Transfer rumours !

MartinBWFC wrote:

Boggersbelief wrote:

NickFazer wrote:Could be 2 x shrews. SNN stated 2 players handed in transfer requests after bids from unnamed Championship club

100% Ipswich is that unamed club.

Yes BBC just give that one away.

It’s usually wandererways

Lee Anderson looks like Warwick Davis.

boltonbonce wrote:Lee Anderson looks like Warwick Davis.

Warwick Davis is more handsome though.

wanderlust wrote:

boltonbonce wrote:Lee Anderson looks like Warwick Davis.

Warwick Davis is more handsome though.

I always see Lee as Sean Bean as reflected by a silver teapot. Andrew Lloyd webber produces similar feelings.

All over Twitter that Robinson is off to Wigan.

Leeds_Trotter wrote:All over Twitter that Robinson is off to Wigan.

Oy!

Shit house

Never had any end product anyway.

A reminder of what a terrible situation we’re in as a club when we can’t compete with Wigan who have just come up from League 1. I’ll bet Parkinson is tearing his hair out.

I’m finding this hard to take.

finlaymcdanger wrote:A reminder of what a terrible situation we’re in as a club when we can’t compete with Wigan who have just come up from League 1. I’ll bet Parkinson is tearing his hair out.

I’m finding this hard to take.

Parky won't have any hair left losing all his number one choices.  Ugh.

finlaymcdanger wrote:A reminder of what a terrible situation we’re in as a club when we can’t compete with Wigan who have just come up from League 1. I’ll bet Parkinson is tearing his hair out.

I’m finding this hard to take.

Let's not forget we beat Wigan for Windchut. 

Horses for course's.

Cook was offered him but turned him down as he didn’t think he’d do the defensive work. So don’t think we can claim that one.

Having said that Wigan had the advantage of Joe Royle’s connection.

T.R.O.Y wrote:Cook was offered him but turned him down as he didn’t think he’d do the defensive work. So don’t think we can claim that one.

Having said that Wigan had the advantage of Joe Royle’s connection.

That's how Marc Iles reported it at the time. They've also got a shiny new owner with money 

Sadly no one wants us.

So initially we were paying a fee for Luke Murphy.  Now he’s joined on a free we have no excuse not to spend that money elsewhere

Boggersbelief wrote:So initially we were paying a fee for Luke Murphy.  Now he’s joined on a free we have no excuse not to spend that money elsewhere

Just noticed that we'd signed him, presumably to play the deeper role he played at Burton, so although I was hoping for more of a beast in the middle at least we've signed someone who can play DM apart from Lowe.

I think you know my thoughts on what's going on with "the money" so in the interest of the site I'll leave that to somebody else to disentangle the PR from the reality

I would like to see our super striker signed soon though.

wanderlust wrote:

Boggersbelief wrote:So initially we were paying a fee for Luke Murphy.  Now he’s joined on a free we have no excuse not to spend that money elsewhere

Just noticed that we'd signed him, presumably to play the deeper role he played at Burton, so although I was hoping for more of a beast in the middle at least we've signed someone who can play DM apart from Lowe.

I think you know my thoughts on what's going on with "the money" so in the interest of the site I'll leave that to somebody else to disentangle the PR from the reality

I would like to see our super striker signed soon though.

Personally, I'd like to see a left back and a goalie signed first. 

Wouldn't mind keeping the money for January and taking one of Chelseas development players for a short term contract as far as the striker position is concerned.

Rumours of us chucking in a loan bid for Foden

Boggersbelief wrote:Rumours of us chucking in a loan bid for Foden

Phil Foden? Unlikely I'd have thought, although I'd love it.

Any word on Nsiala? 

I'm losing track of how close we are to completing the squad. Quality striker still needed though IMO.

Agreed on the striker. I think we need a GK as well but while a left back would be nice it's not absolutely essential. So for me we need two more signings to have a competitive squad that won't spend all season looking over it's shoulder. What do you think lusty?

luckyPeterpiper wrote:Agreed on the striker. I think we need a GK as well but while a left back would be nice it's not absolutely essential. So for me we need two more signings to have a competitive squad that won't spend all season looking over it's shoulder. What do you think lusty?

I think we need a quality striker although Josh Magennis can put it about if he's left up front on his own - and sadly I think that's what parky signed him for i.e. to try to hold the ball up a la Madine. If he is brave enough to play e.g. ALF alongside him it might work but I doubt parky will go down that route unless we have 3 minutes left to save our season  Nor do I think Anderson would be willing to spend the kind of money required to get a quality striker in the first place as demonstrated by the Wyke saga.

GK probably, but as mentioned elsewhere we have an England youth team goalie in our ranks we could use as back up.

We have Little, Taylor, Darby and Olkowski for full backs so although it would be nice to get someone else in if we can find better quality for free, theoretically we can get by on what we have.

For me the priority would be a striker, but as that would require a) spending money and b) Parky to adapt his tactics, I don't think it will happen.

We were promised better quality than last season but with some of the signings yet to prove themselves at this level I'm not yet convinced that's what we've got as things stand.

How this squad comes together as a team is the big variable and I guess we won't really know until we're 10 games into the season.