Posh v Albion

[symyjym]

Fair enough. I wonder whether this is one of those seasons where we might regret not 'kicking on', assuming we don't sufficiently in terms of playing personnel.

We won't really know until the end of the season, and if it does go boobs up there is always next season and the season after that, then the seas............................ etc.

The only downside is that I and others may not live to see us in the Prem, but even then there will be the next season.

I think the hot weather is getting to me

 

[Dan Aitch]

Just got home.

There were glimmers of fluid, attacking and incisive play today but it broke down when we got within 25-yards of goal. I'm not sure we worked their keeper that hard, admitting that he had to make a number of saves - it's just that none of them really tested him.

Ince looked dominant in midfield but a lack of control let him down now and again, as it did many others. We didn't look good in the middle at the back, or down our left, so I guess we need time to be new players in until they know each other a bit better.

O'Grady looked our best player for much of the game, held the ball up well and created opportunities when laying it off pretty regularly. Fenelon was great chasing back and the first 20 minutes made it look like those two had been playing together for a long time. If that relationship develops they'll be our striking pairing for most of this season.

Casper made one good save but looked indecisive on some crosses, possibly as a result of the lack of coordination between Dunk and Hughes.

Too much hesitancy today and too much bad control. That said, I'm more confident than I was after the Crawley game even though we lost. We still need more players in but even with the squad we have, a mid-table position should be easily achieved.

6/10 overall. Room to move.

 

[Seagull over Canaryland]

For me, everyone is wetting themselves over afew bad pre-season run outs in which we haven't even had our best eleven fit players playing together. If in worst case scenario we only get one more player in: a goalie (obviously gonna be brought in b4 the 1st game), we could still see the following line up:

-----------New GK----------
Bruno---Dunk---Greer---Chicksen
----Toko--Crofts--Solly---------
Buckley--CMS/Ogrady--LuaLua

If starting the season with this line up enables us to get players in at the end of the window and save some money for whatever is needed in January, then I'm all for it

I agree with much of that. Clearly there is still reasonable time to do further transfer business, so no need to panic right now. It's a pity that Toko and Stephens are injured otherwise I don't think Kemy would be anywhere near the starting XI. His errors and lack of involvement were the root cause of both goals conceded today.

Kemy's performance was then compounded by some poor defending. The ease with which Posh scored their rather soft goals was worrying. I can't say that the Dunk/Hughes/Ankergren axis looked very robust and a bit too vulnerable in the air. Hopefully Sami will instil a more decisive approach.

The positives were O'Grady and Fenelon. COG showed several excellent touches and close control, plus a nice understanding with Fenelon for our goal. Fenelon looked hungry for the ball and covered a lot of ground. Plus it was good to see Crofts back and he looked very dependable. Ince grew into the game too.

Posh played their usual high tempo style and opened us up a bit too easily on the break, especially when Chicksen and Bruno pushed forward. Both Chicksen and Hughes got badly skinned on occasions. However I'm mindful that it was a pre-season game and maybe we didn't give 100%. But then it was against Lge. 1 opposition, so there is work to do both on and off the pitch.

 

[Eeyore]

I wonder how our in/outs compare with other teams at present. Still, August 9th is the best barometer for such statistics.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Just got home.

There were glimmers of fluid, attacking and incisive play today but it broke down when we got within 25-yards of goal. I'm not sure we worked their keeper that hard, admitting that he had to make a number of saves - it's just that none of them really tested him.

Ince looked dominant in midfield but a lack of control let him down now and again, as it did many others. We didn't look good in the middle at the back, or down our left, so I guess we need time to be new players in until they know each other a bit better.

O'Grady looked our best player for much of the game, held the ball up well and created opportunities when laying it off pretty regularly. Fenelon was great chasing back and the first 20 minutes made it look like those two had been playing together for a long time. If that relationship develops they'll be our striking pairing for most of this season.

Casper made one good save but looked indecisive on some crosses, possibly as a result of the lack of coordination between Dunk and Hughes.

Too much hesitancy today and too much bad control. That said, I'm more confident than I was after the Crawley game even though we lost. We still need more players in but even with the squad we have, a mid-table position should be easily achieved.

6/10 overall. Room to move.

Thanks for that. Looked better than Weds.

 

[algie]

I wonder how our in/outs compare with other teams at present. Still, August 9th is the best barometer for such statistics.

Birmingham:

In: David Cotterill (Doncaster Rovers - Free), Clayton Donaldson (Brentford - Free), David Edgar (Burnley - Free), Stephen Gleeson (MK Dons - Free), Jonathan Grounds (Oldham Athletic - Free), Gavin Gunning (Dundee United - Free), Mark Duffy (Doncaster Rovers - Free), Wes Thomas (Rotherham United - Free), Grant Hall (Tottenham Hotspur - Loan).

Out: Aaron Martin (Yeovil Town - Free), Hayden Mullins (Notts County - Free), Wade Elliott (Bristol City - Free), Liam Maher (Leamington - Free), Amari'i Bell (Mansfield Town - Loan), Peter Lovenkrands, Darren Ambrose, Brian Howard, Akwasi Asante, Reece Hales, Ryan Higgins (All Released).

