January 2023 Transfer Rumours, Discussions and Done Deals Thread

[kippaxvilla2]

Albion signing Mark Albrighton on loan.

[Sexual Ealing]

Albion signing Mark Albrighton on loan.

Grim news.

[robleflaneur]

One of the most galling things about this is watching Newcastle sail past us after a couple of windows of moderate to high spending, yet here we are making excuses for a total lack of ambition, yet again.

Someone posted earlier that it's "too early" for us to get into Europe, anyway. I imagine Newcastle fans are shitting their pants about accidentally ending up in the Champions League.

We are the smallest big club going.

The biggest difference between them and us is that they had Howe and we had Gerrard.Wouldn't our squad and our league position have looked rather different if Emery had  been in charge for 2 previous transfer windows.

[pauliewalnuts]

Last winter Arsenal got rid of a lot of players. They signed a young back up keeper and a player from the MLS. They then lined up their deals for last summer.

Last winter Newcastle signed a few players, paid a bit over the odds but saw immediate benefit.  They then lined up more deals for last summer.

This just shows that different approaches can work

Is there an example of a club choosing to spend half a season with one senior striker and it going well?

Didnt West Ham have a Champions League spot chase last season with only Antonio?

No. Bowen.

[VILLA MOLE]

Albion signing Mark Albrighton on loan.

Grim news.

Really ? he can do better than that

[PaulWinch again]

Eh?

Sanson has been on the bench, and Ings is our highest scorer? You reckon he wouldn't be playing given Duran is here?

Yes, Danny Ings. The goal poacher with a 1 in 4 return who may as well have not been on the pitch against Stevenage and Leeds. His goal return wasn’t remotely good enough to justify a place when he detracted so much overall from the team when he played.

Who does Sanson get on ahead of? If we are holding onto a game Dendoncker comes in, if we’re chasing we’d go for an attacking option, and that’s before we’ve decided which of Ramsey or McGinn is on the bench when all are fit.  In over 2 years he started how many games - 5/6?

Between the two of them we were eating up the thick end of £10 million a year in wages alone - players who at best are starting 25-30 games in total between them. It’s not just wasteful, it actively prevents us moving forward when the players we really want are available.

Yeah that Ings was awful in that Brighton win and when he came on and scored the equaliser against Wolves.

[Dave]

Last winter Arsenal got rid of a lot of players. They signed a young back up keeper and a player from the MLS. They then lined up their deals for last summer.

Last winter Newcastle signed a few players, paid a bit over the odds but saw immediate benefit.  They then lined up more deals for last summer.

This just shows that different approaches can work

Is there an example of a club choosing to spend half a season with one senior striker and it going well?

Didnt West Ham have a Champions League spot chase last season with only Antonio?

No, they also had Yarmolenko, Benrahma and Bowen, who scored over thirty goals between them.

[olaftab]

Marc Albrighton to West Brom😥

[kippaxvilla2]

Westergaard who’s on massive wages has turned down a loan move to Berlin.  He’s hardly played.

[Drummond]

In
Moreno
Dhuran
Traore

Out
Guilbert
Sanson
Nakamba
Augustinsson
Ings

That out list has, perhaps, one player that would play regularly and he's been criticised repeatedly by most on here for not being that good.

We've brought Traore back who can play across the front line. An attacking left back / left midfield and a promising young player.

We want more, but we've not done badly.

[PaulWinch again]

We have absolutely done poorly - we might get away with it, if we’re lucky. But it’s still a poor effort.

[pablo_picasso]

Last winter Arsenal got rid of a lot of players. They signed a young back up keeper and a player from the MLS. They then lined up their deals for last summer.

Last winter Newcastle signed a few players, paid a bit over the odds but saw immediate benefit.  They then lined up more deals for last summer.

This just shows that different approaches can work

Is there an example of a club choosing to spend half a season with one senior striker and it going well?

Didnt West Ham have a Champions League spot chase last season with only Antonio?

No. Bowen.

Bowen is a winger...

[brontebilly]

Out of all the players we let go was Sanson the most surprising? He was back in the first team picture a bit anyway and Emery always spoke positively about him rating him highly from his time in France. A similar argument is being made now for bringing Traore back.

Four players who played in the Stevenage debacle are since gone. I doubt Emery would have much objection if likes of Olsen, Chambers and Coutinho followed them. Get the sense Cash has a lot of impressing to do too. 

[pablo_picasso]

Last winter Arsenal got rid of a lot of players. They signed a young back up keeper and a player from the MLS. They then lined up their deals for last summer.

Last winter Newcastle signed a few players, paid a bit over the odds but saw immediate benefit.  They then lined up more deals for last summer.

This just shows that different approaches can work

Is there an example of a club choosing to spend half a season with one senior striker and it going well?

Didnt West Ham have a Champions League spot chase last season with only Antonio?

No, they also had Yarmolenko, Benrahma and Bowen, who scored over thirty goals between them.

All wingers. The question was about a senior striker...

[pauliewalnuts]

Oh yeah, I forgot about all our goal-scoring wingers we can rely on to weigh in with goals.