Transfer Rumour January transfer window (150 Viewers)

[Hincha]

We aren’t going down and we aren’t going up.

Don’t see the damage in allowing players who don’t want to be here and/or make us profit leaving now.

It gives FL the chance to get 1/2 in now and know what he’s working (squad and money wise) with in the summer. Also means players who are going to be here next season get definite game time and become more used to FL and the way he wants to play.

Let’s be honest we need a re-build so the sooner the better.

However, it’s absolutely shite we’re in this position. High hopes at the start of the season seem like a distant memory.

Sell your 3 best players and get the replacements wrong and I think you are going down actually

 

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[Evo1883]

We’re really going to watch half our squad leave for better teams and claim the issue was the squad quality

Fans have convinced themselves the entire squad is shite but reality is different.

Although I'm not a fan of joel still

 

[Viktor17]

That's one good thing, at least we hold all the cards with regards to sales, decent contract lengths.

This. All the cards. We actually are likely to have a pretty large pot come summer. MVE, sheaf and potentially wright - add in viktor and maybe Hamer sell on. And not forgetting and additional Lati + out favour /out contract moves?

that could fund huge turnover. All isn’t lost, but we won’t likely get another go after this.

Some people also seem to have forgotton, moving players on for profit is the model !!! So when it happens can’t moan!
Granted you don’t do it in masssive chunks ideally!

 

[Rodders1]

This. All the cards. We actually are likely to have a pretty large pot come summer. MVE, sheaf and potentially wright - add in viktor and maybe Hamer sell on. And not forgetting and additional Lati + out favour /out contract moves?

that could fund huge turnover. All isn’t lost, but we won’t likely get another go after this.

I think you're wrong in terms of saying we wont have another go after this. This is literally the model. Sell, invest, sell, invest etc….

 

[Deity]

This. All the cards. We actually are likely to have a pretty large pot come summer. MVE, sheaf and potentially wright - add in viktor and maybe Hamer sell on. And not forgetting and additional Lati + out favour /out contract moves?

that could fund huge turnover. All isn’t lost, but we won’t likely get another go after this.

Some people also seem to have forgotton, moving players on for profit is the model !!! So when it happens can’t moan!
Granted you don’t do it in masssive chunks ideally!

Depends on who we invest this money in ….

 

[shmmeee]

Can’t wait to give Lampard a big kitty in the summer

 

[Viktor17]

I think you're wrong in terms of saying we wont have another go after this. This is literally the model. Sell, invest, sell, invest etc….

Maybe worded wrong, you’re right that should always be the way.

Guess I meant, another go to get the initial base correct to do all that from. As currently mixed at best

 

[Viktor17]

Depends on who we invest this money in ….

And who’s selecting the proposed deck still…….

 

[Cally Fedora]

It is a model of operating but let’s be honest if you’re not a certain 6-10 clubs you’re always a selling club. As has been said at least we hold some cards in terms of contract length. The absolute key to this working is to be constantly able to identify the next gem.

 

[Rodders1]

And who’s selecting the proposed deck still…….

Yeah that's true. But with this we will invest in a number of players with the hope 2/3 go for big money and then we’re good again. Can't expect all transfers to work…

 

[Jimmy87]

This. All the cards. We actually are likely to have a pretty large pot come summer. MVE, sheaf and potentially wright - add in viktor and maybe Hamer sell on. And not forgetting and additional Lati + out favour /out contract moves?

that could fund huge turnover. All isn’t lost, but we won’t likely get another go after this.

Some people also seem to have forgotton, moving players on for profit is the model !!! So when it happens can’t moan!
Granted you don’t do it in masssive chunks ideally!

Completely agree. I don't think we particularly want players here who's heads have been turned anyway. Having that contract advantage is peaceful.
Compared to years gone by, it makes a change to not be feeling too anxious come transfer window time.

January as we know is notoriously a harder month to recruit, so hopefully we are serious about keeping our key players this month, and we bring in the necessary competition, even if just to see us to the summer.

