westernpark Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 28 minutes ago, ealingfox said: Should be offering him a deal today, zero reasons why not. His corners are outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 6 minutes ago, KFS said: We just got comfortably beaten by a side who plays Dan Burn at left back, so I don’t see that as an issue. Have Castagne be the attacking full back and Blind the one to stay back and tuck in given he can play LB or LCB. Can’t be worse than what we’ve got. Fair point with Dan Burn, but that’s an exception to the norm. We play with attacking full backs, Blind isn’t providing that, and his height means that’s another vulnerability at corners if he plays CB. He isn’t the answer imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnup Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 Exactly the type of player we will look at, not saying it's what we need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silebyfox_89 Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 In the minority but its a no from me for Daley Blind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimJams Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 The Dutch Ryan Bertrand? Yes please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksz Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 Blind actually really suits the inverted LB system we were playing whilst Justin was fit. It’s our RB that needs the legs to go high and wide. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyC74 Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 Interesting that Percy is talking 3 incoming targets including a new centre back. Given the squad issues earlier this season, numbers wise and FFP wise, must assume the Club has some outgoings lined up and have crunched the numbers to make sure it is doable. in any event let’s hope they understand we need first team starters and no more squad fillers 🙏🙏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza M Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 I really hope we aren't allowing Brendan to shop in the Jan "bargain bucket" to fill our squad. Would rather we signed 1 quality player than 3 squad fillers. Must be 3 or 4 due out the door to raise some funds and allow space. Really don't trust Brendan to build a squad and I honestly don't think he will hang around to do it anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chocolate Teapot Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 Percy wrote the exact same article in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattolcfc Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 Look how we go about our work compared to other clubs, it’s pretty appalling. Liverpool already have a player signed and will join on January 1st, whereas we will no doubt be waiting until Transfer Deadline Day for a last minute rushed signing. The hard work should have been done behind the scenes during the World Cup break and new players ready to join when the window opens. It always baffles me leaving signings until the last minute, not only have you lost the whole month they could have joined in but you lose another month getting them up to speed with the Premier League and/or the way the team plays. It could be 5 or 6 games later than if they signed at the start of the window and those 5 or 6 games, this season, could be the difference between Premier League or Championship football next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackneyfox Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 10 minutes ago, wattolcfc said: Look how we go about our work compared to other clubs, it’s pretty appalling. Liverpool already have a player signed and will join on January 1st, whereas we will no doubt be waiting until Transfer Deadline Day for a last minute rushed signing. The hard work should have been done behind the scenes during the World Cup break and new players ready to join when the window opens. It always baffles me leaving signings until the last minute, not only have you lost the whole month they could have joined in but you lose another month getting them up to speed with the Premier League and/or the way the team plays. It could be 5 or 6 games later than if they signed at the start of the window and those 5 or 6 games, this season, could be the difference between Premier League or Championship football next season. Players will be chomping at the bit to join teams like Liverpool, if we want to sign quality players it’s likely that they will hold out in the hope that a better team comes in for them. If we want to be top six then we players of that standard, we have to accept that at the moment we will be second choice to many of those players. Fairly sure that the club don’t have a policy of signing players late in a window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankieADZ Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 would love us to go for someone like Evan Ndicka, isnt his contract up in the summer too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 1 hour ago, FrankieADZ said: would love us to go for someone like Evan Ndicka, isnt his contract up in the summer too Hasn't he gone on record saying he wants CL football year in, year out which is ironic given the year he's opted not to sign a new deal they are playing in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 The January windows we have spent money, the signing/s were wrapped up either in late December or very early in January. I think we are likely in for another month of frustration and if so the signings maybe stop gaps which I'd hope are loans but would love to be surprised with some much needed quality, without it and without Maddison we are well in the mix for relegation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dames Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 Can’t have us signing Daley Blind. He’ll get a 3 year deal on 70 bags and break down within 6 months. Hardest of no’s. