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[STM]

I hate to be debbie downer but in Eddie's press conference, not only did he hint that we wouldn't sign anyone this January but also that the summer wouldn't be a big one. 

[ExiledGeordie]

1 minute ago, STM said:

I hate to be debbie downer but in Eddie's press conference, not only did he hint that we wouldn't sign anyone this January but also that the summer wouldn't be a big one. 

😂 oh ffs 

[SUPERTOON]

6 minutes ago, STM said:

I hate to be debbie downer but in Eddie's press conference, not only did he hint that we wouldn't sign anyone this January but also that the summer wouldn't be a big one. 

Doesn’t need to be, bargains are out there to be had.

[mouldy_uk]

17 minutes ago, STM said:

I hate to be debbie downer but in Eddie's press conference, not only did he hint that we wouldn't sign anyone this January but also that the summer wouldn't be a big one. 

Calling it now:

 

‘Dubs and Miggy deciding to stay was as good as new signings…’

[Likelylad]

16 minutes ago, STM said:

I hate to be debbie downer but in Eddie's press conference, not only did he hint that we wouldn't sign anyone this January but also that the summer wouldn't be a big one. 

I can’t ever picture Howe saying anything other than that tbh. Cards close to chest kinda guy. 

[ponsaelius]

I'm glad we're doing well on the pitch and don't want to sound like a spoilt brat but I'm absolutely desperate to see us do something in the market like. We've basically had nothing happen for three windows now. 

[SUPERTOON]

Just now, ponsaelius said:

I'm glad we're doing well on the pitch and don't want to sound like a spoilt brat but I'm absolutely desperate to see us do something in the market like. We've basically had nothing happen for three windows now. 

I think we need something tbh. I can’t see the squad lasting the rest of the season. 

[Hanshithispantz]

9 minutes ago, ponsaelius said:

I'm glad we're doing well on the pitch and don't want to sound like a spoilt brat but I'm absolutely desperate to see us do something in the market like. We've basically had nothing happen for three windows now. 

It's absolutely absurd like, literally just a half dozen or so clubs in Europe allowed to participate in the transfer market 

[rebelrouser]

There is a lot of talk about Miggy going to Atlanta this window.  I can't image we don't end up w/ a new rw and cb at the close of the summer window. 

[ponsaelius]

It does show that sometimes teams do business for the sake of it, rather than trying to maximise their existing squad and waiting for the right deals. Liverpool have basically done nowt (Chiesa punt aside) for 18 months too and they're the best team in Europe this season.

 

It really did look like we'd gone stale earlier in the season but Howe seems to have got us clicking again with what he has. But we do have to start recycling the squad and freshening things up IMO.

 

 

Edited 8 hours ago by ponsaelius

[Hanshithispantz]

Buying Elanga for 50m is a great example, not a chance he came in and improved us in hindsight, although most of us would have had him in to replace Murphy even at that price. If we did we'd not be 4th imo.

 

That's sort of luck though, this 11 won't keep winning and our squad needs better backup in most positions, doing so lessens the pot for the RW, GK and CB we'll eventually need, and likewise splashing out on them leaves us short trying to bulk out the squad, it's hard to not feel like 2 steps forward and one back with every deal, and the looming feeling we'll eventually have to sell Isak or Bruno to fund the squad is vile.

[80]

14 minutes ago, ponsaelius said:

It does show that sometimes teams do business for the sake of it, rather than trying to maximise their existing squad and waiting for the right deals. Liverpool have basically done nowt (Chiesa punt aside) for 18 months too and they're the best team in Europe this season.

 

It really did look like we'd gone stale earlier in the season but Howe seems to have got us clicking again with what he has. But we do have to start recycling the squad and freshening things up IMO.

 

 

 

I think you're right, although it has to be considered in the context that most opponents are also struggling to make transfers, so everyone's in the same boat for having to fight against stagnation.

 

 

Edited 8 hours ago by 80

[sushimonster85]

That very first Jan window aside, has Eddie ever said we are looking to make a few signings in any window?

[Nine]

1 hour ago, STM said:

I hate to be debbie downer but in Eddie's press conference, not only did he hint that we wouldn't sign anyone this January but also that the summer wouldn't be a big one. 

