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Summer transfer window 2024 (5 Viewers)

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  • Start date May 2, 2024
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Skyblue Bangkok

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,576
AFCCOVENTRY said:
Surprise signing number 1

few more pls
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Worrall is off to Burnley.
 

Tea & Busquets

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,577
Perennial Lurker said:
I like him . He's quite a passive poster who obviously is a massive City fan .
I remember the days when I was obsessive about football
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Appreciate it mate. Truly in love with this club. I got family in the agency world so I can drop a few tidbits. Im just another poster but probably as good of a scout as you'll find on here.
 
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Chris1987

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,578
Tea & Busquets said:
Appreciate it mate. Truly in love with this club. I got family in the agency world so I can drop a few tidbits. Im just another poster but probably as good of a scout as you'll find on here.
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Im always very interested in what you have to say. Keep it coming !
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,579
2024/25 League 1 Champs? said:
by the way, £2M for a player isn’t a ‘significant fee’, it’s probably the equivalent to a £200K player 20 years ago
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Up until last summer £2 million was the most we’d spent on a player since returning to this league.
 

TomRad85

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,580
Gutted we've got Basette, BTA and Simms instead of Kieffer Moore and Tyrese Campbell like the team nailed on for automatics.
Shite recruitment. Robins out.

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Monty

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,581
PVA said:
Why would you 'ideally' see Palmer go out? He's getting minutes, so if he goes we'll need a replacement (and I don't think this Norman fella is a replacement for him).

I'd rather sign a CM and move Allen on than a backup 10 to move Palmer out.
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Agree to a point. Palmer offers something different especially from the bench so unless silly money is offered I would keep. Looking for abilities to perform at a higher level Allen would be first midfielder out. I would keep though until RB cover is also sorted as if you get a new midfielder, MVE gets injured so Eccles has to cover there, we are getting down to bare bones
 
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TomRad85

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,582
Seriously though, I always thought we had some money to spend this summer. It's the season to make a real play, the league is weaker despite some of the crap posted, the owner and the manager see it too.
I didn't see this one coming but looks a great pickup. Expect to see 2 more in more needed positions.

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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,583
TomRad85 said:
Seriously though, I always thought we had some money to spend this summer. It's the season to make a real play, the league is weaker despite some of the crap posted, the owner and the manager see it too.
I didn't see this one coming but looks a great pickup. Expect to see 2 more in more needed positions.

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If we don’t go up we will easily make up the shortfall next summer from a minimum of Sheaf, MVE and Simms.
 
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larry_david

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,584
SeaSeeEffCee said:
Links not working for some reason but it was a tweet from Obikwu. Text is:

‘Minor setbacks, major comebacks. I will continue to put my faith and trust in God through the difficult times and through the good times but I still believe everything happens for a reason‘
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Don't sound good.

This happens to us so many times with youngsters about to go out on loan who then get injured and it just completely stiffles their progress
 
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SwanLane

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,585
Mad to think……The summer window where the only permanent transfer we could do was Palmer (for undisclosed £) …… That was just 2 years ago
 

Saddlebrains

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,586
PVA said:
Why would you 'ideally' see Palmer go out? He's getting minutes, so if he goes we'll need a replacement (and I don't think this Norman fella is a replacement for him).

I'd rather sign a CM and move Allen on than a backup 10 to move Palmer out.
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As stated before just before I lost my info, Palmer and his agent refused to sign a new contract as they have a vastly inflated view of how good Palmer is

Contract was withdrawn

I'm pretty certain he will be sold, this Bassette can play in the 10 if needed as can Rudoni, Torp and EMC.

Palmer doesn't fit here anymore
 
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Deity

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,587
SwanLane said:
Mad to think……The summer window where the only permanent transfer we could do was Palmer (for undisclosed £) …… That was just 2 years ago
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Even more mad that there are still posters on here that are sceptical / unconvinced about King…….
 
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Jamesimus

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,588
I know posters think we could make a real go of it this year and I hope we do, but also the kind of signings we’re making don’t seem like short term solutions. So if it doesn’t work out this season, we can still have most of these players here next. The ones that aren’t here anymore won’t be sold for peanuts either.
 
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SwanLane

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,589
Deity said:
Even more mad that there are still posters on here that are sceptical / unconvinced about King…….
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Might seem too good to be true for some. I can’t really fault the guy so far.
 
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Saddlebrains

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,590
Deity said:
Even more mad that there are still posters on here that are sceptical / unconvinced about King…….
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If he gets us in the CM and defender we need then my doubts will have been dispelled
 
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Gynnsthetonic

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,591
Deity said:
Even more mad that there are still posters on here that are sceptical / unconvinced about King…….
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Sisu puppet
 
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Viktor17

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,592
Saddlebrains said:
If he gets us in the CM and defender we need then my doubts will have been dispelled
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Surely, surely this signing indicates we have others lined up, they know we are short?!
 

