Winter-January 2026 Transfer Window Rumours ...(Final Day p213)

Alwaysneil

Is that another leopard reference?

YannTheMann

Sword65pf said:

Don’t think Goddens movement should be overlooked, we play better football with him playing, he’s clever with his runs, flickons. 

Also think Golden would be a great mentor for Kelman if he can teach him how to be a bit more streetwise with those little deft flicks and touches he's so good at 

sam3110

Alex Pritchard, Grant Ward, Lucas Andersen, Matt Phillips, Brandon Williams, Ryan Kent, Malcolm Ebiowei...

Do any of them actually improve us?

Valley11

king addick said:

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/statistik/vertragslosespieler

Free agent list. Not filtered in any way so certainly not implying we should sign Sterling who is top of the list!

Though if it were ever possible, I would look at Alex Oxlade Chamberlain. He is a decent player (Yes I know he has injury issues, so perfect) but on a 6 month deal to provide cover with a touch of class then it could work. 

Celtic after AOC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c99kzm213kpo

NabySarr

sam3110 said:

Alex Pritchard, Grant Ward, Lucas Andersen, Matt Phillips, Brandon Williams, Ryan Kent, Malcolm Ebiowei...

Do any of them actually improve us?

Brandon Williams as wing back cover? Don’t think he improves us but might be a better LWB than Fevrier as a back up 

Think he’s had some off field troubles in the past though so might be one to avoid 

Crispywood

Thought we would have learnt our lesson of signing unfit wingbacks with very limited football over the last few years 

Sussexrobin

Staying In the division is the biggest issue. There is a massive relegation battle on after the Blackburn result tonight. If and a big if we stay up - the Millwall model is the way to go.

DubaiCAFC

NabySarr said:

sam3110 said:

Alex Pritchard, Grant Ward, Lucas Andersen, Matt Phillips, Brandon Williams, Ryan Kent, Malcolm Ebiowei...

Do any of them actually improve us?

Brandon Williams as wing back cover? Don’t think he improves us but might be a better LWB than Fevrier as a back up 

Think he’s had some off field troubles in the past though so might be one to avoid 

Williams is on the beers all the time, that is the issue with him.. and on a decent salary.. He will be another Ravel Morrison, and wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up here in Dubai, playing in similar league to Shelvey.

DubaiCAFC

I think this window was all about getting us to the end of the season, then look to add real quality in the summer. Clearly the club are looking at players in Europe who can make a difference, and have a resale value.

Get to the end of the season, and let’s see where we go next season, I think there will be a bit of cash, and targets already locked in.

StrikerFirmani

BigDiddy said:

thenewbie said:

Braziliance said:

sam3110 said:

Braziliance said:

NabySarr said:

Braziliance said:

Personally quite disappointed, feel like we still didn’t address our left side and midfield fragility, but at the end of the day, I won't give two hoots if we stay up. 

This window and season will be seen as a success if we stay up, a disaster if we go down, as it looks like a very avoidable relegation season on paper to me. It really is that simple.

One thing that is absolutely clear to me, these owners aren't the one to take us to the next level or be ambitious, they're just sensible, which is fine, but long term in this league, we will find ourselves relegated. No team on the lowest budgets and minimal spend can fight relegation consistently. Only have to look at Wigan, Barnsley, Rotherham, Peterborough, Wycombe, likely Oxford, Plymouth etc to know that. 

Just have to back the team and manager now, that is all we can do as fans.

I think that’s a big overreaction. The club’s policy seems to be spend in the summer and then just look at temporary fixes in January. That is a good policy 

They spent more than nearly all of us expected in the summer, no reason to suggest they won’t be backing us properly as we head into this summer. Don’t know the exact number but they must have spent around £12m on players this season now, really think it’s a bit mad to be wanting them out for not spending enough in our first season back at this level. We literally can’t spend much more than that, even if we had different owners 

Who said that? 

"One thing that is absolutely clear to me, these owners aren't the one to take us to the next level or be ambitious, they're just sensible, which is fine, but long term in this league, we will find ourselves relegated. No team on the lowest budgets and minimal spend can fight relegation consistently."

