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Jhon Lucumi - Transfer Rumour


wrighty said:
It’s an exercise in overly negative thinking and failing to give the recruitment team any credit for what it has done so far. They’ve upgraded the entire midfield massively. Why would anyone assume they won’t upgrade the defence or have somehow failed adequately to plan to do so?
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It’s “not acceptable” I’m afraid.
 
wrighty said:
It’s an exercise in overly negative thinking and failing to give the recruitment team any credit for what it has done so far. They’ve upgraded the entire midfield massively. Why would anyone assume they won’t upgrade the defence or have somehow failed adequately to plan to do so?
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To be fair to those that are rightly panicking about it, they haven’t adequately upgraded the defence and we’re 8 days away from kick off in a winnable game.
All of the previous clubs who have been promoted and survived spent heavily in their defence at the expense of their front line.

I’m still hoping for a ‘here we go’ or two but whoever comes in at this stage will have played zero pre-season games and probably can’t be expected to go straight in to the back line meaning the West Ham defence will be square legs in round holes.
 
Shieldsman said:
To be fair to those that are rightly panicking about it, they haven’t adequately upgraded the defence and we’re 8 days away from kick off in a winnable game.
All of the previous clubs who have been promoted and survived spent heavily in their defence at the expense of their front line.

I’m still hoping for a ‘here we go’ or two but whoever comes in at this stage will have played zero pre-season games and probably can’t be expected to go straight in to the back line meaning the West Ham defence will be square legs in round holes.
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The good thing is we are targeting top quality players but the downside is it can take a while to get them over the line,

And it can depend on movement of players between other clubs before we get the green light.

A quality CB in over the next week and we have done very well this window.
 
wrighty said:
It’s an exercise in overly negative thinking and failing to give the recruitment team any credit for what it has done so far. They’ve upgraded the entire midfield massively. Why would anyone assume they won’t upgrade the defence or have somehow failed adequately to plan to do so?
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You know for a fact if we’d signed defenders and were now waiting on CM targets, he’d be pissing his pants that we’d left such an important position so late in the window
 
Time to serenade him, Gabby Logan style, with an 80’s classic:

Jhonny, Lucumi,
Won’t you come on home?
We’re worried
Won’t you come on?
We could take
To the field
With Huggins, Jones and Jenson Seelt
Jhonny, we’re worried…

Jhonny Come Home by the Fine Young Colombians..
 
Shieldsman said:
To be fair to those that are rightly panicking about it, they haven’t adequately upgraded the defence and we’re 8 days away from kick off in a winnable game.
All of the previous clubs who have been promoted and survived spent heavily in their defence at the expense of their front line.

I’m still hoping for a ‘here we go’ or two but whoever comes in at this stage will have played zero pre-season games and probably can’t be expected to go straight in to the back line meaning the West Ham defence will be square legs in round holes.
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You make a fair point. Sub optimal not to have a cb bedded in. But some of the comments are right over the top.
 
10 Gary Rowells said:
Way over rated on here. He's OK running with the ball in front of him but his ball control is suspect. He is a championship player at best. If he can have a run of fitness I would expect Huggins natural level would be L1 or Championship.
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I really don’t agree. Injured and vulnerable but his quality is underrated to me, especially be you it seems.
Id say he was our best player in the championship for that spell he had the season before last. Even my old dad who has little good to say is always talking about how much he wants him fit.
 
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garyeaststand said:
I think if we don’t get one in Reinildo will play cb, possibly sadiki rb and hume lb , not ideal but capable of performing (agree we can’t be starting seelt, or jones)
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We need to start with players in their strongest position mate, might get away with plugging the gaps in the championship, it will be found out in the Premiership.
 
garyeaststand said:
I think if we don’t get one in Reinildo will play cb, possibly sadiki rb and hume lb , not ideal but capable of performing (agree we can’t be starting seelt, or jones)
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That's a lot of shuffling around to accommodate the lack of a centre back. Poor business if we reach the West Ham game without having invested in a single centre back.
 
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