January 2027 transfer window

[jarhead5]

I've seen a few people post that Fellows prefers his left foot. Every database I've seen has him as right footed. He is primarily on the right wing. He either pushes the ball past the defender and crosses with his right or cuts infield and makes short ground passes. At WBA, he mostly stayed wide and crossed. The longer he has been in SFC, he cuts inside. Which makes him easier to defend against. He isn't going to shoot with his left (can't be as bad as his right). So he either makes short passes or drops it back to a defender. Maybe Tonda doesn't want crosses into the box (with or without Larin). That nullifies Fellows' strength. I understand not crossing to Dobbin, but using strong cut-back passes can be very effective. Hopefully, Tom can find some confidence and push on.  

[Hawkswood]

On 10/11/2026 at 09:22, disconnect said:

I thought Fellows was pretty good at crossing? His main strengths are very good dribbling skills and then I thought crossing, (but is just terrible at shooting). When he was playing most in the first half of last season a lot of the time he was beating his man and putting in decent crosses but seemed to be Armstrong in the box...!

His crossing is decent but he is very easy to read, has no upper body strength and is easily figured out. If hes got a bit of space he can get a decent cross in, but he doesn't dribble past players or if he does its very rare. There was a lot of fuss about him when we played WBA in the play offs but I wasnt too impressed but thought it was just two games so maybe they were off games and when we signed him I was quite excited, but hes very much a one trick pony, bit of space and get a cross in. Wingers are supposed to create danger and unease in an opposition defence. He just doesn't. Hes not  what we need in my opinion. Hes just average.

[jarhead5]

January needs:

Sell: Ramsdale, Edozie, Roerslev (if Tonda isn't going to use him)

Buy/loan in: Target Striker, Competition for LW 

Send Mubama back.

Find the THB replacement. If we get one, send Abbott back?

Or Keep Abbott as Bree cover?

Loss 4/5 players (some on HIGH wages)

Gain 3/4 players (on practical wages)

 

Edited Wednesday at 18:23 by jarhead5

[Hawkswood]

Not sure why we would send Abbott back. Looks decent enough 

[Lighthouse]

6 minutes ago, jarhead5 said:

January needs:

Sell: Ramsdale, Edozie, Roerslev (if Tonda isn't going to use him)

Buy/loan in: Target Striker, Competition for LW 

Send Mubama back.

Find the THB replacement. If we get one, send Abbott back?

Or Keep Abbott as Bree cover?

Loss 4/5 players (some on HIGH wages)

Gain 3/4 players (on practical wages)

That would be moderately busy for a summer window, it’s not happening in January. I’d set your hopes on one or two loaned in and one or two loaned out. Ramsdale and Fellows loaned out, Mubama sent home and replacements loaned in for AM and ST would be at the top end of what I’d hope for.

[Turkish]

sell Ramsdale £25m

edozie £10m

Rorslev £6m

Fellows £9m

send Mubana back (if Beattie can’t improve him by Christmas)

replace them all with better players that are also cheaper and on less wages 

 

[MarkSFC]

Ramsdale surely must be sold - probably be lucky to get 15m. Edozie is proving not good enough so definitely another winger, and possibly two if fellows is moved on (although I think theres a good player in ther). 

A striker is obviously the main consideration needed. God knows who that could be but someone who really will compete with Larin and who we are confdent enought  play when Larin isnt fit or a little out of form. Mubama clearly isnt that man if Dobbin is prefferred and Dobbin isnt great.

 

[Jaime]

42 minutes ago, jarhead5 said:

January needs:

Sell: Ramsdale, Edozie, Roerslev (if Tonda isn't going to use him)

Buy/loan in: Target Striker, Competition for LW 

Send Mubama back.

Find the THB replacement. If we get one, send Abbott back?

Or Keep Abbott as Bree cover?

Loss 4/5 players (some on HIGH wages)

Gain 3/4 players (on practical wages)

 

If Mubama goes back to Manchester City, then Saints also need to replace him as well as securing the elusive starting 9.

I haven't looked back over the thread, but has Gudjohnsen from Blackburn been mentioned? Financially, they are not in a great position so may have to listen to a sensible/serious offer

[bpsaint]

1 hour ago, Hawkswood said:

Not sure why we would send Abbott back. Looks decent enough 

Forest considering recalling him according to the Echo, would leave us woefully short of CB cover.

[Badger]

9 minutes ago, bpsaint said:

Forest considering recalling him according to the Echo, would leave us woefully short of CB cover.

Any reason given, because they need him or lack of game time? 

[VectisSaint]

38 minutes ago, bpsaint said:

Forest considering recalling him according to the Echo, would leave us woefully short of CB cover.

Would hope Schlotts is back by January.

[bpsaint]

41 minutes ago, Badger said:

Any reason given, because they need him or lack of game time? 

