Who from this lot would actually make you/NSC happy?

[Rugrat]

Always thought Eagles was a very tricky player and, on the rare occasion, that I've seen Bolton, showed real quality.

I was surprised to see that he had been released and surprised he hasn't been snapped up. Must be an important point I'm missing ... lazy, erratic, difficult to work with?

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

Hopefully we have our sights better than most of them.
We may even be waiting for the Premier clubs to name their 25 man squads before we dive in.

 

[Justice]

Hopefully we have our sights better than most of them.
We may even be waiting for the Premier clubs to name their 25 man squads before we dive in.

Not that old chestnut again. Or lets not panic the loan window opens in two weeks.

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

Not that old chestnut again. Or lets not panic the loan window opens in two weeks.

So you wouldnt have Jesse Lindgard back for a season long loan then........Dobbie is available, lets buy him back

 

[El Turi]

I know a lot will disagree but counting through that list there are potentially 40ish decent Championship signings in there (I can't be bothered to list them all though).

 

[Dorset Seagull]

Always thought Eagles was a very tricky player and, on the rare occasion, that I've seen Bolton, showed real quality.

I was surprised to see that he had been released and surprised he hasn't been snapped up. Must be an important point I'm missing ... lazy, erratic, difficult to work with?

Maybe he is considering a number of offers

 

[Stat Brother]

I know a lot will disagree but counting through that list there are potentially 40ish decent Championship signings in there (I can't be bothered to list them all though).

I didn't think 'decent championship' was the caliber of player the club was scouting.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

I've got to be honest, I don't know most of those players. Of the ones I do, I wouldn't have complained if we'd signed: Westwood or Gomes as our G.K, Le Fondre, Fryat or Vydra as a striker.

I also note that Bridge has been released...worth a look or was his season here a blip in a long decline? Or Bellamy, he can still offer a lot in the championship, I think.

There's probably a decent number of players that would improve our squad as it stands. The question is, are they better than the players we will eventually bring in?

 

[Rugrat]

Maybe he is considering a number of offers

There is that too. I don't think Freedman played him too much and I get the feeling there may have been some kind of falling out.

Anyway from the list he was one that stood out for me

 

[El Turi]

I didn't think 'decent championship' was the caliber of player the club was scouting.

Decent Championship players are better than no signings at all though after we've let so many players go.

 

[Stat Brother]

Decent Championship players are better than no signings at all though after we've let so many players go.

Making me think there's a plan afoot, we just haven't reached the endgame yet.

 

[El Turi]

Making me think there's a plan afoot, we just haven't reached the endgame yet.

That's what I'm hoping but the nearer we get to the season the more I am losing the faith. I also worry that even if we do bring in the signings we need, Hyypia now won't have the time to mould them into the kind of team he wants and we will end up having a very slow start to the season.

 

[Stat Brother]

That's what I'm hoping but the nearer we get to the season the more I am losing the faith. I also worry that even if we do bring in the signings we need, Hyypia now won't have the time to mould them into the kind of team he wants and we will end up having a very slow start to the season.

But that won't ruin or end the entire season.

My problem with this situation comes if the club were to use that as an excuse for a possible slow start.

It's either:-
'by bringing x, y, & z in on the 28th August we've saved hundreds of thousands of pounds'.
or
'We expected to be dominant from the start of the season, this is disappointing'.

You can't have both.

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Decent Championship players are better than no signings at all though after we've let so many players go.

So you'd get decent players in now just to boost the squad rather than wait and get better players than just decent in which could make the difference between going up and staying down for yet another sesaon because you think it's more important to make any signings rather than the right signings?

 

[Hugo Rune]

Wow. Blackpool out a lot of 'outs'. Have they got any players left?

 

[El Turi]

So you'd get decent players in now just to boost the squad rather than wait and get better players than just decent in which could make the difference between going up and staying down for yet another sesaon because you think it's more important to make any signings rather than the right signings?

Well obviously the latter is preferable providing the wait actually pays off and we do bring in quality players, which I'm dubious about at the moment.

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Anyone care to work out how many players each of those teams have in their squad and roughly how many more they may need to sign?

Some may have been cutting the size of their squad so need fewer new players than they released and Forest must still need another dozen strikers as a minimum

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I also note that Bridge has been released...worth a look or was his season here a blip in a long decline? Or Bellamy, he can still offer a lot in the championship

Both have retired, Bridge through injury, Bellamy through age/ lack of motivation I think.

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Well obviously the latter is preferable providing the wait actually pays off and we do bring in quality players, which I'm dubious about at the moment.

But looking at whats been picked up so far by most Championship teams, there are very few of the latter type players there.

They (the out of contract players) are in no rush to sign on because they know the longer they make teams wait, the more they can demand in wages as clubs might become desperate to sign and especially if there are several clubs interested (you'd expect that if a good player) but it could also mean that they are desperate to secure a deal and take less in wages so its a gamble.

There will suddenly be even more players available as PL teams select their final 25 and this could mean that those out of contract still without a club could suddenly be left with no option but to accept lesser deals if they want to get games next season and the released / available to loan players left out of PL 25 man squads should be of higher quality that those who are available now so it's probably worth the gamble and the wait.

 

[Biscuit]

I didn't think 'decent championship' was the caliber of player the club was scouting.

Evidently not.