EBS1980

Year long loan of a key player, out on loan for season, or an incoming loan?

Bringing players in to be backup / squad fillers has been half our problem over recent years.

It’s a shame no interviews have been done with him tbh, even club released one of from Media, would be good to know his thoughts on the situation and his plans

Last season recruitment wasn’t a problem. This season yes, we didn’t do enough to strengthen the areas we knew we were short. Too many gambles or players known not to be PL level

Agree. If you get the club at the top of the tree set up and working then you can start to spread out to other clubs. Get us established in prem for a couple of years then you can invest in youngsters to farm out to feeder teams.

Tbf I thought our recruitment last season was generally good. Players brought in to get us out the league, the issue was too much faith was put into them being good enough and signed up this season. M

Ramsdale will go to Bournemouth imo.

Think everyone would agree the squad isn’t good enough? But surely you make the best of what you have and try and play a way best suited to that. we pick managers who have one way of playing and play it regardless.

There is no denying that our recruitment has been on the whole woeful for past few seasons. Whether that’s the recruitment team or the fact we still shop in the £15M price bracket, when in reality that gets you un tested youngsters, there in lies our issue. No problem with these for squad fillers but we need players at premier league level not a team of punts and maybe in a year or two they’ll be ok types.

I’m rubbish, stuck on day 4 and already failed it once lol

What was day 2 answer?

Next summer not this summer, If we came back up whoever comes down would take a look at him.

Sensible move as clearly not prem level. Hopefully will have another successful season with us next year and then we can sell him to another championship club next summer.

I’m surprised after ending the Cornet loan we didn’t then get another in - no idea who but given we are bottom I’m sure there are plenty who would be an improvement lol also surprised their only backing of the manager was a loan deal.

Shows the importance of getting the football leadership side of club set back up asap. Too late for this window and season now, but need to get it right to bounce back up

If people have signed ndas and they still tell other people the information they deserve to have it pinned back on them tbh. In a power of authority and still wanting to pass on the gossip, how professional

Would be good if the club came out and explained this sale. is it cos we need to sell for ffp reasons? Did Sam want to leave? I know he’s been around the first team squad for 2 seasons now and not managed to break through but I think we all assumed he’d go out on loan and get some games ready to play next season in the championship with us.

Imagine the plan was for new guy to come in to be the left side centre back with THB going over to the RCB in place of Bree.

I wonder if we’ll use the 2nd PL loan? Still think a forward is urgently needed but can’t see anyone who could be possible.

He’s played 7 games in the last two years!

Maybe a bit less and a player going to Goztepe ?

No way that’s true. You don’t spend £15M on a player to give a 75% sell on fee lol. Talking selling for £60M plus just to break even. 25% sell on fee on profit made maybe

Cornet out frees up a loan. Hopefully we have one ready to move on. Surely it’ll be a forward but wonder who?

When linked to Newcastle last year: He has experience and connections across Europe which could help Newcastle identify and entice targets, and is regarded as an expert in terms of analysing data and using a scientific approach to identifying transfer targets.

That’s it isn’t it. Signing talents youngsters seeing how they develop and hoping they will progress on is all well and good when your first team is stable and performing. City and Chelsea have been doing it for years and now Brighton too. But the first team also needs a few here and now signings too.