Deuce Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 Feel like we’re finally going to lock down a GK who’s good with his feet just when playing out of the back goes out of vogue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 Personally I'd like to see us get a new keeper and some defensive cover, but I think we'll probably leave the former until the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 12 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: It's worked for Villa. It worked for Man Utd a few years ago when they got Sabitzer and Weghorst just to patch them through to the end of the season. It's poor for PSR I suppose but I don't see the problem in having a couple of squad players each each season on loan. It didn't work for Villa though, they rolled the dice to get champions league and didn't. Although it has to be said at least they had some reason to roll the dice.. I think even the most optimistic poster would admit CL is beyond on us now so why spend the 20m Villa did on temporary fixes? It's money pissed up the wall given the player loaned doesn't belong to us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 9 minutes ago, Menace said: Literally not even an upgrade on what we have How so? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 2 minutes ago, r0cafella said: It didn't work for Villa though, they rolled the dice to get champions league and didn't. Although it has to be said at least they had some reason to roll the dice.. I think even the most optimistic poster would admit CL is beyond on us now so why spend the 20m Villa did on temporary fixes? It's money pissed up the wall given the player loaned doesn't belong to us. Plus to play devil's advocate, we're struggling to integrate who we bought in the summer. Is adding more new faces to the mix going to help? I think a new keeper and LB cover is essential and would instantly improve us without needing too much training ground time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 When we go for a GK it has to be as close to a sure thing as we can get, and I don’t think Trafford is that. Last time he was in the premier league he lost his place to Muric, then he looked shaky for Man City in the summer. Also fuck offering them a profit. I’d see if Kobel and Carnesecchi are possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 I hope im wrong as I think we need better, but I’d be amazed if we don’t end up with Trafford. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 4 minutes ago, duo said: How so? Inexperienced, has a mistake in him - need I go on? These are not the signings that elevate us to the next level. I can absolutely see it happening too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 13 minutes ago, Jagten said: We are literally #1 in big spenders who buy a lot from the PL. Where’s the relative pull to more balanced and varied there? Howe obviously has a chronic bias and he should be stopped. alright, man. This is fun but I'll be sticking to my guns on the matter of him being okay with signing players from outside the PL; evidence: he's signed players from outside the PL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt1892 Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 James Trafford and Leif Davis signing in January and Ross Wilson leaving in June. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 10 minutes ago, Matt1892 said: James Trafford and Leif Davis signing in January and Ross Wilson leaving in June. Give Wilson a chance, I would like to see a couple of big signings though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 35 minutes ago, r0cafella said: It didn't work for Villa though, they rolled the dice to get champions league and didn't. Although it has to be said at least they had some reason to roll the dice.. I think even the most optimistic poster would admit CL is beyond on us now so why spend the 20m Villa did on temporary fixes? It's money pissed up the wall given the player loaned doesn't belong to us. They missed out on a CL spot by a small margin. I doubt they'd have even finished top 6 if they'd not signed those loan players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 29 minutes ago, Menace said: Inexperienced, has a mistake in him - need I go on? These are not the signings that elevate us to the next level. I can absolutely see it happening too. We've not the budget nor the pulling poor to attract the finished article. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 1 hour ago, r0cafella said: It didn't work for Villa though, they rolled the dice to get champions league and didn't. Although it has to be said at least they had some reason to roll the dice.. I think even the most optimistic poster would admit CL is beyond on us now so why spend the 20m Villa did on temporary fixes? It's money pissed up the wall given the player loaned doesn't belong to us. Tbf, they missed out on the premise of a bad showing on the last day of the season and a dodgy VAR call. They almost pulled it off and were an arse hair away from doing so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 I'd like to see some technical players come in soon, rather than strong brutes or pace merchants. I do think he's trying to play a better brand of football that relies on running all over the opposition to a much lesser degree, but we don't have the players for it yet. How much of that is down to Howe's own choices, it's hard to pin down. Where these players come from I'm not arsed in the slightest, although I do think it's hard to sign the better technicians out of the PL as we'll be priced out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 So Johnson has the choice of Bournemouth or Palace... For 35m we should be in there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 1 hour ago, Optimistic Nut said: They missed out on a CL spot by a small margin. I doubt they'd have even finished top 6 if they'd not signed those loan players. Asensio was phenomenal for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 1 hour ago, duo said: We've not the budget nor the pulling poor to attract the finished article. Agreed. We have to take the long term view and buy players who will be the finished article in a year or two. Maybe we could attract the promising talent by offering them a route to first team football they won't get at the cartel clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Joel Inton Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 Players like Gallagher and Trafford would be a disaster for the fees they would command. Neither an upgrade (or are a slight upgrade) on what we already have. We clearly have a tight list of targets and it’s not a particularly long one. Each window feels like we just check back on the list and see who might still be available. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 45 minutes ago, toon25 said: So Johnson has the choice of Bournemouth or Palace... For 35m we should be in there Definitely not Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSG Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 51 minutes ago, toon25 said: So Johnson has the choice of Bournemouth or Palace... For 35m we should be in there Exactly the type of player we shouldn’t be going for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doops Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 1 hour ago, toon25 said: So Johnson has the choice of Bournemouth or Palace... For 35m we should be in there He is rubbish at anything other than back post goals Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagPar Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 5 hours ago, SteV said: Targett’s contract is up in the summer *assuming MT is him and not Thiaw… I forgot about Matt T, I was thinking surely he can't mean Thiaw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagPar Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 3 hours ago, r0cafella said: It didn't work for Villa though, they rolled the dice to get champions league and didn't. Although it has to be said at least they had some reason to roll the dice.. I think even the most optimistic poster would admit CL is beyond on us now so why spend the 20m Villa did on temporary fixes? It's money pissed up the wall given the player loaned doesn't belong to us. Technically, we're only 6 points off 5th place which could once again be good enough for Champions League. We just need to start clicking and go on a run. Our next 4 league games are Burnley, Palace, Leeds and Wolves, if we're going to go on a run,now is the time to do it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 3 hours ago, r0cafella said: I think even the most optimistic poster would admit CL is beyond on us Not at all man. If we string three wins together the picture will look much more optimistic, even to the doom mongers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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