25/26 January Transfer Window (106 Viewers)

[Balli001]

Yeah. I also don’t really know anything about him. Feels like one of those potential signings people got excited about just because we were linked to him, not because he’s particularly good.
(I could of course be wrong about this).

He captained them last season and is very highly rated. He is a victim of them needing to sign premier level players to stay up, similar to their keeper. I think he would be a decent signing, probbly lower than his value too due to his contract situation.

 

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[Hobo]

hopefully that means a statement signing coming

If you really are after a statement signing and it doesn't come off, do you settle for a panic buy.

Or keep your powder dry and have another go in the summer. It is well known transfers are often achieved over two windows not one.

We still have the squad that got us to the top with points and goals to spare, plus two additions to that squad.

I sometimes think some fans just need a signing to validate their own predictions.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

If you really are after a statement signing and it doesn't come off, do you settle for a panic buy.

Or keep your powder dry and have another go in the summer. It is well known transfers are often achieved over two windows not one.

We still have the squad that got us to the top with points and goals to spare, plus two additions to that squad.

I sometimes think some fans just need a signing to validate their own predictions.

I don’t see the point in keeping powder dry when it’s such an important end to the season

 

[Deity]

The challenge with Neil is obvious. If Sunderland don’t think he’s worth hardly any minutes in the Prem why would we give him a 4 year deal at Cov ?

One reason is that he might help us get up which would be brilliant but if your the player do you want to swap not playing for the risk of not playing next season ??

 

[Sbarcher]

Boost, Chrunchie, and Diam are my top 3.

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I’m going to be really controversial here, get yourself a Caramac bar.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

The challenge with Neil is obvious. If Sunderland don’t think he’s worth hardly any minutes in the Prem why would we give him a 4 year deal at Cov ?

One reason is that he might help us get up which would be brilliant but if your the player do you want to swap not playing for the risk of not playing next season ??

He’s been displaced by Granit Xhaka who’s the best player in that squad by a long distance. I no longer think he’s what we need but he isn’t a bad player.

 

[Liquid Gold]

If you really are after a statement signing and it doesn't come off, do you settle for a panic buy.

Or keep your powder dry and have another go in the summer. It is well known transfers are often achieved over two windows not one.

We still have the squad that got us to the top with points and goals to spare, plus two additions to that squad.

I sometimes think some fans just need a signing to validate their own predictions.

You’re assuming that we have one option and the rest are panics. That would be terrible management.

We may have missed our first target but there will be a list of acceptable targets that fulfil our criteria.

This is the window we need to move on one of them.

 

[Flying Fokker]

Remember everyone saying they don't care if he buys anyone this season after buying the stadium.....

Everyone? He’d probably pull you up on that one.

 

[Saddlebrains]

We will never get a better chance than this its simple

If we dont spend a penny in this window its not good enough is it let's be honest. Its not like we have a complete squad, we have 1 capable left back, 1 capable DM.

Yes the squads done brilliantly so far, but our rivals are strengthening and closing. Standing still will get us overtaken

 

[shmmeee]

I’m going to be really controversial here, get yourself a Caramac bar.

You can’t they were discontinued in 2024

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

We will never get a better chance than this its simple

If we dont spend a penny in this window its not good enough is it let's be honest. Its not like we have a complete squad, we have 1 capable left back, 1 capable DM.

Yes the squads done brilliantly so far, but our rivals are strengthening and closing. Standing still will get us overtaken

Agree that we need to strengthen. Disagree that we’re destined to be overtaken if we don’t sign anyone.

We’ve got a better squad than Boro imo and as for Ipswich, they could be 11 points behind after Monday and their Feb fixtures is stacked with away games where they’ve struggled all season.

We have the benefit of Boro needing to win against ourselves and Ipswich away from home. That’s 2 6-pointers that they have away from home and I highly doubt they win both games. Ipswich and ourselves are the best teams at home.

We’re in a difficult spot because any signing on a perm is pointless if we do not believe they can make it in the prem. Yet, unlike Ipswich, we don’t have Prem money to throw around.

I’m optimistic we’ll get 1-2 signings in so I’ll happily reserve judgement until the window closes.

 

[Balli001]

We will never get a better chance than this its simple

If we dont spend a penny in this window its not good enough is it let's be honest. Its not like we have a complete squad, we have 1 capable left back, 1 capable DM.

Yes the squads done brilliantly so far, but our rivals are strengthening and closing. Standing still will get us overtaken

Thought you said we were 100% getting a CM? Surely you shouldnt need to worry if so....

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

We will never get a better chance than this its simple

If we dont spend a penny in this window its not good enough is it let's be honest. Its not like we have a complete squad, we have 1 capable left back, 1 capable DM.

Yes the squads done brilliantly so far, but our rivals are strengthening and closing. Standing still will get us overtaken

Based on everything we’ve heard you’d have to assume the club is more than aware of this.

Still have hope we will sign a cm before the window closes, fully understand we have our hands tied unless someone comes in for one of the leftback.

Worry now is that after that performance I doubt Sheffield will be selling Hamer any time soon. So assume our list of cms is getting smaller and smaller

 

[clint van damme]

That's not how you advertise a chocolate bar. This is how you advertise a chocolate bar:

'God I could murder a Cadburys flake then I guess you won't let me into heaven,
Or maybe you would 'cause their adverts promote oral sex'

 

[Tealeaf]

Get the statement player in & we can say at least we tried if we fail . Don't get anymore players in and we fail, we are going to look like a club without ambition.

