Summer Window 2026 - Rumours and Discussion

iaitch said:

ForeverAddickted said:

Sheffield Wednesday are advancing in talks to sign Wrexham midfielder George Dobson on loan. #swfc #WxmAFC pic.twitter.com/FKJNbCpBzA

— Pete O'Rourke (@SportsPeteO) August 4, 2026

Getting an ex addicks squad together with Burstow and AMB recently signing.

When do they have to suffer through Thomas & Hector as their centre backs? 

Curbs said Dobbo was the only player that would have made it in any of his sides .  I can’t believe after watching Coventry and Docherty that he would add them to it .  

Dobson, Mitchell and Bannan is an outrageous league 1 midfield. Which shows how poor ours is when any of them would walk into it 

ShootersHillGuru said:

I wonder if we’ve reached the one out one in stage. 

We reached that a couple of weeks ago.
I’m confident we have too many players at present to register them eligible to play.

Or we were actually in for Dobson and he just didn't wanna come back 🤷

Chrispy51 said:

Gisappointed said:

Chrispy51 said:

MuttleyCAFC said:

Can't we hijack this? I think Dobbo would help us greatly this season.

I would hope for better. Coventry and Doc were an upgrade on him from my perspective (others may disagree!). I would want a real upgrade on them to come in, not a rotation / squad option

WTF? Had we not signed Coady and persvered with Doc and Coventry as midfield pair, we would have been relegated. 100%.

And who is our 1st choice DM pair?

I’m going back to impact to the side in league 1. Cov didn’t look great that first 6 months but in the promotion season he was great. Doc as well was an assuring presence. I’m not saying that Doc fills me with great confidence, but other than a LOT of energy, Dobson was hardly a world  beater.

Doch was dropped twice that season as well, I think. Maybe more. He was poor for long periods. As a midfield pairing they didn't dominate in League One which is why it was disappointing that we started with them in the Championship. For my money, Dobson offers far more than either of them. 

fenaddick said:

NabySarr said:

Dobson, Mitchell and Bannan is an outrageous league 1 midfield. Which shows how poor ours is when any of them would walk into it 

Bannan would need a walking stick to walk into it though

He’d still probably be faster than Costello 

cs1986 said:

Strange that no other championship club seems to be pursuing Dobson. I was never a fan but he is better than Doherty

I'm not that surprised really. Dobson is a bit of a throwback. He's a L1 level defensive shield, all big last ditch tackles and diving blocks but his positioning is really poor and that's the reason he has to win so many tackles. It's exciting to watch but it's not great for a team looking to dominate. He's much better on the ball than he was sometimes given credit for though and he is a decent shuttler for a Championship side. Good passing range, great engine and can support his midfield and defence, he just can't run it. That makes him perfect for a Parky team and good for a Jones team in the Docherty role where I think he's shown more on the ball than Doc. It was noticeable in L1 though that Dobson and Coventry really got in each other's way until Jones moved Dobson higher up. Dobson also famously looked like a competition winner in a 4231 in the holding role under Adkins, admittedly alongside Sean Clare and Albie Morgan, so we would only be looking to get Dobson in if he was in the Docherty role and we'd still need a quality defensive midfielder alongside him, though I'd still be a little nervous given his positioning sense. I don't really know what other teams in the Championship would be looking for a player like that. Not to say he isn't good, I just don't know who else is using a player like that at the moment

Chrispy51 said:

Gisappointed said:

Chrispy51 said:

MuttleyCAFC said:

Can't we hijack this? I think Dobbo would help us greatly this season.

I would hope for better. Coventry and Doc were an upgrade on him from my perspective (others may disagree!). I would want a real upgrade on them to come in, not a rotation / squad option

WTF? Had we not signed Coady and persvered with Doc and Coventry as midfield pair, we would have been relegated. 100%.

And who is our 1st choice DM pair?

I’m going back to impact to the side in league 1. Cov didn’t look great that first 6 months but in the promotion season he was great. Doc as well was an assuring presence. I’m not saying that Doc fills me with great confidence, but other than a LOT of energy, Dobson was hardly a world  beater.

