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

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  • cafc_se7 said:
    I’ve got a funny feeling the striker is Sam Baldock, left out of Reading squad today.
    Didn’t play as his partner gave birth apparently.
  • How far away from fitness is Pearce ?
    Bowyer has said unknown return date, as he has sustained a calf
    strain in training, so we are stuffed regarding Pearce at the mo
  • How far away from fitness is Pearce ?
    Bowyer has said unknown return date, as he has sustained a calf
    strain in training, so we are stuffed regarding Pearce at the mo
    I think the lad from Norwich is better to be honest. It is a lack of right back that unsettles everything.
  • We need a r back 2 c halfs 2 c forwards r winger 
  • Have to prioritise a right sided defender, either RB or CB is fine, and a striker. I’d imagine those two will max out the salary cap. Another defender and striker can be Prem loans. 
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  • Why is everyone saying we need a winger?

    Bowyer has never played with wingers, out of choice. 

    As I have said before Doughty gives him a bit of a head ache. 
  • RB, CB and 2 strikers are an absolute necessity.

    Get those positions signed then along with Gilbey, Washington, Famewo, Levitt, Watson and Maddison that'll be 10 signings and a pretty solid transfer window.

    Anything else is a bonus.
    Yeah agree with that. I'd like the Burnley LB, bonus with him not being included in the cap. I think Doughty is proving he's not the best defender, much better going forward. 
  • Cafc43v3r said:
    Why is everyone saying we need a winger?

    Bowyer has never played with wingers, out of choice. 

    As I have said before Doughty gives him a bit of a head ache. 
    He doesn't with Maddison coming in from RW in a 433. 
  • Doughty for me has really shone when playing LWB in a 5-3-2

    Problem is we don't have the players to play that at the minute.

    Without knowing who we're signing it could look something like this if all our players are fit:

    Amos

    Barker? - Oshilaja - Pearce - Famewo - Doughty

    Vennings? - Watson - Levitt?

    Washington - Maddison
  • Cafc43v3r said:
    Why is everyone saying we need a winger?

    Bowyer has never played with wingers, out of choice. 

    As I have said before Doughty gives him a bit of a head ache. 
    He doesn't with Maddison coming in from RW in a 433. 
    To make that work he needs a different striker, and different midfields, and probably full backs to what he has got. 

    To me it's looking like he will go with a 4-1-2-1-2 in the middle term.

    Really wouldn't surprise me if he sold Oztumer and Lapslie, maybe even JFC, to balance that as he is going to end up with players who have no chance of playing. 
  • Dazzler21 said:
    Doughty for me has really shone when playing LWB in a 5-3-2

    Problem is we don't have the players to play that at the minute.

    Without knowing who we're signing it could look something like this if all our players are fit:

    Amos

    Barker? - Oshilaja - Pearce - Famewo - Doughty

    Vennings? - Watson - Levitt?

    Washington - Maddison

    To be honest, I've got no idea what formation we'll play or indeed what formation Bowyer prefers at the moment! Allowing for signings

                                       Amos
    New RWB - New CB - Pearce - Famewo - Doughty
                      Gilbey - Watson/Levitt/Pratley
                                Maddison
                         Washington - New striker

  • Dazzler21 said:
    Doughty for me has really shone when playing LWB in a 5-3-2

    Problem is we don't have the players to play that at the minute.

    Without knowing who we're signing it could look something like this if all our players are fit:

    Amos

    Barker? - Oshilaja - Pearce - Famewo - Doughty

    Vennings? - Watson - Levitt?

    Washington - Maddison
    No Gilbey who we nearly bankrupted ourselves to sign. 
  • dickplumb said:
    Dick Plumb.
    Dickie Plumb (sorry Dick 😁). 
  • Three CBs is a waste of a player at this level.
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  • Cafc43v3r said:
    Dazzler21 said:
    Doughty for me has really shone when playing LWB in a 5-3-2

    Problem is we don't have the players to play that at the minute.

    Without knowing who we're signing it could look something like this if all our players are fit:

    Amos

    Barker? - Oshilaja - Pearce - Famewo - Doughty

    Vennings? - Watson - Levitt?

    Washington - Maddison
    No Gilbey who we nearly bankrupted ourselves to sign. 
    Yes Gilbey for Levitt 

    I knew I was missing someone. 🤣
  • Scoham said:
    Three CBs is a waste of a player at this level.
    It allows you to play 2 up front and a 5 man midfield.  It's a waste of a player because we don't have 2 proper center backs, or 2 strikers. 
  • Cafc43v3r said:
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Why is everyone saying we need a winger?

    Bowyer has never played with wingers, out of choice. 

    As I have said before Doughty gives him a bit of a head ache. 
    He doesn't with Maddison coming in from RW in a 433. 
    To make that work he needs a different striker, and different midfields, and probably full backs to what he has got. 

    To me it's looking like he will go with a 4-1-2-1-2 in the middle term.

    Really wouldn't surprise me if he sold Oztumer and Lapslie, maybe even JFC, to balance that as he is going to end up with players who have no chance of playing. 
    Well we will have a new striker at the very least. Disagree it wouldn't work with the midfield, not with Gilbey playing. Full backs maybe, although Koiki could work from LB. 

    Not sure about all those being sold. I think he'll want Phillips to go, and I can see one midfielder going, but we need to be careful about getting rid of too many. 
  • Amos/AMB
    NEW RB/Wiredu
    NEW RCB/Deji
    Pearce/Famewo
    Purrington/Koiki
    Watson/Pratley
    Gilbey/Morgan/Levitt/JFC
    Williams/Oztumer
    Maddison/Doughty
    Washington/Aneke/NEW STR X2

    Strong 24 man squad. If we can affload Phillips and maybe Lapslie, I don't see a problem with signing those 5. 
  • If a big PL side came in with a very good offer for Alfie I’d let him go but we’d be mad to take what Celtic are offering and he’d be mad to go there. Saying that if he won’t sign a new deal we could lose him for nothing next summer. That is why tying down the likes of Barker to a long term deal is so important.
  • I think we are kidding ourselves  - the midfield is shockingly poor - if you compare Levitt, Vennings, Oztumer etc with Bielik, Cullen, Aribo etc we will have no chance of promotion with this midfield - Gilbey looks OK but its early days - tbh I’m not very optimistic about this season. 
    It normally takes us 3 years to get out of this division and despite Thomas’s expectations, I think its pretty unrealistic 
    When we first signed Bielik and Cullen how many people thought they would have had the season they had

    No reason Gilbey, Levitt or Vennings couldn't do the same 
    Gilbey might be a Cullen type figure (both passer and someone who can break up play) but at the moment we're definitely missing a Bielik as dont think Levitt or Vennings have that physical aspect to their game - Be nice if the next Defender we get in is someone like Bielik who has that nous to play in the Midfield too, hell that could even be Famewo if Pearce gets back
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