Summer Transfer Window 2025/26

[S-Clarke]

4 minutes ago, Appy said:

Was this aimed at me? 

Think it was meant for Saint_Lambden who you quoted.

[UpweySaint]

25 minutes ago, saintant said:

I'd rather keep Edozie than waste money on Rak Saki. It's like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic except SR is rearranging the dead wood. 

I usually don’t agree with you but I don’t see Rak Saki as a step up on Edozie and the price seems high considering he’s not especially proven.

[benjii]

21 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

I know its not going to happen but another vote from me to keep/use Edozie.

Honestly he was not half bad in the Championship season and he can start and wear out a full back or come off the bench and create 15 mins of chaos. I liked him.

 

If we went out and bought someone with his exact age/stats tomorrow I think most fans would be happy with it.

The Edozie / Fraser axis was deadly for a while.

Sadly we can't play with wingers at the moment, though, because we don't have the right kind of wingers.

[Farmer Saint]

11 minutes ago, Appy said:

Was this aimed at me? 

No...apologies I quoted the wrong person!

Edited yesterday at 18:47 by Farmer Saint

[Saint Matty 76]

27 minutes ago, Saint_lambden said:

We want two wingers. 

How come Rudoni and Spertsyan aren’t playing v Norwich tonight?

[Monk]

What scenario would you be most happy with?

Scenario 1: Keep Matty and Edozie, Sign Rak-Sakyi and a CM (not a 10).
Scenario 2: Sell Matty and Edozie, Sign Rak-Sakyi, sign Tom Fellows and Fin Azaz.
Scenario 3: Sell Matty, Keep Edozie, sign Azaz, Tom Fellows and a striker.

Scenario 4: Sell Matty, Sell Edozie and sign Dele Alli, Jonathan Forte, Tommy Forecast and reappoint Eric Black.

 

 

Edited yesterday at 18:55 by Monk

[benjii]

Fraser playing quite deep and doing a good job knitting things together. 

[Sparkkyy]

5 minutes ago, benjii said:

Fraser playing quite deep and doing a good job knitting things together. 

We lack needle in the middle of the pitch

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, Sparkkyy said:

We lack needle in the middle of the pitch

No one to thread balls through to the strikers 

[Southner]

6 minutes ago, Sparkkyy said:

We lack needle in the middle of the pitch

Sign him up! 

[Colinjb]

9 minutes ago, Sparkkyy said:

We lack needle in the middle of the pitch

Need a keen eye to pick out the passes needed though..

[Southner]

11 minutes ago, Turkish said:

No one to thread balls through to the strikers 

Sew? 

[trousers]

22 minutes ago, Monk said:

What scenario would you be most happy with?

Scenario 1: Keep Matty and Edozie, Sign Rak-Sakyi and a CM (not a 10).
Scenario 2: Sell Matty and Edozie, Sign Rak-Sakyi, sign Tom Fellows and Fin Azaz.
Scenario 3: Sell Matty, Keep Edozie, sign Azaz, Tom Fellows and a striker.

Scenario 4: Sell Matty, Sell Edozie and sign Dele Alli, Jonathan Forte, Tommy Forecast and reappoint Eric Black.

 

 

Not sure if a trick question but I'll have a '1' please bob

Edited yesterday at 19:13 by trousers

[hypochondriac]

27 minutes ago, Monk said:

What scenario would you be most happy with?

Scenario 1: Keep Matty and Edozie, Sign Rak-Sakyi and a CM (not a 10).
Scenario 2: Sell Matty and Edozie, Sign Rak-Sakyi, sign Tom Fellows and Fin Azaz.
Scenario 3: Sell Matty, Keep Edozie, sign Azaz, Tom Fellows and a striker.

Scenario 4: Sell Matty, Sell Edozie and sign Dele Alli, Jonathan Forte, Tommy Forecast and reappoint Eric Black.

 

 

Not sure about that. I'm leaning 3 as that would give us the best chance of promotion.

[RedArmy]

36 minutes ago, benjii said:

The Edozie / Fraser axis was deadly for a while.

Sadly we can't play with wingers at the moment, though, because we don't have the right kind of wingers.

Which is ironic because we don’t have right kind of centre backs but we’re playing plenty of them. 

[Appy]

Rumours at the QPR end of a bid for Ronnie Edwards, wouldn’t shock me, he’s clearly fifth choice centre back. 