Lack of playing time, apparently they want him playing a lot more senior football having mostly played under 21 matches.

[VectisSaint]

1 hour ago, bpsaint said:

Lack of playing time, apparently they want him playing a lot more senior football having mostly played under 21 matches.

Well it looks like he'll be playing regularly between now and the end of the year.

[Jaime]

Alfie House mentioned the club looking for a wide forward as they were looking to add in tge summer. Would a call to Bournemouth to ask about a loan for Gannon-Doak be worth a shout?

 

[hypochondriac]

12 hours ago, Jaime said:

Alfie House mentioned the club looking for a wide forward as they were looking to add in tge summer. Would a call to Bournemouth to ask about a loan for Gannon-Doak be worth a shout?

 

If we wanted a wide forward why on Earth would we have let Archer leave?

[Willo of Whiteley]

On 10/11/2026 at 14:53, Jack said:

It’s completely pointless playing Fellows without a proper centre forward unless we change the way we play. He usually gets to the byline then floats a weak cross with his wrong foot, or cuts inside and runs into traffic. To be effective with what we’ve got we need to be cutting it back from the byline or drilled low crosses, which he won’t do with his weak foot. Maybe he’d look better on the left to provide width? Who knows. Regardless, his confidence is shot and he won’t even take a player on any more, let alone provide some final third quality. Still young but really hasn’t been good for us. His best form was at RWB in a relegation battle under Still 

Would’ve been sufficient enough

[Chez]

16 hours ago, Jaime said:

If Mubama goes back to Manchester City, then Saints also need to replace him as well as securing the elusive starting 9.

I haven't looked back over the thread, but has Gudjohnsen from Blackburn been mentioned? Financially, they are not in a great position so may have to listen to a sensible/serious offer

Isn't Larin the starting 9?

If Mubama went back, then he would need replacing. But if not, then I don't think we will be signing another striker. 

[Chez]

13 hours ago, Jaime said:

Alfie House mentioned the club looking for a wide forward as they were looking to add in tge summer. Would a call to Bournemouth to ask about a loan for Gannon-Doak be worth a shout?

 

What is a "wide forward"? Adebayo Akinfenwa? Do they mean a winger?

[Chez]

16 hours ago, bpsaint said:

Forest considering recalling him according to the Echo, would leave us woefully short of CB cover.

If I was them, I'd recall him too and send him out on loan somewhere else where he gets games. 

We may find it more difficult to bring in young PL players on loan unless Abbott and Mubama start to game game time. 

[Midfield_General]

Worth noting that with a season long loan, unless a specific clause has been included, you can’t normally just unilaterally choose to end it. If there’s no clause then all three parties (parent club, loan club and player) have to agree to ending it early. 

So sending Mubama back to City in Jan may well not be as easy as all that. Even if we wanted rid, if they don’t want him back or he doesn’t want to go, we’re probably stuck with him for the season.

Same applies to getting Robinson back or whatever. 

Edited Thursday at 13:49 by Midfield_General

[Chez]

20 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

Worth noting that with a season long loan, unless a specific clause has been included, you can’t normally just unilaterally choose to end it. If there’s no clause then all three parties (parent club, loan club and player) have to agree to ending it early. 

So sending Mubama back to City in Jan may well not be as easy as all that. Even if we wanted rid, if they don’t want him back or he doesn’t want to go, we’re probably stuck with him for the season.

Same applies to getting Robinson back or whatever. 

Good point.

That said, from City's point of view, the value of Mubama is not being increased by him sitting on our bench for a year. They will want him playing games and scoring goals to increase his sales value. I would imagine there will be many other championship sides more than happy to take him on loan.

[Midfield_General]

1 hour ago, Chez said:

Good point.

That said, from City's point of view, the value of Mubama is not being increased by him sitting on our bench for a year. They will want him playing games and scoring goals to increase his sales value. I would imagine there will be many other championship sides more than happy to take him on loan.

Middlesbrough, hopefully

[Jaime]

4 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

If we wanted a wide forward why on Earth would we have let Archer leave?

Perhaps to improve the starting eleven, rather than just the bench? That was one of the 3 positions he feels Saints will look to strengthen 

[qwertyell]

3 hours ago, Chez said:

Isn't Larin the starting 9?

He's the job-share starting 9. Even when fully fit he's blowing out of his arse after an hour. There was never a hope in hell of him starting 46 matches in a season. 

So, really, we need someone not as a useful back up, but of the quality to compete for the starting role and spread the load. 

[OldNick]

29 minutes ago, qwertyell said:

He's the job-share starting 9. Even when fully fit he's blowing out of his arse after an hour. There was never a hope in hell of him starting 46 matches in a season. 

So, really, we need someone not as a useful back up, but of the quality to compete for the starting role and spread the load. 

