The summer transfer rumours thread.

fcblackpool said:
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.
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I agree.
 
Insider said:
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.
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Exactly. More bought as an investment with playing a boost alongside.
 
Gabriel seems a 'good player to have around' and was right at the heart of all the celebrations etc last season (even though a lot of the time he was hardly involved). As a player he seemed a bit mistake-ridden to me .. but I'd definitely have a punt without spending big money.
 
There's a limit obviously, but we have to take chances on players like Gabriel if we can.

He's a player we could pay a bit for and still make a healthy profit on in a couple of years. Big potential.
 
tangysider said:
Well think they are happy he has signed for further 3 years
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I think Embo is only contracted for another season at Sunderland? Triggered the one year extension when he signed for us on loan.

"Blackpool have signed Sunderland midfielder Elliot Embleton on loan for the rest of the League One season. However, the 21-year-old will stay with the Black Cats until the summer of 2022 after they triggered a one-year extension in his contract."
 
voyeur said:
I think Embo is only contracted for another season at Sunderland? Triggered the one year extension when he signed for us on loan.

"Blackpool have signed Sunderland midfielder Elliot Embleton on loan for the rest of the League One season. However, the 21-year-old will stay with the Black Cats until the summer of 2022 after they triggered a one-year extension in his contract."
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Sorry this, was in relation to O'Nien who I said was preferable to Embleton as at the time was a free, others disagree
 
Had a feeling things would go a bit slower after the initial frenzy of signings.

The initial signings we made were good; Lavery, James, Connolly, Bowler, Carey, Casey, and Grimshaw are all decent signings and could play some part in our first year back in the Championship, with Connolly (and maybe James) being the only ones from the bunch who you'd think would have a realistic shot of going straight to the XI, but overall none of them were WOW signings. Bowler, Carey, Casey, Grimshaw, and Lavery are projects.

However, as pre-season gets into full swing, I think we are going to start seeing the WOW signings. The only reason it has taken so long is because I think Critchley knows that the squad we have already is probably good enough to stay up, but nowhere near good enough to challenge for Playoffs, so there is no imminent pressure to make rash decisions right now.

The last two weeks feel like we are just playing the market to see what clubs want in terms of fees, taking our time, and waiting for the right moment to pounce.

We will make 2-3 WOW signings before the season starts, we just have to be patient and wait.

Remember, good things come to those who wait.
 
AmericanTangerine said:
Had a feeling things would go a bit slower after the initial frenzy of signings.

The initial signings we made were good; Lavery, James, Connolly, Bowler, Carey, Casey, and Grimshaw are all decent signings and could play some part in our first year back in the Championship, with Connolly (and maybe James) being the only ones from the bunch who you'd think would have a realistic shot of going straight to the XI, but overall none of them were WOW signings. Bowler, Carey, Casey, Grimshaw, and Lavery are projects.

However, as pre-season gets into full swing, I think we are going to start seeing the WOW signings. The only reason it has taken so long is because I think Critchley knows that the squad we have already is probably good enough to stay up, but nowhere near good enough to challenge for Playoffs, so there is no imminent pressure to make rash decisions right now.

The last two weeks feel like we are just playing the market to see what clubs want in terms of fees, taking our time, and waiting for the right moment to pounce.

We will make 2-3 WOW signings before the season starts, we just have to be patient and wait.

Remember, good things come to those who wait.
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I agree with all of that,

I think we have a stronger overall squad already, than that of last season but as yet we haven't
got a stronger starting 11. I still think at least 3 championship ready players are required.
 
AmericanTangerine said:
Had a feeling things would go a bit slower after the initial frenzy of signings.

The initial signings we made were good; Lavery, James, Connolly, Bowler, Carey, Casey, and Grimshaw are all decent signings and could play some part in our first year back in the Championship, with Connolly (and maybe James) being the only ones from the bunch who you'd think would have a realistic shot of going straight to the XI, but overall none of them were WOW signings. Bowler, Carey, Casey, Grimshaw, and Lavery are projects.

However, as pre-season gets into full swing, I think we are going to start seeing the WOW signings. The only reason it has taken so long is because I think Critchley knows that the squad we have already is probably good enough to stay up, but nowhere near good enough to challenge for Playoffs, so there is no imminent pressure to make rash decisions right now.

The last two weeks feel like we are just playing the market to see what clubs want in terms of fees, taking our time, and waiting for the right moment to pounce.

We will make 2-3 WOW signings before the season starts, we just have to be patient and wait.

Remember, good things come to those who wait.
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I'd like to agree with you and I am an optimist but 3 WOW signings is pushing it. 😁
 
I think we will already be doing other deals but it will be like a house chain where the club selling to us need to make their own deals as well. One bit of the chain moves and the rest does. PL clubs will also be finalising who can go out on loan in the next 2 or 3 weeks
 
I think Mansford said last season that we conduct our transfer business in phases.

Last season we brought in the younger players at the start of the window and the more established pros later on.
 
Gabriel returned to Forest training this week.

Think if he is going to come back, Forest will at least want to see him for 2-3 weeks before making a decision.
 
