Briles
Well-Known Member
What?
What?I thought we were judging the transfer business not the stadium?
What next, how can you criticise the transfer window when we have a nice new orange kit?
Oh go to bed ffsWhat was the question
got you like a puppet on a stringOh go to bed ffs
I clocked earlier i was surprised you respondedgot you like a puppet on a string
People with an IQ under 85 can’t understand analogies.What?
People with an IQ under 85 can’t understand analogies.
Fair analysis, cant argue with much of that.GK - Stronger - Rushworth appears to be an upgrade on Collins
CB - Stronger - Woolfenden appears to be an upgrade on Binks
RB - Stronger - Added Kesler-Hayden for depth
LB - Stronger - Added Brau for depth
CM - Weaker - Lost Sheaf and not replaced him
AM - Same - No cover for Rudoni
RW - Same - No cover for Sakamoto
LW - Weaker - Lost Paterson and Raphael and not replaced either
ST - Weaker - Lost Bassette and not replaced him
Positives
+ Kept our 3 stars in van Ewijk, Rudoni and Wright.
+ Torp is now showing himself to be a top player at this level and feels like a new £5M+ signing.
+ Desperately needed to improve the defence. Woolfenden and Kesler-Hayden are good signings, too early to tell if Brau is a good signing or not.
+ Rushworth is an upgrade on Collins despite a poor/mixed start.
Negatives
- Only 1 RW in Sakamoto who can only play on the right.
- Only 1 LW in Mason-Clark who can only play on the left.
- Not strengthened our Strikers and are now 1 fewer with Bassette gone.
- No cover for Rudoni.
- Only 22 senior players with 3 goalkeepers. We can't even play 11 v 11 in training both in terms of numbers and lack of depth in several positions. I'm not counting U23 players.
- An injury to either Rudoni, Sakamoto, Mason-Clark or Wright and we are left with far weaker players that would be playing out of position.
Verdict
Not the worst window we've ever had. We've managed to offload most of the players who weren't good enough and managed to get good fees for Binks and Sheaf. But we really needed at least 2 more signings. A winger and a versatile central attacker to cover Rudoni and upfront were needed.
Out of all the teams who finished in and around the top 6 last season, we probably needed to sign the least amount of players.
Overall I think we are right to feel disappointed.
We don’t need a front 3 if the goals keep coming from midfieldok if haji and emc are injured like they were last year what front 3 would you play
It was a great piece of business for us. He had become a never presentI like who we’ve bought in.. all good deals too
But to sell Sheaf this late with no replacement is bizarre to say the least
We have a lost a number of players, so that just worries me on numbers. Obikwu, Raphael, Bassette, Sheaf, when I think we needed to strengthen in terms of squad.Can you name a better transfer window mind?
As I said in the other thread King needs promising young players in to develop and sell on.We clearly wanted more. We’ve been putting bids in for x and y players that go nowhere. I bet even King is frustrated.
Fair comments, however, like many of us we fail to see the use of our youngsters as progression. How do we see them? Are we an academy for the local non-league football scene, as that's where many end up, or do we believe we can unearth the next Maddison.GK - Stronger - Rushworth appears to be an upgrade on Collins
CB - Stronger - Woolfenden appears to be an upgrade on Binks
RB - Stronger - Added Kesler-Hayden for depth
LB - Stronger - Added Brau for depth
CM - Weaker - Lost Sheaf and not replaced him
AM - Same - No cover for Rudoni
RW - Same - No cover for Sakamoto
LW - Weaker - Lost Paterson and Raphael and not replaced either
ST - Weaker - Lost Bassette and not replaced him
Positives
+ Kept our 3 stars in van Ewijk, Rudoni and Wright.
+ Torp is now showing himself to be a top player at this level and feels like a new £5M+ signing.
+ Desperately needed to improve the defence. Woolfenden and Kesler-Hayden are good signings, too early to tell if Brau is a good signing or not.
+ Rushworth is an upgrade on Collins despite a poor/mixed start.
Negatives
- Only 1 RW in Sakamoto who can only play on the right.
- Only 1 LW in Mason-Clark who can only play on the left.
- Not strengthened our Strikers and are now 1 fewer with Bassette gone.
- No cover for Rudoni.
- Only 22 senior players with 3 goalkeepers. We can't even play 11 v 11 in training both in terms of numbers and lack of depth in several positions. I'm not counting U23 players.
