Sick Boy
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I think we’ll be able to spend relatively well; it wasn’t long ago that it claimed we were skint and then we signed Grimes.
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Chicken Mcgraw
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Sorry but losing 2 of Sheaf / MVE or Wright would be disastrous and again rule out promotion for the following season. The Ownership need to show some signs of ambition and not flog our best players at the earliest opportunity.
TomRad85
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Oh i agree, i'm not going full GIMOC, but to spend out on around 6 players of the quality we'd want? I'm not sure, i think its smarter if at least a couple of them are free.
Sky Blue Goblin
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To your point, I think if we are still in the championship there’s quite a few decent pick ups on a free, Darling and Poku for instance.
TomRad85
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I'd be all in on Poku but he won't be free in the traditional sense. It's well reported that a pretty hefty fee decided at tribunal is expected.
mmttww
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If Poku is definitely available on a free (assume some compo due to his age) then he'd be a brilliant pick up based on his position and his output. Not seen him play but if he's 80% as good as EMC, that'd be a great piece of business. Is Darling purely a CB? Think I saw him talked about as a LB option somewhere on here.
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Lamps
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Most probably get a player like Poku cheaper with a tribunal decision than negotiating with a club on a player under contract. A yes from me.
covcity4life
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I could see lampard moving Simms on if he doesn't fully do what lampard wants week in week out
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Sky Blue Goblin
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Darling mostly plays CB but he can play across the backline.
Another option if he doesn’t get a new contact could be CJ Egan Riley
Captain Dart
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Have you been snooping around Dean Austin's desk.Current Squad:
GK - Dovin | Wilson | Collins
RB - van Ewijk | Burroughs
CB - Thomas | Kitching | Lati | Binks
LB - Bidwell | Dasilva
CDM - Grimes | Sheaf | Eccles
CM - Torp | Rudoni | Allen | Andrews | Howley
RW - Sakamoto | Raphael
ST - Simms | Asante | Bassette | Obikwu | Tavares
LW - Mason-Clarke | Wright | Patterson
Contracts Expiring:
- Jack Burroughs (release)
- Jamie Allen (Extend)
- Ryan Howley (release)
- Fabio Tavares (release)
- Jamie Patterson (release)
Players to sell:
- Brad Collins (0-100k)
- Joel Latibeaudiere (1m-2m)
- Jay Dasilva (250k-750k)
- Ben Sheaf (5m-7.5m)
- Brandon Thomas-Asante (2m-3m)(7.25m-13.35m)
Squad depth:
GK(x2)
RB(x1)
CB(x3)
LB(x1)
CDM(x2)
CM(x4)
RW(x1)
ST(x2)
LW(x2)
Loan out:
- Justin Obikwu (league 1)
- Kai Andrews (League 1)
- Raphael (League 1)
Key Areas of Need:
- RB
- CB
- LB
Areas of caution:
- CDM
- CM
- RW
Players to sign:
- RB - Bryan Reynolds (2m-4m)
- CB - Jimmy Dunne (Free)
- LB - Souffian El Karouni (3m-4m)
- CDM - Hector Kyprianou (free)
- CM - Majeed Ashimeru (1m-2m)
- RW - Ibrahim Sadiq (2m-4m)
(8m-14m)
Overall Transfer Net:
(-750k)
(€4,600,000 - £3,864,000)
- Viktor Gyokeres moves for €70m
Leaves an overall profit of £3,114,000
Balli001
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Yes because being 6th after selling Hamer and Gyokeres and reinvesting hasnt worked has it?
Brentford went up the year after selling their front 3. All teams sell players. Dont wet yourself just because we do it to
Chicken Mcgraw
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Awful comparison as they were out of contract but I’ll humour it. We haven’t made the play offs since we sold them. We will continue to fail to gain promotion if we sell our best players.
Good for Brentford, when are we getting promoted then?
PUSB-We_are_going_up
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Nah his binHave you been snooping around Dean Austin's desk.
Bristol sky blue
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We need to keep Wright (and I think we will). Sheaf is no longer a big loss to us, so long as he is replaced suitably. Right back is the interesting one: if MVE goes we probably need 2 decent right -sided defenders rather than one.
Balli001
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Who were out of contract? Vik and Hamer had another year left. Do you want to go to the barrel again to find your next enlightening post?
You claim we sell at the first opportunity yet amazingly we havent sold anyone for 2 years and reached a cup semi final and a top 10 finish in that time. And guess what we are currently in the top 6 this season.
Chicken Mcgraw
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Yes they had one season left which meant they needed to be sold, that is not the case for Wright and MVE and we have an option for Sheaf. They should all be retained.
So we didn’t sell anyone last season and are now in the top 6? That supports my argument not yours so thanks for pointing that out.
The cup semi final is a load of nonsense. I only care about trophies we win not ones we fail to reach the final in. We flogged Hamer and Gyokeres and failed to reach the play offs. Lessons need to be learned from that.
