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Post by four4two on Jul 28, 2024 19:26:28 GMT 1
Wonder what happened to the striker which was all but done a few days ago, deal off? Probs still close/ all but done, maybe waiting to get back from the tour ? who does the medical? Is it externals? If not, all the key medical team are in Austria. Possibly waiting on there return?
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Post by arry11 on Jul 28, 2024 19:44:00 GMT 1
Ok spill the beans what have you heard. Prem striker on loan, that is all you will get So basically you are just repeating what's already been posted on this board.
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Post by theterrier42 on Jul 28, 2024 20:57:00 GMT 1
I know it comes down to how much Luton rate him for the future. But instead of a loan for Taylor shouldn’t we be going ALL out $$$ to make it a perm with an offer Luton can’t refuse whether it’s 1m or 2m. A loan tells me we’re in the exact same scenario once again next season… needing an ST. It’s the PERFECT time to splash and buy him, if they’ll sell to us. We’ve got plenty of cash in the coffer with Rudoni’s substantial fee, Sorba’s ‘potential’ loan fee, and purely the fact we were NEVER needing to sell anyone in our plans for the first team - Nagle said it himself. Excluding signing on fees etc, we’ve been very low fee orientated ~450-500k for Evan’s coming in at the most. Would send a statement to the rest of the league too
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Post by dezzly on Jul 28, 2024 22:14:11 GMT 1
I know it comes down to how much Luton rate him for the future. But instead of a loan for Taylor shouldn’t we be going ALL out $$$ to make it a perm with an offer Luton can’t refuse whether it’s 1m or 2m. A loan tells me we’re in the exact same scenario once again next season… needing an ST. It’s the PERFECT time to splash and buy him, if they’ll sell to us. We’ve got plenty of cash in the coffer with Rudoni’s substantial fee, Sorba’s ‘potential’ loan fee, and purely the fact we were NEVER needing to sell anyone in our plans for the first team - Nagle said it himself. Excluding signing on fees etc, we’ve been very low fee orientated ~450-500k for Evan’s coming in at the most. Could be loan to buy as someone mentioned other week
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Post by royrace on Jul 28, 2024 22:42:10 GMT 1
Although there was a definite correlation between the balance of players out Vs in last season and the eventual outcome. So to clarify, the transfer window is definitely important. As has been said, zero chance of promotion with the current squad. Zero chance? Nice sweeping statement based on pure conjecture. Of course it's conjecture, I'm not a fucking fortune teller We need to strengthen further, I think that's clear, particularly in the striker positions. Everyone knows this, Kevin knows this, can Cartwright deliver, here's hoping.
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Post by Gold Coast Terrier on Jul 29, 2024 3:38:20 GMT 1
I know it comes down to how much Luton rate him for the future. But instead of a loan for Taylor shouldn’t we be going ALL out $$$ to make it a perm with an offer Luton can’t refuse whether it’s 1m or 2m. A loan tells me we’re in the exact same scenario once again next season… needing an ST. It’s the PERFECT time to splash and buy him, if they’ll sell to us. We’ve got plenty of cash in the coffer with Rudoni’s substantial fee, Sorba’s ‘potential’ loan fee, and purely the fact we were NEVER needing to sell anyone in our plans for the first team - Nagle said it himself. Excluding signing on fees etc, we’ve been very low fee orientated ~450-500k for Evan’s coming in at the most. Would send a statement to the rest of the league too Not necessarily aimed at you as i've seen others mention it, but why is it important to send a statement to the rest of the league? For me the only statement I want to make to other teams is at half time when they're trying to catch their breath after chasing the shadows of a fit and well organised team.
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Post by duncfost01 on Jul 29, 2024 5:40:59 GMT 1
We will see more exits and additions before the transfer window closes.
Exits ? Nicholls Helik Hudlin Spencer
That’s my prediction.
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Post by htfcterry on Jul 29, 2024 6:03:19 GMT 1
We will see more exits and additions before the transfer window closes. Exits ? Nicholls Helik Hudlin Spencer That’s my prediction. I'd imagine Bojan, High (not been listed on the first team squad on the website), possibly Ben Jackson as he's not been involved too much, Sorba is due out anytime now supposedly. Seeing people mentioning that only Reading have signed less players than us in L1, and they are under an embargo, is seriously worrying. It was/is clearly obvious to fans where the main areas for improvement are, why has Cartwright not addressed this sooner?
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Post by melbourneterrier on Jul 29, 2024 6:56:30 GMT 1
We will see more exits and additions before the transfer window closes. Exits ? Nicholls Helik Hudlin Spencer That’s my prediction. Hudlin High Austerfield Sorba Bojan Potentailly Jackson? Can see us keeping Nicholls and Helik honestly. I can't think of any Championship clubs who need a starting number 1, and I don't think Nicholls would move to a club to be the backup.
