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January 2021 Transfer Targets (last minute swoop for Jaiyesimi p184 - NOW it's all over.)

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  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,788
    I would try to get rid of a few on the periphery or already out on loan. Oztumer for one. Then JFC. Problem is that's about it. Being really harsh you could say Oshilaja  but seeing as we are not blessed with fit centre halves atm I doubt they will go down that route. 

    As I have said many times......the wage cap has fucked us. I would still like to see us exceed it & take the fine.....or even fight it through the courts. But thats just me & probably why I've been called bolshie  before.
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,445
    It'd be good if we could at least sign the average number of players clubs signed cap deadline... 

    I assume that's more than 2! Otherwise Gilbey and Washington are it! 
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    Leuth said:
    cafcfan1990 said:
    Leuth said:
    cafcfan1990 said:
    Leuth said:
    We're more than covered with players who create chances and forward play from midfield? Especially with Shinnie injured?
    No, but I don’t think Levitt does that. He passes sideways, an area we have mastered. 
    He looks to get it forward. He was criticised against Sunderland for passing too ambitiously and losing it
    Didn’t look to get it forward against Northampton or Plymouth when I saw him. 
    Are you kidding? Against Plymouth he constantly fed it forward between the lines. His passing was excellent in that game. He got outmuscled by Camara a couple of times, but the ball-playing side of his game was in clear evidence. And against Northampton he was playing in a literal storm, on a bog
    I watched a different game then. He’s tidy but not what we need for me. We already have midfielders sitting deep, need someone with a bit of energy like Cullen and Gallagher provided. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,014
    To me Shinnie does a similar job to Levitt as a deep playmaker
  • jacob_CAFC
    jacob_CAFC Posts: 2,063
    killerandflash said:
    To me Shinnie does a similar job to Levitt as a deep playmaker
    Shinnie does it a lot lot better. Really can't see what Levitt has done so far
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,081
    edited December 2020
    killerandflash said:
    To me Shinnie does a similar job to Levitt as a deep playmaker
    Shinnie was successful at Luton playing as a number 10, banging in the goals. (If I'm not mistaken compared to our midfield).
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,890
    edited December 2020
    Covered End said:
    killerandflash said:
    To me Shinnie does a similar job to Levitt as a deep playmaker
    Shinnie was successful at Luton playing as a number 10, banging in the goals. (If I'm not mistaken).
    Only ever scored ten goals for Luton
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,081
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Covered End said:
    killerandflash said:
    To me Shinnie does a similar job to Levitt as a deep playmaker
    Shinnie was successful at Luton playing as a number 10, banging in the goals. (If I'm not mistaken).
    Only ever scored ten goals for Luton
    No 10/attacking midfield?
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,014
    jacob_CAFC said:
    killerandflash said:
    To me Shinnie does a similar job to Levitt as a deep playmaker
    Shinnie does it a lot lot better. Really can't see what Levitt has done so far
    Indeed, a seasoned pro instead of a kid

    I can't see United being happy with Levitt getting no game time, any more than we would be if a talented youngster of ours was benchwarming in L2
  • MattF
    MattF Posts: 3,797
    We signed Levitt at a time when it was one out one in, so we either really desperately wanted him, or more likely he was the best option we could get under that embargo and sadly for him things got very different soon after he arrived

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  • Sage
    Sage Posts: 7,283
    Covered End said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Covered End said:
    killerandflash said:
    To me Shinnie does a similar job to Levitt as a deep playmaker
    Shinnie was successful at Luton playing as a number 10, banging in the goals. (If I'm not mistaken).
    Only ever scored ten goals for Luton
    No 10/attacking midfield?
    Shinnie played on the right of the diamond for the majority of the time. Elliot Lee played as a 10 for Luton a lot that season.
  • Sage
    Sage Posts: 7,283
    MattF said:
    We signed Levitt at a time when it was one out one in, so we either really desperately wanted him, or more likely he was the best option we could get under that embargo and sadly for him things got very different soon after he arrived
    Gallen said we were after a player for so long and were working on that deal so much, but it didn’t come off.

