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Transfers The Winter Transfer Thread - 25/26

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Timothy bird said:
Last season there was clearly the three promoted teams going down, no the case this season
Another key thing last season was winning three games on the bounce
Brentford
Manchester United
And Ipswich
Without those, it would have been a lot closer
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Yep, this time we don’t have a nice distraction like the Europa where we can gain confidence with wins - we’ve got gruelling CL matches where we almost certainly will be in the playoff round.
 
CJJ said:
While that may be mathematically true, you have:

TeamPlayedPoints
Palace2128
Spurs2127
Bournemouth2126
Leeds2122
Forest2121
West Ham2114
Burnley2113
Wolves217

To even get to match our current points total, Burnley would need 14 points from the next 17 games. That's more than double what they've had from 21. Wolves would need 20 points from their last 17.
West Ham would need to double their 21 game points haul in the last 17.

Even if West Ham beat us, that's still Forest and Leeds needing an uptick in form.

30 points is probably safe from relegation this season


(note that people have quite liked the managers from the teams either side of us)
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And its meant to be the best league in the world, yet you can be as shit as we were this and last season and never really be in threat of relegation.........
 
Dannyboy said:
This could be recency bias but each time during the past three months, I have seen Harry Wilson he produces something outrageously good (and much of the simple things which we seem incapable of too). His cross for Fulham's third was as good as anything you'll see. The look up before receiving the ball back only enforces that it was intended. Contract up at the end of the season, too.

Like I say, might well be recency bias but he seems to do what we need, and often. Would fit whatever it is the club ethos is now; which is to say; fuck only knows, we aren't going to be bringing in star players but we do desperately need better ones, and he might well fit that category.

Him and Gallagher aren't going to get the peckers full of blood but both would make this current team better, and most likely do so without huge implications for an incoming manager.
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Yes please
 
Fattynomates said:
And its meant to be the best league in the world, yet you can be as shit as we were this and last season and never really be in threat of relegation.........
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It's kind of true and false really. The fact that every team can realistically expect to lose any game is part of that, and that you have 6 points between 14th an 5th shows how volatile it really is.

The shite bottom 3 is probably a measure of 2 things - 1 being how hard it can be for Championship teams to step up, and 2 being something we're suffering with: how easily you can drop from top 6 to around the relegation places by upsetting a small balance.

The fact that both spurs and man utd were in the bottom 6 last season is indicative of how competitive the league is tbh.

The fine line is whether it means there are 12 teams that are equally as turgid as each other or equally as good as each other is another question. It depends how you angle it. 21 games in and Brentford are 10 points off 2nd place does muddy the water a bit
 
Gatsby said:
What does Lange actually do? Like what’s his purpose other than sitting at a match and watching us fail?
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Gettin paid n getting laid.

C.R.E.A.M

get method man GIF
 
Don’t know what is worse this transfer window us not signing anyone or everyone using the saying “Moving the Needle”
 
spids said:
Taking a step back, I genuinely think our squad is not as bad as we've all been making out it is. Not a top 4 squad, but a 5th-8th squad, albeit one that is totally demoralised, demotivated, unhappy, and broken as a squad, with no clear direction or tactical identity, playing painful and negative football. Appoint an enigmatic manager who plays attacking football, and sign established senior players - GK, DCM, CF and a LWF - and we can be a major team next season

GK: Vicario / Kinsky
RB: Spence / Porro
RCB: Romero / Danso
LCB: VdV / Vuskovic / Dragusin
LB: Udogie / Davies
DCM: Bentancur / Palhinha
#8: Gray / Bergvall / Sarr
#10: Maddison / Simons
RWF: Kulusevski / Kudus
LWF: Odobert / Tel
CF: Solanke / Muani / Richarlison
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Agreed, but GK is weak. As is LWF. As is #8.

All three need elite players for the first 11
 
I laugh when I read posts on this board saying what terrible a signing Gallagher would be.

He's not the best player in the world, but he's an upgrade on Sarr, Bergvall, Gray and Bentancur.

He's a better PL midfielder than all our MFs (those who aren't long term injured) with the exception of JP and Xavi
 
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