Summer '24 transfer window

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Cjg5x said:
So the general consensus judging from just the replies to my questions is we are mostly in agreement that once we get a striker through the door we mostly want to concentrate on outgoings then.

Centre back
Right back
DM
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Id add a 2nd striker in that as well but i suppose that might depend if rusyn goes
 
Flash Gordon said:
We're bloated as a squad currently, so much mediocrity in the bench options.

At this point back up players have to be 1 of 3 things:

1) genuinely competing for a start and not truly a back up (e.g. Ba, Alese)

2) young/raw with massive upside (e.g Rigg, Mayenda)

3) consistent back ups who provide experience (Moore)

I don't see Matete, Embo, Hemir, Benette and Pembele in any of those categories.

Rusyn is only in category 1 by default of having no strikers. Hjelde the same due to injuries.

Ekwah is firmly in category 1, but I could understand us selling him (Browne, Jobe and Rigg can all do his job) to fund a different profile of midfielder that we're less stocked on.

I think we could sell Matete, Embo and Jewi without even having to replace them.
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I agree with that entirely.

I'd say our first choice XI is (or will be)

Patterson
Hume Ballard O'Nien Cirkin
Neil Browne
Roberts Jobe Clarke
New Striker​

With a back up XI of

Browne
Pembele Triantis Hjelde Alese
Rigg Ekwah
Poveda Aouchiche Mundle
Mayenda/Rusyn​

The ones in bold are where I'd question if they are good enough to be genuine back ups and/or provide competition

If we ship out Pembele and or Ekwah then I think we need replacements. Matete, Hemir and co look surplus to requirements
 
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TopCat_ said:
I'd imagine Matete, Bennette and possibly Embo will be away from that list. Sounds like Pembele might go too
Hemir out on loan maybe?
Ideally we need a CB who can play on the right too (or do we leave that to LO9?)
Interested to see if Triantis can take a step up and fill that CDM role he did for Hibs - has he played much in pre season? Can't remember seeing his name mentioned much
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Yeah, as I said earlier the only signing we really need to make is a striker, until/unless players leave then you can look at plugging those gaps.

I suspect some combination of the new striker, Mayenda and Rusyn is sufficient for a team that plays with one striker. Also Triantis has had a light injury, he travelled to Spain but didn't train, I've not heard an update but assume he has been in training this week.
 
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alcoauth said:
Honestly, since the new regime, I'm struggling to think of one they've got wrong, even the young lads who haven't hit the ground running have plenty of time to become a success.

Edit:: Maybe some of the loans.
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The two German lads weren't successful, and,as you say,Burstow's loan didn't work. I am sceptical about Jewi,although I'd love to be proved wrong. Overall though, I think most of the young players we've acquired have loads of promise and the loan of Amad was outstanding. On the whole,I'm very supportive of our recruitment to date.
Memo to Stuart Harvey....".Find us a striker FFS!" <laugh>
 
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MadMackem77 said:
I don’t think we necessarily NEED a dcm

but can understand why some think we do at the same time
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me neither, I’m comfortable but that seems to what most people in here are saying they would like to see more of.

If Ekwah goes then I’d move for DM but if not, it’s fine.
 
TopCat_ said:
Ideally we need a CB who can play on the right too (or do we leave that to LO9?)
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Missed this part. We will have Seelt back in training around October/November. That said, plenty of centre back pairings have two right footers, I don't see a problem with having two left footers, not perfect but totally normal.
 
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MadMackem77 said:
I don’t think we necessarily NEED a dcm

but can understand why some think we do at the same time
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I think it’ll make a huge difference to the team in my opinion, Dan Neil is great at picking the ball up of the back 4 to then try and start the attacks going into midfield and playing through the lines it’s out of possession I think it’ll improve us massively as a specialist CDM will be cutting the ball out, getting in the way of the opposition playing through the lines and forcing them wide etc, it’ll also allow the forward players that little bit more freedom as we won’t be caught out or broken on as quickly through the middle! All opinion of course
 
Brainy Dose said:
The two German lads weren't successful, and,as you say,Burstow's loan didn't work. I am sceptical about Jewi,although I'd love to be proved wrong. Overall though, I think most of the young players we've acquired have loads of promise and the loan of Amad was outstanding. On the whole,I'm very supportive of our recruitment to date.
Memo to Stuart Harvey....".Find us a striker FFS!" <laugh>
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Dajaku! Yeah I'd have to take the hit on that one, he was actually a loan that we were forced to make permanent if memory serves.
 
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MadMackem77 said:
I don’t think we necessarily NEED a dcm

but can understand why some think we do at the same time
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I think due to squad size, this is where I stand now as well, Neil will likely do that job for us and the likes of Browne, Triantis and even Matete can deputise competantly.

To be honest I don't think we're going to play with an out-and-out DM, probably two box-to-box players where when ones goes, the other sits.
 
alcoauth said:
I think due to squad size, this is where I stand now as well, Neil will likely do that job for us and the likes of Browne, Triantis and even Matete can deputise competantly.

To be honest I don't think we're going to play with an out-and-out DM, probably two box-to-box players where when ones goes, the other sits.
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We've played with Neil sitting and two 8s either side of him in every pre season game he's played. RLB has also mentioned Jobe being a left central midfielder.
 
SourPatch2 said:
Mayenda is streets ahead of Rusyn and Hemir, especially in this system.
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Agreed, I like him.

suspect he will be kept around the squad and play for the 21’s when he’s not been involved with a first team game. Similar to what we did with Rigg last year.

but that would depend on if we get one striker or two.
 
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