The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread

[Smithy]

Dissapointed we broke ranks and dealt with Newcastle.

Dissapointed we didn't get a DM

Obviously happy with the earlier business, but if you'd offered me one position to strengthen it would have been DM.  I know there's loads of reasons why transfers don't happen, but we do have a habbit of missing out on priority positions in the last few windows.

DM has been our achillies heel since we got promoted.  That's 7 transfer windows ago, yet we still haven't addressed it.  Extremely disappointing from Gerrard and the club

We bought a specialist DCM in our very first window as a premier league club, and until he got injured before Christmas was actually playing pretty well under Gerrard in his new system.  I would have liked another specialist in the squad to compete for the spot, but if the club couldn't get the one they wanted in January, I'm comfortable with them not going for their third, fourth, fifth choice given we can try again in the summer.  Sometimes, the players simply aren't available in January, or they are, and they choose to go elsewhere.

[JUAN PABLO]

Maybe it's ward prowse in the summer . Bisouma and ward prowess in and Luis out .

[Beard82]

Maybe it's ward prowse in the summer . Bisouma and ward prowess in and Luis out .

Think the ships sailed on both of those

[London Villan]

When is marv back?

[LeonW]

A top class DM seems to be the quintessential jam tomorrow.

[VILLA MOLE]

When is marv back?

good question !

[Steve67]

                       Steer
Kesler-Hayden  Guilbert   xxx.   Targett
Phil-Bidace Raikhy   Ramsey  El Ghazi
   Trezeguet  Archer Davis

Subs: Caleb Chucky, Azaz, Wesley, Marschall, Barry, Bridge,

[john e]

Dissapointed we broke ranks and dealt with Newcastle.

Dissapointed we didn't get a DM

Obviously happy with the earlier business, but if you'd offered me one position to strengthen it would have been DM.  I know there's loads of reasons why transfers don't happen, but we do have a habbit of missing out on priority positions in the last few windows.

DM has been our achillies heel since we got promoted.  That's 7 transfer windows ago, yet we still haven't addressed it.  Extremely disappointing from Gerrard and the club

Well we signed Nakamba Who is an out and out defensive midfielder people might think he’s not good enough but that’s a different thing altogether
All this we’ve not had a DM for years is just A total myth

If we had bought someone in in this window and he also wasn’t as good as Kante or Rice or Phillips you’d all be saying the same thing again
We also have other players that can play there who again people might think aren’t good enough for them
But the DM thing is a massive bandwagon on here that people love jumping on
It’s now reach stages of delusion that this is the missing piece in the jigsaw the golden fleece the Key to great riches, The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, The actual fucking wizard of Oz

It’s just a load of balls

[ChicagoLion]

Not really

[LeonW]

Not really

Seconded.

[john e]

What do you mean not really
Is Nakamba a out and out defensive midfielder or not

I know he’s injured atm but people are going on that we haven’t had one for years
Bloody ridiculous

Not really my arse

[The Edge]

Dissapointed we broke ranks and dealt with Newcastle.

Dissapointed we didn't get a DM

Obviously happy with the earlier business, but if you'd offered me one position to strengthen it would have been DM.  I know there's loads of reasons why transfers don't happen, but we do have a habbit of missing out on priority positions in the last few windows.

DM has been our achillies heel since we got promoted.  That's 7 transfer windows ago, yet we still haven't addressed it.  Extremely disappointing from Gerrard and the club

We bought a specialist DCM in our very first window as a premier league club, and until he got injured before Christmas was actually playing pretty well under Gerrard in his new system.  I would have liked another specialist in the squad to compete for the spot, but if the club couldn't get the one they wanted in January, I'm comfortable with them not going for their third, fourth, fifth choice given we can try again in the summer.  Sometimes, the players simply aren't available in January, or they are, and they choose to go elsewhere.

Once everyone is fit we've got some fantastic attacking prowess, in no particular order: Bailey, Bertie, Coutinho, Ramsey, Watkins,Ings, McGinn, Luiz, Chucky. That little lot excites me. Maybe we're going to be that good at battering teams a DM has become less of a priority. The old Kevin Keegan approach only better 😁

[Steve67]

Dissapointed we broke ranks and dealt with Newcastle.

Dissapointed we didn't get a DM

Obviously happy with the earlier business, but if you'd offered me one position to strengthen it would have been DM.  I know there's loads of reasons why transfers don't happen, but we do have a habbit of missing out on priority positions in the last few windows.

DM has been our achillies heel since we got promoted.  That's 7 transfer windows ago, yet we still haven't addressed it.  Extremely disappointing from Gerrard and the club

Well we signed Nakamba Who is an out and out defensive midfielder people might think he’s not good enough but that’s a different thing altogether
All this we’ve not had a DM for years is just A total myth

If we had bought someone in in this window and he also wasn’t as good as Kante or Rice or Phillips you’d all be saying the same thing again
We also have other players that can play there who again people might think aren’t good enough for them
But the DM thing is a massive bandwagon on here that people love jumping on
It’s now reach stages of delusion that this is the missing piece in the jigsaw the golden fleece the Key to great riches, The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, The actual fucking wizard of Oz

It’s just a load of balls

Sorry John, but we can all see it.  Even Steven Gerrard stated that we need 'style and steel'.  We do not have enough physicality in our midfield.  People on here really rate Douglas Luiz but he is being played in the wrong position and isn't a DCM. McGinn is arguably our toughest midfielder and he can't defend.  If it is not a DCM we need, it is definitely some added physical presence.

[Flin5tone]

It does always seem like we are that one player away from being a force. I find it absolutely insanity that we have not strengthened in the area we needed to most?

What is going on down there? surely SG can see it like we all can, maybe the money is not there, we have not spent much at all considering the huge fee we got for Jack Grealish.

We went out with a panic buy for Ings but seems we will not do the same for a vital position.

[brontebilly]

Dissapointed we broke ranks and dealt with Newcastle.

Dissapointed we didn't get a DM

Obviously happy with the earlier business, but if you'd offered me one position to strengthen it would have been DM.  I know there's loads of reasons why transfers don't happen, but we do have a habbit of missing out on priority positions in the last few windows.

DM has been our achillies heel since we got promoted.  That's 7 transfer windows ago, yet we still haven't addressed it.  Extremely disappointing from Gerrard and the club

Well we signed Nakamba Who is an out and out defensive midfielder people might think he’s not good enough but that’s a different thing altogether
All this we’ve not had a DM for years is just A total myth

If we had bought someone in in this window and he also wasn’t as good as Kante or Rice or Phillips you’d all be saying the same thing again
We also have other players that can play there who again people might think aren’t good enough for them
But the DM thing is a massive bandwagon on here that people love jumping on
It’s now reach stages of delusion that this is the missing piece in the jigsaw the golden fleece the Key to great riches, The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, The actual fucking wizard of Oz

It’s just a load of balls

Nakamba isn't good enough for us to progress. Tries hard and a decent option at times but once he comes back within 3-5 games I can guarantee most on here will come back to this view. Someone as limited as he is with the ball will never be the solution for us in that role

Luiz doesn't seem to want to develop as a top class 6, Gerrard has said recently that Luiz wants to play at 8.