[Colinjb]

Just now, Appy said:

Rumours at the QPR end of a bid for Ronnie Edwards, wouldn’t shock me, he’s clearly fifth choice centre back. 

And they love him. Heard someone describing him as a real 'Rolls-Royce' of a defender when we signed him. It was a shame they were talking in terms of reliability.

[LaptopSaint]

53 minutes ago, UpweySaint said:

I usually don’t agree with you but I don’t see Rak Saki as a step up on Edozie and the price seems high considering he’s not especially proven.

Haven’t seen enough of Rak-Sakyi to have a view and not that bothered what he did on loan at Sheff Utd (see Kane’s multiple underwhelming loans before he became world class). 

But if one of the many things we were lacking in the Prem was any physical presence is Rak-Sak seen as an upgrade on Edozie (and Sam Amo) on that score ? 

[Sparkkyy]

It’s clearly been tough dealing with these pesky Russians. No pulling the wool over their eyes 

[Farmer Saint]

6 minutes ago, Colinjb said:

And they love him. Heard someone describing him as a real 'Rolls-Royce' of a defender when we signed him. It was a shame they were talking in terms of reliability.

The 1980's called - they want their joke back.

[S-Clarke]

8 minutes ago, Appy said:

Rumours at the QPR end of a bid for Ronnie Edwards, wouldn’t shock me, he’s clearly fifth choice centre back. 

It would be ultimate peak SR to extend Jack Stephens and sell Ronnie Edwards.

We do have quite a few CB's, but he's one of the last I'd consider for dumping. Wood would come first.

[Gloucester Saint]

10 minutes ago, Appy said:

Rumours at the QPR end of a bid for Ronnie Edwards, wouldn’t shock me, he’s clearly fifth choice centre back. 

🙏 

[Gloucester Saint]

10 minutes ago, Colinjb said:

And they love him. Heard someone describing him as a real 'Rolls-Royce' of a defender when we signed him. It was a shame they were talking in terms of reliability.

He’s been more Hillman Imp tonight (the 1960s and 70s want their jokes back too).

[Colinjb]

Just now, Gloucester Saint said:

He’s been more Hillman Imp tonight (the 1960s and 70s want their jokes back too).

Trying to think of a pun based on 'Allegro' now, it'll come to me.

[Monk]

12 minutes ago, Appy said:

Rumours at the QPR end of a bid for Ronnie Edwards, wouldn’t shock me, he’s clearly fifth choice centre back. 

Watched him for QPR vs Pomp last season. 

Got completely bullied by Colby Bishop. 

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, Colinjb said:

Trying to think of a pun based on 'Allegro' now, it'll come to me.

All-Aggro. 

[trousers]

2 minutes ago, Colinjb said:

Trying to think of a pun based on 'Allegro' now, it'll come to me.

A bit Austin-tacious if you ask me

Edited yesterday at 19:53 by trousers

[Colinjb]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

A bit Austin-tacious if you ask me

Will need to check the Ley-of the-land before committing to that.

[trousers]

McCarthy making a claim for the No.1 shirt here...

[trousers]

2 minutes ago, Colinjb said:

Will need to check the Ley-of the-land before committing to that.

Stop being such a Princess

[Colinjb]

Just now, trousers said:

Stop being such a Princess

You nicely Maxi-mised your opportunity there.

[SambaMaverick]

One winger coming in is surely not enough, one injury would leave us right where we started

[maysie]

Wrong thread 

Edited 23 hours ago by maysie

[Farmer Saint]

6 minutes ago, trousers said:

Stop being such a Princess

That joke is a fucking Triumph.

[Gloucester Saint]

12 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

That joke is a fucking Triumph.

It deserved much Acclaim but others would say it was a load of old Dolomite.

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

Just tuned in, looks like we're doing good in East...ahem...Anglia...

[Badger]

Just hope the new No 10 when he signs turns out to be a Maestro 

[Osvaldorama]

That’s a fucking belter 

 

edit:  oops wrong thread 

Edited 23 hours ago by Osvaldorama

[6ft8saint]

I just hope we can pay to get shot of Brereton Diaz. 

[Osvaldorama]

4 minutes ago, 6ft8saint said:

I just hope we can pay to get shot of Brereton Diaz. 