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc_forever Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 40 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: The January windows we have spent money, the signing/s were wrapped up either in late December or very early in January. I think we are likely in for another month of frustration and if so the signings maybe stop gaps which I'd hope are loans but would love to be surprised with some much needed quality, without it and without Maddison we are well in the mix for relegation. i'm a bit more optimistic - with Glover in place, and our record of signings out of the blue, I'm hopeful of a good window. We also signed Tielemans on loan late in the January window, and I think Huth was not at the start either. We've typically been quiet in the January window since being promoted but all the noises from the club appear to be we'll be far more active. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 Transfers in early? “We’ve had a period of time now to know what it is we need. Hopefully we can get that done sooner rather than later. That’s the plan. Hopefully that can take place early in the window.” Profiles of potential signings? “Most of my teams have always had two wingers who are fast and can threaten the back-line. Left-back, we need somebody to come in, because we’ve only got Luke. We need more stature in the team. Clearly you need that at centre-half. The stature of the team we can increase. The power and speed in the front-line is clearly needed.” Discussions with out-of-contract players? “There’s been ongoing conversations with Soyuncu, Amartey, and Evans as well. We’ve been speaking to the representatives for a while.” 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vindaloo FOX Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 Wouldn't surprise me if we went in for Jakub Kiwior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-sodapop Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 36 minutes ago, Vindaloo FOX said: Wouldn't surprise me if we went in for Jakub Kiwior. Big fan of this, get Wasilewski to put a word in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YesNdidi Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 57 minutes ago, moore_94 said: Profiles of potential signings? “Most of my teams have always had two wingers who are fast and can threaten the back-line. Left-back, we need somebody to come in, because we’ve only got Luke. We need more stature in the team. Clearly you need that at centre-half. The stature of the team we can increase. The power and speed in the front-line is clearly needed.” By “winger” he means that instead of finally alleviating the glaring RW problem, we will sign some verifiably useless shitter (like Boga) who primarily plays on the left anyway, to serve as backup for Barnes whilst we continue to shoehorn players into the RW position. It will be the last of the three positions we address too, despite being the most obvious long-term issue. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dames Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 1 hour ago, moore_94 said: Transfers in early? “We’ve had a period of time now to know what it is we need. Hopefully we can get that done sooner rather than later. That’s the plan. Hopefully that can take place early in the window.” Profiles of potential signings? “Most of my teams have always had two wingers who are fast and can threaten the back-line. Left-back, we need somebody to come in, because we’ve only got Luke. We need more stature in the team. Clearly you need that at centre-half. The stature of the team we can increase. The power and speed in the front-line is clearly needed.” Discussions with out-of-contract players? “There’s been ongoing conversations with Soyuncu, Amartey, and Evans as well. We’ve been speaking to the representatives for a while.” Why on earth would Soyuncu sign a new deal after being frozen out for 9 months? Amateur hour or what. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFS Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Dames said: Why on earth would Soyuncu sign a new deal after being frozen out for 9 months? Amateur hour or what. The question wasn’t ‘is Soyuncu signing a deal?’ It was who are you actively talking to about a new deal. Very likely we’ve entered into negotiations, he’s not interested because his agent is ****ing about and that’s when he’s downed tools and started pulling out of challenges. Edited 28 December 2022 by KFS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 3 hours ago, Vindaloo FOX said: Wouldn't surprise me if we went in for Jakub Kiwior. Would be keen on that, I think we will look at Ronnie Edwards at Peterborough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacreblueits442 Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 4 hours ago, Ric Flair said: The January windows we have spent money, the signing/s were wrapped up either in late December or very early in January. I think we are likely in for another month of frustration and if so the signings maybe stop gaps which I'd hope are loans but would love to be surprised with some much needed quality, without it and without Maddison we are well in the mix for relegation. ...defeatist!!! Where has all your fervour gone, where is the hope and optimism of the oft spoken about and less seen Right Winger. Glover will be a game changer for us, I believe he will bring in a few quality signings, we are looking to kick on, not over our shoulders. This is an exciting window coming up, we should be chomping at the bit for the window to be open. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 2 minutes ago, sacreblueits442 said: ...defeatist!!! Where has all your fervour gone, where is the hope and optimism of the oft spoken about and less seen Right Winger. Glover will be a game changer for us, I believe he will bring in a few quality signings, we are looking to kick on, not over our shoulders. This is an exciting window coming up, we should be chomping at the bit for the window to be open. I've never had any optimism about Martyn Glover, his track record is extremely nondescript / mediocre but that could just be the clubs he's been at. I am hoping however as part of a team he might do well but I'm certainly not confident. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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