Dokko Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 No one is coming in but we should try and clear the decks of players not playing. Targett, Kelly, the Greek, dubs, trippier, longstaff, willock, wilson (lol) grt them away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 30/01/2025 at 12:48, Dokko said: No one is coming in but we should try and clear the decks of players not playing. Targett, Kelly, the Greek, dubs, trippier, longstaff, willock, wilson (lol) grt them away. Expand Over time yes. Wouldn't want to get rid of Willock or Longstaff at this point of the season with quite a bit at stake. Obviously depends on the offer but under 10mill for Longstaff right now ? I'd keep up till the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big River Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 I know it's a broken record at this point, but the PSR/FFP rules are totally ludicrous, and are actively spoiling the game. wish they'd fuck off so teams (not just us) can build competitive teams and challenge for the title. the Premier League is finally full of ambitious owners and teams doing things "the right way", despite being held back every step of the way. it's completely changed the transfer market as well. weakening the likes of the Championship, and strengthening bullshit like the Saudi league. it's so short sighted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Brave Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 30/01/2025 at 12:48, Dokko said: No one is coming in but we should try and clear the decks of players not playing. Targett, Kelly, the Greek, dubs, trippier, longstaff, willock, wilson (lol) grt them away. Expand Dubs has played in the last dozen or so games ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 30/01/2025 at 13:00, Dancing Brave said: Dubs has played in the last dozen or so games ! Expand He's not the future. Clear the decks whilst there is interest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 30/01/2025 at 12:58, madras said: Over time yes. Wouldn't want to get rid of Willock or Longstaff at this point of the season with quite a bit at stake. Obviously depends on the offer but under 10mill for Longstaff right now ? I'd keep up till the summer. Expand Sell whilst they are wanted. Problem is, not many will want willock as he's a crock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) On 30/01/2025 at 12:58, Big River said: I know it's a broken record at this point, but the PSR/FFP rules are totally ludicrous, and are actively spoiling the game. wish they'd fuck off so teams (not just us) can build competitive teams and challenge for the title. the Premier League is finally full of ambitious owners and teams doing things "the right way", despite being held back every step of the way. it's completely changed the transfer market as well. weakening the likes of the Championship, and strengthening bullshit like the Saudi league. it's so short sighted. Expand This is completely true. If we, Villa , Forrest etc, were allowed to spend freely, you could have a far more competitive race for the title and much higher chance of teams who have never won the premier league doing so. It would then be more about which of the top 6-7 teams have the best manager, tactics, form, fitness etc and be way more entertaining. Watching Man City win the league 6 out of the last 7 times is not competitive. Spending money is no guarantee of success as Chelsea have shown recently. So it would come down to more about buying the right players, having good chemistry throughout the team etc. If lots of teams have strong recruitment and management then it will be a much closer contest between many teams. Sure the teams that can't bank role their squads as strongly will be unlikely to be able to compete at the top of the league, but then that's no different to how it's always been and those team would be able to take advantage of picking up better players that the other teams can't fit in their squads etc and give them an opportunity to thrive. Edited January 30 by alexf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 30/01/2025 at 12:58, Big River said: I know it's a broken record at this point, but the PSR/FFP rules are totally ludicrous, and are actively spoiling the game. wish they'd fuck off so teams (not just us) can build competitive teams and challenge for the title. the Premier League is finally full of ambitious owners and teams doing things "the right way", despite being held back every step of the way. it's completely changed the transfer market as well. weakening the likes of the Championship, and strengthening bullshit like the Saudi league. it's so short sighted. Expand Unfortunately that’s the issue; there aren’t, otherwise PSR wouldn’t keep getting voted in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_n_white Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 30/01/2025 at 12:48, Dokko said: No one is coming in but we should try and clear the decks of players not playing. Targett, Kelly, the Greek, dubs, trippier, longstaff, willock, wilson (lol) grt them away. Expand Targett and Kelly will not both be sold, only other one from that list will be Longstaff if a decent offer comes in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Wonder when or if any of our top players (I doubt they know much about PSR) will see our inactivity in these windows as a lack of ambition? