Summer Transfer Window 2025/26

[James]

2 minutes ago, Chez said:

the more I look at us, the more doubts I have about us challenging. The keepers are the same, but McCarthy looks slower than last time round. It wasn't a strength, it still isn't.

In defence, KWP and Bednarek were our two best players at the back last time. Both gone. The replacement RB is a step down. THB might remain (and thus will be the same) and the left back position feels the same in terms of defensive quality, although we certainly have more depth. It also wasn't a strength last time. 

Central midfield feels roughly the same strength wise. Charles may have improved a little since last time, but more importantly will be his changed role that better suits him. Smallbone hasn't improved and is only useful when you have loads of the ball. Aribo was a key player in the run in. And he's off. We lacked bit last time. I still don't think we have that.

We look a little weaker out wide. Fraser looks slower, and there are less options. Brooks impressed me more than others on here, I know, but that little bit of quality is missing (assuming Dibling/Fernandes depart). A lot may rest of Robinson being a star.

Up front, the central strikers offer more variety, but do they give us a string focal point like Adams? Not sure. Armstrong is obviously here again, but is his heart in it? We are reliant on him being quickly reinvigorated like last time as his finishing got us out of jail a fair bit.

I know there is much more to it than just players. Martin had us dominate possession which strangled the life out of many teams. However, we were totally clueless without the ball and got murdered if we gave the ball away. Still's tactics must improve us, simple as that. 

Great summary. Just about sums up how I feel. Weaknesses last time are still weaknesses this season and, if anything, strengths from last time are less strong.

We are very likely to have Bree and Stephens as 2/4 in defence and Shea Charles as the lynch pin in midfield. Let’s be honest, none of those three were in our best 11 last time and some of them didn’t even make the subs bench in some games.

Up front we definitely have a more diverse group of threats and Archer should really score a shed load if given the right service but at this point in time It’s hard to see who is going to make the chances. 

[Turkish]

well it looks like we’re going to be bringing in over £100m from transfer fees again which from Dibling and Fernandes alone will represent a profit of around £50m. We’ll probably break even ok Edozie and got better than we could have hoped for from Sulemana and TP so as a player trading company we are doing brilliantly 

[Badger]

11 minutes ago, Chez said:

Yes. 
They have lost some talent, but added others. 

Another one might be leaving Sheff Utd:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cvg417p04g8o

 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

2 minutes ago, Turkish said:

well it looks like we’re going to be bringing in over £100m from transfer fees again which from Dibling and Fernandes alone will represent a profit of around £50m. We’ll probably break even ok Edozie and got better than we could have hoped for from Sulemana and TP so as a player trading company we are doing brilliantly 

The actual footballing bit, just loses it's importance with such great SR news as this. I guess it's just there to showcase our next couple of talents, before they are sold next summer. 

[egg]

Just now, Turkish said:

well it looks like we’re going to be bringing in over £100m from transfer fees again which from Dibling and Fernandes alone will represent a profit of around £50m. We’ll probably break even ok Edozie and got better than we could have hoped for from Sulemana and TP so as a player trading company we are doing brilliantly Surely 

Surely we've spent more on players than we've received in transfer fees under Solak ownership?

He was always going to recoup some investment. 

[AlexLaw76]

5 minutes ago, Turkish said:

well it looks like we’re going to be bringing in over £100m from transfer fees again which from Dibling and Fernandes alone will represent a profit of around £50m. We’ll probably break even ok Edozie and got better than we could have hoped for from Sulemana and TP so as a player trading company we are doing brilliantly 

She's coming home!!!

[Turkish]

17 minutes ago, egg said:

Surely we've spent more on players than we've received in transfer fees under Solak ownership?

He was always going to recoup some investment. 

