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Post by jokker on Nov 2, 2024 10:51:55 GMT
He's under contract, so we don't have to sell, unless a large fee meets a release clause that he might have. Otherwise any suitors can walk the walk but they'll have to go home emptyhanded. Would be interesting to know if he has a release clause wouldn't it? I'm hoping not and he's here for the foreseeable future as he's the best keeper we've had for a good while. He'd be foolish not to have one, but which figure is anybody's guess. We have to face the likelihood that like Rotherham was a step back towards the top, Stoke is another step in that direction. He was previously with Villa and Leicester but never played for them, presumably because they had better keepers ahead of him. He is a Swedish international, so he's bound to see his future prospects with his country better served with a PL club or similar in another country, not to mention personal ambitions of course. The way things are midtable SToke seems unlikely to serve those needs, but he's still relatively for a keeper; his best years are ahead of him, so, with any luck, we might get at least one more season's service from him. As leaky as our defence is, he'll have plenty of opportunities to learn, improve, and impress just staying here. |
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Post by Chewbacca the Wookie on Nov 2, 2024 11:00:20 GMT
Looks like Mmaee’s currently injured with no return date having played 1.5 games less than Gallagher.
So looks even less likely to happen.
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Nov 2, 2024 11:31:26 GMT
Would be interesting to know if he has a release clause wouldn't it? I'm hoping not and he's here for the foreseeable future as he's the best keeper we've had for a good while. He'd be foolish not to have one, but which figure is anybody's guess. We have to face the likelihood that like Rotherham was a step back towards the top, Stoke is another step in that direction. He was previously with Villa and Leicester but never played for them, presumably because they had better keepers ahead of him. He is a Swedish international, so he's bound to see his future prospects with his country better served with a PL club or similar in another country, not to mention personal ambitions of course. The way things are midtable SToke seems unlikely to serve those needs, but he's still relatively for a keeper; his best years are ahead of him, so, with any luck, we might get at least one more season's service from him. As leaky as our defence is, he'll have plenty of opportunities to learn, improve, and impress just staying here. I agree mate. I'm just hoping there wasn't a release clause in his contract as that gives us more of a chance of keeping hold of him as he's a bloody good keeper. Win today would be great. UTMP 😁 |
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Post by jokker on Nov 2, 2024 13:10:51 GMT
Would be interesting to know if he has a release clause wouldn't it? I'm hoping not and he's here for the foreseeable future as he's the best keeper we've had for a good while. I wouldn't have thought so. He signed really early, if he wanted to hold out for a better deal etc then surely he would of waited He probably thought he was joining a PL promotion chasing club and that he'd be playing there next season. |
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Post by Ron on Nov 2, 2024 15:07:59 GMT
Pelach will know him from Huddersfield won’t he? |
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Post by Ron on Nov 2, 2024 15:11:49 GMT
Need- centre back. Centre midfielder. Another winger. Striker. At least. I’d add a right back to the list, and probably another striker/ midfielder. We were poor today despite the win against a dreadful side.
I wish I could share the optimism of some but we’re mikes off challenging.
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Post by bolders on Nov 2, 2024 15:15:09 GMT
I can’t see us getting another centre mid in while we have Pearson on the books
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Post by mtrstudent on Nov 2, 2024 15:28:05 GMT
who says ? , we didn’t spend that much in the summer ? About £4m in transfer fees? Probably at £2m in loan fees We got £500k in? A load should depend on wages right? In 2022/2023 accounts they'd dropped from £35m to £28m. Income £31m + you're allowed £13m losses so £44m spending power. If you drop wages by £1m and you sign people on 4-year contracts then that's the same for FFP as a £4m signing fee. No idea what that means for our position mind! |
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Post by Chewbacca the Wookie on Nov 2, 2024 15:35:28 GMT
After Seko’s performance and the positive news re Lawal I’d say we need
Target man type to give us a plan B
Cundle on a perm for the long term and cover for Moran.
