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Transfer Rumour 25/26 Summer Transfer Window (85 Viewers)

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oneofourown

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  • Yesterday at 7:56 AM
  • #7,771
SBT said:
I’m saying if you’re going to draw any conclusions from two pre-season games where you conceded seven goals and scored none, it’s clear where the most pressing room for improvement lies.
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You really need to get a hobby or bf/gf to take your mind off things.
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Yesterday at 7:57 AM
  • #7,772
SBT said:
I’m saying if you’re going to draw any conclusions from two pre-season games where you conceded seven goals and scored none, it’s clear where the most pressing room for improvement lies.
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as a neutral in this argument 0-7 over 2 legs says improvement at both ends of the pitch to me.
 
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Gibbo

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  • Yesterday at 7:58 AM
  • #7,773
KenilworthSkyBlue said:
It still annoys me when people babble on about this.

Tony Bloom and Matthew Benham were boyhood fans of the respective clubs they now own.

The dynamic couldn't be more different and both have injected a massive amount of capital into their clubs without any real intention of a return, well certainly in the early days.

Benham was paying off club debt before he was even in an official capacity at the club. Brighton wouldn't have their stadium without Bloom.
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The point you are missing is that Bloom and Benham have put shitloads in, well more than I suspect DK has at his disposal. For DK the framework is not that he is a rich fan. He bought a distressed asset at bottom dollar and hopes with a relatively modest amount of investment to sell it on at a profit. And have some fun along the way
 
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edgy

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  • Yesterday at 7:59 AM
  • #7,774
SBT said:
Are you basing this off a 5-0 loss in preseason? How many goals are you hoping we score per game?
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No I did watch all of last season too, funnily enough.
 
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TomRad85

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  • Yesterday at 7:59 AM
  • #7,775
I think Simms and BTA are poor and need moving on. I'd get a keeper in 'first' but realistically you can be working on more than one thing at a time and I hope to see both areas improved.
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Yesterday at 7:59 AM
  • #7,776
Gibbo said:
The point you are missing is that Bloom and Benham have put shitloads in, well more than I suspect DK has at his disposal. For DK the framework is not that he is a rich fan. He bought a distressed asset at bottom dollar and hopes with a relatively modest amount of investment to sell it on at a profit. And have some fun along the way
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Are you on drugs?
 

edgy

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 8:00 AM
  • #7,777
Kingokings204 said:
we won’t be. We will have haji wright back
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Still maintain Haji is better on the left. Better finishing than Simms granted but doesn't play the No9 / Central Forward role well for me.
 
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oneofourown

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  • Yesterday at 8:01 AM
  • #7,778
Was it last season, or the one before, where we played a blinder against Everton and another team and we thought the world was our oyster only for us to have a horrendous start to the season. Let's ignore results and stop picking on our players, heck if we are their friends god knows what their enemies are like. Do you guys believe in actually SUPPORTING the players and encouraging them? You must be fun on holidays.
 
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Kingokings204

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  • Yesterday at 8:07 AM
  • #7,779
oneofourown said:
Was it last season, or the one before, where we played a blinder against Everton and another team and we thought the world was our oyster only for us to have a horrendous start to the season. Let's ignore results and stop picking on our players, heck if we are their friends god knows what their enemies are like. Do you guys believe in actually SUPPORTING the players and encouraging them? You must be fun on holidays.
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not allowed to say that. We were winning the league after that 3-0 Everton win.

It’s pre season ….. goodness me.
 
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SBT

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  • Yesterday at 8:08 AM
  • #7,780
Liquid Gold said:
as a neutral in this argument 0-7 over 2 legs says improvement at both ends of the pitch to me.
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Again, it’s preseason etc. But I think the team with the 4th best goalscoring record and the 13th best defensive record last season has more pressing work to do in one area than the other, especially given the current injury situation.
 