 

[Viktor17]

Completely agree. I don't think we particularly want players here who's heads have been turned anyway. Having that contract advantage is peaceful.
Compared to years gone by, it makes a change to not be feeling too anxious come transfer window time.

January as we know is notoriously a harder month to recruit, so hopefully we are serious about keeping our key players this month, and we bring in the necessary competition, even if just to see us to the summer.

Totally agree, clear a few “heads” had gone after August and late deals . And thinking back didn’t Mark make some comments at end of season about players being committed / agents agitating etc…..

sad to probably right season off, but we should be planning now for the summer and revamp. The big revamp!! Also think we have another year option on wright in our favour, so if he goes it’s big big money (over double what we paid and some)

as you say, hopefully enough in this month to see us through also.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Good midfielders come from the efl

More cutting edge analysis please

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Don’t have any badges at all. Nor did some of the best managers there have ever been. I watch the guy every week. You don’t need to be the love child of Bill Shankly and Pep to see he’s not a good CH.

Alright managers have kept picking him I trust their judgement better than someone like myself who just sit and pick faults and our forum must be worst of all for that.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Alright managers have kept picking him I trust their judgement better than someone like myself who just sit and pick faults and our forum must be worst of all for that.

Nah our forum spectacular compared to most

 

[blunted]

It is a model of operating but let’s be honest if you’re not a certain 6-10 clubs you’re always a selling club. As has been said at least we hold some cards in terms of contract length. The absolute key to this working is to be constantly able to identify the next gem.

Agree, but you also have to develop them. Look at Vic and Gus when they first came. They developed considerably. Also, O'Hare, Sheaf and Eccles. In fact, virtually all our players got better over the tenure of Robins and Viveash. This year virtually all the players have gone backwards and are worse than last season, albeit with Robins still here. The question is, what has changed? Pretty obvious to me, although it is early days for Lampard's staff.

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Nah our forum spectacular compared to most

We have fewer moaners than other forums? Many on here would end up with no players the amount of them they want moved on NOW..

 

[Jimmy87]

Totally agree, clear a few “heads” had gone after August and late deals . And thinking back didn’t Mark make some comments at end of season about players being committed / agents agitating etc…..

sad to probably right season off, but we should be planning now for the summer and revamp. The big revamp!! Also think we have another year option on wright in our favour, so if he goes it’s big big money (over double what we paid and some)

as you say, hopefully enough in this month to see us through also.

Yeah, I think I do remember him making some comments like that actually. Agents see the dollar signs and love to agitate.

Hate to think of the season as a write off, after all I'm sure most of us had a food feeling about this year. I can't help but always try and remain optimistic.
Having Wright and EMC back come the end of January, and hopefully a good couple of signings, could be the boost needed for the fans at least.
Would like to see a climb up the table and some guts shown at minimum, from every single one of them.

 

[Senior Vick from Alicante]

Can't see what the drama is at the minute, we genuinely have some good level players that are massively underperforming. They will come good and I can't see us going down, we are desperate for a creative forward thinking midfielder so we aren't overloading with defence minded ones. Big Frank can then put his stamp on it properly in the summer. Back to what the thread is supposed to be about, anybody got any attack minded gems in the Gus mould waiting to be discovered?

 

[Calista]

As much as it seems like I’m shitting on him in this thread, Lati does have some excellent qualities (pretending the smiling incident didn’t happen) and despite slightly lacking in the technical department, technical skills and ability on the ball are not everything (Kevin Thornton…).

Thomas has the technical ability, just issues with concentration and decision making and can be somewhat lackadaisical with his passes between the lines.

Lati and Thomas are obviously very different players. But i would never have thought the distinction between them is that Thomas has more technical ability?!

 

[Cally Fedora]

Alright managers have kept picking him I trust their judgement better than someone like myself who just sit and pick faults and our forum must be worst of all for that.

Fair enough. It’s all about opinions. I’m not driven by picking fault, far from it. But in the closing stages against Norwich a proper centre half doesn’t fall over blatantly looking for a free kick. They just defend.

