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Post by adoptedessexstokie on Dec 31, 2017 0:51:23 GMT
Aden Flint - Centre Half (Bristol City) Tom Cairney - Midfielder (Fulham) Ollie Watkins - Forward (Brentford) Bobby Reid - Midfielder (Bristol City)
These are the type of players that we should be targeting. Top Championship players who would: a) Relish the step up to a club like Stoke b) Give their all as young hungry pro's that want to prove & better themselves
This is the model Burnley predominantly choose to go down & one that Stoke once used when signing the likes of Walters from Ipswich. Obviously these clubs would stick a premium on them as young British players, but I'd rather watch these lads give their all for a club that they would be proud to play for, instead of these shit house mercenaries who represent us at the moment who clearly see us as a safe haven & easy earner (knob jockey Wimmer), or some of the shite that we get linked with every transfer window.
Our Transfer policy needs an utter revamp. If we even have one!
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Post by Edward Tattsyrup on Dec 31, 2017 1:01:59 GMT
Aden Flint - Centre Half (Bristol City) Tom Cairney - Midfielder (Fulham) Ollie Watkins - Forward (Brentford) Bobby Reid - Midfielder (Bristol City) These are the type of players that we should be targeting. Top Championship players who would: a) Relish the step up to a club like Stoke b) Give their all as young hungry pro's that want to prove & better themselves This is the model Burnley predominantly choose to go down & one that Stoke once used when signing the likes of Walters from Ipswich. Obviously these clubs would stick a premium on them as young British players, but I'd rather watch these lads give their all for a club that they would be proud to play for, instead of these shit house mercenaries who represent us at the moment who clearly see us as a safe haven & easy earner (knob jockey Wimmer), or some of the shite that we get linked with every transfer window. Our Transfer policy needs an utter revamp. If we even have one! I suspect even those four would cost more than we are prepared to spend.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2017 1:11:14 GMT
Why on earth would the Bristol City lads come to this club?!
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Post by adoptedessexstokie on Dec 31, 2017 1:22:14 GMT
Why on earth would the Bristol City lads come to this club?! They may not but I'm more using these type of players as an example. These are the type of players we should be scouting & bringing in to build the nucleus of the team. Our team is like a patchwork quilt at the moment some down to injury but mainly because of our bullshit transfer policy.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 31, 2017 1:30:41 GMT
We need a mixture of all sorts of signings.
You shouldn't limit yourself.
We need to get players from the Championship, from abroad, from wherever really.
More importantly is the type of player they are.
We need to get a manager in who knows how he wants to play and buy the players accordingly.
We haven't done that.
We've chased players and not had back ups.
We've signed players because they played against us in a friendly.
We changed our whole philosophy formation wise because Hughes watched Joe Allen in the Euros. And then signed him based on that.
We took 3 months to sign a loan player when we already had a deal to sign him.
We've loaned a player who has so many things up with him I can't be arsed to list them.
We replaced our best attacker with said loan player.
Etc etc
There has been no plan. It's been hap hazard at best, a complete cluster fuck at it's worst.
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Post by adoptedessexstokie on Dec 31, 2017 1:33:39 GMT
We need a mixture of all sorts of signings. You shouldn't limit yourself. We need to get players from the Championship, from abroad, from wherever really. More importantly is the type of player they are. We need to get a manager in who knows how he wants to play and buy the players accordingly. We haven't done that. We've chased players and not had back ups. We've signed players because they played against us Ina friendly. We changed our whole philosophy formation wise because Hughes watched Joe Allen in the Euros. And then signed him and based on that. We took 3 months to sign a loan player when we already had a deal to sign him. We've loaned a player who has so many things up with him I can't be arsed to list them. We replaced our best attacker with said loan player. Etc etc There has been no plan. It's been hap hazard at best, a complete cluster fuck at it's worst.
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Post by arnie3010 on Dec 31, 2017 1:39:37 GMT
First of all, we need a new manager.
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Post by adoptedessexstokie on Dec 31, 2017 1:41:06 GMT
Agree it's an all round clusterfuck & seems like we're now in survival mode every season. Needs changing starting with Hughes IMO
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Post by boskampsflaps on Dec 31, 2017 1:41:09 GMT
Why on earth would the Bristol City lads come to this club?! Asever ££££££££££
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Post by potterpaul on Dec 31, 2017 2:16:21 GMT
Goalkeeper Sell Butland scout Australia for no.2 to Grant but decent enough to challenge him for No.1 spot. Scout Australia for young up and coming no.3 for loan or Under 23. Australia as a reputation for decent keepers probably due to playing AFL, they command their 6 yard box and shouldn't cost much more than £5m max.
LB/RBbig money spend for the best prospects in Championship £25-30m CB all out for rock solid Italian and exciting youngster from lower div £30-40m
CM Hard as nails, eye for a pass, brick wall with fucking buttress type ideally from Germany £30m
Forward A Beattie type player who could simply just test a keeper £25-30m
Roughly £105m after Butland sale
This is the cost of penny pinching for the past 4 or 5 Windows
Most importantly steer clear of French and Portuguese leagues, Tottenham and any club managed by Pulis, all turned out to be disastrous.
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