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fernandopartridge

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  • Jun 15, 2020
  • #246
ccfchoi87 said:
Can’t argue they do deserve a chance. What about the rest of the side, where would you strengthen?
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Obviously midfielders to replace the loanees, back up right wing back and a left wing back. I think we need a bit more power up front too but we'll have to prioritise I think.

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higgs

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  • Jun 16, 2020
  • #247
Looks like hull are in for Sadlier grant Mccann managed him a Doncaster

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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Jun 16, 2020
  • #248
Magwitch said:
If my aunt had bollocks she would be my uncle.
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To be fair I think the cover for Kelly comment is sensible as he does/is likely miss a few games (wasn't Pask touted as being able to cover for him?) but your aunt/uncle scenario is less likely to happen..
 
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Saddlebrains

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  • Jun 16, 2020
  • #249
Jackson Irvine released by Hull. Good player, think wages could be affordable
 

larry_david

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  • Jun 16, 2020
  • #250
higgs said:
Looks like hull are in for Sadlier grant Mccann managed him a Doncaster

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They'll be looking for someone to fire their league 1 promotion I suppose
 
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jto123

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  • Jun 16, 2020
  • #251
How big an advantage do we think it is that League 1 has finished a month before the Championship? Must give us a huge head start over other teams, but then I guess players won't want to commit either until all leagues are finished.
 
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junglej13

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  • Jun 17, 2020
  • #252
jto123 said:
How big an advantage do we think it is that League 1 has finished a month before the Championship? Must give us a huge head start over other teams, but then I guess players won't want to commit either until all leagues are finished.
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What will be a bit weird is that come the start of the new season our players won't have played for six months. The Championship clubs will have had a very different preparation to us and who knows how the preseasons will compare.
 
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mark82

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  • Jun 17, 2020
  • #253
jto123 said:
How big an advantage do we think it is that League 1 has finished a month before the Championship? Must give us a huge head start over other teams, but then I guess players won't want to commit either until all leagues are finished.
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Could go either way. We won't have played competitive football for nearly 6 months when the season starts.
 
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jto123

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  • Jun 17, 2020
  • #254
mark82 said:
Could go either way. We won't have played competitive football for nearly 6 months when the season starts.
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The rested players is one aspect, but also you could argue we have a head start in the transfer market. We know what league we are in and are able to scout players earlier than other clubs.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jun 17, 2020
  • #255
jto123 said:
The rested players is one aspect, but also you could argue we have a head start in the transfer market. We know what league we are in and are able to scout players earlier than other clubs.
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I think a fair bit depends on when exactly the new season kicks off, when fans are allowed back in and our ability to resolve the ground situation since this will heavily influence ticket sales and therefore spending ability. Just need to make sure our pre season is a bit more gruelling to get them sharp for the restart.
 

DazzleTommyDazzle

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  • Jun 17, 2020
  • #256
mark82 said:
Could go either way. We won't have played competitive football for nearly 6 months when the season starts.
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True and that could be an issue early on.

Conversely, towards the end of the season our players should be fresher than the bulk of the others, who will effectively be nearing the end of a 55 league game season.
 
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PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Jun 19, 2020
  • #257
hamil99 said:
Right now I'd be happy if we kept the whole squad together.

Plus the permanent signing of.
O'Hare
Hamer
Decosta

And a couple of good loans from the prem, including a striker.
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a loan striker we could look at is Brewster jk
We should probs go for one of those players at like Liverpool or Man City on loan because they wont get in their sides
 

PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Jun 19, 2020
  • #258
SBAndy said:
He is but I wouldn’t be confident throwing him into a possible relegation scrap in the Championship. Much rather he spent at least 6 months out on loan getting game time in L1/L2.
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i reckon a mid table L1 or title contenders L2 team
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Jun 19, 2020
  • #259
PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
a loan striker we could look at is Brewster jk
We should probs go for one of those players at like Liverpool or Man City on loan because they wont get in their sides
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I'm a bit wary of taking on the better known youngsters from these sides because you do worry they'll have a Bertie Big Bollocks attitude and/or a little bit of a media circus following him around because he's been held in high regard for a while and expected to go on. That's not aimed at Brewster specifically (I've never heard of any problems with him) and i reckon Liverpool would be looking to loan him out to a lower Prem team if possible.
 
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Alkhen

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  • Jun 19, 2020
  • #260
I would imagine we would have pretty good odds on first Dibs at the Chelsea academy. they are known for loaning out youngsters.

not sure there will be many left in their system that AV actually coached but his stock there is still very high and that can only work in our favour
 
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Sbarcher

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  • Jun 19, 2020
  • #261
Alkhen said:
I would imagine we would have pretty good odds on first Dibs at the Chelsea academy. they are known for loaning out youngsters.

not sure there will be many left in their system that AV actually coached but his stock there is still very high and that can only work in our favour
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I think maybe we are past the stage of taking prem youngsters. We could get away with it in L1 and L2 but for next year, I wouldn't be too happy to be taking "punts" on untried kids.
 

Winny the Bish

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  • Jun 19, 2020
  • #262
Sbarcher said:
I think maybe we are past the stage of taking prem youngsters. We could get away with it in L1 and L2 but for next year, I wouldn't be too happy to be taking "punts" on untried kids.
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Conor Gallagher was a "punt" and he's the only reason Charlton haven't already been relegated.
 
