Summer transfer rumours

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Teesdarlomakem said:
We need a decent holding midfielder now i think. I dont have much faith in Winchester, but attacking and creativity wise im happy. Embleton will be like a new signing aswell.
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But considering how many left from central midfield, we aren't that light there. Agree, a quality holding midfielder, and I think that area is done.

A different option up front, another centre half, and some full backs, and we are there or there abouts.
 
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Southern Adam said:
I think we have to be emotionally readyg to get to the Wigan game with only a couple of signings in. There's still 3 weeks so plenty of time obviously, but expectations keep shifting back. And people think its going to get easier to sign players later in the window but it surely gets harder as clubs are getting ready for the season and agents start knowing richer clubs are desperate.
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good points raised i have seen a few posts now of people worried about recruitment ,and having seen more fears raised i have to agree
 
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7Mackem78 said:
But considering how many left from central midfield, we aren't that light there. Agree, a quality holding midfielder, and I think that area is done.

A different option up front, another centre half, and some full backs, and we are there or there abouts.
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i still dont think we saw the best of winchester but he did show 'glimpses...let's remember who our midfielders were first, dobson - ended up loaned out, power - spent more time in defence with onien, scowen - did a lot of work and running around but was nowhere near productive enough, half the season with no geads, gooch was used in about 4 or 5 different positions...with a productive, forward thinking and hopefully goalscoring attacking midfielder someone like winchester might well shine behind him, IF we also get a decent defensive line up plus spares and the striker option(s) i dont think we are too far off and should be enough to get us near the top, then tweak it in january if needed.
 
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samwise_new said:
i still dont think we saw the best of winchester but he did show 'glimpses...let's remember who our midfielders were first, dobson - ended up loaned out, power - spent more time in defence with onien, scowen - did a lot of work and running around but was nowhere near productive enough, half the season with no geads, gooch was used in about 4 or 5 different positions...with a productive, forward thinking and hopefully goalscoring attacking midfielder someone like winchester might well shine behind him, IF we also get a decent defensive line up plus spares and the striker option(s) i dont think we are too far off and should be enough to get us near the top, then tweak it in january if needed.
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think it’s difficult for any January signing to properly bed in. I always like to judge them from the next season
 
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Southern Adam said:
think it’s difficult for any January signing to properly bed in. I always like to judge them from the next season
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cant argue with that, hopefully we wont 'need' bodies in then apart from a couple of 'filler - ins' but if we have to, at least they should be fully match fit and able to hit the ground running...also, if we really are sticking to a pattern and style now i would expect any new signings to be able to slot right in with minimum catch up time needed.
 
Culinary said:
Would you be sympathetic to Johnson if we got off to a slow start and he cited the lack of preparation time with new signings as a reason/excuse?

I think from your posts you're a reasonable fella so I guess you would but I think it would have the majority frothing at the mouth. That's my concern, it's another obstacle for Johnson in winning round the fans and I think we all need to be united in our support if we're to succeed this season.
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I like your username
Yeah I think it’s October when things become clear anyway. As long as the start isn’t disastrous it’s usual to have a few sketchy results in a process of change. We just need to be in close touching distance. Let’s be honest some fans just hate him because he has a southern accent and uses cliches and there are some over the road who are dying for him to fail to prove their point. I was worried about our collapse last year but there were mitigating circumstances. He definitely needs to show a less streaky side and then the club need to give him the players who will avoid last seasons injury situation.
 
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