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25/26 January Transfer Window (6 Viewers)

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skyblu3sk

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,131
Honestly this place is a fucking joke at times it's either full of Wums or you all need to grow the fuck up.
 
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Legia Sky Blue

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,132
shmmeee said:
This all sounds like a long way of saying Dean Austin is worse at his job than his contemporaries.
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Which signings have his contemporaries made so far that we should have signed instead?
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,133
Legia Sky Blue said:
Which signings have his contemporaries made so far that we should have signed instead?
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Wagner
 
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Winny the Bish

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,134
Pathetic from the club. Dean Crapstin and Penny Pinching Doug Out.
 

Matt smith

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,135
quinn1971 said:
We’ll only be signing back up players so I wouldn’t expect too much, once torp and Asante are back can’t see us changing much, just need cover on the wings, and Asante can play on the left,
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Back up players for god sake do we want to get promoted or not

that’s not good enough
 
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skybluecam

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,136
Ccfcisparks said:
Wagner
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Weren't we linked with him last season?

Could arguably have netted us 3 points already if we'd signed him!
 
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shmmeee

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,137
Legia Sky Blue said:
Which signings have his contemporaries made so far that we should have signed instead?
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Not sure that’s relevant. But lots of clubs have made signings since the end of last season.

His job is to make sure CCFC have a squad though and we don’t. Us losing out now to other teams or having to pay through the nose as you suggest is a symptom of his earlier failures to build the squad needed in the summer.

Every window we’ve had the same thing of chasing an overpriced player it going all the way to the end and half the time us not even getting the player.
 
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quinn1971

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,138
Ccfcisparks said:
Could Rapha and Bassette potentially fill that role?
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We were talking about that yesterday, there’s no way Lampard or king thought we’d be where we are, just got that horrible feeling kings happy if we finished 3rd, and had another crack in the play offs, but surely being this close just go and sign some proper quality, if Bassette comes back then it’s just to make the squad numbers up, we’ll know how serious Doug is when the first signing comes in, hoping for grimes levels
 
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Deity

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,139
quinn1971 said:
We were talking about that yesterday, there’s no way Lampard or king thought we’d be where we are, just got that horrible feeling kings happy if we finished 3rd, and had another crack in the play offs, but surely being this close just go and sign some proper quality, if Bassette comes back then it’s just to make the squad numbers up, we’ll know how serious Doug is when the first signing comes in, hoping for grimes levels
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Can you explain your logic for why King might want us to finish third please ?
 
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Matt smith

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,140
quinn1971 said:
We were talking about that yesterday, there’s no way Lampard or king thought we’d be where we are, just got that horrible feeling kings happy if we finished 3rd, and had another crack in the play offs, but surely being this close just go and sign some proper quality, if Bassette comes back then it’s just to make the squad numbers up, we’ll know how serious Doug is when the first signing comes in, hoping for grimes levels
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Shouldnt have addressed the fans with a rallying call if that’s the case.

I still think we’ll spend money on someone out the blue who we haven’t been linked with
 
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Match Plot

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,141
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,142
Match Plot said:
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Fantasy football player. Not reliable
 
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Legia Sky Blue

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,143
shmmeee said:
Not sure that’s relevant. But lots of clubs have made signings since the end of last season.

His job is to make sure CCFC have a squad though and we don’t. Us losing out now to other teams or having to pay through the nose as you suggest is a symptom of his earlier failures to build the squad needed in the summer.

Every window we’ve had the same thing of chasing an overpriced player it going all the way to the end and half the time us not even getting the player.
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Wagner? I'm suprised you would want him ahead of JDS given you're his biggest fanboy! Much has also been made of us already having 3 LB's, notwithstanding we would also not be in a position to match whatever Wagner will be getting paid by Birmingham.

So far we have had a squad to see us through this far. We are top of the league!

I agree however that we need new players brought in this window. The time to judge the window will be when its over rather than now however.
 
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quinn1971

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,144
Matt smith said:
Back up players for god sake do we want to get promoted or not

that’s not good enough
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Our best 11 is
Rushworth
MVE
Jds
Thomas/ wolfenden
Kitching
Torp
Grimes
Rudoni/asante
Saka
EMC
Wright/ Simms
Not sure the players who we’ll be after will get in ahead saka/emc ?
 
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quinn1971

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,145
Matt smith said:
Shouldnt have addressed the fans with a rallying call if that’s the case.

I still think we’ll spend money on someone out the blue who we haven’t been linked with
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Hope so, surely spending a few million in Jan is nothing compared to what he’ll get in the summer, plus he’s covered himself if he gives Lampard what he wants, if esse is the first one in he’s having a proper go
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,146
quinn1971 said:
Our best 11 is
Rushworth
MVE
Jds
Thomas/ wolfenden
Kitching
Torp
Grimes
Rudoni/asante
Saka
EMC
Wright/ Simms
Not sure the players who we’ll be after will get in ahead saka/emc ?
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They could get in ahead of any of them if theyre good enough
 

Warwickhunt

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,147
Just watching incester v baggies and Jrdon James is quite a good player. On loan from Rennes with a view to buy for 4 million at the end of the season! I think Doug should distable him by offering 5 million now as long as he comes to us straight away, if he doesn't his head be fucked thinking about what coud be.
 
