The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread

[Brazilian Villain]

Need the Academy with Dougie and Phil to get working on this kid. https://twitter.com/Betfred/status/1488270872385245185

I'll be fuming if we don't sign him in summer 2024 as I think he'll be even better than Jeff.

[Clark W Griswold]

If they are up against FFP is does explain a few things. Not getting a DCM is very disappointing but we look in a very good place otherwise. Even though letting Newcastle have any of our players on loan at the moment would seem a bit daft, i honesty don’t think Targett will make the difference to them staying up or not.

Summer might need to balance things a bit, for the 3 attacking positions we have 5 players that (in theory anyway) should be good enough for challenging for the European positions and 1 who’s close and in midfield we have 1 who’s good enough and 2 who are close for those 3 positions.

[ozzjim]

If they are up against FFP is does explain a few things. Not getting a DCM is very disappointing but we look in a very good place otherwise. Even though letting Newcastle have any of our players on loan at the moment would seem a bit daft, i honesty don’t think Targett will make the difference to them staying up or not.

Summer might need to balance things a bit, for the 3 attacking positions we have 5 players that (in theory anyway) should be good enough for challenging for the European positions and 1 who’s close and in midfield we have 1 who’s good enough and 2 who are close for those 3 positions.

That Newcastle defence is bloody slow. Trippier playing a high line as the only one that can run is going to cause them all kinds of issues with balls going in behind.

[stubbsyandy]

Agent Targett won’t let us down, his mission is to ensure the Geordies go doon

[Billy Walker]

We're in a fanstastic place.  I'd have preferred a DM more than any other position, but the updside is Dougie is more likely to renew if he continues to get gametime.  We are one injury away from a major issue though.

We now need a strong second half of the season to persuade our best players the project is worth sticking with and prospective players we are the club to jump of board with.

I'm still pretty angry we let Targett go to Newcastle.  If they stay up they'll be chucking money around like smarties and will make our job in the summer that much harder.  I can see them going in strong for Bissouma for example.  It looks like only us and Brighton did business with them willingly and if we were going to do so we should at least have rinsed them for a fee.

On the flip side, the fact we were willing to help Newcastle out in this way might reflect that our owners don't see them and their takeover as a significant threat to their own ambitions?

[eamonn]

Wishful thinking...Newcastle have the weight of avarice behind them that few can match.

[kippaxvilla2]

Has anyone ever noticed over the years we always appear to be one player short of being a good team despite all the signings we make.  Deadline day always makes me feel flat.

[LeeB]

Wishful thinking...Newcastle have the weight of avarice behind them that few can match.

Yes, but a) you can only play with 11 players at one time b) you have to spend that money wisely.

Don't be scared of them, be smarter than them.

Plus, if their wealth makes success inevitable, why sweat over loaning them a left back?

[chrisw1]

Wishful thinking...Newcastle have the weight of avarice behind them that few can match.

Yes, but a) you can only play with 11 players at one time b) you have to spend that money wisely.

Don't be scared of them, be smarter than them.

Plus, if their wealth makes success inevitable, why sweat over loaning them a left back?

Because if they go down it puts their progress back by two seasons whilst we make our push.  If they stay up they'll be direct competition for us next season, on player aquisitions at least if not league position.  eg IF we're both go for Bissouma they will probably offer more money and higher wages.  Their intention will be to disprupt the market and it will costs us one way or another.

[LeeB]

I don't buy it that loaning them a decent left back is going to make or break their or our futures, I'm sorry, and neither do the club or manager.

[Toronto Villa]

I don't buy it that loaning them a decent left back is going to make or break their or our futures, I'm sorry, and neither do the club or manager.

I know. It’s not like we sent them Maldini. Matt Targett is an ok PL level LB. That’s it.

[LeeB]

They're also not going to turn into Champions League contenders overnight. For one, the FFP is going to be a check on them that Man City and Chelsea didn't have, and they'll have few years getting milked by everyone before they find their feet.

[sickbeggar]

My problem is it makes us weaker and we're an injury away from moving people around in the defence which I thought we were trying to get away from.

[frank black]

We're in a fanstastic place.  I'd have preferred a DM more than any other position, but the updside is Dougie is more likely to renew if he continues to get gametime.  We are one injury away from a major issue though.

We now need a strong second half of the season to persuade our best players the project is worth sticking with and prospective players we are the club to jump of board with.

I'm still pretty angry we let Targett go to Newcastle.  If they stay up they'll be chucking money around like smarties and will make our job in the summer that much harder.  I can see them going in strong for Bissouma for example.  It looks like only us and Brighton did business with them willingly and if we were going to do so we should at least have rinsed them for a fee.

On the flip side, the fact we were willing to help Newcastle out in this way might reflect that our owners don't see them and their takeover as a significant threat to their own ambitions?

I’d say the reverse is true. Maybe our owners see them as a threat to the top four rather than us. Which would be bonkers as surely that’s  where we would want to be. It was stupid to loan him to them, we are too nice

[LeeB]

My problem is it makes us weaker and we're an injury away from moving people around in the defence which I thought we were trying to get away from.

We're no weaker on terms of numbers at left back than we started the season with, we now have a better first choice. I don't recall anyone saying we're short at left back in September.