January Transfer Window 2026

[Danbert]

JWP got 7 goals and 7 assists for West Ham in 2023-2024 and 9 goals and 4 assists for us the season before. He's played for England. Clearly he has a higher ceiling than Downs, who I thought was one of our least shit players last year and was very good for us in the Championship in 2023-2024.

[HarvSFC]

I always thought JWP held us back a bit. We were very content with having him in the middle of the park and never looked to upgrade, or we couldn't afford to upgrade with him still in the squad. Similar to the goalkeeper position of recent years. Our best midfield of Schneiderlin, Wanyama and Davis, which should have and should be our ambitions to get back to that level, he wouldn't get in. Also seen with his two Premier League moves (West Ham and Notthingham Forest) that he hasn't shown to be anything more than a bog standard, possibly below average Premier League midfielder. And, apparently he doesn't even score free-kicks anymore.

[Matthew Le God]

15 minutes ago, HarvSFC said:

I always thought JWP held us back a bit. 

He scored 27 league goals from central midfield in his last 3 Premier League seasons for us. That is a very good return, especially given we weren't a good team for a lot of that time.

[spyinthesky]

2 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

He scored 27 league goals from central midfield in his last 3 Premier League seasons for us. That is a very good return, especially given we weren't a good team for a lot of that time.

I think he was one of our stand out players for a while but think that ship may have sailed now unfortunately.

Will be interesting to see where he ends up post West Ham

[StrangelyBrown]

13 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

With the caveat of me not seeing him much since he left, JWP for me.

Downes was our MVP in our last Championship season. That was after JWP had left, and JWP raised the game of the others in those opening games.

For me, it's not a direct swap. Jander is the one replacing Downes, and I'd have JWP further forward. Downes has become so comfortable with RussBall, he looks lost going forward now. JWP looked better moved up, just a bit.

JWP looked like he was shoulders and head above everyone else in the few games he played for us in the championship.

However, we ought to just move on from players past...

[StrangelyBrown]

On 30/09/2025 at 12:26, Dusic said:

Clever to have left ourselves with PL loan spots free. Thats usually where the value is in January.

Maybe we could loan Ramsdale back

[Whitey Grandad]

14 hours ago, StrangelyBrown said:

JWP looked like he was shoulders and head above everyone else in the few games he played for us in the championship.

However, we ought to just move on from players past...

 

14 hours ago, StrangelyBrown said:

Maybe we could loan Ramsdale back

Coincidence?