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Saddlebrains

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,148
Esse has more chance of happening than Manneh, 1000%
 
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shmmeee

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,149
Legia Sky Blue said:
Wagner? I'm suprised you would want him ahead of JDS given you're his biggest fanboy! Much has also been made of us already having 3 LB's, notwithstanding we would also not be in a position to match whatever Wagner will be getting paid by Birmingham.

So far we have had a squad to see us through this far. We are top of the league!

I agree however that we need new players brought in this window. The time to judge the window will be when it’s over rather than now however.
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I don’t think I’ve said Wagner anywhere?
 

DT-R

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,150
Deity said:
Can you explain your logic for why King might want us to finish third please ?
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Is the prize money for the Play-off winner not greater than 1st/2nd? They say its the richest prize in football so would suggest he/the club would profit more for a play-off win than a league win?

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shmmeee

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,151
I really don’t understand why people think we can’t possibly sign better than what we have either. Grimes Torp and EMC were all January signings and current first teamers.
 
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CovValleyBoy

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,152
Warwickhunt said:
Just watching incester v baggies and Jrdon James is quite a good player. On loan from Rennes with a view to buy for 4 million at the end of the season! I think Doug should distable him by offering 5 million now as long as he comes to us straight away, if he doesn't his head be fucked thinking about what coud be.
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Watching same match.
I reckon right wing Micky Johnston would be a great acquisition. Always causes us problems.
Albion are a selling club.
2 or 3 mill might do it.
 

Pezza

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,153
I have a feeling we will all be pleasantly surprised this window, have a feeling that Frank and Doug will pull a few out of the bag.

We will never have a chance for promotion like this again, they know this.
 
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quinn1971

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,154
Ccfcisparks said:
They could get in ahead of any of them if theyre good enough
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If esse is the level we’re getting you could be right, left backs marking him for 60 mins then tats comes on…if we could do the same on left we’d be quality going forward, still like to see a centre half in,
 

DT-R

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,155
quinn1971 said:
Our best 11 is
Rushworth
MVE
Jds
Thomas/ wolfenden
Kitching
Torp
Grimes
Rudoni/asante
Saka
EMC
Wright/ Simms
Not sure the players who we’ll be after will get in ahead saka/emc ?
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Im not sure if you know how this works, but you said our best "11" then named 14 players.

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Senior Vick from Alicante

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,156
What's scary about us at the minute is the lack of home grown players that we are not producing. We need to start getting younger players that are capable of pushing into the first team. We just seem to get them to bench and that's it, they go on loan and then get released. If we could produce more young quality we wouldn't have been as stretched as much as we have been. That said we need a lively attacking midfielder as a must who can take the ball on the turn from Grimes and commit players. That's the absolute minimum for this window.
 

clint van damme

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,157
DT-R said:
Is the prize money for the Play-off winner not greater than 1st/2nd? They say its the richest prize in football so would suggest he/the club would profit more for a play-off win than a league win?

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What??!!
The prize money for the play offs is peanut compared to actually getting to the PL and the winners usually give their share to the runner up anyway.

It's the richest prize in football because winning that one off game gets you to the PL, something the teams in the auto slots have already achieved..
 
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JSL

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,158
No mention of Piroe anywhere today so assume that was a non starter
 
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quinn1971

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,159
DT-R said:
Is the prize money for the Play-off winner not greater than 1st/2nd? They say its the richest prize in football so would suggest he/the club would profit more for a play-off win than a league win?

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Didn’t say he wants us to finish 3rd said theres no way he’d expect us to be top, just hoping he doesn’t think finishing 3rd would be enough, you’d expect play off final at least
 

RoboCCFC90

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,160
Ccfcisparks said:
Fantasy football player. Not reliable
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Sky have also mentioned this on the Transfer Centre page, sounds like a strong possibility.
 

robbiekeane

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,161
DT-R said:
Is the prize money for the Play-off winner not greater than 1st/2nd? They say its the richest prize in football so would suggest he/the club would profit more for a play-off win than a league win?

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No

They say that because its decided by one single game
 
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SonofErnie

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,162
DT-R said:
Is the prize money for the Play-off winner not greater than 1st/2nd? They say its the richest prize in football so would suggest he/the club would profit more for a play-off win than a league win?

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That is completely false. The reward for reaching the premier league is exactly the same only it rests on a single game and is therefore termed ‘the richest game in football.

Even the gate receipts for reaching the final are given away by the winning team under a gentlemen’s agreement.
 

Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,163
Sky seem pretty sure we’ll sign Esse:

 
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Tommo1993

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,164
Saddlebrains said:
Esse has more chance of happening than Manneh, 1000%
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Much preferred as well, that Manneh looks pony.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Jan 5, 2026
  • #4,165
CovValleyBoy said:
Watching same match.
I reckon right wing Micky Johnston would be a great acquisition. Always causes us problems.
Albion are a selling club.
2 or 3 mill might do it.
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Caused us a lot of problems earlier in the season.
 
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