Transfer Rumours January 2021 Transfer Window

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I was talking about our defensive stats which have been improving over the last 5 League games, and also from the last 12/13 games compared to the first 12/13 games at the start of this season. They also compare favourably to recent full seasons defensive records. .I doubt any Manager would want to change a settled back 3 or 4 + the Keeper, who have such an improving defensive record, while in relegation danger unless he has to, or unless he suddenly gets the likes of Van Dijk to use.
It is better than went before it, but we'll never be far away from the bottom 3 this season imo, especially now Warburton seems safe.
I’m not arguing that we shouldn’t use this formation, just that, as Col indicates, we are on very thin ice.
 
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It is better than went before it, but we'll never be far away from the bottom 3 this season imo, especially now Warburton seems safe.
Col, not sure about SAFE in this league. It's mad, 2 wins and a draw and you could be near the playoffs. 2 loses and a draw and your in the bottom half.
 
We'll never be near the play offs this season mate.

Can't see us realistically challenging in our financial straight jacket for years to come, any progress we make and the vultures just move in and help themselves. The reality of being nothing more than a 'selling club'...
 
Charlton are sending him back I believe, they have more loans than they are allowed to use and he has only scored once in 14 games, 8 of them starts. A Charlton mate told me he hadn't managed much there.

Still better than Lyndon Dykes has achieved for us, if you exclude goals from penalties.
 
Think the sad reality is that any player available in Jan who would come to us is likely to be out of favour and more importantly lacking match fitness.

Hopefully Johansen gets up to speed quickly, but at least he knows the division and from what we’ve seen he’s tenacious, uses the ball well and is box to box. Hope it works out because my word do we need it to.