25/26 January Transfer Window (91 Viewers)

Ccfcisparks · Jan 25, 2026

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 · Jan 25, 2026

Brighton Sky Blue said:
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 · Jan 25, 2026

Ccfcisparks said:
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 · Jan 25, 2026

SBT said:
We've suffered this season?

We have certainly suffered the last month or so yes.

SBT · Jan 25, 2026

Ccfcisparks said:
We have certainly suffered the last month or so yes.

Yes, what agony it was

Ccfcisparks · Jan 25, 2026

SBT said:
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 · Jan 25, 2026

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 · Jan 25, 2026

Trueskyblue20 said:
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 · Jan 25, 2026

Ccfcisparks said:
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 · Jan 25, 2026

Chris1987 said:
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 · Jan 25, 2026

Chris1987 said:
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 · Jan 25, 2026

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 · Jan 25, 2026

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 · Jan 25, 2026

SBT said:
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 · Jan 25, 2026

Ccfcisparks said:
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 · Jan 25, 2026

SBT said:
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 · Jan 25, 2026

SBT said:
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 · Jan 25, 2026

Trueskyblue20 said:
I wonder what everyone’s favourite packet of crisps is

Raspberry ripple

covcity4life · Jan 25, 2026

Saddlebrains said:
Bidwell absolutely

Capable enough to help us get 3pts on boxing day

Matt smith · Jan 25, 2026

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

Matt smith · Jan 25, 2026

covcity4life said:
Capable enough to help us get 3pts on boxing day

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

SBT · Jan 25, 2026

shmmeee said:
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 · Jan 25, 2026

Matt smith said:
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 · Jan 25, 2026

SBT said:
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 · Jan 25, 2026

covcity4life said:
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 · Jan 25, 2026

Fingers crossed we get a midfielder through the door this week

SBT · Jan 25, 2026

Matt smith said:
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 · Jan 25, 2026

Matt smith said:
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 · Jan 25, 2026

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

Ccfcisparks · Jan 25, 2026

TomRad85 said:
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 · Jan 25, 2026

Matt smith said:
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.

robbiethemole · Jan 25, 2026

If Grimes were out injured for a few weeks, we’d be totally screwed. We do need someone in to share the workload, ideally who can run a game, that doesn’t include Torp, Eccles or Rudoni. Doug has to see this is the best chance in 25 years to return to the Prem, surely he can’t pennypinch now.

SBT · Jan 25, 2026

robbiethemole said:
If Grimes were out injured for a few weeks, we’d be totally screwed. We do need someone in to share the workload, ideally who can run a game, that doesn’t include Torp, Eccles or Rudoni. Doug has to see this is the best chance in 25 years to return to the Prem, surely he can’t pennypinch now.

We are not going to rotate Grimes out of the side at this stage of the season, and especially not just because we're worried he might get injured.

TomRad85 · Jan 25, 2026

Ccfcisparks said:
You do know we have games before the window closes?

A lot of deals don't happen until late in the window, its normal. Better to wait a couple of games and land a decent target than rush in a dud.

Ccfcisparks · Jan 25, 2026

TomRad85 said:
A lot of deals don't happen until late in the window, its normal. Better to wait a couple of games and land a decent target than rush in a dud.

i’m glad you have more faith than me. This gives me total déjà vu of the summer

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