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Post by ClaretTony » Wed Jan 15, 2020 4:24 pm

Conor Gallagher has joined Swansea on loan. From what I know, we were trying to sign him permanently but Chelsea just wanted him out on loan.
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Post by ClaretAL » Wed Jan 15, 2020 4:25 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 4:24 pm
Conor Gallagher has joined Swansea on loan. From what I know, we were trying to sign him permanently but Chelsea just wanted him out on loan.
Good to hear we were trying though.

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Post by Taffy on the wing » Wed Jan 15, 2020 4:26 pm

ecc wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 1:29 pm
I thought this thread was about rumours not yet another space for bloody bickering.
It's the new Brexit thread!

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Post by Goobs » Wed Jan 15, 2020 4:28 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 4:24 pm
Conor Gallagher has joined Swansea on loan. From what I know, we were trying to sign him permanently but Chelsea just wanted him out on loan.
We should have just offered £20m to get it done! Rigg out! ;)

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Post by claretonthecoast1882 » Wed Jan 15, 2020 4:29 pm

Goobs wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 4:28 pm
We should have just offered £20m to get it done! Rigg out! ;)
Think 15m and Vydra would have got it done, should have just got on with it

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Post by ClaretAL » Wed Jan 15, 2020 4:30 pm

Interesting... and I'm not sure Hart would want to go there either

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Post by rob63 » Wed Jan 15, 2020 4:36 pm

claretonthecoast1882 wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 4:29 pm
Think 15m and Vydra would have got it done, should have just got on with it
I don't think Chelski would want Vydra lol!

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Post by Long Time Lurker » Wed Jan 15, 2020 5:54 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 4:24 pm
Conor Gallagher has joined Swansea on loan. From what I know, we were trying to sign him permanently but Chelsea just wanted him out on loan.
If that is true, it doesn't seem like we've learned a single thing from our Summer of failure.

Securing his services on loan was a longshot, trying to sign him permanently would have been a complete waste of time.

Chasing after players that we like the look of, instead of quality players that we have a realistic chance of signing, is complete madness. The only thing it does is demonstrate a distinct lack of sound judgement and distance from reality.

Drinkwater wasn't a last day of the window panic buy, but he was very close to that. I would say that he was the bottom of our list, better than nothing emergency option, that we triggered when everything else went tits up.

If I had to guess I would say that our plan for this window, on the midfield front, was to stick with Drinkwater. However, he chose to activate his early release clause which spoiled our feet up and do nothing plan, forcing us to look at other options.

Hopefully, we have a few more midfield irons in the fire than Brownhill. I think he would be a good signing for us, but the longer it goes on the less chance we will have of getting him. Our money is only good to Bristol while they still have the time left to spend it wisely in the current window. If their spending options diminish they might as well keep him onboard ( helping them out for the rest of this season ) and sell him in the Summer when they have a greater chance of stimulating a bidding war. Another six months off his contract won't affect his selling price much and it doesn't look like he is chomping at the bit to leave them in this window.

Going into the second half of the season with only three midfielders will cut down our options in terms of the formations we can player and it will expose us to a big risk in respect to injuries. We really need a midfielder and we can't afford to compound our failure to find a suitable one in the Summer by repeating that poor performance again.

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Post by jojomk1 » Wed Jan 15, 2020 6:02 pm

Given our current league position the signing of Gallagher (perm or loan) would have been bad business
Paying more in Jan (than summer) for a young guy who was never going to replace Cork or Westwood seems a waste

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Post by claret2018 » Wed Jan 15, 2020 6:03 pm

Chris McCann will be like a new signing when he comes back from injury
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Post by DCWat » Wed Jan 15, 2020 6:34 pm

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Wed Jan 15, 2020 5:54 pm
If that is true, it doesn't seem like we've learned a single thing from our Summer of failure.

Securing his services on loan was a longshot, trying to sign him permanently would have been a complete waste of time.

Chasing after players that we like the look of, instead of quality players that we have a realistic chance of signing, is complete madness. The only thing it does is demonstrate a distinct lack of sound judgement and distance from reality.

Drinkwater wasn't a last day of the window panic buy, but he was very close to that. I would say that he was the bottom of our list, better than nothing emergency option, that we triggered when everything else went tits up.

If I had to guess I would say that our plan for this window, on the midfield front, was to stick with Drinkwater. However, he chose to activate his early release clause which spoiled our feet up and do nothing plan, forcing us to look at other options.