Blackburn Rovers:

In: Chris Brown (Doncaster Rovers - Free), Luke Varney (Leeds United - Free), Alex Baptiste (Bolton Wanderers - Loan).

Out: Alan Judge (Brentford - Undisclosed), Ryan Edwards (Morecambe - Free), David Goodwillie (Aberdeen - Free), Alex Marrow (Carlisle United - Free), Josh Morris (Fleetwood Town - Loan), William Beesley, Robbie Cotton, Huge Fernandez Molina, Deniz Pero, Aaron Tumwa, Timothy Payne, Matthew Unwin, Dickson Etuhu, DJ Campbell (All Released).

Blackpool:

In: Sergei Zenjov (FC Karpaty Lviv - Free).

Out: Tom Ince (Hull City - Undisclosed), Chris Basham (Sheffield United - Free), Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United - Free), Kirk Broadfoot (Rotherham United - Free), Mark Halstead (Shrewsbury - Free), Chris Kettings (Crystal Palace - Free), Craig Cathcart (Watford - Free), Matthew Gilks (Burnley - Free), James Caton (Shrewsbury Town - Free), Ricardo Fuller (Millwall - Free), Louis Almond, Anderson Banvo, Jake Caprice, Michael Chopra, Adam Dodd, Robert Earnshaw, Nathan Eccleston, Elliot Grandin, Barry Ferguson, Faris Haroun, Isaiah Osbourne, Liam Tomsett, Nathan Tyson, Tony Warner (All Released).

Bolton Wanderers:

In: Kevin McNaughton (Cardiff City - Loan), Dorian Dervite (Charlton Athletic - Free), Liam Feeney (Millwall - Free), Liam Trotter (Millwall - Free), Andy Robinson (Southampton - Free), Dean Moxey (Crystal Palace - Free), Neil Danns (Leicester City - Free), Ross Fitzsimons (Crystal Palace - Free), Andy Hughes (Charlton Athletic - Free), Quade Taylor (Crystal Palace - Free).

Out: Marvin Sordell (Burnley - Undisclosed), Alex Baptiste (Blackburn Rovers - Loan), Zat Knight, Chris Eagles, Tyrone Mears, Jay Lynch, Arran Lee-Barrett, Andre Moritz, Sam Bailey, Saul Hamer, Jordan Hendrie, James Kelly, Elliot Newby, Guillermo Torres, Andy Robinson. (All Released).

AFC Bournemouth:

In: Callum Wilson (Coventry City - £2.25m), Dan Gosling (Newcastle United - Free), Junior Stanislas (Burnley - Free).

Out: Lewis Grabban (Norwich City - £3m), Shwan Jalal (Bury - Free), Charlie Losasso (Eastbourne Borough - Free), Matt Tubbs (AFC Wimbledon - Loan), Mohamed Coulibaly (Coventry City - Loan), Ryan Allsop (Coventry City - Loan).

Brentford:

In: Moses Odubajo (Leyton Orient - £1m), Andre Gray (Luton Town - 500k), Alan Judge (Blackburn Rovers - Undisclosed), Scott Hogan (Rochdale - Undisclosed), Marcos Tebar Ramiro (UD Almeria - Free), Alex Pritchard (Tottenham Hotspur - Loan).

Out: Aaron Pierre (Wycombe Wanderers - Undisclosed), Luke Norris (Gillingham - Undisclosed), Liam O'Brien (Dagenham & Redbridge - Free), Shaleum Logan (Aberdeen - Free), Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City - Free), Sam Beale (Eastbourne Borough - Free), Will Grigg (MK Dons - Loan), Farid El Alagui, Scott Barron (Both Released).

Brighton & Hove Albion:

In: Chris O'Grady (Barnsley - Undisclosed), Nzuzi Toko (Grasshopper - Free), Aaron Hughes (QPR - Free).

Out: Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City - £7m), Matthew Upson (Leicester City - Undisclosed), Brennan Dickenson (Gillingham - Undisclosed), Peter Brezovan, Will Hoskins, Tomasz Kuszczak, Andrea Orlandi, David Lopez, David Rodriguez (All Released).

Cardiff City:

In: Javi Guerra (Real Valladolid - £3m), Guido Burgstaller (Rapid Vienna - £1.5m), Adam le Fondre (Reading - Undisclosed), Federico Macheda (Manchester United - Free), Kagisho Dikgacoi (Crystal Palace - Free).

Out: Frazier Campbell (Crystal Palace - 900k), Steven Caulker (QPR - Undisclosed), Kevin McNaughton (Bolton Wanderers - Loan), Andrew Taylor (Wigan Athletic - Free), Don Cowie (Wigan Athletic - Free), Craig Bellamy, Luke Coulson, Ronnie Hawkins, Simon Lappin, Tommy Smith (All Released).

Charlton Athletic:

In: Igor Vetokele (F.C. Copenhagen - Undisclosed), Tal Ben Haim (Standard Liege - Undisclosed), Zak Ansah (Arsenal - Free), Kurtis Cumberbatch (Watford - Free), Franck Moussa (Coventry City - Free), Andre Bikey (Panetolikos - Free), Johann Berg Gudmundsson (AZ Alkmaar - Free), George Tucudean (Standard Liege - Free), Stephen Henderson (West Ham United - Free), Yoni Buyens (Standard Liege - Loan).

