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Just now, The Prophet said:

Seems after originally trying to get a high profile centre back and a less inspiring central midfielder (to be upgraded in the summer), we're now going to do the opposite. No complaints here.

Midfield is our most pressing issue tbh.  Half teh reason the CB's look so gash is because they are massivelly exposed.

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A lot of articles on our transfers seem to suggest we are putting a high price on Premier League experience, but then linking us to Rodon (13 PL games) and Nat Phillips (17 PL games).  Personally I'd rather take a chance on player with a higher ceiling than those two.

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Just now, Hughesy said:

A lot of articles on our transfers seem to suggest we are putting a high price on Premier League experience, but then linking us to Rodon (13 PL games) and Nat Phillips (17 PL games).  Personally I'd rather take a chance on player with a higher ceiling than those two.

We tried that but Lille wouldn’t sell so if we stay up we will revisit in the summer.

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7 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

Seems after originally trying to get a high profile centre back and a less inspiring central midfielder (to be upgraded in the summer), we're now going to do the opposite. No complaints here.

I’d go as far to say if the Bruno one is complete, attacking additions become more important than cbs this month.

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We're currently on a 2/10 Transferometer rating from me. Bruno would take it to 4/10, Burn to 5/10, and Bakker to 6/10.

 

I'm going to need an exciting right-sided CB and a second striker in the Zapata/Nunez mould to hit the big 10. If we end up with the equivalent of Phillips and Lingard instead, I'll top out at an 8.

 

Trippier, Carlos, Botman, Digne, Guimaraes, and Zapata/Nunez would've been off the scale.

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7 minutes ago, Rich said:

We're currently on a 2/10 Transferometer rating from me. Bruno would take it to 4/10, Burn to 5/10, and Bakker to 6/10.

 

I'm going to need an exciting right-sided CB and a second striker in the Zapata/Nunez mould to hit the big 10. If we end up with the equivalent of Phillips and Lingard instead, I'll top out at an 8.

 

Trippier, Carlos, Botman, Digne, Guimaraes, and Zapata/Nunez would've been off the scale.

4 after Bruno seems harsh IMO. Going to sound like ManDoon here now, but CM was the number one priority for me going into the window, and to get someone of his quality could literally change the entire look of the team.

The quality of Bruno and Trippier is far better than we deserve, considering where we are in the league. Wood, while massively overpriced, was a canny short term signing that we were desperate for.

It's probably a 6 out of 10 for me, rising to an 8 if we get a good CB and LB. Add a Lingard/striker and we're closing in on the 9s and 10s

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12 minutes ago, Rich said:

We're currently on a 2/10 Transferometer rating from me. Bruno would take it to 4/10, Burn to 5/10, and Bakker to 6/10.

 

I'm going to need an exciting right-sided CB and a second striker in the Zapata/Nunez mould to hit the big 10. If we end up with the equivalent of Phillips and Lingard instead, I'll top out at an 8.

 

Trippier, Carlos, Botman, Digne, Guimaraes, and Zapata/Nunez would've been off the scale.

Think 4 is a little low considering the quality of Trippier and Bruno, but aye agree with the rest.

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4 minutes ago, Pilko said:

I think we need Bruno and a centre back as an absolute minimum on top of what we've got, otherwise it goes down as a poor window. 

I do agree. Bruno, a good CB and a ST and ill be over the moon.

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5 minutes ago, Dr Venkman said:

Happy but not relaxed. I think we really, really need someone to score goals.

I think the opposite 

 

we desperately need to get either two centre half’s 

 

or one centre half and a left back ..our defence is horrendous / slow / full of errors 

 

Lascelles - no confidence/ went backwards 

Clarke - lol 

Fernandez - best defender but doesn’t play

lewis - still not ready , scared to go forward , but might be good one day ! 

Dummett - one game every season

Ritchie - not a defender

 

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Getting Bruno seems to have removed a lot of the stress and pressure for the remainder of the window.

 

Next priority is clearly a CB. Although Burn is an upgrade on Clark he will be underwhelming compared to Carlos and Botman.

 

Also, he does very little to reduce an already ageing back line.

 

Not sure where we go on a CB though. I'm really not sold on Burn, Phillips, Rodon, Tarkowski etc.

 

Webster would be good but no chance of signing a top CB from another PL club this late in the window.

 

With Bruno here though, I feel like regardless of what happens we can enjoy the rest of the window as we'll definitely sign a CB, they just won't be of the Botman/Carlos pedigree.

 

 

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Bruno, Trippier and Wood and ~£70m spent would make for an incredible window tbh, despite the fact it would mean not having plugged every gap. No other team is coming close to that level of investment, meanwhile - compare it to how the window would've shaped up had the takeover not happened. :lol: I'm still absolutely buzzing over just Trippier tbh, what a fucking signing that was. Stick Bruno on top of that and it's two outrageous upgrades. 

 

Obviously I hope we get a CB like cos we do need a boost in that position, but the extra striker, or Lingard, or a winger would definitely be bonuses at this point. 

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20 minutes ago, Rich said:

We're currently on a 2/10 Transferometer rating from me. Bruno would take it to 4/10, Burn to 5/10, and Bakker to 6/10.

 

I'm going to need an exciting right-sided CB and a second striker in the Zapata/Nunez mould to hit the big 10. If we end up with the equivalent of Phillips and Lingard instead, I'll top out at an 8.

 

Trippier, Carlos, Botman, Digne, Guimaraes, and Zapata/Nunez would've been off the scale.

 

Compared to what? 

 

With Bruno I think it makes it a 9 for me. 

2 champ league ready signings is mental great compared to anything we have endured for a decade

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23 minutes ago, Geogaddi said:

So it’s looking like Bruno , Burn and Bakker will be out lot for the remainder of the window now then .

I would be happy with them but no where does it point to it just being them so no idea where you get that idea from. 

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10 minutes ago, Pilko said:

I think we need Bruno and a centre back as an absolute minimum on top of what we've got, otherwise it goes down as a poor window. 

 

Just find that an absolutely incredible view tbh, and getting at the owners/Howe etc for the sake of it. The level of investment and quality of players we've recruited is off the scale compared to other windows, including Wood.

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