Summer Window 2026 - Rumours and Discussion

DOUCHER said:

Dean Kiely and Bob Bolder - the epitome of solid, both of them 

I agree but would have to put Charlie Wright first. Only old timers probably know who I mean or Sam Bartram possibly but depends how they would get on in the modern game

Id rather play Doris the tea lady at RB in a back four than JRC, likely more mobile than Joe 

I can't see Apter leaving, the whole point about bringing in a RW is because we're light on that side, we would just be back where we started if we replaced him with a loanee

TC cashed in on is my guess, or we send someone else out on loan/sold that's more surprising, like Leaburn or Burke

Diebythesword said:

CL_Phantom said:

A lot of people binning off JRC over Docherty but not for me, he had that little spell where Jones decided to trust him a bit last season and we saw some decent performances from him, Pompey - Cov at home in particular where he put in a MOM level display.  If no other midfielder comes in other than the Kenyan midfield machine then that bit of class falls to JRC again. Can also fill in at RWB where he played plenty at this level before. 

Is there doubts over his fitness and intensity? maybe, but he barely played last season and so far in the PSF we've mixed up the teams so much for "minutes in the legs" its hard to say how "fit" he is still.  

Completely agree, I don’t understand why people have written him off when at times he was the only midfielder who could pass. I’d definitely bin off doc if there was a central midfielder to get rid of. 

He seems a decent all round utility man but if we’re looking to free up squad space he’d be top of my, and I think, most others list to be offloaded - even if he shaved his hair off, had some tattoo’s and started wearing boots like ballerina slippers I still think he’d look like a reserve footballer unfortunately - the sort who always get a game somehow when we play millwall 

Diebythesword said:

CL_Phantom said:

A lot of people binning off JRC over Docherty but not for me, he had that little spell where Jones decided to trust him a bit last season and we saw some decent performances from him, Pompey - Cov at home in particular where he put in a MOM level display.  If no other midfielder comes in other than the Kenyan midfield machine then that bit of class falls to JRC again. Can also fill in at RWB where he played plenty at this level before. 

Is there doubts over his fitness and intensity? maybe, but he barely played last season and so far in the PSF we've mixed up the teams so much for "minutes in the legs" its hard to say how "fit" he is still.  

Completely agree, I don’t understand why people have written him off when at times he was the only midfielder who could pass. I’d definitely bin off doc if there was a central midfielder to get rid of. 

It’s his lack of pace and mobility. Really he should have been great competition for Coventry as he can pick a pass but when we needed that cover we got Coady in on loan instead. He was a good target but it just hasn’t worked out 

sam3110 said:

I can't see Apter leaving, the whole point about bringing in a RW is because we're light on that side, we would just be back where we started if we replaced him with a loanee

TC cashed in on is my guess, or we send someone else out on loan/sold that's more surprising, like Leaburn or Burke

I think the club would rather have TC than Apter though, so if they can convince TC to sign a new deal then Apter might have to go out on loan purely for squad size. Alli has played on the right at previous clubs and looked bright there on Saturday 

Burke I think Jones will want to keep around and any deal would see us paying the majority of his wages, and that’s if we could find him a taker which is unlikely imo 

Leaburn would only leave if we had another striker coming in, so we’d still need to lose someone else to bring in the new winger 

I think TC being sold is the most likely outcome, but from what Jones is saying we are obviously trying to convince him to stay. So if that works we will need to find someone else to leave which is where Apter would probably be the obvious answer

Just confirming that two separate ITK contenders have talked about our man Ouma, yeah? If so... get ready for some jambos everyone, and let's get our ugali on the stove

cafc_se7 said:

Uboat said:

cafc_se7 said:

I suppose this isn’t the time for me to pass on a review from my Polish forklift driver who is a Lech Poznan fan then. Like with any player I will reserve judgment until they play for us (Kermorgant, Coady etc.) but it is far from glowing.

Yeah, how about fork off. 

Genuinely serious. A picture of my lad with the Lech Poznan mascot Teddy for reference. “He’s fast and strong but that’s about it”.

The only 2 attributes needed for a modern day midfielder - particularly the way NJ likes to play - sounds perfect 👍