Out: Diego Poyet (West Ham United - Undisclosed), Dorian Dervite (Bolton Wanderers - Free), Danny Green (MK Dons - Free), Ben Hamer (Leicester City - Free), Adebayo Azeez (AFC Wimbledon - Free), Richard Wood (Rotherham United - Free), Jordan Cook (Walsall - Free), Kevin Feely (Newport Town - Free), Danny Hollands (Portsmouth - Free), Bradley Pritchard (Leyton Orient - Free), Andy Hughes (Bolton Wanderers - Free), Leon Cort, Cedric Evina, Mark Gower, Bradley Jordan (All Released).

Derby County:

In: Cyrus Christie (Coventry City - Undisclosed), George Thorne (West Bromwich Albion - Undisclosed), Alban Bunjaku (Sevilla - Free), Jonathan Mitchell (Newcastle United - Free), Zak Whitbread (Leicester City - Free), Alefe Santos (Bristol Rovers - Free), Ivan Calero (Atletico Madrid - Free).

Out: Ben Davies (Sheffield United - Free), Adam Legzdins (Leyton Orient - Free), James O'Connor (Walsall - Free), James Bailey (Barnsley - Free), Josh Lelan (Swindon Town - Loan), Valentin Gjokaj, Michael Hoganson, Callum Ball, Ross Atkins (All Released).

Fulham:

In: Ross McCormack (Leeds - £11m), Adam Taggart (Newcastle Jets - Undisclosed), Kay Voser (FC Basel - Undisclosed), Thomas Eisfeld (Arsenal - Undisclosed), Shaun Hutchinson (Motherwell - Free), Tim Hoogland (Schalke - Free), Adil Chihi (FC Cologne - Free), Konstantinos Stafylidis (Bayer Leverkusen - Loan).

Out: Sascha Riether (SC Freiburg - £2.5m), Kieran Richardson (Aston Villa - Undisclosed), Pajtim Kasami (Olympiakos - Undisclosed), Damien Duff (Melbourne City - Free), Steve Sidwell (Stoke City - Free), Josh Pritchard (Gillingham - Free), Muamar Tankovic (AZ Alkmaar - Free), Johnny Heitinga (Hertha BSC - Free), Derek Boateng (Rayo Vallecano - Free), Brede Hangeland, Charles Banya, Matthew Briggs, Alexander Brister, Mahamadou Diarra, Neil Etheridge, Dino Islamovic, Georgios Karagkounis, Ronny Minkwitz, Max Oberschmidt, John Arne Riise (All Released).

Huddersfield Town:

In: Joe Murphy (Coventry City - Free), Lee Peltier (Leeds United - Free).

Out: Keith Southern (Fleetwood Town - Free), Callum Woods (Preston North End - Free), Chris Atkinson (Crewe Alexandra - Free), Peter Clarke, Ian Bennett, Anton Robinson, Cristian Lopez, Paul Mullin (All Released).

Ipswich Town:

In: Bartosz Bialkowski (Notts County - Undisclosed), Alex Henshall (Manchester City - Free), Cameron Stewart (Hull City - Free), Jonathan Parr (Crystal Palace - Free), Darren McQueen (Tottenham Hotspur - Free).

Out: Aaron Cresswell (West Ham - £3.75m), Carlos Edwards (Millwall - Free), Scott Loach (Rotherham United - Free), David October, Mark Timlin, Jonathan Leddy, Tom Winter, Jordan Adekunle (All Released).

Leeds United:

In: Marco Silvestri (Chievo Verona - Undisclosed), Tommaso Bianchi (Sassuolo - Undisclosed), Gaetano Berardi (Sampdoria - Undisclosed), Stuart Taylor (Reading - Free), Souleymane Doukara (Catania - Loan).

Out: Ross McCormack (Fulham - £11m), Lee Peltier (Huddersfield Town - Free), Luke Varney (Blackburn Rovers - Free), Paul Green (Rotherham United - Free), Lewis Turner (Harrogate Town - Free), Simon Lenighan (Harrogate Town - Free), Jamie Ashdown, Michael Brown, El-Hadji Diouf, Adam Drury, Danny Pugh, Marius Zaliukas, Gboly Ariyibi (All Released).

Middlesbrough:

In: Kike (Real Murcia - £2.4m), Tomas Mejias (Real Madrid - Free), Kenneth Omeruo (Chelsea - Loan).

Out: Lukas Jutkiewicz (Burnley - £1.5m), Marvin Emnes (Swansea City - Undisclosed), Matthew Bates (Hartlepool United - Free), Matthew Dolan (Bradford City - Free), Jayson Leutwiler (Shrewsbury Town - Free), Stuart Parnaby (Hartlepool United - Free), Frazer Richardson (Rotherham United - Free), Birger Meling, Jake Fowler, Cameron Park, Lewis Sirrell, Matthew Waters (All Released).

