SleepyGinger
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Played both, if we’re signing Manneh too that’s good depth.
Transfer Rumour 25/26 Summer Transfer Window (5 Viewers)
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Legia Sky Blue
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A fair few of them are not wingers.
SleepyGinger
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Ccfcisparks
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think mehmeti is people reading he wants to leave and putting 2+2 together and getting 5
SleepyGinger
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Yeah might be nothing in it but can’t think of anyone else it could be realistically. Few Bristol City fans have said they think he’ll be off in Jan too.
PUSB-We_are_going_up
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Who? Outside of Twine and Memehti (both of whom can and have played on the wing)
shmmeee
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Yeah but if we offer a fat promotion clause now players will assume it’s likely to happen. Not like if we were 11th.
shmmeee
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The legit info is we’re in for a championship winger. Everything else is speculation.
Ccfcisparks
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could there be a link between this rumour for us and the article about Palmer being shipped out by Hull
Legia Sky Blue
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Cantwell for starters!
long way home
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Giorgi Chakvetadze would be top of my list but know its just my wishful thinking on him...
baldy
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I wouldn't want Palmer back at all
It depends if they feel they need the funds to strengthen more broadly …..
fatso
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100% agree,
Plus he will be 29 at the end of the season, so there's no chance of any further profit on him, and hes not exactly known for looking after himself off the field. He struggles now to last 90 minutes of championship football as it is.
SleepyGinger
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Getting £6.5m for Sheaf in the summer looks a better deal every day
TomRad85
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Yeh as much as I said I'd still like him around I think we'll look at smarter signings honestly. Can see Gus heading back to The Netherlands come the summer, it's clear the Prem interest isn't really there.
Season 25/26 Torp burying screamers in the Prem, Gus waddling around Eredevisie. I've seen the future.
TomRad85
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There has to be an ITK balance between Jimmy, Saddle and GIMOC somewhere. Jimmy just sticks the tip in and walks away, leaves you wanting much more. Saddle just rammed it in with no foreplay at all which some people didn't like. Then there's GIMOC who bent you over, missed the hole and snapped his dick in half.
I think I need Jimmy to evolve honestly.
Gibbo
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The obvious prospect of the Prem will incentivize a player, once we make our interest known to them, to force the deal through. It looks like Grimes was an instance of that sort of thing.
The Burnley lesson is interesting - they were looking like candidates for the play offs, but eventually cruised to the automatics admittedly helped by Sheffield Utd stumbling. The logic would appear to be we need to get at least a couple of Prem ready players in.
So the plan is: The Burnley model for January, the Sunderland model for the Summer
In fancy Cantwell too, he's more mature now. I thought Price for WBA looked handy on Saturday, involved in both their goals, but that might have been a one off.
The Burnley lesson is interesting - they were looking like candidates for the play offs, but eventually cruised to the automatics admittedly helped by Sheffield Utd stumbling. The logic would appear to be we need to get at least a couple of Prem ready players in.
So the plan is: The Burnley model for January, the Sunderland model for the Summer
In fancy Cantwell too, he's more mature now. I thought Price for WBA looked handy on Saturday, involved in both their goals, but that might have been a one off.
Razzle Dazzle Dean Gordon
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Think you've nailed it mate. Familiar with the club so will settle in quickly and Lampard is the one to unlock all that untapped potential. The winger reference is probably just smoke and mirrors to keep the competition in the dark.
Gibbo
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I'm intrigued about what caliber of player we look to bring in.
The assumption is that at least two of a currently very successful team will become back ups rather than first team regulars, which is a tad unusual in the club's history. So it's not a Woolfie type of purchase - strengthen the squad; instead it's a Prem-ready type.
I'd leave centre-half and attacking midfield until the summer, but look at left back and left wing.
Surely the days of Rafa, Norman, Brau type purchases are over
The assumption is that at least two of a currently very successful team will become back ups rather than first team regulars, which is a tad unusual in the club's history. So it's not a Woolfie type of purchase - strengthen the squad; instead it's a Prem-ready type.
I'd leave centre-half and attacking midfield until the summer, but look at left back and left wing.
Surely the days of Rafa, Norman, Brau type purchases are over
KenilworthSkyBlue
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Well it isn't utter bollocks is it. How many of those players genuinely made a massive contribution to Burnley's promotion push? I remember Bournemouth did the same several years ago and again, most of the signings made didn't really work particularly.
You're frankly a complete imbecile if you think you need to flood a successful, settled and established squad with a load of signings unless it's completely necessary - i.e. injuries etc.
Adding to the squad with 2-3 quality players would more than suffice.
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SkyBlueStallion_89
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Apparently Dennis Cirkin is out of contract in the summer, move bidwell on and bring him in? Top LB in this league.
We need cover on the wings but a player of his ability out of contract in half a season worth it
We need cover on the wings but a player of his ability out of contract in half a season worth it
Chris1987
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Only 23 too
TomRad85
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If Dasilva can't get through the amount of games we have coming up then i'd take trying KKH at LB over what i've seen from Bidwell recently.
Chris1987
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I would too but not sure whether the management team see it that way
TomRad85
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No I doubt they will either, they'll want round pegs in round holes. Watching Bidwell recently has been painful at times though, which is a shame as he used to be a decent LB.
Mucca Mad Boys
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I’d only sign a LB if Bidwell is moved on. The old stalwarts of the Robins era; Wilson, Allen and Bidwell are now all ‘culture’ players. Good to have around the dressing room and all are happy with reduced roles.
Personally, I don’t think we’ll move any of those players on in Jan, but definitely in the summer. Although, I’ve said this for 2 seasons now…
Priority for Jan is an out and winger and a player who can play AM as well as out wide imo.
Alkhen
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4 for me maybe I'm an imbecile to think we need cover at LB DM and 2 wingers but I think Frank feels the same way.
Let's stick with the little old Cov mindset though. We'll be fine to run Tats into the ground... Grimes never gets injured.. yeah Bidwell can definitely be adequate cover. Let's pretend EMC doesn't have record for injuries. We'll be fine and it's totally worth gambling this amazing opportunity we have just so we don't upset the precious feels of a few fringe players
Madness, we have been short of depth for years now is the time to act. Nobody needs to come in on a promise when we are a very attractive proposition for loads of players. A massive chance for any permanent signings to be a prem player in 6 months. A really good experience for loanees. But they would have to fight for their place. The Burnley players not playing is irrelevant, cover and depth isn't starters is it, it's an insurance plan. Hopefully we can survive with the minimal changes but sod risking not having cover if the worst happens
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TomRad85
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I agree on the priority and agree we won't sign another LB. Our next signing at LB will be in the summer hopefully as a Prem club.
Mucca Mad Boys
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Jan is just getting the right players in to keep us on top and then in Jan, assuming promotion, you’d need a massive ‘churn’ to get the correct players in to mount a serious survival challenge.
Gut feeling, we’d be the best placed team to stay up even if we went up with Ipswich, Southampton or even Leicester. We can poke holes in Lampard’s CV, but he stayed up with Everton and has finished in the Top 4 with Chelsea so there aren’t going to be many managers better suited to us. With the benefit of hindsight, it explains why we’ve done so well since he’s come in.
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Alkhen
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Get a loan in someone who can attack surely. I agree we need to be careful not to load our squad with players that won't cut it if we go up. But the drop off and style shift if we loose Dasilva is way to jarring
TomRad85
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I'm not going to say we're definitely not and get bookmarked and called a c**t when it happens but i can't see it. If they want to bring in anyone who can improve us anywhere on the pitch i'm not against it.