Transfer Rumours Summer 2025 Transfer Thread…

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Steven Toast said:
Josh Sargeant is a prime example of what can happen if you stick with a striker and give them time. Was crap in his first PL season, but Norwich stuck with him and he became one of the most consistent forwards in the Championship.

I think what pushes people to be critical is how other clubs seem to be able to find strikers that can score goals, whereas we consistently struggle to bring goal scoring strikers into the club and have them perform to a decent standard on a weekly basis.

Swansea signed Joel Piroe from PSV in the 20/21 season, despite him having scored 2 goals in 18 at Sparta Rotterdam the season before. He managed 22 in his debut season.

Borja Sainz managed 18 from the left wing last season, having arrived from Giresunspor the season before on a free transfer.

Millwall signed 20 year old Mihailo Ivanovic from Vojvodina, but he bagged 13 in all competitions last season. They also made a decent profit on Zian Flemming.

Clubs around us seem to find these players no problem and then they move on for big profits, whereas we seem to just coast along happy to sign veterans and sick notes as if somehow it'll all come good.

It's like our brain team sat down to watch Moneyball and learn what it's all about and then turned it off when Peter Brand says "Billy, of the 20,000 notable players for us to consider, I believe that there is a championship team of twenty-five people that we can afford, because everyone else in baseball undervalues them" then loaded up Transfermarkt's free transfers page and started making phone calls.
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It's difficult to judge any strikers we have had / bring in as we create sod all
 
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tigerrev said:
It's difficult to judge any strikers we have had / bring in as we create sod all
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This is completely the problem.

Look at Pedro. Ok, he's lost a bit otherwise he still be playing in Serie A, but he showed on enough occasions (5?) that he could score. Overall though, how many chances did he get?

I don't recall Burstow missing too many chances that he should have scored. Joseph? Scored none but gilt-edged chances missed none also.

I know that top goalscorers make their own chances and get into more goalscoring positions; all our forwards last year were lacking with that, but, even so, expecting high returns from the chances we created was a bit fanciful.
 
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Ernie Shackleton said:
This is completely the problem.

Look at Pedro. Ok, he's lost a bit otherwise he still be playing in Serie A, but he showed on enough occasions (5?) that he could score. Overall though, how many chances did he get?

I don't recall Burstow missing too many chances that he should have scored. Joseph? Scored none but gilt-edged chances missed none also.

I know that top goalscorers make their own chances and get into more goalscoring positions; all our forwards last year were lacking with that, but, even so, expecting high returns from the chances we created was a bit fanciful.
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pretty much
last season we would have needed a genuine top level striker to score 10+, the ones who score from the very few chances they get
 
so from the squad we ended the season with

these players have gone ;

burstow
alzate (basically gone)
jones
macca
Jacob
pedro
amrabat
burns
gelhardt
Lincoln
puerta( he would be in the 'in' section but.. he cant play)

and we have brought in ;

Ajayi
Phillips

yikes..
 
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bradymk2 said:
so from the squad we ended the season with

these players have gone ;

burstow
alzate (basically gone)
jones
macca
Jacob
pedro
amrabat
burns
gelhardt
Lincoln
puerta( he would be in the 'in' section but.. he cant play)

and we have brought in ;

Ajayi
Phillips

yikes..
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I remember posters saying only a few tweaks this summer
That big money striker signing and we’d be fine <laugh>
You really do wonder what was in Alzate signing on deal?
 
HCAFCHangout said:
I may have misheard but James Hoggarth may have just let slip that Kyle Joseph is injured
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He had surgery on his ankle after the season ended, so hopefully it’s just that?

(FWIW we signed him while he was injured, knew he needed surgery, and still went ahead with the deal)

Although, it’s nailed on he’s going to end up being out injured before the season starts.
 
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