January 2019 Transfer Window

[hallamblue]

I know we were told we weren’t signing anyone at the beginning, but it still feels pretty rubbish now I realise we really aren’t signing anyone.

To be honest, the state of our bloated squad I'd be more concerned if we did sign someone, unless they were young and less than £15 million, and on reasonable wages.

 

[E_Xander_10]

We need to stop overpaying for big club castoffs. We need to buy the best young players from smaller clubs and develop them. That should be our model for the future.

Yes couldn’t have said it better. I’ve said too that we should look to a team like BVB. They have developed their own young players that have turned into undyingly loyal players for the club that will or have played their careers out at the club. That will be the core of our team and we can supplement them with signings to fill the gaps.

 

[E_Xander_10]

My god.

We are not signing anyone.

I feel like you’re using the approach of the Spurs fans who don’t want to jinx a chance at a title run by saying they have a chance. But for signing someone

 

[Billy Dean]

If we could get Schneiderlin and McCarthy punted and a couple in who are capable of covering Gueye and Gomes I would be very happy

 

[ijjysmith]

I feel like you’re using the approach of the Spurs fans who don’t want to jinx a chance at a title run by saying they have a chance. But for signing someone

Sort of.

But I’m not sure how much clearer the club can make it to people that we’re not bringing anyone in.

 

[havrey0123]

Will be interesting to see if he signs gomes and zouma in the summer, you would expect that to be the majority of the transfer kitty, plus a striker from player sales

 

[E_Xander_10]

Will be interesting to see if he signs gomes and zouma in the summer, you would expect that to be the majority of the transfer kitty, plus a striker from player sales

Still not sold on either of them but the Zouma/Keane Zouma/Digne partnerships are interesting

 

[billyblue80]

We need to stop overpaying for big club castoffs. We need to buy the best young players from smaller clubs and develop them. That should be our model for the future.

Exactly these kinds of players have hunger and future value too. The cast offs that weren't good enough for a top squad lack that and have comfort in their already huge bank balances. I worry even a few of the Barca cast offs(bar Digne) we bought fall into this category. The only way to build something better is from a lower base and on potential, this constant churn of cast offs from top six squads is largely why we end up with mediocrity..

 

[Tel001]

No mate dont blame Gana for the goals.
Both were from us wasting possession in the middle of the pitch while you could tarmac a motorway between our centre backs .
Dont give the ball away , them goals dont happen.

Gana was the one that kicked it out for a Throw playing an easy ball to lookman for the first wasn’t it?

 

[Goat]

Hopefully we see another sale or 2 this week then the window closes without us signing anybody.

Thats currently my favourite outcome.

Oh God, we sell Lookman and Gana, give McCarthy a 6 year contract, I would die a happy man.

 

[GwladysBlue]

Will be interesting to see if he signs gomes and zouma in the summer, you would expect that to be the majority of the transfer kitty, plus a striker from player sales

I wouldn't sign either of them.

 

[ForeverEverton]

Yeah we also watched the Burnley game. Gana has a high passing rate because he passes backwards mostly. If he tries to pass forwards anything over 5 yards it usually ends up gifting possession away and it puts us in trouble.

Like the previous poster said gana is at most useful when we're playing defensive but against the other 13 teams in the leauge he offers little.

Gomes has had a bad few games, everyone has but in the midfield it's all on gomes. Sigurdsson is too far forward and gana litraly offers nothing on the ball. That's where we are loosing the midfield battle every game. All the attention is on gomes because he has to do all the work. Gana only ever dose 3 things with the ball pass to the defence, pass to gomes or give the ball away. All that time gana spends on the ball is just dead time for me. Where someone creative like sigurdsson in that position could do damage there.

Honestly I'd play the way we did against Burnley and drop gana play 3 at the back and let sigurdsson and gomes play as a deep cm's with a tight front 3. Drop Coleman and play Kenny, with the 3 at the back he'd be more protected.

One things for sure the way we're playing and the formation we're playing isn't working.

Man City play a 4-1-4-1 which becomes a 4-3-3 when attacking, Silva should take note.....

 

[Blue Juice]

Mass sales please. Prefer to lose money through selling the cowards for a loss that to buy more

 

[BlueStevie35]

I wouldn't sign either of them.

Why?

 

[GwladysBlue]

Why?

They’re both bang average.