According to transfer market net spend has been per season

22/23 -148m

23/24 + 165m

24/25 -80m

25/26 so far + 30m

numbers are in euros so as of today net spend is -€30m since they arrived 

but we’ll bring in c80m from Dibling and Fernandes, plus some change for a few of the others Edozie, Aribo etc 

doubt we’ll spend more than 20m plus a few loans 

Edited 12 hours ago by Turkish

[egg]

8 minutes ago, Turkish said:

According to transfer market net spend has been per season

22/23 -148m

23/24 + 165m

24/25 -80m

25/26 so far + 30m

numbers are in euros so as of today net spend is -€30m since they arrived 

but we’ll bring in c80m from Dibling and Fernandes, plus some change for a few of the others Edozie, Aribo etc 

doubt we’ll spend more than 20m plus a few loans. 

Thanks for that. You'd hope from that, and the parachutes, that we'd spend a bit.  

 

[Harry_SFC]

13 minutes ago, Turkish said:

According to transfer market net spend has been per season

22/23 -148m

23/24 + 165m

24/25 -80m

25/26 so far + 30m

numbers are in euros so as of today net spend is -€30m since they arrived 

but we’ll bring in c80m from Dibling and Fernandes, plus some change for a few of the others Edozie, Aribo etc 

doubt we’ll spend more than 20m plus a few loans 

Still paying for those two disastrous windows in 22/23.

[tdmickey3]

16 minutes ago, Turkish said:

According to transfer market net spend has been per season

22/23 -148m

23/24 + 165m

24/25 -80m

25/26 so far + 30m

numbers are in euros so as of today net spend is -€30m since they arrived 

but we’ll bring in c80m from Dibling and Fernandes, plus some change for a few of the others Edozie, Aribo etc 

doubt we’ll spend more than 20m plus a few loans 

It really makes no difference to us how much they get from sales because as you say we will spend a small part of it.

SR just a money making business, the football is just a vehicle for that

[SuperSAINT]

1 minute ago, tdmickey3 said:

It really makes no difference to us how much they get from sales because as you say we will spend a small part of it.

SR just a money making business, the football is just a vehicle for that

Solak doesn’t take money out & literally puts his money into the club.

Edited 11 hours ago by SuperSAINT

[RedArmy]

36 minutes ago, Chez said:

the more I look at us, the more doubts I have about us challenging. The keepers are the same, but McCarthy looks slower than last time round. It wasn't a strength, it still isn't.

In defence, KWP and Bednarek were our two best players at the back last time. Both gone. The replacement RB is a step down. THB might remain (and thus will be the same) and the left back position feels the same in terms of defensive quality, although we certainly have more depth. It also wasn't a strength last time. 

Central midfield feels roughly the same strength wise. Charles may have improved a little since last time, but more importantly will be his changed role that better suits him. Smallbone hasn't improved and is only useful when you have loads of the ball. Aribo was a key player in the run in. And he's off. We lacked bite last time. I still don't think we have that.

We look a little weaker out wide. Fraser looks slower, and there are less options. Brooks impressed me more than others on here, I know, but that little bit of quality is missing (assuming Dibling/Fernandes depart). A lot may rest on Robinson being a star.

Up front, the central strikers offer more variety, but do they give us a strong focal point like Adams? Not sure. Armstrong is obviously here again, but is his heart in it? We are reliant on him being quickly reinvigorated like last time as his finishing got us out of jail a fair bit.

I know there is much more to it than just players. Martin had us dominate possession which strangled the life out of many teams. However, we were totally clueless without the ball and got murdered if we gave the ball away. Still's tactics must improve us, simple as that. 

23/24 was an unusually strong season at the top. I don’t see a season with 4 teams that far ahead of the rest happening again yet. 
Leeds sold Summerville, Gray, Rutter, and Kamara and won the league with 100 points. 
 

We loaned in THB, Downes and Fraser late in the window and they all had a big impact. I would be amazed if we don’t bring in some impact loans towards the end of the window again so at the moment for me it’s hard to judge the squad in my opinion. 

[saintant]

1 hour ago, Chez said:

the more I look at us, the more doubts I have about us challenging. The keepers are the same, but McCarthy looks slower than last time round. It wasn't a strength, it still isn't.

In defence, KWP and Bednarek were our two best players at the back last time. Both gone. The replacement RB is a step down. THB might remain (and thus will be the same) and the left back position feels the same in terms of defensive quality, although we certainly have more depth. It also wasn't a strength last time. 

