January Transfer Window Rumours

[Murger]

More so, what the hell has happened to Luton this season, when they have Doughty, Morris and Adebayo who would all get into our team.

Beats me. Not much difference to the side that went up 2 seasons ago.

[Vegas Claret]

Big chances missed is a horrific stat that is constantly misused.

How about the fact that they sniffed those chances out in the first place?

Aguero was another, Wood for us some seasons - now look at him.

that just backs up what KR is saying

[GrahamBranchsPerm]

Think it shows momentum can be a big thing in football. Beating them 4 1 maybe set us one way, and them the other.

Agree we could do alot worse than any of those three, but Morris > Adebayo for me.

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[CoolClaret]

that just backs up what KR is saying

I know, I'm in agreement with him! Just backing his point up.

[Vegas Claret]

looks like Boro are going for it, sounds like they are getting Iheanacho

[Woodleyclaret]

Another non scoring striker for Boro

[Newcastleclaret93]

Use your brain mate.

The top 4 for biggest chances missed in the PL this season are Watkins, Haaland, Jackson and Salah.

Big chances missed doesn’t mean they don’t score goals, Adebayo has a track record of scoring goals he’s just had a poor season, in a new environment hopefully he’ll recover his form.

Come on, we aren’t seriously comparing the best finishers in the world to Adebayo?

The difference is they actually score goals.

[Moltisanti]

Another non scoring striker for Boro

I would be interested to know who our scoring striker is ?

[Woodleyclaret]

I never claimed we had on just that imo Iheanacho is erratic re goals.We do need a quick box finisher but waiting till the last day of the window to solve a problem we've had since August is a worry

[burnley007]

I would be interested to know who our scoring striker is ?

Wood?

[Woodleyclaret]

Lots of chat re medical today on Edwards signing is it sorted yet I wonder?

[BigGaz]

Iheanacho being playing professional football a decade, and has yet to breach 250 appearances nor 50 goals.

May well be a different proposition at Championship level but I don't see him as being this big spark we need.

[Down_Rover]

Edwards not playing for Sporting tonight. Romano says verbal deal done

[Bosscat]

Edwards not playing for Sporting tonight. Romano says verbal deal done

Its all over twittler that he was on a "Ryanair" flight into Manchester today

[Stonehouse]

Its all over twittler that he was on a "Ryanair" flight into Manchester today

Either he’s a cheapskate or we are if he’s flying Ryanair.

[Bosscat]

Either he’s a cheapskate or we are if he’s flying Ryanair.

https://x.com/i/status/1886086599017918571

[TsarBomba]

Tella starts for Leverkusen again today.

Not giving ourselves much time to get that deal done..

[Row x]

Its all over twittler that he was on a "Ryanair" flight into Manchester today

Was he not pictured at Manchester airport last night?

[KernowHouseClaret]

https://x.com/Sporting_CPAdep/status/18 ... 4912201085
https://x.com/Sporting_CPAdep/status/18 ... 0336621884

We might be lucky and he didn't get to see the match .

He flew in yesterday by the looks of things

[MeeActon1]

Tella starts for Leverkusen again today.

Not giving ourselves much time to get that deal done..

It’s ok, don’t worry, Karen ‘Accy Stanley’ Faz is on the case….

[ArthurNohair]

Yep just checked Adebayo has missed 24 big chances this season.

The next highest is latte lath with 14 haha.

He will really improve our goal scoring 🫣

That means he’s had 24 shots! A step in the right direction from where we are now.

[Shaun1983]

Tella starts for Leverkusen again today.

Not giving ourselves much time to get that deal done..

He got subbed off in the first half

[karatekid]

He got subbed off in the first half

Maybe he had to get to the airport to catch the last Ryanair flight to Manchester.

[Shaun1983]

Maybe he had to get to the airport to catch the last Ryanair flight to Manchester.

Heard it was easy jet. Went off injured I believe

[NewClaret]

He got subbed off in the first half

Ooooh to catch a flight maybe?

[NewClaret]

I think Adebayo or Morris from Luton would be very smart signings and give us some presence up front and in the opposition’s penalty box.

There’s been absolutely no link but I also think Willian, who is on a free, would be an incredibly smart signing for 6 months.

Good call on Willian.

[NewClaret]

Iheanacho being playing professional football a decade, and has yet to breach 250 appearances nor 50 goals.

May well be a different proposition at Championship level but I don't see him as being this big spark we need.

Very average player. No idea if the Guiu rumours are true but if we signed him the two moves aren’t even comparable in terms of quality.

[NewClaret]

Yep just checked Adebayo has missed 24 big chances this season.

The next highest is latte lath with 14 haha.

He will really improve our goal scoring 🫣

That’s okay, we don’t create any big chances for him to miss

Maybe he fancies a move here to help improve that stat

[KRBFC]

Come on, we aren’t seriously comparing the best finishers in the world to Adebayo?

