to the level he needs to be.

Michu was a one season wonder in my opinion so I'd keep away from him and Campbell I watched at the world cup and could not see what the commentators we seeing to say he was playing well.

Lots of work to do and I agree it is concerning that our deals always seem to take time to sort while other clubs steam in and get their targets (and some of ours)!

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09 Jul 2014 17:16:52
Sinclair just doesn't get game time at all. Two seasons ago when he was playing week in week out he was quality! Redmond showed signs of his talent last year in his first season in the premier league and is still young, I think to sign Jack Rodwell is a must, he will replace Jack Colback easily! Michu was injured a lot of last season and struggles to get into the seansea side ahead of Bony as he is class! The thing is they are realistic signings and mainly British players!

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How about a cheeky bid for Jonny Evans?

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07 Jul 2014 23:30:18
Presuming that Diakite, Roberge, Cabral, NDiaye, Karlsson, Graham and Scocco all leave permanently with Ba and Watmore going out on loan, I think we need around 8 more signings. We need a rb, 2 cb, a lb, 2 cm and 2 wingers/forwards.
Now considering Poyet wants his squad to be almost complete for pre season their must be a lot going on behind the scenes that they are keeping quiet

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{Ed024's Note - most of those lads never played so don't really need replaced. I agree we need at least 1 CB, and an attacking midfield player to replace Borini - but i don't think there will be much more than that, we may get Alonso as well}

08 Jul 2014 09:58:41
i would keep ndiaye give the lad a chance

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Yes I know most of them were sent out on loan but if all of them do leave that will leave us with a squad of 16 and Poyet wants a squad of at least 23. So that's at least 7 new players coming in

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Please tell me why alfie n cabral havnt had a chance and how do they not fit into poyets style of play obviously if I was an expert in this situation I would be working at the stadium instead of missing the start of the season working away

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Ed are you saying alonso is only a bonus considering we don't have a single right back and only one left back?

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{Ed024's Note - Nope - only saying its not guaranteed that we'll get him with other EPL team interested.}

Come on ed. 3 players and you think that's all. we've no left back and only 2 ageing centre halves because god knows roberge and diakete are hopeless, so there's 2 just for the back four. We need a20 goal striker because the lot we have do not have 20 in them as a group!. we need a replacement for borini and somebody in the middle of the park who can actually pass a ball forward and back the play up. We are very static when all around us are picking up players that we should be pushing for. gomis, ince, caulker all linked or gone to teams I accept to be around us in the bottom half of the table. out has already gone Westwood dossena, cuellar, alonso, colback, Gardner. so 6 out replaced by three and none of the three signings are going to set the world alight. I don't see where we are going and we definitely not strengthening the squad. a new season same story struggle yet again I fear

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{Ed024's Note - Just telling you what I'm hearing - Poyet wants everyone in for pre-season which starts in less than 2 weeks with our first friendly in 3 weeks. I can't see 6 more coming in.}

08 Jul 2014 18:17:28
Perhaps Gus is waiting for the deadwood to go before we buy as the wage bill must be high . but we need to buy soon to improve the squad BEFORE the friendlies to bed in the new recruits!

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{Ed024's Note - Lets hope we have a few irons in the fire !}