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Post by dezzly on Jul 29, 2024 7:10:16 GMT 1
We will see more exits and additions before the transfer window closes. Exits ? Nicholls Helik Hudlin Spencer That’s my prediction. Hudlin High Austerfield Sorba Bojan Potentailly Jackson? Can see us keeping Nicholls and Helik honestly. I can't think of any Championship clubs who need a starting number 1, and I don't think Nicholls would move to a club to be the backup. I also would expect that club have cut off points for players like Nicholls and Helik.if they start the season here I personally would be surprised if they went.
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Post by dbterrier32 on Jul 29, 2024 7:42:51 GMT 1
Hudlin High Austerfield Sorba Bojan Potentailly Jackson? Can see us keeping Nicholls and Helik honestly. I can't think of any Championship clubs who need a starting number 1, and I don't think Nicholls would move to a club to be the backup. I also would expect that club have cut off points for players like Nicholls and Helik.if they start the season here I personally would be surprised if they went. I wonder if Nicholls and Helik are within the group with agents who told them the offers would flood in but never materialised. It certainly isnt an issue for us as those 2 will be key players for us. So if can keep them both it will help.
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Post by Terriersmad on Jul 29, 2024 8:36:37 GMT 1
Fingers crossed for some incomings this week.
I’ll confess, I’ve been disappointed this window. Even while counselling patience, I’ve not seen enough. There is still time, and I still think the core is strong, but we’re lacking depth and options. Getting unwanted players out of the club is something which we’ve not done well enough, and we haven’t made the strides in the market that we should have done.
The players we have brought in look good. They’ve made the first XI balanced. But we’re lacking punch up front, a defensive midfielder to get a boot in and get us going on the turnover, and a left-sided central defender. I’m also a bit disappointed that we’ve not taken a gamble on a small number of players alongside the signings for the first XI - under 21 players not part of that 22-man squad who might be able to offer something as an option. 8 incomings of high quality make us among the very favourites to win promotion.
There is still time, but I had hoped that by now, with under a fortnight to the opening day, that most pieces would be in place. I said elsewhere that I expected the club to build a side capable of blowing the division out of the water. Play-offs isn’t that.
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Post by Baby Ate My Eight Ball on Jul 29, 2024 8:50:32 GMT 1
People expecting a complete overhaul of squad before the first match of the season, and judging the club accordingly in late July, it’s unrealistic. We’ve made some good signings, maybe we’ve got a few approved but need a few dominoes to fall. Lots of factors outside our control.
Maybe we’re holding out for decent money on a few players before selling them - that won’t always happen early and when we’re taking a drop of £5m in income we can’t write off sellable assets because people on DATM are getting impatient.
It’s sunny, go out and enjoy the weather. Fretting won’t make a jot of difference.
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Post by TomTheTerrier on Jul 29, 2024 9:02:18 GMT 1
I’m all for being sensible and preaching patience too, but it’s easy to see why people might feel a little misled if you take the window at face value so far.
We were promised investment in the squad, but as far as the average fan can see, Birmingham have spent £14m and we’ve spent negative £4m.
The signings we have made look decent, the results have been good for pre-season, but the club still doesn’t seem to have learnt that if you say things, people are going to expect you to actually do it.
Making something complex very simple, but as it stands we haven’t invested in the playing squad, in fact we have done the opposite.
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Post by pauldaltonsboots on Jul 29, 2024 9:23:03 GMT 1
Of course we would all like to see a few more exciting signings - new players joining a club is one of the things we get most excited about.
However, 3 other things are just as important imo:
1. Taking our time to get the right signings. God knows we have signed plenty of the wrong players in recent years.
2. Keeping our best players is top priority, if we can.
3. New manager, new start which will see some players feel like new signings this season.
I’d like to see a left sided CB, possibly another CDM and a striker but we will find it hard to sign players of the quality of Helik, Nicholls and Spencer for their respective positions, so keeping them would be huge.
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Post by Terrier Ramone on Jul 29, 2024 9:31:25 GMT 1
Football Manager has a lot to answer for. It is not easy to get the right players in because the right players are wanted by other clubs too & will often wait for the best offers & bide their time before committing.
We have made 4 terrific signings so far & there will be others. It's also easy to say get rid of some players, very difficult if they are on good contracts here.
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Post by ram on Jul 29, 2024 9:39:23 GMT 1
Just heard that Birmingham have had a bid accepted for Joe Taylor. Nipping in for Sorba as well and they have decided to play in blue and white stripes this season with a nickname of blue nosed terriers..🙄 If we are only allowed 22 players in the squad,how many are Birmingham allowed?
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Post by merseysideterrier on Jul 29, 2024 9:39:24 GMT 1
Would send a statement to the rest of the league too Not necessarily aimed at you as i've seen others mention it, but why is it important to send a statement to the rest of the league? For me the only statement I want to make to other teams is at half time when they're trying to catch their breath after chasing the shadows of a fit and well organised team. Fully agree with this. Rather than painting a target on our backs with 'statement' signings like Brum, I'd much rather we went under the radar.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2024 9:41:07 GMT 1
I personally think we will bring a couple more in before seasons starts and then just replace any that leave if / when it happens.
