Summer transfer window 2024 (166 Viewers)

[fernandopartridge]

You've made an obscure, irrelevant point. If my auntie had bollocks she'd be my uncle yada yada.

However you swing it, £2m is pretty steep for a guy with just 6 professional goals in Belgium and the French 2nd div.

Nobody signs a goal record

 

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[Jimmy87]

I'm not writing him off. In a vacuum he's fine. But when he's presumably coming in behind both BTA and Simms it just seems odd that we've paid a fairly significant fee for him as he's unlikely to get much playing time (and if he does, where does that leave BTA?).

Just can't really get my head around the logic of it all.

Try and look at it from a different viewpoint. The one thing that's stopped us at that final hurdle in the past 2 seasons is our serious lack of depth. Imagine we had the options we do now in that play off final. If we want to compete with the bigger teams we need some serious strength in depth. I think we are making some really smart investments. Yes we are lacking in a couple of areas, but they know this. Work going on behind the scenes to bolster those areas.

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

I have no idea who @Tea & Busquets is, or why his opinion would be so valuable. Enlighten me?

Im guessing he works as a scout somewhere as he seems to know a lot about many players

 

[Perennial Lurker]

Try and look at it from a different viewpoint. The one thing that's stopped us at that final hurdle in the past 2 seasons is our serious lack of depth. Imagine we had the options we do now in that play off final. If we want to compete with the bigger teams we need some serious strength in depth. I think we are making some really smart investments. Yes we are lacking in a couple of areas, but they know this. Work going on behind the scenes to bolster those areas.

It's a no brainer of a signing for me. Obviously highly rated and been looked at by other European sides .
Key for me is his age ,like Rodriguez, is that he is one to work on now but very much for the future.
We are going to lose players over the coming transfer windows , hopefully for big fees , and we will have readymade replacements for them
It's the model , trust the system

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

It's a no brainer of a signing for me. Obviously highly rated and been looked at by other European sides .
Key for me is his age ,like Rodriguez, is that he is one to work on now but very much for the future.
We are going to lose players over the coming transfer windows , hopefully for big fees , and we will have readymade replacements for them
It's the model , trust the system

In other words following the Brighton model

 

[skybluecam]

Im guessing he works as a scout somewhere as he seems to know a lot about many players

Or he's a uni student that watches some niche football and knows how to work fbref/transfermarkt etc.

Nothing against him. He does seem to have an odd reverential status on here though.

 

[Perennial Lurker]

In other words following the Brighton model

And why the hell not ?

 

[Perennial Lurker]

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Or he's a uni student that watches some niche football and knows how to work fbref/transfermarkt etc.

Nothing against him. He does seem to have an odd reverential status on here though.

I like him . He's quite a passive poster who obviously is a massive City fan .
I remember the days when I was obsessive about football

 

[Jimmy87]

It's a no brainer of a signing for me. Obviously highly rated and been looked at by other European sides .
Key for me is his age ,like Rodriguez, is that he is one to work on now but very much for the future.
We are going to lose players over the coming transfer windows , hopefully for big fees , and we will have readymade replacements for them
It's the model , trust the system

Exactly this, really important that the fans don't get on his back and get behind him. He could prove to be a lucrative signing. Look what the coaching staff made Gyokeres into. Potential for all these signings (given time) is promising. You're right, we will lose some (unless we go up), they will be for big fees, which will only see us grow as a club again. Win win.

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

Well whoever he is, he’s a very good scout for SBT

 

[Perennial Lurker]

Exactly this, really important that the fans don't get on his back and get behind him. He could prove to be a lucrative signing. Look what the coaching staff made Gyokeres into. Potential for all these signings (given time) is promising. You're right, we will lose some (unless we go up), they will be for big fees, which will only see us grow as a club again. Win win.

When I have discussions on here or in the real world about stuff like this I always reference the Brentford promotion season . They had years of this model/process that we are a few years into ourselves and sold Benrama and Watkins for big money
They reinvested and got promotion
The system works , the process works we all need to buy into it

 

[woody11462]

What the fuck is our formation going to be this season?

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I'd probably change the full backs to wing backs, offer more of an attacking threat out wide

 

[Great_Expectations]

Just caught up on the last dozen or so pages:

Don’t get the bed wetting re lack of signings/noise; there’s plenty of time left in the window and we’ve proven many times we don’t leak signings (e.g. Bassette).

Don’t get the excitement for Worrell. We have 4 CB’s and play two. The word ‘leadership’ has become tickbox jargon on here the last few weeks. Back up RB is the better option if we want another defender in.

Don’t get any pessimism about this season at all.

But I suppose we won on Friday and played well, so the bedwetters need something to be negative about.

