January transfer thread

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Lampard is obviously desperate... unless it is part of some tricky plan to get Stewart?

We might hang onto Stewart now more so.

Need at least 2 or even 3 strikers in now.
 
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I've always had a dislike for Lampard which was heightened by his horrible interviews as a manager. I think he's a total fake. Everton are balls deep in the relegation battle for which he blames everyone but himself despite claiming he'd rise above the previous problems.

Everton has a dreadful atmosphere around the place, with players and supporters at each others throats, and no place for an inexperienced lad who doesn't yet appear to have the necessary aggression for a dogfight.

It gave us a lift at Reading when Simms left the field ...

... I can live with him leaving the club.

Sanderson going was supposed to be a disaster that was all the fault of the club, I don't think I've heard him mentioned this season.
Agree about Lampard mate. Hopeless manager in my opinion. Drives me mad to see these ex pros walk into top jobs when they simply dont deserve it. Comes from that dreadful era of footballers that believed their hype as the golden generation. Him, Gerrard, Neville all failed at management already. Terry seems like nobody fancies. They have never been a coach yet think they have the tactical know how. I was at Wembley when Lampard blew the play off final. He stood bemused on the touch line wondering why his team were 2-0 down and not in the game. It was staring everybody round me in the face but he seemed to freeze. I wouldnt be surprised to see them smashed next game and he is gone.
 
Just looked at the highlights and as I'd thought, none of the four goals were down to what people call 'classic centre forward play' or 'leading the line'.

I'm not saying Stewart isn't an important player but the club seem to be finding ways of avoiding building the side around one player. Mowbray is a savvy individual and he, I believe, hinted at this when he said 'we need to find different ways to score goals'.

We need to have players who can come in to make a difference in different ways, Michut, Ba, Roberts, Matete, etc. I've seen suggestions that Dajaku should be sent out on loan or moved out altogether ... I couldn't disagree more.

He's just the type of quick, dynamic forward player we can educate into playing alongside those we already have. All of this type of player will have periods when they look tired, due to our intense style, and rotation will follow imo.

I love to see Stewart start but I'm never going down the road of 'irreplaceable hero' ever again whether it's a player, manager, groundsman or kit man ...

... as KLD said, before he came here, football can be a rotten business.

We need to get used to the fact that sentimentality is for the supporters and the club has to be totally professional, even ruthless, and run the club for the club, the whole club and nothing but the club.

We've had decades of slovenly, fake, highly paid mercenaries taking the money and taking the piss, di Canio was right about that if nothing else. Give me Dajaku over Rodwell any day of the week and have SAFC in the media for all the right reasons.

Roll on Blackpool, Ha’way the Lads!!!

Good post Smug but personally speaking, I don't think I have ever thought of players like that. I've had favourites and yes, I've been gutted when players have left - Rowell, Gabbers, Goodman, Hutchinson, Johnston just to name a few but after the initial disappointment you get over it and I suppose I will in time when Stewart leaves. I think from the time frame I've supported Sunderland from you kinda get used to it but nowadays football is a different beast to then and with the money generated by the Premier League, someone is always trying to play catch up - even when they are in the same league! So I think my ambition (and writing this now, I think its what its always been) is to see Sunderland play good football, hold our own against all teams and give them a game and above all be proud to be associated with the club I am seriously back in love with again
 
Agree about Lampard mate. Hopeless manager in my opinion. Drives me mad to see these ex pros walk into top jobs when they simply dont deserve it. Comes from that dreadful era of footballers that believed their hype as the golden generation. Him, Gerrard, Neville all failed at management already. Terry seems like nobody fancies. They have never been a coach yet think they have the tactical know how. I was at Wembley when Lampard blew the play off final. He stood bemused on the touch line wondering why his team were 2-0 down and not in the game. It was staring everybody round me in the face but he seemed to freeze. I wouldnt be surprised to see them smashed next game and he is gone.

Totally agree with you regarding ex-players walking into jobs they don't deserve because they are "a name". Maybe this is because of the self serving attitude they had when playing - whether for their club or country, it was always them that had to be in the spotlight in a game. You would never see them do what the likes of Martin O'Niell did and work their way up to a top job basically because their egos are too big to allow them to do that
 
It’s a crude way of scouting and @Scout73 can hopefully offer more perspective on each of these, but looking at the EPL2 top scorers list - other options might be:

  • Layton Stewart from Liverpool (replace SAS with Stewart and Stewart)
  • Mateo Fernandez (Leeds)
  • Abu Kamara (Norwich)
  • Sonny Perkins (West Ham)
  • Dom Ballard (Southampton - yes Dom not Dan)
Out of those players ballard would be the one id take, i do quite like perkins as well.

