Has Gallen’s role changed a bit? I always thought he was the one who negotiated the deals and he said the new title of DoF would help him have clout with other clubs when getting deals done.
But this from Bowyer suggests Matt’s taken on deal negotiation now:
‘The chairman has the list. It’s in his hands now.‘
Could explain why we've done nothing in the market so far if MS is running negotiations and not SG
MS managed to get a non-Charlton supporting UAE national to buy a football club 5,000 miles away for £50m. His skills can’t be too bad.
He over paid for it ..
But my my point is that SG has done an incredible job and based on his track record I’d rather him negotiating that MS who is unproven for us in the transfer market.
Loan signings are not the end of the world in Jan, if we stay up we won't have a bloated squad full of players that are lower half championship quality. We can then have a whole summer to invest and improve the entire squad
I think comparing to Gallagher and Bielik to calm concerns is wrong.
Yes Gallagher and Bielik were young players who couldnt get in their own team - but those teams were Chelsea and Arsenal. It was no indication they were not good enough for us and that was proven.
A young kid who is the same standard as them (and thats the standard we need in a relegation fight) should be good enough to be deemed un-loanable to Norwich. The fact a team that bad wants to let him go to get minutes is just something to be considered
Reckon Maddison will sign, but probably on the 30th or 31st, he’s running out of options and Peterborough have moved on
He’ll have significantly more options, and money, if he waits four more months to sign. He’s playing well, on the radar of a few clubs and will soon be a free agent - the perfect combination for a footballer to get paid a lot of money.
A lad I work with is good friends with Ben Godfrey at Norwich (they played together as schoolboys in York) so I’ll try and get some inside info. Is this what it feels like to be ITK?
Another one in the welmed camp. We already have Davison who us "young" & "raw". What we need is an experienced striker who knows the league......but not old & slow like Hemed. Someone aged between 25 & 30.....which I know costs money. Looks like the lists given to MS are running out of names.
And seeing as Norwich arent ripping up the Premier League you'd have thought that if he was any good at sticking the ball in the back of the net he'd be at least on the bench for them.
I'll take Maddison, Idah and Docherty on loan. After that as long as we stay injury free that should be enough to get us over the line. We would be a very dangerous team on the break if we had Maddison along with Taylor, Bonne and Williams
Reckon Maddison will sign, but probably on the 30th or 31st, he’s running out of options and Peterborough have moved on
He’ll have significantly more options, and money, if he waits four more months to sign. He’s playing well, on the radar of a few clubs and will soon be a free agent - the perfect combination for a footballer to get paid a lot of money.
Even if they don't play him again all season? It's a risk, that's for sure.
Look how a third in the table Fulham struggled to cope with the pace of Doughty then imagine we had started with Taylor and this lad from Norwich upfront. Would have won. Sounds decent. At 18 will be raw but many were underwhelmed with gallagher in the summer cause of his age.
Loan signings are not the end of the world in Jan, if we stay up we won't have a bloated squad full of players that are lower half championship quality. We can then have a whole summer to invest and improve the entire squad
True, but an overhaul of the whole squad is a huge undertaking. SG pulled it off last season, but as he said himself, he would not like to do that again. We were very fortunate in many ways.
This is why I think the aim of bringing in three permanent that are as good or better than what we have in January is important.
Cullen is unlikely to be loaned out again next season. He will be back with WH playing or sold and there will be clubs better placed to attract him. We will need a left sided CH, a defensive midfielder, left back, right back, attacking midfielder, and a centre forward if Taylor stays. Two if he leaves.
That is just for the first team. Oh, and most of our players are soon out of contract. Huge amount of work needs to be done which is why we need to start now, and get it right first time.
That said, I’d take a younger, presumably hungry youngster from a PL side on loan rather than a late 20s loanee from our division/SPL. So fairly positive, in Gallen we trust with this one.
Especially if we could buy a player now for between £500k - £13m (Gnaudillet / Toney) yet for half the price in the summer
I’ve a feeling we will go in for Toney in the summer if Lyle goes.
Plus everyone else will that fails to leave this league at either end of the table.
There are a number of teams that won’t spend 8m on a player (Millwall not spent more than 1m ever) that will be in this league. And clearly our chairman has a good relationship with their chairman. Just a thought that’s all.
why do we need an inexperienced 18 year old striker when we have a more experienced one in Bonne who should be back soon?
To give us a pacey option up front, even if that’s just coming off the bench. Green’s not an out and out striker and Bonne is more similar to Taylor than Grant - mobile but more of a hold up striker than one who uses out and out pace.
why do we need an inexperienced 18 year old striker when we have a more experienced one in Bonne who should be back soon?
What if Bonne has a set back? Or either Taylor, Bonne or Hemed get injured? Is Idah a different type of striker than we already have? Will bringing in a loan for minimal spend allow us to spend more on a midfielder now or more on a striker in the summer?
Id imagine SG & LB have answered all those before approaching Norwich.
It is going to be difficult to recruit proven Championship or even League one players as they will expect to go into the starting 11. With the quality of players we have who have just returned from injury or are due to do so soon, we won’t entice players of real quality in this window. A striker will not displace Taylor, and potentially Bonne when he returns. Nobody will get in ahead of Cullen, Field, Williams or Pratley.
Maybe a centre half, particularly a tall, strong, ball winning player may get a decent chance at centre back. A new left back may displace Purrington. Otherwise it is hard to see why a certain standard of player would join us if they are a starter at their own club.
A lad I work with is good friends with Ben Godfrey at Norwich (they played together as schoolboys in York) so I’ll try and get some inside info. Is this what it feels like to be ITK?
“Inside info” I see what you did there, very clever. 😉
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But my my point is that SG has done an incredible job and based on his track record I’d rather him negotiating that MS who is unproven for us in the transfer market.
Yes Gallagher and Bielik were young players who couldnt get in their own team - but those teams were Chelsea and Arsenal. It was no indication they were not good enough for us and that was proven.
A young kid who is the same standard as them (and thats the standard we need in a relegation fight) should be good enough to be deemed un-loanable to Norwich. The fact a team that bad wants to let him go to get minutes is just something to be considered
Could be a win win situation all round.
Currently at 700k, 300k thread views in a week is a mighty tall order. I might need to start making up rumours to push it along...
Drawing interest from 4 clubs, midfielder / striker said to play best in a free role where he is given artistic licence.
What a fantastic achievement that would be.
This is why I think the aim of bringing in three permanent that are as good or better than what we have in January is important.
Id imagine SG & LB have answered all those before approaching Norwich.
A striker will not displace Taylor, and potentially Bonne when he returns.
Nobody will get in ahead of Cullen, Field, Williams or Pratley.
Otherwise it is hard to see why a certain standard of player would join us if they are a starter at their own club.