This very much insinuates that you want new owners, who are willing to spend loads of money to "take us to the next level"

What a load of bollocks 😂

Putting words in my message. I am putting my thoughts out there. I am not demanding they spend, I am not asking for them out. I am just pointing out the obvious that when you compare them to the likes of Ipswich, Wrexham, Birmingham, etc, it's clearly about sustainability, rather than ambition. Which is fine, but at some point you will drop below the line, the data backs it up.

Some of you on here could walk into an empty room and start an argument, I swear to Christ 😂

Final thoughts, very mediocre window, but that doesn't surprise me, let's hope it's enough 👍🏻

I think the trap is believing that what they did this time will be what they always intend to do, which is not necessarily the case. By all accounts, their aim for this season was survival, no more and no less. We can quibble about the way they've gone about it but SO FAR its working - we've not actually been in the relegation spots once. Its not entertaining or much fun but they've spent enough and got the results they wanted until this point.

Now the question then becomes if/when we do stay up what do they do next. If we assume that they are happy to just tread water indefinitely then you're right that history suggests that isn't sustainable forever. But it's also possible that once they've secured survival the next step is starting to build and spend accordingly to become an established Championship team long term.

The Wrexham and Birmingham model is throwing obscene money around to chase Premier League payouts as soon as possible - and if it works then they do very well out of it. But if they don't, it could go badly wrong pretty quickly. 

I think we will need massive changes whether we stay in this division or not. For me the real question is whether NJ will stay the course and how the owners might react to the inevitable fallout that will happen if we do get relegated.

I think last summer’s transfer window was not that great, so how will the owners look at more investment given a few of our expensive signings have not worked out yet. Buying old timers from Luton has not entirely worked out either. 

This window was OK, but as i have said all along, the midfield is weak with no real creativity or pace.

Will they trust NJ with another £10m + in the summer ?

I have no interest in the stupidity of other clubs, but can we stay and thrive in the Championship with NJ in charge?

I am 50:50 on that question, but it would be good to hear what others think.

In answer to your question. NJ managed to keep Luton up and improve as they did, so that is an indicator he's brand of football can work at this level.
What is interesting teams that have/had promotion potential with quality midfield showed our weakness as a team in the midfield for large parts of the game. 
Yet we beat most of those teams. Ipswich, Leicester and Sheff Utd twice, only Southampton took our weaknesses to an expected conclusion 'played off the park'.
It would suggest NJ has a point, keep it tight at the back & hassle for opportunity to score. 

I think we can stay up and improve our league standing in the Chamoionship if we stick with him.

Taxi_Lad

StrikerFirmani said:

BigDiddy said:

thenewbie said:

Braziliance said:

sam3110 said:

Braziliance said:

NabySarr said:

Braziliance said:

Personally quite disappointed, feel like we still didn’t address our left side and midfield fragility, but at the end of the day, I won't give two hoots if we stay up. 

This window and season will be seen as a success if we stay up, a disaster if we go down, as it looks like a very avoidable relegation season on paper to me. It really is that simple.

One thing that is absolutely clear to me, these owners aren't the one to take us to the next level or be ambitious, they're just sensible, which is fine, but long term in this league, we will find ourselves relegated. No team on the lowest budgets and minimal spend can fight relegation consistently. Only have to look at Wigan, Barnsley, Rotherham, Peterborough, Wycombe, likely Oxford, Plymouth etc to know that. 

Just have to back the team and manager now, that is all we can do as fans.

I think that’s a big overreaction. The club’s policy seems to be spend in the summer and then just look at temporary fixes in January. That is a good policy 

They spent more than nearly all of us expected in the summer, no reason to suggest they won’t be backing us properly as we head into this summer. Don’t know the exact number but they must have spent around £12m on players this season now, really think it’s a bit mad to be wanting them out for not spending enough in our first season back at this level. We literally can’t spend much more than that, even if we had different owners 

Who said that? 

"One thing that is absolutely clear to me, these owners aren't the one to take us to the next level or be ambitious, they're just sensible, which is fine, but long term in this league, we will find ourselves relegated. No team on the lowest budgets and minimal spend can fight relegation consistently."

This very much insinuates that you want new owners, who are willing to spend loads of money to "take us to the next level"

What a load of bollocks 😂

Putting words in my message. I am putting my thoughts out there. I am not demanding they spend, I am not asking for them out. I am just pointing out the obvious that when you compare them to the likes of Ipswich, Wrexham, Birmingham, etc, it's clearly about sustainability, rather than ambition. Which is fine, but at some point you will drop below the line, the data backs it up.

