Summer Window 2026 - Rumours and Discussion

BigDiddy said:

I’ve not been following all the updates/rumours, but does anyone know what is happening with Lloyd Jones?

Will he stay?

He probably will stay, his value to us is far more than what other teams would value him. He has no resell value, no glamour career and wouldn’t be as good in modern sides who play out from the back. 

I’m in the staying patient camp, I’m sure NJ and the club are not saying behind the scenes.. fuck it let’s stick with what we’ve got and hope for the best, they know what is needed and trust they are doing the best they can to get a competitive squad together. There is no value in the investors not backing NJ as much as they can, unless they want to lose NJ or want out, haven’t seen anything to suggest they want either. The consortium NEEDS to be successful to make it worth being involved, they saw for themselves how difficult the championship is last season, so I’m patiently waiting to see what is done.

BigDiddy said:

I’ve not been following all the updates/rumours, but does anyone know what is happening with Lloyd Jones?

Will he stay?

Off to Real Madrid

Sword65pf said:

I’m in the staying patient camp, I’m sure NJ and the club are not saying behind the scenes.. fuck it let’s stick with what we’ve got and hope for the best, they know what is needed and trust they are doing the best they can to get a competitive squad together. There is no value in the investors not backing NJ as much as they can, unless they want to lose NJ or want out, haven’t seen anything to suggest they want either. The consortium NEEDS to be successful to make it worth being involved, they saw for themselves how difficult the championship is last season, so I’m patiently waiting to see what is done.

Yeah, I'd love to have brought in major upgrades by now, but would I rather bring in 5 players we can definitely get right now, or start the season with what we have, but bring in 5 quality players before the deadline? I think the latter, even though its not ideal to have them miss out on pre season. The signings that we made later last year will have pre season this time around snd so we should see improvements in fitness and integration. All about making those marginal improvements that see our squad pushing a bit higher each time.

Are there any other triallists as well as Redmond?

Bailey said:

2121 said:

Jonesy may have seen enough to think mwamba gough start in the middle so dont need anyone? 🤭

Or think that the price of someone who plays in that position is out of our reach, and/or not worth paying. 

You are far too sensible 

Nathan jones was in pope st watching the England game last night sat right next to us. 

NabySarr said:

sam3110 said:

Southbank said:

Tick tock. We currently can't put out a first 11 that is anywhere near as good as the one that narrowly avoided relegation at the end of last season. Coady, Clarke and Dykes have gone and not yet been replaced. They had better get a move on.

Kaminski 
Ramsay Jones Bell Mesík 
Knibbs Coventry 
Leaburn Carey Campbell 
Kelman

I'd argue isn't any worse than 

Kaminski
Burke Jones Gillesphey
Fevrier Clarke Coady Coventry Chambers
Knibbs
Dykes

Which is the team we put out against Swansea...

Leaburn on the wing and Knibbs next to Coventry! That’s definitely worse 

Our best team at the moment is 

                  Kaminski 
         Ramsay Jones Bell 
Apter Docherty Coventry Mesik 
                    Carey 
          Kelman  Campbell 

Which is pretty much the exact team we started last season with against Watford 

It was only Dartford, but it's the middle 3 we played against them in the PSF.

And Leaburn on the wing is where he played a lot of his under 21 football, it's not the worst idea in the world

Berkshire1970 said:

sam3110 said:

NabySarr said:

sam3110 said:

Southbank said:

Tick tock. We currently can't put out a first 11 that is anywhere near as good as the one that narrowly avoided relegation at the end of last season. Coady, Clarke and Dykes have gone and not yet been replaced. They had better get a move on.

Kaminski 
Ramsay Jones Bell Mesík 
Knibbs Coventry 
Leaburn Carey Campbell 
Kelman

I'd argue isn't any worse than 

Kaminski
Burke Jones Gillesphey
Fevrier Clarke Coady Coventry Chambers
Knibbs
Dykes

Which is the team we put out against Swansea...

Leaburn on the wing and Knibbs next to Coventry! That’s definitely worse 

Our best team at the moment is 

                  Kaminski 
         Ramsay Jones Bell 
Apter Docherty Coventry Mesik 
                    Carey 
          Kelman  Campbell 

Which is pretty much the exact team we started last season with against Watford 

It was only Dartford, but it's the middle 3 we played against them in the PSF.

And Leaburn on the wing is where he played a lot of his under 21 football, it's not the worst idea in the world

A winger needs pace or trickery or a good crosser or all three. So what part of Leaburn’s game suits this position?

Pace and trickery is what he used when he was in the under 21s. He's also a mismatch at the back post when then being marked by a fullback, which helped him score a lot of goals at that level 

We’ll know we’re close to a signing when Jones tells us he’s back sleeping at the training ground 

Leicester and shef Wednesday going down probably was the worst thing for us. They will be two of the teams we are fighting with for players. 

As it stands I assume what we have at the moment is what we start the season with.
I am glad that Daniel Kanu is staying.
Also personally glad other academy graduates (though not Zach Mitchell) are staying, as that situation justifies having an academy in the first place.
Maybe I am alone in not spending the summer yearning, despite the club being owned by something like a consortium of a dozen multi billionaires.