Summer 2022 transfer rumours (Gilbey loan confirmed p513, a signing falls through last minute p541)

Remember Naby originally signed for a massive fee and was seen as a flop during our relegation season.
The cult status only began after he returned from a loan spell in France when expectations were low.

At his best he was probably even PL standard. The problem was at his worst he struggled in L1. The feedback from Huddersfield fans confirmed this continued.

Personally I wanted a different left sided defender. The only name which has come up on here was Aaron Pierre. Any other options?

SDAddick said:

BR7_addick said:

So what does everyone think of Naby Sarr??

Absolute mustard. Was he perfect? No. Was and is he a Championship level Center Back? Yup. 

He's actually something of a Rosetta stone for me on how to view peoples' football opinions. If you simply think he's "shit," and can't see any quality in him, I'm not interested in your football opinion.

Also, the subject of one of my favorite exchanges on here. I was once told Harry Lennon was better than Naby Sarr despite Lennon having made some bad mistakes defensively. They are currently three divisions apart. 

He had quite a good touch and some skill which would be okay if he did the things expected of a man his size but he made errors when under pressure and didn’t use his size to dominate his opponents and wasn’t very good in the air 

Who’s the defender linked with Sunderland and Norwich ? Clare ??

Alex Neil. Sunderland?

Uboat said:

ecclesaddick said:

Alex Neil. Sunderland?

Going to Stoke. 

Poor decision imo.  Sunderland riding the wave up and Stoke have been languishing since being relegated from the Prem and I think there is a bit more of an expectation there than Sunderland, given what Sunderland have been through in the last few years.  Can see him really falling flat on his face there 

Uboat said:

ecclesaddick said:

Alex Neil. Sunderland?

Going to Stoke. 

Strange decision with so little time left of the transfer window. 

Cafc43v3r said:

A wicket tonight would be nice 

A transfer would be better for this thread ! 

Cafc43v3r said:

Woops wrong thread 

🤦🏻‍♂️

Siv_in_Norfolk said:

swordfish said:

Unless I'm much mistaken, this thread should become obsolete in less than a week, finally put out of its misery. It's been running for longer than I've been a member, which has seemed like an eternity, not just for me but for all reading the endless reams of shite (not a poster reference btw) and I include my own contributions in that, with so very little to show for it. 

Aren't you just a veteran poster using a new name, then? I just assumed you were....

Oh my god…..it’s two_sheds. 🫣

BR7_addick said:

“Oh I didn’t realise this was the Alex Neil thread, rumours? 🙄”

Alexander Francis Neil (born 9 June 1981)[2] is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the manager of EFL Championship club Sunderland.

Neil began his professional career at Airdrieonians in 2000, playing half a season in the Scottish Football League First Division before moving to Barnsley. He played 142 games across all competitions in his four-year spell at Barnsley, and then signed for Mansfield Town on a free transfer. After a season at Mansfield, he returned to Scotland's First Division with Hamilton Academical, featuring in 246 matches across a decade and winning promotion to the Scottish Premier League in 2008.

He became Hamilton's player-manager in 2013 and led them to promotion to the Scottish Premiership in 2014. In January 2015 he was appointed manager of Norwich City, as the second youngest manager in the Football Leagueat the time. Neil guided Norwich to promotion to the Premier League, after winning the 2015 Football League Championship play-off Final. Norwich suffered relegation the following season, on 10 March 2017, Neils time as Norwich City manager came to an end. He was appointed by Preston North End on 4 July 2017 and led the team to seventh place in the 2017–18 Championship. On 11 February 2022 Neil was appointed manager of Sunderland. They were promoted from League One to the Championshipwinning 2-0 in the 2022 EFL League One play-off Final at Wembley Stadium.

Scoham said:

Three working days to go…

to save our season

I’m in France and have just seen Steve Gallen at Bowyers fishing lake, he is getting ready for the big announcement 

Morecambe just signed a new striker !!!!!

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Callum Harriot now available having been found not guilty.

But we need a centre back, not a forward