Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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If we'd been under SISU still they'd have probably brought the reveals forward a day just to make him/CT look silly.
Oh, wait, under SISU there wouldn't have been any signings.
As you were.
If we'd been under SISU still they'd have probably brought the reveals forward a day just to make him/CT look silly.Football journo takes day off on penultimate day of transfer window …. He’s not planned that well. I’d be amazed if we don’t have some activity today ….
I dunno - selling highfield road before we had a ground to go to meaning we were paying big sums to rent it back was the start. As you said ITV digital going bump + the 113m noose around our neck from that point onwards was definitely the catalyst. Not the transfer fees
MR has said he doesn't want anymore loanees, he's got 2.to be honest. At this point i'd rather pad out the squad with loanees rather than panic buy and waste Gus money.
I do think we'll end up with 1-2 younger Prem loans.
The Gus money is still a huge sum, and i'd rather take adequate time to reinevest that in the right player/players, rather than chucking it away.
Get some loanees in until Jan, whilst still continuing to bid/line suitable longer term replacements, and we can have them ready and through the door on Jan 1st.
Most teams that have gone up recently have relied on a couple of decent Prem loans, and i notice there hasn't been much loan movement this year.
i think that will be the best case
I’d rather not have to watch Sheaf and Eccles do the same job and pass it backwards and sideways all game
True. But if we can’t land the perm targets Robins might accept another loan or 2 to give more depth to the squad and then try again in the Jan window.MR has said he doesn't want anymore loanees, he's got 2.
Do we have any idea how far off O’Hare is? He’s already doing some level of training.
Hopefully we don’t rush him back, these things take time and last thing we want is him to do it again.Do we have any idea how far off O’Hare is? He’s already doing some level of training.
Blacked out Ford Transit just turned up at Ryton apparently.
Wrong thread. That’s got Dave Boddy in the back, naked, bound and gagged and an angry fan has ironed a King of Shaves logo onto his bare chest.Blacked out Ford Transit just turned up at Ryton apparently.
Any idea what he’s on at Forest?Alan Nixon
Middlesbrough have won the race for midfielder Lewis O’Brien and are signing the Nottingham Forest player on loan for the season.
O’Brien jumped at the chance of joining Boro despite their poor start and will hope to reproduce his Huddeesfield form in the Championship.
Boro made the best contribution towards O’Brien’s wages despite rival interest from Coventry and Ipswich. Leeds surprisingly backed away.
O’Brien was initially only available to buy and then it became a loan with a view to a buy. However in the end Forest relented and settled for the most lucrative loan offer.
Blacked out Ford Transit just turned up at Ryton apparently.
Do you really think soOn the flip side of the negativity at least we could have an interesting deadline day. Usually we know we're going to do absolutely fuck all apart from maybe flog another player for a laugh.
Well i would certainly hope so...Do you really think so
Probably get another of those Chinese takeaway tweetsOn the flip side of the negativity at least we could have an interesting deadline day. Usually we know we're going to do absolutely fuck all apart from maybe flog another player for a laugh.
He is certainly highly rated by Brighton and suspect he has been allowed to come here expecting to get decent game time over the season.Do we think Ayari could do a job given time? He looks very slight to me for a deeper role.
Yes, his defensive numbers are decent. Hamer was at his best last year when he played alongside Sheaf and Eccles. I think there will be home games when we expect a lot of the ball and he will replace Eccles, I think he is the Hamer replacement for this season.Do we think Ayari could do a job given time? He looks very slight to me for a deeper role.
Going to Bologna in a swap dealNot claiming to be itk because I’m not, but heard today that we’re looking at Remo Freuler from Forest for the number 8 role. Seems abit far fetched to me. Current vice captain and full international for Switzerland.
Would set us back 6-8m and doesn’t fit the model at 31, so again, sceptical.
Tbf they are surely in a position where they desperately need to get players off the books. If there's no bidding war then they could just accept a low ball offer or indeed a loan.Not claiming to be itk because I’m not, but heard today that we’re looking at Remo Freuler from Forest for the number 8 role. Seems abit far fetched to me. Current vice captain and full international for Switzerland.
Would set us back 6-8m and doesn’t fit the model at 31, so again, sceptical.
That’s that thenGoing to Bologna in a swap deal
most short lived rumour yet?Going to Bologna in a swap deal
Got to bemost short lived rumour yet?
Well, you did say you didn't know how much was upfront.I do
You're not being pedantic, the word you're looking for is clueless.I’m genuinely not trying to be pedantic and the original point of the post was why people elect to take a long distance loan when an equivalent one on the doorstep was available. Transfers are different; players know (or at least intend at point of signing) to be at a place for 3 years or so, so will most likely move to the area. With a 6-10 month loan, why commute / live in digs / stay at another player's house as some have suggested if you could just as easily take a local loan and stay home?
It was a simple musing.
O’Hare is a prime example. I’m fairly certain that the commute from Solihull to Ryton wasn’t daunting.
I’d guess Panzo didn’t need to stay in digs near Cov.
With O’Brien, it was a simple question of why choose Middlesbrough over us for a loan? Middlesbrough (unless you’ve been kicked in the head by a horse or think maps tell lies) is an unnecessary upheaval.
Latterly, in the real world, particularly post Covid, people are less inclined to travel to work. (Many have got used to working from home where their “own time” starts later and finishes earlier. Ie, logging on at 9 means you are having “own time” until 9. Jumping in a car at 8 after putting a suit on etc to get to an office at 9 means “own time” ends earlier than 8. People have started to see the benefits of not wasting time sat in traffic jams, burning fuel, wasting time and money.)
First question I ask when employing people is “where do you live”?. People who have a 10 minute journey are more likely to stay with a firm then those the other side of town who need to travel an hour.
Back to original point:
4/5 hour round trips to go training for 2 hours is a bit bonkers.
For loans, particularly young O’Hare types who probably live at home near their boyhood club, shouldn’t we be looking closer to home?
Have the (spits as types) Villa got any decent young AM’s?
Is Rico Richards any good?
I always thought Louie Barry a decent loan shout.
Hopefully mutual terminations for Simon Moore and Cashman by tomorrow
Because he’s 22 and not considered for the first team, he also needs to find a permanent club than another loanWhy would we get rid of Cashman ? He played in u21 yesterday and cant be on much.
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