Winter transfer, twitter and rumour thread 17/18

[dogsrrs]

No point going down this route again mate. We were rubbish at the end of last season cos Ollie was pulling a different whacky formation or tactic out of his Aris every game. It's got absolutely nothing to do with our players having progressed in the last 6 months or so!

These young players breaking into the side now were never ready six or eight months ago , and the young players we had then Petrasso Cox ect were never good enough

[Rebel R's]

I wonder will this be the longest transfer rumour thread without anyone actually signing in the boards history ?

[Awin]

I wonder will this be the longest transfer rumour thread without anyone actually signing in the boards history ?

Hope so

[HertsHoops]

I reckon if we bring anyone in they will be youngsters for the U18's and U23's

We have enough of a squad with decent youngsters breaking through to avoid relegation - lets try spending bugger all, swerve FFP and save our dosh for the summer

The club are getting more ruthless in moving on existing youngsters that aren't performing, hopefully they'll be replaced with some promising Penrice picks

[furlong29]

sky sports say chris martin of derby is available on loan ! prob solved wont cost anything, we must have wages available now after all the departures and he is perfect for the system we play

[Hitman34]

sky sports say chris martin of derby is available on loan ! prob solved wont cost anything, we must have wages available now after all the departures and he is perfect for the system we play

he has a bit of an attitude but he is a good striker. would be ideal. big ole mobile lump of a forward.

yes from me

[FurtiveFox]

he has a bit of an attitude but he is a good striker. would be ideal. big ole mobile lump of a forward.

yes from me

Gump 3!

[qpr]

sky sports say chris martin of derby is available on loan ! prob solved wont cost anything, we must have wages available now after all the departures and he is perfect for the system we play

Great player

[RobertoQPR]

sky sports say chris martin of derby is available on loan ! prob solved wont cost anything, we must have wages available now after all the departures and he is perfect for the system we play

and theyre buying Cameron Jerome instead! Wow thats a downgrade!

[West Acton]

Never settled whilst at Fulham can’t see it being any better with us plus he’s not that great

[Kevin Mcleod]

Martin and Pilkington would be two great additions for our play off push imho.

[qprjeff1882]

sky sports say chris martin of derby is available on loan ! prob solved wont cost anything, we must have wages available now after all the departures and he is perfect for the system we play

But we won't have wages available from all the departures. These people would have been pain up most of their remaining contracts if not all just to get them away from the club and training ground to freshen the place up without people who aren't contributing to the good of the club. Therefore the budget will only say the clubs finances will be clear for their wages when the timeline of their normal monthly wages/contract would have been paid. Yes it doesn't stop the club spending now rather than cleared funds in the summer but this may not go down well with ffp. It will still show as spending whilst having paid big wages for players not contributing. I therefore don't think anything will be done until the summer. The players that have been released won't have been done so for nothing. You wouldn't expect to be released from your work without a payoff or redundancy pay.

[acricketer]

I think this thread is a 'need to have it ' thread even though nothing will happen.

[hal9thou]

yes from me

..... if you look at his ratios, they're ok, not outstanding. 250 mpg at this level ( Random comparisons: Leon Clarke 244; Assombalonga 188 ie pretty much scores every other game; Matt Smith a highly creditable 155 mpg).

In other words, Smith is a considerably more reliable net finder. Thats why I am so fvcked off with Ollie not setting up offensive tactics which play to Smith's strength when we pick him. The most effective way of using a player like him is not long ball. You just need the width and you need it deep. Madam. And that means a proper bye line merchant who wont keep cutting in. And that's why wing backs are negative for us.

I think the boy Oteh could cause a lot of problems sniffing around the big man.

Been saying it for a while: we have a perfectly capable mid championship squad. The problem has been getting the right people in the right set up on the park. I think that's what managers are supposed to do.

[qprjeff1882]

Absolutely spot on. I said a while back that Holloway seems very single minded in that he has chosen a formation to play and will try any amount of players to make it work. Rather than finding a formation to suit the squad of players we already have. It seems he is either too stubborn or lacks the knowhow to change things for the better. Or maybe even both. You can't keep playing players in positions which will not see them at their best and say that they are not good enough so they no longer get any chances to play. A manager should be able to know how to play several ways.