Some of you on here could walk into an empty room and start an argument, I swear to Christ 😂

Final thoughts, very mediocre window, but that doesn't surprise me, let's hope it's enough 👍🏻

I think the trap is believing that what they did this time will be what they always intend to do, which is not necessarily the case. By all accounts, their aim for this season was survival, no more and no less. We can quibble about the way they've gone about it but SO FAR its working - we've not actually been in the relegation spots once. Its not entertaining or much fun but they've spent enough and got the results they wanted until this point.

Now the question then becomes if/when we do stay up what do they do next. If we assume that they are happy to just tread water indefinitely then you're right that history suggests that isn't sustainable forever. But it's also possible that once they've secured survival the next step is starting to build and spend accordingly to become an established Championship team long term.

The Wrexham and Birmingham model is throwing obscene money around to chase Premier League payouts as soon as possible - and if it works then they do very well out of it. But if they don't, it could go badly wrong pretty quickly. 

I think we will need massive changes whether we stay in this division or not. For me the real question is whether NJ will stay the course and how the owners might react to the inevitable fallout that will happen if we do get relegated.

I think last summer’s transfer window was not that great, so how will the owners look at more investment given a few of our expensive signings have not worked out yet. Buying old timers from Luton has not entirely worked out either. 

This window was OK, but as i have said all along, the midfield is weak with no real creativity or pace.

Will they trust NJ with another £10m + in the summer ?

I have no interest in the stupidity of other clubs, but can we stay and thrive in the Championship with NJ in charge?

I am 50:50 on that question, but it would be good to hear what others think.

In answer to your question. NJ managed to keep Luton up and improve as they did, so that is an indicator he's brand of football can work at this level.
What is interesting teams that have/had promotion potential with quality midfield showed our weakness as a team in the midfield for large parts of the game. 
Yet we beat most of those teams. Ipswich, Leicester and Sheff Utd twice, only Southampton took our weaknesses to an expected conclusion 'played off the park'.
It would suggest NJ has a point, keep it tight at the back & hassle for opportunity to score. 

I think we can stay up and improve our league standing in the Chamoionship if we stick with him.

Think you could add Middlesbrough & Stoke to that

StrikerFirmani

Taxi_Lad said:

StrikerFirmani said:

BigDiddy said:

thenewbie said:

Braziliance said:

sam3110 said:

Braziliance said:

NabySarr said:

Braziliance said:

Personally quite disappointed, feel like we still didn’t address our left side and midfield fragility, but at the end of the day, I won't give two hoots if we stay up. 

This window and season will be seen as a success if we stay up, a disaster if we go down, as it looks like a very avoidable relegation season on paper to me. It really is that simple.

One thing that is absolutely clear to me, these owners aren't the one to take us to the next level or be ambitious, they're just sensible, which is fine, but long term in this league, we will find ourselves relegated. No team on the lowest budgets and minimal spend can fight relegation consistently. Only have to look at Wigan, Barnsley, Rotherham, Peterborough, Wycombe, likely Oxford, Plymouth etc to know that. 

Just have to back the team and manager now, that is all we can do as fans.

I think that’s a big overreaction. The club’s policy seems to be spend in the summer and then just look at temporary fixes in January. That is a good policy 

They spent more than nearly all of us expected in the summer, no reason to suggest they won’t be backing us properly as we head into this summer. Don’t know the exact number but they must have spent around £12m on players this season now, really think it’s a bit mad to be wanting them out for not spending enough in our first season back at this level. We literally can’t spend much more than that, even if we had different owners 

Who said that? 

"One thing that is absolutely clear to me, these owners aren't the one to take us to the next level or be ambitious, they're just sensible, which is fine, but long term in this league, we will find ourselves relegated. No team on the lowest budgets and minimal spend can fight relegation consistently."

This very much insinuates that you want new owners, who are willing to spend loads of money to "take us to the next level"

What a load of bollocks 😂

Putting words in my message. I am putting my thoughts out there. I am not demanding they spend, I am not asking for them out. I am just pointing out the obvious that when you compare them to the likes of Ipswich, Wrexham, Birmingham, etc, it's clearly about sustainability, rather than ambition. Which is fine, but at some point you will drop below the line, the data backs it up.