Carlton Morris, a big strong full hearted forward who can score as well

[OldNick]

22 hours ago, Turkish said:

sell Ramsdale £25m

edozie £10m

Rorslev £6m

Fellows £9m

send Mubana back (if Beattie can’t improve him by Christmas)

replace them all with better players that are also cheaper and on less wages 

 

We wont get 25m for Ramsdale, Edozie will be 5m or less and Rorslev £2m if lucky

[Turkish]

6 minutes ago, OldNick said:

We wont get 25m for Ramsdale, Edozie will be 5m or less and Rorslev £2m if lucky

Glad you’re not in charge of transfers 

anyway we need to buy better players who are cheaper and earn less. 

[jarhead5]

16 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Glad you’re not in charge of transfers 

anyway we need to buy better players who are cheaper and earn less. 

Agreed. We must get the high earners/low contributors off the wage bill. I'm sure a SFC accountant has crunched the numbers on lowest bid that is acceptable. With factors of all fees paid, wage, length of contract, etc. I'm sure we also have a "crazy number" fee for every player on the team. Unfortunately, some will need to move in January in order to buy. All the high earners/low contributors or a solid player that gets a "crazy number."

Edited Thursday at 16:57 by jarhead5

[Suhari]

Wide forward?

Is Neil Shipperley up for a comeback?

[Turkish]

10 hours ago, Chez said:

What is a "wide forward"? Adebayo Akinfenwa? Do they mean a winger?

They play ahead of the false 9 and number 10 but inverted to allow the hybrid wing back to overlap into the end zone putting wide balls into the forward pivot to unleash head shots. Wide forwards are usually offensive players known for their ability against the ball. They don’t get many goal conversions on account of being wide forwards they tend to occupy that space on the forward inside channels to help with a high press and give us better turn overs 

[benjii]

On 11/11/2026 at 22:31, Turkish said:

sell Ramsdale £25m

edozie £10m

Rorslev £6m

Fellows £9m

send Mubana back (if Beattie can’t improve him by Christmas)

replace them all with better players that are also cheaper and on less wages 

 

And coach them in winning.

[benjii]

Mubama might be City's main striker next year. Ha!

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, benjii said:

Mubama might be City's main striker next year. Ha!

He will of they hire Shaun Goater as shooting coach 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

3 hours ago, benjii said:

Mubama might be City's main striker next year. Ha!

Handy he's getting some Championship football, as that's where City could be. 🙂

[Patrick Bateman]

3 hours ago, benjii said:

And coach them in winning.

We need a coach to help the players know which coach to ask for which advise too.

[OldNick]

16 hours ago, Turkish said:

Glad you’re not in charge of transfers 

anyway we need to buy better players who are cheaper and earn less. 

Well Im sure any of the professionals at the club know that the market for a keeper on 100k pw is not going to achieve a big transfer fee. Roeslev £6m he cant make our first team nd has had a long term injury. I thought Edozie was being offered for £6m last summer, unless his few appearances have made his value shoot up! Yes we need to clear out a few but to do so you need to be realistic. 

[Chez]

4 hours ago, OldNick said:

Well Im sure any of the professionals at the club know that the market for a keeper on 100k pw is not going to achieve a big transfer fee. Roeslev £6m he cant make our first team nd has had a long term injury. I thought Edozie was being offered for £6m last summer, unless his few appearances have made his value shoot up! Yes we need to clear out a few but to do so you need to be realistic. 

I think you missed the sarcasm in Turkish' post. 

We ain't getting shit for those players, Edozie walks on free in the summer, Roeslev was a free and will leave in a free. No one is buying Ramsdale in January when they know he is available on loan.

[revolution saint]

19 minutes ago, Chez said:

I think you missed the sarcasm in Turkish' post. 

We ain't getting shit for those players, Edozie walks on free in the summer, Roeslev was a free and will leave in a free. No one is buying Ramsdale in January when they know he is available on loan.

More like 3M wasn't it?  Don't disagree with the rest though.

[richardc]

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Edited yesterday at 14:02 by richardc
wrong post

[Turkish]

5 hours ago, Patrick Bateman said:

We need a coach to help the players know which coach to ask for which advise too.

A coaching coach? Good idea 

I reckon I could do that job

we could free us the wages of the physios as we’re only going to sign players who never get injured as part of our new strategy so don’t need physios 

 

Edited yesterday at 14:35 by Turkish

[Disco Stu]

The dream to cover all deficiencies...

Centre forward that can win a header and control a ball. This is the priority.

Wide forward that can hopefully supplant Edozie's place in the match day squad. Id sell Edozie if there's any takers he's willing to move to.

Depending on Janders fitness over the next few weeks, a dynamic midfielder.

A right back capable of challenging and rotating with Bree.

Depending how Abbott does over the Christmas period, another CB. I do think we've missed THB's aerial prowess this season.