 

[Trueskyblue20]

We will never get a better chance than this its simple

If we dont spend a penny in this window its not good enough is it let's be honest. Its not like we have a complete squad, we have 1 capable left back, 1 capable DM.

Yes the squads done brilliantly so far, but our rivals are strengthening and closing. Standing still will get us overtaken

Completely agree. Now is the time where we really go for it and make a statement signing to get us over the line.

I still stand by my pessimistic view that we get to deadline day, try to scramble a signing at the last hour and fall just short (as we seem to do all so often)

 

[RoboCCFC90]

We will never get a better chance than this its simple

If we dont spend a penny in this window its not good enough is it let's be honest. Its not like we have a complete squad, we have 1 capable left back, 1 capable DM.

Yes the squads done brilliantly so far, but our rivals are strengthening and closing. Standing still will get us overtaken

Spot on Saddle.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Completely agree. Now is the time where we really go for it and make a statement signing to get us over the line.

I still stand by my pessimistic view that we get to deadline day, try to scramble a signing at the last hour and fall just short (as we seem to do all so often)

That would be pretty terrible if true, for it to happen twice in a season and probably suggest that there is a different narrative to what has been spun in the media.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

That would be pretty terrible if true, for it to happen twice in a season and probably suggest that there is a different narrative to what has been spun in the media.

Let’s reserve judgment until the window shuts at least.

 

[Otis]

I wonder what everyone’s favourite packet of crisps is

We could do two couldn't we.

Favourite packet and then also favourite flavour of the crisps inside the packet.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Let’s reserve judgment until the window shuts at least.

We were running that same line in the summer, we should have been proactive in this window, yes we got Esse, but we had a real opportunity.

We gambled on the games in January by waiting.

 

[Otis]

We will never get a better chance than this its simple

If we dont spend a penny in this window its not good enough is it let's be honest. Its not like we have a complete squad, we have 1 capable left back, 1 capable DM.

Yes the squads done brilliantly so far, but our rivals are strengthening and closing. Standing still will get us overtaken

Wouldn't say it will, but certainly could.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Wouldn't say it will, but certainly could.

I just dont get the desire to run the risk when we could sign, spend £5/10m and give us a stronger chance.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

We were running that same line in the summer, we should have been proactive in this window, yes we got Esse, but we had a real opportunity.

We gambled on the games in January by waiting.

At the same time it’s true. The time to complain about transfer business is after the window closes.

 

[Lamps]

we signed him a couple weeks ago mate

And he wasn't a statement signing? Every club in the Championship would love to have Esse.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

And he wasn't a statement signing? Every club in the Championship would love to have Esse.

Not really. He is a loan.

 

[Trueskyblue20]

That would be pretty terrible if true, for it to happen twice in a season and probably suggest that there is a different narrative to what has been spun in the media.

Just feels so predictable as it did in the summer and other recent windows.

Lots of whispers of don’t panic we will have a CM definitely in by Norwich or next week or whenever. Then everything goes radio silent before the predictable deadline day scramble.

Staying true to form, I wonder if we loan out a CM at the 11th hour. Allen to Barnsley?

 

[Trueskyblue20]

Esse was a smart signing as we needed cover on the wings and someone to push/rotate with Tats.

It definitely isn’t a statement signing however

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Just feels so predictable as it did in the summer and other recent windows.

Lots of whispers of don’t panic we will have a CM definitely in by Norwich or next week or whenever. Then everything goes radio silent before the predictable deadline day scramble.

Staying true to form, I wonder if we loan out a CM at the 11th hour. Allen to Barnsley?

It is running the same as the summer. Except this time there isnt the purchase of a stadium to quieten down those questioning it.

 

[larry_david]

I argue Esse is a statement signing. The guys class and has a huge reputation.

When it was announced other fans were commenting saying that's Cov winning the title then. Statement

 

[SBT]

If we dont spend a penny in this window its not good enough is it let's be honest. Its not like we have a complete squad, we have 1 capable left back, 1 capable DM.

There is an extremely high chance that it is, in fact, good enough. We shall see at the end of the season.

Are we no longer classing Jake Bidwell or Josh Eccles as capable players now?

 

[Ccfcisparks]

There is an extremely high chance that it is, in fact, good enough. We shall see at the end of the season.

Are we no longer classing Jake Bidwell or Josh Eccles as capable players now?

I dont want Bidwell playing any games in the run in, you are correct.

 

[Trueskyblue20]

There is an extremely high chance that it is, in fact, good enough. We shall see at the end of the season.

Are we no longer classing Jake Bidwell or Josh Eccles as capable players now?

Josh Eccles definitely. Bidwell absolutely not.

If JDS gets injured then we drop a lot of points (as already seen this season when he was out for 3 games). It is a considerable risk having only one competent LB for a charge at Autos.

 

[SBT]

I dont want Bidwell playing any games in the run in, you are correct.

I think that’s a very different statement from saying he’s not capable.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

I think that’s a very different statement from saying he’s not capable.

He isn't capable anymore, correct.