Millwall:

In: Lee Gregory (FC Halifax - Undisclosed), Carlos Edwards (Ipswich Town - Free), Byron Webster (Yeovil Town - Free), Ricardo Fuller (Blackpool - Free), Magaye Gueye (Everton - Free).

Out: Liam Feeney (Bolton Wanderers - Free), Charlie Penny (Welling United - Free), Liam Trotter (Bolton Wanderers - Free), Tom Beadle (Margate - Free), Jack Smith (AFC Wimbledon - Free), Andy Keogh (Perth Glory - Free), Shane Lowry (Leyton Orient - Free).

Norwich City:

In: Lewis Grabban (AFC Bournemouth - £3m), Kyle Laffery (Palermo - Undisclosed).

Out: Robert Snodgrass (Hull City - Undisclosed), Rod Young (Welling United - Free), Harry Barker, David Fox, Ewan McNeil, Carlo Nash (All Released).

Nottingham Forest:

In: Michael Mancienne (Hamburg - £1.5m), David Vaughan (Sunderland - Undisclosed), Lars Veldwijk (Excelsior - Undisclosed), Danny Fox (Southampton - Free), Matty Fryatt (Hull City - Free), Louis Laing (Sunderland - Free), Roger Riera (Barcelona - Free), Jack Hunt (Crystal Palace - Loan).

Out: Matt Derbyshire (Rotherham United - Free), Simon Gillett, Gonzalo Jara, Guy Moussi, Marcus Tudgay, Jonathan Greening, Ishmael Miller (All Released).

Reading:

In: None.

Out: Daniel Carrico (Sevilla - £1.5m), Adam le Fondre (Cardiff City - £1m), Matt Partridge (Dagenham & Redbridge - Free), Jobi McAnuff (Leyton Orient - Free), Mikele Leigertwood, Wayne Bridge, Kaspars Gorkss, Stuart Taylor, Lawson D'Ath, Nick Arnold, Gozie Ugwu (All Released).

Rotherham United:

In: Jordan Bowery (Aston Villa - £250k), Kirk Broadfoot (Blackpool - Free), Matt Derbyshire (Nottingham Forest - Free), Scott Loach (Ipswich Town - Free), Conor Newton (Newcastle United - Free), Mat Sadler (Crawley Town - Free), Ryan Hall (MK Dons - Free), Richard Wood (Charlton Athletic - Free), Febian Brandy (Sheffield United - Free), Frazer Richardson (Middlesbrough - Free), Paul Green (Leeds United - Free).

Out: Nicky Adams (Bury - Undisclosed), James Cadman (Stalybridge Celtic - Free), Danny Hylton (Oxford United - Free), Kayode Odejayi (Tranmere Rovers - Free), Scott Shearer (Crewe Alexandra - Free), Harley Wigley (Stalybridge Celtic - Free), Michael O'Connor, Claude Davis, David Noble, Lionel Ainsworth, Danny Schofield (All Released).

Sheffield Wednesday:

In: Paul McElroy (Hull City - Free), Keiren Westwood (Sunderland - Free), Sam Hutchinson (Chelsea - Free), Ryan Croasdale (Preston North End - Free), Matt Young (Southampton - Free), Ed Sanders (Stoke City - Free).

Out: Danny Mayor (Bury - Undisclosed), Adam Davies (Barnsley - Free), Reda Johnson (Coventry City - Free), Taylor McKenzie (Notts County - Free), Jermaine Johnson, David Prutton, Anthony Gardner, Miguel Llera, Martin Taylor, Adam Davies, Arron Jameson (All Released).

Watford:

In: Juan Carlos Paredes (Granada - Undisclosed), Heurelho Gomes (Tottenham Hotspur - Free), Gabriel Tamas (Doncaster Rovers - Free), Craig Cathcart (Blackpool - Free), Lloyd Dyer (Leicester City - Free), Matej Vydra (Udinese - Loan), Daniel Tozser (Parma - Loan), Keith Andrews (Bolton Wanderers - Loan).

Out: Manuel Almunia, Marco Cassetti, Ross Jenkins, Nyron Nosworthy, Fitz Hall, Lucas Neill (All Released).

Wigan Athletic:

In: Oriol Riera (Osasuna - £2m), James Tavernier (Newcastle United - Undisclosed), Andrew Taylor (Cardiff City - Free), Aaron Taylor-Sinclair (Partick Thistle - Free), Don Cowie (Cardiff City - Free), Emyr Huws (Manchester City - Loan).

Out: Jordi Gomez (Sunderland - Free), Danny Redmond (Hamilton Academical - Free), Jean Beausejour (Deportivo Colo Colo - Free), Stephen Crainey, Adam Buxton, Marcus Holgresson, Jordan Mustoe (All Released).

Wolverhampton Wanderers:

In: Tommy Rowe (Peterborough United - Free), Rajiv Van La Parra (Heerenveen - Free).

Out: Michael Ihiekwe (Tranmere Rovers - Free), Jordan Cranston, George Elokobi, Tim Jakobsson, Kristian Kostrna, David Moli, Robbie Parry, Jamie Reckord, Jamie Tank, Sam Whittall (All Released).