He also never gives anything away, nothing new here 

[Ellis H]

With the current rules, overachieving is the new improving. Luckily we’ve got a manager who specialises in overachieving.

[lovejoy]

4 hours ago, Kid Icarus said:

From the highlights McAtee looks better and more direct than Dibling, but he also looks like far too much of short arse for what we need. 

 

He's taller than Dibling and Mbuemo.

[The College Dropout]

Big fan of Mbeumo but it doesn’t make sense unless we’ve found a money hack.  

[Danh1]

Mental how boring transfers windows are now. Not for us, but in general. Just so dull.

 

Wonder if it ever goes back to being interesting? 

[HalloNUFC]

I miss visiting here after a many hours of break & there's thread of a new player we have almost landed & have 10/15 pages of discussion already 😅

[kingxlnc]

Longstaff is going to be sold either in Jan or in summer - pure profit there of 15-20m. 

Almiron - 10m

 

Perhaps Lascelles, Kelly, Targett, Krafth, Trippier, Wilson too. Whole load of wages free up, even if not a huge amount of actual fees. 

If you think about the Guehi money, and what we have to replace - we need to spend £100m minimum UNLESS we get cleverer with free transfers - look at Villa with Kamara - and also with younger foreign players like Minteh. 

They don't always work - e.g for every Minteh there's a Kuol or Ashby but we have to box clever. 

I'd look to get: 

Kyle Walker Peters - 7m (or free in summer) - covers both Trippier AND Targett - no brainer

Dibling - 35-40m - the RW version of Hall/Tino  OR Mbuemo - 55m

RCB - Tapsoba - 35m (or Jonathon Tah, free)

Jonathon David - Free
Angel Gomes - Free

Roony Bardhaji - Free

There's a lot of quality becoming available - pay more on the wages if required if it means we can spend the majority on 

[Nucasol]

11 minutes ago, kingxlnc said:

Longstaff is going to be sold either in Jan or in summer - pure profit there of 15-20m. 

Almiron - 10m

 

Perhaps Lascelles, Kelly, Targett, Krafth, Trippier, Wilson too. Whole load of wages free up, even if not a huge amount of actual fees. 

If you think about the Guehi money, and what we have to replace - we need to spend £100m minimum UNLESS we get cleverer with free transfers - look at Villa with Kamara - and also with younger foreign players like Minteh. 

They don't always work - e.g for every Minteh there's a Kuol or Ashby but we have to box clever. 

I'd look to get: 

Kyle Walker Peters - 7m (or free in summer) - covers both Trippier AND Targett - no brainer

Dibling - 35-40m - the RW version of Hall/Tino  OR Mbuemo - 55m

RCB - Tapsoba - 35m (or Jonathon Tah, free)

Jonathon David - Free
Angel Gomes - Free

Roony Bardhaji - Free

There's a lot of quality becoming available - pay more on the wages if required if it means we can spend the majority on 

Tah seemingly on his way to join Flick at Barca. Agree with the logic - there’s a load of people going off the wage bill but we’ll need bodies to compete on four fronts and losing Kelly, Targett, Tripps who have all played more than a handful of games leaves us really light.

[Holmesy]

50 minutes ago, Danh1 said:

Mental how boring transfers windows are now. Not for us, but in general. Just so dull.

 

Wonder if it ever goes back to being interesting? 

Remember when a team would get promoted and just go mental buying a whole new team? It was great fun to watch

[Hanshithispantz]

1 hour ago, lovejoy said:

 

He's taller than Dibling and Mbuemo.

Wiki heights are unreliable, no chance he's 5'11. The other lad is meant to be 6'2 (which could also be wrong).

 

Dibling looks like he'll be a physical player imo, he's not as tall but has that Vardy/Delap type stature from the little I've seen.

[TRon]

3 hours ago, STM said:

I hate to be debbie downer but in Eddie's press conference, not only did he hint that we wouldn't sign anyone this January but also that the summer wouldn't be a big one. 

 

 

I mean it was pretty much said we weren't going to be making any signings this window a couple of months back so I barely even bother checking in here with any real excitement. I do think we'll buy in the summer though, but a lot depends on where we finish this season.

[Hanshithispantz]

 

 

Not many videos of him and he seems to have bulked up a lot which most of the highlight videos don't show, this is a better look at him. 

 

 

 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by Hanshithispantz