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The 2017 Summer Transfer Rumours Thread (Deadline Day from page 264)

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  • lancashire lad
    lancashire lad Posts: 15,630
    Didn't Slade say that he needed 3 or 4 more players a year ago but never got them?
    Be alright this year as Kathy says she has learnt from previous mistakes
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,386
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,076
    Solly won't play the whole season judging on how he's being nursed through pre-season. Hope Dijksteel is good enough, haven't seen him play yet.
  • Scoham said:
    On the basis of one game KR changes his mind about needing to bring in cover for Solly? Or has he been spoken to?
    Has echoes of the quote from last year about not needing to look for new midfielders because we have Konsa and Aribo.
  • Essex_Al
    Essex_Al Posts: 3,583

    Solly won't play the whole season judging on how he's being nursed through pre-season. Hope Dijksteel is good enough, haven't seen him play yet.

    He was excellent last night.
  • Essex_Al
    Essex_Al Posts: 3,583
    Scoham said:
    Spend the money elsewhere (hopefully), Dijksteel, Barnes and Konsa can all cover for Solly
  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 12,001
    All feeling v familiar sadly
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,593
    Essex_Al said:

    Solly won't play the whole season judging on how he's being nursed through pre-season. Hope Dijksteel is good enough, haven't seen him play yet.

    He was excellent last night.
    Maybe he was but there is a world of difference between a pre season friendly and maybe having to play 30 league games in League One. Imo you need more experienced cover at RB. And left for that matter. At LB we have two players with about 30 league games between them and one of them is injured for a few months.
  • Essex_Al
    Essex_Al Posts: 3,583
    Maybe, but not forgetting he was our stand out player against quality opposition.
  • OhEddieYouds
    OhEddieYouds Posts: 744
    edited July 2017
    Scoham said:
    I'm much happier with Dijksteel being our RB cover than Novak being our Striker cover....spend the money on a forward who will score the goals that get us promoted.

    ....and sign Stewart and a GK.

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  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 12,001
    But this means player a promising youngster out of position. Not good for his development?
  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,596
    So many gaps in the squad where do you start.......

    Keeper and striker should be a priority. With what we have and how Robinson wants to play goals are going to be hard to come by, unless things change my money's on us scoring less than 5 goals in August. Add to that we are light on keepers it's a recipe for disaister.

    Same old same old, a few good players but woefully short by the first game.

  • All_Thaid_Up
    All_Thaid_Up Posts: 2,293
    Nothing changes! He is naturally a midfielder but we are going to play him in the wrong position.

  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,330
    Redrobo said:

    Up front I would take a punt on Walsall's Amadou Bakayoko. Only 21 and 6' 4". Scored 10 goals in his first full season.

    I think Robbo is thinking he can get Mivi from Arsenal on loan mid August and he can cover the wing and the striker role if we need two up front to nick a goal.

    If big Mag gets injured I think he would struggle up front on his own. The above would be my choice for direct cover for big Mag which is what I think we need.

    Any other realistic players we could go for?
  • All_Thaid_Up
    All_Thaid_Up Posts: 2,293
    As usual our regimes transfer policy is this.

  • KR saying post Norwich that he wants a keeper and a winger. The coaching team are going to discuss Stewart tonight.

    That sounds fair if he's talking about before the first game of the season in 10 days time. There's still over a month until the transfer deadline closes, I'm sure we'll pick up a loan player or two in that period, especially as we currently only have 1.
    Quite likely that plenty of league one and two clubs are waiting for premier league and championship clubs to decide who they're prepared to loan out
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    The minimum we need is goalkeeper, left back cover and a striker.
    I suppose when Robinson talks of a winger he means Stewart and with the loss of Marshall that makes sense.
    If we don't make credible signings in the next seven days we are taking a risk with the season, and it feels the same as usual not a fresh start after learning from mistakes.
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,825

    As usual our regimes transfer policy is this.

    But surely they have learnt from their mistakes?????
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,200

    As usual our regimes transfer policy is this.

    Close to the truth I'm afraid. But actually we all know what Roland believes:

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    I heard he recently had a tyre puncture but he wasn't off the road for long.......

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  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,733
    Valley11 said:

    But this means player a promising youngster out of position. Not good for his development?

    The best way to develop a young player is to play them out of position IMO.
  • I don't listen to KR interviews any more. I love his passion, enthusiasm and positivity but my goodness he contradicts himself every interview. I actually beleive what he says less than what KM says. I really would not get focussed on how many players he talks about or whom as it changes by the day or week and rarely anything actually comes of it.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,386

    Valley11 said:

    But this means player a promising youngster out of position. Not good for his development?

    The best way to develop a young player is to play them out of position IMO.
    At youth level or friendlies I can see sense in that. At first team level it might be sensible for certain players, like putting a centre back at full back. Other than that surely most players need to play in their best position though where they are most comfortable?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,236
    Who "told" KR he doesn't need another RB?
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,330
    Intresting that he has been told he is not getting a right back, so not his decision?

    So who did tell him?
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,455
    Maybe its his way of saying: Dijksteel's performance told me I didnt need another RB
  • Beardface
    Beardface Posts: 1,129

    Who "told" KR he doesn't need another RB?

    Whoever it was is a genius to decide that on Dijksteel's first appearance at RB in a preseason friendly - famed for being just like a competitive fixture.

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  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    With 2 players for each position, I assume we are being left short at full-back because we have 5 CB's. We have the 8 defenders we need, but we have a LB who is always injured and 5 CB's.

    I never expected us to sign 2 more FB's, but I wouldn't mind someone who can play both positions, even on a loan until January.

    I reckon we need a GK, STR, Winger, attacking midfielder and FB cover, making 5. The FB and Winger can be short term deals to cover injuries, but the other 3 are needed desperately.
  • lancashire lad
    lancashire lad Posts: 15,630
    so no rumours then?
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,455

    so no rumours then?

    Well its rumoured we dont need another Right-Back?