Fulham summer 2018

Bye bye Betts? I wonder if his untimely injuries have done him in.

http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2018/august/09/sergio-rico-joins-on-loan

 

And now Joe Bryan...

http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2018/august/09/joe-bryan-signs

 

Vietto anyone?

http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2018/august/09/loan-deal-for-luciano-vietto

 

Another player on loan.

http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2018/august/09/timothy-fosu-mensah-arrives-on-loan

There was also some rumblings that they are still trying to finalize a deal for André-Frank Zambo Anguissa.

 

Don't know about y'all, but my head is spinning. Don't know a darn thing about any of these players we picked up today, but you have to trust Tony K. and the powers that be at the moment. It's not like they've screwed up since Kline departed. We'll have to wait and see how they pan out, but you certainly can't fault Shad for not spending any money. I'm not sure anybody saw THIS coming, but, hey, you've got to believe he's going way past sustainability. I've always thought there are too many ancillary tournaments going during the league season, but all these moves signal intent beyond staying in the Premiership. For all practical purposes, you've got to have two full squads to compete and win in the League and FA Cups and any European competition you might find yourself in. Would've liked to have Targett back, but that would have been the second cherry on top.
Maybe this season we'll change the first half of the sixth sentence on our Wikipedia page: "Fulham have never won a major honour..."

 

http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2018/august/09/andre-frank-zambo-anguissa-joins-fulham

 

....and BANG!

http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2018/august/09/andre-frank-zambo-anguissa-joins-fulham

 

Deadline day summary: Goalkeeper, Left Back, Right Back, Holding Mid, and Attacker.

Looks like we pretty much have it all covered. Now we just need SJ and the coaching staff to put them in the right places to gel as a team.

 

I'm really excited anguissa. Young talented, tons of potential, love it.

My only concern about this window is not bringing in a true premier league quality left back. The main options for that spot are sess(shouldn't have to play there, he needs to be forward), le Marchand(more of a center back) and joe Bryan(making a huge jump from bristol).

All in all I'm blown away with the signings

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OKAY! Gonna post a bunch of stuff (mostly Wikipedia pages) of today's additions. Here's the first.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciano_Vietto

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Bryan

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Fosu-Mensah

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_Zambo_Anguissa

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Rico

 

Bryan and Rico are 24. Vietto is 23. Anguissa is 22 and Fosu-Mensah is 20.

 

As mentioned by others, except for signing Targett, it's hard to see how the club could have done better this summer. They started off well getting top marks for their new kit, kept their key players, and wrapped things up being listed as one of the big winners of the transfer window: https://www.sbnation.com/soccer/201...ague-transfer-deadline-day-winners-and-losers

 

I’m feeling much better than a few days ago. What a summer! Not sure if FA has something similar to the GM of he year award, but TK has put himself in the front and has shown he won’t back down. 34 hours til Premier League!

 

I've been waiting for the official announcement on squad numbers. I'm always curious to see which fringe/youth players get numbers assigned. Looks like only 3 predominately PL2 players got numbers: Luca de la Torre, Steven Sessegnon, and Luca Ashby-Hammond. Where have you gone Cauley Woodrow? I'm guessing this means a loan for the old number 16.

http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2018/august/10/squad-numbers-confirmed

 

When I looked at the starting lineup from the last time we played Crystal Palace in the Premier League, Woodrow was the only one who remained with Fulham - I was a little surprised there was anyone left at all from that squad. Sadly for the kid his value has fallen. It didn't seem quite fair given his minutes to goal ratio.