 

[higgs]

Yeah, I think I do remember him making some comments like that actually. Agents see the dollar signs and love to agitate.

Hate to think of the season as a write off, after all I'm sure most of us had a food feeling about this year. I can't help but always try and remain optimistic.
Having Wright and EMC back come the end of January, and hopefully a good couple of signings, could be the boost needed for the fans at least.
Would like to see a climb up the table and some guts shown at minimum, from every single one of them.

If we hung on against Norwich and had of got a winner against 10 man Cardiff we would only be 6 points off playoffs with wright and emc due back you would have almost fancied us to make a late charge for the playoffs or am I just a dreamer

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[skybluecam]

"Squads shit"

"Oh no teams want to give us millions for our shit squad, what will we do now!!!!"

If we can double our money on Milan and he wants to go, great, let him. Use the money to sign his replacement.

We'll need a rejig in the summer anyway since there are likely departures and we're not getting promoted.

 

[Skyblue Bangkok]

If we hung on against Norwich and had of got a winner against 10 man Cardiff we would only be 6 points off playoffs with wright and emc due back you would have almost fancied us to make a late charge for the playoffs or am I just a dreamer

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Plus that miss against Millwall

 

[skybluecam]

Lati and Thomas are obviously very different players. But i would never have thought the distinction between them is that Thomas has more technical ability?!

Thomas looks much better with the ball at his feet.

Lati can play a pass to be fair to him, but doesn't like being pressed high because his feet aren't particularly quick on the ball.

 

[skyblueinswansea]

have seen a few comments over the last few months about harry darling being a good signing. Most swans fans don’t rate him, he’s really poor and apparently a bit of a knobhead. A lot of them said at the time they wished we signed him and not Lati

 

[Jimmy87]

If we hung on against Norwich and had of got a winner against 10 man Cardiff we would only be 6 points off playoffs with wright and emc due back you would have almost fancied us to make a late charge for the playoffs or am I just a dreamer

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So many ifs and buts, it's frustrating.
Nothing wrong with trying to talk it into existence

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

There’s a reason Lati is pressed and Thomas isnt, because Lati is more comfortable on the ball and Thomas makes mistakes without pressure. Lati is better technically hence why he played for Russel Martin at Swansea. Thomas is a bruiser good physical Center half

 

[skybluecam]

There’s a reason Lati is pressed and Thomas isnt, because Lati is more comfortable on the ball and Thomas makes mistakes without pressure. Lati is better technically hence why he played for Russel Martin at Swansea. Thomas is a bruiser good physical Center half

Nah Thomas is far more comfortable on the ball. No idea how anyone could watch us and think Lati is. He looks terrified when he receives it under any pressure.

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

Nah Thomas is far more comfortable on the ball. No idea how anyone could watch us and think Lati is. He looks terrified when he receives it under any pressure.

I think Lati is a lot more composed, again there is a reason Lati is targeted for pressure (because he’s a lot more comfortable) you need to force an error out of him whereas Thomas every game has an unforced error or two in him, I’d much rather him not have to think and lump it (but with Haji and Simms to knock it on or down)

 

[skybluecam]

I think Lati is a lot more composed, again there is a reason Lati is targeted for pressure (because he’s a lot more comfortable) you need to force an error out of him whereas Thomas every game has an unforced error or two in him, I’d much rather him not have to think and lump it (but with Haji and Simms to knock it on or down)

Lati is targeted for pressure because he's MORE comfortable on the ball?

 

[higgs]

Plus that miss against Millwall

As shit and all as we have been we would only be 4 pts off play offs now

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[Ian1779]

Lati is a good passer for sure, but takes too long to get the ball under control. That is why he is pressed so much.

 

[Perryccfc]

Honestly shocked people saying Lati is good on the ball. It’s like a hot potato when he gets it, he goes into panic mode and can’t wait to get rid.

 

[Skyblueabo1111]

Nah Thomas is far more comfortable on the ball. No idea how anyone could watch us and think Lati is. He looks terrified when he receives it under any pressure.

Sorry, that is not true. Lati rarely gives the ball away.