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January Transfer Window - Jan 2023 (Deadline Day starts page 112)
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A well balanced assembled squad should be capable of playing any system, especially when changing formation during a game to adapt to the opposition.Elthamaddick said:half the trouble with our squad is that every new manager we get wants to play a totally different system to the previous one
433, we need loads of wide players / 1 central striker
352, we don't need any wide players, 2 strikers
leading to a total squad reset every window
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Only if he brings his uncle Bradleygrumpyaddick said:I can feel the Wright-Phillips songs coming on already
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Our transfer business has been so poor since the days of Chris Powells promotion team. In the 10 years since, I can only think of 6 or 7 players who if we could turn the click back would sign again. Cullen, Bielik, Gallagher, Taylor, Bauer, Pearce, Dobbo, maybe some others I have missed but it would be interesting to know how many players we have signed in that 10 year period as there have been loads of poor ones.1
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you'd like to think so....eaststandmike said:
A well balanced assembled squad should be capable of playing any system, especially when changing formation during a game to adapt to the opposition.Elthamaddick said:half the trouble with our squad is that every new manager we get wants to play a totally different system to the previous one
433, we need loads of wide players / 1 central striker
352, we don't need any wide players, 2 strikers
leading to a total squad reset every window
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I'd add Ricky Holmes to that list.cakey said:Our transfer business has been so poor since the days of Chris Powells promotion team. In the 10 years since, I can only think of 6 or 7 players who if we could turn the click back would sign again. Cullen, Bielik, Gallagher, Taylor, Bauer, Pearce, Dobbo, maybe some others I have missed but it would be interesting to know how many players we have signed in that 10 year period as there have been loads of poor ones.1 -
Garang Kuol - is one we should go for.0
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where is the money coming from though ? Very confusingcharlton_hero said:1 -
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where is the money coming from though ? Very confusingcharlton_hero said:7 -
When the first signing comes in from Texas FC for a fee of around 75k we’ll have the answer.000__Jaaaaay__000 said:
where is the money coming from though ? Very confusingcharlton_hero said:27 - Sponsored links:
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I feel like the 'move Clare to midfield' thing is the same as how highly rated players become when they're injured or have left. Inniss was basically Cannavaro when he was hurt, you'd swear Conor Washington had scored 50 goals in 6 games for us the way he's mooned over, and Chuks is never more lethal than when he's sat down recovering. The reality is we signed Clare with the specific intention of playing him in midfield and he was terrible. You can't really legislate for how bad a three of him, Dobson and Albie as 10 was but it even made Dobson look rubbish. We didn't win a single league match where Clare played in central midfield and while the whole team was awful around then, he was a contributor to why that was. It's notable that every manager since then has seen the value of Dobson in the middle, or even Albie playing deeper, but never Clare.I just think Clare isn't able to read a game that's happening around him. When it's all in front of him and he just has to run or tackle he's a good player. He's athletic, he's not bad on the ball and he has an eye for an intelligent overlapping run. He falls apart on the second phase though. We saw him lose his marker for Pompey's goal because he'd gone to sleep after the initial ball, and I think I lost a year of my life getting angry at him being unable to protect the corridor between him and the RWB when he played at CB for us. Most of the goals scored against us came through that gap and he wasn't ever able to adjust and react. When the ball turns over or there's any kind of off the ball movement from attacking opposition players he may as well be a scarecrow. Now transfer that to midfield, where the game constantly moves around you and you have to adjust every second to what's happening around you. All you'll get is him using that great engine to trail behind attackers moving in on goal. There's a reason we more or less got him handed to us by Oxford; he didn't want to play right back and a team looking to win promotion isn't having him in midfield.11
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Never heard that before.charlton_hero said:
We need half a squad and I would expect us to get most deals done early. We never manage to do this.1 -
Matthew Bondswell on loan from Newcastle would be a start.1
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Name like that he should get on with the other players.I-SAW-POUSO-PLAY said:Matthew Bondswell on loan from Newcastle would be a start.
Just checked, he's a left back.18 -
God bless the 75k Texan mobcharlton_hero said:0 -
I always feel Clare plays like he's in a sports hall playing futsal.2
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If you are expecting us to sign half a squad you are going to be sorely disappointed. Even half a team is a bit of a stretch in January.Dazzler21 said:
Never heard that before.charlton_hero said:
We need half a squad and I would expect us to get most deals done early. We never manage to do this.4 -
Have a feeling it will be a very strong window for us. We have no idea where the money is coming from though which is concerning3
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Hope not!I-SAW-POUSO-PLAY said:Matthew Bondswell on loan from Newcastle would be a start.0 - Sponsored links:
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With our luck we're probably under a transfer embargo for improper injection of funds0
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if we have a strong window, sign loads of players and ship the deadwood - I couldn't care anymore who's financing itGravesend_Addick said:Have a feeling it will be a very strong window for us. We have no idea where the money is coming from though which is concerning
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I fully expect a LB/LWB and a striker in before the weekend.29
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Cafc43v3r said:I fully expect a LB/LWB and a striker in before the weekend.
Are these "new" targets do you or anyone else know?
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A left back with a left foot would be nice. Still find it incredible steady if not spectacular Ben P was never replaced. Square pegs in round holes ever since.6
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I didn't say I expect us to sign half a squad, I said we need half a squad. I meant 5/6 players.Redrobo said:
If you are expecting us to sign half a squad you are going to be sorely disappointed. Even half a team is a bit of a stretch in January.Dazzler21 said:
Never heard that before.charlton_hero said:
We need half a squad and I would expect us to get most deals done early. We never manage to do this.
We need to get most of our deals done early. (Which never happens)
I agree with Sam W's four as being acceptable if they're upgrades or suitable back ups to the best players. I would say another RB is essential too.
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Feel like that does Sessegnon a bit of disservice as he was brought in to play LB and in my opinion is quality - it’s no coincidence how much better our performances are when he is in the team.MintoHumbugs said:A left back with a left foot would be nice. Still find it incredible steady if not spectacular Ben P was never replaced. Square pegs in round holes ever since.
Not having a back up option however was criminal.5 -
Not only is Sessegnon an excellent LB (who's played around as many games there as at RB), I think Garner had the idea of having one wide full back and one more inverted one who was comfortable coming into midfield to help build the play. Unfortunately that was a bit beyond the level of the squad, but I think fitness allowing we would have seen Egbo play there too under Garner. But as you say, we always needed a second option there and we had nothing.FishCostaFortune said:
Feel like that does Sessegnon a bit of disservice as he was brought in to ply LB and in my opinion is quality.MintoHumbugs said:A left back with a left foot would be nice. Still find it incredible steady if not spectacular Ben P was never replaced. Square pegs in round holes ever since.
Not having a back up option however was criminal.
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Can see us signing Jack Marriott as he’s available. I can see the headlines now in the Plymouth herald “Marriott spotted at the Marriott”8
