Transfer targets (10 Viewers)

The Philosopher · Aug 31, 2023

We’ve got rid of the expensive deadwood; Waghorn, Walker and Kane would be £30k per week between them.

Plus loanees wages

Plus Dabo / Rose etc.

Our match day income and ST income and TV income is considerably higher.

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Probably £30m net income consideration from Gyok / Gus (assume some sell on to Brighton / Dutch club?).

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We’ve plenty of headroom for some decent signings.

At this stage I would have expected a couple of £1m European Hamer style punts to have come in along with a couple of £500k L1/2 gambles.

They could end up like Hamer or equally like Hillssner - them’s the brakes.

It’s a lottery, but at the moment we haven’t brought many tickets.

Our squad is very very thin, especially with 9 sub spots.

Martin180 · Aug 31, 2023

BlueSkiesForever said:
Very true, and I agree with you on Kitching, £4 million is too much to pay for him. I think Brekalo is worth more though, he looks like the real deal tbh.

Based on what though ? Signing overseas players always carries a risk with them adjusting to another country . Saying that I would rather pay £4 million for him over Kitching

Martin180 · Aug 31, 2023

Brighton Sky Blue said:
If we play a box we are one injury away from having no DM on the bench.

Lati can play there at a push but I agree it's a gamble
Hopefully one we won't have to take

BlueSkiesForever · Aug 31, 2023

Hobo said:
I don't like the January transfer window. But it will still be there as an option. We will get injuries but will we have as many long term ones as last year? You can only have so many back ups in any one position so not something you can completely legislate against That part is a lottery.

I still think signing the right players for the next
2-3 years is key, not just signing players to say we have signed a player.

Yeah fair enough, we obvs have different stances on it and I respect that, I just feel we should pushed the boat out to get that quality CM we need.
Either way there’s nothing we can do about it, I just hope for the sake of this forum we win on Saturday, god knows what it’ll be like if we lose 3-0 or something

BlueSkiesForever · Aug 31, 2023

Martin180 said:
Based on what though ? Signing overseas players always carries a risk with them adjusting to another country . Saying that I would rather pay £4 million for him over Kitching

Yeah fair, always hard to tell and we all know as little as the next man but just from highlight reels and how much Viking rate him it seems like he’s a quality player. But as you say it is hard to tell tbf and whether he’d adjust to moving here etc is difficult to say.

hamertime · Aug 31, 2023

I dont think Kind and Robbins would of been at the Superstore opening if they thought there were any last minute signings to be done. Can see us getting another loan or 2 and keeping the money until January.

Sky Blue Harry H · Aug 31, 2023

Brighton Sky Blue said:
If we play a box we are one injury away from having no DM on the bench.

Kelly, Eccles. Sheaf. Ayari. Lati ??

skybluecam · Aug 31, 2023

BlueSkiesForever said:
Yeah you’re right it would have but we’ve moved on as a club since then, selling our best players to help fund development, Vik & Gus together got 30 goals for us last season, to remain worried about £2-£3m when we have a large deficit in quality in our midfield seems like the wrong way to look at it in my opinion.

...we haven't moved on as a club. We've sold the two best players the city has seen in the last 20 years for big fees. Excluding that our revenue will be similar (and dependent on team performance). Trying to expand too quickly has been the downfall of many clubs over the years.

Sky Blue Harry H · Aug 31, 2023

If we get the right loans in, we can hold on until the summer to get the right players in. As others have said, it is rare for the right quality players to be available in January (and the prices are always inflated for that window).

mmttww · Aug 31, 2023

BlueSkiesForever said:
You got to question whether it’s due to not a single player in the world being the right player for the team or whether Doug just doesn’t want to spend the cash…

You might. I don't. Nothing about his time here indicates he "doesn't want to spend the cash". He's got a plan for five seasons. I don't want him to rush something to appease impatient football fans.

Hobo · Aug 31, 2023

BlueSkiesForever said:
Yeah fair enough, we obvs have different stances on it and I respect that, I just feel we should pushed the boat out to get that quality CM we need.
Either way there’s nothing we can do about it, I just hope for the sake of this forum we win on Saturday, god knows what it’ll be like if we lose 3-0 or something

To be honest I don't care what state the forum is in, it melts down all the time

junglej13 · Aug 31, 2023

Spare a thought for Sunderland. Ross Stewart, Patrick Roberts and Lynden Gooch all look like leaving today.

mmttww · Aug 31, 2023

procdoc said:
No but three weeks is more than enough time to replace Hamer and get the other reinforcements in.

According to who?

mmttww · Aug 31, 2023

Calista said:
And Ayari.

I don't get why people keep ignoring him! Doing my f*cking head in. Just because he got a few mins as a 10 doesn't mean he hasn't been brought it in to play as an 8! FFS

Russell Slade · Aug 31, 2023

junglej13 said:
Spare a thought for Sunderland. Ross Stewart, Patrick Roberts and Lynden Gooch all look like leaving today.

