Transfer Rumours Summer '23 Transfer Thread

[SydneyTiger14]

Yeah maybe, just seems odd they’d do a video clip in a city tracksuit saying how pleased they are to be here etc. Without actually signing, meanwhile Rosie won’t talk about other teams players.

Only Philogene had that and was the most nailed on, no clips of Furlong or Morton.

 

[TIGERSCAVE]

Our window was amazing compared to Everton... sold a fair few and no one wanted to go there...

That the exits of both players did not lead to additional incomings is understood to have been down to a desire on Everton’s part not to gamble on players they were unsure of. Yet those moves, along with the departure of Neal Maupay, also present a risk. Deadline day business has left Sean Dyche with a threadbare squad now thought to include just a dozen fit, senior outfield players for the trip to Sheffield United.

Best price 9/5 to be relegated .. actually I like the look of relegation treble EVERTON, LUTON, BLADES... 5/1 with Skybet

 

[Tony Angelino]

Only Philogene had that and was the most nailed on, no clips of Furlong or Morton.

Ah ok

 

[Chazz Rheinhold]

Spain won the Euros and World Cup with no striker in the team...What Spain can do...City can.....

Think David Villa might have something to say about that

 

[Chazz Rheinhold]

Connolly, Allahyar, Twine, even Tufan if needed. It’s not like Oscar brought anything particularly special to the team that no one else can provide, he was a poacher

Err

 

[Kalman]

Can anyone do me a Venn diagram of the people saying in pre-season that we had to get rid of Oscar, and the people saying we're mad to get rid of him now?

Even the people who said we should’ve got rid of him are baffled that we haven’t signed a replacement. I think it’s more to do with not having a replacement than anything else.

 

[augustatiger]

Next transfer window opens 1st January 2024.
When does the ITK thread open? I have a rumour I need to post.

 

[DuaneDarby18]

We could play Sandat.

I think Sandat might be better than we all realise.

Overall, I’m actually happy. It’s a gamble for sure, but it means Delap and Connolly are guaranteed games and I rate both very highly - I don’t think Oscar would have been happy being a sub and this may have upset the camp.

Philogene, I’m most excited about. He is exactly what we need on the right. This will hopefully stop Traore being played there and we can put him back in the middle.

The negatives? It may be like a 4-5-1 most of the time, until we dare to bring Connolly on. I’m hoping our wingers will take on their man more often to make it more of a 4-3-3, but we’ll see. UTT.

 

[Cityzen]

I guess one question is, which Oscar did we get rid of? Was it the one who scored 7 in 6 games at the start of last season, or the one who scored 6 in 29 in the rest of the season? I'm betting it was the second one.

It was both.

 

[Chazz Rheinhold]

Wonder how Botanic boy is feeling right now?

Can imagine him crying into a pint, in the bar on his own, shouting 'Acun told me to put a bet on top 6 and that we were signing a blow your beans level player' like a bloke who has found out his missus has been lying to him about where she goes on a Thursday morning for 'yoga class'.

She’s at Chazz’s

 

[Chazz Rheinhold]

A winger like Philogene was needed *for* Oscar.

It’s like we signed all the bits we were missing in order to build a balanced team, then sold the guy we balanced the team for.
It’s done now, hopefully what we have will see us through to Christmas.

My biggest concern is that the combined career goal tallies of Connolly, Allahyar and Liam Delap at Championship level is one goal less than Oscar’s, and he only had one injury hit season.

But hey, if those three can prove me wrong, I’d love it. Or, if the Turkish lad we signed turns out to be a baller and we end up with an extra first team player we weren’t expecting, we’ll be golden.

Football isn’t about goals ffs
Dinosaur

 

[Chazz Rheinhold]

I'm not sure whether it has already been mentioned, but I see Josh Tymon has left Stoke for Swansea.

Could be a good move for him
Wasted his time playing in a non football team
His career might take off now

 

[originalminority]

I think Sandat might be better than we all realise.

Overall, I’m actually happy. It’s a gamble for sure, but it means Delap and Connolly are guaranteed games and I rate both very highly - I don’t think Oscar would have been happy being a sub and this may have upset the camp.

Philogene, I’m most excited about. He is exactly what we need on the right. This will hopefully stop Traore being played there and we can put him back in the middle.

The negatives? It may be like a 4-5-1 most of the time, until we dare to bring Connolly on. I’m hoping our wingers will take on their man more often to make it more of a 4-3-3, but we’ll see. UTT.

Will Traore start in the middle? We have to start Tufan, Slater and Morton?

 

[Chazz Rheinhold]

The club employ 'proper doctors' and they have 'proper equipement' at the training ground. I was treated there for a torn calf muscle earlier last year and the treatment was first class.

But you’re still not in first team reckoning!! Says it all to me

 

[SydneyTiger14]

Will Traore start in the middle? We have to start Tufan, Slater and Morton?

Seri and Morton in a double pivot, Traore through the middle, Twine and Philogene on the wings, with Slater off the bench.

 

[DuaneDarby18]

Will Traore start in the middle? We have to start Tufan, Slater and Morton?

I suspect Morton will come on when Seri is knackered. I guess Traore will battle for the other 2 places with Slater/Tufan. Not a bad headache to have.

 

[Chazz Rheinhold]

Seri and Morton in a double pivot, Traore through the middle, Twine and Philogene on the wings, with Slater off the bench.

Slater will play in the inside left channel
It’ll go back to one up top
With Morton and seri in cm
Delap up top
Billy Jean and twine behind

bomb squad to come on when we get desperate after 65 minutes of passing the ball about at the back and go hell for leather
Tufan scores and we either get another one via Connolly or draw

we’ll take the positives and have 67% possession so all the world can see what we’re doing here and our style

 

[Ernie Shackleton]

Could be a good move for him
Wasted his time playing in a non football team
His career might take off now

Can't believe he's only 24. Seems like a lifetime ago since we sold him.

 

[SydneyTiger14]

Could be a good move for him
Wasted his time playing in a non football team
His career might take off now

Non-football team? Pulis hasn't been manager there for quite some time. He's had a pretty decent go of it there.

 

[Kalman]

Xavier Simons needed to go out on loan to get game time and experience to develop but Henry Sandat, who has never kicked a ball for the first team, can fill in for Óscar, apparently.

**** my boots, I’ve ****ing heard it all now