The difference is they actually score goals.

Just showing you how stupid your use of the big chances missed stat was. Just because they miss big chances it doesn’t mean they don’t score goals.

Adebayo had 10 in 27 in the PL last season, I don’t think
he’s a 20 goal a season striker but I do think he’d give us a real presence in the box when we’ve got the ball out wide, a target to hit and work around and also a target to improve our horrible corner record.

[dermotdermot]

https://x.com/i/status/1886086599017918571

Is that on the level, BC? It seems funny the way that Scot Parker seems to just whiz into the frame from the right.

[Bosscat]

Is that on the level, BC? It seems funny the way that Scot Parker seems to just whiz into the frame from the right.

No idea DD only showing a thing from the font of all knowledge Twittler ... if its on there then it must be true

[Taffy on the wing]

Is that on the level, BC? It seems funny the way that Scot Parker seems to just whiz into the frame from the right.

Thought the same ....looks fake!....Having just watched it again...it's fake!

[boatshed bill]

Is that on the level, BC? It seems funny the way that Scot Parker seems to just whiz into the frame from the right.

Fake.

[Newcastleclaret93]

Just showing you how stupid your use of the big chances missed stat was. Just because they miss big chances it doesn’t mean they don’t score goals.

Adebayo had 10 in 27 in the PL last season, I don’t think
he’s a 20 goal a season striker but I do think he’d give us a real presence in the box when we’ve got the ball out wide, a target to hit and work around and also a target to improve our horrible corner record.

It’s not a stupid stat though Adebayo has been awful this season and he is in a league of own for missed chances.

Why would we want a player like that, especially when we create so few chances as it is.

[KlyBfc]

Genuine question, have we been linked with Adebayo?

A lot of talk about him on here but not someone i have seen us linked with. Personally would take Morris over him, especially in our style play.

[Row x]

Genuine question, have we been linked with Adebayo?

A lot of talk about him on here but not someone i have seen us linked with. Personally would take Morris over him, especially in our style play.

No....but it won't stop people wanting to show off their footballing knowledge, or lack of, for about 3 pages

[colne-claret]

No....but it won't stop people wanting to show off their footballing knowledge, or lack of, for about 3 pages

Here he goes

[Papabendi]

Genuine question, have we been linked with Adebayo?

A lot of talk about him on here but not someone i have seen us linked with. Personally would take Morris over him, especially in our style play.

i dont think there is any link

[Hedontplayforyou]

Was there a second medical today?

[Ragnar]

Edwards on loan means we can’t have no more loans i think

[Ragnar]

Edwards on loan means we can’t have no more loans i think

[colne-claret]

Edwards on loan means we can’t have no more loans i think

Unless one goes back

[agreenwood]

You can have as many loans as you want, but only 5 can be named in the matchday squad.

[123EasyasBFC]

Edwards on loan means we can’t have no more loans i think

We can have more loans, you can have as many as you want but you can only name 5 in each match day squad

[Kevwando]

I can’t see us bringing in a loan, who would you leave out the match day squad?

[Row x]

Sarmiento? Or get one of the others to sign permanently early.

[claretspice]

Sarmiento? Or get one of the others to sign permanently early.

Depending on what is happening with Tresor, Redmond and Ramsey - all of whom play in a similar position to Sarmiento - it wouldn't be a massive surprise to see him fade from the picture. He's not as good a player as any of those three on paper (leaving aside their obvious injury and other circumstances currently) and I'm not sure he's made a compelling case to remain part of the match day squad. His performances since the turn of the year have been pretty underwhelming unfortunately, and with Benson and Koleosho also around the squad and Edwards hopefully arriving, you can see a case for terminating his loan if Brighton are open to that.

As for Adebayo, there was a suggestion that we were interested in him in the summer. I'm not sure he's ideally what we need right now (I think someone nimbler would fit what we're trying to do around the box better) but on the point about chances, I think Alex Ferguson once said of Andy Cole that his greatest attribute was that he had the instinct and mentality to get into the positions to miss easy chances, because it the fact he missed it meant he had the goalscorer's knack in the first place and the bravery to keep risking missing - and eventually luck will change.

[FeedTheArf]

Sarmiento? Or get one of the others to sign permanently early.

Sarmiento going back wouldn’t be the worst move. He looks busy quite a lot but most of the time it doesn’t come to anything.

[billyhamilton82]

Anyone heard who the second player might be or was that incorrect information?

In fact, it was mentioned, there maybe a third?

[Goliath]

It’s not a stupid stat though Adebayo has been awful this season and he is in a league of own for missed chances.

Why would we want a player like that, especially when we create so few chances as it is.

I'd much prefer a striker that misses chances to one that doesn't get in position to miss them which worryingly is Fosters biggest issue.
I remember Akinbiyi missing some absolute sitters for us along with Andre Gray but they both scored a ton because they were constantly getting into position.