Summer transfer thread

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Hudson92 said:
Would like to see Callum back in league one at a footballing side, not many to choose from there like
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Replacement for Darling at MK Dons or McNally at Oxford would both be good moves for him I think. I wouldn't be too disappointed if we took him back next season to compete with Ballard, Wright and Bath but he wouldn't get the amount of game time he needs.
 
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Flash Gordon said:
There's a little doubt in my head about how some fans are going to adapt to our new approach.

Football players have become a very disposable item in recent years. Fans will happily write a player off after a couple of games, demand new players every transfer window and always want massive improvements.

I think we have to learn how to be patient. Signing young players and bringing players through the academy means that we can't write them off after a handful of games. Players can continue to develop and improve. We've signed Ballard for 4 years and are looking to try and get Clarke permanently. These aren't players that we improve upon next season because "they're midtable Championship players" and we're striving for the Premier League. They're players that we nurture and support through their dips in form who are here for the long term.

I think this goes for players already at the club as well. Matete and Dajaku are probably the best 2 examples I can think of. I think we'd all acknowledge that they showed glimpses last season without being consistently fantastic. But we can't sign so many players that these 2 are 4th or 5th choice in their position. We have to leave that gap in the squad for this type of player to fill.

It's going to be tough to adapt but we need to embrace it. At this moment in time, this club is pulling together in the same direction and that kind of morale and team spirit should not be underestimated. Whenever Sunderland has done well in my lifetime, we've always been greater than the sum of our parts and that's the best way I can describe us under Alex Neil right now. I want the core of this squad to still be here 3 years from now.
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I think most fans are on board with the recent recruitment strategy....we all got so sick of seeing journeymen players coming here to claim a payday towards the end of their careers. In a crowd of pushing 40k...which is what it's going to be..there will always be some dissention about allowing players the time they need,but I sense a developing trust in the strategy, and in the coaching staff, from the vast majority.
Everything depends on what happens on the field of play,of course.
 
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Flash Gordon said:
There's a little doubt in my head about how some fans are going to adapt to our new approach.

Football players have become a very disposable item in recent years. Fans will happily write a player off after a couple of games, demand new players every transfer window and always want massive improvements.

I think we have to learn how to be patient. Signing young players and bringing players through the academy means that we can't write them off after a handful of games. Players can continue to develop and improve. We've signed Ballard for 4 years and are looking to try and get Clarke permanently. These aren't players that we improve upon next season because "they're midtable Championship players" and we're striving for the Premier League. They're players that we nurture and support through their dips in form who are here for the long term.

I think this goes for players already at the club as well. Matete and Dajaku are probably the best 2 examples I can think of. I think we'd all acknowledge that they showed glimpses last season without being consistently fantastic. But we can't sign so many players that these 2 are 4th or 5th choice in their position. We have to leave that gap in the squad for this type of player to fill.

It's going to be tough to adapt but we need to embrace it. At this moment in time, this club is pulling together in the same direction and that kind of morale and team spirit should not be underestimated. Whenever Sunderland has done well in my lifetime, we've always been greater than the sum of our parts and that's the best way I can describe us under Alex Neil right now. I want the core of this squad to still be here 3 years from now.
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Absolutely right mate.
Patience with young kids is essential. Dan Neil is a prime example.
In the past we have either flogged them to death or given up on them after a few bad games.
And I think we have the manager to get the balance right.
As soon as he came in he spotted the balance was wrong with the young players
Personally I'm more happy now than I've been in year to sit back let them get on with it
Think we are in good hands
 
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sheepman said:
Absolutely right mate.
Patience with young kids is essential. Dan Neil is a prime example.
In the past we have either flogged them to death or given up on them after a few bad games.
And I think we have the manager to get the balance right.
As soon as he came in he spotted the balance was wrong with the young players
Personally I'm more happy now than I've been in year to sit back let them get on with it
Think we are in good hands
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Things are a little bit different now too,in that it's very difficult to introduce young players into a side that's being taken apart every week,as happened to us in the PL.
Now these players can grow as the team grows,they're the mainstay of it,and they get the chance to develop and become better.
As a caveat,if we can build on last season and achieve some kind of success,it won't be long before our recruitment strategy will be tested by the top PL clubs coming in with bids to sign one or two of them.
 
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Smug in Boots said:
There's something about this Ballard deal that stinks.

It defies geography, something that's held us back in the past.

He's a young international, properly coached from boyhood and was wanted by other clubs.

And he's been given a four year contract at the age of twenty two ...

... surely we only give those contracts to ageing mercenaries who no-one else wants.

There's something rotten at this club and we should demand to know what's going on.

Protest anyone?
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You could be right, I demand my season-card money be refunded immediately.
 
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I've not seen this one linked anywhere, it's just a suggestion of my own, but I'd love to see us make a move to bring in Calvin Ramsey on loan at right back. Scottish Young player of the year last season, he's an attacking full back who can use both feet and has a superb delivery. He's not going to get much time at Liverpool just yet so they'd possibly be open to loaning him out. He also doesn't get in the way of us developing Huggins or Hume to be the long term right back for this club. What it does is allow Hume to go out on loan for the season to league one and get a year of football under his belt. It also allows Huggins some time to come back from long term injuries and find some form.
 
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Flash Gordon said:
I've not seen this one linked anywhere, it's just a suggestion of my own, but I'd love to see us make a move to bring in Calvin Ramsey on loan at right back. Scottish Young player of the year last season, he's an attacking full back who can use both feet and has a superb delivery. He's not going to get much time at Liverpool just yet so they'd possibly be open to loaning him out. He also doesn't get in the way of us developing Huggins or Hume to be the long term right back for this club. What it does is allow Hume to go out on loan for the season to league one and get a year of football under his belt. It also allows Huggins some time to come back from long term injuries and find some form.
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Yeah I was a huge fan of his last season but I would go ambitious and try and get Nathan Patterson on loan. I know there's a good chance we wont get him but if Lampard doesn't trust him yet then would be an unreal signing on loan for a season for us.

On Hume - I honestly think there is a quality player in there, if he comes back looking like he's kicked on I'd be happy with our RB options
 
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APC said:
Shane Long left Southampton, would anyone have him as back up to Stewart?
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I've always been a fan of Shane Long, I like a striker with a strong work ethic. I also think that 1 of the 2 strikers we need should be experienced and be prepared to come off the bench more often than starting. But I think Shane Long's days even for doing that may be behind him. He's had a good career though, made the most of his talent.
 
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