 

[Perennial Lurker]

Just caught up on the last dozen or so pages:

Don’t get the bed wetting re lack of signings/noise; there’s plenty of time left in the window and we’ve proven many times we don’t leak signings (e.g. Bassette).

Don’t get the excitement for Worrell. We have 4 CB’s and play two. The word ‘leadership’ has become tickbox jargon on here the last few weeks. Back up RB is the better option if we want another defender in.

Don’t get any pessimism about this season at all.

But I suppose we won on Friday and played well, so the bedwetters need something to be negative about.

A proper right back would be way higher on my list of priorities than another centre back

 

[2024/25 League 1 Champs?]

well, Burnley have agreed a fee for Joe Worrall, and interestingly have also signed Bashir Humphreys…..

and Luton have signed Liam Walsh….

what do we thing about those then

 

[Jamieb87ccfc]

Seen people mention Josh Egan on twitter. 31 and knows the league, would be a good CB option and available on a free.

 

[Jimmy87]

When I have discussions on here or in the real world about stuff like this I always reference the Brentford promotion season . They had years of this model/process that we are a few years into ourselves and sold Benrama and Watkins for big money
They reinvested and got promotion
The system works , the process works we all need to buy into it

Absolutely.

 

[2024/25 League 1 Champs?]

by the way, £2M for a player isn’t a ‘significant fee’, it’s probably the equivalent to a £200K player 20 years ago

 

[Perennial Lurker]

well, Burnley have agreed a fee for Joe Worrall, and interestingly have also signed Bashir Humphreys…..

and Luton have signed Liam Walsh….

what do we thing about those then

Burnley despite Parker being a cockwomble look to be in prime position to win the league
Luton on the other hand seem to be trying to pay for a new stadium without any thought for trying to get promoted again

 

[skyblueinswansea]

Absolutely.

@Jimmy87 great contributions. If you were to place a bet, what postions do you think/know they are working on?

 

[Perennial Lurker]

Seen people mention Josh Egan on twitter. 31 and knows the league, would be a good CB option and available on a free.

No

 

[skybluecam]

by the way, £2M for a player isn’t a ‘significant fee’, it’s probably the equivalent to a £200K player 20 years ago

Of course it’s a significant fee (for us). Don’t be silly.

 

[Perennial Lurker]

by the way, £2M for a player isn’t a ‘significant fee’, it’s probably the equivalent to a £200K player 20 years ago

When you see some of the transfer fees this summer for squad/academy players it is peanuts in the grand scheme of things

 

[Evo1883]

by the way, £2M for a player isn’t a ‘significant fee’, it’s probably the equivalent to a £200K player 20 years ago

It's a decent fee at this level let's not kid ourselves , it's more than almost a third of the league have spent in total this summer

 

[Winny the Bish]

So basically he’s a youth international
that took a Ligue 2 club to the French version of the Youth Cup final, was one of the best players in the tournament alongside now Bayern striker Mathys Tel, went out on loan and looked impressive.

Came back from loan, figured out some decent size clubs were in for him and stopped playing to force a move. And it seems like we offered the best fee.

Could be another wonderkid who doesn’t live up to his potential or could be our next £20m sale in two years time when he’ll still be only 21.

 

[Matt smith]

We still at the top end of our budget then?

 

[Calista]

Currently listening to Neil Warnock’s audiobook on Spotify

Did your sleep coach recommend it?

 

[Evo1883]

We still at the top end of our budget then?

I dont think anybody has any clue what we have to spend .. it's seemingly more than any of us thought

 

[Matt smith]

I dont think anybody has any clue what we have to spend .. it's seemingly more than any of us thought

I know it was tongue in cheek evo

looking forward to last week of the window

 

[Tomh111]

So basically he’s a youth international
that took a Ligue 2 club to the French version of the Youth Cup final, was one of the best players in the tournament alongside now Bayern striker Mathys Tel, went out on loan and looked impressive.

Came back from loan, figured out some decent size clubs were in for him and stopped playing to force a move. And it seems like we offered the best fee.

Could be another wonderkid who doesn’t live up to his potential or could be our next £20m sale in two years time when he’ll still be only 21.

yEaH bUt I wAnT a 35 YeAr OlD cB

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[wingy]

Hmm,wondered what all that helicopter activity was the last few days, not the police one!

 

[wingy]

I dont think anybody has any clue what we have to spend .. it's seemingly more than any of us thought

But that's quite a shrewed move when disguising your hand?

 

[Calista]

In a vacuum he's fine

Surprised he hasn't been snapped up by LA Galaxy

 

[Calista]

If my auntie had bollocks she'd be my uncle

Think you'll find that's an outdated view

 

[Skyblue Bangkok]

Surprise signing number 1

few more

Think you'll find that's an outdated view

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