Hopefully, we have a few more midfield irons in the fire than Brownhill. I think he would be a good signing for us, but the longer it goes on the less chance we will have of getting him. Our money is only good to Bristol while they still have the time left to spend it wisely in the current window. If their spending options diminish they might as well keep him onboard ( helping them out for the rest of this season ) and sell him in the Summer when they have a greater chance of stimulating a bidding war. Another six months off his contract won't affect his selling price much and it doesn't look like he is chomping at the bit to leave them in this window.

Going into the second half of the season with only three midfielders will cut down our options in terms of the formations we can player and it will expose us to a big risk in respect to injuries. We really need a midfielder and we can't afford to compound our failure to find a suitable one in the Summer by repeating that poor performance again.
I don’t know much about this lad (in fact I know sod all) but I’m more than happy that we are targeting young players with potential.

Whether or not it was an unachievable transfer, I don’t know but perhaps he wasn’t an exclusive target and we weren’t just thinking for this season.

There seem to be a lot of critical assumptions in your post when there could well be a number of positive signs.
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Post by Firthy » Wed Jan 15, 2020 6:35 pm

Has anyone got any news ??
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Post by Bertiebeehead » Wed Jan 15, 2020 6:56 pm

Firthy wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 6:35 pm
Has anyone got any news ??
There is no news.

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Post by jurek » Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:01 pm

Doesn't sound as if Brownhill will be on his way to us and
anyone else by the sounds of this.

https://www.lancs.live/sport/football/t ... n-17571193

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Post by Long Time Lurker » Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:01 pm

Lee Johnson of Bristol City doesn't envision any big sales

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/foo ... ol-3741212

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Post by Long Time Lurker » Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:01 pm

jurek wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:01 pm
Doesn't sound as if Brownhill will be on his way to us and
anyone else by the sounds of this.

https://www.lancs.live/sport/football/t ... n-17571193
Snap

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Post by FactualFrank » Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:08 pm

Long Time Lurker wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:01 pm
Lee Johnson of Bristol City doesn't envision any big sales
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/foo ... ol-3741212
And I don't envisage any big purchases.
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Post by DomBFC1882 » Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:20 pm

I'd say disappointment awaits but lets be fair were used to that when it comes to our transfer dealings

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Post by Long Time Lurker » Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:21 pm

FactualFrank wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:08 pm
And I don't envisage any big purchases.
I'm not saying that we lack vision, but yesterday I saw a blind man helping our Technical Director cross the road.

When we were promised out of this world recruitment, we didn't expect our business to resemble a vacuum.

If the forward momentum of our recruitment strategy was any faster it would be stationary.

Knowledge is the key to success, so we hired him to learn from his consistent mistakes.

He promised to build us a palace, but all we got was a pig pen and a lot of porkies.

You can build a career out of cronyism, but it won't make you any new friends.

I was going to post those in the humorous football put downs, but I wasn't sure if home grown entries are allowed.

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Post by Mattster » Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:49 pm

Long Time Lurker wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:21 pm
I was going to post those in the humorous football put downs, but I wasn't sure if home grown entries are allowed.
Probably for the best.

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Post by NewClaret » Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:57 pm

claretblue wrote:
Tue Jan 14, 2020 11:29 am
Shaqiri has struggled for game time since making a £13.5m move from Stoke City back in 2018, playing back up to the formidable attacking trio of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane.

In the summer, the 28-year-old hinted that he may look to move on, saying: “I’m disappointed that I do not play anymore. Nobody likes to sit on the bench.

“It's clear that I want more time. I have to look at the situation and find a solution.”

would he consider Burnley?

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/footb ... r-21275207
I find it hard to get excited about many of the options discussed on here.... Brownhill - could go either way, not sure we need innexperienced player at this level in a relegation dog fight; Gallagher - likewise & why bother to develop another prem clubs players... I would get very excited about Shaqiri though! Apparently Liverpool turned down a loan offer from Roma and United/AC Milan also linked. Can’t see him signing for us, even on loan, Under those circumstances :(

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Post by Long Time Lurker » Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:10 pm

Mattster wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:49 pm
Probably for the best.
Nods, I just want to see some positive improvement from us in terms of our recruitment and the direction we are moving in. The current window isn't over yet and we definitely have work that we can do.