Good lord he’s bad. Not even sure he’s good enough for Sunday league. 
Did he really score goals at this level?

[CSA96]

 

[Colinjb]

1 hour ago, Gloucester Saint said:

It deserved much Acclaim but others would say it was a load of old Dolomite.

Not the most Metro-politan of humour shown there.

[ErwinK1961]

1 hour ago, Appy said:

Rumours at the QPR end of a bid for Ronnie Edwards, wouldn’t shock me, he’s clearly fifth choice centre back. 

I had high hopes for him this season after his loan, but so far he’s looked pretty crap.

[Pamplemousse]

Well after tonight's performance we don't need any signings. Save the money for next season I reckon. One winger in Fraser is all we need.

[Harry_SFC]

36 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

Good lord he’s bad. Not even sure he’s good enough for Sunday league. 
Did he really score goals at this level?

You've got players like Archer, Stewart etc who are a bit low on confidence but you can still tell they are professional footballers. The same can't be said of BBD. 

[ErwinK1961]

2 hours ago, Monk said:

What scenario would you be most happy with?

Scenario 1: Keep Matty and Edozie, Sign Rak-Sakyi and a CM (not a 10).
Scenario 2: Sell Matty and Edozie, Sign Rak-Sakyi, sign Tom Fellows and Fin Azaz.
Scenario 3: Sell Matty, Keep Edozie, sign Azaz, Tom Fellows and a striker.

Scenario 4: Sell Matty, Sell Edozie and sign Dele Alli, Jonathan Forte, Tommy Forecast and reappoint Eric Black.

 

 

Scenario 3. But would leave us short in CM.

[skintsaint]

5 minutes ago, ErwinK1961 said:

I had high hopes for him this season after his loan, but so far he’s looked pretty crap.

Yeah the falling over the ball leading to that one on one was very crap.

[Badger]

5 minutes ago, ErwinK1961 said:

I had high hopes for him this season after his loan, but so far he’s looked pretty crap.

I still think he’s worth pursuing given the options we have. But he probably needs a run in a settled side. Whether he gets that is debatable 

[Give it to Ron]

Let’s be honest Norwich were crap - once Downes stopped giving it away and others passed it better we looked a competent team.

We are crying out for pace and creativity in first 40 we got in so many good places but couldn’t find cross or pass.

Need a 10 badly

Edited 22 hours ago by Give it to Ron

[SaintJackoInHurworth]

Here is another way to look at our squad to get a better picture of what we may need. Instead of just listing each player in one position (which can often be quite arbitrary for players who can play in a range of positions), I have tried to list every player who you might play in that position based on their historic and current positions. I have, however, ignored ridiculous experimental changes of role made by Russell Martin (e.g. Aribo playing as a CDM or CB!).

I have also included numbers for those who like to look at things in that way, but using predominantly British numbering  conventions. The numbers 7 and 8 are difficult to place in that system as their positioning has varied a lot over time.

Italics indicate those players that may leave (though I have assumed rather optimistically that we will now keep Fernandes!). This doesn't rule out others from leaving - I am definitely NOT ITK about this!!

Position	No.	Players who can play in this position
Goalie	1	Bazunu, McCarthy, Long, Moody
Right Back	2	Roerslev, Bree, Edwards
Left Back	3	Welington, Manning, Sesay, Taylor
CB	5,6	Harwood-Bellis, Wood, Edwards, Quarshie, Stephens, Taylor, Bella-Kotchap
CDM	4	Charles, Downes, Matsuki, Sesay
CM	7/8	Fernandes, Smallbone, Charles, Downes, Matsuki, Sesay, Aribo
AM	8/10	Fernandes, Fraser, Matsuki, Sesay, Aribo
Winger	7/8/11	Robinson, Fraser, Armstrong, Archer, Sesay, BBD, Edozie
Striker	9	Stewart, Downs, Archer, Armstrong, BBD

I accept that there is a fair degree of arbitration even in this approach, but I hope it is helpful for some.

I think it is interesting that the position where we most want to see improvement (wing) is one where we actually have a lot of options - contrary to what some people are suggesting. The reason for this is perhaps mostly to do with the type of wingers we want.

You will also note that I have listed Sesay in a lot of positions. This is based on his past where he started as a left winger, but was converted into a left back and has more recently been converted into a midfielder who can play in any of the midfield positions.