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Summer Daze

In many regards I hate the summer, at least this part of it. The season has just finished, the summer transfer window is barely open and I?m already scanning the web each morning to see any sign that we?re buying some new players ? it?s pathetic really you?d think I?d have better things to do (which I actually do!).

The main thing that?s floating around out there is the Jagielka deal, but maybe this is a good thing. Remember a couple of summers ago when every lead we had got leaked all over the place and everyone else bought the players we were trying to get? I?d like to think that the silence from Goodison at the moment is due to discretion and not just that Davie is on his holidays at Saltcoats or Benidorm.

We clearly have needs to be met and it all depends on how much money we are willing to shell out. If the Jag deal is going to happen, surely this should be a good one? Certainly OPTAs assessment of the player is positive, and the lad appears to have his heart in the right place.

Obviously a key element to this prospective deal is that Jagielka can play at right-back. Someone broached the thought a few days ago that with Phil Jagielka you are actually signing four players ? I won?t go that far ? but I have to agree that signing him means that Davie might not need to bring in a fully fledged right-back to challenge Hibbert.

Moyes has stated numerous times that ?the plan? calls for signing one key player per season ? that ?key? player that we are promised isn?t Jagielka, and it?s certainly not Koumas or Scharner or even Barton ? time will tell (with an associated frustrating wait) who the main man is going to be ? but we shouldn?t be surprised if one of Moyes? long-term targets becomes a blue. (I wonder if keeping Manny on loan would count in David?s mind as a ?key signing???)

My biggest hope for the summer would be that Moyes actually brings in some players who give us a bit of width (AVDM is surely gone and rightly so), and some possession retention capability will be essential in our European adventure. I'll forego the list of FM candidates.

Thanks Toffeeweb for keeping exiled Blues informed and connected ? and keep the rumour mill going ? it helps to pass the time!
Greg Dawson, Not in Walton Anymore Posted 01/06/2007 at 17:38:21

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