January Transfer Window 2023

[Northeastblue]

Should have had somebody ready to start training this morning.

Absolutely disgraceful, in our situation, that we haven't even lined up anybody.

And yet again you're spouting your bile with absolutely no foundation whatsoever. Pathetic.

 

[blueboy72]

Odegaard only cost Arsenal £34m.

McNeil and Maupay £35m.

We need to make sure we sign quality instead of quantity.

First you have to attract the players and Maupay and McNeil were cheap down payments. Also it’s 24mil plus add ons

 

[Mr Happy]

Should have had somebody ready to start training this morning.

Absolutely disgraceful, in our situation, that we haven't even lined up anybody.

Doubt they're in today but carry on !

 

[nsno-chris]

This isn’t Football Manager, it’s the real world. Nobody is compelled to accept our offers. I suspect the reality is that we have to sell first before we can buy.

That’s why you tend to have a full year to plan. You know, that utter weird concept where you look at all your variables and start having things out in place

Oh struggling with cash, let’s look at lower divisions or countries outside of mainland Europe. Or, let’s look at the loan situation.

And we don’t have to sell at all

 

[Amokachi1995]

It’s hard to know what logic is at play here.

If we say we need a wide forward and a striker, I think it’s fair to say we probably don’t have the funds to get a quality player for each of those positions.

Maybe Simms coming back means we’re going to go all-in on the wide forward.

Or maybe not. Maybe he’s just a nice-to-have extra option that we may as well have at our disposal, given he’s already our player.

Simms has at least shown an ability to put the ball in the net, and whether he’s viewed by Everton as the answer, or simply an additional answer, we don’t yet know.

But I’m very much of the opinion that it’s not a bad move to bring him back.

I'm clinging onto the hope that it is a way of reinforcing the centre forward position whilst saving budget for elsewhere. Hopefully Simms isn't all we are doing...

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Sigh…

it doesn’t work like that. We are a team in a relegation scrap and constrained financially. I am sure there are plenty teams lining up to sell us their PL ready saviours for a pittance.

The business will probably get done at the end of the window because of our current status. That’s the reality of our situation.

Personally I'll be shocked if we bring in more than 1-2 players on loan.

I think a lot of the fans are in for dissapointment.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

And yet again you're spouting your bile with absolutely no foundation whatsoever. Pathetic.

It’s his standard behaviour

 

[Northeastblue]

I'll be perfectly happy with one signing, provided that's someone who converts the chances we create and can hold the ball up to get us up the pitch. Can we find the next Dzeko or Giroud, or Calvert-Lewin on the cheap somewhere in Europe ?

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Personally I'll be shocked if we bring in more than 1-2 players on loan.

I think a lot of the fans are in for dissapointment.

Here I go again….. at least one decent signing not loan

 

[hktoffee]

Personally I'll be shocked if we bring in more than 1-2 players on loan.

I think a lot of the fans are in for dissapointment.

The Utd winger on loan and the Coventry striker on perm.

 

[andy4efc]

The Utd winger on loan and the Coventry striker on perm.

Doubt we will go for Gyokores. Hence us bringing Simms back.

 

[Clarky cat]

I'm clinging onto the hope that it is a way of reinforcing the centre forward position whilst saving budget for elsewhere. Hopefully Simms isn't all we are doing...

I hope the same as you and It is reinforcing the position regardless. He’s already further along his development and is a better striker than Cannon (who might make the grade but shouldn’t be in a position at his age and experience of having the fortunes of the club resting on his shoulders) who has been getting on the bench so I don’t understand the criticism. It’s probably borne out of the club actually doing something that makes sense for a change and people don’t know how to react

 

[hktoffee]

Doubt we will go for Gyokores. Hence us bringing Simms back.

Opps then only the Utd winger on loan.

 

[Clarky cat]

Personally I'll be shocked if we bring in more than 1-2 players on loan.

I hope a lot of the fans are in for dissapointment.

fixed that for yous pal

 

[Tree13]

Doubt we will go for Gyokores. Hence us bringing Simms back.

Somebody pointed out yesterday that Simms has a better ratio of minutes played per goal than Gyokeres does. In the same division.

If that's true, what's the point of buying Gyokeres instead of recalling Simms, unless there's some starkly obvious reason why Simms definitely WON'T make it at Prem level and Gyokeres definitely will?

Let's upgrade the wide options: I'd be happy to see Gordon and Gray backing up two new arrivals. Tsygankov remains interesting IMHO.