Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread

[Drummond]

The Bowen deal has stalled. Make of that what you will..............

Leicester are in....

[Whiney MacWhineface]

I don't believe I've wet the bed for a good 60+ years, and my Mom drilled into me the importance of putting my underwear on correctly, but this seems like (unless the club pull a virtual rabbit out of the hat) a rather wild gamble on the current forward line.

Admittedly, someone like Bowen at a reported £25m induces a sharp intake of breath, but it illustrates the importance of scoring goals. And anyone gambling our future status on the likes of Davis, who at no point has hinted at having the ability to a) score goals even at Championship level or b) staying fit for more than 5 minutes, has to bear the brunt of close and rather brutal scrutiny in the event of relegation.

And not at fan level - all we can do is wet the bed and get into a knicker catastrophe.

[ChicagoLion]

Dude, there's absolutely no fucking way we want to go back to the flat back 4. Other than the Man City fuck up have you seen the difference in results? 7 points from 3 in the league and beating a champions league team in a 2 legged semi final. Which is why, despite my protesting i'm hoping if we can remain injury free we might be ok. If...

Agreed.

It’s allways been my view that the problem is the midfield and lack of protection  of the defense.

[AsTallAsLions]

I don't believe I've wet the bed for a good 60+ years, and my Mom drilled into me the importance of putting my underwear on correctly, but this seems like (unless the club pull a virtual rabbit out of the hat) a rather wild gamble on the current forward line.

Admittedly, someone like Bowen at a reported £25m induces a sharp intake of breath, but it illustrates the importance of scoring goals. And anyone gambling our future status on the likes of Davis, who at no point has hinted at having the ability to a) score goals even at Championship level or b) staying fit for more than 5 minutes, has to bear the brunt of close and rather brutal scrutiny in the event of relegation.

And not at fan level - all we can do is wet the bed and get into a knicker catastrophe.

If reports are correct, Hull agreed to a deal worth £16-17m from two different bidders, which makes it all the more galling that we weren't even in the running. Realistically that's small change, particularly if he were to contribute to our PL survival push, which I believe he would. That would more than pay it back.

[Jon Crofts]

The Bowen deal has stalled. Make of that what you will..............

Leicester are in....

That was rumoured this morning.

[Nunkin1965]

We obviously can’t spend that sort of money because I’m sure we’d have been in for him.
Is FFP playing a major part here?

[ozzjim]

Ffp us bloody useless if it is what is killing us.

[rougegorge]

Failing to bring in another striker is a huge shortsighted gamble. It may work, but the possibility of injuries, suspensions or poor form simply increase the odds of such a  gamble paying off.

We needed two strikers on January 1st once Wesley was injured. We didn't need Drinkwater and we didn't absolutely need Reina, but we absolutely needed another striker.

I was really buoyed by the last two games, but given what's gone on before this season,  to let the window go by getting just one striker, whom few had heard of, seems very negligent.

[ChicagoLion]

Bowen will give Spam a boost.

[mallo]

Bowen will give Spam a boost.

And they need it badly, which would be a shame, but they still have Moyes in charge.

[ozzjim]

Could be the difference. Their place, last game.

[ChicagoLion]

We have Sky Sports on, they just had Obemwinge on, can’t blame him driving to London to get away from them.

[Nelson Lodge]

On the Wiki club page for this season it shows that 2 days ago a permeant  transfer of Aaron Pressley to Brentford. Age 18 years, 1.89m tall and a centre forward. Presumably not considered good enough?

Also shows RHM to Derby on loan.

Both confirmed in newspaper reports via a google.

[Lastfootstamper]

I'd say there's plenty of reasons we can't get people in, with being abjectly shit for much of a decade, currently sitting 16th, not in London or the northwest, novice manager, all those pretty high on the list.

[Dazvillain]

The Bowen deal has stalled. Make of that what you will..............

Reported earlier some issue picked up on medical .....unless any eagle eyed spotters see him arrive at BMH