Central midfield feels roughly the same strength wise. Charles may have improved a little since last time, but more importantly will be his changed role that better suits him. Smallbone hasn't improved and is only useful when you have loads of the ball. Aribo was a key player in the run in. And he's off. We lacked bite last time. I still don't think we have that.

We look a little weaker out wide. Fraser looks slower, and there are less options. Brooks impressed me more than others on here, I know, but that little bit of quality is missing (assuming Dibling/Fernandes depart). A lot may rest on Robinson being a star.

Up front, the central strikers offer more variety, but do they give us a strong focal point like Adams? Not sure. Armstrong is obviously here again, but is his heart in it? We are reliant on him being quickly reinvigorated like last time as his finishing got us out of jail a fair bit.

I know there is much more to it than just players. Martin had us dominate possession which strangled the life out of many teams. However, we were totally clueless without the ball and got murdered if we gave the ball away. Still's tactics must improve us, simple as that. 

His heart should be in it because by now he must have figured that the Championship is his ceiling. In reality, he should be chomping at the bit and determined to score a shed load of goals. Where else is he going to go? He could be an important part of a team challenging for promotion or alternatively, if his heart isn't in it, he can sit on the bench because only he can make Will Still pick him in our starting line-ups. 

[egg]

18 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

Solak doesn’t take money out & literally puts his money into the club.

He'll inevitably claw back some of his investment where he can without harming necessary inward transfers. Solak plainly isn't making money out of the club, but I doubt that he won't take money out to partly repay his capital input. 

[Chez]

20 minutes ago, Turkish said:

According to transfer market net spend has been per season

22/23 -148m

23/24 + 165m

24/25 -80m

25/26 so far + 30m

numbers are in euros so as of today -net spend is -€30m

but we’ll bring in c80m from Dibling and Fernandes, plus some change for a few of the others 

doubt we’ll spend more than 20m plus a few loans 

Because the transfer money comes in (and goes out) across varied time periods, the annual accounts paint a different picture in terms of player trading profit and loss.

22/23 -€54m
23/24 +€83m
24/25 tbc

And for added context, operating losses before player trading gives an idea how much we need to recoup to try to balance the books.

22/23 operating losses -€30m
23/24 operating losses -€40m
24/25 tbc

[Chez]

10 minutes ago, egg said:

He'll inevitably claw back some of his investment where he can without harming necessary inward transfers. Solak plainly isn't making money out of the club, but I doubt that he won't take money out to partly repay his capital input. 

He hasn't taken any sort of dividend so far that I can see. I imagine his plan was simply to buy relatively low, improve operations to ensure we are stable and stronger PL side and then watch the price for PL clubs go up over time as the yanks and other billionaires keep hiking the prices up for this type of toy. 

[skintsaint]

On 30/07/2025 at 16:49, Monk said:

CBA to scroll but just seen this... MLG doing his thing in the comments. 

Need closer to 15m 😅

 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cvg417p04g8o

[Chez]

18 minutes ago, saintant said:

His heart should be in it because by now he must have figured that the Championship is his ceiling. In reality, he should be chomping at the bit and determined to score a shed load of goals. Where else is he going to go? He could be an important part of a team challenging for promotion or alternatively, if his heart isn't in it, he can sit on the bench because only he can make Will Still pick him in our starting line-ups. 

we loaned him out. That has got to hurt, a bit after he got us promoted. My guess is if WBA had the funds and made a suitable offer this summer, he would have jumped at the chance of a move. We are not letting him go cheap though.

[egg]

4 minutes ago, Chez said:

He hasn't taken any sort of dividend so far that I can see. I imagine his plan was simply to buy relatively low, improve operations to ensure we are stable and stronger PL side and then watch the price for PL clubs go up over time as the yanks and other billionaires keep hiking the prices up for this type of toy. 

I didn't mention a dividend. 

Directors loans in/directors loans out I'd imagine. 

[Chez]

9 minutes ago, egg said:

I didn't mention a dividend. 

Directors loans in/directors loans out I'd imagine. 

