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Transfer Rumour 25/26 Summer Transfer Window (155 Viewers)

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Ccfcisparks

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  • Yesterday at 3:06 PM
  • #18,341
PVA said:
Seems I'm in the minority but I wouldn't be selling Sheaf this close to the deadline.
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I really wouldnt either.

Unless its the turning point in the hughes deal i really dont think its wise.
 
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Matt smith

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  • Yesterday at 3:06 PM
  • #18,342
SkyBlueDom26 said:
It’s shocking, yeah he might be good in a few years but sheaf is a proven player and one of the best in the league
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He’s never fit. And he hasn’t played well for 12-18 months
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Yesterday at 3:06 PM
  • #18,343
Evo1883 said:
Feel like they believe experience alone will get them up
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probably the right idea with the cash they’ve got available. Most other clubs cant run things like that though, could be financial suicide
 

SleepyGinger

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  • Yesterday at 3:06 PM
  • #18,344
Sheaf and Grimes midfield doesn’t really work. Grimes has barely missed a minute of football for Swansea for the best part of 10 years, the timing isn’t ideal but I this might be our last chance to cash in on Sheaf.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Yesterday at 3:06 PM
  • #18,345
PVA said:
Seems I'm in the minority but I wouldn't be selling Sheaf this close to the deadline.
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Depends what the offer is really
 
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Chris1987

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  • Yesterday at 3:07 PM
  • #18,346
Evo1883 said:
Feel like they believe experience alone will get them up
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Agreed.
 

Jamesimus

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  • Yesterday at 3:08 PM
  • #18,347
Ccfcisparks said:
Never kicked a football in a professional game and never even had a loan out. It’s a massive risk and stinks ofa cheap option. Concerning.
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Oh I agree; he’d need a long settling in period and you run the risk of him being another Ayari, in which case it’s a waste of a loan fee and you have no good backup option for a 30+ centre mid.

I don’t think it’s the choice of it being a “cheap option” - it seems we have the money; more the right time to move on an out of form and injury prone player (he will probably be great for Wrexham now I’ve said that!).

If we’re talking about risks though, 12 million quid on Hughes…
 

procdoc

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  • Yesterday at 3:08 PM
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AS86

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  • Yesterday at 3:08 PM
  • #18,349
Unless we have a sure thing lined up, don't see it happening this late. Jan I could see though. We also need to report Reynolds for tapping him up on instagram.
 
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Saddlebrains

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  • Yesterday at 3:08 PM
  • #18,350
Ccfcisparks said:
Wow must have been a good bid for us to accept straight away.
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Haven't been told anythings been accepted. Just that its not bullshit
 

Jamesimus

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  • Yesterday at 3:08 PM
  • #18,351
PVA said:
Seems I'm in the minority but I wouldn't be selling Sheaf this close to the deadline.
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I think it’s the right time for him to move on if he wants to play most games, but I’m inclined to agree. He could still play a part here if he can stay injury free.
 
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shepardo01

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  • Yesterday at 3:09 PM
  • #18,352
PVA said:
Seems I'm in the minority but I wouldn't be selling Sheaf this close to the deadline.
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Been travelling/awake for 24 hrs.
Had a couple of hours kip and wake up to this.

Again, wouldn't be massively comfortable with this - would this leave us light in midfield!? (although Eccles to come back - and Lati - but dip in actual quality)

Can see us using cash to go back in for Hughes - which again, 10-12 mil is huge for us.
 

Matt smith

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  • Yesterday at 3:09 PM
  • #18,353
Saddlebrains said:
Haven't been told anythings been accepted. Just that its not bullshit
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Saddle are we in for a busy day
 
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TomRad85

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  • Yesterday at 3:10 PM
  • #18,354
Ccfcisparks said:
Would be pretty mental if that happened last day. Leaves us pretty short in CM. If they offer us £10m though cant turn that down.

Window going pretty pearshaped
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I don't think Wrexham bidding on a crock = pear-shaped at all really.
Last chance to get a good price on him if those idiots are in.
Lucky to get half of that £10m though.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Yesterday at 3:10 PM
  • #18,355
Andrews and Sheaf off giving us the depth of

Grimes, Torp, Rudoni, Allen, Eccles

who can cover those CM positions. Even with a Chelsea infant on loan its looking incredibly thin.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Yesterday at 3:10 PM
  • #18,356
TomRad85 said:
I don't think Wrexham bidding on a crock = pear-shaped at all really.
Last chance to get a good price on him if those idiots are in.
Lucky to get half of that £10m though.
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Look at the depth we have in CM if he goes though
 

SkyBlue_Adam

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  • Yesterday at 3:11 PM
  • #18,357
Ben Sheaf has become such a dilemma for us. Great player when he’s fit, but hes got such bad injury problems and probably isn’t a starter anymore

Added into the fact he’s captain, which I don’t think he ever should have been, but it’s harsh to strip it from him

Feel like the club could get some decent money from Wrexham at this stage in the window too
 
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Jamesimus

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  • Yesterday at 3:11 PM
  • #18,358
Matt smith said:
Saddle are we in for a busy day
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@Ccfcisparks will be giving minute by minute updates from now on I imagine so yes.
 