A top CB to play alongside Phillips
A winger with pace
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Post by degoeystache on Nov 2, 2024 17:08:53 GMT
Ideal window would be
Outs:
Pearson
Ennis
Vidigal
Gooch
Ins:
Right back to rival Junior
Centre mid who’s quite powerful
Striker in similar mould to Gallagher
Winger with pace
Then in the Summer get a centre half in
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Nov 2, 2024 21:26:21 GMT
Ideal window would be Outs: Pearson Ennis Vidigal Gooch Ins: Right back to rival Junior Centre mid who’s quite powerful Striker in similar mould to Gallagher Winger with pace Then in the Summer get a centre half in Gooch will be very valuable when fit |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Nov 2, 2024 21:50:12 GMT
I really don’t think we need too much. Defence is still a concern 7 years on. Maybe a squad striker. Getting the team playing in a formation and tactics to suit is a bigger issue
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Post by number1 on Nov 3, 2024 8:06:32 GMT
Stoke fancy Aasgaard but he will cost according to Nixon
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Post by tommystoke123 on Nov 3, 2024 8:28:30 GMT
Stoke fancy Aasgaard but he will cost according to Nixon Stoke City are in the queue for Wigan’s exciting star Thelo Aasgaard - but will have to pay £3 million. Top spy Jon Walters and sidekick Lee Darnborough watched Norwegian under-21 cap Aasgaard last week. Blackburn failed in a bid for Aasgaard in the last window but the Potters are likely to top their offer and get closer to the valuation. Stoke are keen to improve their squad and have even been to Ukraine in recent weeks to scout for bargains. And they also plan to make an offer to keep Tom Cannon in January when his loan from Leicester City comes up for review. |
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Post by prestwichpotter on Nov 3, 2024 8:53:19 GMT
Stoke fancy Aasgaard but he will cost according to Nixon Stoke City are in the queue for Wigan’s exciting star Thelo Aasgaard - but will have to pay £3 million. Top spy Jon Walters and sidekick Lee Darnborough watched Norwegian under-21 cap Aasgaard last week. Blackburn failed in a bid for Aasgaard in the last window but the Potters are likely to top their offer and get closer to the valuation. Stoke are keen to improve their squad and have even been to Ukraine in recent weeks to scout for bargains. And they also plan to make an offer to keep Tom Cannon in January when his loan from Leicester City comes up for review. Imagine being the scout getting that assignment. “Where you sending me this week boss, Sweden, Latvia, South Korea?” “Pack your bag fella we’ll explain everything at the airport. Oh and bring a helmet” |
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Post by Billy the kid on Nov 3, 2024 9:04:05 GMT
Stoke City are in the queue for Wigan’s exciting star Thelo Aasgaard - but will have to pay £3 million. Top spy Jon Walters and sidekick Lee Darnborough watched Norwegian under-21 cap Aasgaard last week. Blackburn failed in a bid for Aasgaard in the last window but the Potters are likely to top their offer and get closer to the valuation. Stoke are keen to improve their squad and have even been to Ukraine in recent weeks to scout for bargains. And they also plan to make an offer to keep Tom Cannon in January when his loan from Leicester City comes up for review. Imagine being the scout getting that assignment. “Where you sending me this week boss, Sweden, Latvia, South Korea?” “Pack your bag fella we’ll explain everything at the airport. Oh and bring a helmet” You have to be a special kind of desperate/skint to fly off to a war zone to try and find some cheap bargain players. |
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Post by shrewspotter on Nov 3, 2024 9:11:27 GMT
Surely one reason for employing Pelach was so he could take Man City loanee or two
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Post by thornestein on Nov 3, 2024 9:13:21 GMT
Surely one reason for employing Pelach was so he could take Man City loanee or two what’s he got to do with Man City ?? |
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Post by shrewspotter on Nov 3, 2024 9:14:34 GMT
Surely one reason for employing Pelach was so he could take Man City loanee or two what’s he got to do with Man City ?? thought him and Pep were mates |
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Post by thornestein on Nov 3, 2024 9:16:09 GMT
what’s he got to do with Man City ?? thought him and Pep were mates i don’t think so but who knows |
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Post by dioufsboots on Nov 3, 2024 9:32:22 GMT
Think centre back and a good winger are probably most important at the minute
We got no impact really from the bench
I reckon we will be looking at Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu again for centre back,who id gladly take alongside Phillips.rose wilmot and Gibson really scare me
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Post by Chewbacca the Wookie on Nov 3, 2024 9:34:26 GMT
Think centre back and a good winger are probably most important at the minute We got no impact really from the bench I reckon we will be looking at Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu again for centre back,who id gladly take alongside Phillips.rose wilmot and Gibson really scare me I think Lawal can play CB too. |
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Post by dioufsboots on Nov 3, 2024 9:37:03 GMT
Think centre back and a good winger are probably most important at the minute We got no impact really from the bench I reckon we will be looking at Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu again for centre back,who id gladly take alongside Phillips.rose wilmot and Gibson really scare me I think Lawal can play CB too. Yep,I’d say we need him in midfield tbh,but yeh both of them can play centre back and midfield which is handy |
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Post by FullerMagic on Nov 3, 2024 9:47:22 GMT
www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/ukraineForeign office still advises against "all but essential travel" to Ukraine. But we are a bit desperate, so I get it!  Can't shake the image of Walters and Darnbrough trudging around Donetsk after a big centre-half now. Not sure I'd be looking into getting Tom Cannon for the kind of fee he'd cost? Does it indicate there is decent wiggle room for us to spend? Although reading the line in question, does it suggest we're just going to offer more to keep him on loan until the summer, rather than sign him- to stop Leicester moving him elsewhere in Jan "when it's up for review"?