Some of you on here could walk into an empty room and start an argument, I swear to Christ 😂

Final thoughts, very mediocre window, but that doesn't surprise me, let's hope it's enough 👍🏻

I think the trap is believing that what they did this time will be what they always intend to do, which is not necessarily the case. By all accounts, their aim for this season was survival, no more and no less. We can quibble about the way they've gone about it but SO FAR its working - we've not actually been in the relegation spots once. Its not entertaining or much fun but they've spent enough and got the results they wanted until this point.

Now the question then becomes if/when we do stay up what do they do next. If we assume that they are happy to just tread water indefinitely then you're right that history suggests that isn't sustainable forever. But it's also possible that once they've secured survival the next step is starting to build and spend accordingly to become an established Championship team long term.

The Wrexham and Birmingham model is throwing obscene money around to chase Premier League payouts as soon as possible - and if it works then they do very well out of it. But if they don't, it could go badly wrong pretty quickly. 

I think we will need massive changes whether we stay in this division or not. For me the real question is whether NJ will stay the course and how the owners might react to the inevitable fallout that will happen if we do get relegated.

I think last summer’s transfer window was not that great, so how will the owners look at more investment given a few of our expensive signings have not worked out yet. Buying old timers from Luton has not entirely worked out either. 

This window was OK, but as i have said all along, the midfield is weak with no real creativity or pace.

Will they trust NJ with another £10m + in the summer ?

I have no interest in the stupidity of other clubs, but can we stay and thrive in the Championship with NJ in charge?

I am 50:50 on that question, but it would be good to hear what others think.

In answer to your question. NJ managed to keep Luton up and improve as they did, so that is an indicator he's brand of football can work at this level.
What is interesting teams that have/had promotion potential with quality midfield showed our weakness as a team in the midfield for large parts of the game. 
Yet we beat most of those teams. Ipswich, Leicester and Sheff Utd twice, only Southampton took our weaknesses to an expected conclusion 'played off the park'.
It would suggest NJ has a point, keep it tight at the back & hassle for opportunity to score. 

I think we can stay up and improve our league standing in the Chamoionship if we stick with him.

Think you could add Middlesbrough & Stoke to that

I was referring to clubs expected to be in the promotion hunt. To make a point.

On the premise of Boro & Stoke there have been teams like Swansea possibly WBA that have been stronger in midfield but we still come out with points won. 

It's not pretty but it has proven effective. 

Stick to the plan of NJ or risk going back to where we have been. My comments were in response to the Q 50/50 on NJ.

ShootersHillGuru

DubaiCAFC said:

I think this window was all about getting us to the end of the season, then look to add real quality in the summer. Clearly the club are looking at players in Europe who can make a difference, and have a resale value.

Get to the end of the season, and let’s see where we go next season, I think there will be a bit of cash, and targets already locked in.

Your last paragraph highlights perfectly why a relegation this season would be such a missed opportunity.

KiwiValley

mart77 said:

Ryan Kent seems to have dropped off a lot since his popular days at Rangers

You what?!

Danny Addick

Sussexrobin said:

Staying In the division is the biggest issue. There is a massive relegation battle on after the Blackburn result tonight. If and a big if we stay up - the Millwall model is the way to go.

Blackburn didn’t exactly batter a destroyed and demoralised Sheffield Wed side, who had lost players in January as well as still being on minus points. As you were 

thenewbie

ShootersHillGuru said:

DubaiCAFC said:

I think this window was all about getting us to the end of the season, then look to add real quality in the summer. Clearly the club are looking at players in Europe who can make a difference, and have a resale value.

Get to the end of the season, and let’s see where we go next season, I think there will be a bit of cash, and targets already locked in.

Your last paragraph highlights perfectly why a relegation this season would be such a missed opportunity.

It would, but a win on Friday puts us 6 points clear of the relegation spots and 5 clear of the two closest to that spot. At no point have we been in the relegation zone all season, and that's including our recent run of very poor form.
I'm not so naive as to think we're definitely safe but we'd need to go on a very poor run AND we'd need several of the other teams down here to have major improvements before we're in imminent danger.

AberystwythAddick

Danny Addick said:

Sussexrobin said:

Staying In the division is the biggest issue. There is a massive relegation battle on after the Blackburn result tonight. If and a big if we stay up - the Millwall model is the way to go.

