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Post by baconburger on Jul 12, 2024 8:56:00 GMT
Proof the striker market hasn’t cooled at all since last Summer. I hope we’ve got a very big kitty. Think we probably haven't if we aren't in for Parrott at that price Can't say I've knowingly seen him play. Even less proven than what was going for that sort of money last Summer ie Simms, Cannon, Stewart. It's a crazy market. Liam Delap £15M rising to £20M you must need about £50M for something really proven.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2024 9:06:25 GMT
Our old friend Fishpaste reckons Sunderland have offered a deal to Blondy. Wow
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Post by foxysgloves on Jul 12, 2024 9:09:35 GMT
Is there any reliable site where they show transfers completed for Championship clubs?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2024 9:12:11 GMT
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Post by etebojan on Jul 12, 2024 9:13:49 GMT
That's a lot of money for Parrott. He certainly isn't cheep... Expensive and I don't think he's the right character, i heard he got fired from the pet shop he worked in as a lad... ...apparently he was caught with his hands in the Trill.
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Post by foxysgloves on Jul 12, 2024 9:13:51 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2024 9:15:07 GMT
Bear in mind it lists all players returning from a loan as an incoming, which is frustrating when you are trying to skim read it.
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Post by banksy1art on Jul 12, 2024 9:16:15 GMT
We are in a much much better position than this time last season, a big squad is heading to cork including 3 new additions already. We only need players who will improve on our current squad, we don’t need numbers like last year. Didn’t we have 5 first teamers and Enda Steven’s as our only signing for the Benidorm trip last season? No need to panic, we obviously want to splash out on a few good players who Will definitely improve us and we’ve still got 5 loan slots…
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Post by baconburger on Jul 12, 2024 9:18:28 GMT
We are in a much much better position than this time last season, a big squad is heading to cork including 3 new additions already. We only need players who will improve on our current squad, we don’t need numbers like last year. Didn’t we have 5 first teamers and Enda Steven’s as our only signing for the Benidorm trip last season? No need to panic, we obvious want to splash out on a few good players who Will definitely improve us and we’ve still got 5 loan slots… Hopefully
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Post by foxysgloves on Jul 12, 2024 9:19:30 GMT
Pretty slow all round looking at that .
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Post by foxysgloves on Jul 12, 2024 9:20:25 GMT
Bear in mind it lists all players returning from a loan as an incoming, which is frustrating when you are trying to skim read it. Yeah bit confusing but very handy to see all clubs together. Didn’t realise Burnley had spent quite as much!
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Post by gaznandi on Jul 12, 2024 9:30:37 GMT
www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-city-transfer-news-gossip-9406170Schumacher said: “Yeah we are (looking for front players) – and a few other different areas of the pitch. The squad is looking strong. We’ve pretty much got two players at the moment for every position that are fit. We’re in decent shape but we would like to improve the squad further if we can as well.” He added: “The quicker we can get players in the better because it gives us more chance to work with them in pre-season and be ready for when August comes. We are actively looking, we’re working really hard behind the scenes. “But we won’t bring in signings for the sake of it. I’ve said from Day One that we need to get the right people in, the right personalities, good characters and people who will help to improve the team. “The squad is strong but there will be comings and goings I’m sure over the next few weeks.” Goings will be important too as Schumacher tries to keep a senior squad of about 22, leaving space for emerging talent such as Sol Sidibe and Jaden Dixon. There has been speculation over the futures of senior midfielders Lewis Baker, Josh Laurent and Daniel Johnson. Schumacher, when asked about exits happening, said: “Possibly. We’ve got young boys who have loan options too. It will be a whirlwind as it always is before that transfer window shuts.”
