I am loath to post rumours on here, because if they don’t turn up signing you get some stick. Take this anyway you want but I heard Reece Burke was at the training ground last week.
To not start the season with Ramsey, Jones and Macca would seem strange to me as that was our strength and the main reason we kept clean sheets. It's hardly being too loyal to let the successful players start with the shirt. If Jones feels Kaminski is a better option straight away then fine as well as new midfielders but the 3 CB's were our main strength. Luton did just get relegated to League one so are Bell and possibly Burke better than what we have ?
I am loath to post rumours on here, because if they don’t turn up signing you get some stick. Take this anyway you want but I heard Reece Burke was at the training ground last week.
The whole of the Luton squad were at our training ground last week, so that NJ could choose which ones he wanted to sign. It saves time.
I do think that being in the Championship will mean we need a more defensive RWB and KR fits that role. I’m confident not a lot of wingers will be able to get the better of him. We need a RWB who can deal with the likes of Mavididi, Osayi-Samuel etc. It’s a key position and I think Jones knows he can trust KR there, hence the Burke link.
Feel like Ramsey is definitely the right option for RWB in some games. But definitely want the option of a more attacking one in games we want to go for it. Think Fevrier would be the perfect person for that.
I am loath to post rumours on here, because if they don’t turn up signing you get some stick. Take this anyway you want but I heard Reece Burke was at the training ground last week.
The whole of the Luton squad were at our training ground last week, so that NJ could choose which ones he wanted to sign. It saves time.
We got Chappell and Dane in to get Luton players? How about some proper scouting for once ?
I imagine a big part of why we're getting Luton players is because they've just suffered consecutive relegations and have committed their Premier League money on a new £450m stadium. They've got good Championship players with Premier League experience who play a similar style to us and are struggling for cash, so we can get good players at good prices and still have money left over for more signings. Why would we not pick them apart?
Kaminsky Mannion Ramsay NEW NEW (Burke) Mitchell Jones Mitchell Gillesphey Bell Edwards NEW Coventry NEW Docherty Anderson Carey Berry Olaofe Campbell Godden Leaburn
Is the minimum we still need, ideally we need 2 more attacking players on top of that, and move along Taylor, Maynard-Brewer and Ahadme permanently and Asiimwe, Kanu and MBick on loans.
I'd want an experienced attacking midfielder/winger, and an out and out striker, both with a lot of pace. The wingbacks we'd need players who aren't afraid of getting forward and crossing the ball, but can have a pop at goal too. Burke as the 6th CB makes sense if we keep him fit, but if he's not available for 30% of the games we'd need the RWB to be class so there's no qualms about playing them and shifting Ramsay to RCB
Really don't like the signing of Burke, look across his whole career and he has never managed 40 games in a season. Typically manages around the 20 mark.
Can't see his wages being too cheap cause of his experience, and he can't be expected to start 40 games as he has never managed it (please don't say Dr Will Abbott)
This is the first link to me that seems a bit lazy and a tad unimaginative. Surely we should be aiming for a player who is of genuine quality and be ready to play every game.
If he was a 40 game player, I wouldn't even say anything, but we should be past this now. Would rather see a younger up and coming player who has played a lot.
We got Chappell and Dane in to get Luton players? How about some proper scouting for once ?
I imagine a big part of why we're getting Luton players is because they've just suffered consecutive relegations and have committed their Premier League money on a new £450m stadium. They've got good Championship players with Premier League experience who play a similar style to us and are struggling for cash, so we can get good players at good prices and still have money left over for more signings. Why would we not pick them apart?
It’s not so much as picking them apart and more a case of them having to offload as many higher wage earners as quickly as possible so they can rebuild given they’ve just crashed from the PL down to L1 in successive seasons. From Nathan’s perspective, he will know these players and they will know him. If you are going to build a winning team then that’s a great place to start from.
On the other hand Lloydy was a fitness concern before he signed and even though he has had periods of being out, he has been fantastic.
Each to their own, but I am expecting more from the scouting team here. If he signs that's 3 ex- Luton players in. I obviously rate 1 and think the other is going to potentially good for us, but it just doesn't seem the best idea signing multiple players from a team that just went down.