Blackburn didn’t exactly batter a destroyed and demoralised Sheffield Wed side, who had lost players in January as well as still being on minus points. As you were 

Agreed I’d have been more worried if Oxford had beat Sheff Utd

AberystwythAddick

thenewbie said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

DubaiCAFC said:

I think this window was all about getting us to the end of the season, then look to add real quality in the summer. Clearly the club are looking at players in Europe who can make a difference, and have a resale value.

Get to the end of the season, and let’s see where we go next season, I think there will be a bit of cash, and targets already locked in.

Your last paragraph highlights perfectly why a relegation this season would be such a missed opportunity.

It would, but a win on Friday puts us 6 points clear of the relegation spots and 5 clear of the two closest to that spot. At no point have we been in the relegation zone all season, and that's including our recent run of very poor form.
I'm not so naive as to think we're definitely safe but we'd need to go on a very poor run AND we'd need several of the other teams down here to have major improvements before we're in imminent danger.

What happened the last time we were in the championship? 

thenewbie

AberystwythAddick said:

thenewbie said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

DubaiCAFC said:

I think this window was all about getting us to the end of the season, then look to add real quality in the summer. Clearly the club are looking at players in Europe who can make a difference, and have a resale value.

Get to the end of the season, and let’s see where we go next season, I think there will be a bit of cash, and targets already locked in.

Your last paragraph highlights perfectly why a relegation this season would be such a missed opportunity.

It would, but a win on Friday puts us 6 points clear of the relegation spots and 5 clear of the two closest to that spot. At no point have we been in the relegation zone all season, and that's including our recent run of very poor form.
I'm not so naive as to think we're definitely safe but we'd need to go on a very poor run AND we'd need several of the other teams down here to have major improvements before we're in imminent danger.

What happened the last time we were in the championship? 

Hence the 2nd part of my comment, which specifically addresses that little gotcha.

cafcfan

thenewbie said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

DubaiCAFC said:

I think this window was all about getting us to the end of the season, then look to add real quality in the summer. Clearly the club are looking at players in Europe who can make a difference, and have a resale value.

Get to the end of the season, and let’s see where we go next season, I think there will be a bit of cash, and targets already locked in.

Your last paragraph highlights perfectly why a relegation this season would be such a missed opportunity.

It would, but a win on Friday puts us 6 points clear of the relegation spots and 5 clear of the two closest to that spot. At no point have we been in the relegation zone all season, and that's including our recent run of very poor form.
I'm not so naive as to think we're definitely safe but we'd need to go on a very poor run AND we'd need several of the other teams down here to have major improvements before we're in imminent danger.

You could readily argue that we are already in a very poor run of form. The last 15 league games, we have won 3, drawn 3 and lost 9. That's a third of the season and we've taken 12 points, scoring 13 goals and conceding 27.

Factor in that two of our wins would probably not have happened if the opposition had not had players sent off and the picture looks even worse. (The thrashing at the hands of Chelsea's B team not included.) Glass half full or glass half empty - I cannot decide. But our form since early November has been relegation prime. The upcoming back-to-back three home games are crucial.  We do actually need to go on a very good run of form.

daveydanger

At the end of the day we need about 4 wins and a few draws to stay up - has this window given us a platform to achieve that? I think it has.

Sollied

cafcfan said:

thenewbie said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

DubaiCAFC said:

I think this window was all about getting us to the end of the season, then look to add real quality in the summer. Clearly the club are looking at players in Europe who can make a difference, and have a resale value.

Get to the end of the season, and let’s see where we go next season, I think there will be a bit of cash, and targets already locked in.

Your last paragraph highlights perfectly why a relegation this season would be such a missed opportunity.

It would, but a win on Friday puts us 6 points clear of the relegation spots and 5 clear of the two closest to that spot. At no point have we been in the relegation zone all season, and that's including our recent run of very poor form.
I'm not so naive as to think we're definitely safe but we'd need to go on a very poor run AND we'd need several of the other teams down here to have major improvements before we're in imminent danger.

You could readily argue that we are already in a very poor run of form. The last 15 league games, we have won 3, drawn 3 and lost 9. That's a third of the season and we've taken 12 points, scoring 13 goals and conceding 27.

Factor in that two of our wins would probably not have happened if the opposition had not had players sent off and the picture looks even worse. (The thrashing at the hands of Chelsea's B team not included.) Glass half full or glass half empty - I cannot decide. But our form since early November has been relegation prime. The upcoming back-to-back three home games are crucial.  We do actually need to go on a very good run of form.