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junglej13

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  • Jun 19, 2020
  • #263
Sbarcher said:
I think maybe we are past the stage of taking prem youngsters. We could get away with it in L1 and L2 but for next year, I wouldn't be too happy to be taking "punts" on untried kids.
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At this level Chelsea were happy to send Tammy Abraham to Villa one season ago. Also Nketiah was at Leeds earlier this season.
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Jun 19, 2020
  • #264
skyblue93 said:
Conor Gallagher was a "punt" and he's the only reason Charlton haven't already been relegated.
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Yep it’s unfair to say our signings were punts, they were considered and managed and the most effective you would have dreamed of

Walsh
Ohare

The only one that didn’t work was Giles and I would put this down as a punt
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Jun 19, 2020
  • #265
junglej13 said:
At this level Chelsea were happy to send Tammy Abraham to Villa one season ago. Also Nketiah was at Leeds earlier this season.
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The fees were huge though weren’t they!!
 

shmmeee

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  • Jun 19, 2020
  • #266
Tough one on Prem loans. Usually I’d say waste of money given the choice between say a Hamer style signing and the same fee on a loan for a season. But when we’ve just come up that little bit more “instant success” sure is tempting. Goals will be the real hard one to come by, if there’s some kid tearing up the Prem U23s Id be tempted to splash out for this season.
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Jun 19, 2020
  • #267
I’d imagine we were second on the list for prem kids - now we’re championship we’ve moved up a notch. We’ll probably be able to pick up the better prem kids. I’m sure we’d take any players that are upgrades on the likes of Dabo
 
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Magwitch

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  • Jun 19, 2020
  • #268
Sky Blue Pete said:
Yep it’s unfair to say our signings were punts, they were considered and managed and the most effective you would have dreamed of

Walsh
Ohare

The only one that didn’t work was Giles and I would put this down as a punt
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He didn’t play ??
 
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PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Jun 19, 2020
  • #269
Alkhen said:
I would imagine we would have pretty good odds on first Dibs at the Chelsea academy. they are known for loaning out youngsters.

not sure there will be many left in their system that AV actually coached but his stock there is still very high and that can only work in our favour
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billy Gilmore
 
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hamil99

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  • Jun 19, 2020
  • #270
PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
billy Gilmore
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I'd love that, but I get the feeling he might be in and around their first team next year.
 
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PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Jun 19, 2020
  • #271
hamil99 said:
I'd love that, but I get the feeling he might be in and around their first team next year.
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same
 
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Magwitch

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  • Jun 19, 2020
  • #272
Every chance Gilmore being a star turn next season.
 
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Londonccfcfan

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  • Jun 19, 2020
  • #273
Just 2 or 3 sensible signings will do.

Give this current squad a good crack chance first at that level. They deserve it.
The players confidence will be sky high and I believe it will be a more level playing field this season.

Robins knows there's a few that will hopefully surprise and thrive at that level.

Some written off players at league 1/2 level will do well in championship.

Remember Biamou is not even league 2 quality/standard.
 
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EAst ender

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  • Jun 19, 2020
  • #274
PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
a loan striker we could look at is Brewster jk
We should probs go for one of those players at like Liverpool or Man City on loan because they wont get in their sides
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Just to warn you, most of the big boys charge large loan fees for their youngsters nowadays with clauses put in stating they must play. If they're crap, you either pay the penalty clause or play them anyway.
An example, we had agreed a 7 figure loan fee with Arsenal for Nketia, before he turned us down to go to Leeds.
 

PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #275
EAst ender said:
Just to warn you, most of the big boys charge large loan fees for their youngsters nowadays with clauses put in stating they must play. If they're crap, you either pay the penalty clause or play them anyway.
An example, we had agreed a 7 figure loan fee with Arsenal for Nketia, before he turned us down to go to Leeds.
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ok so we go for a southampton like obafemi or something where we wouldnt have to pay much or none at all
 
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Garryb80

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #276
PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
ok so we go for a southampton like obafemi or something where we wouldnt have to pay much or none at all
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The obafemi who started yesterday....
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #277
EAst ender said:
Just to warn you, most of the big boys charge large loan fees for their youngsters nowadays with clauses put in stating they must play. If they're crap, you either pay the penalty clause or play them anyway.
An example, we had agreed a 7 figure loan fee with Arsenal for Nketia, before he turned us down to go to Leeds.
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One of the reasons I want squad caps. Big clubs get to hoard players thus preventing smaller clubs improving yet at the same time can loan them out for massive fees to someone else who has to take the risk in smoothing the rough edges off while also paying for the privilege. Then if they make it they've made millions on a player they get to keep as a finished product or get rid of unsuccessful ones but get the equivalent of 2 or 3 transfer fees for them beforehand.

It's a racket.
 
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Blind-Faith

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  • Jun 22, 2020
  • #278
Randell Williams RWB playing now for Exeter, got 14 assists this season , would be decent back up for Dabo
 
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Hoofhearted

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  • Jun 22, 2020
  • #279
Blind-Faith said:
Randell Williams RWB playing now for Exeter, got 14 assists this season , would be decent back up for Dabo
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He's also Brandon Masons best mate, they were together at Watford I think.
 
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tom88

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  • Jun 22, 2020
  • #280
Blind-Faith said:
Randell Williams RWB playing now for Exeter, got 14 assists this season , would be decent back up for Dabo
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not for me. He is a Jodi Jones wannabe
 
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