Possible outs and replace them. - Helik but I think only if it’s good money 3mil+ - Sorba I think it will be announced today or tomorrow - Spencer it would need to be a big offer IMHO - Nicholls again a decent championship offer and he might be off - Koroma, think he would move if a bid come in. - Ward, I very much doubt he will go but if someone was willing to pay his wages we might accept a deal.
Out and not replace - High - Hudlin - jackson - plus a few more young players out on loan
I don’t think we will just sell the big names without good offers and I am confident we would replace them if required.
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Post by Champers on Jul 29, 2024 9:48:34 GMT 1
Football Manager has a lot to answer for. It is not easy to get the right players in because the right players are wanted by other clubs too & will often wait for the best offers & bide their time before committing. We have made 4 terrific signings so far & there will be others. It's also easy to say get rid of some players, very difficult if they are on good contracts here. Can we blame Fifa (Now EA FC) instead of Football Manager please? I can assure you as an avid FM player that transfer windows on there are every bit as fucking annoying and difficult as they are in real life!
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Post by Terrier Ramone on Jul 29, 2024 9:59:46 GMT 1
Football Manager has a lot to answer for. It is not easy to get the right players in because the right players are wanted by other clubs too & will often wait for the best offers & bide their time before committing. We have made 4 terrific signings so far & there will be others. It's also easy to say get rid of some players, very difficult if they are on good contracts here. Can we blame Fifa (Now EA FC) instead of Football Manager please? I can assure you as an avid FM player that transfer windows on there are every bit as fucking annoying and difficult as they are in real life! Apologies, probably showing my age
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Post by duncfost01 on Jul 29, 2024 10:06:41 GMT 1
Spencer.
His form in pre-season has been awful. He looks pissed off. I wouldn’t play him at the moment - is he trying to engineer a move at a better price ? Because the club are asking too much ?
Nobody will sign Danny Ward. Too expensive. (Wages). That chance he missed yesterday was just poor execution.
Koroma - has looked better and better in pre-season. Looks up for it and enjoying his football. I wouldn’t sell.
Nicholls - doesn’t he want to leave for family reasons ? Has done okay in pre-season and at least been professional..
Helik - The player we have to keep.
Thomas - going it seems.
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Post by townarentbest on Jul 29, 2024 10:12:24 GMT 1
We were promised investment in the squad I think the only think promised is that bad eggs would be cut (albeit with an acknowledgement its not as easy to do that in the UK compared to the US league). But to be honest I'd take anything KN says with a generous side salad of, "the reality will be somewhat watered down, due to this not being the United States where you can just make things happen by throwing money at it" ( this is NOT a slight on him and I hope he keeps on aiming ambitiously and doesnt get frustrated/fed up with things over here). For example two months ago on the 31st of May in relation to the stadium..."I feel we're going to get over the finish line in maybe the next week or two.". In the meantime, having driven down to B&Q over the weekend all the lamp-post banners around that area look really good - there's a vibe that reminds me of when we hit the Premier League.
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Post by detox on Jul 29, 2024 10:16:31 GMT 1
42 days until kick off v Posh...6 weeks...over 1,000 hours....... I'm enjoying the good weather in the garden...killing bloody ants... it's therapy I guess...
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Post by terriersyndrome on Jul 29, 2024 10:21:35 GMT 1
42 days until kick off v Posh...6 weeks...over 1,000 hours....... I'm enjoying the good weather in the garden...killing bloody ants... it's therapy I guess... 12 days.
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Post by kimbo999 on Jul 29, 2024 10:23:43 GMT 1
Spencer. His form in pre-season has been awful. He looks pissed off. I wouldn’t play him at the moment - is he trying to engineer a move at a better price ? Because the club are asking too much ? Nobody will sign Danny Ward. Too expensive. (Wages). That chance he missed yesterday was just poor execution. Koroma - has looked better and better in pre-season. Looks up for it and enjoying his football. I wouldn’t sell. Nicholls - doesn’t he want to leave for family reasons ? Has done okay in pre-season and at least been professional.. Helik - The player we have to keep. Thomas - going it seems. Spencer I thought was struggling at back end of last season and has looked poor to average in pre season. He probably is a bit pissed off playing completely out of position. He still young so lots to learn and develop
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Post by detox on Jul 29, 2024 10:31:10 GMT 1
42 days until kick off v Posh...6 weeks...over 1,000 hours....... I'm enjoying the good weather in the garden...killing bloody ants... it's therapy I guess... 12 days. Oh shite, you're right! Panic Panic Panic
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Post by townarentbest on Jul 29, 2024 10:39:53 GMT 1
Probs still close/ all but done, maybe waiting to get back from the tour ? who does the medical? Is it externals? They do x-rays too.
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Post by terriersyndrome on Jul 29, 2024 10:47:22 GMT 1
Probs still close/ all but done, maybe waiting to get back from the tour ? who does the medical? Is it externals? If not, all the key medical team are in Austria. Possibly waiting on there return? Rhodes medical a few years ago
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Post by runner76 on Jul 29, 2024 10:49:48 GMT 1
Oh shite, you're right! Panic Panic Panic No panic… still best part of 5 weeks of transfer window left…..
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