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushimonster85 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 30/01/2025 at 13:11, McCormick said: Wonder when or if any of our top players (I doubt they know much about PSR) will see our inactivity in these windows as a lack of ambition? Expand Think a lot of this will depend on their agent. I'm sure the club/Eddie will be drilling it into them. But ultimately these lads tend to (rightly or wrongly) trust their agent with this sort of stuff. If the agent wants a move he will skew their thinking that way however he/she can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 30/01/2025 at 13:11, McCormick said: Wonder when or if any of our top players (I doubt they know much about PSR) will see our inactivity in these windows as a lack of ambition? Expand They are challenging for Europe and possibly Champions league. I’m sure that’s where their focus will be. The summer is the real test and obviously dependant of where we finish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Would like a loan to replace Miggy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vexred Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 30/01/2025 at 13:19, The College Dropout said: Would like a loan to replace Miggy. Expand A good RW on loan with obligation to buy in the summer would be great. I will understand if we wait until the summer. If we could sell Longstaff, Kelly and Targett, it's been a good window. Sets us up nicely for a big summer window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The College Dropout Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 30/01/2025 at 13:27, vexred said: A good RW on loan with obligation to buy in the summer would be great. I will understand if we wait until the summer. If we could sell Longstaff, Kelly and Targett, it's been a good window. Sets us up nicely for a big summer window. Expand Would prefer an option to an obligation. We need a stop gap. Reassess in the summer. Maybe financially it doesn't make sense to loan (loan fee might eat up some of the Miggy profit). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) Well let's just assume we are skint, meanwhile our owners are bankrolling their domestic clubs to inflate the coffers of our rivals by paying stupid amounts for their second choice strikers. One of ours goes there for about half market rate and there's an investigation??? Something stinks... cui bono? Edited January 30 by gjohnson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 30/01/2025 at 14:23, gjohnson said: Well let's just assume we are skint, meanwhile our owners are bankrolling their domestic clubs to inflate the coffers of our rivals by paying stupid amounts for their second choice strikers. One of ours goes there for about half market rate and there's an investigation??? Something stinks... cui bono? Expand This will be where Al Hilal come in for Isak bidding 20m and we get told to be greatful for being offered that much. With how dodgy football finances are now I would not be remotely surprised Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 30/01/2025 at 13:15, PauloGeordio said: They are challenging for Europe and possibly Champions league. I’m sure that’s where their focus will be. The summer is the real test and obviously dependant of where we finish. Expand Was about to say this. As long as we are challenging for CL, no one is going to be unhappy. If we finish well I expect us to do some significant business in the summer, that should be more than enough to keep our few top performers onside, especially if we make CL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 30/01/2025 at 15:15, TRon said: Was about to say this. As long as we are challenging for CL, no one is going to be unhappy. If we finish well I expect us to do some significant business in the summer, that should be more than enough to keep our few top performers onside, especially if we make CL. Expand Exactly. Let’s push on and finish strong. Could be a very exciting summer for good reasons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 30/01/2025 at 14:10, The College Dropout said: Would prefer an option to an obligation. We need a stop gap. Reassess in the summer. Maybe financially it doesn't make sense to loan (loan fee might eat up some of the Miggy profit). Expand McAtee would fit the bill perfectly IMO, if Man City are willing to loan him out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
olliemort Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 30/01/2025 at 15:27, Parsley said: McAtee would fit the bill perfectly IMO, if Man City are willing to loan him out. Expand Mental to say but at the moment we are in competition with them for champions league spot so that’s not going to happen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 30/01/2025 at 15:29, olliemort said: Mental to say but at the moment we are in competition with them for champions league spot so that’s not going to happen Expand It depends on how they see him playing, he wouldn't be able to play against them but we still have games against Forest, Chelsea and Villa where City may see it beneficial in giving a greater chance to take points from those clubs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny1403 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 30/01/2025 at 15:38, Colos Short and Curlies said: It depends on how they see him playing, he wouldn't be able to play against them but we still have games against Forest, Chelsea and Villa where City may see it beneficial in giving a greater chance to take points from those clubs Expand Why on earth would City allow a direct rival for a CL place improve their team? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 30/01/2025 at 14:34, gjohnson said: This will be where Al Hilal come in for Isak bidding 20m and we get told to be greatful for being offered that much. With how dodgy football finances are now I would not be remotely surprised Expand So our owners have just authorised a 60m boost to a club who are debatably one of our biggest rivals and best chance of disrupting the shady six...either they've got some serious 4d chess going on or just want a presence in the PL. We are starting to look like a foot hold and nothing more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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