The others i dont think are good enough for top end championship yet.

The one ive been watching closely is ferguson at brighton, hes a big lad and works hard for the team - a real handful.

Disappointed simms is away but again their is so much talent out there that our recruitment team will be all over it

One id love us to go for is Konate at salzburg, scoring for fun in their 2nd n youth team this season
 
Just looked at the highlights and as I'd thought, none of the four goals were down to what people call 'classic centre forward play' or 'leading the line'.

I'm not saying Stewart isn't an important player but the club seem to be finding ways of avoiding building the side around one player. Mowbray is a savvy individual and he, I believe, hinted at this when he said 'we need to find different ways to score goals'.

We need to have players who can come in to make a difference in different ways, Michut, Ba, Roberts, Matete, etc. I've seen suggestions that Dajaku should be sent out on loan or moved out altogether ... I couldn't disagree more.

He's just the type of quick, dynamic forward player we can educate into playing alongside those we already have. All of this type of player will have periods when they look tired, due to our intense style, and rotation will follow imo.

I love to see Stewart start but I'm never going down the road of 'irreplaceable hero' ever again whether it's a player, manager, groundsman or kit man ...

... as KLD said, before he came here, football can be a rotten business.

We need to get used to the fact that sentimentality is for the supporters and the club has to be totally professional, even ruthless, and run the club for the club, the whole club and nothing but the club.

We've had decades of slovenly, fake, highly paid mercenaries taking the money and taking the piss, di Canio was right about that if nothing else. Give me Dajaku over Rodwell any day of the week and have SAFC in the media for all the right reasons.

Roll on Blackpool, Ha’way the Lads!!!

Good post that but personally I think we may drop like a stone if we lose Stewart, he brings the wingers into play and occupies defenders in a way that nobody else at the club can…and not many other strikers I have seen this season for that matter.

He will cost an absolute fortune to replace with someone similar. Especially now that Simms seems to have been recalled by Lampard in an act of sheer desperation.

Obviously that’s just my opinion and I hope I’m wrong!
 
Good post that but personally I think we may drop like a stone if we lose Stewart, he brings the wingers into play and occupies defenders in a way that nobody else at the club can…and not many other strikers I have seen this season for that matter.

He will cost an absolute fortune to replace with someone similar. Especially now that Simms seems to have been recalled by Lampard in an act of sheer desperation.

Obviously that’s just my opinion and I hope I’m wrong!

It would be the defensive work from Stewart we lose.. like Ian Rush years ago for Liverpool who worked his socks off to disrupt the opposition in their own half and breakdown their system and also an out when under pressure. . It was evident when he was injured we had none of this. Very rare to get this type of player.
 
Well TM must think he's run over a black cat.
Just gets his strikers up and running and Simms disappears, gets his squad injury free and loses three players in one game.
Then finds his back four are injury riddled just as an extra and now he gets kicked in the teeth by Lampard.
We'll cope as we always do and as we all know it's never dull being a Sunderland fan.
 
Well TM must think he's run over a black cat.
Just gets his strikers up and running and Simms disappears, gets his squad injury free and loses three players in one game.
Then finds his back four are injury riddled just as an extra and now he gets kicked in the teeth by Lampard.
We'll cope as we always do and as we all know it's never dull being a Sunderland fan.

Aye feel for the bloke. It’ll be his fault though I’m sure for a small minority.

Hopefully KLD and Speakman are keeping an eye on everything and will help him out
 
Is this not a desperate act by Everton to force our hands with Stewart. If it's true they want him they could be using Simms as bait and offering less money to try get Stewart in on the cheap and a better centre forward at there club in Stewart?

How does taking a striker away from us and leaving us short force us to sell our only other striker to them?

It's desperate from Everton but nothing to do with us.
 
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Can't wait to see who's linked and who we buy / loan.

The excitement last year when rumours of Ba and Michut signing. Trawling through Google to find out more about them, seeing how highly rated they were was brilliant

Yep,our recruitment strategy has been brilliant on the whole. A couple of mistakes,....the German goalie,JD,....but overall,they're on it!
 
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Where has this Simms recall rumour come from....has it been confirmed?

Edit....just seen it! Story of my life.....always one step behind!!:emoticon-0106-cryin
 
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