It is not about Omur, it is about people building squad. Omur is still, probably our most talented player, only one with flair.Could shift him to CAM and have Mehlem out wide and the point would remain, so it's not necessarily a slight on Omur.
It is not about Omur, it is about people building squad. Omur is still, probably our most talented player, only one with flair.Could shift him to CAM and have Mehlem out wide and the point would remain, so it's not necessarily a slight on Omur.
Anyone dare to have a crack at a best XI as things stand? Think RW is the glaring weakness now.
Pandur
Coyle - Jones - Hughes - Giles
Zambrano - Puerta
Mehlem
Omur - Bedia - Millar
Am I forgetting anyone obvious?
I feel like I say it every window but I do find it funny that we can make 15+ transfers each summer and still we have half/majority of our back four left over from our League One days. Coyle just won't be moved!
But has he 37 pieces of flair?It is not about Omur, it is about people building squad. Omur is still, probably our most talented player, only one with flair.
Id probably agree with that now, but come Friday there’s probably 4 changes to that team
Just wanted to say you do a cracking job at keeping all this stuff updated. I don’t have the time to read through 837 plus pages. Thankless task but I am thankful!Players In:
Gustavo Puerta - Bayer Leverkusen - Season long loan
Chris Bedia - Union Berlin - Season long loan
Oscar Zambrano - LDU Quito - Season long loan
Mason Burstow - Chelsea - (undisclosed fee) - Four year deal + 12-month option
Charlie Hughes - Wigan Athletic - (undisclosed fee) - Four year deal + 12-month option
Liam Millar - FC Basel (undisclosed fee)
Finley Burns - Manchester City - Season Long Loan
Anthony Racioppi's - Young Boys (undisclosed fee) Three year deal + 12-month option.
Marvin Mehlem - SV Darmstadt (undisclosed fee) - Two year deal + 12-month option
Cody Drameh - Leeds United (undisclosed fee) Three-year deal with 12-month option
Ryan Giles - Luton Town (option triggered - £4m possibly)
Óscar Estupiñán - Recalled from loan at Bahia
Players Out:
Jean Michaël Seri - Al-Orobah (free)
Jaden Philogene - Aston Villa (undisclosed fee)
Jacob Greaves - Ipswich (undisclosed fee)
Ozan Tufan - Trabzonspor - €2m
Jason Lokilo - CSKA Sofia (undisclosed fee)
Ryan Allsop - Birmingham City (undisclosed fee)
Matt Ingram - Oxford United (undisclosed fee)
Brandon Fleming - Doncaster Rovers - Season long loan
Ryan Woods - Contract terminated by mutual consent
Greg Docherty - Released - Signed for Charlton
Adama Traoré - Released - Signed for Amedspor
David Robson - Released
Cyrus Christie - Released
Aaron Connolly - Released
Billy Sharp - Released (signed for Doncaster Rovers)
Vaughn Covil - Released
Tyler Morton - End of loan
Fábio Carvalho - End of loan
Noah Ohio - End of loan (signed for FC Utrecht)
Liam Delap - End of loan (signed for Ipswich)
Anass Zaroury - End of loan
Under-21s In:
Brandon Annous - Midfielder - Brentford - One year deal + one year option
Pharrell Brown - Winger - Fleetwood Town (undisclosed fee)
Zac Jagielka - Striker - Signed from Liverpool on two year deal
George Dickinson - Midfielder - Released by Sheffield United
Jaedyn Chibanga - Signed first pro contract
Paul Iggulden - Signed first pro contract
George Wilson - Signed first pro contract
Jack Leckie - signed new one-year contract + one year option
Kyle Fanning - signed new one-year contract + one year option
Sincere Hall - signed new one-year contract + one year option
Nathan Tinsdale - signed a new two-year deal + one year option
Rocco Coyle - Promoted from U-18's
Callum Yam - Promoted from U-18's
George Wilson - Promoted from U-18's
Paul Iggulden - Promoted from U-18's
Under-21's Out:
Alfie Taylor- Grimsby Borough - Three month loan
Jaedyn Chibanga - Grimsby Borough - Three month loan
Henry Sandat - Wealdstone - Season-long loan
James Furlong - AFC Wimbledon - Season-long loan
Callum Jones - Morecambe - Season-long loan
Harry Wood - Shelbourne (undisclosed fee)
Oliver Green - Livingston (undisclosed fee)
Tom Nixon - Doncaster Rovers (undisclosed fee)
Bora Aydınlık - End of loan
Jake Brown - Released
Ajay Weston - Released
Rajdeep Palit - Released
Joseph Johnson - Released
Under-18s In
Aidon Shehu - Southend United - Compensation fee
Under-18s Out
Kyle Fanning - Bridlington Town - Loan until Boxing Day
Anthony Onoh - Released
Sam Jackson - Released
Ralph Nkomba - Released
Mason Johnson - Released
Archie Cooper - Released
Ronnie Kelly - Released
Harry Spence - Released
I know it's been said but I just can't fathom the point of Burns. He'll be gone in Jan at this rate. Like Matt Smith, two of the three loans we've got from man city in the last four years have been a waste.
Feels like he’ll be the loan to drop out of the matchday squad as well, I feel for the lad. Tbf any injury to Jones and I think he comes in, I just can’t see him getting a game in midfield once signings are complete
Rushworth
Puerta
Zambrano
Bedia
Burns
Why does he have to drop out of the matchday squad, especially if McLoughlin goes? Baz said the others are all permanents.
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Hefty loan fee if he doesn’t play so coming in as #1 when we have two decent keepers already.
This is just several layers of dumb.
Let's develop someone else's keeper for a season, let ours get pissed off and sit on the bench or in the stands, and in 12 months be back to square one when both want out and we sell all our keepers and repeat.
I'll admit he's on upgrade on what we've got, but i'd rather develop the 2 young keepers we own rather than add value to a Brighton player. Now if there's an option to buy that changes things, but I seriously doubt that
Rushworth is probably better than either Pandur or Racioppi but only marginally and him signing is at the detriment to the two keepers we already have. We signed Pandur in January because he was a highly-rated keeper in Eredivisie despite playing for one of the weaker teams. The owner kicked up a fuss because the previous manager didn’t play him. He had an iffy pre-season but he looks a lot better and more assured now. His biggest strengths are his shot-stopping and commanding his box. His distribution isn’t bad either, in my opinion, and he’s improving every game. Racioppi I’ve seen a bit in the Swiss league and Champions League. He’s also a decent shot-stopper with decent distribution. He’s partial to a brain fart and is a bit rash coming off his line but he’s solid.
Pandur and Racioppi competing for the starting spot is healthy competition and ideal. A third keeper coming in on loan as first-choice ruins that dynamic completely. We’re already out of the League Cup so we just let two first-team keepers we’ve signed in the last eight months for significant fees rot on the bench or in the stands? This is why I think our transfer policy is a bit like a little kid in a sweet shop. Just because we can do a deal for a player doesn’t mean we should. There are other factors to consider.