25/26 January Transfer Window (121 Viewers)

[Saddlebrains]

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?

Bidwell absolutely

 

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[Balli001]

The usual anti signing brigade are saying we should be happy with what we have.

All thats being asked for is a statement midfield signing ala Hamer, Louza, Onyeka and Andrews going out on loan.

That isn't asking for the world, particularly for a team at the top of the league looking to cement their position there.

You are correct it isnt asking for much., You however go into a major meltdown if we dont actually acheive that

 

[steve101]

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

If we get to a point in the season where not losing is what's needed (rather than needing the 3 points), then Bidwell will be useful, or protecting a lead in the last 10. He is still a decent defender. If we are playing a team who are launching it into the box, Bidwell will be more useful than DaSilva.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

You are correct it isnt asking for much., You however go into a major meltdown if we dont actually acheive that

I dont really do I.

In the summer me and a few other posters said the squad was thin and we would probably suffer as a consequence, which we did.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

I also dont get this notion its not fair on the players who've got us "here" to sign new players and not let them finish the job.

If you told the players tomorrow Hamer was signing they would all be over the moon. (no, not the fizzy one)

 

[Bernie Rhodes Nose]

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.

And as good as if not better than quite a few midfielders in the Prem

 

[SBT]

In the summer me and a few other posters said the squad was thin and we would probably suffer as a consequence, which we did.

We've suffered this season?

 

[Ccfcisparks]

We've suffered this season?

We have certainly suffered the last month or so yes.

 

[SBT]

We have certainly suffered the last month or so yes.

Yes, what agony it was

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Yes, what agony it was

Well yes we have gone from 14 point head start to being in nail biting territory so yes it was pretty bad, glad you agree.

 

[Trueskyblue20]

I mean, this was the bench against Birmingham

Lampard has done an amazing job with what he has but our poor form in December was because our squad was running on empty

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[Ccfcisparks]

I mean, this was the bench against Birmingham

Lampard has done an amazing job with what he has but our poor form in December was because our squad was running on empty

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Exactly.

 

[Chris1987]

The usual anti signing brigade are saying we should be happy with what we have.

All thats being asked for is a statement midfield signing ala Hamer, Louza, Onyeka and Andrews going out on loan.

That isn't asking for the world, particularly for a team at the top of the league looking to cement their position there.

What I find difficult to comprehend is why it seems to take us so long to get some of the players we want in. We can only speculate

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

What I find difficult to comprehend is why it seems to take us so long to get some of the players we want in. We can only speculate

Because they're players in demand from elsewhere as well as here.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

What I find difficult to comprehend is why it seems to take us so long to get some of the players we want in. We can only speculate

I appreciate that yes for Onyeka for example there could be multiple moving parts with AFCON etc, but to me it suggests theres been pretty poor planning all told.

 

[SBT]

We had a series of injuries, illnesses and suspensions coupled with a string of some of the hardest games of the season and a couple of rivals hitting form. We signed two new players in positions where we had literally no cover, and now all those injured and suspended players are back. Through it all we remained top of the league by a multi-game margin.

If we decide we want a short-term loan to plug a gap or want to get our PL shopping started early then I'm all for it, but this notion that we're doomed to miss out on promotion unless we sign four or five new PL offcuts in this window is just people struggling to deal with the stress of a (extremely favourable) promotion race.

 

[shmmeee]

TBH if we don’t bring anyone in when we clearly want to my bigger concern is that yet again Doug and Dean have between them failed to do business they’ve deemed the club need. We saw it with EMC, with the Hamer replacement, with Kitching. There’s a trend of not identifying players in our budget and overpaying because of lack of options causing time pressures. Which going into the biggest window of the last quarter century or more is a worry.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

We had a series of injuries, illnesses and suspensions coupled with a string of some of the hardest games of the season and a couple of rivals hitting form. We signed two new players in positions where we had literally no cover, and now all those injured and suspended players are back. Through it all we remained top of the league by a multi-game margin.

If we decide we want a short-term loan to plug a gap or want to get our PL shopping started early then I'm all for it, but this notion that we're doomed to miss out on promotion unless we sign four or five new PL offcuts in this window is just people struggling to deal with the stress of a (extremely favourable) promotion race.

OK so you think we are likely to suffer no injuries before season end, correct?

 

[SBT]

OK so you think we are likely to suffer no injuries before season end, correct?

Yes it is actually no longer possible for us to have anymore injuries and suspensions this season, that's why I've been arguing this all along

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Yes it is actually no longer possible for us to have anymore injuries and suspensions this season, that's why I've been arguing this all along

That is your most cohesive argument yet

 

[shmmeee]

Yes it is actually no longer possible for us to have anymore injuries and suspensions this season, that's why I've been arguing this all along

Do you accept the club think they want another midfielder even if you disagree?

 

[Bernie Rhodes Nose]

I wonder what everyone’s favourite packet of crisps is

Raspberry ripple

 

[covcity4life]

Bidwell absolutely

Capable enough to help us get 3pts on boxing day

 

[Matt smith]

KKH will be the back up left back I’d hope but agree I think we should be strengthening there too

 

[Matt smith]

Capable enough to help us get 3pts on boxing day

He’s not good enough, it’s quite simple

 

[SBT]

Do you accept the club think they want another midfielder even if you disagree?

What's the evidence that they do - newspaper/ITK rumours? Anything more concrete than that?

I don't think the club share the view that if we don't get someone in then we're doomed to miss out on promotion

 

[covcity4life]

He’s not good enough, it’s quite simple

For what?

Prem? Agree
Next season for us if still in championship? Agree

For 4 more months this season as a back up LB? Of course he is.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

What's the evidence that they do - newspaper/ITK rumours? Anything more concrete than that?

I don't think the club share the view that if we don't get someone in then we're doomed to miss out on promotion

Christ this is desperate

 

[Matt smith]

For what?

Prem? Agree
Next season for us if still in championship? Agree

For 4 more months this season as a back up LB? Of course he is.

He’s not good enough as a back up for a team top of the league.

 

[Matt smith]

Fingers crossed we get a midfielder through the door this week

 

[SBT]

He’s not good enough as a back up for a team top of the league.

Have you seen the Championship table in the last five months?

 

[covcity4life]

He’s not good enough as a back up for a team top of the league.

He played Vs Swansea and we won and we kept a clean sheet.

We're top of the league.

He is good enough for that role clearly

 

[TomRad85]

We do need another CM. Probably best to wait until the window is over before moaning about it though.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

We do need another CM. Probably best to wait until the window is over before moaning about it though.

You do know we have games before the window closes?

 

[wingy]

He’s not good enough as a back up for a team top of the league.

So long as it's a portion of a game or 1 in 3 there is no reason to doubt his professionalism imo.