 

[Chicken Runner61]

I'm sure we could afford BA if we wanted to buy him.

We can't afford sweet FA. we are doomed I tell you doomed! doomed!

 

[LamieRobertson]

Birmingham:

In: David Cotterill (Doncaster Rovers - Free), Clayton Donaldson (Brentford - Free), David Edgar (Burnley - Free), Stephen Gleeson (MK Dons - Free), Jonathan Grounds (Oldham Athletic - Free), Gavin Gunning (Dundee United - Free), Mark Duffy (Doncaster Rovers - Free), Wes Thomas (Rotherham United - Free), Grant Hall (Tottenham Hotspur - Loan).

Out: Aaron Martin (Yeovil Town - Free), Hayden Mullins (Notts County - Free), Wade Elliott (Bristol City - Free), Liam Maher (Leamington - Free), Amari'i Bell (Mansfield Town - Loan), Peter Lovenkrands, Darren Ambrose, Brian Howard, Akwasi Asante, Reece Hales, Ryan Higgins (All Released).

Blackburn Rovers:

In: Chris Brown (Doncaster Rovers - Free), Luke Varney (Leeds United - Free), Alex Baptiste (Bolton Wanderers - Loan).

Out: Alan Judge (Brentford - Undisclosed), Ryan Edwards (Morecambe - Free), David Goodwillie (Aberdeen - Free), Alex Marrow (Carlisle United - Free), Josh Morris (Fleetwood Town - Loan), William Beesley, Robbie Cotton, Huge Fernandez Molina, Deniz Pero, Aaron Tumwa, Timothy Payne, Matthew Unwin, Dickson Etuhu, DJ Campbell (All Released).

Blackpool:

In: Sergei Zenjov (FC Karpaty Lviv - Free).

Out: Tom Ince (Hull City - Undisclosed), Chris Basham (Sheffield United - Free), Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United - Free), Kirk Broadfoot (Rotherham United - Free), Mark Halstead (Shrewsbury - Free), Chris Kettings (Crystal Palace - Free), Craig Cathcart (Watford - Free), Matthew Gilks (Burnley - Free), James Caton (Shrewsbury Town - Free), Ricardo Fuller (Millwall - Free), Louis Almond, Anderson Banvo, Jake Caprice, Michael Chopra, Adam Dodd, Robert Earnshaw, Nathan Eccleston, Elliot Grandin, Barry Ferguson, Faris Haroun, Isaiah Osbourne, Liam Tomsett, Nathan Tyson, Tony Warner (All Released).

Bolton Wanderers:

In: Kevin McNaughton (Cardiff City - Loan), Dorian Dervite (Charlton Athletic - Free), Liam Feeney (Millwall - Free), Liam Trotter (Millwall - Free), Andy Robinson (Southampton - Free), Dean Moxey (Crystal Palace - Free), Neil Danns (Leicester City - Free), Ross Fitzsimons (Crystal Palace - Free), Andy Hughes (Charlton Athletic - Free), Quade Taylor (Crystal Palace - Free).

Out: Marvin Sordell (Burnley - Undisclosed), Alex Baptiste (Blackburn Rovers - Loan), Zat Knight, Chris Eagles, Tyrone Mears, Jay Lynch, Arran Lee-Barrett, Andre Moritz, Sam Bailey, Saul Hamer, Jordan Hendrie, James Kelly, Elliot Newby, Guillermo Torres, Andy Robinson. (All Released).

AFC Bournemouth:

In: Callum Wilson (Coventry City - £2.25m), Dan Gosling (Newcastle United - Free), Junior Stanislas (Burnley - Free).

Out: Lewis Grabban (Norwich City - £3m), Shwan Jalal (Bury - Free), Charlie Losasso (Eastbourne Borough - Free), Matt Tubbs (AFC Wimbledon - Loan), Mohamed Coulibaly (Coventry City - Loan), Ryan Allsop (Coventry City - Loan).

Brentford:

In: Moses Odubajo (Leyton Orient - £1m), Andre Gray (Luton Town - 500k), Alan Judge (Blackburn Rovers - Undisclosed), Scott Hogan (Rochdale - Undisclosed), Marcos Tebar Ramiro (UD Almeria - Free), Alex Pritchard (Tottenham Hotspur - Loan).

Out: Aaron Pierre (Wycombe Wanderers - Undisclosed), Luke Norris (Gillingham - Undisclosed), Liam O'Brien (Dagenham & Redbridge - Free), Shaleum Logan (Aberdeen - Free), Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City - Free), Sam Beale (Eastbourne Borough - Free), Will Grigg (MK Dons - Loan), Farid El Alagui, Scott Barron (Both Released).

Brighton & Hove Albion:

In: Chris O'Grady (Barnsley - Undisclosed), Nzuzi Toko (Grasshopper - Free), Aaron Hughes (QPR - Free).

Out: Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City - £7m), Matthew Upson (Leicester City - Undisclosed), Brennan Dickenson (Gillingham - Undisclosed), Peter Brezovan, Will Hoskins, Tomasz Kuszczak, Andrea Orlandi, David Lopez, David Rodriguez (All Released).

