Transfer Rumour 25/26 Summer Transfer Window (43 Viewers)

[David O'Day]

Feeling Doug will change tact on loans and let Lampard move with some of his contacts. It worked for him at Derby so no doubt he will be pushing for the same.

We can't sign any loans until Jan

 

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[TomRad85]

I reckon one or two fell over today. Also sounds like sheaf was very last minute. Right call to sell still (for him and us). Will be interesting to see where a lot of the young prem lads have gone out on loan

We shouldn't be leaving til today really. That's the problem.

 

[jto123]

I said I would make my judgement after the window closes and truth is it’s been poor. I’d say at best we have slightly improved, but all the other teams have definitely gained on us. Very odd from all involved.

 

[PVA]

Would have liked a couple more in, but we're no worse off than when we started today.

We are.

Yes we've sorted CB.

But we've lost a midfielder and a winger, and not replaced them.

You can't describe Sheaf as a fringe player, he was a first team player and would have made 30 odd appearances this season.

 

[Briles]

That's superb tbf

 

[jto123]

Also 607 pages for 4 signings haha. Does this maybe suggest that Doug’s ITK crackdown wasn’t as great as cracked up to be?

 

[fatso]

If anyone apart from MVE or Kitch get an injury. We're fucked.
JDS = Bidwell
Thomas = Lati
Sheaf = Allen
Torp = Eccles
Rudi = ????
EMC = Brau
Saka = BTA
Wright = Simms

Thats a HUGE drop off in quality in EVERY position bar RB and LCB. We all just need to cross everything and hope to fuck we dont get more than 1 injury at a time. Swap out 1 player we could manage. 2 or 3 at once and were fucked.


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Sheaf has gone. You mean Grimes I think?

 

[CCFCBat]

Como have released Deli Alli.
Frank took him to Everton, but i can't see that really happening...can it ?

Please no


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[David O'Day]

I'd recall him just because of that.

 

[jordan210]

Our admin is so damn boring compared to like every club.

 

[ptr]

Como have released Deli Alli.
Frank took him to Everton, but i can't see that really happening...can it ?

No. Sad story as he’s been through a lot but no

Came back for Como and was sent off on his debut and only appearance.

What a fucking player he was.

 

[SeaSeeEffCee]

They stopped having the loan window close after the normal window about 10 years ago and some people still haven’t caught on

 

[skybluecam]

Como have released Deli Alli.
Frank took him to Everton, but i can't see that really happening...can it ?

I would actually take him but wages will be the issue with any of those signings.

 

[SkyBlueStallion_89]

Cracked me up that, think our media team needs to have a word with Wigans lol

 

[Yorkshire SB]

The only way the squad works is if Andrews is considered as someone that can play 25+ league games and if KKH or MVE can cover wide forward, and if Brau is cover for EMC. A lot of square pegs, but it could work. The squad was too heavy before.

 

[Shannerz]

This is the whole purpose of a recruitment team. They should in theory have many many players identified. They have a lot of time to sort this out my friend.

Of course, but sometimes things can't be sorted.

Again, what do you want to do if the targeted players aren't available? It's not about time, it'll be about money and clubs not wanting to sell.

It's not been a brilliant window, but it's not a disaster (just an anti-climax), and it's clearly not gone how we wanted, but it doesn't necessarily mean someone's fucked up.

 

[DT-R]

I said I would make my judgement after the window closes and truth is it’s been poor. I’d say at best we have slightly improved, but all the other teams have definitely gained on us. Very odd from all involved.

This is it. All the people saying we've kept our squad together that finished 5th last season.... that's OK, if you dont include all the other variables of other clubs strengthening. We've almost tread water and let everyone around us catch up and/or overtake us.

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[ClarkeZ]

GK: Rushworth, Wilson, Dovin
RB: MVE, KKH
LB: Dasilva, Brau, Bidwell
CB: Thomas, Kitching, Woolfenden, Lati
CM: Grimes, Torp, Eccles, Allen, Andrews
No. 10: Rudoni
LW: EMC,
RW: Tats
ST: Wright, BTA, Simms

Terrified of an EMC injury. Either have to change system or Haji goes out left and Simms has to play lots of minutes.
BTA has shown he can be adequate at RW to give tats a rest on occasion, but saka is going to need to stay healthy.