Nothing would please me more than an upturn in the performance of our recruitment and I would be one of the first to be complimentary if that should happen in this window. Not only would I be happy to eat my humble pie I would order second helpings.

Truth be told I'm desperate to say something good about our recently revamped recruitment department, because it is a very important part of protecting our future and I'm generally not a negative person ( quite the opposite actually ), but they aren't making it easy for me or anyone else to do that at the moment.

Like everyone here, I just want what is best for our club, which includes better recruitment.
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Post by Blackrod » Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:15 pm

If we make no changes to the playing staff or coaching/management expect more of the same. It’s broken and needs fixing. These are not tight margins that can be papered over.

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Post by ClaretMov » Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:15 pm

NewClaret wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:57 pm
I find it hard to get excited about many of the options discussed on here.... Brownhill - could go either way, not sure we need innexperienced player at this level in a relegation dog fight; Gallagher - likewise & why bother to develop another prem clubs players... I would get very excited about Shaqiri though! Apparently Liverpool turned down a loan offer from Roma and United/AC Milan also linked. Can’t see him signing for us, even on loan, Under those circumstances :(


He's on 80k a week even if he took a 50% pay cut we wouldn't pay it

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Post by NewClaret » Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:34 pm

ClaretMov wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:15 pm
He's on 80k a week even if he took a 50% pay cut we wouldn't pay it
Not if we shifted a few on? Or structured the deal with some cash up front?

Probably not, I agree, but £80k didn’t feel as bad as I expected it to be. Not completely out of the realms of possibility, particularly if it were a loan.

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Post by MACCA » Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:47 pm

Not signing anyone doesn't mean automatic relegation, if we can stay up without spending it would be the best scenario as we will have a lean start, OOC players left and could argue have a bigger budget both fee and wages wise.

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Post by ClaretMov » Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:47 pm

I would love him in our team even at 80k a week

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Post by BOYSIE31 » Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:48 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 4:24 pm
Conor Gallagher has joined Swansea on loan. From what I know, we were trying to sign him permanently but Chelsea just wanted him out on loan.
Was never coming here on loan or permanent as Chelsea will not sell and would not get game time either so best to move on - next
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Post by dermotdermot » Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:50 pm

Having lost what was supposed to be an important midfield addition to the squad (Drinkwater) after the loss of an extremely talented midfielder (Defour), I would have thought it essential to get someone like Brownhill in. It almost looked as if it might be on the cards but here we are, once again, in a situation where it just isn’t going to happen. It has to be disappointing especially in view of the erratic form and injuries of one or two others. I was hoping that Brady might be ‘back’ after his well taken goal against Man.City, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. I must admit to being rather concerned.
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Post by BOYSIE31 » Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:54 pm

dermotdermot wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:50 pm
Having lost what was supposed to be an important midfield addition to the squad (Drinkwater) after the loss of an extremely talented midfielder (Defour), I would have thought it essential to get someone like Brownhill in. It almost looked as if it might be on the cards but here we are, once again, in a situation where it just isn’t going to happen. It has to be disappointing especially in view of the erratic form and injuries of one or two others. I was hoping that Brady might be ‘back’ after his well taken goal against Man.City, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. I must admit to being rather concerned.
For what it's worth i doubt Brownhill will be the answer either - next

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Post by D8BFC » Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:01 pm

BOYSIE31 wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:54 pm
For what it's worth i doubt Brownhill will be the answer either - next
Sick of saying it, but Ben Pearson @ PNE would be a great addition.... £13m (which i think would be the going rate for someone of his ilk) and PNE would find it really difficult to turn down.

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Post by kentonclaret » Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:01 pm

I love the optimism of some posters suggesting that if we don't sign anybody in this window then we will have more to spend in the summer. :x

I don't mind the pain it's the hope that's killing me. :cry:

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Post by Taffy on the wing » Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:13 pm

DCWat wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 6:34 pm
I don’t know much about this lad (in fact I know sod all) but I’m more than happy that we are targeting young players with potential.

Whether or not it was an unachievable transfer, I don’t know but perhaps he wasn’t an exclusive target and we weren’t just thinking for this season.

