Transfer Rumours January Transfer Thread

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We need a striker and January isn’t an easy window to sign one in. I wouldn’t be against Devante Cole as a signing. Looks athletic and will help occupy defenders allowing Carvalho and Philogene to get to work.
 
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We need wingers for Rosenior to be able to successfully implement his style. Due to injury (Philogene), transfers not working out (Sinik, Lokilo) and lack of experience (Vaughan) he has been forced into playing his ‘Plan B’ as our main approach.

Playing with a lack of width worked to an extent with Delap excelling in this area. I imagine he is desperate to go back to his preferred style, so wouldn’t we surprised to see Benson/Zaroury and Ray-Sakyi come in. We need depth as well as numbers - otherwise he cannot just change personnel from the bench but would always have to change formation.
 
We need wingers for Rosenior to be able to successfully implement his style. Due to injury (Philogene), transfers not working out (Sinik, Lokilo) and lack of experience (Vaughan) he has been forced into playing his ‘Plan B’ as our main approach.

Playing with a lack of width worked to an extent with Delap excelling in this area. I imagine he is desperate to go back to his preferred style, so wouldn’t we surprised to see Benson/Zaroury and Ray-Sakyi come in. We need depth as well as numbers - otherwise he cannot just change personnel from the bench but would always have to change formation.

I see Rak-Sakyi is back in full training, so perhaps it is an option.

It’s a shame that both him and Keinan Davis fell through at the final hurdle - if these had gone through we wouldn’t be scratching around as much as we are.
 
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I hope, truly hope im wrong, but I can see this all imploding and Philo being off at the end of the season.. with no chance of signing Delap (which might have been a dream a few weeks ago) and of course Morton. This is a major rebuild now....

It's a major rebuild in the scenario you've created. In reality we only stand to lose Morton and Delap
 
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I hope, truly hope im wrong, but I can see this all imploding and Philo being off at the end of the season.. with no chance of signing Delap (which might have been a dream a few weeks ago) and of course Morton. This is a major rebuild now....

Glass half full kind of guy :emoticon-0108-speec

No evidence Philo will be off, but if he goes we will have a good war chest to fund a better push for promotion.

More chance of Delap now returning to us next season, due to a spell on the sidelines.

Carvalho arriving in the best piece of loan business we have ever done. Raising the profile of the club and the likelihood more players will follow suit in the future.

Trusted by Liverpool and Man City to develop their biggest talents.

If this is imploding, then implode away!
 
I also fear that losing our fourth best loan player is an omen of our impending doom.

And a disgruntled Philo will now chuck in his hand, probably injure himself out of spite (laughing) whilst we hoover up the pieces headlong to League 2
 
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Probably mutually terminated, which it doesn’t sound like is the case here. When the FA shut down the emergency loan system a few years they also removed the right to recall players at the same time, so unless something has changed and gone under the radar since, we must have agreed to terminate Twine’s loan. Unless he’s going directly on a permanent, which is the only time a player can be recalled between two domestic clubs.

It was also the major obstacle in sending Harvey Vale back last season, who didn’t really return from what I remember, just went back to training with their development squad but couldn’t play.

Cundle absolutely was not mutual. Plymouth are being gutted by loanees being recalled.
 
Realistically, how much 'building for the future' can you do these days in the Championship?

The kind of players we need to bring in to tip us into the play offs are going to be expensive, so you can only buy one or two, especially in January. Otherwise you are relying on loans, which are limited in terms of how many you can bring in too.

If your players get too good, they get bought by PL teams. If they aren't good enough, you slip down the table.

Some clubs have done it like Luton, but they didn't have anywhere near the turnover behind the scenes or on the pitch we've seen over the last couple of years.

Yes I think we'd all like this to be better and quicker, but building a strong deep squad takes time, especially when we clearly wasted the first 2 transfer windows under Acun.
 
Rosenior wanted Allsop.
He's already said Pandur will take time to adjust to Championship football, meaning he's unlikely to take over straight away.
So, there's another wasted signing, time and money (Allsop).

Yes, Philogene was hell of a coup. That's one.
Besides Philogene, we've managed to get Delap and Morton on loan (hardly building for anything).
Those aside, it continues to be underwhelming and in some respects shambolic.

I'm looking just now at the 1st team squad on the OWS ...
Allsop - brought in as No. 1 by Rosenior. Replacement already incoming.
Lo Tutala - pointless
Vinagre - we were warned
Furlong - pointless
Twine - pointless (as commented, we needed to strengthen in nearly every position but his, all that time, effort & money wasted, and now gone to a rival)
Sharp - 38 next month. Really building for the future
Lokilo - a punt, doesn't seem to have worked out.

I get it that not every signing works out but come on. If that isn't underwhelming and shambolic I don't know what is. What a waste of time, effort and money; maybe not big money but time, effort and money that could be better used.

Allsop isn't a wasted signing just because we're now bringing in a young long term option. Allsop was cheap and was always going to be a shorter term solution.

Honestly it's as if people think we can just sign 11 23-24 year olds who will play for us for the next ten years.
 
I hope, truly hope im wrong, but I can see this all imploding and Philo being off at the end of the season.. with no chance of signing Delap (which might have been a dream a few weeks ago) and of course Morton. This is a major rebuild now....
Jeez… that’s one hell of a leap.
Why not carry on the doom train and suggest Acun will have had enough and sell the club too
 
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