AmericanTangerine said:
Gabriel returned to Forest training this week.
Think if he is going to come back, Forest will at least want to see him for 2-3 weeks before making a decision.
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Bit of a free hit for Forest, I bet when they loaned him out they didn't expect him to do as well as he has. My mate is a Forest fan and had little knowledge of the lad.
 
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Adeniran was actually quite good for Wycombe last year so he could have been decent, but CDM really isn't a position we need to be prioritizing and I think if we signed another Everton youth player it would REALLY make us look like our scouts are lazy.
 
AmericanTangerine said:
Had a feeling things would go a bit slower after the initial frenzy of signings.

The initial signings we made were good; Lavery, James, Connolly, Bowler, Carey, Casey, and Grimshaw are all decent signings and could play some part in our first year back in the Championship, with Connolly (and maybe James) being the only ones from the bunch who you'd think would have a realistic shot of going straight to the XI, but overall none of them were WOW signings. Bowler, Carey, Casey, Grimshaw, and Lavery are projects.

However, as pre-season gets into full swing, I think we are going to start seeing the WOW signings. The only reason it has taken so long is because I think Critchley knows that the squad we have already is probably good enough to stay up, but nowhere near good enough to challenge for Playoffs, so there is no imminent pressure to make rash decisions right now.

The last two weeks feel like we are just playing the market to see what clubs want in terms of fees, taking our time, and waiting for the right moment to pounce.

We will make 2-3 WOW signings before the season starts, we just have to be patient and wait.

Remember, good things come to those who wait.
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All agents , players and managers are still watching the Euros. Everything on hold til after Sunday :)
 
How much more business do we have to do when we look at those who have left and our new additions? Certainly one more right back, or the return of Gabriel and a big striker, or the return of Simms!
 
HodderSeasider said:
How much more business do we have to do when we look at those who have left and our new additions? Certainly one more right back, or the return of Gabriel and a big striker, or the return of Simms!
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At least one more right back, couple of central midfielders and a couple of strikers. So 6 for me
 
gjr69 said:
Connolly looks more like a centre back than a right back on this brief appearance.
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He looks capable of playing right back but not his best position, would be wasteful. Could depend on us being able to a sign specialist RB or two.
 
voyeur said:
He looks capable of playing right back but not his best position, would be wasteful. Could depend on us being able to a sign specialist RB or two.
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We are going to have to sign at least one right back, switching to the other side I thought the lad from Doncaster looked decent and I think Husband is going to be a left sided centre back from now on.
 
HodderSeasider said:
well the manager signed him to play right back, so I am very happy with that! I trust the manager much more than some of the posters on here!
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If he did that's absolutely fine, but we don't really know the manager's plans and my feeling is that if he does play right back it will only be as a stop gap, short term. We will see.
 
voyeur said:
If he did that's absolutely fine, but we don't really know the manager's plans and my feeling is that if he does play right back it will only be as a stop gap, short term. We will see.
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“We’ve had talks before and he likes me at right-back, so we’ll see how it goes.
“The manager is the one in charge, and I can’t complain as long as I’m in the team and helping the lads as much as possible.”

https://twitter.com/x/status/1409775292881723398
 
Gervais Simeon Farquarson- Smythe from Old Carthusians. Last player to score a goal in the Eton Wall Game when a schoolboy.Can play right back or centre midfield.
 
poolfc said:
“We’ve had talks before and he likes me at right-back, so we’ll see how it goes.
“The manager is the one in charge, and I can’t complain as long as I’m in the team and helping the lads as much as possible.”

https://twitter.com/x/status/1409775292881723398
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I'm aware of that but will be stay at right back? He hasn't played there for a long time. I've never seen him play so I don't know, I'm just going off his career to date. He seems to have leadership qualities and much prefer playing centrally.
 
voyeur said:
I'm aware of that but will be stay at right back? He hasn't played there for a long time. I've never seen him play so I don't know, I'm just going off his career to date. He seems to have leadership qualities and much prefer playing centrally.
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Don't know. Neil Critchley is telling him he likes him as a right back so he must have come up with that idea from somewhere unless they're just treading water until Kieran Trippier becomes available after the euros.
 
poolfc said:
Don't know. Neil Critchley is telling him he likes him as a right back so he must have come up with that idea from somewhere unless they're just treading water until Kieran Trippier becomes available after the euros.
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True. He got Demi Mitchell wrong though. 🤠

Is he suggesting right back based on watching him or cos we lack right backs? Connolly played a few right back games and then moved to the centre and stayed there through various clubs. Perhaps he will move back there and play the rest of his career there.

I actually think he wants versatility and may ask Connolly to be flexible, starting at right back.
 
voyeur said:
True. He got Demi Mitchell wrong though. 🤠

Is he suggesting right back based on watching him or cos we lack right backs? Connolly played a few right back games and then moved to the centre and stayed there through various clubs. Perhaps he will move back there and play the rest of his career there.

I actually think he wants versatility and may ask Connolly to be flexible, starting at right back.
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Ekpiteta and Casey are our two right sided centre halves. If both are injured then Connolly would stand in as a stop gap, as did Turton. In fact he covers all the positions, defensive midfield, right back and right sided centre half!
 
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