I think this window is another let dow over all because we now have too many mid field players of a similar type.
At least none of them are David Davis or Matt Smith.... (the other one)
Remember with that Matt Smith a very respected poster spent an age repeating that he was so good that Pepe thought he was the new xavi and Wales only capped him to stop England having him. Because he believed what the "chairman" was spouting.
Overall I’m happy. This is the start of rebuilding. I’d rather we got the players we actually want in the summer, than force through buys for players we don’t really want now. Maddison out feels right and despite being a top bloke, I’m not sure JW is a big loss.
Gives the likes of Morgan and Shinnie the chance to nail down those spots and more clarity in the squad.
Sorry, where is the start of rebuilding, I must have missed that.
If true we bid decent amounts for Randall and Kirk, we need to start getting these deals over the line.
I think many of us wanted to sign Randall as he would be one to keep. He is out of contract in the summer and we may get him then and have saved ourselves £650k. Shocked it has not gone through in all honesty, and I think SG will be as well.
On a free he’ll have more suitors because Clubs will be more willing to take a gamble. No way he’ll be joining us then. If we wanted him we should have pushed the boat out.
Is he better than Doughty who had Championship and league 1 experience? There will be a max we are prepared to pay and £1m sounds expensive.
Deadline day is weird. In our squad right now he have two players for every position. We have 8 defenders, 8 midfielders and 4 strikers, plus some decent youth prospects. The only place we're a bit short is on the wing, where we could do with some cover for Millar. That's all it would be though, cover. We've moved on some fringe players, lost a good player to a Championship club, though one who doesn't play much, and brought in some seriously good first team players. Despite that though, if more players go out than go in on deadline day it's seen as a disaster. I think people need to get away from the Sky Sports induced mentality that the deadline day signings are the ones that matter. If you said we'd get Schwartz, Millar, Stockley and Smith in in this window I think most of us would have taken that as a very good window. Hopefully we'll manage a winger now but if not we're still looking a hell of a lot better than we were going into this window.
The fact we've been desperately scrabbling about for a winger all day suggests that the management team aren't happy with the way the squad looks, so we shouldn't be happy either
Still better than this time last year. Whether someone makes it in in the next 4 mins or not we’ve had a clear out and got some great players in this window.
Overall I’m happy. This is the start of rebuilding. I’d rather we got the players we actually want in the summer, than force through buys for players we don’t really want now. Maddison out feels right and despite being a top bloke, I’m not sure JW is a big loss.
Gives the likes of Morgan and Shinnie the chance to nail down those spots and more clarity in the squad.
Sorry, where is the start of rebuilding, I must have missed that.
Clearing out for the rebuild then. Bogle, Williams and Maddison out Stockley, Smith, Miller and Schwartz in.
Overall I’m happy. This is the start of rebuilding. I’d rather we got the players we actually want in the summer, than force through buys for players we don’t really want now. Maddison out feels right and despite being a top bloke, I’m not sure JW is a big loss.
Gives the likes of Morgan and Shinnie the chance to nail down those spots and more clarity in the squad.
How do we rebuild under the cap? Everyone seems so sure of it, whilst also using the cap as our excuse for lack of quality this year.
Overall I’m happy. This is the start of rebuilding. I’d rather we got the players we actually want in the summer, than force through buys for players we don’t really want now. Maddison out feels right and despite being a top bloke, I’m not sure JW is a big loss.
Gives the likes of Morgan and Shinnie the chance to nail down those spots and more clarity in the squad.
Sorry, where is the start of rebuilding, I must have missed that.
Clearing out for the rebuild then. Bogle, Williams and Maddison out Stockley, Smith, Miller and Schwartz in.
3 of those signings are loans, so short term fixes
Terrible window for us IMO. 2 potential game changers gone in Williams and Maddison. Bowyer quotes George Graham a lot but I was never impressed with his style of play. Wasn't he the architect of the '1-0 to the Arsenal' teams? You can stick 11 robots out there but where is the creativity coming from.
Just saying it again... we are fairly big net sellers under TS, so far. Just the facts of the matter.
Ins: Conor Washington (Undisc) Alex Gilbey (Undisc) Ben Watson Free Marcus Maddison Free Chris Gunter Free Adam Matthews Free Ryan Inniss (Undisc) Omar Bogle Free
Outs: Macauley Bonne (£2m) Alfie Doughty (£650k plus add ons) Dillon Phillips (Undisc allegedly £500k) Jonny Williams (£200k) Omar Bogle (No Fee allegedly) Marcus Maddison (Loan)
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Bogle, Williams and Maddison out
Stockley, Smith, Miller and Schwartz in.
Conor Washington (Undisc)
Alex Gilbey (Undisc)
Ben Watson Free
Marcus Maddison Free
Chris Gunter Free
Adam Matthews Free
Ryan Inniss (Undisc)
Omar Bogle Free
Outs:
Macauley Bonne (£2m)
Alfie Doughty (£650k plus add ons)
Dillon Phillips (Undisc allegedly £500k)
Jonny Williams (£200k)
Omar Bogle (No Fee allegedly)
Marcus Maddison (Loan)
Just give us a decent signing and Fuck off
Presumably he'd injured his other leg?