The Summer Transfer Window Thread 2014/15

[stokeriño]

Apparently the teams in for loaning Atsu this season are Aston Villa, West Ham, Hamburg and Espanyol.

Naturally Villa are by far the preferable choice here.

[Baddar]

Clearly going to Hamburg!

[Ant]

Apparently it's not Atsu that is interesting us though it is Lucas Piazon

[brenchill]

I'm looking forward to the Championship, will be a nice change.

[stokeriño]

For some reason the idea of Lucas Piazon playing for Aston Villa makes me imagine an exchange where he's wandering around being all "look at me I'm a tricky Brazilian number 10", and Lambert would say "that's nice, today you're playing at right-back".

Don't ask me why.

[Ant]

Our main signing next year will be tempting Kevin Phillips out of retirement.

[brenchill]

I honestly believe we're going down this season. I will be shocked if we don't.

[Gazz]

Has Lucas Piazon hit puberty yet?

[brenchill]

No, which means he will fit right in.

[stokeriño]

In case Villa fans aren't aware, this extract thieved from WAGNH neatly sums up Piazon's most recent season (at Vitesse):

The twenty-year-old winger started the season on a blistering pace, scoring an unbelievable 11 goals and 8 assists in a twelve-game period between September and December. He quickly asserted himself as the best player in the Eredivisie and literally became the face of Vitesse.

After his amazing performance in the Gelderse derby in which he scored the winning goal, in addition to showing why one does not simply try to get past Lucas Piazon (see below), he was rewarded by the Vitesse faithful with his own banner (the picture of which I am unable to copy over).

After the club returned from the winter break, however, things went a bit downhill for Piazon, and he didn't record a single goal or assist during the last four and a half months of the season.

Of the sixteen Eredivisie matches after the winter break, Piazon played in thirteen and started eight. Over the last ten matches of the season, Piazon was only in the starting eleven twice and saw 288 total minutes on the pitch.

It should be noted that Piazon only got those two starts because Renato Ibarra picked up a suspension.

Something to look forward to.

[MDK]

A rumour doing the rounds is Heskey to Orient.

Heskey.

Wat.

[9 to 5]

Ahahahaha.

[MDK]

Heskey and Lisbie up front. Combined total of 72 international caps and 9 goals between them. Lots of PL experience.

I'm looking at the positives.

[brenchill]

OOH LALALALA LALALALA OOH LALALALA

ITS EMILE HESKEY

[Noah]

In 42 A-League appearances Heskey has scored 10 goals!

[MDK]

1 in 4 is a good record...

[MDK]

I would also like to add I am not against this as long as he is on a pay-as-you-play type contract.

Suppose we'll sign Ade Akinbiyi as well.

[Noah]

If I want to be technical...he's been in the A-League for 2 seasons and scored 9 of those goals in his 1st.

[King Ellis]

He didn't lose it, those other teams just wised up to his play!

[brenchill]

He didn't lose it, he just never had it.