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Post by prestwichpotter on Nov 3, 2024 9:51:01 GMT
www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/ukraineForeign office still advises against "all but essential travel" to Ukraine. But we are a bit desperate, so I get it! Can't shake the image of Walters and Darnbrough trudging around Donetsk after a big centre-half now. Not sure I'd be looking into getting Tom Cannon for the kind of fee he'd cost? Does it indicate there is decent wiggle room for us to spend? Although reading the line in question, does it suggest we're just going to offer more to keep him on loan until the summer, rather than sign him to stop Leicester moving him elsewhere? Getting the Mighty Potters back to the top league where we belong feels pretty essential to me…. |
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Post by march4 on Nov 3, 2024 9:51:10 GMT
We still need a big powerful goalscorer.
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Post by mickstupp on Nov 3, 2024 9:58:48 GMT
Pelach will know him from Huddersfield won’t he? Yes, he would have been with him when he was at Huddersfield. He’s a good player, wouldn’t mind him at all. |
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Post by mickstupp on Nov 3, 2024 10:01:45 GMT
Stoke fancy Aasgaard but he will cost according to Nixon Stoke City are in the queue for Wigan’s exciting star Thelo Aasgaard - but will have to pay £3 million. Top spy Jon Walters and sidekick Lee Darnborough watched Norwegian under-21 cap Aasgaard last week. Blackburn failed in a bid for Aasgaard in the last window but the Potters are likely to top their offer and get closer to the valuation. Stoke are keen to improve their squad and have even been to Ukraine in recent weeks to scout for bargains. And they also plan to make an offer to keep Tom Cannon in January when his loan from Leicester City comes up for review. “Top spy“😀😀 I did wonder if they were looking at Aasgaard when the cameras spotted JW in the crowd at Blackpool last week. He was the best player on the pitch. Scandinavian name but born and bred in Liverpool. footballleagueworld.co.uk/stoke-city-eyeing-wigan-athletic-transfer-swoop/ |
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Post by tommystoke123 on Nov 3, 2024 10:12:12 GMT
Pelach will know him from Huddersfield won’t he? Yes, he would have been with him when he was at Huddersfield. He’s a good player, wouldn’t mind him at all. Lewis O’Brien is set to sign for LAFC in the New Year - despite a handful of English sides want him back home. Midfielder O’Brien has a fixed price of £7 million agreed with Nottingham Forest when his loan ends in January. And LAFC expect the move to go through although some Championship clubs making background inquiries. Leeds and Hull City have been checking on possible availability but O’Brien is settled in the States and enjoying his time on and off the pitch. |
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Post by mickstupp on Nov 3, 2024 10:15:08 GMT
Yes, he would have been with him when he was at Huddersfield. He’s a good player, wouldn’t mind him at all. Lewis O’Brien is set to sign for LAFC in the New Year - despite a handful of English sides want him back home. Midfielder O’Brien has a fixed price of £7 million agreed with Nottingham Forest when his loan ends in January. And LAFC expect the move to go through although some Championship clubs making background inquiries. Leeds and Hull City have been checking on possible availability but O’Brien is settled in the States and enjoying his time on and off the pitch. Presumably “LAFC” is Los Angeles? £7m seems a bit steep, don’t see us being able to compete with that kind of transfer fee. |
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