Balli001

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,593
Saddlebrains said:
If he gets us in the CM and defender we need then my doubts will have been dispelled
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Is this you admitting that you might, just might, stop moaning?
 
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procdoc

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,594
I do think we will bring in two more. Hopefully a centre half and a centre mid. Could do with decent backup to MVE too.
But I’d be happy with two more and delighted with three
 
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Deity

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,595
I’d love us to sign a CDM and a right back but with one week left I think a bigger priority is now not losing one of our key players with little time to replace ……
 
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Perennial Lurker

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,596
Deity said:
I’d love us to sign a CDM and a right back but with one week left I think a bigger priority is now not losing one of our key players with little time to replace ……
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Starting to look like the CDM could be a loanee
 

Tea & Busquets

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,597
Leonardo Lopes, 25 CM/DM from the Belgian league currently a free agent and has played in the Championship for Hull. Eyed up by quite a few championship clubs apparently, would be a great freebie signing. Something tells me we've looked at him since we've been quite active in Belgium recently.
 
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Tommo1993

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,598
Please just give us a name or if you can’t give us a name, what position are they?

Why so needy?
 

Diogenes

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,599
procdoc said:
I do think we will bring in two more. Hopefully a centre half and a centre mid. Could do with decent backup to MVE too.
But I’d be happy with two more and delighted with three
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Think we need to look at strengthening our forward line too
 
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lord_garrincha

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,600
Saddlebrains said:
If he gets us in the CM and defender we need then my doubts will have been dispelled
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Cheaper boxes too!
 
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Potbellypig

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,601
These signings are fantastic and I'm sure it's all ok, but I sort of would like Doug to reassure everyone that all this money being spent is accounted for and we're not overspending trying to reach the promised land. It probably won't happen, but I would like it to. We've had our fair share of homelessness and financial ruin. No more please.
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,602
Jamesimus said:
I know posters think we could make a real go of it this year and I hope we do, but also the kind of signings we’re making don’t seem like short term solutions. So if it doesn’t work out this season, we can still have most of these players here next. The ones that aren’t here anymore won’t be sold for peanuts either.
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Agreed. Looks like Kings trying to get the club on sustainable footing so if we don’t get promoted, we have the ability to sell players for decent money to reinvest in the team/squad. SISU started with this model before the financial crisis but soon stopped reinvesting and moved to the ‘let’s distress ACL and pick stadium up for nothing’ model which wasn’t particularly successful

I’m guessing it’s why King wasn’t willing to blow hundreds of thousands/millions on Jan loans on the very outside chance of promotion last season. That’s just gambling
 
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Perennial Lurker

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,603
Potbellypig said:
These signings are fantastic and I'm sure it's all ok, but I sort of would like Doug to reassure everyone that all this money being spent is accounted for and we're not overspending trying to reach the promised land. It probably won't happen, but I would like it to. We've had our fair share of homelessness and financial ruin. No more please.
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Nothing in his tenure so far has suggested the slightest risk being taken
 
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PVA

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,604
Saddlebrains said:
As stated before just before I lost my info, Palmer and his agent refused to sign a new contract as they have a vastly inflated view of how good Palmer is

Contract was withdrawn

I'm pretty certain he will be sold, this Bassette can play in the 10 if needed as can Rudoni, Torp and EMC.

Palmer doesn't fit here anymore
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I just don't see him leaving without a replacement. If this guy is the replacement, then that's fair enough.
 

Saddlebrains

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,605
PVA said:
I just don't see him leaving without a replacement. If this guy is the replacement, then that's fair enough.
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Gotta look across how we play

Tend to be 4231 and 433

Out wide we are covered, Tats, Raphael, Haji, EMC

In the 10 (if we play it) we have Rudoni, EMC BTA and this new lad

Palmer isn't on cheap wages and will barely play. And with 1 year left Douglas will be looking at taking a few hundred grand profit on a bloke we signed for nothing
 
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Deity

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,606
Perennial Lurker said:
Nothing in his tenure so far has suggested the slightest risk being taken
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He’s invested the vast majority of the income we secured for vik and Hamer when he could have simply pocketed it. That in itself is a calculated gamble with the pay off coming if we get promoted.
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,607
Calista said:
Did your sleep coach recommend it?
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His writing and narrating is a lot more entertaining than his football!
 
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Balli001

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,608
Potbellypig said:
These signings are fantastic and I'm sure it's all ok, but I sort of would like Doug to reassure everyone that all this money being spent is accounted for and we're not overspending trying to reach the promised land. It probably won't happen, but I would like it to. We've had our fair share of homelessness and financial ruin. No more please.
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He kind of already has. He has said several times we will be self sustaining and have no real debt.
 
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Balli001

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,609
PVA said:
I just don't see him leaving without a replacement. If this guy is the replacement, then that's fair enough.
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We are replacing a spot on the bench lets be honest. If everyone is fit Palmer doesnt start and he is a highly paid impact sub right now
 
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shmmeee

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  • Aug 22, 2024
  • #8,610
Winny the Bish said:
stopped playing to force a move.
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