On the contrary, we match that form in the next 15 games and we end up on 47 points (just shy of what most say we need) and have two games to spare. 

The truth is, if we keep Bell and Chambers fit we stand a good chance of being comfortably clear come the end of the season. We lose either of those and we are in trouble. 

CaptainRobbo

I wonder if the Leicester points deduction gets sorted this week, or even this season?
So unlike the EFL to drag their feet on this sort of thing.

Redvalleyeast

CaptainRobbo said:

I wonder if the Leicester points deduction gets sorted this week, or even this season?
So unlike the EFL to drag their feet on this sort of thing.

The way/speed that the EFL work it'll be next season, theyre useless as we found out the last time we were in the Championship

ShootersHillGuru

Redvalleyeast said:

CaptainRobbo said:

I wonder if the Leicester points deduction gets sorted this week, or even this season?
So unlike the EFL to drag their feet on this sort of thing.

The way/speed that the EFL work it'll be next season, theyre useless as we found out the last time we were in the Championship

It’s going to take a points deduction of 8 points to put Leicester into the bottom three. 7 actually but nobody ever gets a 7 point deduction. I’d suggest though that although we might welcome that its unlikely Leicester will be in that much trouble despite there last few results. In any case it’s odds on that any points deduction will start at the beginning of next season. 

KiwiValley

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shine166

thenewbie said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

DubaiCAFC said:

I think this window was all about getting us to the end of the season, then look to add real quality in the summer. Clearly the club are looking at players in Europe who can make a difference, and have a resale value.

Get to the end of the season, and let’s see where we go next season, I think there will be a bit of cash, and targets already locked in.

Your last paragraph highlights perfectly why a relegation this season would be such a missed opportunity.

It would, but a win on Friday puts us 6 points clear of the relegation spots and 5 clear of the two closest to that spot. At no point have we been in the relegation zone all season, and that's including our recent run of very poor form.
I'm not so naive as to think we're definitely safe but we'd need to go on a very poor run AND we'd need several of the other teams down here to have major improvements before we're in imminent danger.

Very optimistic outlook, win on Friday and lose to pompey and/or West brom and we will really be in the brown stuff. There's some strange complacency on here thats come from the Leicester win where people think we've now turned a corner, all the new signings are tremendous and we'll be fine.

My main concern is that the 6 games in February are too much for our squad to manage.

J BLOCK

Crazy to think we’re not in imminent danger, we very much are. 

BigRedEvil

If Bell stays fit. Chambers keeps making an impact and Coady makes us more solid then we have a decent chance of getting enough points. Dykes looks like a good championship striker as well who will get a few goals.

Tbh West Brom and Blackburn look in worse shape than us at present. When your in a slide it's hard to turn it around. Both without a manager as well 

thenewbie

shine166 said:

thenewbie said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

DubaiCAFC said:

I think this window was all about getting us to the end of the season, then look to add real quality in the summer. Clearly the club are looking at players in Europe who can make a difference, and have a resale value.

Get to the end of the season, and let’s see where we go next season, I think there will be a bit of cash, and targets already locked in.

Your last paragraph highlights perfectly why a relegation this season would be such a missed opportunity.

It would, but a win on Friday puts us 6 points clear of the relegation spots and 5 clear of the two closest to that spot. At no point have we been in the relegation zone all season, and that's including our recent run of very poor form.
I'm not so naive as to think we're definitely safe but we'd need to go on a very poor run AND we'd need several of the other teams down here to have major improvements before we're in imminent danger.

Very optimistic outlook, win on Friday and lose to pompey and/or West brom and we will really be in the brown stuff. There's some strange complacency on here thats come from the Leicester win where people think we've now turned a corner, all the new signings are tremendous and we'll be fine.

My main concern is that the 6 games in February are too much for our squad to manage.

It's not complacency, it's basic math and probability.



Our form isn't great, but NO-ONE around us has good form either. Norwich look like they should/could probably pull away, but Leicester may very well end up on trouble even without a point deduction. For us to be in imminent danger of going down, our form has to not only be bad, it needs to be worse than Blackburn, Portsmouth AND West Brom.

It could happen (and has before) but saying it's unlikely at this point is not unreasonable. At the end of February things may have changed one way or the other though.