Understood. Can you point to the director loans in/out in the accounts, as I can't find them. I thought they had to be listed along with the interest payment.

[Matthew Le God]

1 hour ago, egg said:

He'll inevitably claw back some of his investment where he can without harming necessary inward transfers. Solak plainly isn't making money out of the club, but I doubt that he won't take money out to partly repay his capital input. 

Zero evidence of that happening to this point. Only money going in, not out.

[Vancouver Saint]

I know I'm being lazy, but can someone spare me the trouble of trawling through the last however many pages of this and just summarise who we've sold / who is on the block now (i.e. real offers on the table) and who we've acquired or is definitely staying.

Thank you in advance.
 

FWIW my thoughts on transfers:

I can't believe a new No.1 goalkeeper isn't our top priority. Hockey is the national sport here and the goalkeeper plays a disproportionately important role in determining the team's success or not...not so different in footie.

I think our fortunes this season are directly linked to if Fernandes stays. And we have a new captain. It used to be it was the best player that everyone looked up to that was captain, age didn't matter. I think Stephens seems like a decent bloke, but giving him a 3-year extension and the club captaincy is idiotic IMHO...it takes away the opportunity to retain and attract the new captain material we so badly need.

Of course if Stephens goes on to have the season of his life and lifts the Championship Winners Trophy at the end of the season I'll be delighted to eat humble pie.

[egg]

14 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Zero evidence of that happening to this point. Only money going in, not out.

 

25 minutes ago, Chez said:

Understood. Can you point to the director loans in/out in the accounts, as I can't find them. I thought they had to be listed along with the interest payment.

I've just looked at the accounts, and yep, no directors loans over a nominal amount. Seems capital input is simple capital, and loans. My mistake, I'd assumed he'd loaned capital. 

 

[Chez]

20 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Zero evidence of that happening to this point. Only money going in, not out.

There's some decent management fees to SR, but nothing out of the ordinary. Not the owner "taking money out of the club".

[S-Clarke]

22 minutes ago, Vancouver Saint said:

I know I'm being lazy, but can someone spare me the trouble of trawling through the last however many pages of this and just summarise who we've sold / who is on the block now (i.e. real offers on the table) and who we've acquired or is definitely staying.

Thank you in advance.
 

FWIW my thoughts on transfers:

I can't believe a new No.1 goalkeeper isn't our top priority. Hockey is the national sport here and the goalkeeper plays a disproportionately important role in determining the team's success or not...not so different in footie.

I think our fortunes this season are directly linked to if Fernandes stays. And we have a new captain. It used to be it was the best player that everyone looked up to that was captain, age didn't matter. I think Stephens seems like a decent bloke, but giving him a 3-year extension and the club captaincy is idiotic IMHO...it takes away the opportunity to retain and attract the new captain material we so badly need.

Of course if Stephens goes on to have the season of his life and lifts the Championship Winners Trophy at the end of the season I'll be delighted to eat humble pie.

Sold - 100% gone

Kamaldeen Sullemana - Atalanta - £15M

Paul Onuachu - Trabzonspor- £6m

Aaaron Ramsdale - Newcastle - Loan £4m Fee

Jan Bednarek - Porto - £6.5m

Sam Amo-Ameyaw - Strasbourg - £8m

Kyle Walker-Peters - West Ham - Free transfer

Joe Lumley - Bristol City - Free Transfer

Likley to leave imminently:

Samuel Edozie - £8m (Strasbourg)

Tyler Dibling - £35-45m (Everton)

Players we are looking to move on soonish:

Joe Aribo (Interested parties in Turkey)

Armel Bella-Kotchap (Interested parties in Germany)

Charlie Taylor (No idea)

Nathan Wood (Surplus of defenders, club open to a loan apparently)

Rumours circulating, club want to keep - these may become live towards the end of the window:

Mateus Fernandes (Everyone in Europe wants him apparently)

Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Some tentative links to Porto and WHU a few weeks ago - unlikely to go I think, but one to watch)

Signed:

Damien Downs - £5-6m

Joshua Quarshie - 3.4m

Players looking certain to stay:

Alex McCarthy

Gavin Bazunu

Ronnie Edwards

Jack Stephens

Ryan Manning

Wellington

James Bree

Yuki Suguwara

Shea Charles

Will Smallbone

Flynn Downes

Ross Stewart

Adam Armstrong

Ben Brereton-Diaz

Cameron Archer

Ryan Fraser

Edited 9 hours ago by S-Clarke

[Vancouver Saint]

15 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

Sold - 100% gone

Kamaldeen Sullemana - Atalanta - £15M

Paul Onuachu - Trabzonspor- £6m

Aaaron Ramsdale - Newcastle - Loan £4m Fee

Jan Bednarek - Porto - £6.5m

Sam Amo-Ameyaw - Strasbourg - £8m

Kyle Walker-Peters - West Ham - Free transfer

Joe Lumley - Bristol City - Free Transfer

Likley to leave imminently:

Samuel Edozie - £8m (Strasbourg)

Tyler Dibling - £35-45m (Everton)

Players we are looking to move on soonish:

Joe Aribo (Interested parties in Turkey)

Armel Bella-Kotchap (Interested parties in Germany)

Charlie Taylor (No idea)

Nathan Wood (Surplus of defenders, club open to a loan apparently)

Rumours circulating, club want to keep - these may become live towards the end of the window:

Mateus Fernandes (Everyone in Europe wants him apparently)

Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Some tentative links to Porto and WHU a few weeks ago - unlikely to go I think, but one to watch)

Signed:

Damien Downs - £5-6m

Joshua Quarshie - 3.4m

Players looking certain to stay:

Alex McCarthy

Gavin Bazunu

Ronnie Edwards

Jack Stephens

Ryan Manning

Wellington

James Bree

Yuki Suguwara

Shea Charles

Will Smallbone

Flynn Downes

Ross Stewart

Adam Armstrong

Ben Brereton-Diaz

Cameron Archer

Ryan Fraser

Thank you so much S-Clarke, very helpful - you are a gent. 

Some players in the looking certain to stay space I would give away for free to save wages and eliminate the threat of taking space up on the pitch...BBD / Smallbone. 
Jay Robinson a highlight in the certain to stay list I hope too. I'd have put Nathan Wood in the keep category too.

When you see it like this, if we could keep Fernandes and THB we could be alright this season...

[S-Clarke]

12 minutes ago, Vancouver Saint said:

Thank you so much S-Clarke, very helpful - you are a gent. 

Some players in the looking certain to stay space I would give away for free to save wages and eliminate the threat of taking space up on the pitch...BBD / Smallbone. 
Jay Robinson a highlight in the certain to stay list I hope too. I'd have put Nathan Wood in the keep category too.

When you see it like this, if we could keep Fernandes and THB we could be alright this season...

I wouldn't be against keeping Wood, but it just feels one too many. THB, Edwards, Quarshie, Stephens, Sanda and then Wood (I forgot to put Sanda above). I think Wood will be the sacrifice to get the numbers down.

I don't think we'll keep either Matty or Tyler, but we need to use the money we get to entirely revamp our attack (wide, 10's etc). I'd even go as far as saying I feel we're a little short in CM, if Charles is injured or Downes, we're back to Smallbone trying to be a pivot again. It's going to be busy!

[Ex Lion Tamer]

We'll clearly bring in some decent players towards the end of the window and you'll all be saying "oh actually this season might not be too bad, I'm actually kind of excited"

[notnowcato]

8 minutes ago, Ex Lion Tamer said:

We'll clearly bring in some decent players towards the end of the window and you'll all be saying "oh actually this season might not be too bad, I'm actually kind of excited"

We’re firmly on target for a 9/10 window. 

[Saint Fan CaM]

3 hours ago, Ex Lion Tamer said:

We'll probably bring in some squad filler players towards the end of the window and you'll all be saying "oh actually this season might not be too exciting, I'm actually kind of underwhelmed"

Fixed it for you…(a more realistic view). 😉

[Farmer Saint]

7 hours ago, Chez said:

Understood. Can you point to the director loans in/out in the accounts, as I can't find them. I thought they had to be listed along with the interest payment.