    Levitt then came available and we needed players so we took him.

    Gallen knew about him and everyone he spoke to said he was a good player. Just we needed bodies and has turned out, wasn’t really what we needed.

    I think he’ll be going back in January. 
  • FAVADDICK
    FAVADDICK Posts: 584
    I would say by the question asked to Thomas tonight about Ronnie schwartz he will be joining in January by his answer 
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,445
    FAVADDICK said:
    I would say by the question asked to Thomas tonight about Ronnie schwartz he will be joining in January by his answer 
    Yep almost a certainty 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,890
    FAVADDICK said:
    I would say by the question asked to Thomas tonight about Ronnie schwartz he will be joining in January by his answer 
    Unless he changes his mind again, after all he was minutes from signing last time

    Of course the difference this time round is the fact that FC Midtjylland are no longer in Europe this season, so staying in Denmark and potentially facing the likes of Liverpool and Ajax could have been another reason (albeit slim) for him to wait a little longer
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,014
    ForeverAddickted said:
    FAVADDICK said:
    I would say by the question asked to Thomas tonight about Ronnie schwartz he will be joining in January by his answer 
    Unless he changes his mind again, after all he was minutes from signing last time

    Of course the difference this time round is the fact that FC Midtjylland are no longer in Europe this season, so staying in Denmark and potentially facing the likes of Liverpool and Ajax could have been another reason (albeit slim) for him to wait a little longer
    Covid would also have been a concern, it's hardly an ideal time to move country, especially to one with a far worse problem
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,480
    Leuth said:
    We're more than covered with players who create chances and forward play from midfield? Especially with Shinnie injured?
    Not ones with pace.
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,028
    Levitt might just get a second chance depending on just how annoyed Bowyer is with Williams and if there's any sort of reconciliation there. 

    I'm not commenting on whether that would be the right thing to do or not of course, just raising the possibility.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,966
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Covered End said:
    killerandflash said:
    To me Shinnie does a similar job to Levitt as a deep playmaker
    Shinnie was successful at Luton playing as a number 10, banging in the goals. (If I'm not mistaken).
    Only ever scored ten goals for Luton
    Shinnie at Luton played the "Assist the assist" role.

    It was his eye for the killer defence-splitting pass to feed the overlapping fullback, who crossed for Collins to score.

    Now that's how we need to play at Charlton.


  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,897
    If schwartz is a done deal, I’m assuming he will arrive shortly, isolate fir 2 weeks then train with the squad ready for an early jan start?

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  • PaddyP17
    PaddyP17 Posts: 13,046
    Completely unsurprised there are people knocking Lapslie for doing well in the division below. We all know how terribly a loan move down the leagues worked for Karlan Grant.
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,335
    Todds_right_hook said:
    If schwartz is a done deal, I’m assuming he will arrive shortly, isolate fir 2 weeks then train with the squad ready for an early jan start?
    Surprised he is not here already and then home for Christmas. That said, I am not sure I would have the same opinion if it was one of our players moving on.
  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 5,938
    I know there isnt anything we can do but I will be gutted if Famweo goes back I would love to somehow get him permanently imo he would be one of the very few players we currently have that could still be here if we ever get to the premiership 
  • Danny Addick
    Danny Addick Posts: 3,933
    killerandflash said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    FAVADDICK said:
    I would say by the question asked to Thomas tonight about Ronnie schwartz he will be joining in January by his answer 
    Unless he changes his mind again, after all he was minutes from signing last time

    Of course the difference this time round is the fact that FC Midtjylland are no longer in Europe this season, so staying in Denmark and potentially facing the likes of Liverpool and Ajax could have been another reason (albeit slim) for him to wait a little longer
    Covid would also have been a concern, it's hardly an ideal time to move country, especially to one with a far worse problem
    Very fair point indeed 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,081
    Todds_right_hook said:
    If schwartz is a done deal, I’m assuming he will arrive shortly, isolate fir 2 weeks then train with the squad ready for an April start after getting injured in his first session?