Chicken Mcgraw

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  • Yesterday at 8:08 AM
  • #7,781
edgy said:
No I'd did watch all of last season too, funnily enough.
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First game of the season we should look like:

New GK
Hayden Thomas CB LB
Sheaf Grimes
Sakamoto Rudoni EMC
ST

Wilson
Lati
Kitching
Bidwell
Allen
Torp
RW
Simms
Asante

With Eccles and Wright to come back that would be more than enough.
 

edgy

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  • Yesterday at 8:09 AM
  • #7,782
FFS This isnt about pre-season results. This is the transfer window thread. We need a better striker than Simms, it's quite obvious.
 
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RoboCCFC90

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  • Yesterday at 9:04 AM
  • #7,783
Chicken Mcgraw said:
yes lad when these deals going through? Any day now?

Transfer Rumour - January transfer window

No he didn't. Millwall were League 1 until the last season after getting promoted. And he must have been about 38 when he joined us. That alone was a gamble. No it was before it got rebranded to the Championship. The first season of the championship was the 2004/05 season it was called the...
www.skybluestalk.co.uk
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Very strange behaviour, that you've had to trawl through other threads just to find some information that I harmlessly passed along.

Get outside and touch some grass.
 

ovduk78

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 9:05 AM
  • #7,784
We have a problem that some of the players we currently have do not fit the way that FL wants to play. We let too many goals in because we are too easy to counter attack leaving our CBs and Grimes exposed, MVE is quick enough to get back but JDS/Bidwell are either defensively poor or too slow. We are too slow getting the ball forward and Simms/BTA/Haji are all better with the ball played in front of them & when we have the ball we miss too many opportunities to cross the ball & instead recycle it and go side to side. I don't think FL is going to change the way we play so we need to change players. I like Simms and think he would score goals in a team that gets the ball forward quickly like Derby & the nonsense written on here about how much he is worth is ridiculous. Left back is still a problem & we need to get rid of JDS & Bidwell and get an MVE equivalent. I hope we've worked on our attacking throw-ins & corners as we are too predictable. A GK on loan is definitely needed.
 
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Chris1987

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  • Yesterday at 9:34 AM
  • #7,785
Chicken Mcgraw said:
Why would I have an agenda? How bizarre. Didn’t take long for the Kingdom’s cheerleader to arrive
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And as per usual mockery part of the response. Still totally unrealistic to expect you to rise above that level
 

Gibbo

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  • Yesterday at 10:35 AM
  • #7,786
KenilworthSkyBlue said:
Are you on drugs?
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An incomprehensible comment.
1. Saddle has indicated that DK has a 5 year plan and then he is off, almost regardless
2. He's a hedge fund manager by experience - that is his skill set - he's applying the model to us, just a lot more cleverly than SISU
3. We are still relatively modest spenders, reliant on two successful sales grossing 35m before netting off payments.
4. He's been open about the rules on spending - see point 1
5. We undoubtedly were distressed asset. SISU wanted out then and there, having failed to get the ground
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Yesterday at 10:37 AM
  • #7,787
Gibbo said:
An incomprehensible comment.
1. Saddle has indicated that DK has a 5 year plan and then he is off, almost regardless
2. He's a hedge fund manager by experience - that is his skill set - he's applying the model to us, just a lot more cleverly than SISU
3. We are still relatively modest spenders, reliant on two successful sales grossing 35m before netting off payments.
4. He's been open about the rules on spending - see point 1
5. We undoubtedly were distressed asset. SISU wanted out then and there, having failed to get the ground
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I don’t think they were saying anything different to that?
 

skybluecam

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  • Yesterday at 10:50 AM
  • #7,788
Balli001 said:
He still has to agree to the pay off tho
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Find a club that wants him and we can make up the wage difference. Win win.
 
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Hincha

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 11:09 AM
  • #7,789
KenilworthSkyBlue said:
It still annoys me when people babble on about this.

Tony Bloom and Matthew Benham were boyhood fans of the respective clubs they now own.

The dynamic couldn't be more different and both have injected a massive amount of capital into their clubs without any real intention of a return, well certainly in the early days.

