Summer 26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[eamonn]

Rowe reminded me of Doku before he joined Man City. Let's go get him.

Doku is hit and miss, I guess that's wingers for you.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Rowe is only 22? Seriously Bologna, take your pick. Take anybody except McGinn from the forwards/attacking midfielders.

[Gareth]

Looking forward to seeing Rowe play again next week, not sure we don’t make him look better than he is with Cash standing off him constantly, possibly because he started on a yellow and we need him next week.  Did like how direct he was though.  Also helpful thst he seemed to control the ball, something Bailey has really struggled with for a season and a half.

[Stu82]

I agree, Mustapha Hadji is exactly the player we're crying out for.

It’s kachloul for me.

I always consider Kachloul as "opportunistic free transfer to show how we can still just about chuck our diminishing weight around", rather than "had one of his best ever games against us so we now need to base our whole transfer strategy around him".

As apparently Jonathan Rowe now is.

Yes, your memory is better than mine, I just remember the clamour to get him and it seemed linked with Hadji as they were mates.

[Caribbeanvillan]

Reminds me a bit of Rashford/Doku.

[PaulWinch again]

I agree, Mustapha Hadji is exactly the player we're crying out for.

It’s kachloul for me.

I always consider Kachloul as "opportunistic free transfer to show how we can still just about chuck our diminishing weight around", rather than "had one of his best ever games against us so we now need to base our whole transfer strategy around him".

As apparently Jonathan Rowe now is.

Yes, your memory is better than mine, I just remember the clamour to get him and it seemed linked with Hadji as they were mates.

Yeah like I say, he might be brilliant and we might have been scouting him for a while. But I would want a bit more evidence than a really good 90 minutes. He’s not exactly shredded Serie A has he?

[Dante Lavelli]

I think they said 4 goals in 6 games after he scored yesterday so he’s definitely experiencing a purple patch.

I wonder if he was a monchi player and Emery preferred Rogers? If originally an Emery player than you’d expect we’ll have meticulous files on him regardless.

[algy]

I think they said 4 goals in 6 games after he scored yesterday so he’s definitely experiencing a purple patch.

I wonder if he was a monchi player and Emery preferred Rogers? If originally an Emery player than you’d expect we’ll have meticulous files on him regardless.

Seeing we’ve played Bologna, I’d imagine Emery has seen pretty much everything Rowe has done as a player in the last couple of seasons - regardless of what he knew before.

[Mellin]

Indeed, and for those comparing it to Hadji, the counter argument is it's similar circumstances to the lad who was in our number 10 position last night.

Rowe just set the bar very high regarding where his level is. I've never seen anyone do that to Cash, who's arguably the best right back in the league right now.

[LeeB]

Indeed, and for those comparing it to Hadji, the counter argument is it's similar circumstances to the lad who was in our number 10 position last night.

Rowe just set the bar very high regarding where his level is. I've never seen anyone do that to Cash, who's arguably the best right back in the league right now.

I was just going to post similar, Cash is on top of his game and nobody has come close to giving him the runaround he got last night. Was impressed also with Rowe's physicality, that bodes well for being able to play in this league

[Rigadon]

He looks a bit like that lad Man City have on their left wing. 

[kippaxvilla2]

I liked it when we signed Hadji. 

[PaulWinch again]

I liked it when we signed Hadji. 

I assume you liked it less once he’d played for us.

[Beard82]

Rowe strikes me as similar to Rogers in that attributes are there and Unai could take him up another level or two. 

[PaulWinch again]

I think Rowe looked very good last night, but personally I don’t think I’ve ever seen him play before that game. He looks to be in a purple patch, based on his statistical output (I know that’s not everything) which might be the start of something or it might be a purple patch. I would just hope the club would take a longer-term look.