  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,239
    The day after the last window shut I said we are definitely one striker light after the on, off, on, off  move of Thomas Swartz.  Felt sure that we needed another goal scorer striker because we only had Aneke and Washington and major doubts if Bogle could score many goals at League 1 level.
    Smyth is not a striker for me. More of a wide player who will chip in with a couple of goals.

    Steve Gallen was working on bringing in a striker since the window shut. 

    As Swartz hardly plays now he will be moving on somewhere. Thomas would love to get this deal done as it was his shout in the first place. 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,081
    soapboxsam said:
    The day after the last window shut I said we are definitely one striker light after the on, off, on, off  move of Thomas Swartz.  Felt sure that we needed another goal scorer striker because we only had Aneke and Washington and major doubts if Bogle could score many goals at League 1 level.
    Smyth is not a striker for me. More of a wide player who will chip in with a couple of goals.

    Steve Gallen was working on bringing in a striker since the window shut. 

    As Swartz hardly plays now he will be moving on somewhere. Thomas would love to get this deal done as it was his shout in the first place. 
    I'm extremely confident the Schwartz deal is agreed.
    Mind you if he's not played for 6 months, how fit will he be? 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,788
    Covered End said:
    soapboxsam said:
    The day after the last window shut I said we are definitely one striker light after the on, off, on, off  move of Thomas Swartz.  Felt sure that we needed another goal scorer striker because we only had Aneke and Washington and major doubts if Bogle could score many goals at League 1 level.
    Smyth is not a striker for me. More of a wide player who will chip in with a couple of goals.

    Steve Gallen was working on bringing in a striker since the window shut. 

    As Swartz hardly plays now he will be moving on somewhere. Thomas would love to get this deal done as it was his shout in the first place. 
    I'm extremely confident the Schwartz deal is agreed.
    Mind you if he's not played for 6 months, how fit will he be? 
    As fit as Bogle was.......and Maddison.....and even Ben Reeves.

    Seems we like signing players who aren't match fit
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,897
    golfaddick said:
    Covered End said:
    soapboxsam said:
    The day after the last window shut I said we are definitely one striker light after the on, off, on, off  move of Thomas Swartz.  Felt sure that we needed another goal scorer striker because we only had Aneke and Washington and major doubts if Bogle could score many goals at League 1 level.
    Smyth is not a striker for me. More of a wide player who will chip in with a couple of goals.

    Steve Gallen was working on bringing in a striker since the window shut. 

    As Swartz hardly plays now he will be moving on somewhere. Thomas would love to get this deal done as it was his shout in the first place. 
    I'm extremely confident the Schwartz deal is agreed.
    Mind you if he's not played for 6 months, how fit will he be? 
    As fit as Bogle was.......and Maddison.....and even Ben Reeves.

    Seems we like signing players who aren't match fit
    Most teams will be in the same position. With no income for nearly a year, which teams will be splashing the cash? Most jan signings will be freebies for players that haven’t played much this season
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,117
    Covered End said:
    soapboxsam said:
    The day after the last window shut I said we are definitely one striker light after the on, off, on, off  move of Thomas Swartz.  Felt sure that we needed another goal scorer striker because we only had Aneke and Washington and major doubts if Bogle could score many goals at League 1 level.
    Smyth is not a striker for me. More of a wide player who will chip in with a couple of goals.

    Steve Gallen was working on bringing in a striker since the window shut. 

    As Swartz hardly plays now he will be moving on somewhere. Thomas would love to get this deal done as it was his shout in the first place. 
    I'm extremely confident the Schwartz deal is agreed.
    Mind you if he's not played for 6 months, how fit will he be? 
    He's obviously not going to be fully match fit but he's not been sat on his arse for months.

    He played in a Danish cup tie and was on their bench for a champions league game last month, so he's clearly still been training with the team.

    I have a feeling he'll probably say his goodbyes when the Danish league finishes for its winter break and then come over here to start his isolation/train with the team so he's ready to play as early into January as possible. Perhaps Hull on the 2nd might be too soon, but hopefully he's ready to play some part v Accrington on the 9th Jan.

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