BergenNorway
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Central defender Moore playing alongside Thornylei subbed at HT, assuming injured. Thornylei himself subbed just before FT with an injury. The show must go on
A bit simplistic but the principle is good.Demi Mitchell departing may well sort 2 transfers.
Mitch Money +Thorniley+ £500k = Brannagan✓
Kirk on loan.✓
That would do nicely
Demi Mitchell departing may well sort 2 transfers.
Mitch Money +Thorniley+ £500k = Brannagan✓
Kirk on loan.✓
That would do nicely
If he is a combative, creative midfielder.....
Yes we do.
Thorniley's injury didn't look anything major - went down as we scored our winner so was a bit distracted, but pretty sure it was just cramp.
As I think has been said before, I believe Brannagan's release clause has expired for this window. Based on your previous offers, I'm very confident he won't be sold this Jan (even with Thorniley recall).
I'm not being smug or anything like that - very likely he'll be sold in summer if we don't go up, and probably for less than you have offered this window.
Would have been a fair price when he agreed to it + signed his extension, unfortunately had his really bad eye infection soon after which wiped off pretty much a whole season + any interest.I think the release clause value's him too highly tbh, and that's supported by the fact that no other club has met the release clause either (apparently there was interest from a couple of other clubs in the summer?). I don't blame Oxford for holding out for that, however we are doing ok without him and that has meant we can afford to be patient. We have other options and aren't in a hurry or in a state of panic.
We may well turn to a different option now, in this window. Several midfielders linked to us over the last week. Maybe a loan to cover us through til the summer.Our league status is virtually assured, we have enough options in central midfield to see us through to the end of the season.
We need someone like Brannagan, but we can afford to be patient, look at the options in the summer and see if there's better value out there than paying top dollar for a L1 player.
When you play with two out and out wingers, as we do, in a 4-42 system, your two central midfielders have to be more defensive minded, or you leave yourself to open to opposition counter attacks!If he is a combative, creative midfielder.....
Yes we do.
Thorniley is not a left back but like Gretarsson could play on the left of a back three. However that does not solve the problem as CJ and Dale are not cut out as wingbacks.