Transfer Talk & Suggestions

Discussion in 'The Transfer List' started by Burnsy, Apr 29, 2018.

  1. ProfessorAbdi

    ProfessorAbdi First Year Pro

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    Be careful what you wish for.
     
  2. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

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    Presume posters appreciate that we can’t really compete with a Leeds Leicester or Soton for signings ?
     
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    Adam Le Fondre unused sub against Villa last night. Could be cotton wool ahead of a move?
     
  4. SkylaRose

    SkylaRose Administrator

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    Credit to Woolf on Twitter:

    Updated, ins:
    Lewis
    Healey
    Martins
    Livermore
    Rajovi*
    Ince
    Dave

    Outs:
    Pedro
    Sarr
    Fletcher
    Baah
    Hungbo
    Forde
    Cabezas
    WTE
    Pussetto
    Britt
    Joaó F
    Kaba
    Quina
    Bacuna
    Gos
    Clevs
    Craig
    Gaspar
    Arouje
    Davis
    Hamza
    Kamara
    Hause
    Okoye
    Kalu (not In plans)

    7 ins, 26 outs
     
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  5. hornetboy1

    hornetboy1 First Team Captain

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    You could add Harry Amass, Adrian Blake, Juergen Elitim and Adian Manning to the list too. Even though they were academy, we got money for most of them.

    If Rajovic signs, we'll have 10 non-homegrown and 10-homegrown players, with 7 U21's, but that's a stretch as I'm including Grieves, Adu-Poku, Adeyemo and Roberts in that U21 list. So really it's only 3. In total we have just 23 viable players in the entire squad.

    There's no getting away from it, we need a lot more to come in.

    Currently:
    2 x keepers. 1 more needed
    2 x left backs
    2 x right backs
    4 x CB's (although one is being used as a DMF). 1 more needed
    1 x DMF (Livermore) so 1 more needed
    4 x central midfielders
    2 x left wing
    1 x right wing. 1 more needed
    3 x forwards

    I've not placed Chakvetadze or Asprilla in a pigeon hole yet as I feel they're probably both number 10's, but could play on the flanks.

    For me, the minimum on top of Rajovic is a backup keeper, a DMF and CB. We have to do this, then in a ideal world another right winger, striker and central midfielder (enforcer type).

    When you have such a small squad you need a healthy mix of versatile players, in order to cover many positions. We don't really have this. This is something I don't think the recruitment team have given a lot of though to.
     
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  6. Carpster

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    Not happening. A couple of loans from Udinese maybe.
     
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  7. hornetboy1

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    A CB has to come in. We cannot go into full season with just 4, when we're using 3 in every starting XI. Backup being just Pollock then no one else. A strong DMF or a CB has to come in. We're already down to just 1 fit full back, so we can see the issues we're facing just 3 games into a season.
     
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  8. The undeniable truth

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    Kamara on loan would be amusing ? Haha could we really do that to him, imagine his little face....and then play him at RB !
     
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    Wouldn't surprise me at all if they consider Livermore as able to cover as a fifth centre back (or possibly even fourth ahead of Pollock).
     
  10. The undeniable truth

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    I expect he can play centre forward or GK cover too, if we need him to.
     
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    Wonder whether Masina is being considered as LCB/LB cover.
     
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    Well I hope you're correct. I still can't see it though.
     
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    How many 'shake it all abouts'?
     
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    Criminal how much money we were wasting on wages for the majority of those that have left
     
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    Leeds are a big club. Watford are tinpot
     
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    Brandon Williams seems to be moving to Ipswich on loan with option to buy.

    Young, English, and can cover both full-back positions. He's mostly played left-back, despite being more right-footed, and I always thought he'd have more chance of kicking on if he switched to focusing more on playing right-back. I wonder if that's where Ipswich will more use him as well given they've already got Leif Davis at LB.

    He would have been handy here in our current circumstances, though with Kieran McKenna at Ipswich we probably wouldn't have had much chance of getting him instead.
     
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    I hope not.
     
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    awful attitude, would keep as far away as possible
     
  19. Hogg-DEENEY!!!

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    Imagine him trying Hoedt's long raking passes
     
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    I'd rather not!!
     
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    Holy hell that's a lot of outgoings.
     
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    I agree, but then reading through it again half of them should of been sold/listed when we got relegated in the 19/20 season. It's nice to have finally cleared a lot of them out and slashed the wage bill, but the problem is now we are light on players in positions like CB. Had we been more careful about doing this, say get rid of three then bring in two from any profit we made, we would be in a much better position squad wise than we are right now. But, this is how Gino wants to run things, and I very much doubt he is going to change tact going forward.
     
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    Yes I'd heard similar, but McKenna will have obviously worked with him a lot before and clearly thinks he's not a completely lost cause.
     
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    For some reason I read that as 'Wonder whether Mariappa is being considered...."
     
  25. The undeniable truth

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    Signing Rajovic has probably made this our best transfer window since 2005. These are the facts.
     
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    From what I’ve heard of him, he certainly wouldn’t be considered based on the focus around hard work and team spirit.
     
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    Livermore can fill in at centre half if needed
     
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    Thats us done until the loan windows up in September now I imagine. Still got one loan spot left now havnt we?
     
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    I think there will be more to come next week
     
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    Which positions do you reckon?
     
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    Not sure to be honest but have heard they’re still very active in many talks and negotiations
     
  33. UEA_Hornet

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    There hasn't been a separate loan window outside of the standard transfer window for a few years now.
     
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    Likely unrelated to us, but the Saudi window closes a week after the European window. If some Saudi clubs make some last minute moves for players it could chuck some clubs into disarray as they're unable to replace players.
     
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    Does it slam shut on somebody’s head?
     
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