- An injury to either Rudoni, Sakamoto, Mason-Clark or Wright and we are left with far weaker players that would be playing out of position.
Verdict
Not the worst window we've ever had. We've managed to offload most of the players who weren't good enough and managed to get good fees for Binks and Sheaf. But we really needed at least 2 more signings. A winger and a versatile central attacker to cover Rudoni and upfront were needed.
Out of all the teams who finished in and around the top 6 last season, we probably needed to sign the least amount of players.
Overall I think we are right to feel disappointed.
Feels like a good window in terms of outgoings and improvements to the defence (assuming Rushworth and Brau can consistently perform well). On the other hand it's been poor in the forward areas particularly. Agree with everything you've said really, if we are lucky we should be ok, if we aren't.....GK - Stronger - Rushworth appears to be an upgrade on Collins
CB - Stronger - Woolfenden appears to be an upgrade on Binks
RB - Stronger - Added Kesler-Hayden for depth
LB - Stronger - Added Brau for depth
CM - Weaker - Lost Sheaf and not replaced him
AM - Same - No cover for Rudoni
RW - Same - No cover for Sakamoto
LW - Weaker - Lost Paterson and Raphael and not replaced either
ST - Weaker - Lost Bassette and not replaced him
Positives
+ Kept our 3 stars in van Ewijk, Rudoni and Wright.
+ Torp is now showing himself to be a top player at this level and feels like a new £5M+ signing.
+ Desperately needed to improve the defence. Woolfenden and Kesler-Hayden are good signings, too early to tell if Brau is a good signing or not.
+ Rushworth is an upgrade on Collins despite a poor/mixed start.
Negatives
- Only 1 RW in Sakamoto who can only play on the right.
- Only 1 LW in Mason-Clark who can only play on the left.
- Not strengthened our Strikers and are now 1 fewer with Bassette gone.
- No cover for Rudoni.
- Only 22 senior players with 3 goalkeepers. We can't even play 11 v 11 in training both in terms of numbers and lack of depth in several positions. I'm not counting U23 players.
- An injury to either Rudoni, Sakamoto, Mason-Clark or Wright and we are left with far weaker players that would be playing out of position.
Verdict
Not the worst window we've ever had. We've managed to offload most of the players who weren't good enough and managed to get good fees for Binks and Sheaf. But we really needed at least 2 more signings. A winger and a versatile central attacker to cover Rudoni and upfront were needed.
Out of all the teams who finished in and around the top 6 last season, we probably needed to sign the least amount of players.
Overall I think we are right to feel disappointed.
Plenty teams have much better squad depth than us now.Name a team who could afford 5 or 6 players out?
One thing that's probably worth saying here is that it might be very difficult to get a number 10, as players are going to look at Rudoni and wonder how much playing time they'll realistically get.Only 1 AM, 1 RW and 1 LW. An injury to any one of those positions and we are severely hindered.
Fair, but if youre talented enough uou force your way, even alongside. The lack of creativity and flair is a worry. If Rudi were to get injured v Norwich, its 20 games until we can get a replacement.One thing that's probably worth saying here is that it might be very difficult to get a number 10, as players are going to look at Rudoni and wonder how much playing time they'll realistically get.
We don't want to sign cover, we want to sign competition, and so you'd need a player of similar quality. Others won't want to come or won't be worth signing.
It’s a fine window if your greatest hope for the season is that we might finish 5th again.
It’s a shit window if you had any hopes of us doing any better.
Could all turn out to be fine in the end but I imagine we’ll be apart of that 6-8 team scramble for the last two play-off places again as opposed to one of the teams above it.
Spot on agree 100%So we've kept our 3 best players, bought the stadium, sold binks and replaced him with a championship winning captain with Premier league experience, bought a "back up" rb who was prestons player of the season and strengthened at left back. All in all, with all considered, this is the best transfer window I can remember and I defy anyone to think of a better one
Can we still get loans in?Spot on agree 100%
As long as there's no injuries or suspensions throughout the season, we're sound.
...and?
We have Wright, BTA and Simms, no need for a 4th
We were allowed to buy the stadium at any time, even outside of the transfer window, so let’s put that to one side for a moment.So we've kept our 3 best players, bought the stadium, sold binks and replaced him with a championship winning captain with Premier league experience, bought a "back up" rb who was prestons player of the season and strengthened at left back. All in all, with all considered, this is the best transfer window I can remember and I defy anyone to think of a better one
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