There seem to be a lot of critical assumptions in your post when there could well be a number of positive signs.
He Lurks on the dark side!....as well as the long side. :D
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Post by Vegas Claret » Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:13 pm

D8BFC wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:01 pm
Sick of saying it, but Ben Pearson @ PNE would be a great addition.... £13m (which i think would be the going rate for someone of his ilk) and PNE would find it really difficult to turn down.
and everyone else probably tells you (because it's true) is that his disciplinary record in the Championship is dreadful, he wouldn't last 20 mins in the PL the way the players fall over.
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Post by Steddyman » Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:14 pm

kentonclaret wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:01 pm
I love the optimism of some posters suggesting that if we don't sign anybody in this window then we will have more to spend in the summer. :x

I don't mind the pain it's the hope that's killing me. :cry:
We'll have tons to spend in the summer in this scenario, since we will be relegated and can offload all our best players to other Premier League teams at a nice profit.

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Post by FactualFrank » Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:23 pm

MACCA wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:47 pm
Not signing anyone doesn't mean automatic relegation
I think it does.

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Post by claretspice » Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:28 pm

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If that is true, it doesn't seem like we've learned a single thing from our Summer of failure.

Securing his services on loan was a longshot, trying to sign him permanently would have been a complete waste of time.

Chasing after players that we like the look of, instead of quality players that we have a realistic chance of signing, is complete madness. The only thing it does is demonstrate a distinct lack of sound judgement and distance from reality.

Drinkwater wasn't a last day of the window panic buy, but he was very close to that. I would say that he was the bottom of our list, better than nothing emergency option, that we triggered when everything else went tits up.

If I had to guess I would say that our plan for this window, on the midfield front, was to stick with Drinkwater. However, he chose to activate his early release clause which spoiled our feet up and do nothing plan, forcing us to look at other options.

Hopefully, we have a few more midfield irons in the fire than Brownhill. I think he would be a good signing for us, but the longer it goes on the less chance we will have of getting him. Our money is only good to Bristol while they still have the time left to spend it wisely in the current window. If their spending options diminish they might as well keep him onboard ( helping them out for the rest of this season ) and sell him in the Summer when they have a greater chance of stimulating a bidding war. Another six months off his contract won't affect his selling price much and it doesn't look like he is chomping at the bit to leave them in this window.

Going into the second half of the season with only three midfielders will cut down our options in terms of the formations we can player and it will expose us to a big risk in respect to injuries. We really need a midfielder and we can't afford to compound our failure to find a suitable one in the Summer by repeating that poor performance again.

I'm fully in agreement that we need an additional midfielder and frankly need to up our game in the transfer market, but this is all a bit daft.

Gallagher was clearly just an option, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. His move to Swansea is a little curious; it half suggests that something has gone on behind the scenes and that might have encouraged us to have a look at whether a longer term deal was possible. It would appear weve got another target in Brownhill and so weve hardly thrown all our eggs in one undeliverable basket. Johnson's comments today are exactly what you'd expect of a manager who doesn't want to sell - but who knows his club is a selling club. There's no bullish noises ruling out sales because they are going for promotion.

As usual, the right think to do is to wait and see what the state of the nation is at the end of the window. Brownhill appears a plausible signing and hes a good player. I'm.not sure its right to say Sheff Utd have become a relatively more attractive destination since the summer - they play a regular 352 with a classic 3 in midfield of which one is a sitter, one box to box and one the creator- Brownhill only really fits the box to box role ad I understand it and Lundstram has made that his own. Hes got a much more obvious route straight into the first team at Burnley.

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Post by randomclaret2 » Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:34 pm

Although signing for Sheffield Utd guarantees Premier League football next season...whereas signing for us...
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Post by Firthy » Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:35 pm

FactualFrank wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:23 pm
I think it does.
I'm worried that you might be right :(

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Post by ecc » Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:49 pm

Number 10 has generally been associated with a playmaker.

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Post by Long Time Lurker » Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:51 pm

MACCA wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:47 pm
Not signing anyone doesn't mean automatic relegation, if we can stay up without spending it would be the best scenario as we will have a lean start, OOC players left and could argue have a bigger budget both fee and wages wise.
In all fairness, we only needed a good young left back, a good young forward and a good young midfielder in the last window.

If we do nothing in this window the next one could see us needing a good young left back, a good young forward ( if Vydra leaves ) two good young midfielders ( if Hendrick leaves ) a good young right winger ( if Lennon leaves ) and a good young right back ( if Bardsley or Lowton leaves ). Any additional departures would add further to our workload.

On top of that we could use some next level development players.

