Winter 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[Ian.]

Right back and a pacey forward required.

I don’t think we need a right-back. Much simpler to pair Mings with Konsa again, then Cash is adequate. Not as good as Ashley Young was, but adequate.

I agree, Cash is a decent enough right back. I’d much rather concentrate on a wide right pacey forward to compete with Bailey.

[Percy McCarthy]

Uh oh

What’s up mate? Afraid some people might not be able to understand simple facts again?

Percy: The pope’s a Catholic.

Risso: uh oh.

brontebilly : no he’s not.

[Risso]

I've met Jehovah's Witnesses less obssessed mate, it's not healthy.

[Percy McCarthy]

I've met Jehovah's Witnesses less obssessed mate, it's not healthy.

You might not have noticed mate, but there are people with opposing views, and they post them. You might even be one of them - I seem to have argued with you on the subject quite a lot. Does that mean you’re obsessed?


‘Two goals a game…’

‘Two goals a game…’

‘Two goals a game…’

Yeah, we get it. Imagine if people kept replying with ‘actually, it’s one’. Welcome to my world.

[Demitri_C]

Right back and a pacey forward required.

I don’t think we need a right-back. Much simpler to pair Mings with Konsa again, then Cash is adequate. Not as good as Ashley Young was, but adequate.

I disagree. Right back in the biggest issue in the team. Cash is up and down but he has virtually no competition there. Neds young as is bogarde. I believe konsas form is suffering as he is being asked to play right back which he isnt very good at.

I said in summer we should have gone for wan bassaka he would have been ideal as defensively he is very good and wasnt too expensive

[Percy McCarthy]

Right back and a pacey forward required.

I don’t think we need a right-back. Much simpler to pair Mings with Konsa again, then Cash is adequate. Not as good as Ashley Young was, but adequate.

I disagree. Right back in the biggest issue in the team. Cash is up and down but he has virtually no competition there. Neds young as is bogarde. I believe konsas form is suffering as he is being asked to play right back which he isnt very good at.

I said in summer we should have gone for wan bassaka he would have been ideal as defensively he is very good and wasnt too expensive

So you think the Konsa/Pau partnership is not a problem? And that Konsa/Mings with Cash at right-back was bad the season before last?

[Demitri_C]

Right back and a pacey forward required.

I don’t think we need a right-back. Much simpler to pair Mings with Konsa again, then Cash is adequate. Not as good as Ashley Young was, but adequate.

I disagree. Right back in the biggest issue in the team. Cash is up and down but he has virtually no competition there. Neds young as is bogarde. I believe konsas form is suffering as he is being asked to play right back which he isnt very good at.

I said in summer we should have gone for wan bassaka he would have been ideal as defensively he is very good and wasnt too expensive

So you think the Konsa/Pau partnership is not a problem? And that Konsa/Mings with Cash at right-back was bad the season before last?

It is a problem (the konsa pau) but its a collective  issue. Its clear these two simply for some reason dont play well together. We need to get rid of carlos and  get a right sisded cb that will compliment pau better. Cash needs competition at right back. Its the weakest area of the side for  competition

Mings and konsa is the best defensive cb pairing we have without question

[Percy McCarthy]

Right back and a pacey forward required.

I don’t think we need a right-back. Much simpler to pair Mings with Konsa again, then Cash is adequate. Not as good as Ashley Young was, but adequate.

I disagree. Right back in the biggest issue in the team. Cash is up and down but he has virtually no competition there. Neds young as is bogarde. I believe konsas form is suffering as he is being asked to play right back which he isnt very good at.

I said in summer we should have gone for wan bassaka he would have been ideal as defensively he is very good and wasnt too expensive

So you think the Konsa/Pau partnership is not a problem? And that Konsa/Mings with Cash at right-back was bad the season before last?

It is a problem (the konsa pau) but it’s a collective  issue. It’s clear these two simply for some reason dont play well together.

We might be getting somewhere at long, long last.

