January Transfer Thread 2017

[bluestevon]

Not sure how true this is but it's believable
http://royalbluemersey.sbnation.com...l-involved-player-transfer-deals-negotiations

Interesting, basically the club making it known whose responsible if things go wrong, nicely leaked to stick Kenwright under pressure to get things done or face the music i hope

 

[marsh]

Robertson is out of contract in the summer.

Reckon we should be all over that. Class act.

Bertrand is good, but his tattoos are gash. Swerve.

He could wear long sleeve

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

If we get in Gallacher then surely it means the end of Galloway and Garbutt too?

I always saw Galloway as more of a centre back myself.

He's only 17 this lad. I think we'd just loan him back to. Falkirk if we signed him at the moment

I second Ijjy regards Galloway

 

[BlueToff]

He could wear long sleeve

they're on his neck mate

 

[toffeeblue9]

Robertson is out of contract in the summer.

Reckon we should be all over that. Class act.

Bertrand is good, but his tattoos are gash. Swerve.

Is he?!?

I'd agree, particularly in the 343 system we play now. I'd get rid of Oviedo and Garbutt and have this lad every single day. He'd be genuine competition for Baines, not just a back-up who we'd never really want to see on the pitch

 

[Eggs]

...we've got 2 of the 'Top 5' January transfers on SSN (based on cost). Schneiderlin is tops and Lookman is 5th.

 

[orly]

...we've got 2 of the 'Top 5' January transfers on SSN (based on cost). Schneiderlin is tops and Lookman is 5th.

Shaping up to be a pretty quiet window I think @Eggs

 

[milks]

I always saw Galloway as more of a centre back myself.

He is a centre back.

 

[neil999]

...we've got 2 of the 'Top 5' January transfers on SSN (based on cost). Schneiderlin is tops and Lookman is 5th.

HOORAY!

 

[billytoffee]

He could wear long sleeve

they're on his neck mate

Balaclava !

 

[BlueToff]

HOORAY!

Aye, we're the biggest spenders so far in the Prem

And it's still underwhelming

Still reckon there's one or two more to come in... With up to four out.

 

[neil999]

thank goodness we dont have a match to get in the way of transfer speculation this weekend

 

[Hangleton]

Balaclava !

Bring back the snood.

 

[Angle c]

I always wonder how you can be a 17 year old left back wonder kid? what does a wonder kid left back do so brilliantly? I can understand a 6 foot 4 17 year old centre back or a wonder kid up front but not a full back.

I'd imagine he just looks a hell of a lot better than most other full backs his age.

 

[marchy]

The 343 formation is an interesting one, it allows centre backs like Holgate more opportunity to play in their natrual position rather than being pushed to full back. Like a couple of people have said this would suite Galloway who didn't have quite good enough distribution to play as a modern full back but certainly has many of the qualities required to play as a left sided centre back in a 3. It also propobably suites the modern full back a bit more who these days is probably as good if not better going forward as they are defending. Connelly is a player who may benefit having played pretty much everyone in defence and midfield is probably well suited to that wide player in the four whilst like Baines and Coleman being able to slot into a back 4 if required. It will be interesting to see if Koeman persists with this formation and what effect it has on player recruitment and development from the under 23s and below. It may be that the like of Dowell have more of a chance of a break through as the forward.