Benham was paying off club debt before he was even in an official capacity at the club. Brighton wouldn't have their stadium without Bloom.
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For the record I wasn't saying we can replicate the Brighton/Brentford model at all - just giving an example of how selling your best players doesn't mean you have to 'burn' a season / get worse

Unless you're in the Champions League everyone in the pyramid has to try to trade up - but if you're smart you can lose 1/2 players each year and improve
 

Sky Blue Goblin

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  • Yesterday at 11:13 AM
  • #7,790
 
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AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Yesterday at 11:17 AM
  • #7,791
 
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AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Yesterday at 11:19 AM
  • #7,792
Looks good can play on both wings

 
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Briles

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  • Yesterday at 11:20 AM
  • #7,793
Sky Blue Goblin said:
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I.E A few out the door
 
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procdoc

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  • Yesterday at 11:26 AM
  • #7,794
We must have a bit more money to spend as transfer links are starting to appear now
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Yesterday at 11:27 AM
  • #7,795
procdoc said:
We must have a bit more money to spend as transfer links are starting to appear now
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Bling just planting fake news to trick the naive
 
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Sky Blue Goblin

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  • Yesterday at 11:34 AM
  • #7,796
Ccfcisparks said:
Bling just planting fake news to trick the naive
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Deadly Doug at it again
 

Offhegoes

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  • Yesterday at 11:35 AM
  • #7,797
Briles said:
I.E A few out the door
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Reading between the lines....Collins is off.
Bassette & Rodrigues ( 1 year loans).
And one or two of the following will be sold ( Allen, Simms, BTA, Bidwell, MVE)
Then we get GK, CF and Winger.
 
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Skyblue Bangkok

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  • Yesterday at 11:39 AM
  • #7,798
Offhegoes said:
Reading between the lines....Collins is off.
Bassette & Rodrigues ( 1 year loans).
And one or two of the following will be sold ( Allen, Simms, BTA, Bidwell, MVE)
Then we get GK, CF and Winger.
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Can't see who would want Collins.
 
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Potbellypig

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  • Yesterday at 11:39 AM
  • #7,799
I actually don't think we'll sell anyone. Just my tuppence, but I genuinely don't.
 

edgy

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  • Yesterday at 11:39 AM
  • #7,800
Like the look of this kid and the potential he would bring

 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Yesterday at 11:39 AM
  • #7,801
Gibbo said:
An incomprehensible comment.
1. Saddle has indicated that DK has a 5 year plan and then he is off, almost regardless
2. He's a hedge fund manager by experience - that is his skill set - he's applying the model to us, just a lot more cleverly than SISU
3. We are still relatively modest spenders, reliant on two successful sales grossing 35m before netting off payments.
4. He's been open about the rules on spending - see point 1
5. We undoubtedly were distressed asset. SISU wanted out then and there, having failed to get the ground
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Still entirely irrelevant to the post I was responding to but thanks for the random lists of points.
 

SleepyGinger

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  • Yesterday at 11:43 AM
  • #7,802
I still expect us to make a big move or 2
 
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Mr Panda

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  • Yesterday at 11:45 AM
  • #7,803
Potbellypig said:
I actually don't think we'll sell anyone. Just my tuppence, but I genuinely don't.
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I'm hoping we see Collins, Bidwell and Allen offloaded whether it be by loan or a sale.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Yesterday at 11:45 AM
  • #7,804
edgy said:
Like the look of this kid and the potential he would bring

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Absolutely what we need
 
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Winny the Bish

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  • Yesterday at 11:47 AM
  • #7,805
AFCCOVENTRY said:
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Just had a look at his FotMob:

Pros:
Good at dribbling

Cons:
Most other things

7GA in the Dutch 2nd division doesn't scream WE'RE GOING UP

(I might be being a bit too much of a negative nancy considering he's only 18/19 last season. We desperately need someone with legit speed on the wings.)
 
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