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SkyBlueDom26

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  • Yesterday at 3:11 PM
  • #18,359
Saddlebrains said:
Haven't been told anythings been accepted. Just that its not bullshit
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What about the new contract?
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Yesterday at 3:11 PM
  • #18,360
SkyBlue_Adam said:
Ben Sheaf has become such a dilemma for us. Great player when he’s fit, but hes got such bad injury problems and probably isn’t a starter anymore

Added into the fact he’s captain, which I don’t think he ever should have been, but it’s harsh to strip it from him

Feel like the club could get some decent money from Wrexham at this stage in the window too
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Can’t use the money this window though really
 

Match Plot

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  • Yesterday at 3:11 PM
  • #18,361
Sheaf is a quality player. Problem is he’s fragile and injuries set him back, even when he returns fit he still needs 2/3 games to get him back into the swing of things which is understandable. In those games we often saw him giving the ball away with sloppy passes or decision making errors. Good player if he stays fit. I’d be sad to see him go but if the fee is there it suits. Our starting midfield is top notch for the league, we don’t really have a player that can come on sub and change the game or offering something different. Need to have faces in now with the deadline approaching.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Yesterday at 3:12 PM
  • #18,362
Jamesimus said:
@Ccfcisparks will be giving minute by minute updates from now on I imagine so yes.
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I've had some Red bull and 2 bumps of Coke and I'm ready to cover every inch of grass in this thread
 
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Diogenes

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  • Yesterday at 3:12 PM
  • #18,363
Sheaf is another that I think has probably reached his ceiling and we are looking to go beyond that, so im not opposed to this at all but its a risk this late in the window to be flogging someone who has been one of our best in recent years regardless of his more recent issues.
 
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procdoc

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  • Yesterday at 3:12 PM
  • #18,364
Ccfcisparks said:
Look at the depth we have in CM if he goes though
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I hope we have an upgrade lined up
 

SeaSeeEffCee

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  • Yesterday at 3:12 PM
  • #18,365
Saddlebrains said:
Haven't been told anythings been accepted. Just that its not bullshit
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Same source that told you he’d signed a new deal last week?
 
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Jimmy87

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  • Yesterday at 3:12 PM
  • #18,366
SkyBlueDom26 said:
Reckon we’ll stump up and pay what they want for hughes then?
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You'd think that would give us that little extra that we need to really tempt them wouldn't you.
I'd like to see a progressive midfielder coming in though, and some competition for Tats / EMC, as it seems the Fulham lad was out of our reach.
 
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b12345

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  • Yesterday at 3:12 PM
  • #18,367
Swapping Sheaf for a kid on loan makes us a lot weaker. Not the move of a club that is expected to finish top 6
 
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TomRad85

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  • Yesterday at 3:12 PM
  • #18,368
Ccfcisparks said:
Look at the depth we have in CM if he goes though
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Wait and see what we do. You have 28 hours.
Almost everyone on here is done with Sheaf. The bloke doesn't last 5 minutes. Fuck him off for a half decent fee.
Another poor use of funds from Wrexham really.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Yesterday at 3:12 PM
  • #18,369
procdoc said:
I hope we have an upgrade lined up
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We let him go now if we have someone who is an upgrade ready, this Chelsea lad is not that
 

Saddlebrains

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  • Yesterday at 3:12 PM
  • #18,370
SkyBlueDom26 said:
What about the new contract?
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He signed one last week is what I'm told. Hopefully true as it means we can squeeze another couple of million out of the taffs
 
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PVA

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  • Yesterday at 3:13 PM
  • #18,371
Ccfcisparks said:
Andrews and Sheaf off giving us the depth of

Grimes, Torp, Rudoni, Allen, Eccles

who can cover those CM positions. Even with a Chelsea infant on loan its looking incredibly thin.
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Exactly, and only Grimes of those is a capable holding midfielder.

So if he were to be out (and thankfully he seems pretty bomb proof) we're in big trouble.
 

Jamesimus

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  • Yesterday at 3:13 PM
  • #18,372
Ccfcisparks said:
I've had some Red bull and 2 bumps of Coke and I'm ready to cover every inch of grass in this thread
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The kind of commitment we need from the ITKs in this thread to be honest.
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Yesterday at 3:14 PM
  • #18,373
Saddlebrains said:
He signed one last week is what I'm told. Hopefully true as it means we can squeeze another couple of million out of the taffs
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Us signing Sheaf to a new contract and Wrexham still buying us o ut of it a week later would be typical Wrexham
 
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SleepyGinger

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  • Yesterday at 3:14 PM
  • #18,374
Out

Sheaf
Basette
Andrews (loan)

In

Woolfenden
Unknown attacker
Sheaf replacement
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Yesterday at 3:15 PM
  • #18,375
Jamesimus said:
The kind of commitment we need from the ITKs in this thread to be honest.
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Its what they say about prospective footballers

"Talent outweighs work ethic, but Talent without work ethic only gets you so far"
 
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