[ozzjim]

We need a right back. To suggest we don't is bonkers, not in any way because Cash isn't good enough (he's not) but because he's made of glass and can't play 3 games a week. As such a better version with Cash as backup would be much better.

Beyond that, any competent centre back that isn't Diego Carlos please. Any. Just a body. I'd take Carl Tiler over Carlos. Liability.

And for the love of god please get a right winger Villa. Just do it. We'd be 6-8 points better off right now had we done it in the summer.

[Dante Lavelli]

Frimpong or Dumphries bought to play in Cash’s position yesterday.  Konsa notionally plays RB but can become a back 5 out of possession.

It means a tweak of tactics but could be worth it considering how cheap both the players are available.

[Percy McCarthy]

We need a right back. To suggest we don't is bonkers, not in any way because Cash isn't good enough (he's not) but because he's made of glass and can't play 3 games a week. As such a better version with Cash as backup would be much better.

Beyond that, any competent centre back that isn't Diego Carlos please. Any. Just a body. I'd take Carl Tiler over Carlos. Liability.

And for the love of god please get a right winger Villa. Just do it. We'd be 6-8 points better off right now had we done it in the summer.

Another one who can’t count.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

The way this summer went I wouldn't trust Monchi to buy a lottery ticket.

His reputation was built on finding rough diamonds for Sevilla, Dani Alves, Julio Baptista etc but that was probably 15- 20 years ago. He’s got the relationship with Unai and is probably good at other aspects (not sure what else he does?) he may have been a fore runner of excellence in scouting networks but other clubs have done the same with similar or better results since then.
I certainly expected a few more of the Morano type signing but perhaps it’s due to the fact we’ve progressed quicker than anyone expected.

I don’t understand what you mean that perhaps it’s because we have progressed so quickly.  This summer we signed Onana and Barkley who have done fine, and Jayden who’s been shit.  The rest I assume are for FFP deals. 

I don’t think the issue is the players we have signed - it’s more in the players we haven’t been able to

The theory being that the higher up the league you are the better quality player you need to improve you so the pool gets smaller or you have to pay bigger money to get them. We wanted Felix, who we hoped would improve us, he went somewhere else. Just strange that there was no backup to that deal.

Against this is the fact that Unai has managed to improve virtually every player who was previously thought to be no good, yet Monchi or the back room staff couldn’t get a decent back up or competition to improve the right hand side of the team. They must have believed that Cash, Konsa JP and to a lesser extent Kosta would have been enough. Injuries and form, throw in Bailey being half the player as well has led us to be inadequate down that side of the pitch.

[Demitri_C]

Its not been that long perce only a couple interactions today 🤪

[Nii Lamptey]

Yes we need wingers, but lets shut up shop first. Solid defence is the key to success.

In order of priority....

RB - Digne level quality but with a right foot (*Cash reverts to our backup RB so that we NEVER have to play Ezri there again).
RCB - Quality Backup/improvement for Ezri if he gets injured. Diego Carlos needs to be put out to pasture.
RW - Competition for Bailey. When he isn't doing it/injured, we have no other option.
LW - Are we EVER going to see a fully fit Jacob Ramsey again? Great player, but what's the point if he's never on the pitch

Fuck FFP - Take any resultant hit on a points deduction. We'll accrue more points WITH these players and the points deduction than without, and will give us the step up in quality we need to progress in the coming seasons.

[ozzjim]

We need a right back. To suggest we don't is bonkers, not in any way because Cash isn't good enough (he's not) but because he's made of glass and can't play 3 games a week. As such a better version with Cash as backup would be much better.

Beyond that, any competent centre back that isn't Diego Carlos please. Any. Just a body. I'd take Carl Tiler over Carlos. Liability.

And for the love of god please get a right winger Villa. Just do it. We'd be 6-8 points better off right now had we done it in the summer.

Another one who can’t count.

What a joyfully condescending response to a post. Please do tell me the error or my ways?