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Post by chiswickpotter on Jul 12, 2024 9:42:30 GMT
We are in a much much better position than this time last season, a big squad is heading to cork including 3 new additions already. We only need players who will improve on our current squad, we don’t need numbers like last year. Didn’t we have 5 first teamers and Enda Steven’s as our only signing for the Benidorm trip last season? No need to panic, we obvious want to splash out on a few good players who Will definitely improve us and we’ve still got 5 loan slots… Agreed. We need a right back, we have two back ups currently who are both poor positionally, another centre back unless Dixon is ready, a right sided midfielder who can get up with the strikers, a centre forward and a rapid wide man. We should be letting Leris, Vidigal, Baker and Johnson go, plus Ennis if we think Tezgel can do the job
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Post by CBUFAWKIPWH on Jul 12, 2024 9:52:57 GMT
We went negative. Results improved. We survived. That isn't hypothetical it is what happened. It's fact, not opinion. You are saying if Schumacher carried on playing positive football we might have survived. That might have happened. However it isn't what happened. That is opinion, not fact. Can't you see the difference? Not really we went negative and picked up some points but then changed again from Plymouth (H) onwards and won the last three games. Without those 9 pts we could still have gone down. So because you believe it was right you’re crediting going negative with saving us from relegation it didn’t 56 -9 = 47 Birmingham were relegated with 50 pts. Even 3 draws could have seen us relegated had we continued with our goal a game average. The point is if we had not gone pragmatic and continued being open we wouldn't have been on 47 points coming into the last three games - we would have been dead and buried. By being pragmatic we built the platform that gave us the chance to survive. Continuing to play attractive football when it clearly wasn't working would have been stupid. Fortunately the players and Schumacher weren't that stupid. And it worked. What evidence have you got that continuing with playing attractive football when it clearly wasn't working would have given us enough points to survive? You haven't, its just wishful thinking.
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Jul 12, 2024 9:54:24 GMT
That's a lot of money for Parrott. He certainly isn't cheep... Expensive and I don't think he's the right character, i heard he got fired from the pet shop he worked in as a lad... ...apparently he was caught with his hands in the Trill. Stop with the silly jokes and puns, this is supposed be a transfer thread. Get back in your cage.
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Post by baconburger on Jul 12, 2024 9:54:26 GMT
We are in a much much better position than this time last season, a big squad is heading to cork including 3 new additions already. We only need players who will improve on our current squad, we don’t need numbers like last year. Didn’t we have 5 first teamers and Enda Steven’s as our only signing for the Benidorm trip last season? No need to panic, we obvious want to splash out on a few good players who Will definitely improve us and we’ve still got 5 loan slots… Agreed. We need a right back, we have two back ups currently who are both poor positionally, another centre back unless Dixon is ready, a right sided midfielder who can get up with the strikers, a centre forward and a rapid wide man. We should be letting Leris, Vidigal, Baker and Johnson go, plus Ennis if we think Tezgel can do the job I'd far rather Tezgel goes on loan and plays every week and let Ennis sit on the bench as 3rd 4th choice getting splinters in his arse.
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Post by baconburger on Jul 12, 2024 10:00:27 GMT
Not really we went negative and picked up some points but then changed again from Plymouth (H) onwards and won the last three games. Without those 9 pts we could still have gone down. So because you believe it was right you’re crediting going negative with saving us from relegation it didn’t 56 -9 = 47 Birmingham were relegated with 50 pts. Even 3 draws could have seen us relegated had we continued with our goal a game average. The point is if we had not gone pragmatic and continued being open we wouldn't have been on 47 points coming into the last three games - we would have been dead and buried.
By being pragmatic we built the platform that gave us the chance to survive. Continuing to play attractive football when it clearly wasn't working would have been stupid. Fortunately the players and Schumacher weren't that stupid. And it worked. What evidence have you got that continuing with playing attractive football when it clearly wasn't working would have given us enough points to survive? You haven't, its just wishful thinking. Opinion not fact. We had some proper shit outcomes as well as picking up points during that pragmatic period after we had dropped into the bottom 3.
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Post by foxysgloves on Jul 12, 2024 10:03:19 GMT
Expensive and I don't think he's the right character, i heard he got fired from the pet shop he worked in as a lad... ...apparently he was caught with his hands in the Trill. Stop with the silly jokes and puns, this is supposed be a transfer thread. Get back in your cage. “This transfer thread is not pinin'! 'This transfer thread passed on! This transfer thread is no more! This transfer thread has ceased to be! This transfer threads expired and gone to meet 'is maker! This transfer threads a stiff! Bereft of life”
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Post by Silkystoke on Jul 12, 2024 10:29:18 GMT
DROP THOSE Y FRONTS AND GET THAT DONGER OUT….. !!!!!!
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Post by etebojan on Jul 12, 2024 10:40:12 GMT
DROP THOSE Y FRONTS AND GET THAT DONGER OUT….. !!!!!!