Given the way we went about satisfying our relatively small requirements in the last window, and how we seem to be going about things in this window, meeting a requirement volume of that size would seem to be a very big ask of our recruitment. If we can't meet the demands of a small shipping list I don't see how we can be confident about meeting the demands of a big shopping list. Integrating that many new players at once would also be problematic.

Sadly, I have a feeling you are correct and we won't do anything in this window. Even if we do have the intention of doing something I suspect we will wait until the last week.

We generally don't act until the last week of a window. Waiting to do anything, until we have seen the results over the next two matches for us and the other lower table teams ( like Villa, Bournemouth, Watford and West Ham ) wouldn't surprise me. Arguably we have the easiest end of season run in and we might be tempted to do nothing ( other than loan a midfielder ) if those teams post bad results and we do ok.

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Re: BFC TRANSFER NEWS Jan 2020(MUST CONTAIN LINK)

Post by claretspice » Wed Jan 15, 2020 10:10 pm

I'm not following why we needed a young left back or a young forward in the last window.

At left back, Taylor is first choice and in his mid 20s.

Up front Barnes and Wood were obviously first choice and we supplemented those two with Rodriguez.

When you overstate the case, you undermine it.

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Re: BFC TRANSFER NEWS Jan 2020(MUST CONTAIN LINK)

Post by D8BFC » Wed Jan 15, 2020 10:14 pm

Vegas Claret wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:13 pm
and everyone else probably tells you (because it's true) is that his disciplinary record in the Championship is dreadful, he wouldn't last 20 mins in the PL the way the players fall over.
So the same as what was said when we signed Barton then?

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Re: BFC TRANSFER NEWS Jan 2020(MUST CONTAIN LINK)

Post by CFS » Wed Jan 15, 2020 10:23 pm

D8BFC wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 10:14 pm
So the same as what was said when we signed Barton then?
The same Barton who forged a career in the PL?

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Re: BFC TRANSFER NEWS Jan 2020(MUST CONTAIN LINK)

Post by D8BFC » Wed Jan 15, 2020 10:26 pm

Have to start somewhere surely?

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Re: BFC TRANSFER NEWS Jan 2020(MUST CONTAIN LINK)

Post by CFS » Wed Jan 15, 2020 11:33 pm

D8BFC wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 10:26 pm
Have to start somewhere surely?
Need the ability to start somewhere before anything

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Re: BFC TRANSFER NEWS Jan 2020(MUST CONTAIN LINK)

Post by Long Time Lurker » Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:20 am

claretspice wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 10:10 pm
I'm not following why we needed a young left back or a young forward in the last window.

At left back, Taylor is first choice and in his mid 20s.

Up front Barnes and Wood were obviously first choice and we supplemented those two with Rodriguez.

When you overstate the case, you undermine it.
Because we had gaps to fill and younger players would have allowed us to reduce our contingent of older players. As it goes we spent about 12m on two players with no holding value, who might well be on higher wages than we could have paid to a couple of players in the early or mid stage of their careers.

From a playing perspective I can see why we bought Jay and Eric, but from a financial perspective I can't. An even spread of ages is what we should be after, especially when our back up players could spend a lot of time bench sitting. Spending a fairly large sum of money to bring in two new players and giving them both contracts of 2+ years struck me as a wasted opportunity in terms of our long term finances. They will help to keep us up, which is important, but over the course of their contracts I would expect us to lose money on them. I can't see us selling them so that 12m is pretty much gone and we could have filled those spots with players that could have had a chance to increase in experience/value.

In the next few years we could be looking at replacing a lot of players at about the same time. Not taking the opportunity to do that gradually was a mistake in my opinion, but I respect the opinion of others who think differently.

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Re: BFC TRANSFER NEWS Jan 2020(MUST CONTAIN LINK)

Post by Vegas Claret » Thu Jan 16, 2020 1:12 am

CFS wrote:
Wed Jan 15, 2020 10:23 pm
The same Barton who forged a career in the PL?
as CFS said, his career was in the PL - he had way more ability than Pearson imho (granted that's from the limited times I've personally seen Pearson, never been remotely impressed)

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Re: BFC TRANSFER NEWS Jan 2020(MUST CONTAIN LINK)

Post by Woodleyclaret » Thu Jan 16, 2020 2:41 am

Jon Swift Reading having a great season ex Chelsea but worth a bid despite that.Unsettled source Get Reading

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