Transfer Deadline Day today……

[Mr Soul '68]

Re: Transfer Deadline Day today……

Just had a missed call from City. Maybe they’ve decided to take a gamble and offer me terms as a 57 year old back up keeper. Or it could be they have finally managed to sort my season ticket out.

Knowing City of late, Smithies has gone, and you are the back up keeper for the rest of the season :hehe:

[City123]

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Unfortunately the players they’ve developed and sold over the years puts us to shame… we’re not even in the same stratosphere

Not very good at getting a fair price though. £2.5m is how much Roberts has gone for

[logic]

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Knowing City of late, Smithies has gone, and you are the back up keeper for the rest of the season :hehe:

Logic would indicate George Ratcliffe will be pleased that fans consider him secondary to a 57 year old named after a fictional character.

[AfricanBluebird]

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he's had a lot less cash to play with though

Outgoings included..
Joe Bennett
Jonny Williams
Sol Bamba
Junior Hoilett
James Waite
Joe Day
Robert Glatzel
Max Watters - loan
Gavin Whyte - loan
Ryan Wintle - loan

Plus we lost Ojo, Wilson & Osei-Tutu

Incomings...
James Collins
Mark McGuinness
Ryan Wintle - in and now back out
Ryan Giles - loan

13 out and 4 in. Of the 4 in .. one has been sent straight back out on loan and McGuiness likely to be back up only.

Essentially two players in.

While I'm certainly not advocating for a huge recruitment, as some of the youngsters are good enough, I do feel we are lacking some attacking players.

So yeah he has had limited funds, but there is no way anyone can argue this has been a decent transfer window.

[logic]

Re: Transfer Deadline Day today……

Outgoings included..
Joe Bennett
Jonny Williams
Sol Bamba
Junior Hoilett
James Waite
Joe Day
Robert Glatzel
Max Watters - loan
Gavin Whyte - loan
Ryan Wintle - loan

Plus we lost Ojo, Wilson & Osei-Tutu

Incomings...
James Collins
Mark McGuinness
Ryan Wintle - in and now back out
Ryan Giles - loan

13 out and 4 in. Of the 4 in .. one has been sent straight back out on loan and McGuiness likely to be back up only.

Essentially two players in.

While I'm certainly not advocating for a huge recruitment, as some of the youngsters are good enough, I do feel we are lacking some attacking players.

So yeah he has had limited funds, but there is no way anyone can argue this has been a decent transfer window.

Logic dictates there are many factors into defining a decent transfer window.

Outgoings have included higher aged, waged, unlikely to play players ( Bennett, Williams, Bamba, Hoilett, Day, Glatzel ). Waite wasn't going to make it with us; played LWB for the u23s last season seemed to seal his fate.

Watters, Whyte loaned out to reduce their wages, with contributions almost certainly being made by loaning club; also put in shop window.

Of the incomings, we've a young central defender who can pass the ball - helps for the future with an aging set of central defenders; also useful for transitioning style. Collins is a useful, experienced backup. Giles is a quality player albeit on loan.

Incomings should realistically also include youngsters who are now far nearer to first team football than at any point over the last decade. Sang, Bagan, Colwill have so far not looked out of place. isaak Davis is highly rated and Sam Bowen , Kieran Evans can't be that far off getting some appearances.

From that perspective, it's been a decent transfer window that sets the club for the longer term. We still need to offload some players - Josh Murphy springs to mind.

[dml1954]

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Outgoings included..
Joe Bennett
Jonny Williams
Sol Bamba
Junior Hoilett
James Waite
Joe Day
Robert Glatzel
Max Watters - loan
Gavin Whyte - loan
Ryan Wintle - loan

Plus we lost Ojo, Wilson & Osei-Tutu

Incomings...
James Collins
Mark McGuinness
Ryan Wintle - in and now back out
Ryan Giles - loan

13 out and 4 in. Of the 4 in .. one has been sent straight back out on loan and McGuiness likely to be back up only.

Essentially two players in.

While I'm certainly not advocating for a huge recruitment, as some of the youngsters are good enough, I do feel we are lacking some attacking players.

So yeah he has had limited funds, but there is no way anyone can argue this has been a decent transfer window.

We had too large a squad. Waite and Day weren't first team players anyway. Bennett had a serious injury. Bamba was 36 and Williams was rarely playing.

[Rjk]

Re: Transfer Deadline Day today……

Outgoings included..
Joe Bennett
Jonny Williams
Sol Bamba
Junior Hoilett
James Waite
Joe Day
Robert Glatzel
Max Watters - loan
Gavin Whyte - loan
Ryan Wintle - loan

Plus we lost Ojo, Wilson & Osei-Tutu

Incomings...
James Collins
Mark McGuinness
Ryan Wintle - in and now back out
Ryan Giles - loan

13 out and 4 in. Of the 4 in .. one has been sent straight back out on loan and McGuiness likely to be back up only.

Essentially two players in.

While I'm certainly not advocating for a huge recruitment, as some of the youngsters are good enough, I do feel we are lacking some attacking players.

So yeah he has had limited funds, but there is no way anyone can argue this has been a decent transfer window.

I think it has been a decent window.
yes we are weaker than last season, but that was inevitable really given the financial situation.
our money coming in will be less than half this season than it was last season. that's like a relegation in most leagues.
we probably have a fair bit of cost cutting to go.
given that I think we've made some sensible moves that could have good upsides.

[surge]

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Jamal Lowe to Bournemouth. Selling anything that moves down west. They are not happy.

Well if you are going to name your stadium the SCS...

Apart from scoring against us here, of course, Jamal Lowe hasn't worked out well for them and getting £2.5 million for player in last year of contract isn't bad business...

he says looking at all the players we're paying for this year and then losing for free next year.

[surge]

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QPR going after Andre Gray, Birmingham getting Troy Deeney, Middlesborough, Bournemouth and and Fulham spending big...

Appears that many see this season as a big opportunity for them.

Through want or necessity we're mostly planning for next year onwards, but seeing us still aim for top 6 (premier league loan, keeping hold of star striker, manager who knows his way to the play-offs) while looking to the future makes this the most interesting season since our year in the Premier League.

We've had some bad years in the past decade but the frequently seen moaning on here is mostly about what happened then (and the consequence we're still seeing) rather than what's happening now.

[Tuerto]

Re: Transfer Deadline Day today……

Just had a missed call from City. Maybe they’ve decided to take a gamble and offer me terms as a 57 year old back up keeper. Or it could be they have finally managed to sort my season ticket out.

2 year deal and a £10 token for Argos.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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Unfortunately the players they’ve developed and sold over the years puts us to shame… we’re not even in the same stratosphere

Isn't there only one stratosphere? :getscoat:

[Rjk]

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Isn't there only one stratosphere? :getscoat:

I suppose it is likely that there are other planets with a layer in their atmospheres with Similar properties

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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I suppose it is likely that there are other planets with a layer in their atmospheres with Similar properties

True. I was being very parochial.

[Citizen's Nephew]

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True. I was being very parochial.

You've just taken parochialism to a whole new dimension.

[City123]

Re: Transfer Deadline Day today……

Ethan Ampadu is available on loan, would he come to the Championship?