 

Definitely should be returning Mubama and utilising the loan market. Might be ambitious but I'd love to see us make a loan approach for Max Dowman.

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Disco Stu

[Disco Stu]

On 13/11/2026 at 01:34, OldNick said:

We wont get 25m for Ramsdale, Edozie will be 5m or less and Rorslev £2m if lucky

Sadly accurate. Getting them out the door and off the wage bill would be its own win though.

Edited 12 hours ago by Disco Stu

[Midfield_General]

6 hours ago, Disco Stu said:

The dream to cover all deficiencies...

Centre forward that can win a header and control a ball. This is the priority.

Wide forward that can hopefully supplant Edozie's place in the match day squad. Id sell Edozie if there's any takers he's willing to move to.

Depending on Janders fitness over the next few weeks, a dynamic midfielder.

A right back capable of challenging and rotating with Bree.

Depending how Abbott does over the Christmas period, another CB. I do think we've missed THB's arial prowess this season.

 

Definitely should be returning Mubama and utilising the loan market. Might be ambitious but I'd love to see us make a loan approach for Max Dowman.

 

To reiterate - we can’t just ‘return Mubama’ unless either a) we put a specific clause into the loan contract at the beginning that allows us to do that, or b) he and Man City also both agree to cut it short.

Same with ending Abbott’s loan, or recalling Robinson. With season-long loans all three parties have to agree to end it early.

Edited 6 hours ago by Midfield_General

[StrangelyBrown]

8 hours ago, Disco Stu said:

The dream to cover all deficiencies...

Centre forward that can win a header and control a ball. This is the priority.

Wide forward that can hopefully supplant Edozie's place in the match day squad. Id sell Edozie if there's any takers he's willing to move to.

Depending on Janders fitness over the next few weeks, a dynamic midfielder.

A right back capable of challenging and rotating with Bree.

Depending how Abbott does over the Christmas period, another CB. I do think we've missed THB's arial prowess this season.

 

Definitely should be returning Mubama and utilising the loan market. Might be ambitious but I'd love to see us make a loan approach for Max Dowman.

 

If we're in dream mode...

We need to look at the weak links in the team and then improving the squad as a whole:

Not just striker to replace Mubama but a starting striker that pushes Larin either out or to perform at an event better level

A starting CB to play alongside Schlotterbeck who can also head a ball in a direction of his choosing (rather than heading it somewhere)

A RW to start ahead of Fellows and Matsuki - someone with confidence, pace and who can take players on and actually contribute some goals and assists 

A LW who can displace Scienza by bringing goals and defensive work to the table as well as blistering pace, skill and trickery

 

Should be easy to do on a budget with our new don't sign shit players transfer strategy

 

[Disco Stu]

2 hours ago, Midfield_General said:

To reiterate - we can’t just ‘return Mubama’ unless either a) we put a specific clause into the loan contract at the beginning that allows us to do that, or b) he and Man City also both agree to cut it short.

Same with ending Abbott’s loan, or recalling Robinson. With season-long loans all three parties have to agree to end it early.

Sure all three parties have to agree if there's no break or recall clause agreed between the clubs beforehand.

But if we go out and sign another centre forward, it will be pretty clear to all parties concerned that Mubama won't be getting much game time.

 

 

[Disco Stu]

1 hour ago, StrangelyBrown said:

Should be easy to do on a budget with our new don't sign shit players transfer strategy

The more we spend, the shitter our signings seem to be.

[swedish dave]

On 13/11/2026 at 09:55, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Handy he's getting some Championship football, as that's where City could be. 🙂

 or even lower?   I had the gut feeling that the apparent "delay"  in punishment for City

was to allow Pep Guardiola to leave the club with some honour.  Although he probably 

wasn't signing the cheques, he made the best of the squads that were bought for him

and got the trophies. If the verdict is as damning as some have predicted, then City will

lose all their big names (and get richer in the process) but for a season or two will be

just another "has been" club before getting back upto the Prem. 

 

[swedish dave]

Surely, a suitable " twin " for Larin was on the cards as soon as Ross Stewart left the club, and 

it became clear quite early on that Mubama wasn't going to be a likely replacement, and Dobbin

(like Downs before him) ..doesn't look like the real deal either. 

We may still be able to score goals (15 diff. scorers so far) but we need real pace and muscle 

up front to score consistently. Scienza isn't a touch on his last season showings and Edozie is

not a suitable replacement, and lacks consistency even when he does get playing time.

My real concern is the CB coupling.  THB was worth his place before his move to Villa,

but Stephens is still the unpredictable figure he has always been and Wood is constantly 

being ignored by Tonda.  We must hope that Schlotterbeck recovers match fitness PDQ

as Abbott is still " an unknown quantity " with barely 2 hours of playing time.

We will hopefully get another striker, but I'd like to see TWO new CB's.