They do have to be - they have their own section on the Balance Sheet.

[Farmer Saint]

7 hours ago, Vancouver Saint said:

I know I'm being lazy, but can someone spare me the trouble of trawling through the last however many pages of this and just summarise who we've sold / who is on the block now (i.e. real offers on the table) and who we've acquired or is definitely staying.

Thank you in advance.
 

FWIW my thoughts on transfers:

I can't believe a new No.1 goalkeeper isn't our top priority. Hockey is the national sport here and the goalkeeper plays a disproportionately important role in determining the team's success or not...not so different in footie.

I think our fortunes this season are directly linked to if Fernandes stays. And we have a new captain. It used to be it was the best player that everyone looked up to that was captain, age didn't matter. I think Stephens seems like a decent bloke, but giving him a 3-year extension and the club captaincy is idiotic IMHO...it takes away the opportunity to retain and attract the new captain material we so badly need.

Of course if Stephens goes on to have the season of his life and lifts the Championship Winners Trophy at the end of the season I'll be delighted to eat humble pie.

I've never understood why in Ice Hockey you don't get a morbidly obese man to just stand in front of the goal.

Edited 2 hours ago by Farmer Saint

[Willo of Whiteley]

Excellent write-up by Clarkey so far (above).

I’m still not convinced with Dibling, yes there’s been lots of rumours but I also think there’s been a lot of news outlets or “journos” jumping on the bandwagon copying and pasting.

Steve Grant made a good point on Total Saints Podcast this week; in that if you’re a top six club you’d be wanting more than two goals a season which is all he has managed in the Premier League and also you look at Everton, they will have financial constraints on them, they will have a limit but is it somewhere you’d have put Dibling to go to, probably not, I can see another mid-table team like Man United putting in a stupid last ditch bid but Everton will have a ceiling.

[Weston Super Saint]

9 hours ago, Turkish said:

well it looks like we’re going to be bringing in over £100m from transfer fees again which from Dibling and Fernandes alone will represent a profit of around £50m. We’ll probably break even ok Edozie and got better than we could have hoped for from Sulemana and TP so as a player trading company we are doing brilliantly 

We'll still have some people droning on about PSR though.

[Wade Garrett]

3 hours ago, Ex Lion Tamer said:

We'll clearly bring in some decent players towards the end of the window and you'll all be saying "oh actually this season might not be too bad, I'm actually kind of excited"

Hope you’re right.  The transfer window should close across Europe at the start of August.  Everyone gets their squads sorted before the start of the season.

[hypochondriac]

4 hours ago, Ex Lion Tamer said:

We'll clearly bring in some decent players towards the end of the window and you'll all be saying "oh actually this season might not be too bad, I'm actually kind of excited"

I don't disagree. Just a shame we couldn't have got it a bit more sorted prior to the first game at least. If our start isn't great then it could cost us at the end of the season. 

[chownie20]

See a rumour about Sugawara and PSG...

[Fitzhugh Fella]

7 hours ago, S-Clarke said:

Sold - 100% gone

Kamaldeen Sullemana - Atalanta - £15M

Paul Onuachu - Trabzonspor- £6m

Aaaron Ramsdale - Newcastle - Loan £4m Fee

Jan Bednarek - Porto - £6.5m

Sam Amo-Ameyaw - Strasbourg - £8m

Kyle Walker-Peters - West Ham - Free transfer

Joe Lumley - Bristol City - Free Transfer

Likley to leave imminently:

Samuel Edozie - £8m (Strasbourg)

Tyler Dibling - £35-45m (Everton)

Players we are looking to move on soonish:

Joe Aribo (Interested parties in Turkey)

Armel Bella-Kotchap (Interested parties in Germany)

Charlie Taylor (No idea)

Nathan Wood (Surplus of defenders, club open to a loan apparently)

Rumours circulating, club want to keep - these may become live towards the end of the window:

Mateus Fernandes (Everyone in Europe wants him apparently)

Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Some tentative links to Porto and WHU a few weeks ago - unlikely to go I think, but one to watch)