Cardiff City:

In: Javi Guerra (Real Valladolid - £3m), Guido Burgstaller (Rapid Vienna - £1.5m), Adam le Fondre (Reading - Undisclosed), Federico Macheda (Manchester United - Free), Kagisho Dikgacoi (Crystal Palace - Free).

Out: Frazier Campbell (Crystal Palace - 900k), Steven Caulker (QPR - Undisclosed), Kevin McNaughton (Bolton Wanderers - Loan), Andrew Taylor (Wigan Athletic - Free), Don Cowie (Wigan Athletic - Free), Craig Bellamy, Luke Coulson, Ronnie Hawkins, Simon Lappin, Tommy Smith (All Released).

Charlton Athletic:

In: Igor Vetokele (F.C. Copenhagen - Undisclosed), Tal Ben Haim (Standard Liege - Undisclosed), Zak Ansah (Arsenal - Free), Kurtis Cumberbatch (Watford - Free), Franck Moussa (Coventry City - Free), Andre Bikey (Panetolikos - Free), Johann Berg Gudmundsson (AZ Alkmaar - Free), George Tucudean (Standard Liege - Free), Stephen Henderson (West Ham United - Free), Yoni Buyens (Standard Liege - Loan).

Out: Diego Poyet (West Ham United - Undisclosed), Dorian Dervite (Bolton Wanderers - Free), Danny Green (MK Dons - Free), Ben Hamer (Leicester City - Free), Adebayo Azeez (AFC Wimbledon - Free), Richard Wood (Rotherham United - Free), Jordan Cook (Walsall - Free), Kevin Feely (Newport Town - Free), Danny Hollands (Portsmouth - Free), Bradley Pritchard (Leyton Orient - Free), Andy Hughes (Bolton Wanderers - Free), Leon Cort, Cedric Evina, Mark Gower, Bradley Jordan (All Released).

Derby County:

In: Cyrus Christie (Coventry City - Undisclosed), George Thorne (West Bromwich Albion - Undisclosed), Alban Bunjaku (Sevilla - Free), Jonathan Mitchell (Newcastle United - Free), Zak Whitbread (Leicester City - Free), Alefe Santos (Bristol Rovers - Free), Ivan Calero (Atletico Madrid - Free).

Out: Ben Davies (Sheffield United - Free), Adam Legzdins (Leyton Orient - Free), James O'Connor (Walsall - Free), James Bailey (Barnsley - Free), Josh Lelan (Swindon Town - Loan), Valentin Gjokaj, Michael Hoganson, Callum Ball, Ross Atkins (All Released).

Fulham:

In: Ross McCormack (Leeds - £11m), Adam Taggart (Newcastle Jets - Undisclosed), Kay Voser (FC Basel - Undisclosed), Thomas Eisfeld (Arsenal - Undisclosed), Shaun Hutchinson (Motherwell - Free), Tim Hoogland (Schalke - Free), Adil Chihi (FC Cologne - Free), Konstantinos Stafylidis (Bayer Leverkusen - Loan).

Out: Sascha Riether (SC Freiburg - £2.5m), Kieran Richardson (Aston Villa - Undisclosed), Pajtim Kasami (Olympiakos - Undisclosed), Damien Duff (Melbourne City - Free), Steve Sidwell (Stoke City - Free), Josh Pritchard (Gillingham - Free), Muamar Tankovic (AZ Alkmaar - Free), Johnny Heitinga (Hertha BSC - Free), Derek Boateng (Rayo Vallecano - Free), Brede Hangeland, Charles Banya, Matthew Briggs, Alexander Brister, Mahamadou Diarra, Neil Etheridge, Dino Islamovic, Georgios Karagkounis, Ronny Minkwitz, Max Oberschmidt, John Arne Riise (All Released).

Huddersfield Town:

In: Joe Murphy (Coventry City - Free), Lee Peltier (Leeds United - Free).

Out: Keith Southern (Fleetwood Town - Free), Callum Woods (Preston North End - Free), Chris Atkinson (Crewe Alexandra - Free), Peter Clarke, Ian Bennett, Anton Robinson, Cristian Lopez, Paul Mullin (All Released).

Ipswich Town:

In: Bartosz Bialkowski (Notts County - Undisclosed), Alex Henshall (Manchester City - Free), Cameron Stewart (Hull City - Free), Jonathan Parr (Crystal Palace - Free), Darren McQueen (Tottenham Hotspur - Free).

Out: Aaron Cresswell (West Ham - £3.75m), Carlos Edwards (Millwall - Free), Scott Loach (Rotherham United - Free), David October, Mark Timlin, Jonathan Leddy, Tom Winter, Jordan Adekunle (All Released).

Leeds United:

In: Marco Silvestri (Chievo Verona - Undisclosed), Tommaso Bianchi (Sassuolo - Undisclosed), Gaetano Berardi (Sampdoria - Undisclosed), Stuart Taylor (Reading - Free), Souleymane Doukara (Catania - Loan).

