Deano’s wishlist - the Jan transfer speculation/guaranteed nonsense thread

[olaftab]

Most important thing is we sort out defence and centre midfield in this window. Let's not worry about replacing Tammy just now.

[aj2k77]

Fuchs would be a great player at this level.

[Toronto Villa]

Surely there are young and upcoming LB’s that we can sign permanently? Why are even interested in a 32 year old back up PL player? Off course he’s on very good money. It’s right out of the Steve Bruce book of player acquisition.

[Tayls_7]

Fuchs would be a great player at this level.

It's a shame Leicester couldn't give us two of them.

[aj2k77]

Surely there are young and upcoming LB’s that we can sign permanently? Why are even interested in a 32 year old back up PL player? Off course he’s on very good money. It’s right out of the Steve Bruce book of player acquisition.

I  agree in that I'd rather we signed a young gem but have we scouted any? Let's not denigrate Christian Fuchs ability, the guy is a very good footballer for this level and would walk in to our team. Head and shoulders above any of the donkey clown full backs we currently have.

[sirlordbaltimore]

Surely there are young and upcoming LB’s that we can sign permanently? Why are even interested in a 32 year old back up PL player? Off course he’s on very good money. It’s right out of the Steve Bruce book of player acquisition.

This.

[chrisw1]

Surely there are young and upcoming LB’s that we can sign permanently? Why are even interested in a 32 year old back up PL player? Off course he’s on very good money. It’s right out of the Steve Bruce book of player acquisition.

Well yes in an ideal world, but that requires capital and we just don't know how much FFP will allow us to spend.  If we can't buy players then we have no alternative to the loan market or making do with what we have.

[Toronto Villa]

Surely there are young and upcoming LB’s that we can sign permanently? Why are even interested in a 32 year old back up PL player? Off course he’s on very good money. It’s right out of the Steve Bruce book of player acquisition.

Well yes in an ideal world, but that requires capital and we just don't know how much FFP will allow us to spend.  If we can't buy players then we have no alternative to the loan market or making do with what we have.

We just lashed out £7m on a keeper.

[adrenachrome]

Fuchs would be a great player at this level.

It's a shame Leicester couldn't give us two of them.

It's a cracker!

[sickbeggar]

Surely there are young and upcoming LB’s that we can sign permanently? Why are even interested in a 32 year old back up PL player? Off course he’s on very good money. It’s right out of the Steve Bruce book of player acquisition.

Well yes in an ideal world, but that requires capital and we just don't know how much FFP will allow us to spend.  If we can't buy players then we have no alternative to the loan market or making do with what we have.

We just lashed out £7m on a keeper.

yeh but is that "new" money or was that what Bruce was planning to spend on the Fulham guy in the summer until he escaped down the M40? I haven't a clue what the budget is but even 3 new players at around 3m is going to take our spending into the 16m mark this month and i'm not sure we have that.

[ozzjim]

Fuchs would be a solid enough option at 30k a week. 60k is mad money for him.

[Mister E]

Fuchs would be a great player at this level.

just been creamed by Newport’s Wilmot for the first goal of the game.

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

Fuchs would be a great player at this level.

just been creamed by Newport’s Wilmot for the first goal of the game.

Yep, I can certainly see him as one of our full-backs...

[sickbeggar]

Fuchs would be a solid enough option at 30k a week. 60k is mad money for him.

yep. If the money isn't there for a permanent signing then fair enough, but spending 1.5m on a guy for 5 months and then being back to square one in the summer seems like something Bruce would do.

[chrisw1]

Surely there are young and upcoming LB’s that we can sign permanently? Why are even interested in a 32 year old back up PL player? Off course he’s on very good money. It’s right out of the Steve Bruce book of player acquisition.

Well yes in an ideal world, but that requires capital and we just don't know how much FFP will allow us to spend.  If we can't buy players then we have no alternative to the loan market or making do with what we have.

We just lashed out £7m on a keeper.

Who was desperately needed.  At the time we were also looking for fullbacks and centre halfs.  We couldn't really justify what small FFP budget we had on a striker and frankly couldn't have afforded any one anywhere near Tammy's quality in any event.  He was an excellent cheap solution up front.  It's a shame he's been recalled but the deal made perfect sense really.