Summer transfer, gossip and speculation thread

[Villafirst]

No real cover in defence. I found it baffling why Bruce didn't get a decent CB in.

[Damo70]

No real cover in defence. I found it baffling why Bruce didn't get a decent CB in.

Maybe he has dusted his old boots off.

[sirlordbaltimore]

Just play RDL right back and Axel cb... easy

Yes, but that would show signs of footballing intelligence.

Except RDL is mince and we have Elmo

[Villafirst]

Can someone tell me what the plan is if Chester gets injured?

[sickbeggar]

An entire back 4 of right-backs. It's the way the modern game is going.

[olaftab]

Can someone tell me what the plan is if Chester gets injured?

Davis could be the new Allan Evans.

[mr underhill]

well he certainly isn't a striker

[dave shelley]

No real cover in defence. I found it baffling why Bruce didn't get a decent CB in.

Maybe he has dusted his old boots off.

This is what I don't understand about Bruce.   He was a top class central defender playing in a top class defence (hurts to say that) so if he knows anything about football at all it should be about defending yet shows he's better suited to teaching giraffes to climb mountains.

[kipeye]

well he certainly isn't a striker

Way too soon to write him off. He looked good for a while and certainly showed the potential to be very good. I worry how we fail to nurture many of our younger players and how easily people decide they are useless. There are a good many that are playing for others that have proved this time and again. Never used to be the case, just the opposite.

[Nastylee]

well he certainly isn't a striker

Way too soon to write him off. He looked good for a while and certainly showed the potential to be very good. I worry how we fail to nurture many of our younger players and how easily people decide they are useless. There are a good many that are playing for others that have proved this time and again. Never used to be the case, just the opposite.

It's a shame he couldn't have got a loan in League 1. He needs to learn the game and he won't feature much for us unless we get injuries.

[cdward]

No real cover in defence. I found it baffling why Bruce didn't get a decent CB in.

He would have done had Aberdeen not knocked us back. The real problem was the timing, why wait ‘til the last day/hours to make a bid.

[sirlordbaltimore]

No real cover in defence. I found it baffling why Bruce didn't get a decent CB in.

He would have done had Aberdeen not knocked us back. The real problem was the timing, why wait ‘til the last day/hours to make a bid.

As with Abraham, who said yesterday Bruce told him he wanted him ages ago but we didn't actually sign him until 4.57pm yesterday according to local media. Things take time.

Was the French lad our first choice for CB ? we have no idea how long that had been going on.

Maybe someone else was, and that fell through unexpectedly. We just don't know.

I don't think any club just gets to noon on deadline day and thinks 'oh lets try and get him' without having worked on it, or the first/second choice deals for a good while first

[Villafirst]

No real cover in defence. I found it baffling why Bruce didn't get a decent CB in.

He would have done had Aberdeen not knocked us back. The real problem was the timing, why wait ‘til the last day/hours to make a bid.

Yes, agree.....perhaps he thought Moukoudi would join? But, stupid to leave it so late. Even Danny Batth would've been decent temporary cover. Did Barry Douglas go to Leeds post our new owners coming in?

[mr underhill]

Davis is great at holding up the ball but is not a natural goalscorer. IMO the days of accommodating a Heskey type player are long since gone.

[sickbeggar]

Whole thing's mental. 6 games into his 3rd season and we have no settled team and a makeshift defence. I don't think Bruce has any clue of his best side imo. He's just bought or loaned any player he can find in the hope something clicks. Even if they all work out i reckon its going to be at least a month before they all settle and we see progress in the performances and by then the opposition could be over the hill.