I really want to be positive, but we're in the same position as the last few seasons where 2 injuries at the wrong time and we're worryingly weakened.

Let's hope the physios are on their game

 

[David O'Day]

We are.

Yes we've sorted CB.

But we've lost a midfielder and a winger, and not replaced them.

You can't describe Sheaf as a fringe player, he was a first team player and would have made 30 odd appearances this season.

No he wouldn't

 

[skybluecam]

We shouldn't be leaving til today really. That's the problem.

To be fair if we'd have kept Sheaf this window would be fine.

So the last minute nature was forced on them somewhat.

 

[djr8369]

I wonder if King will be as frustrated as us. Needs to be bringing in promising young players to develop and sell for a profit, building that “asset base” as he said, but instead were running lean.

 

[HJones23]

We've let no one go who was going to get any minutes, so relax.
The outgoings make perfect sense.

We are thin as a squad, and could of done with a couple more bodies, but that's wasn't a reason to hang on to players that were never going to feature, their careers are best served by moving to clubs that will play them.

Moving forward we are going to have to manage players by using rotation when possible to limit risk of injury, and we are going to have to rely on luck to keep our better players on the grass till the January window allows reinforcements.

Its not ideal, but it is what it is.

At least we have cover at CH and for both Fullbacks now.

How can we rotate players when we have 2 recognised wingers ? We’re relying on BTA playing out of position & a LB from the 2nd division in Spain covering for EMC. Massive gamble that was not needed when we had bodies in the building

 

[DT-R]

Sheaf has gone. You mean Grimes I think?

I did mean grimes yes! My brain is fried from today! well done for noticing!

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[SkyBlue_Bear83]

EMC, Haji, Sakamoto and Torp are all not exactly known to be built out of stone. All have had spells out on the sideline and niggles, significant injury to any of them and it's a massive concern really.

 

[David O'Day]

How can we rotate players when we have 2 recognised wingers ? We’re relying on BTA playing out of position & a LB from the 2nd division in Spain covering for EMC. Massive gamble that was not needed when we had bodies in the building

Lampard obviously doesn't trust or fancy Rapha

 

[TomRad85]

In other news, Gus Hamers career is being absolutely pissed away.

 

[Briles]

Our admin is so damn boring compared to like every club.

Tbf our tiktok ain't bad

 

[jordan210]

live scenes of Tats, Rudi and Grimes at training trying not to get injured

 

[Marty]

We are.

Yes we've sorted CB.

But we've lost a midfielder and a winger, and not replaced them.

You can't describe Sheaf as a fringe player, he was a first team player and would have made 30 odd appearances this season.

Sheaf spent most of the season either injured or recovering from injury. Barely played double figures full fit this past couple of seasons. He can't seem to play with Grimes, so at best he would have been back up.

Rapha needs time to learn the game, he's not ready for this standard of football. Him going is no loss other than having someone to collect the cones at 2:50 every Saturday.

 

[SeaSeeEffCee]

Least I was expecting this morning was Woolfenden and Rak-Sakyi in with Sheaf and Bassette out. Somehow ended the day with less cover in midfield and on the wings than we started with. Utterly bonkers.

 

[trueskyblue12]

Our admin is so damn boring compared to like every club.

Did we lose the old admin last season or something? The announcements from Grimes onwards have been meh

 

[SBAndy]

Utterly bizarre end to a very mediocre window. Squad planning leaves me scratching my head again.

 

[PVA]

No he wouldn't

Of course he would. Probably 10 or 15 starts plus 10 or 15 sub appearances.

 

[SleepyGinger]

I'm also annoyed that as fans we live for signings don't we, it's a fun thing! We only had fucking 4 all summer and even then they managed to completely buzz kill the last one.
Our socials are absolute shite.

I disagree I couldn’t care less how they are announced.

 

[ptr]

Father Doug King tomorrow trying to teach Simms where the goal is again after convincing Lampard he’s good enough as cover.