When the window opened we were looking to bring in two and possibly three players. Burstow has displaced Davison and we have added Chucks. We have bought in a left wing back who is out of contract in the summer so if he does well we may be able to make permanent. The extra one is an exciting youngster who looks destined for the Spurs 1st team in the near future. Overall a good January window.
Now we after a fourth and yet some are saying it is another disaster. If we do manage to get one of the two suggested targets on a permanent it will change a good window to a fantastic window IMO. We are edging towards having a squad of players that are actually our players which is good.
Many won’t be happy until they see consistent results and performances on the pitch, regardless of any signings made. That means winning promotion from this league and then competing in the Championship (not saying that’s right or wrong).
Rightly so I think, I’d settle for competing in this shitty league first.
When the window opened we were looking to bring in two and possibly three players. Burstow has displaced Davison and we have added Chucks. We have bought in a left wing back who is out of contract in the summer so if he does well we may be able to make permanent. The extra one is an exciting youngster who looks destined for the Spurs 1st team in the near future. Overall a good January window.
Now we after a fourth and yet some are saying it is another disaster. If we do manage to get one of the two suggested targets on a permanent it will change a good window to a fantastic window IMO. We are edging towards having a squad of players that are actually our players which is good.
Still light in the goalscoring department
Stockley, Chucks, Washington and Burstow isn’t bad at this level, and I think we did well to sign a CF in a January window. If it had been another CF with a similar record as Chucks coming in from the Championship we would have been much happier because there is an excitement in seeing new players, where as we know all about Chucks.
When the window opened we were looking to bring in two and possibly three players. Burstow has displaced Davison and we have added Chucks. We have bought in a left wing back who is out of contract in the summer so if he does well we may be able to make permanent. The extra one is an exciting youngster who looks destined for the Spurs 1st team in the near future. Overall a good January window.
Now we after a fourth and yet some are saying it is another disaster. If we do manage to get one of the two suggested targets on a permanent it will change a good window to a fantastic window IMO. We are edging towards having a squad of players that are actually our players which is good.
Many won’t be happy until they see consistent results and performances on the pitch, regardless of any signings made. That means winning promotion from this league and then competing in the Championship (not saying that’s right or wrong).
Many won’t be happy. Ever.
If anyone is happy with 15th in the 3rd division I would be more suprised. But its OK we could move up to the heady heights of 14th if we win tonight.
I’m surprised we’ve done nothing to address the RWB slot for me I’d have sent Leko packing and been all over Villa for Kane Kessler or Spurs for the lad we were linked with.
we good really do with an upgrade in that position given DJ still can’t play for 90mins
Starting the rebuild now for the summer, sensible if you can get a player you want and integrated now that you do that business. Fraser isn't a panic buy, it's a good long term buy
I’m surprised we’ve done nothing to address the RWB slot for me I’d have sent Leko packing and been all over Villa for Kane Kessler or Spurs for the lad we were linked with.
we good really do with an upgrade in that position given DJ still can’t play for 90mins
I think you could make a convincing argument to sign a player in any position bar keeper. We were never going to get everything we needed/wanted.
A couple of permanent additions for next season is good, two less we need in the summer. Its all irrelevant if we get relegated.
I’m surprised we’ve done nothing to address the RWB slot for me I’d have sent Leko packing and been all over Villa for Kane Kessler or Spurs for the lad we were linked with.
we good really do with an upgrade in that position given DJ still can’t play for 90mins
DJ can.play 90 mins but he's NOT a RWB He's a winger Wide mifielder Right of a front 3
When the window opened we were looking to bring in two and possibly three players. Burstow has displaced Davison and we have added Chucks. We have bought in a left wing back who is out of contract in the summer so if he does well we may be able to make permanent. The extra one is an exciting youngster who looks destined for the Spurs 1st team in the near future. Overall a good January window.
Now we after a fourth and yet some are saying it is another disaster. If we do manage to get one of the two suggested targets on a permanent it will change a good window to a fantastic window IMO. We are edging towards having a squad of players that are actually our players which is good.
Many won’t be happy until they see consistent results and performances on the pitch, regardless of any signings made. That means winning promotion from this league and then competing in the Championship (not saying that’s right or wrong).
Many won’t be happy. Ever.
If anyone is happy with 15th in the 3rd division I would be more suprised. But its OK we could move up to the heady heights of 14th if we win tonight.
Hope it doesn’t go to the players heads if we move up to 14th, the excitement will be palpable!🤣, I’m not certain I won’t bust a blood vessel.
Not sure he’s going to say, no nothing is happening.
We know there will be one perm coming in could be two as we also made a bid for Peterbro player .. sorry no names plus Leko could return to Birmingham to enable another loan to come in .. ??
Sorry no names but I’m assuming, if true, that it’s Sammie Szbolics As has already been mentioned. Late to the party as usual….. not easy with a 4 hour diff not reading through 10 pages of crap before posting
The fee for Fraser is the (relatively) easy bit. Ipswich are paying their players so much it’s warped the market, so you’d assume he’d have to take a pay cut to come here.
I’m surprised we’ve done nothing to address the RWB slot for me I’d have sent Leko packing and been all over Villa for Kane Kessler or Spurs for the lad we were linked with.
we good really do with an upgrade in that position given DJ still can’t play for 90mins
DJ can.play 90 mins but he's NOT a RWB He's a winger Wide mifielder Right of a front 3
But NOT a wing back!
Not sure about that. He always seems to start well but gets progressively more knackered/less effective as half time approaches.
