Transfer Rumours Summer '22 Transfer Thread

[FLG]

Weakness in the squad should be identified in the pre season games and early matches before the window closes.
Still time to put things right. If they can't get the players they want then comes down to player perfomance improvement and good old fashioned coaching.
Bit of a suck it and see season for me. We ain't going down, but would expect to be in the top half of the table at the end of the season.
Owners are expecting promotion, so if not achieved heads will roll.

 

[Shark Sports]

Agreed. We were definitely in the bottom 3 wage bills so anything other than relegation was success if you think about it.

I was quite impressed with Shota, we didn't have the players to score goals, so he made us as tight as possible defensively so that we could stay in games. We just didn't have the players to do much more and I don't understand why he's coming under criticism.

Too many people look at Forest and Cooper's impact and think that's the norm and completely ignore the squad they had.

 

[NewcastleTiger]

I was quite impressed with Shota, we didn't have the players to score goals, so he made us as tight as possible defensively so that we could stay in games. We just didn't have the players to do much more and I don't understand why he's coming under criticism.

Too many people look at Forest and Cooper's impact and think that's the norm and completely ignore the squad they had.

Would not be totally against playing similar to that whilst we bed in new signings over the first month where we have a pretty hard run

 

[Mckechnie Orange]

I was quite impressed with Shota, we didn't have the players to score goals, so he made us as tight as possible defensively so that we could stay in games. We just didn't have the players to do much more and I don't understand why he's coming under criticism.

Too many people look at Forest and Cooper's impact and think that's the norm and completely ignore the squad they had.

Expectation on Shota will be very different now money is being spent. Can't imagine the board will be happy to see the same defensive style as last season with the players coming in.

 

[originallambrettaman]

Eaves got himself a championship gig.

Only for one season.

 

[big vern]

According to the Daily Mail we tried to sign midfielder Will Smallbone, on loan from Southampton, but he's opted for Stoke instead.

 

[Canninho]

Useful squad players though, some of them at least.

Can't build a whole new squad in a single window.

Useful? At what?

 

[big vern]

How City can contemplate 3 in midfield is beyond me. Against Leicester Seri was deep and did a good job, Slater was tidy but usually passes a safe ball which is sideways or back and the Turkish lad was not fit and does not have the engine to get box to box. All this resulted in incessant pressure. Please revert to 442.
Message ends. Vern

 

[Shark Sports]

Exectation on Shota will be very different now money is being spent. Can't imagine the board will be happy to see the same defensive style as last season with the players coming in.

We won't play as defensive though. Last season we just couldn't keep the ball, this season we've got players like Seri and Tufan who can, so we'll naturally have more of the ball.

 

[NewcastleTiger]

Useful? At what?

Providing dependable cover if someone gets injured. Do you expect top players to be happy to sit on the bench

 

[Mckechnie Orange]

How City can contemplate 3 in midfield is beyond me. Against Leicester Seri was deep and dif a good job, Slater was tidy but usually passes a safe ball which is sideways or back and the Turkish lad was not fit and does not have the engine to get box to box. Please revert to 442.

Our kid reckons Mike Bassett is favourite to replace Shota....

 

[Nikica Jellyfish]

****ehawk grant men!!
The players that win a league title for us deserve that don’t they

yeah it was league 1 under covid

 

[Mckechnie Orange]

We won't play as defensive though. Last season we just couldn't keep the ball, this season we've got players like Seri and Tufan who can, so we'll naturally have more of the ball.

We've played the same defensive way in all but 45 mins of our 3 first-team pre-season games so far. What he does at Peterboro will be interesting.

 

[Nikica Jellyfish]

I think Macca has done extremely well and was one of the few to end last season with his head held high. Did well against Leicester too. Williams I haven’t seen enough of to form an opinion, one of those “you never know” situations.

It feels like a harsh opinion but to me I see poor results and poor league finish, Macca did alright without doubt but to progress we need to cut emotion and move on past some of them. I do get you with Randell but I like to judge a player early on touch and awareness, I think he lacks those basic elements which tells me enough.

 

[Nikica Jellyfish]

And it’s not going to be achieved in one transfer window.

Probably a more measured approach to my gung ho attitude

 

[big vern]

Our kid reckons Mike Bassett is favourite to replace Shota....

Not what I have been told.

 

[NewcastleTiger]

Not what I have been told.

You should probably get that voice in your head checked out.

 

[WestStandTiger]

How City can contemplate 3 in midfield is beyond me. Against Leicester Seri was deep and did a good job, Slater was tidy but usually passes a safe ball which is sideways or back and the Turkish lad was not fit and does not have the engine to get box to box. All this resulted in incessant pressure. Please revert to 442.
Message ends. Vern

Stick to the BS’ing Vern.

 

[WestStandTiger]

I'm expecting 2 or 3 more on top of Tetteh at least. Think Baz has confirmed as much.

Baz has given some indication of 2 potential transfers for next week so I’d suspect 3 or more really by the end of the window.

 

[Mckechnie Orange]

Baz has given some indication of 2 potential transfers for next week so I’d suspect 3 or more really by the end of the window.

Don't think that included the potential for loans towards the end of the window though, which Tan confirmed they were looking at. 3 more after Tetteh seems like a reasonable guess.