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Author Topic: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.  (Read 294074 times)

Offline London Villan

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #495 on: December 21, 2025, 12:33:54 PM »
I wonder if - if the stats say what folk say they are, and teams have worked out how to nullify our attacks, and we’ve switched to more long range shots rather than working the ball in to the box … well that might be a bigger cause for Ollie not scoring so much and in fact any striker we play in the centre forward role might struggle to be prolific.

Just a thought, might be miles off of course.


I think there is a lot to this, as well as having no functioning wingers.

Offline Smirker

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #496 on: December 21, 2025, 12:58:28 PM »
I wonder if - if the stats say what folk say they are, and teams have worked out how to nullify our attacks, and we’ve switched to more long range shots rather than working the ball in to the box … well that might be a bigger cause for Ollie not scoring so much and in fact any striker we play in the centre forward role might struggle to be prolific.

Just a thought, might be miles off of course.


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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #497 on: December 21, 2025, 01:03:47 PM »
I wonder if - if the stats say what folk say they are, and teams have worked out how to nullify our attacks, and we’ve switched to more long range shots rather than working the ball in to the box … well that might be a bigger cause for Ollie not scoring so much and in fact any striker we play in the centre forward role might struggle to be prolific.

Just a thought, might be miles off of course.

This fella might agree with you.


Offline Yeltzbagger

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #498 on: December 21, 2025, 01:20:15 PM »
But in the last three league games we've scored 9 goals. Only the Rogers winner against West Ham was from outside the box.

Online andyh

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #499 on: December 21, 2025, 01:25:34 PM »
Everything we do, however we do it, is apparently unsustainable !!!

Fuck everyone, we will just continue on our march to greatness.

Offline Smoke

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #500 on: December 21, 2025, 02:23:19 PM »
Everything we do, however we do it, is apparently unsustainable !!!

Fuck everyone, we will just continue on our march to greatness.

Just like the season we finished 4th we just kept catching top teams on an off day seemed to be the narrative.

Offline paul_e

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #501 on: December 21, 2025, 02:59:18 PM »
But in the last three league games we've scored 9 goals. Only the Rogers winner against West Ham was from outside the box.

So of the 8 goals we've scored inside the box in that run Watkins scored 2, was instrumental in the OG for a 3rd and wasn't on the pitch for 2 more.

Offline garyellis

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #502 on: December 21, 2025, 09:48:20 PM »
We must sign/loan a striker or improve the service to Watkins.
Depends on what you think the problem is.
Every where else can wait until the summer.

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #503 on: December 21, 2025, 10:30:58 PM »
We need another option at RB, as we do at LB. Hopefully, Garcia can come back and kick-on, I really liked him before his injury.

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #504 on: December 21, 2025, 10:33:36 PM »
All I want for Christmas is a winger/striker like Rashy. So I'm slightly more demanding than Mariah.

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #505 on: December 21, 2025, 10:34:09 PM »
Bring Rashy home…

Offline Steve67

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #506 on: December 21, 2025, 11:05:30 PM »
David Moller Wolfe being linked from Wolves in the bbc gossip page.

Offline frank black

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #507 on: December 21, 2025, 11:08:55 PM »
David Moller Wolfe being linked from Wolves in the bbc gossip page.

Footy insider, so 99.9% sure it’ll be bollocks.

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #508 on: December 21, 2025, 11:37:22 PM »
Left back? Probably about the last position we need.

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #509 on: December 21, 2025, 11:41:06 PM »
I don’t think Wolves have anyone left worth taking. They’ve been completely stripped of anything any good over the last few years. Hence 2 points all season.

 


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