Summer Transfer Rumours 2020 (DEADLINE DAY from pg.258)

I won’t believe Doughty’s leaving until it’s “confirmed” by Rich Cawley and/or Pete O’Rourke. Unfortunately RH’s recent track record isn’t as stellar as it once was so I’m a little less inclined to believe it.

There’s about five pages of people calling him greedy etc over one whisper that was posted up here earlier today. Imagine if nothing’s happened and he’s reading those posts LOL.

Kante’s available.

Scoham said:

Cafc43v3r said:

RedRobin said:

Scoham said:

RedRobin said:

Redhenry said:

Doughty off though

I’m not overly fussed if I’m honest, I’d prefer to keep him though but if he’s refusing to sign a new deal then so be it....

I am, we’d need to replace him with a winger with the potential to score 10+ this season, which Doughty has.

As I said I’d prefer to keep him but if we’re being offered decent money then take it if he won’t sign a new deal. Agreed, we’d need to sign another winger on top of the winger we already need. 

How many wingers did we use when we won the play offs? 

None because we had mobile strikers who could drift wide and cause full backs problems, so a different formation suited us.

Bowyer’s moved to a 4-3-3 formation and building the squad with that in mind. You’d think he wouldn’t have to completely change his plans just by one player leaving.

He changed to 433 because he had Doughty, people put that and the signing of Maddison together and came up with 433 as the preferred formation.

LB has talked about "different systems" back normally about 3 or 4 at the back.

Changing to 433, as the default, would have needed major surgery.  Where would you put Williams, Oztumer, Aneke etc in a 433?

Cafc43v3r said:

Scoham said:

Cafc43v3r said:

RedRobin said:

Scoham said:

RedRobin said:

Redhenry said:

Doughty off though

I’m not overly fussed if I’m honest, I’d prefer to keep him though but if he’s refusing to sign a new deal then so be it....

I am, we’d need to replace him with a winger with the potential to score 10+ this season, which Doughty has.

As I said I’d prefer to keep him but if we’re being offered decent money then take it if he won’t sign a new deal. Agreed, we’d need to sign another winger on top of the winger we already need. 

How many wingers did we use when we won the play offs? 

None because we had mobile strikers who could drift wide and cause full backs problems, so a different formation suited us.

Bowyer’s moved to a 4-3-3 formation and building the squad with that in mind. You’d think he wouldn’t have to completely change his plans just by one player leaving.

He changed to 433 because he had Doughty, people put that and the signing of Maddison together and came up with 433 as the preferred formation.

LB has talked about "different systems" back normally about 3 or 4 at the back.

Changing to 433, as the default, would have needed major surgery.  Where would you put Williams, Oztumer, Aneke etc in a 433?

On the bench

Redhenry said:

Laddick01 said:

@Redhenry what’s going on with this backtracking.

It’s like watching your favourite footballer fall from grace. I can’t believe it.

Just making sure i put exactly what i'm told. Before all of the old tarts on here start wingeing

Good luck with that ;-)

lancashire lad said:

I'm sure that most of us if offered a new job with a "better" company and lots more money we would go and would not be considered greedy, why should it be different for a footballer?

I can't speak for everyone who has commented but I'd certainly wish him well and follow his career with interest. 

The problem I have with it is that he's (potentially) being silly. He's making life harder for the club that gave him a chance for a quick, short-term win. If he's as good as he thinks he is, he could sign a contract, smash League One and go in the summer - that will give him more money, status and secure the club financially. We'd all wish each other well and dance off into the moonlight. 

Unfortunately, agents exist. They'll be in his ear as much as possible trying to get him to jump ship at the first opportunity.  

As for the comparison with normal jobs, it doesn't correlate. While I understand your point, the caveat is that normal jobs don't invest in you since the age of 10 and give you every opportunity to flourish - just for you to run your contract down after 15 odd decent performances. 

limeygent said:

I see a lot of 0-0 draws coming.