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Post by greystokie on Jul 12, 2024 10:48:32 GMT
Expensive and I don't think he's the right character, i heard he got fired from the pet shop he worked in as a lad... ...apparently he was caught with his hands in the Trill. Stop with the silly jokes and puns, this is supposed be a transfer thread. Get back in your cage. Ha! That's knocked him off his perch!! 😁
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 12, 2024 10:57:29 GMT
Results improved? He started well, the middle was shit and the end was good. There weren't 3 phases, there were 4. 1 Continuation of pragmatic approach started by Gallagher. Footballnot great, went well. 2 Introduction of attacking football based on fullback moving inside. Miserable failure that saw us in danger of relegation. Team weren't ready for the change in style. 3 Player led reversion to pragmatic football. Football not great but results improved and gave us a chance of survival. 4 Went back to a more attacking style but without the fullback experiment which sealed survival. Worked because results gave the players more confidence andSchunacher had had more time to work with the players on a more attacking style. You are conflating 2 and 3. 2 was an attempt to play attacking football that failed and caused a bad run of results and 3 was boring football that improved results. The Leicester game was a bit of an anomaly. Leicester like to play deep, suck teams in exploit the space in midfield and score from quick counter attacking football. We adopted the one off tactic of sitting back to avoid getting sucked in and leaving space- which wasn't a bad idea. Problem was they scored two early goals in quick succession, we were forced to take the game to Leicester, played into their hands and got battered. Bacon is spot on. It wasn’t until the Plymouth result that we were out of the shit. Lose that and we would have been well truly in the brown stuff. And we won that playing good before. The stuff was awful and didn’t get results.
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Post by acstokie on Jul 12, 2024 11:00:19 GMT
The point is if we had not gone pragmatic and continued being open we wouldn't have been on 47 points coming into the last three games - we would have been dead and buried.
By being pragmatic we built the platform that gave us the chance to survive. Continuing to play attractive football when it clearly wasn't working would have been stupid. Fortunately the players and Schumacher weren't that stupid. And it worked. What evidence have you got that continuing with playing attractive football when it clearly wasn't working would have given us enough points to survive? You haven't, its just wishful thinking. Opinion not fact. We had some proper shit outcomes as well as picking up points during that pragmatic period after we had dropped into the bottom 3. Its all about whether you want to be negative or look for the positives. If you want facts, the facts are we finished 17th 6 points from the bottom 3, which is nowhere near good enough. However if you look at the points totals between before ( 23 points from 22 games) and after Schumacher arrived (33 points from 24 games) it gives cause for optimism in my opinion.
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Post by baconburger on Jul 12, 2024 11:10:06 GMT
Opinion not fact. We had some proper shit outcomes as well as picking up points during that pragmatic period after we had dropped into the bottom 3. Its all about whether you want to be negative or look for the positives. If you want facts, the facts are we finished 17th 6 points from the bottom 3, which is nowhere near good enough. However if you look at the points totals between before ( 23 points from 22 games) and after Schumacher arrived (33 points from 24 games) it gives cause for optimism in my opinion. I'm very optimistic. Positive about the way Schu wants to play and hopeful we'll buy players to improve our goal threat and output. What I'm not willing to do is buy into the type of football we played between dropping into the bottom 3 up to but not including Plymouth at home last season. I don't expect to need to because Schu never bought into it either. I'm hoping for a much more watchable season next time around, shouldn't be too difficult but that's what I thought this time last year too. EDIT: Not that some of the football played under AN and all of it under Gally wasn't even worse. It was just a god awful season with a little bit of a tease at the end like "this is what you could have had".
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Post by dirtygary69 on Jul 12, 2024 11:32:39 GMT
That's a lot of money for Parrott. He certainly isn't cheep... You can say that again.
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Post by stokiejoe89 on Jul 12, 2024 11:50:10 GMT
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Post by Goonie on Jul 12, 2024 11:55:26 GMT
That's a lot of money for Parrott. He certainly isn't cheep... Defensively could he play in the cage if needed? 🦜
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Post by lordb on Jul 12, 2024 12:08:07 GMT
Our old friend Fishpaste reckons Sunderland have offered a deal to Blondy. Wow haven't seen for ages, always looked absolutely crazy keeper > however speaking to regular U21 watchers their opinion was he'd settled down & was playing OK certainly would make an excellent 6 a side keeper
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Post by clarkeda on Jul 12, 2024 12:14:37 GMT
Expensive and I don't think he's the right character, i heard he got fired from the pet shop he worked in as a lad... ...apparently he was caught with his hands in the Trill. Stop with the silly jokes and puns, this is supposed be a transfer thread. Get back in your cage. Stop sticking your beak in
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Post by Clayton Wood on Jul 12, 2024 12:31:42 GMT
Stop with the silly jokes and puns, this is supposed be a transfer thread. Get back in your cage. Stop sticking your beak in No need to get in a flap about it
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