Granted we never saw him with better players around him, but I don’t think he would come in and solve our midfield issues. Hence I would hope for better. 

Regarding your question “who is our 1st choice DM pair” I hope it is going to be better than any combination of Cov / Doc / Dob

Dobson started regularly for a team that finished 7th last season - he is much better than both Coventry and Docherty. 

AndyG said:

SDAddick said:

fenaddick said:

NabySarr said:

Dobson, Mitchell and Bannan is an outrageous league 1 midfield. Which shows how poor ours is when any of them would walk into it 

Bannan would need a walking stick to walk into it though

Damn you beat me to it. Mine was going to be:
"With Bannan, the operative word being walk"

I must of missed this so apologies but didn’t he sign for Millwall ? How is he back at Wednesday 

Barry Bannan & Louie Barry: Sheffield Wednesday re-sign club legend and add Aston Villa forward - BBC Sport

Garrymanilow said:

cs1986 said:

Strange that no other championship club seems to be pursuing Dobson. I was never a fan but he is better than Doherty

I'm not that surprised really. Dobson is a bit of a throwback. He's a L1 level defensive shield, all big last ditch tackles and diving blocks but his positioning is really poor and that's the reason he has to win so many tackles. It's exciting to watch but it's not great for a team looking to dominate. He's much better on the ball than he was sometimes given credit for though and he is a decent shuttler for a Championship side. Good passing range, great engine and can support his midfield and defence, he just can't run it. That makes him perfect for a Parky team and good for a Jones team in the Docherty role where I think he's shown more on the ball than Doc. It was noticeable in L1 though that Dobson and Coventry really got in each other's way until Jones moved Dobson higher up. Dobson also famously looked like a competition winner in a 4231 in the holding role under Adkins, admittedly alongside Sean Clare and Albie Morgan, so we would only be looking to get Dobson in if he was in the Docherty role and we'd still need a quality defensive midfielder alongside him, though I'd still be a little nervous given his positioning sense. I don't really know what other teams in the Championship would be looking for a player like that. Not to say he isn't good, I just don't know who else is using a player like that at the moment

I think overall Docherty is a better player out of possession. Dobson is great at flying around and smashing people, Docherty can do that a bit too though, but crucially he can also be part of a structure and organised defensive shape much better than Dobson can. 

Dobson is obviously miles better on the ball, and is an overall better player. But I’m not actually sure Jones would swap Dobson for Docherty because of the out of possession stuff and as a bonus the leadership Docherty has. We don’t get the full picture as fans but from an outside view I would say Docherty is a much better captain and leader than Dobson too

If Jones had the choice back in 2024 to keep Dobson or sign Docherty I think he’d still sign Docherty 

thenewbie said:

RC_CAFC said:

ForeverAddickted said:

Sheffield Wednesday are advancing in talks to sign Wrexham midfielder George Dobson on loan. #swfc #WxmAFC pic.twitter.com/FKJNbCpBzA

— Pete O'Rourke (@SportsPeteO) August 4, 2026

They must be paying him a fortune because he’s totally championship quality. I’d be all over that to get him back. Can’t quite believe Jones isn’t.

I mean its very possible that the way he left means its Dobson who would be the one "not all over it." That or Wednesday have made a really huge financial offering we can't match. Or indeed both.

For a few years now they have been known to pay BIG salaries.

Arry Addick said:

AndyG said:

SDAddick said:

fenaddick said:

NabySarr said:

Dobson, Mitchell and Bannan is an outrageous league 1 midfield. Which shows how poor ours is when any of them would walk into it 

Bannan would need a walking stick to walk into it though

Damn you beat me to it. Mine was going to be:
"With Bannan, the operative word being walk"

I must of missed this so apologies but didn’t he sign for Millwall ? How is he back at Wednesday 

Barry Bannan & Louie Barry: Sheffield Wednesday re-sign club legend and add Aston Villa forward - BBC Sport

Cheers bud

All this Dobson to Sheff Wed talk all seems to have emminated from a single tweet from Mr Unreliable Peter O'Rouke. Do we know if it was actually from him & not from another false account.