Really don't like the signing of Burke, look across his whole career and he has never managed 40 games in a season. Typically manages around the 20 mark.
Can't see his wages being too cheap cause of his experience, and he can't be expected to start 40 games as he has never managed it (please don't say Dr Will Abbott)
This is the first link to me that seems a bit lazy and a tad unimaginative. Surely we should be aiming for a player who is of genuine quality and be ready to play every game.
If he was a 40 game player, I wouldn't even say anything, but we should be past this now. Would rather see a younger up and coming player who has played a lot.
His wages are around 13K at Luton so won’t be a problem valued around 1.5 mill and as played over 320 games in his career mainly centre back but can play both right or left back roles
I'm not mad about Burke, complete trust in Dr.Will whilst not being a miracle worker you'd imagine he has some kind of say in transfers if we intend to operate on lean squads. Also means we can focus on those last few pieces of the puzzle, CM, ST & hopefully a RWB who can offer us something different to Ramsay going forward. A supplementary loan or two at the end of the window and think we're looking in decent enough shape
I see it more akin to when Leicester went down and all their players stayed in the Prem - Luton and that Leicester side should never have gone down and had good players, so why not get some of them in.
Ramsay is much better at RCB than he is at RWB in my opinion. Without him our back line lacks pace. I think Burke can come in as an option for CB and RCB but would still like to see us bring in a new starting RWB that is better going forward than Ramsay is for our first 11
When you have one of the lower budgets in the league, which we do, you often end up with a choice of a league 1 player that’s available every week or a championship quality player that isn’t.
I think our recruitment is dipping into both of those, experienced championship quality players that can play every game will not sign for us, they’ll have better offers, so if we want to add good championship experience then we will have to take a couple of gambles
When you have one of the lower budgets in the league, which we do, you often end up with a choice of a league 1 player that’s available every week or a championship quality player that isn’t.
I think our recruitment is dipping into both of those, experienced championship quality players that can play every game will not sign for us, they’ll have better offers, so if we want to add good championship experience then we will have to take a couple of gambles
I see Bell and Burke as sensible, solid backline additions with plenty of Champ and Prem experience between them that won’t cost the world. They’ll supplement the defence and hopefully free up a decent wad of cash to go get the quality RWB, CM and ST we need
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It's hardly being too loyal to let the successful players start with the shirt.
If Jones feels Kaminski is a better option straight away then fine as well as new midfielders but the 3 CB's were our main strength. Luton did just get relegated to League one so are Bell and possibly Burke better than what we have ?
Ramsay NEW
NEW (Burke) Mitchell
Jones Mitchell
Gillesphey Bell
Edwards NEW
Coventry NEW
Docherty Anderson
Carey Berry
Olaofe Campbell
Godden Leaburn
Is the minimum we still need, ideally we need 2 more attacking players on top of that, and move along Taylor, Maynard-Brewer and Ahadme permanently and Asiimwe, Kanu and MBick on loans.
I'd want an experienced attacking midfielder/winger, and an out and out striker, both with a lot of pace. The wingbacks we'd need players who aren't afraid of getting forward and crossing the ball, but can have a pop at goal too. Burke as the 6th CB makes sense if we keep him fit, but if he's not available for 30% of the games we'd need the RWB to be class so there's no qualms about playing them and shifting Ramsay to RCB
Can't see his wages being too cheap cause of his experience, and he can't be expected to start 40 games as he has never managed it (please don't say Dr Will Abbott)
This is the first link to me that seems a bit lazy and a tad unimaginative. Surely we should be aiming for a player who is of genuine quality and be ready to play every game.
If he was a 40 game player, I wouldn't even say anything, but we should be past this now. Would rather see a younger up and coming player who has played a lot.
Each to their own, but I am expecting more from the scouting team here. If he signs that's 3 ex- Luton players in. I obviously rate 1 and think the other is going to potentially good for us, but it just doesn't seem the best idea signing multiple players from a team that just went down.
Only able to conclude once our entire summer deals are complete, though.