You can see JON SWIFT play tonight on you tube and make your own conclusions... A PFA pre-season squad of 22 free agents will make the trip to Worksop Town this evening.
📺 Live on X, Youtube and TikTok. ⏰ 7:30.
There is also ex-charlton player Lavelle in the squad (best of luck to him)
I know a lot of people see us signing players from Luton as just Jones picking up his mates from his old club, but we don't have the budget to sign proven, established Championship players, so we're picking off the best players from a club that need to sell, who have Championship & even Premier league experience as well as League 1 players who have the potential to improve from other league 1 clubs.
I think it's shrewd business, but perhaps I'm in the minority. I guess time will tell.
Luton are still getting parachute payments. They are fine financially.
Both players signed from Luton were out of contract.
They might turn out to be fine players, I don't know enough about them tbh, but these are about the easiest deals we could have done so far.
Kaminski was close to a million. Bell was a freebie, Burke will cost a fee.
So if Kaminski was out of contract with Luton but we paid him nearly a million pounds to sign for us , that is bloody crazy..
I think if we look at the team we are relatively sorted with goalkeepers nothing more needed in defence bar RWB im not displeased with Burke either, i think it is a pretty Solid defence for the league. Midfield i think a number 8 and maybe a creative midfielder is needed. And to end it off i would love a winger and striker. I would say 4 good signings needed excluding Burke.
The issue is when we look at this team Jones likes to play high energetic football he likes players with an engine players who will give 100% and i think that's why we were so successful last season. We are not going to be bringing in the names as such we will bring in players that suit his system i love players like rak-sakyi but truthfully we saw him play in league one he was lazy, a magician on the ball but lazy never tracked back but was great infront of goal and that's not to say i wouldnt take him cos in all honesty i would in a hearbeat . I feel like its easy to say that players like doc, Anderson wont cut it in this division but with there engines there pressing ability will cause problems, perhaps not glamourous footballers but they never backed out of a challenge and always gave 100% they make 2-3 mistakes a game higher up the pitch but they make 2-3 big interceptions too.
So i think its critical to look at players we bring in and understand they are brought in for a reason to fit a system i personally dont think players like Kellor dunn will be a good investment he's had a good season but for 2-3 million we should put money into a galbraith type player. Someone young, hungry and energetic will battle and will really benefit us.
Realistically i would say the 4 i would be looking at are:
Yan Valery- Sheffield wed
Djedi Gassama- Sheffield Wed
Josh dasilva- free agent
Harvey knibbs- reading
I think these 4 would be perfect for us with the addition of a couple loans I really believe this would make us a serious team in the championship.
Think he'll end up at a promotion contender/top half championship side. Seen rumours of a 2.5m valuation so i think that's probably a bit too much for us.
I know a lot of people see us signing players from Luton as just Jones picking up his mates from his old club, but we don't have the budget to sign proven, established Championship players, so we're picking off the best players from a club that need to sell, who have Championship & even Premier league experience as well as League 1 players who have the potential to improve from other league 1 clubs.
I think it's shrewd business, but perhaps I'm in the minority. I guess time will tell.
Luton are still getting parachute payments. They are fine financially.
Both players signed from Luton were out of contract.
They might turn out to be fine players, I don't know enough about them tbh, but these are about the easiest deals we could have done so far.
Kaminski was close to a million. Bell was a freebie, Burke will cost a fee.
So if Kaminski was out of contract with Luton but we paid him nearly a million pounds to sign for us , that is bloody crazy..
Money that will never be recovered.
Kaminski wasn’t out of contract though, if he was we wouldn’t have paid a fee.
I know a lot of people see us signing players from Luton as just Jones picking up his mates from his old club, but we don't have the budget to sign proven, established Championship players, so we're picking off the best players from a club that need to sell, who have Championship & even Premier league experience as well as League 1 players who have the potential to improve from other league 1 clubs.
I think it's shrewd business, but perhaps I'm in the minority. I guess time will tell.
Luton are still getting parachute payments. They are fine financially.
Both players signed from Luton were out of contract.
They might turn out to be fine players, I don't know enough about them tbh, but these are about the easiest deals we could have done so far.
Kaminski was close to a million. Bell was a freebie, Burke will cost a fee.