Sky Blue Goblin
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Can’t agree with sold them at the earliest opportunity when we’ve turned down offers for Sheaf and Milan last summer and January (not too mention last January for Sheaf) respectively.
Losing players is always difficult but that’s the only way our club can compete and can attract the level of talent.
Plus not sure if Sheaf would be as disastrous as you make out just solely because of how reduced his impact has been this year (not his fault).
Chicken Mcgraw
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Have we turned down offers?
larry_david
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LB is our biggest issue in this squad. Both options are poor
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT
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Said it before the start of the season, should have been addressed in the summer and in the January transfer window.
TomRad85
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Bidwells new contract looks very strange atm, although we did manage to flog Matt Godden despite renewing his contract and his legs having gone.
Balli001
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Which argument is it supporting? You said we sell all our players at the first opportunity. I was pointing out that we dont. So we made only the second FA cup semi final in our history but that isnt good enough for you? We signed Grimes in January and sold nobody. What more do you want? We didnt need to sell either Hamer or Gyokeres but we got £35 million for 2 players with a year left and rebuilt the whole squad of our own players not loans.
Sky Blue Goblin
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Reported we turned down Sheaf from Luton last year in January by people on here and I think Luton confirmed it but will see if I can confirm.
MVE again confirmed by a couple of sources in the media and on here. Think there was even a Roma source saying we out priced them.
Sky Blue Goblin
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(Priority for me has to be a back up RB and starting if we sell MVE), starting LB, A ball playing CB who ideally can play on both sides and a RW to offer tats so competition.
skybluecam
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Sheaf hasn’t even contributed much. Getting 6-7m for him, spending half of that on a replacement and using the rest elsewhere would improve the squad.
Wright has barely played under Lampard and we’ve done well, and it would be a big fee.
Colin Steins Smile
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If we are still in the Championship my priority would be for a LB, CB & RB, plus a back up right winger.
If we are in the PL, then 2 x CB's, 1 x RB, 2 x LB's, AM, RW & CF.
If we are in the PL, then 2 x CB's, 1 x RB, 2 x LB's, AM, RW & CF.
Chicken Mcgraw
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I didn’t think I would need to spell it out but anyway.
‘The ownership needs to not sell our best players at the earliest opportunity’. That is not saying they have, that is saying we must not sell them in order to improve as a team.
You have correctly pointed out that after selling Hamer and Gyokeres we failed to make the play offs having made them the year before.
The summer just gone, we didn’t sell any of our best players and are challenging for the play offs.
This coming summer, we need to keep our best players in order to compete again and not regress like we did after Gyokeres and Hamer left.
It’s not hard to understand but I recognise any mention of Bling making a mistake will set you off
Chicken Mcgraw
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Sorry pal but reported by Saddle means it likely wasn’t true. As far as I’m aware the club have repeatedly denied that there were offers for anyone.
Sky Blue Goblin
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Luton to Sheaf to be fair was reported across the media and MVE to Gala and Roma was reported internationally.
Just don’t agree we’ve sold anyone at the first chance, it’s not like the Sisu days were we sold Dom at undervalue to make sure the pitch was done.
Players were promised the step up either with us or with someone else and if we don’t deliver we’ll struggle to recruit more in the future especially at our wages.
Balli001
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I just pull people up when they cant decide which argument to pick. You said we sell anyone at the first opportunity, your words not mine, yet we dont and havent for a good while. I am waiting for you to explain how we improve the squad when you insist we cant sell any players to fund these improvements. Should be fascinating to hear your insight.
Chicken Mcgraw
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Sorry mate unless you can show me from actual sources that bids were made then we’ll have to agree to disagree
Chicken Mcgraw
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Where did I say we sell players at the first opportunity? I think you’re getting confused. I said ‘we must not sell our players at the earliest opportunity’.
In terms of improving the squad, do you believe we improved the squad in January? Do you believe we improved the squad in Summer 2024? How did we manage that without selling players? Interested to hear your explanation.
You’re contradicting yourself all over the place. On one hand you’re saying we’ve improved as the owner hasn’t sold our players and on the other you are saying it’s impossible to improve without selling them. Which is it?
I believe we improved in the summer after keeping our best assets. I believe we need to do the same this summer. I’m very shocked that anyone doesn’t agree with this but fair enough
The accounts showed we’re reliant on player sales. Next accounts won’t have the Gyok/Hamer money to prop us up.
If we sell Sheaf & MvE for around £15m and Gyok also moves we’re laughing.
Doesn’t have to be to the detriment to the squad either. If we sign 5 players (RB, CB, LB, CM, RW) we’re likely to have an improved squad with the recruitment team track record
If we sell Sheaf & MvE for around £15m and Gyok also moves we’re laughing.
Doesn’t have to be to the detriment to the squad either. If we sign 5 players (RB, CB, LB, CM, RW) we’re likely to have an improved squad with the recruitment team track record
Cally Fedora
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I’d rather free something up in either wages or fees by getting rid of Collins, Binks, Lati, BTA to get one quality player in. Difficult I know but this squad with a savvy addition is good enough