Out: Ross McCormack (Fulham - £11m), Lee Peltier (Huddersfield Town - Free), Luke Varney (Blackburn Rovers - Free), Paul Green (Rotherham United - Free), Lewis Turner (Harrogate Town - Free), Simon Lenighan (Harrogate Town - Free), Jamie Ashdown, Michael Brown, El-Hadji Diouf, Adam Drury, Danny Pugh, Marius Zaliukas, Gboly Ariyibi (All Released).

Middlesbrough:

In: Kike (Real Murcia - £2.4m), Tomas Mejias (Real Madrid - Free), Kenneth Omeruo (Chelsea - Loan).

Out: Lukas Jutkiewicz (Burnley - £1.5m), Marvin Emnes (Swansea City - Undisclosed), Matthew Bates (Hartlepool United - Free), Matthew Dolan (Bradford City - Free), Jayson Leutwiler (Shrewsbury Town - Free), Stuart Parnaby (Hartlepool United - Free), Frazer Richardson (Rotherham United - Free), Birger Meling, Jake Fowler, Cameron Park, Lewis Sirrell, Matthew Waters (All Released).

Millwall:

In: Lee Gregory (FC Halifax - Undisclosed), Carlos Edwards (Ipswich Town - Free), Byron Webster (Yeovil Town - Free), Ricardo Fuller (Blackpool - Free), Magaye Gueye (Everton - Free).

Out: Liam Feeney (Bolton Wanderers - Free), Charlie Penny (Welling United - Free), Liam Trotter (Bolton Wanderers - Free), Tom Beadle (Margate - Free), Jack Smith (AFC Wimbledon - Free), Andy Keogh (Perth Glory - Free), Shane Lowry (Leyton Orient - Free).

Norwich City:

In: Lewis Grabban (AFC Bournemouth - £3m), Kyle Laffery (Palermo - Undisclosed).

Out: Robert Snodgrass (Hull City - Undisclosed), Rod Young (Welling United - Free), Harry Barker, David Fox, Ewan McNeil, Carlo Nash (All Released).

Nottingham Forest:

In: Michael Mancienne (Hamburg - £1.5m), David Vaughan (Sunderland - Undisclosed), Lars Veldwijk (Excelsior - Undisclosed), Danny Fox (Southampton - Free), Matty Fryatt (Hull City - Free), Louis Laing (Sunderland - Free), Roger Riera (Barcelona - Free), Jack Hunt (Crystal Palace - Loan).

Out: Matt Derbyshire (Rotherham United - Free), Simon Gillett, Gonzalo Jara, Guy Moussi, Marcus Tudgay, Jonathan Greening, Ishmael Miller (All Released).

Reading:

In: None.

Out: Daniel Carrico (Sevilla - £1.5m), Adam le Fondre (Cardiff City - £1m), Matt Partridge (Dagenham & Redbridge - Free), Jobi McAnuff (Leyton Orient - Free), Mikele Leigertwood, Wayne Bridge, Kaspars Gorkss, Stuart Taylor, Lawson D'Ath, Nick Arnold, Gozie Ugwu (All Released).

Rotherham United:

In: Jordan Bowery (Aston Villa - £250k), Kirk Broadfoot (Blackpool - Free), Matt Derbyshire (Nottingham Forest - Free), Scott Loach (Ipswich Town - Free), Conor Newton (Newcastle United - Free), Mat Sadler (Crawley Town - Free), Ryan Hall (MK Dons - Free), Richard Wood (Charlton Athletic - Free), Febian Brandy (Sheffield United - Free), Frazer Richardson (Middlesbrough - Free), Paul Green (Leeds United - Free).

Out: Nicky Adams (Bury - Undisclosed), James Cadman (Stalybridge Celtic - Free), Danny Hylton (Oxford United - Free), Kayode Odejayi (Tranmere Rovers - Free), Scott Shearer (Crewe Alexandra - Free), Harley Wigley (Stalybridge Celtic - Free), Michael O'Connor, Claude Davis, David Noble, Lionel Ainsworth, Danny Schofield (All Released).

Sheffield Wednesday:

In: Paul McElroy (Hull City - Free), Keiren Westwood (Sunderland - Free), Sam Hutchinson (Chelsea - Free), Ryan Croasdale (Preston North End - Free), Matt Young (Southampton - Free), Ed Sanders (Stoke City - Free).

Out: Danny Mayor (Bury - Undisclosed), Adam Davies (Barnsley - Free), Reda Johnson (Coventry City - Free), Taylor McKenzie (Notts County - Free), Jermaine Johnson, David Prutton, Anthony Gardner, Miguel Llera, Martin Taylor, Adam Davies, Arron Jameson (All Released).

Watford:

In: Juan Carlos Paredes (Granada - Undisclosed), Heurelho Gomes (Tottenham Hotspur - Free), Gabriel Tamas (Doncaster Rovers - Free), Craig Cathcart (Blackpool - Free), Lloyd Dyer (Leicester City - Free), Matej Vydra (Udinese - Loan), Daniel Tozser (Parma - Loan), Keith Andrews (Bolton Wanderers - Loan).

Out: Manuel Almunia, Marco Cassetti, Ross Jenkins, Nyron Nosworthy, Fitz Hall, Lucas Neill (All Released).

