January 31, 20233 yr 18 minutes ago, W.cramp said: What was the lad called we signed on loan from citeh a few years back. Went on to have a decent enough career if I'm right Quite. He played for Celtic, amongst others. Pretty ordinary for us.
January 31, 20233 yr 4 hours ago, Wanderlust said: O'Donovan +1 probably Just been watching Everton basically being told by players they've approached that they don't want to play for them. Don't want to appear smug but I can't stop thinking about "that goal"....and the inevitable "have been in the top flight since 1954" if they finally get relegated. Yes Lusty I thought/hoped they’d had it last year but the lucky gits managed to scrape enough to stay up. Their game against them in the final few games must have been the worst Chelsea played all season they were garbage. Chelsea and Everton involved again!! D’oh!! Let’s hope they get potted this time?
January 31, 20233 yr 47 minutes ago, Zico said: Who'd you drop though? If he starts at LWB I'll throw my ST at Evatt Exactly, you couldn’t drop either Jones or Toal who’s been exceptional wherever he’s played. Stick with the same back three if Johnson’s injured but it’ll be interesting who would be dropped if he isn’t and is fit to start?
January 31, 20233 yr 52 minutes ago, globaldiver said: Quite. He played for Celtic, amongst others. Pretty ordinary for us. Boyata i think?
January 31, 20233 yr 43 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said: Exactly, you couldn’t drop either Jones or Toal who’s been exceptional wherever he’s played. Stick with the same back three if Johnson’s injured but it’ll be interesting who would be dropped if he isn’t and is fit to start? Jones on the bench for me as a rule, and leave the others as started. That said, I like what Jones brings to the attack- gets some decent crosses in (FGR). Against what could be a fairly defensive team, we may need those crosses. A good problem for the manager to have.
January 31, 20233 yr Some random guy on Twitter saying Declan John on his way to Plymouth for a medical… after sending Beck back and loaning out Sadlier I can’t see us letting him go especially to a promotion rival. A week or 2 ago I could have seen it but not after the second half at Charlton.
January 31, 20233 yr 3 minutes ago, Stevowanderer said: Some random guy on Twitter saying Declan John on his way to Plymouth for a medical… after sending Beck back and loaning out Sadlier I can’t see us letting him go especially to a promotion rival. A week or 2 ago I could have seen it but not after the second half at Charlton. On Twitter?
January 31, 20233 yr 7 minutes ago, Stevowanderer said: Some random guy on Twitter saying Declan John on his way to Plymouth for a medical… after sending Beck back and loaning out Sadlier I can’t see us letting him go especially to a promotion rival. A week or 2 ago I could have seen it but not after the second half at Charlton. He might get there by 1am
January 31, 20233 yr Just now, globaldiver said: On Twitter? Yeah to be fair there’s some pretty decent football content (from journalists etc) if you can work you way through the crap. I don’t believe this one… just thought it was interesting rumour late in the window. Can’t see how we could let him go this late having let others go already.
January 31, 20233 yr 9 hours ago, Mounts Kipper said: If stoke go down and we go up, which is possible, isnt that a sideways step for his career? If Stoke manage to finish below 3 of Birmingham, Rotherham, Cardiff, Huddersfield, Blackpool and Wigan, with a 7 point lead over the last 3, I'll sing Delilah on the town hall steps 😁
January 31, 20233 yr On the basis nowt else happens today I'd say we've broken even or made a slight profit in this window. All guesswork but I'd say roughly £500K expended and brought in on Dapo/Victor; probably about £200K brought in for Baka and Aimson combined and we likely spent a good part of that on R Williams from Hull. No complaints from me. The conclusion for the future from that type of business is that those in the squad with potential to attract big bids in the Summer (Johnston, Toal, Morley and maybe one or two others) would be sold but the money would be duly reinvested. The whole system/our future depends on quality scouting and analysis. Mr Markham is such a key figure.
