Summer '24 transfer window

[CR17]

He is perhaps my favourite signing of this regime. Picking up a lad from a semi pro to be as good as he is is an excellent testament to trusting scouting expertise. The lad is a credit to himself too. Oddly though the most exciting signing in the current regime for me is Pembele, all based on his early breakthrough at PSG and age group games at france. Different routes into the game, but if Pembele is what I think he might be we could have a future France right back on our hands in a couple of years.

My favourite is Aouchiche, I think he will be great here if he gets a proper run, he feels like a proper 'streets won't forget' type of player. Taarabt at QPR vibes

 

[cumbrianmackem]

Wonder how De Bris feels if this rumour and conjecture about his star players actually comes home to roost and he looses a decent proportion of his squad.
I'm sure this was all explained to him before he signed up.......!!

 

[CR17]

Wonder how De Bris feels if this rumour and conjecture about his star players actually comes home to roost and he looses a decent proportion of his squad.
I'm sure this was all explained to him before he signed up.......!!

Who's to say he's gonna lose a good chunk, I think 1 or 2 will go at the MOST imo

 

[Blond Bombshell]

Who's to say he's gonna lose a good chunk, I think 1 or 2 will go at the MOST imo

And have £30m burning a hole in his pouch

 

[Hannah1989]

Wonder how De Bris feels if this rumour and conjecture about his star players actually comes home to roost and he looses a decent proportion of his squad.
I'm sure this was all explained to him before he signed up.......!!

he's already said he hopes to keep players but understands if the club accepts an offer for a player,

bit on a nonsensical comment to post

 

[Scout73]

Does RLB have history with playing 3 at the back?

He played it last season but think he prefers a back 4

 

[Blond Bombshell]

he's already said he hopes to keep players but understands if the club accepts an offer for a player,

bit on a nonsensical comment to post

It felt like a dig in a way, but as Reid has just said on Sky, football is all about opinion, the beauty of the game

 

[Essayyeffcee]

Even though he's injured, doesn't stop the rumors

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[Mackem74]

I hope you're right about Pembele as I've not been impressed at all with what I've seen so far from him

If I'm basing Pembele on what I've seen he looks absolutely miles off what he promised as a young one. He looks bloody awful and I know that's being harsh and he's had an injury. I hope you are right about him @FellTop

 

[Jono]

It's very hard to judge Pembele because of injury and lack of minutes, hopefully he can get a full pre-season in him and challenge Hume.. or replace him if we sell.

 

[Disco down under]

If I'm basing Pembele on what I've seen he looks absolutely miles off what he promised as a young one. He looks bloody awful and I know that's being harsh and he's had an injury. I hope you are right about him @FellTop

Think Regis's style where the fullbacks offer a lot of width and attacking intent should suit him and help him develop... I hope.

 

[TheBronzeBummer]

Henry Fieldson on trial at Grimsby fair play to him backing himself in men’s football, could have took the cushy route staying in the 23s for another 2 years, starting to see a lot more younguns dropping a level to get real experience now, really good to see

Unsure how this would work financially for Sunderland, but hope he does well and we somehow have a clause in his contract.

 

[Roseee]

I really like Hume but I’m not sure a fit Huggins isn’t a better right back.

Don't think there's many better defensively than Hume, all round i'd probably go Huggins though, Hume couldn't score that goal he did against Watford

 

[Wardley Makem]

John Egan barely played last season, was he injured or just out of favour?

He's only 31 so got a bit of mileage in him left at this level, you'd think

If we bring in e experienced players, CB, CM, ST, I'd be over the moon. It would transform this team

 

[TheBronzeBummer]

I haven't heard about Egan. Hope Scout is wrong and that he'd be a good centre back at this level in a back four.

 

[Robertson]

My favourite is Aouchiche, I think he will be great here if he gets a proper run, he feels like a proper 'streets won't forget' type of player. Taarabt at QPR vibes

It's very hard to judge Pembele because of injury and lack of minutes, hopefully he can get a full pre-season in him and challenge Hume.. or replace him if we sell.

Agreed. It will be exciting to see how Pembele and Aouchiche do this year. Could see a big jump in their performance levels now they are more settled.

 

[TheBronzeBummer]

Don't think there's many better defensively than Hume, all round i'd probably go Huggins though, Hume couldn't score that goal he did against Watford

I think if Huggins had been fit all last season we'd have had a few low ball bids in for him this summer already.

 

[alcoauth]

I haven't heard about Egan. Hope Scout is wrong and that he'd be a good centre back at this level in a back four.

He has no pace left and he will be out until October-ish, match fit November as a best case scenario. This is the sort of signing we should have made a couple of years ago, not now.

 

[SourPatch2]

Have similar concerns over Egan as I did with Norwood. Heavily protected by that Sheff Urd system and how much could he actually contribute? Also, if RLBs system includes high full backs we need our centre backs to be able to cover the wide areas, not sure that is Egans game.

 

[Culinary]

He has no pace left and he will be out until October-ish, match fit November as a best case scenario. This is the sort of singing we should have made a couple of years ago, not now.

Where's that from? He was expecting to be ready for preseason if he had a club.