January Transfer Window

[Oisin]

2 hours ago, benjii said:

I'm not too fussed if we don’t sign anyone else. Realistically, signing better players than Stewart, Armstrong, THB, Stephens etc. in January is not easy. We just need to get our players delivering.

GK was important and obviously it remains to be seen if we've got that right but we have at least tried.

A quality loan like Brooks would be great, though.

I have to disagree - this squad has been crying out for a proper number 9 for years. We need to loan someone in if we can’t find a permanent option. 

Experience tells us Ross will get injured very soon and likely be out for the season … which will leave us without any number 9 and trying to make ArmA work in that role again.

We can cope elsewhere but not up front. It’s not so much the goals but the whole pattern of play, as evidenced on Wednesday evening.

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

2 hours ago, benjii said:

I'm not too fussed if we don’t sign anyone else. Realistically, signing better players than Stewart, Armstrong, THB, Stephens etc. in January is not easy. We just need to get our players delivering.

GK was important and obviously it remains to be seen if we've got that right but we have at least tried.

A quality loan like Brooks would be great, though.

Thats the crux for this season, the players, manager(s), coaching staff and club have not delivered this season. 

But hey at least we got LEVEL 1 at St Marys!

[OneMrsWallace]

Unless AA is moved out and we may then be forced to go for a striker, I can't see anything much happening now. So unless something remarkable takes place this week, for me, that means one of three things.

1) SR are so deluded they believe the current manager and squad can still reach the play offs (Given it's SR that is believable)

2) They have accepted promotion is now unlikely and would rather spend well in the summer 

3) Dragan is planning for a sale of the club at the end of the season and so doesn't want to invest the necessary on decent players in case we're still not promoted.

1 seems most likely 2 sort of middling - but I just have a gut instinct it's 3, based partly on the total silence from the board for much of the season and the fact that I'm not sure his ego will allow him to own a club outside the PL for another season. There's also been some speculation his business is not doing well from what I've read. I guess we won't know the truth for a while.

 

 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

19 minutes ago, OneMrsWallace said:

Unless AA is moved out and we may then be forced to go for a striker

Would happily see Armstrong moved on, although I do think it should be at the end of the season.

[woodsaint1]

6 hours ago, saintant said:

What you mean the £62 million profit we made on player trading 🙂

Sure SR have pocketed that already

[Harry_SFC]

21 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Would happily see Armstrong moved on, although I do think it should be at the end of the season.

Noticeable that everyone tried to run over to Scienza when he scored but Armstrong just stood there. Body language seemed really poor to me. 

[Patrick Bateman]

2 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Noticeable that everyone tried to run over to Scienza when he scored but Armstrong just stood there. Body language seemed really poor to me. 

I noticed that, but I just assumed it was because he felt Scienza should've passed to HIM to score ... ?? Either way, not great.

[trousers]

6 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Noticeable that everyone tried to run over to Scienza when he scored but Armstrong just stood there. Body language seemed really poor to me. 

Yep, he actually looked pissed off immediately after the goal. F*** knows why such an un-inspirational shrug-shoulders player is ever entrusted with the captain's armband when Stephens isn't playing (other than the usual poor managerial judgement of course) 

I'd be inclined to move him on in this window if we can get a decent loan replacement for the rest of the season, despite the inevitable howls of derision from the "yeah, but he's the division's leading scorer, innit" fraternity...

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[Harry_SFC]

8 minutes ago, trousers said:

Yep, he actually looked pissed off immediately after the goal. F*** knows why such an un-inspirational shrug-shoulders player is ever entrusted with the captain's armband when Stephens isn't playing (other than the usual poor managerial judgement of course) 

I'd be inclined to move him on in this window if we can get a decent loan replacement for the rest of the season, despite the inevitable howls of derision from the "yeah, but he's the division's leading scorer, innit" fraternity...

Yep. He's been really ineffective since the end of November and hasn't looked interested since Christmas. If we can get a decent fee for him and a good replacement then I agree.

[woodsaint1]

44 minutes ago, OneMrsWallace said:

Unless AA is moved out and we may then be forced to go for a striker, I can't see anything much happening now. So unless something remarkable takes place this week, for me, that means one of three things.

1) SR are so deluded they believe the current manager and squad can still reach the play offs (Given it's SR that is believable)

2) They have accepted promotion is now unlikely and would rather spend well in the summer 

3) Dragan is planning for a sale of the club at the end of the season and so doesn't want to invest the necessary on decent players in case we're still not promoted.

1 seems most likely 2 sort of middling - but I just have a gut instinct it's 3, based partly on the total silence from the board for much of the season and the fact that I'm not sure his ego will allow him to own a club outside the PL for another season. There's also been some speculation his business is not doing well from what I've read. I guess we won't know the truth for a while.

 

 

It's also worth adding that the January window is always more difficult. Teams are unwilling to sell mid-season unless they have a good replacement lined up and players are ridiculously overpriced.

When was the last time we actually made a decent permanent January signing? Gabbiadini? We've had some decent loans like KWP and Brooks, but plenty of panic buys like Tall Paul, Orsic, Carrillo and Sulemana 💩

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, trousers said:

Yep, he actually looked pissed off immediately after the goal. F*** knows why such an un-inspirational shrug-shoulders player is ever entrusted with the captain's armband when Stephens isn't playing (other than the usual poor managerial judgement of course) 

I'd be inclined to move him on in this window if we can get a decent loan replacement for the rest of the season, despite the inevitable howls of derision from the "yeah, but he's the division's leading scorer, innit" fraternity...

yeah, but he's the division's leading scorer, innit.

I just wanted to join a fraternity. 🙂

[Convict Colony]

sell him while his stock is high