21/22 Summer transfer mega-thread (17 Viewers)

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Made some great signings. Have they had a cash injection or something?

New owners I think. Paul Cook as manager. Signed Raheem Harper from WBA, plus a couple of others iirc.

Think Sunderland may struggle to go up again - must be galling for their fanbase, having had that billionaire get involved - but done little in the transfer market.

 

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[Terry_dactyl]

Cranie was wasted at left back far too much last time he was here

Wasted at left back?!? No wonder we sold him!

 

[SleepyGinger]

Football insider (yes they are usually reliable) saying that Bayliss is available for loan with a number of Champ and a league 1 sides interested. Would take him tbh


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He’s a Derby fan and they are desperate for players.

 

[Winny the Bish]

Wasted at left back?!? No wonder we sold him!

Weren't there rumours that Crainie had a bit of a drink problem while with us? A regular face in Leamington's local establishments I was told.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Weren't there rumours that Crainie had a bit of a drink problem while with us? A regular face in Leamington's local establishments I was told.

Not heard that but Thorn was a joke figure amongst the players at the time

 

[SkyblueDad]

I’d be happy with Cranie and a loan at CB I think.

Cranie would be okay for a year can cover various positions and a good old head to have around the up and coming youngsters.

 

[Colin Steins Smile]

Weren't there rumours that Crainie had a bit of a drink problem while with us? A regular face in Leamington's local establishments I was told.

I saw him in the green man in Kenilworth on a number of occasions & always had a beer

 

[Evo1883]

I saw him in the green man in Kenilworth on a number of occasions & always had a beer

He has a child with a well known coventry fans daughter .
I'm sure he'd still live quite locally

 

[jordan210]

Has Lawrence Shanklan been a rumour this year. Has been for the past 2-3 season !

 

[wingy]

Apart from the investing in the team part

Well there was an initial injection.


Edit- I think there was something dodgy around the chrystalization of the previous debt, could be wrong though.

 

[Skybluebeliever]

All quiet so far
But I think things are in hand
Hopefully no more covid positives
That would be a big help

Hamer is moving house still in the area though !!!!no panic

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Cranie was wasted at left back far too much

So was I. But then I shouldn't have gone out the night before.

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Hamer is moving house still in the area though !!!!no panic

Perhaps he leaving us in stealth mode . Anybody know which direction he has moved, so we can try and guess the new club?

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Apart from the investing in the team part

To be fair SISU bought some decent players in when they took over. Problem was they sold them almost immediately for the quick profit when they failed to get us promotion.

 

[SkyblueDad]

Hamer is moving house still in the area though !!!!no panic

Still in West Brom territory.

 

[Grendel]

To be fair SISU bought some decent players in when they took over. Problem was they sold them almost immediately for the quick profit when they failed to get us promotion.

Did they? Can't think of many we made profit from - Dann stands out. I think with Fox we hardly made anything

 

[COV]

Did they? Can't think of many we made profit from - Dann stands out. I think with Fox we hardly made anything

Think he means hard cash injection as opposed to paper profit

Wasn’t one of the reasons Dowie left that he wanted to sign Darren Moore but we went and bought Fox & Dann?

 

[fernandopartridge]

Think he means hard cash injection as opposed to paper profit

Wasn’t one of the reasons Dowie left that he wanted to sign Darren Moore but we went and bought Fox & Dann?

I doubt it, Fox and Dann were scouted by Dowie and Flowers according to the latter

 

[junglej13]

I doubt it, Fox and Dann were scouted by Dowie and Flowers according to the latter

Think when Davenport was sold we had about £250k of the proceeds to spend. Remember the Telegraph reporting we were in for Darren Moore and Malky Mackay. Think we ended up spending the money on Stern John and bringing Dean Leacock in on loan.

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Matt Grimes leaving Swansea for Fulham. Swansea may well be a lot weaker this season with the effect of losing parachute payments hitting them hard,

 

[Skybluedownunder]

Hamer is moving house still in the area though !!!!no panic

Unless he goes the baggies


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[Grendel]

Think he means hard cash injection as opposed to paper profit

Wasn’t one of the reasons Dowie left that he wanted to sign Darren Moore but we went and bought Fox & Dann?

Dowie scouted them - well his brother I assume - a lot of the cash never went on players - the funding over the length of time they’ve been here had been wafer thin really

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Sure it’s nothing but Hamer’s missus has put a post on Instagram saying ‘last day in Kenilworth’…


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Moving upmarket too Leamington.

 

[TomRad85]

Moving upmarket too Leamington.

Kenilworth is nicer than Leamington for the most part.

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[COV]

Dowie scouted them - well his brother I assume - a lot of the cash never went on players - the funding over the length of time they’ve been here had been wafer thin really

Don’t disagree at all. Could have sworn there was some commotion about Darren Moore at the time, I must be mixed up.

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Kenilworth is nicer than Leamington for the most part.

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Yeah but when you're loaded you can be picky.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Yeah but when you're loaded you can be picky.

No money GIF? Slacking recently

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

No money GIF? Slacking recently

Oh it's you again.

 

[TomRad85]

Yeah but when you're loaded you can be picky.

True, there are some seriously nice places top end of Leam

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[Harries11]

He has a child with a well known coventry fans daughter .
I'm sure he'd still live quite locally

Lives locally, married to her with two children.

 

[Irish Sky Blue]

And it’s his opinion the other way, weird post

You make statements as though they are true. Coventry Cathedral is bigger than my house, fact. Sheaf is better than Kelly, only your opinion.

 

[Irish Sky Blue]

Lives locally, married to her with two children.

My son saw him outside a new house near Filongley a couple of weeks ago.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

You make statements as though they are true. Coventry Cathedral is bigger than my house, fact. Sheaf is better than Kelly, only your opinion.

That’s how you choose to interpret it? How could he have made that post seem like his opinion other than adding “in my opinion”

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Did they? Can't think of many we made profit from - Dann stands out. I think with Fox we hardly made anything

Pretty sure we made a hefty profit on Fox. Over a million at least. Think they also ended up funding some of the earlier transfers like Borrowdale, Best and Simpson, who we all made a profit on. Gunnarson as well we made some profit on.

But yeah some of the big signings like Eastwood, Westwood and Bell where they either failed or we didn't get them on a longer contract we made pretty big losses on.

Third season they starting selling off the silver and although they spent some of the money on transfers we still made around £4.5m profit. Almost all of those signings left on a free too.

Basically they refused to give the decent players new contracts on higher wages and eventually they just ran their contracts down and left. Any attempt to keep them with a new deal was too late by then.

After that it was clear they'd lost faith in funding transfers and started to bring in a lot of loan players and freebies and we just steadily got worse.

 

[KenilworthSkyBlue]

Pretty sure we made a hefty profit on Fox. Over a million at least. Think they also ended up funding some of the earlier transfers like Borrowdale, Best and Simpson, who we all made a profit on. Gunnarson as well we made some profit on.

But yeah some of the big signings like Eastwood, Westwood and Bell where they either failed or we didn't get them on a longer contract we made pretty big losses on.

Third season they starting selling off the silver and although they spent some of the money on transfers we still made around £4.5m profit. Almost all of those signings left on a free too.

Basically they refused to give the decent players new contracts on higher wages and eventually they just ran their contracts down and left. Any attempt to keep them with a new deal was too late by then.

After that it was clear they'd lost faith in funding transfers and started to bring in a lot of loan players and freebies and we just steadily got worse.

Didn't Gunnarsson leave on a free?