So if Kaminski was out of contract with Luton but we paid him nearly a million pounds to sign for us , that is bloody crazy..
Money that will never be recovered.
Given the money that floats around the world, had Kaminski gone to Turkey they probably would have been happy to get him off their wage bill.
An English club with TV money is a different story
I know a lot of people see us signing players from Luton as just Jones picking up his mates from his old club, but we don't have the budget to sign proven, established Championship players, so we're picking off the best players from a club that need to sell, who have Championship & even Premier league experience as well as League 1 players who have the potential to improve from other league 1 clubs.
I think it's shrewd business, but perhaps I'm in the minority. I guess time will tell.
Luton are still getting parachute payments. They are fine financially.
Both players signed from Luton were out of contract.
They might turn out to be fine players, I don't know enough about them tbh, but these are about the easiest deals we could have done so far.
Kaminski was close to a million. Bell was a freebie, Burke will cost a fee.
So if Kaminski was out of contract with Luton but we paid him nearly a million pounds to sign for us , that is bloody crazy..
Money that will never be recovered.
How did you read that post and come to that conclusion? Or are you on a wind up lol
YAN VALERY asked my mate about him - who is a longtime suffering Southampton fan about his time at the Saints he said he always thought he had potential but he was a bit inconsistent for them will be it was young then a decent championship player he thinks
Maybe we are waiting until after the 15th July - when players are allowed to leave their contract at the "Massives" because they have broken a clause of continued months on late payments in wages
Watch this space...a nice signing on fee and close proximity to airports might sway it for the 27 years old
Did he have to go to jail? Put his house on up for sale? Did he get a good lawyer-er-er?
Squad as is will be lacking in goals. Unless we can find a striker and attacking CM who instigates our attacks and regularly chips in I think we’ll struggle. We need a playmaker and goal scorer and at Championship level they are expensive. For me those are the two big ticket items we need to go and get. A RWB to replace Small is also very desirable because using Ramsay there I think is a waste of his best attributes.
I thought people would have learnt from last season when everyone was crying about not signing a playmaker, we didn’t need one last season in league 1 and we don’t need one now in the championship. I remember replying to the same cries, that isn’t how Jones teams create chances
We need to sign a central midfielder to compete with Docherty, but it’s not going to be a playmaker. We didn’t need one in league 1 and in the championship we will have much less of the ball. If we only have the ball for 30-40% of games then I’d rather a midfielder that’s good without the ball. On our budget we aren’t going to sign a playmaker that offers what we need out of possession, much better to sign someone who is great out of possession and still an upgrade on Docherty with the ball
Hasn’t Jones himself stated he’s looking for some flair in midfield ?
Not quite, he got close to saying something similar but stopped himself mid sentence
And wasn’t it something like’ quicken up’ the midfield? This was after we signed Carey so they are still looking. Berry and Doc certainly don’t have pace.
YAN VALERY asked my mate about him - who is a longtime suffering Southampton fan about his time at the Saints he said he always thought he had potential but he was a bit inconsistent for them will be it was young then a decent championship player he thinks
Maybe we are waiting until after the 15th July - when players are allowed to leave their contract at the "Massives" because they have broken a clause of continued months on late payments in wages
Watch this space...a nice signing on fee and close proximity to airports might sway it for the 27 years old
Did he have to go to jail? Put his house on up for sale? Did he get a good lawyer-er-er?
I know a lot of people see us signing players from Luton as just Jones picking up his mates from his old club, but we don't have the budget to sign proven, established Championship players, so we're picking off the best players from a club that need to sell, who have Championship & even Premier league experience as well as League 1 players who have the potential to improve from other league 1 clubs.
I think it's shrewd business, but perhaps I'm in the minority. I guess time will tell.
Luton are still getting parachute payments. They are fine financially.
Both players signed from Luton were out of contract.
They might turn out to be fine players, I don't know enough about them tbh, but these are about the easiest deals we could have done so far.
Kaminski was close to a million. Bell was a freebie, Burke will cost a fee.
So if Kaminski was out of contract with Luton but we paid him nearly a million pounds to sign for us , that is bloody crazy..
Money that will never be recovered.
Kaminski wasn’t out of contract though, if he was we wouldn’t have paid a fee.