January 31, 20233 yr Do we think we will see any late flurries in the last few hours or reckon that's it? Hoping Devine in myself but we are a bit loaded in midfield with MJ, Sheehan, Morley, Dempsey, Lee, Thomason. So would have to see one of them leave.
January 31, 20233 yr 23 minutes ago, paulhanley said: On the basis nowt else happens today I'd say we've broken even or made a slight profit in this window. All guesswork but I'd say roughly £500K expended and brought in on Dapo/Victor; probably about £200K brought in for Baka and Aimson combined and we likely spent a good part of that on R Williams from Hull. No complaints from me. The conclusion for the future from that type of business is that those in the squad with potential to attract big bids in the Summer (Johnston, Toal, Morley and maybe one or two others) would be sold but the money would be duly reinvested. The whole system/our future depends on quality scouting and analysis. Mr Markham is such a key figure. Agree with that. Happy with this window again. We have 5 loans and quite a lot of squad players out of contract in the summer who I think we may end up moving on - Isgrove, Sheehan, MJ, Dixon, Kachunga, Bod (who we may keep depending on injury) to name a few. Irrespective of what division we are in … it could be our biggest window to date. Especially if we lose a few of our better players to decent bids. Could end up needing 10-12 players but I trust them to get it right. Edited January 31, 20233 yr by Stevowanderer
January 31, 20233 yr I think Devine's probably a no-goer now we've signed Mbete Ive not got very much to base this on, but I'm not sure we'd have got £200,000 for Baka and Aimson
January 31, 20233 yr 4 minutes ago, Mantra said: Do we think we will see any late flurries in the last few hours or reckon that's it? Hoping Devine in myself but we are a bit loaded in midfield with MJ, Sheehan, Morley, Dempsey, Lee, Thomason. So would have to see one of them leave. Devine won’t happen now as we have 5 loans and I can’t see it being a permanent. We can have more on loan but can only name 5 in the match day squad… and I think he’ll want all 5 that we have now in the 18.
January 31, 20233 yr They’ll know what they’re doing. Probably already looking at next Jan from tomorrow.
January 31, 20233 yr Just now, Lt. Aldo Raine said: I think Devine's probably a no-goer now we've signed Mbete Ive not got very much to base this on, but I'm not sure we'd have got £200,000 for Baka and Aimson 125-150 tops, 75k of it from Aimson
January 31, 20233 yr Cannot see any further incomings possibly a couple of exits on loan for the B team.
January 31, 20233 yr If, as it seems we will, we get through to tomorrow and Johnston's still at the club I think it's a must that we try convincing him to sign a new contract
January 31, 20233 yr 1 minute ago, barrycowdrill said: 125-150 tops, 75k of it from Aimson That's about what I'd be guessing too
January 31, 20233 yr I think it's been a decent window - we'll find out over the next few games - but I'd like to see some further development of the B team with a view to bringing through our own talent rather than having to borrow kids from others. I know we won't get anything like first pick in the young talent pool and it's a huge step up to get to the Championship quality we are aiming for but there's no reason they can't using the scouting system and analysis to try to spot late developers who have either been missed or have been discarded by the rich clubs - otherwise what's the point of the B team? I've not seen anything yet from the B team to suggest we'll have players making the grade in the next year or so - and that needs to change.
January 31, 20233 yr 7 minutes ago, barrycowdrill said: 125-150 tops, 75k of it from Aimson Guesswork on my part and you could easily be right. Wouldn't be surprised if we copped nearer the £100K mark for Aimson though. It must have been a tempting bid given the timing.
January 31, 20233 yr Just now, paulhanley said: Guesswork on my part and you could easily be right. Wouldn't be surprised if we copped nearer the £100K mark for Aimson though. It must have been a tempting bid given the timing. If it's true that it was Aimson who wanted away to get regular starts then surely we'd have been in the driving seat during the negotiations?
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