Ed210 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 27 minutes ago, Armchair Pundit said: Linguard, Deli Ali, Ramsey, Wiltshere, would definitely bolster the British core of the squad, if we wanted to go down that route. (Just to be clear, I'm not saying we need a British core necessarily) but are you saying we need Wiltshire? he’s been finished for years. No thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 2 hours ago, xLiaaamx said: All for Ramsey at this point. Pretty sure he's lined up to go to Palace. How they'll afford his wages I've no idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 4 hours ago, Nine said: 22 days into the window and we have signed 2 players, neither in the most key areas (CB, CM). Although Wood was very important after Wilson’s injury. If you had known that on Jan 1st would you have been okay with it? It's never been about what we knew on Jan 1st. It's always been what we will know, come Feb 1st. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 3 hours ago, Mazzy said: Alli possibly was 2nd choice after failing to get Lingard in. Don't think either would save our season but better than Willock or Almiron as an CAM?....yes, probably. There is no single signing that is going to save us. We're missing quite a few pieces of that jigsaw. Not even sure we've got the box with the picture on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 3 hours ago, Yorkie said: Picture the midfield three from last week and switch Longstaff with Alli - that's such a massive upgrade, even with him out of form. I think it would potentially be a really good signing, especially if he's up for reviving his career away from Spurs. Sort of thing we should have been doing in the first few days of the window tbh. I'd switch out Shelvey before Longstaff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 48 minutes ago, Yorkie said: It's a fair comment. Any signing that enables Howe to implement his methods is an important one. Yep. If we have an attacking WB [who can also defend] on that side, it will make the opposition think twice about ripping the arse out of that side. As we saw against Watford, ASM was enough to keep them quiet for 88 mins, then we pulled the blanket down and we were fucked. Doesn't help that our blanket is the size of a belly button. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 55 minutes ago, r0cafella said: As silly as this sounds I think full back is a very important area in Howes system. He’s like them to overlap and get balls into the box so I can see why he’s going for this. I get this. But the spine of our team is currently similar to Billy’s after Predator had finished with him. Without a quality CM and CB as a minimum. We may as well start planing for the Championship in Feb. Lose today and that might be the case, anyway! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said: I get this. But the spine of our team is currently similar to Billy’s after Predator had finished with him. Without a quality CM and CB as a minimum. We may as well start planing for the Championship in Feb. Lose today and that might be the case, anyway! We definitely need more in those areas too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 6 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said: I get this. But the spine of our team is currently similar to Billy’s after Predator had finished with him. Without a quality CM and CB as a minimum. We may as well start planing for the Championship in Feb. Lose today and that might be the case, anyway! We need all 3 lets be honest. Dummett's return has made it less of an obvious concern, but we currently don't have no attacking WB that can defend. I'd be more than happy to let Lewis develop but he needs a Dummett, in a back 3 behind him. Howe is clearly not prepared to playy 3 at the back so we need an all-rounder for that position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stal Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 You know one big positive in this? Well for me anyway. It's that I can relearn who players are, if they're any good and who they play for. All down to the expertise on this board so thank you everyone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Disco said: Our future left backs just got an assist Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Next week is going to be fun .. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Pua radge mode needs to be activated this week. All or nowt, overpay the fuck out of every deal! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 32 minutes ago, LRD said: Next week is going to be fun .. Just massive. All new signings likely unveiled in Saudi too lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 That result will hopefully change the direction of this thread I myself could do with a rest on the moaning Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInfiniteOdyssey Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Hopefully such a positive result will swing things a bit in our negotiations for players like Lingard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Sit back, relax, and enjoy this thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 When is deadline day ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 1 minute ago, SUPERTOON said: When is deadline day ? 11pm on Monday 31st Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Defenders, midfield, striker and something Lingard/Barkley/Alli stuff on loan. A lot of work to be done in one week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Leeds game shows we don't need a CB or LB. Lovely we can sit back and wait for summer and not overpay on Carlos etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Couple of additions and we stay up like. Don't even think they have to be world class like. Get it done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Im transferring myself from team bedwetter to team happy clapper Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
number9shirt Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 We need 2 cb's, 1 lb, 1 dm, 1 am, 1 st Any more? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 3 minutes ago, Doctor Zaius said: Couple of additions and we stay up like. Don't even think they have to be world class like. Get it done. That's what will be so frustrating if the transfer window turns out to be a failure. There was clearly an opportunity with Trippier but frankly, other than him, it looks like we've been wasting time going after players who just aren't realistic signings for one reason or another. We just need some well-placed upgrades. Even Wood, who's probably nowt special, makes a difference cos he's a focal point. We just need some players to make us collectively function better. Here's to a big last 8 or 9 days and we can all feel a bit more optimistic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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