The Winter 2018/19 - Transfer Window Rumours and Deals - Thread

[compo 7,218]

Thank goodness this is the last day of this transfer nonsense. 

[ian1964 10,761]

 

[alexscottislegend 2,376]

1 hour ago, ian1964 said:

 

Please don't do things like that. I see the headline and reach for my heart tablets!

[der Berliner 3,811]

12 hours ago, the gunslinger said:

Lets ignore his goals as those dont impress you. 

 

That level of assists is ridiculous players regularly hitting double figures on assists are like hens teeth. 

Not at all, even though 7 of his 8 goals came from the spot, whereas in his first season, he was hitting free-kicks and shots like fun ... which simply hasn't happened for months, if not years.

 

I do like to look at overall contribution and a certain level of consistency though - when it comes to flanks and crosses. There is a reason why for months now, Tav has e.g. been replaced as corner-kick taker. His positives clearly overshadow his negatives, but the latter are still there and should not be swept under the carpet.

[der Berliner 3,811]

SG said that our business is now more or less done, with the Express saying that the offer for Kamara is still on the table.

 

No news on any new Pena loan / or pay-off, or what will happen to e.g. Wallace.

[DMAA 3,658]

1 hour ago, der Berliner said:

SG said that our business is now more or less done, with the Express saying that the offer for Kamara is still on the table.

 

No news on any new Pena loan / or pay-off, or what will happen to e.g. Wallace.

Yeh it's been disappointing that we haven't got more players out the door because we're still wasting a fair amount of money on wages for players who don't play

[JFK-1 1,693]

Was expecting Rossiter to go out on loan.

[craig 5,199]

59 minutes ago, JFK-1 said:

Was expecting Rossiter to go out on loan.

Bury

[Crimson Dynamo 128]

17 hours ago, the gunslinger said:

Lets ignore his goals as those dont impress you. 

 

That level of assists is ridiculous players regularly hitting double figures on assists are like hens teeth. 

Fully agree. As an attacking option Tavernier's contribution to us has been fantastic. 

[DMAA 3,658]

31 minutes ago, Crimson Dynamo said:

Fully agree. As an attacking option Tavernier's contribution to us has been fantastic. 

The Tavernier criticism has always confused me. People want him hung, drawn and quartered when he's beaten to a header by someone who specialises in that area. But I think there's something wrong when we are so reliant on our right back for creativity. We normally play with 3 attacking midfielders and they shouldn't be shown up in the assists stats by Tavernier, it's not sustainable.

 

Arfield is the only attacking midfielder with pass marks on this measure with 6 assists. More than Kent and Candeias combined who have 2 and 3. Mikael Lustig has the same number of assists as Kent and Candeias combined. Let that sink in for a moment.

 

If we're going to win a league I think we need more quality in the creative department and I hope Davis alleviates the problem in the short term but I'm hoping that the failure to recruit a real creative player in this window is due to budget and player availability at this time of the year rather than a genuine belief that what we have is good enough.