Winter-January 2026 Transfer Window Rumours ...

Bailey said:

gringo said:

Bailey said:

Scoham said:

gringo said:

Talking of rumours how about this:-





...for total bollocks! Who on earth is this Alfie feller?

Where are there rumours of interest in them?

This is one of those be careful what you wish for scenarios. TC is our only wide outlet with pace, for all his weaknesses he’s played an important part in keeping us out of the bottom 3 so far.

Leaburn’s improved recently and there’s plenty more to come from him at this level.

If they leave it won’t be to a lower level. They’re both 22 and in their first season at this level, too early to say they can’t improve.

Could I ask, why this pile of shit was put on here by 'Gringo' and why is anybody commenting about a 'made up fan's' opinion, I blocked this stupid site I would recommend that you do the same, especially 'Gringo'. 

Why not? sorry to waste your valuable screen time and offend your delicate sensibilities, but we will soon be right back to the red hot and accurate, nailed on rumours that this page normally consists of anytime now. 
Perhaps you could supply a list of all the other sites that you disapprove of, so I can block them also?

Gringo, I don't know if you realise that every time you click on that sight they rack up money because of your click. They splash a headline that draws you in. It's not down to me to decide what you watch or what you believe but, your headline was, 'talking of rumours how about this' and it rightly got trashed. You asked me what sites you should avoid though and I will give you some advice, don't be fooled mate, this site is using your love of Charlton to make money, give them and their fake supporter a wide berth. 

You mean that the site advertising on CL, promoting shots of 81 year old Angela Rippon in a bikini is only doing it to make money?
Well I never.

Starinnaddick said:

As I said on the Bree thread Rob Apter is left footed so why have we not tried him there? 

Apter offers no defensive protection and it’s not like he has pace and power so even going forward he would be worse on the left needs the option to be able to come inside with the ball and use his agility and trickery. You wouldn’t have told JRS to play at LW let alone LWB even seen it with TC he looks hopeless on the right in comparison to the left 

What system did NJ play at Luton. I was under the presumption that we had settled into this formation because of the players we had. Maybe we might see some out of the blue signings in preparation for how NJ wants us to play 

Gisappointed said:

fenaddick said:

Starinnaddick said:

As I said on the Bree thread Rob Apter is left footed so why have we not tried him there? 

He has played at LWB

Once. Didnt do a bad job.

NJ had right footed TC at LWB and left footed Rob at RWB in at least two games. Madness!!! 

I've been told its called "inverted wingers" and it's all the rage. Also got shouted down by someone saying don't I remember Jonny Robinson playing on his "wrong" foot.

We can all be relieved that at least Alex Fergusson realised that most of it is baloney otherwise David Beckham or Ryan Giggs wouldn't have got game time for Man U.

Sword65pf said:

golfaddick said:

Gisappointed said:

fenaddick said:

Starinnaddick said:

As I said on the Bree thread Rob Apter is left footed so why have we not tried him there? 

He has played at LWB

Once. Didnt do a bad job.

NJ had right footed TC at LWB and left footed Rob at RWB in at least two games. Madness!!! 

I've been told its called "inverted wingers" and it's all the rage. Also got shouted down by someone saying don't I remember Jonny Robinson playing on his "wrong" foot.

We can all be relieved that at least Alex Fergusson realised that most of it is baloney otherwise David Beckham or Ryan Giggs wouldn't have got game time for Man U.

Crazy I know but I remember wingers playing on their strong side, but then wait for it….. they actually swapped over to mix it up a bit!!! And it really worked, terribly old fashioned thinking though. Also midfielders could defend, attack, dribble,pass, shoot and tackle and that was just one midfielder!!!.😂

I hope Jones is calling you fellas to discuss our tactics.

Some realistic LWB's who are out of contract (possibly) in 2026 are few and far between but there are some out there.  In just over n hour of messing about in Wyscout this evening I've found a few I like the look of.

Haydon Roberts 23 yo at Bristol City.  Can play LWB / LB / LCB but isnt the biggest so might not be suitable as a replacement for Gillesphey.  Struber has said he is free to leave if he gets an offer but would be equally happy if he chose to stay.  Was a regular before falling out of favour.

Jeriel Dorsett 23 yo at Reading.  LCB but maybe not attacking enough to be a LWB.  Taller and can play LCB and LB.  We did look at him in the past but his agent never returned the call and we moved on.

Elliot Stroud 23yo at Mjallby in Sweden.  More of a winger but also covers at wingback but i'd need to see more footage.  Handy eye for goal, takes set pieces well and has a mean diagonal delivery too..  Very sturdy too so would fit in with the rigours of Championship football.  Wouldn't be free but is out of contract at the very end of 2026 so maybe an option.  26 goals and 12 assists in the Swedish top flight in 127 games is a very decent contribution from midfield; however, his side were the surprise winners of the league last season so it would be a big ask to get him to leave there.  That being said the Championship is significantly better by all metrics than the Allsvenskan (crowds, money, values).  Has an English passport too i believe

I've enjoyed doing this little bit of research as I have not been able to do too much of late.  Maybe I'll ask the club for a job for a little while :-)

Of course I have no idea what sort of budget we are looking at and I don't know the inner worling of these players at their respective clubs.  But coming up with an "outside the box" option isn't impossible.

I'm sure we have fingers in many pies but we, as a fanbase, need to remember there are multiple facets to a player transfer (buying club, selling club, the player's wants and the domino effect of other players in the chain).  Things will all become clearer in a couple of weeks, and until then, we need to keep the faith

If true about Edward’s gotta go all OUT for Amass at united 

eastterrace6168 said:

Regarding Edwards possible return WIOTOS, otherwise it's just idle chat...🤔

It really isn’t idle chat.

cafc_se7 said:

I would get Jake Bidwell in. Similar pedigree to Harry Clarke but left sided.

The Coventry Telegraph have (yesterday) suggested Bidwell and Miguel Brau as players - both left backs- who may be moving out of Coventry on loan or otherwise this window;

"As for whether there is any­one in his squad that’s maybe not get­ting as many match minutes as they would like who has knocked on his door to dis­cuss the pos­sib­il­ity of going else­where on loan or oth­er­wise this

Janu­ary, he revealed: “I won’t betray any con­fid­ence because those con­ver­sa­tions should stay quiet but there are a couple of situ­ations that could be like that.

“So for that, I always want to help play­ers and if I feel like, for them, they need minutes and it works for us, because that’s import­ant too, then we’ll def­in­itely look at that and then maybe a couple of play­ers.

“But I don’t want to betray any con­fid­ence or make that a thing because we’ve got two games in front of us in the next four or five days and as much as we’ve added to the squad, the squad is still like it is. We’ll see what hap­pens. But by the end of the month there’s a pos­sib­il­ity on that one.” Two play­ers that spring to mind are left­backs Jake Bid­well, who has already been linked with interest from Ports­mouth, and Miguel Brau, both of whom have had lim­ited game time this term."

Then they also pointed out at the end of yesterday's match report that Bidwell made the bench so most likely Brau will be offered an exit.

Both are "behind Jay Dasilva. Bidwell has been linked with interest from Portsmouth but the fact that he was picked ahead of Brau for the bench on Saturday suggests that Lampard sees him as more reliable and experienced back-up for the remainder of the season."

             

           Personally i won't be happy if we don't move for Lucas Mauragis, but will likely never know, unless he shows up unexpectedly.