Signed:

Damien Downs - £5-6m

Joshua Quarshie - 3.4m

Players looking certain to stay:

Alex McCarthy

Gavin Bazunu

Ronnie Edwards

Jack Stephens

Ryan Manning

Wellington

James Bree

Yuki Suguwara

Shea Charles

Will Smallbone

Flynn Downes

Ross Stewart

Adam Armstrong

Ben Brereton-Diaz

Cameron Archer

Ryan Fraser

Good work but one small omission (literally) - Juan Larios who has gone on loan to the Spanish Second Division, although I doubt there was a fee involved.

[Harry_SFC]

9 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

I don't disagree. Just a shame we couldn't have got it a bit more sorted prior to the first game at least. If our start isn't great then it could cost us at the end of the season. 

Wrexham have strengthened but shouldn't be too much to worry about. It's the Ipswich game that is bothering me. Wouldn't want to go into probably the hardest game of the season without any more signings. 

[chownie20]

1 minute ago, Harry_SFC said:

Wrexham have strengthened but shouldn't be too much to worry about. It's the Ipswich game that is bothering me. Wouldn't want to go into probably the hardest game of the season without any more signings. 

Flip side is we might have MF and TD at that club for Ipswich though, just as we had JWP and Tella at the start of last championship season 

[hypochondriac]

2 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Wrexham have strengthened but shouldn't be too much to worry about. It's the Ipswich game that is bothering me. Wouldn't want to go into probably the hardest game of the season without any more signings. 

Even getting in signings next week mean they will be unlikely to play much part against Ipswich. It's probably this team minus Fernandes and dibling I'm afraid. 

[hypochondriac]

1 minute ago, chownie20 said:

Flip side is we might have MF and TD at that club for Ipswich though, just as we had JWP and Tella at the start of last championship season 

If he plays them. Blackmore was intimating Dibling wouldn't play against Wrexham and Fernandes is "ill". 

[Wade Garrett]

49 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

If he plays them. Blackmore was intimating Dibling wouldn't play against Wrexham and Fernandes is "ill". 

Can’t see Dibling playing before his inevitable transfer.

[wild-saint]

11 hours ago, Turkish said:

well it looks like we’re going to be bringing in over £100m from transfer fees again which from Dibling and Fernandes alone will represent a profit of around £50m. We’ll probably break even ok Edozie and got better than we could have hoped for from Sulemana and TP so as a player trading company we are doing brilliantly 

Totally agree and now that should give us a great platform to build again. Lets hope Will Still gets it right. 

Edited 54 minutes ago by wild-saint

[Forester]

8 hours ago, Vancouver Saint said:

Thank you so much S-Clarke, very helpful - you are a gent. 

Some players in the looking certain to stay space I would give away for free to save wages and eliminate the threat of taking space up on the pitch...BBD / Smallbone. 
Jay Robinson a highlight in the certain to stay list I hope too. I'd have put Nathan Wood in the keep category too.

When you see it like this, if we could keep Fernandes and THB we could be alright this season...

In which case I am glad you are not leading negotiations!  Free transfer for Smallbone and BBD!!!

[saintant]

2 hours ago, Farmer Saint said:

I've never understood why in Ice Hockey you don't get a morbidly obese man to just stand in front of the goal.

Are there agile, morbidly obese men?

[beavis17]

22 hours ago, Saint_lambden said:

Donley. We still want him (amongst other Championship sides) but Maddison got a bad injury last night so I do wonder if Spurs will want to keep him now rather than loaning him out. 

Going to Stoke.

[iansums]

2 hours ago, Harry_SFC said:

Wrexham have strengthened but shouldn't be too much to worry about. It's the Ipswich game that is bothering me. Wouldn't want to go into probably the hardest game of the season without any more signings. 

IIRC, first away game of the previous Championship promotion season at Ipswich, good memories.

[for_heaven's_Saint]

10 minutes ago, iansums said:

IIRC, first away game of the previous Championship promotion season at Ipswich, good memories.

One of my favourite away games. That team that won 5-2 would batter our current lot.