Okay fair comment, but I was only reading from above quote which said, both players out of contract.
IF Sheffield Wednesday are forced into a 'fire sale', they have lot of very decent players who would suit us just fine .. problem is of course the same applies to a lot of EFL clubs .. see who's missing from the list ?
IF Sheffield Wednesday are forced into a 'fire sale', they have lot of very decent players who would suit us just fine .. problem is of course the same applies to a lot of EFL clubs .. see who's missing from the list ?
Squad as is will be lacking in goals. Unless we can find a striker and attacking CM who instigates our attacks and regularly chips in I think we’ll struggle. We need a playmaker and goal scorer and at Championship level they are expensive. For me those are the two big ticket items we need to go and get. A RWB to replace Small is also very desirable because using Ramsay there I think is a waste of his best attributes.
The PFA have a squad of free agents (including Sam Lavelle) playing at Worksop Town tomorrow night, live on X, YouTube and TikTok.
John Swift was mentioned in here a while ago as a possible signing after WBA released him, he's in the squad too.
That’s not Tom Davies the former Everton midfielder is it? Did he sign a 1 year contract at Sheffield Utd. Surely he’d be worth getting in for pre season and taking a look
Would be willing to put money down, especially now we signed Bell over Famewo, that none of the current Sheffield Wednesday squad end up signing for us.
The PFA have a squad of free agents (including Sam Lavelle) playing at Worksop Town tomorrow night, live on X, YouTube and TikTok.
John Swift was mentioned in here a while ago as a possible signing after WBA released him, he's in the squad too.
That’s not Tom Davies the former Everton midfielder is it? Did he sign a 1 year contract at Sheffield Utd. Surely he’d be worth getting in for pre season and taking a look
The PFA have a squad of free agents (including Sam Lavelle) playing at Worksop Town tomorrow night, live on X, YouTube and TikTok.
John Swift was mentioned in here a while ago as a possible signing after WBA released him, he's in the squad too.
That’s not Tom Davies the former Everton midfielder is it? Did he sign a 1 year contract at Sheffield Utd. Surely he’d be worth getting in for pre season and taking a look
IF Sheffield Wednesday are forced into a 'fire sale', they have lot of very decent players who would suit us just fine .. problem is of course the same applies to a lot of EFL clubs .. see who's missing from the list ?
IF Sheffield Wednesday are forced into a 'fire sale', they have lot of very decent players who would suit us just fine .. problem is of course the same applies to a lot of EFL clubs .. see who's missing from the list ?
IF Sheffield Wednesday are forced into a 'fire sale', they have lot of very decent players who would suit us just fine .. problem is of course the same applies to a lot of EFL clubs .. see who's missing from the list ?
IF Sheffield Wednesday are forced into a 'fire sale', they have lot of very decent players who would suit us just fine .. problem is of course the same applies to a lot of EFL clubs .. see who's missing from the list ?
This was the main lineup NJ took to 6th in the championship in his last full season before joining us.
People wanting flair and creativity it’s not gonna happen based on his football, that is the most defensive and structured side you will ever get at this level. Not a single midfielder finished in Luton’s top 5 for assists that year. As well as that Luton ranked 23rd for Possession and passes that season as well as 18th for SOT per game and still finished in the playoffs.
There’s a difference between needing and wanting more attacking creativity we don’t need creativity because of who we have in charge and how he plays he’s proven he can do it without having that playmaker in the team
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A PFA pre-season squad of 22 free agents will make the trip to Worksop Town this evening.
📺 Live on X, Youtube and TikTok.
⏰ 7:30.
There is also ex-charlton player Lavelle in the squad (best of luck to him)
Money that will never be recovered.
An English club with TV money is a different story
Put his house on up for sale?
Did he get a good lawyer-er-er?
I stand corrected.
https://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/sport/25142261.davies-morris-norris-released-tranmere-rovers/#:~:text=CLUB captain Tom Davies and,of the 2024/25 season.
Ex-Everton midfielder appears to still have a year left on his Sheff Utd contract.
RWB- Bree
RCB - Lockyer
CCB - Burke
LCB- Naismith
LWB- Bell
CDM- A.Campbell
CM- Mpanzu
ST- Adebayo
ST- Cornick