Transfer Rumours Colin's January window

And we’ve swapped Tomlin for Ward. No sure how I feel about that

 

Just seen that as well. Tomlin out to Forest and Ward in. Said my piece on that a few posts ago.

Reading between the lines Tomlin appears not to have settled so far from his family and the commute/staying away is an issue. Bloody waste of nearly £2m though. Hope Madine and family settle in quickly.

Looks like Colin firmly setting out his stall with both signings bringing pace, energy and scoring potential. Also not a little aggression.

The next 3 months or so will be interesting times. We could upset a few (more) managers along the way. If it starts with Leeds on Saturday I won't be unhappy.

 

Hope I am not going to have to listen to BfB abusing Ward every week now. Once or twice a season is enough ! However once in a City shirt I am sure he will become a hero

I am happy with the Madine signing. Think there are more goals there and may even allow big Ken more opportunity to play his game.

Good transfer for Bogle to Peterboro. Should come back to us a better player.

Wonder if Forest will change the words of the Lee Tomlin song?

 

Not overly surprised Tomlin has gone. Will he return for next season? I'm not so sure.
Bogle may come back, if he gets enough game time at Peterborough.
Camp may well get some game time at the Black Cats and I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't return either.

 

BT - I can't recall ever abusing a City player. I'm prepared to make an exception for Ward though.

 

Looks pretty impressive IMHO. Looks as though he'll thrive if the service from the wide-men
is up to sctratch.

 

My verdict on the January window is mixed.

I would have liked to have seen city invest in an experienced bullying type of central midfielder in the continued absence of Gunnarsson.

However I am confident the Liverpool lad will improve and am positive about Wildschut.

Up front one has to trust Warnock on Madine. He’s a big lad who will hopefully retain possession better than Zahore but unsure whether he’ll play them both together. His goal scoring record isn’t great but if he can be like eg Helgusson and do a lot of work off the ball and hold it up and create as well then he should be an asset.

Jamie Ward. That came from nowhere, just hope he can do something for us. Him & Feeney though don’t inspire confidence.

On the plus side also, essential to have warded off alleged interest in Bamba.

Onto the departures. Camp is a blessing. City just didn’t need him. Bogle was a surprise as I would have expected him to play as cover for injuries & suspensions (Madine is on 7 bookings). Leaves us short with only Healey & Pilkington as cover.

Tomlin. A real enigma. Suspect Warnock just had enough of him. He’ll be joining an old manager and be closer to home and so expect him to play and do well.

7 out of 10.

 

Not sure if this is true???

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/armand-traore-join-cardiff-city-14231699

 

Just seen that as well. Released by Forest so a free agent. A left back so cover in an area where we are light.

Not played a lot. 178 games for a 28 year old. Seems to have missed a season or 2 due to injury.

Played for Warnock before at QPR so he knows what he is getting.

 

That would be a good move.

We're woefully short defensively on the left and if Bennett was injured let alone banned, we would have to play someone out of position to cover there.

 

Looks like it's official now.........

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42904206

 

Comment from a Forest fan on WoL very uncomplimentary about Traore's defending abilities. Good going forward but prone to lose the ball leaving no cover behind him. Could be sour grapes or just poor defensive organisation by Forest.

He was sorry to see Ward leave. No mention of Tomlin.

 

There’s always Halford

IMO playing him straight away would be potential disaster if not played much recently.

 

Haven't checked exactly how much he's played recently but from what I've read he's figured for Forest 18 times so far this season - that's not bad.

Anyway, it's far more than Halford.......

 

Conspiracy theory coming up. However, as with all conspiracy theories, I do not have all the facts. Has a deal been done whereby we get Ward and Traore and Forest get Tomlin on a permanent deal after the season ends for a smaller fee?

 

If we managed to go up we wouldn't need any of them - none would hold down a place in any Prem side that wanted to stay up.

If we fail and stay where we are, then that could be on but I'd like to think Tomlin is gone for good anyway.

Ward has got to be just a makeweight for the deal - the whole Traore thing is quite bizarre,

 

Tomlin was a disgrace TBH, how on earth could he not get himself fit...and take his wages? It was an affront to all the fans who paid good money! I was at the Sunderland game, thanks to Doris who drained me proper...so to speak, and it occurred to me that they always seem to cheer for one player every match...Bigfat Bastard sounds like....how is that even possible pals?

 

I thought Forest and Traore had mutually cancelled the contract between them and paid him up????

https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2018/february/traore-departs-on-loan/

 

Odd. I thought the window closed 11.00pm Wednesday night. How can a loan go through over 24 hours after?

 

I can only think the paperwork was completed before the 11pm deadline.