2024 January transfer window - hopes, needs, expectations and rumours.

[ozzjim]

We've always had a thin squad but it's looking frightening now.

I'd honestly be delighted with 5th if offered it now.

Torres not even in training is the most worrying one, he's so bloody vital to the way we set up

[curiousorange]

It's so irritating to have owners as loaded as ours and to have to try and achieve top-tier European football with buttons and string.

[Dogtanian]

From the Premier League handbook;

• Premier League clubs may not register more than two players on loan at any one time.
• The maximum number of loans registrable in the same season is four, and, under no circumstances, shall more than one be from the same club at any one time.
• Premier League clubs cannot loan to another Premier League club a player they have acquired in the same transfer window.
• A Premier League club may loan not more than one of its goalkeepers to another Premier League club.

With the exception of Welsh clubs competing in the competitions listed under Rule V.6.2, loans from a club in membership of another National Association do not count towards the above quotas.

https://www.premierleague.com/news/464747

[brontebilly]

Diaby looks like a player that needs one to go in off his arse to get a bit of confidence.

He scored in our last home game! Confidence and form not near his best but the main issue is tactical for me (Bailey/Diaby).

[Dave]

From the Premier League handbook;

• Premier League clubs may not register more than two players on loan at any one time.
• The maximum number of loans registrable in the same season is four, and, under no circumstances, shall more than one be from the same club at any one time.
• Premier League clubs cannot loan to another Premier League club a player they have acquired in the same transfer window.
• A Premier League club may loan not more than one of its goalkeepers to another Premier League club.

With the exception of Welsh clubs competing in the competitions listed under Rule V.6.2, loans from a club in membership of another National Association do not count towards the above quotas.

https://www.premierleague.com/news/464747

Yup. So given our only two loans are from abroad, we can presumably still loan anything up to another five (the FIFA rule is no more than seven this season) of which two can be domestic.

Which seems like (a) a lot and (b) something that you'd expect teams to be making greater use of.

[Risso]

Diaby looks like a player that needs one to go in off his arse to get a bit of confidence.

He scored in our last home game! Confidence and form not near his best but the main issue is tactical for me (Bailey/Diaby).

Three of his four league goals have come against Burnley and Luton, he needs to be doing so much more. He started off really well but since October he's been fairly poor, and has been dropped at times.

[VillaTim]

Diaby looks like a player that needs one to go in off his arse to get a bit of confidence.

He scored in our last home game! Confidence and form not near his best but the main issue is tactical for me (Bailey/Diaby).

jesus almost a month since we played at B6 !!

[PaulWinch again]

I worry about our squad, we’ve got key injuries - Pau being the obvious one - and we’re in such a great position. It’ll be a real shame if we’re lamenting a missed opportunity because we didn’t do more.

[AV84]

Yup. So given our only two loans are from abroad, we can presumably still loan anything up to another five (the FIFA rule is no more than seven this season) of which two can be domestic.

Which seems like (a) a lot and (b) something that you'd expect teams to be making greater use of.

I suppose the problem there is identifying players who'd be available on loan who'd actually improve us. Loan players are usually young and loaned out to lower levels to gain experience, or experienced players who gave dropped down the pecking order and/or are having issues with their manager/team.

[VillaTim]

I worry about our squad, we’ve got key injuries - Pau being the obvious one - and we’re in such a great position. It’ll be a real shame if we’re lamenting a missed opportunity because we didn’t do more.

FFP is stopping us spending i suspect

[Gareth]

I worry about our squad, we’ve got key injuries - Pau being the obvious one - and we’re in such a great position. It’ll be a real shame if we’re lamenting a missed opportunity because we didn’t do more.

Think it’s more couldn’t than didn’t

[Nunkin1965]

I worry about our squad, we’ve got key injuries - Pau being the obvious one - and we’re in such a great position. It’ll be a real shame if we’re lamenting a missed opportunity because we didn’t do more.

Think it’s more couldn’t than didn’t

Its obvious that we can't do more.
It doesn't look like anybody else is either!

[Brazilian Villain]

Percy linking us with Jon Rowe of Norwich. https://twitter.com/JPercyTelegraph/status/1750589133658165449

[Gareth]

John Percy says we have strong interest in Jonathan Rowe from Norwich…another that gets lauded most weeks on Sky Soccer Saturday.

Seems we are going for the young prospects, all good with me

Though…he better be better than that diving idiot Cantwell who was raved about a few years back :-)

[paul_e]

Percy linking us with Jon Rowe of Norwich. https://twitter.com/JPercyTelegraph/status/1750589133658165449

Good player, probably not quite ready for the top end of the league but if our plan is to look at younger players who can grow into the club over the next season or 2 he'd be up there on the list. That said I prefer Philogene for the same role.