Thinking the same, decent MF, defence taking shape but no-one to score & I would be surprised there's any decent strikers hanging around that we could afford under the cap. 

charltonbob said:

limeygent said:

I see a lot of 0-0 draws coming.

Thinking the same, decent MF, defence taking shape but no-one to score & I would be surprised there's any decent strikers hanging around that we could afford under the cap. 

I reckon bogle could score shit loads off of Maddison crosses

Alfie has gone from being considered a conference player on loan, to Championship and Celtic quality within a year. If it can go that way that quickly, it can go the other way just as quick. Would be mental to not consider a better move presuming he's not on a good contract at the moment.

What is the bigger issue is that we always seem to have a promising youngster break through whilst they are on a one year deal where this scenario keeps happening that we basically have to give in and sell them...

Scoham said:

Cafc43v3r said:

Scoham said:

Cafc43v3r said:

RedRobin said:

Scoham said:

RedRobin said:

Redhenry said:

Doughty off though

I’m not overly fussed if I’m honest, I’d prefer to keep him though but if he’s refusing to sign a new deal then so be it....

I am, we’d need to replace him with a winger with the potential to score 10+ this season, which Doughty has.

As I said I’d prefer to keep him but if we’re being offered decent money then take it if he won’t sign a new deal. Agreed, we’d need to sign another winger on top of the winger we already need. 

How many wingers did we use when we won the play offs? 

None because we had mobile strikers who could drift wide and cause full backs problems, so a different formation suited us.

Bowyer’s moved to a 4-3-3 formation and building the squad with that in mind. You’d think he wouldn’t have to completely change his plans just by one player leaving.

He changed to 433 because he had Doughty, people put that and the signing of Maddison together and came up with 433 as the preferred formation.

LB has talked about "different systems" back normally about 3 or 4 at the back.

Changing to 433, as the default, would have needed major surgery.  Where would you put Williams, Oztumer, Aneke etc in a 433?

Yeah he has talked about different systems, but he’s likely to have one as his main system. I wouldn’t assume he’s set on that being a diamond, that worked well when we had the right strikers for it. At the moment we probably don’t have that.

Williams and Oztumer can’t stay in the team, while Aneke can’t stay fit. We won’t be building a system around any of them.

When they do play it wouldn’t be surprising to see Williams our wide or in the midfield 3, Oztumer on the right of the front 3 or Aneke as the central striker. They’ve all played in positions other than a “number 10” during their careers.

They have also all been pretty poor to average as anything else other than a "number 10".  Bowyer has said before that Aneke isn't a 9.

Like I said we will see. 

masicat said:

Can’t deny Bonne and Doughty their moves given their fantastic performances at the end of last season trying to keep us up.
Dear oh dear.

Thing is they are both now seen as world beaters after one
season where they were both lets face it, average.
Agree Bonne was a bit of a better player for us, with a few
goals and assists, but what has Alfie really done in the last
12 months to feel he is championship quality.
That said, i don't want him to go,and feel he would benefit
in another year or two, if talent shines through, with a real
life changing move.
Listen to Bowyer, not your agent mate.

Dazzler21 said:

@Cafc43v3r
Rather uninspiring options, but options: 

GK
Amos
Maynard Brewer

Defence
Gunter | Inniss | Pearce | Maatsen
Oshilaja | Barker | Famewo | Purrington

Midfield
Levitt | Watson | Gilbey
Morgan | Pratley | Vennings

Attack
Oztumer | Aneke | Williams
Washington | Bogle | Maddison

Missing the wage cap deadline has stuffed us a bit. I think this’ll be a season of lower top ten. Then go for it next season. 

I don't know how much of the wage cap we left after Innis, but I'd rather we spunked it (hopefully around £5-10k per week) on one proven striker now, Eisa or Marquis for example. Can't remember the last time a side got out of league one without a goalscorer