AFCCOVENTRY · Aug 31, 2023

Balli001 · Aug 31, 2023

junglej13 said:
Spare a thought for Sunderland. Ross Stewart, Patrick Roberts and Lynden Gooch all look like leaving today.

And Jack Clarke moaning they wont let him leave too

BlueSkiesForever · Aug 31, 2023

mmttww said:
You might. I don't. Nothing about his time here indicates he "doesn't want to spend the cash". He's got a plan for five seasons. I don't want him to rush something to appease impatient football fans.

Fair enough, I get it but I just think now is a good time to get in a quality CM that we can bring along with the rest of the signings, bed him into the team and work out what else we may need in future transfer windows. Anyway what’s done is done and what isn’t isn’t.

Hobo · Aug 31, 2023

Balli001 said:
And Jack Clarke moaning they wont let him leave too

It will be Jimmy Hills fault if they sell anybody

skybluecam · Aug 31, 2023

AFCCOVENTRY said:

How have I never seen this before

baldy · Aug 31, 2023

skybluecam said:
How have I never seen this before

Probably because it’s not funny

mmttww · Aug 31, 2023

BlueSkiesForever said:
Fair enough, I get it but I just think now is a good time to get in a quality CM that we can bring along with the rest of the signings, bed him into the team and work out what else we may need in future transfer windows. Anyway what’s done is done and what isn’t isn’t.

No one would disagree with you. Clubs are taking this piss, trying to exploit our position - cash from Hamer - with time ticking (see Kitching).

Tmrw, it swings back to us. Last chance for them to get any cash at all till Jan. Feel we'll get one done, hoping for two. Either way, beers on Sat!

skybluecam · Aug 31, 2023

The Philosopher said:
We’ve got rid of the expensive deadwood; Waghorn, Walker and Kane would be £30k per week between them.

Plus loanees wages

Plus Dabo / Rose etc.

Our match day income and ST income and TV income is considerably higher.

———-

Probably £30m net income consideration from Gyok / Gus (assume some sell on to Brighton / Dutch club?).

———-

We’ve plenty of headroom for some decent signings.

At this stage I would have expected a couple of £1m European Hamer style punts to have come in along with a couple of £500k L1/2 gambles.

They could end up like Hamer or equally like Hillssner - them’s the brakes.

It’s a lottery, but at the moment we haven’t brought many tickets.

Our squad is very very thin, especially with 9 sub spots.

I agree with this. When Hamer left I thought we would have 1/2 incoming from markets where you’re likely to get a bit more value (e.g. benelux)

Sbarcher · Aug 31, 2023

junglej13 said:
Spare a thought for Sunderland. Ross Stewart, Patrick Roberts and Lynden Gooch all look like leaving today.

Looks like Pritchard could also be on the move. very talented CM.

AFCCOVENTRY · Aug 31, 2023

junglej13 said:
Spare a thought for Sunderland. Ross Stewart, Patrick Roberts and Lynden Gooch all look like leaving today.

And now Jack Clarke has kicked up a fuss as he was promised he could leave this tea fee window for £10m. Burnley offered that…

Looks like Stewart and Roberts to Sunderland.

skyblueelephant76 · Aug 31, 2023

Cardiff and Swansea after Panzo

Jonathan Panzo: Cardiff sign Nottingham Forest defender on loan

Cardiff City have signed ex-England Under-21 defender Jonathan Panzo on loan from Nottingham Forest for the remainder of the season.

www.bbc.co.uk

mmttww · Aug 31, 2023

AFCCOVENTRY said:
... tea fee window

Tell me more. I f*cking love tea!

fatso · Aug 31, 2023

AFCCOVENTRY said:
And now Jack Clarke has kicked up a fuss as he was promised he could leave this tea fee window for £10m. Burnley offered that…

Looks like Stewart and Roberts to Sunderland.

What's a tea fee window?

Martin180 · Aug 31, 2023

skyblueelephant76 said:
Cardiff and Swansea after Panzo

Jonathan Panzo: Cardiff sign Nottingham Forest defender on loan

Cardiff City have signed ex-England Under-21 defender Jonathan Panzo on loan from Nottingham Forest for the remainder of the season.

www.bbc.co.uk

Welcome to him

procdoc · Aug 31, 2023

If Eccles or Sheaf get injured we are having to rely on Liam Kelly again. I love Kelly but we really need to get someone in

skybluecam · Aug 31, 2023

procdoc said:
If Eccles or Sheaf get injured we are having to rely on Liam Kelly again. I love Kelly but we really need to get someone in

Ayari?

AFCCOVENTRY · Aug 31, 2023

fatso said:
What's a tea fee window?

I don’t know to be honest

Finham · Aug 31, 2023

SlowerThanPlatt said:
How are you going with the £17m figure now because someone said it on a forum?

I'm going to go with "Because he can read and learn"!

SleepyGinger · Aug 31, 2023

We’re nowhere near as bad a position as some are making out.

fernandopartridge · Aug 31, 2023

No deal is probably better than a bad deal to be honest, we could do with some extra players but at the right price only. God, think back to when we rushed to spend the Mcsheffrey windfall on Kyle and McKenzie

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