The summer transfer rumours thread.

Abel said:
Yeah, feel like his Wikipedia has been written by someone being a little generous (him, his agent or a family member?).

Has he played across the back four? Yes, but only in emergencies really.

Of his career league appearances, 64 have been in defensive midfield, 52 have been at centre half, 18 have been at right back, then 7 at left back, 6 on the right of midfield and 1 on the left. He's not had a run of games at right back since the 16/17 season where he played 10 games there on loan for Wigan.

He does bring Turton's versatility to the table, without being a right back. I think he'll be earmarked as cover for Dougall/Stewart and will mean we can ship Robson off.

He's a good character too. Decent addition.
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Connolly in, Robson out. 😉
 
Would think that we'll sign a flurry of players over the next two weeks as Critchley will want a majority of his squad to be present for pre-season.

Negotiations with Sunderland and Forest for Embo and Gabriel should be almost done (either in our favor or against) along with new free agents being released today should see some business being done very very soon.
 
Embo and Gabriel may not be up for grabs til their managers have assessed them and their squads in pre-season?

There's an August 31 deadline, I think, and we may be active in the last few days obviously.
 
Luke O'Nien now out of contract at Sunderland. Although he played defensive roles he was bought from Wycombe as an attacking midfielder and then more often than not played out of position to help out the team.
Actually prefer him to Embo and no fee
 
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tangysider said:
Luke O'Nien now out of contract at Sunderland. Although he played defensive roles he was bought from Wycombe as an attacking midfielder and then more often than not played out of position to help out the team.
Actually prefer him to Embo and no fee
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O'Nien stands out as a fans' favourite type on the Netflix doc. Not sure why he's never really established a position, or what his "level" really is in terms of talent. Will be interesting to see where he lands.
 
voyeur said:
Vague, unreliable suggestion we might be interested in Dennis Adeniran. Released by Everton, so of course we're interested!

the72.co.uk

Sheffield Wednesday have 'held talks' with Dennis Adeniran, report claims - The72

Released Everton man Dennis Adeniran is being eyed by all of Blackpool, Hull City, Luton Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland but Yorkshire Live claim the Owls have 'held talks' with the Englishman.
the72.co.uk the72.co.uk
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Defensive midfielder ✅
Ex-Everton ✅

So plausible!
 
tangysider said:
How many defensive midfielders do we need
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How many have we got?! Only Dougall and Stewart really, perhaps. Connolly and Reece James can play there but may well be starting in other positions. Antwi maybe but could well be loaned out. Ward and Virtue not really defensive.
 
voyeur said:
How many have we got?! Only Dougall and Stewart really, perhaps. Connolly and Reece James can play there but may well be starting in other positions. Antwi maybe but could well be loaned out. Ward and Virtue not really defensive.
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Was very telling that we just took up Ward's option and didn't offer him a new deal unlike others e.g. Husband.
 
voyeur said:
How many have we got?! Only Dougall and Stewart really, perhaps. Connolly and Reece James can play there but may well be starting in other positions. Antwi maybe but could well be loaned out. Ward and Virtue not really defensive.
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Stewart is out and out defensive mid- fielder. Virtue plays the box to box defensive role, Wardy has played that position and adds a little bit more flair, King Kenny has obviously become a pseudo striker so can no longer be considered "defensive". 😉
UTMP
 
tangysider said:
Luke O'Nien now out of contract at Sunderland. Although he played defensive roles he was bought from Wycombe as an attacking midfielder and then more often than not played out of position to help out the team.
Actually prefer him to Embo and no fee
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There you go with your Luke O'Nien tales.
 
Insider said:
Stewart is out and out defensive mid- fielder. Virtue plays the box to box defensive role, Wardy has played that position and adds a little bit more flair, King Kenny has obviously become a pseudo striker so can no longer be considered "defensive". 😉
UTMP
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Exactly. So we are maybe a bit short?!
 
In defence, we've signed more players (I think?) than any other Championship club so far...

















PS Doesn't it sound good saying 'Championship club'!
 
Not too bothered if we don’t get Gabriel to be honest. Good on his day and will no doubt improve, but not the best defender, and more wingback than fullback. So far NC doesn’t seem to be a fan of 3/5 at the back either.
 
voyeur said:
Sounds like it. We can attract better than Turton and Gabriel at Championship level, I would imagine. And probably need better.
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I might be being harsh but I don't actually think Gabriel improved that much in the 2nd half of the season although Critch did have a habit of playing him in all sorts of positions. I certainly wouldn't be held to ransom for him. Strange that Huddersfield are interested because they already have an attacking full back I believe.
We do of course need to find a RB. I've always held the view that good FBs can make a team. UTMP
 
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Monte Cassino from FC Salerno.Plays all along the back line so could solve the right back problem. Towering tough as old guts defender.
 
Insider said:
I might be being harsh but I don't actually think Gabriel improved that much in the 2nd half of the season although Critch did have a habit of playing him in all sorts of positions. I certainly wouldn't be held to ransom for him. Strange that Huddersfield are interested because they already have an attacking full back I believe.
We do of course need to find a RB. I've always held the view that good FBs can make a team. UTMP
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Absolutely agree. He didn't improve. Didn't seem to be learning. We need to find better for the Championship, IMO. As a first choice RB.
 
voyeur said:
Absolutely agree. He didn't improve. Didn't seem to be learning. We need to find better for the Championship, IMO. As a first choice RB.
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He improved massively still very young, would love to sign him up
 
tangysider said:
Luke O'Nien now out of contract at Sunderland. Although he played defensive roles he was bought from Wycombe as an attacking midfielder and then more often than not played out of position to help out the team.
Actually prefer him to Embo and no fee
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He chips in with a few goals looking on wiki.
 
Trammo said:
J.P. Sartre. Left winger ginger cross eyed deep thinker about the game. Has iron in his soul. He once dismissed Cantona as “ a sprat who follows a rubber dingy.” On a free from FC Camus.
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He's also an autodidact.
 
Did anyone else not actually rate Gabriel that highly? From the amount of games he wasn't involved in, clearly Critch wasn't that bothered about him.
 
Grayth said:
He was very unlucky not to be playing. The manager put his trust in the more experienced Turton and he didn't let us down. It's nowhere near the reflection on Gabriel people think it is.
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Critchley used Turton when he thought we'd need to defend and Gabriel when he thought we could attack down the flanks. Critchley saw Turton as the better defender. So, given that we probably need a better defender than Turton in the higher league, so it's hard to see Gabby suddenly stepping up.

If he was to sign I reckon he'd be used in the same way as last season and an exp. RB brought in.
 
My comment about Gabriel was that his form seem to stall a bit after Christmas when I was expecting him to push on and that clearly coincided with Turts getting picked ahead of him.
He does have plenty of potential and I would certainly taken a chance on him if the finances were right.
I wouldn't however be held to ransom.
 
Early July and most of the squad is in place. Took us a while to land the likes of Ballard, Simms, Dougall and Stewart last season.

Lots of loans left. I imagine the likes of Sarkic and Bez will be farmed out. Not remotely worried. Season could start on Saturday and we could put out a decent team
 
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