January 2023 Transfer Rumours, Discussions and Done Deals Thread

[Legion]

I think we could do with a better reserve GK and another proven goal-scorer.

[Legion]

A winger would be nice as well.

[Legion]

Not holding my breath.

[paul_e]

Blimey Paul, calm down. Its not me who wanted tactical and technical awareness after we'd just been relegated winning three games the season before. And you still haven't given a team as an example.

And I won't because it's a pointless question and whatever answer I give won't satisfy you.

And no, you were clearly happy with a manager who wanted us to roll up our sleeves because that approach wasn't at all what led to our relegation in the first place.

I think my problem is I just didn't think back to our play under Lambert and McLeish and think that was exactly what we needed more of.

[Legion]

We were awful under Lambert and McLeish.

[pauliewalnuts]

Bruce is a fucking terrible manager who has lived on his reputation for years, with zero tactical awareness beyond geeing up the lads and hoping for the best, which usually results in his teams playing eye-bleedingly shit football. He is an absolute dinosaur who milked that "Championship specialist" thing for far longer than he should have been able to.

The football we were served up under him was every bit as bad as under McLeish, but at least McLeish was a decent bloke rather than a self serving fat fuck with his supporting cast of hangers on and his nauseating son on twitter.

There, that is that settled.

[Clampy]

Blimey Paul, calm down. Its not me who wanted tactical and technical awareness after we'd just been relegated winning three games the season before. And you still haven't given a team as an example.

And I won't because it's a pointless question and whatever answer I give won't satisfy you.

And no, you were clearly happy with a manager who wanted us to roll up our sleeves because that approach wasn't at all what led to our relegation in the first place.

I think my problem is I just didn't think back to our play under Lambert and McLeish and think that was exactly what we needed more of.

I think we need to bow down to Paul's superior knowledge and leave it there. The man who won't give an answer to a question I asked because it won't satisfy me apparently.

[Clampy]

Bruce is a fucking terrible manager who has lived on his reputation for years, with zero tactical awareness beyond geeing up the lads and hoping for the best, which usually results in his teams playing eye-bleedingly shit football. He is an absolute dinosaur who milked that "Championship specialist" thing for far longer than he should have been able to.

The football we were served up under him was every bit as bad as under McLeish, but at least McLeish was a decent bloke rather than a self serving fat fuck with his supporting cast of hangers on and his nauseating son on twitter.

There, that is that settled.

Yes Yes , but do you like him or not?

[paul_e]

Blimey Paul, calm down. Its not me who wanted tactical and technical awareness after we'd just been relegated winning three games the season before. And you still haven't given a team as an example.

And I won't because it's a pointless question and whatever answer I give won't satisfy you.

And no, you were clearly happy with a manager who wanted us to roll up our sleeves because that approach wasn't at all what led to our relegation in the first place.

I think my problem is I just didn't think back to our play under Lambert and McLeish and think that was exactly what we needed more of.

I think we need to bow down to Paul's superior knowledge and leave it there. The man who won't give an answer to a question I asked because it won't satisfy me apparently.

You're a strange man. We have different opinions, it happens, but you won't accept mine without evidence. I agree we should leave it though because it's dull as fuck (which is appropriate given the subject i guess).

[pauliewalnuts]

Bruce is a fucking terrible manager who has lived on his reputation for years, with zero tactical awareness beyond geeing up the lads and hoping for the best, which usually results in his teams playing eye-bleedingly shit football. He is an absolute dinosaur who milked that "Championship specialist" thing for far longer than he should have been able to.

The football we were served up under him was every bit as bad as under McLeish, but at least McLeish was a decent bloke rather than a self serving fat fuck with his supporting cast of hangers on and his nauseating son on twitter.

There, that is that settled.

Yes Yes , but do you like him or not?

I reckon you probably liked him.

[robleflaneur]

Bruce left his last 3 clubs ,us,Newcastle and the Baggies in or around the relegation zones.We got promoted in the same season,Newcastle are in third place and Albion have won 10 ,drawn 1 and lost 3 under Corberan.Even his media supporters and son Alex can't defend that record.

[Legion]

Bruce is a fucking terrible manager who has lived on his reputation for years, with zero tactical awareness beyond geeing up the lads and hoping for the best, which usually results in his teams playing eye-bleedingly shit football. He is an absolute dinosaur who milked that "Championship specialist" thing for far longer than he should have been able to.

The football we were served up under him was every bit as bad as under McLeish, but at least McLeish was a decent bloke rather than a self serving fat fuck with his supporting cast of hangers on and his nauseating son on twitter.

There, that is that settled.

"Give it to Jack!"

[pauliewalnuts]

Bruce is a fucking terrible manager who has lived on his reputation for years, with zero tactical awareness beyond geeing up the lads and hoping for the best, which usually results in his teams playing eye-bleedingly shit football. He is an absolute dinosaur who milked that "Championship specialist" thing for far longer than he should have been able to.

The football we were served up under him was every bit as bad as under McLeish, but at least McLeish was a decent bloke rather than a self serving fat fuck with his supporting cast of hangers on and his nauseating son on twitter.

There, that is that settled.

"Give it to Jack!"

"Keeper! Hit the long diagonal to Elmo!"

[brontebilly]

Bruce is a fucking terrible manager who has lived on his reputation for years, with zero tactical awareness beyond geeing up the lads and hoping for the best, which usually results in his teams playing eye-bleedingly shit football. He is an absolute dinosaur who milked that "Championship specialist" thing for far longer than he should have been able to.

The football we were served up under him was every bit as bad as under McLeish, but at least McLeish was a decent bloke rather than a self serving fat fuck with his supporting cast of hangers on and his nauseating son on twitter.

There, that is that settled.

From what I recall of that second season we played decent football when Grealish returned from injury. Granted the tactic was primarily give it to Jack (whisper it but was the same under Deano) but likes of Snodgrass, Grabban, Johnstone, Elmo, Terry, Chester, Hourihane, Hutton likeable lads anyway and good pros. Secured a playoff spot with weeks to spare, beat Boro comfortably in the semi before unfortunately not turning up in the first half v Fulham on the biggest day of all.

Tactically was Deano any better? Granted Mings was a brilliant signing and bringing Steer back was crucial (awful mistake by Bruce to let him go) but we were a rabble until Grealish returned from injury. Wasn't there a particularly shambolic day against maybe Swansea where Hourihane got booed off in the middle of it? A penalty shoot out win v West Brom before beating a poor Derby side under a master tactician/bluffer, it can be small margins too.

[Drummond]

It looks very much like that the Duran signing was nothing to do with Emery, which a) worries me a little bit and b) probably means he's not going to be getting many minutes any time soon

I'm not sure that's something of concern - I wouldn't be expecting him to be watching MLS matches on the off-chance that his new perfect signing was going to be there.

He won't have had anything to do with signing people like Jackson and Chukwueze at a similar age for Villareal but still turned them into good players.

It wasn't concern that he didn't have much to with it as such, more to do with the people who did.

6 months plus of work to get the deal signed, as was the case with Kamara, shows we've a solid recruitment team working on a variety of potential signings. Duran, it appears, had a good reputation and was viewed positively by various folks I think.