Transfer Rumour 25/26 Summer Transfer Window (17 Viewers)

[Deity]

I haven't heard anything to be honest.

Agree there with what you said about the stadium being the most important purchase. Looking back over the window, it wasn't really a disappointing one, i think it's clear we were trying.
Losing Sheaf at the last minute was probably a shock to some people, coupled with a tense last day of the window, possibly left people feeling a bit deflated.
It may not have been a position we were looking at filling this summer, but i've got faith in Eccles to fill that gap for now. (I know some people don't rate him)
I'd love to see us aiming to bring in a progressive midfielder in January.

With regards to the winger, it seems from an outside point of view that we waited all summer on Fulham, if that's the case, it's very naive.
We've looked at Rak-Sakyi in the past so i'm not surprised we tried last minute for him, seemed like too little time to get anything done obviously. A shame really as i think thats one area where we were desperate for some real depth.
Can only hope they are already putting plans in place for January.

It's tough, can't complain with what we are trying to do, but sometimes i think it's not unfair to wonder if we need another body in and around the transfer side of things, i've heard some people on match day's questioning whether Austin is out of his depth. I've no idea what his true role is, but maybe if we are looking at shaping up to Premier league pushing sides, then we may need to see an addition of a Director with higher experience in that department in the near future.

Hi @Jimmy87, are you hinting that the DoF is well progressed or expressing an opinion ? I thought it was slightly odd that Doug didn’t answer a question on this (given I assume multiple people will have asked the question ) and I wondered whether it was because he didn’t want speculation ahead of an appointment ….

 

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[Viktor17]

JRS joined Turkish side on loan for the season, so can scrap that for Jan.

 

[Captain Dart]

99.9% of people that had an issue with our window would take nearly all of Sheff U’s last 3 windows signings over our’s.

That’s not always how the Championship work’s. We are in infinitely better shape than Sheff U, whether we have more “inferior” individual players or not.

It’s not inevitable, as many will make you believe, that signing 6 top top players in a summer window will get you over the line, again not how the Championship works.

Time to draw a line on the transfer window now maybe? Move on with what we do have and build a run of form and a connection between fans and the players we do have.

The Championship front runners will nearly always be the teams with the deeper, “better” squads, of course - but there are always 3 or 4 teams who challenge that status quo.

Having 7 or 8 quality starters, a unified fan base with the players and manager, a bit of luck, goals can put you right in the mix - our summer activity success rate opinion or not aside, all of these things in what I list are already there or are within our “control”.

Team spirit and elan counts for a lot.

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

JRS joined Turkish side on loan for the season, so can scrap that for Jan.

I guess depends if they can recall it, as if they can then they could bring him back once they knew a sale was going to happen like the Sobra Thomas rumours from last season.

 

[Balli001]

JRS joined Turkish side on loan for the season, so can scrap that for Jan.

Nearly all loans have recall options so not an issue i would say