I’m surprised we’ve done nothing to address the RWB slot for me I’d have sent Leko packing and been all over Villa for Kane Kessler or Spurs for the lad we were linked with.
we good really do with an upgrade in that position given DJ still can’t play for 90mins
Personally I thought the left side was the real concern. Purrington is fine, but if he didn’t play we were ripped apart down that side.
They'll wait until the last possible moment to say no. I hope it comes off though.
I was hoping that we would be looking to sign players on the way up .. NOT other clubs failures
Would be great if that could happen...like DJ and Kirk, they weren't "failures" at their previous clubs before coming here were they, thing is until they arrive we really don't know if they will fit in..
When the window opened we were looking to bring in two and possibly three players. Burstow has displaced Davison and we have added Chucks. We have bought in a left wing back who is out of contract in the summer so if he does well we may be able to make permanent. The extra one is an exciting youngster who looks destined for the Spurs 1st team in the near future. Overall a good January window.
Now we after a fourth and yet some are saying it is another disaster. If we do manage to get one of the two suggested targets on a permanent it will change a good window to a fantastic window IMO. We are edging towards having a squad of players that are actually our players which is good.
Still light in the goalscoring department
Stockley, Chucks, Washington and Burstow isn’t bad at this level, and I think we did well to sign a CF in a January window. If it had been another CF with a similar record as Chucks coming in from the Championship we would have been much happier because there is an excitement in seeing new players, where as we know all about Chucks.
It isn’t bad, but as a collective I can’t see them getting us promoted. We must replace Washington with somebody much better.
They'll wait until the last possible moment to say no. I hope it comes off though.
I was hoping that we would be looking to sign players on the way up .. NOT other clubs failures
Would be great if that could happen...like DJ and Kirk, they weren't "failures" at their previous clubs before coming here were they, thing is until they arrive we really don't know if they will fit in..
were both wingers in L2 playing against weaker defences than in L1 .. DJ a failure ? .. I do not agree with your one eyed analysis .. so you're happy that we pay a lot of money for Fraser in the hope 'that he'll fit in' .. I'd rather our scouting staff and those deciding which players to buy would have more insight and a good idea of any player's suitability before signing him .. Fraser's signing (is it definite) smacks to me of a bit of a panic shot in the dark .. as ever, we will see
I’m surprised we’ve done nothing to address the RWB slot for me I’d have sent Leko packing and been all over Villa for Kane Kessler or Spurs for the lad we were linked with.
we good really do with an upgrade in that position given DJ still can’t play for 90mins
I think you could make a convincing argument to sign a player in any position bar keeper. We were never going to get everything we needed/wanted.
A couple of permanent additions for next season is good, two less we need in the summer. Its all irrelevant if we get relegated.
The problem we have is that the squad was pretty much full. We had to try and clear some players out before we could bring anyone in permanently.
As it stands, if money/squad size wasn't an issue we'd probably be looking at RWB, another striker, cover for Dobson and potentially another CB given Inniss' fitness concerns even on top of what we have done/are apparently still working on.
But as it is, we have to prioritise and be more selective. Not to say we didn't make this a problem fir ourselves in summer but a mid season window is always a tricky time and place for an "instant fix" signing.
Will put my neck on the line and say if we sign Fraser he will be a significant upgrade on Lee.
Would hope we play him alongside Gilbey and Dobson. That midfield trio would have a bit of everything and if they can gel you would think they should be the best midfield in the league next season.
Will put my neck on the line and say if we sign Fraser he will be a significant upgrade on Lee.
Would hope we play him alongside Gilbey and Dobson. That midfield trio would have a bit of everything and if they can gel you would think they should be the best midfield in the league next season.
If we had just wanted to replace Lee, Nile John would have been our only signing in the position. There's another issue
Will put my neck on the line and say if we sign Fraser he will be a significant upgrade on Lee.
Would hope we play him alongside Gilbey and Dobson. That midfield trio would have a bit of everything and if they can gel you would think they should be the best midfield in the league next season.
They'll wait until the last possible moment to say no. I hope it comes off though.
I was hoping that we would be looking to sign players on the way up .. NOT other clubs failures
Would be great if that could happen...like DJ and Kirk, they weren't "failures" at their previous clubs before coming here were they, thing is until they arrive we really don't know if they will fit in..
were both wingers in L2 playing against weaker defences than in L1 .. DJ a failure ? .. I do not agree with your one eyed analysis .. so you're happy that we pay a lot of money for Fraser in the hope 'that he'll fit in' .. I'd rather our scouting staff and those deciding which players to buy would have more insight and a good idea of any player's suitability before signing him .. Fraser's signing (is it definite) smacks to me of a bit of a panic shot in the dark .. as ever, we will see
We have been after Fraser for ages, under 3 different managers, which begs the question of who "we" are in this scenario.
Not that it's an issue in this case but is a wider problem.
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we good really do with an upgrade in that position given DJ still can’t play for 90mins
A couple of permanent additions for next season is good, two less we need in the summer. Its all irrelevant if we get relegated.
He's a winger
Wide mifielder
Right of a front 3
But NOT a wing back!
As it stands, if money/squad size wasn't an issue we'd probably be looking at RWB, another striker, cover for Dobson and potentially another CB given Inniss' fitness concerns even on top of what we have done/are apparently still working on.
But as it is, we have to prioritise and be more selective. Not to say we didn't make this a problem fir ourselves in summer but a mid season window is always a tricky time and place for an "instant fix" signing.
Would hope we play him alongside Gilbey and Dobson. That midfield trio would have a bit of everything and if they can gel you would think they should be the best midfield in the league next season.
Not that it's an issue in this case but is a wider problem.