January 2023 Transfer Rumours, Discussions and Done Deals Thread

[Risso]

It was Steve Bruce, who knows what he saw in players, he signed Lansbury and Hogan in the same window.

That was when he was trying his version of Moneyball. Just buy the top scorer at the time, Hogan, the person with the most assists (Hourihane) and the player with the best combination of assists and goals at the time (Lansbury). With seemingly no thought as to if they were actually any good or how he'd end up fitting them in.

[olaftab]

I really don’t understand why Manure would sell or why Elanga  would join.

Except they are busy trying to loan him out in his window.

[paul_e]

I really don’t understand why Manure would sell or why Elanga  would join.

Except they are busy trying to loan him out in his window.

I think it's pretty clear that Ten Haag prefers Garnacho which gives them very little room to keep Elanga around right now. I'd be surprised if he's still there once the window closes.

[ChicagoLion]

I really don’t understand why Manure would sell or why Elanga  would join.

Except they are busy trying to loan him out in his window.

Is that a fact?

[eamonn]

Where's Bree gone to? Fair play to him, I thought he'd have a better chance of getting a role in Emmerdale with his Barnsley accent than becoming a PL player.

[Dave]

Where's Bree gone to? Fair play to him, I thought he'd have a better chance of getting a role in Emmerdale with his Barnsley accent than becoming a PL player.

Southampton

[pablo_picasso]

Where's Bree gone to? Fair play to him, I thought he'd have a better chance of getting a role in Emmerdale with his Barnsley accent than becoming a PL player.

Southampton

They are getting ready for their promotion push next year by the looks of it.

[eamonn]

Mikel Antonio speculating on his Football Football Show how he might be nearing the end of his time at West Ham...if one of our players had his own podcast and let the listeners in on insider thoughts/information, how would you feel about it?

He's already spoken about how crap WHam have been this year and now this....I doubt the club's press office are too happy about it.

[rougegorge]

It was Steve Bruce, who knows what he saw in players, he signed Lansbury and Hogan in the same window.

That was when he was trying his version of Moneyball. Just buy the top scorer at the time, Hogan, the person with the most assists (Hourihane) and the player with the best combination of assists and goals at the time (Lansbury). With seemingly no thought as to if they were actually any good or how he'd end up fitting them in.

I don't think the transfers we made under Bruce were as bad as people like to make out. Lots of fans also thought Hogan and Lansbury would be good signings but admittedly they weren't.

He shipped out a lot of underperformers and we brought in some decent upgrades permanently or on loan (eg Hourihane, Johnstone, Snodgrass, Grabban, Elmo, McGinn).

[Drummond]

Are we going to sign another striker?

No, never, ever, again.

[chrisw1]

I'm sure we're working on stuff but it's gone really quiet.  It feels like all those transfer deadline days where you wait in anticipation and nothing happens. 

I wouldn't be massively surprised if we're done for the window.

[Ger Regan]

The only concern i have is that Gregg Evans has written the "we won't panic buy" article. He does strike me a kind of useful idiot for the club, in that the feed him the narrative they want to push and he's more than happy to print it. I might be unkind in this assessment, but i've noticed a trend in his articles that would suggest as much.

[Skerra]

Hope not but beginning to look like our last few transfer windows, a quick couple of signings and then, lots of speculation but, no more actual signings.

[Flamingo Lane]

I really don't think there were many of us who thought Lansbury would be a good signing.

[Risso]

A slight upgrade in the left back department, a kid for the future and the loss of Ings would make this a deeply disappointing transfer window if we don't get anybody else in.