Wigan Athletic:

In: Oriol Riera (Osasuna - £2m), James Tavernier (Newcastle United - Undisclosed), Andrew Taylor (Cardiff City - Free), Aaron Taylor-Sinclair (Partick Thistle - Free), Don Cowie (Cardiff City - Free), Emyr Huws (Manchester City - Loan).

Out: Jordi Gomez (Sunderland - Free), Danny Redmond (Hamilton Academical - Free), Jean Beausejour (Deportivo Colo Colo - Free), Stephen Crainey, Adam Buxton, Marcus Holgresson, Jordan Mustoe (All Released).

Wolverhampton Wanderers:

In: Tommy Rowe (Peterborough United - Free), Rajiv Van La Parra (Heerenveen - Free).

Out: Michael Ihiekwe (Tranmere Rovers - Free), Jordan Cranston, George Elokobi, Tim Jakobsson, Kristian Kostrna, David Moli, Robbie Parry, Jamie Reckord, Jamie Tank, Sam Whittall (All Released).

I imagine those on the Reading board are deliriously happy

 

[SweatyMexican]

Agus_Kemy

"Today I had the worst game in my career but luckily its preseason and its more fitnesswise. Felt sorry for my teammates and fans today. Lets bounce back and focus on working hard to be ready for the season".

 

[Napper]

Bournemouth will do well

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

I imagine those on the Reading board are deliriously happy

Failure to complete a takeover is apparently the problem there. Nigel's not optimistic, I hear. Shame.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Judging by that list there's a whole lot of shite swilling about on the Championship, Bournemouth and Watford look like they've built themselves a good team. Put them a outsiders with Norwich and Fulham as favourites.

 

[perseus]

I thought we played OK, except for the defence. Against Partick we played awful.
Getting better. Feeling optimistic.

 

[RexCathedra]

Put all those undisclosed and fee-paid transfers together -- none over £3 million -- and they probably still barely equal one £60 million Premier League blockbuster.

And look at all those 'frees' and 'loans'. It looks like there's a tinpot epidemic out there.
I didn't know Tony Bloom was such a slave to fashion...

 

[BensGrandad]

They are different types of players to my mind....Stephens and Crofts are the engine room...Toko..maybe if fit...but he is also new to English football ...JFC still a tad inconsistent....March is he a winger...or wide midfield...whatever it is he's lacking in experience...Kemi? Well I haven't seen him since last season and he didn't fancy running much....which leaves Ince I guess....sorry but to me with Stephens out to who knows when I actually think we are lacking that type of player

We are lacking a brain in midfield all are too similar with no creation whatsoever. Plenty of workhorses but no crestivd skill

 

[London Irish]

Really I thought he showed good feet on more than one occasion.

Yes, he can slip the ball from foor to foot very nicely - but those are skills a top class centre back needs, something Ince could become. At the moment he's looking like a mediocre midfielder whose development stalled midway through last season

Let's hope Oscar didn't make him a midfielder out of some passive aggressive protest at getting no quality signings from Burke.

 

[BensGrandad]

Just spoke to a friend who went to Peterborough and asked him for the positives from yesterday and replied none other than ut looks like Dunk can and will fill the place of Upson other than that a very poor performance all round. What is the view of others who went as regards positives.

 

[London Irish]

Are our fans "infamously fickle" ?
They seem to be very loyal and keen on football at the Amex with no signs this year that season ticket holders are any different to last years record 23K
If there's evidence that Albion fans are more fickle than any other club then keen to read it or see it if you can point me to any...

Average attendances - Last 10 years...
05/06 - 6,793
06/7 - 6,332
07/8 - 6,419
09/10 - 6,837
10/11 - 7,624
11/12 - 21,829
12/13- 26,024
13/14 - 27,110

Think you've missed a year in there somewhere...

there was some evidence of fickleness at Withdean, was very surprised when league crowds did drop as low as 4,000-5,000 level under Wilkins

 

[chaileyjem]

Think you've missed a year in there somewhere...

there was some evidence of fickleness at Withdean, was very surprised when league crowds did drop as low as 4,000-5,000 level under Wilkins

I did . Apols. Average crowds were never lower than 5.7K at Withdean.

2014 27.283
2013 26.236
2012 20.028
2011 7.352
2010 6.467
2009 6.092
2008 5.937
2007 5.993
2006 6.802
2005 6.426
2004 6.248
2003 6.651
2002 6.598
2001 6.603
2000 5.733

 

[London Irish]

Shame to have the same argument over and over again - to say these games are meaningless flies in the face of any kind of common sense, they are indeed glorified training sessions but training sessions are not in themselves meaningless either, they are the best gauge we have of players' current progress. Progress that could spurt forward or stall, at any time from now - of course.

The one concession I will make to the crowd on here hell bent on not wanting to discuss any football at this time of year is that I've rarely seen Buckley flying in pre-season in all the time he's been here - I do think he's a player very conscious of injuries, and alas rightly so. Most of the others, I think they are really trying but are finding it tough against lower standard of opposition we will be playing week in, week out.