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

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Stat Brother

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Stolen from Algie on the Posh thread but I think worthy of separate discussion in this current climate of doom-mongery.

With a couple of exceptions, Grabban being the most noticeable, the 'in' list is basically 3rd and 4th division free transfers, or bottom wrung Premier League no marks.

If the consensus is we need 5 new faces, I'm struggling to find the 5 we've missed from the deals already done.

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).
 




stripeyshark

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Chris Eagles. I've been saying it for years. Shit name. Class player.
 




algie

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Chris Eagles. I've been saying it for years. Shit name. Class player.
About four years ago. Done bugger all since.


Matej Vydra

Matty Fryatt

Moses Odubajo

Ross McCormack
 










Lady Whistledown

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Interesting how little money is changing hands, & how many free transfers there are amongst that lot.

Also that Dougie Freedman seems to be attempting to turn his corner of Greater Manchester into a sort of Palace-Millwall-Charlton ghetto.
 






Lady Whistledown

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Gary O'Neill is available and is more than capable.

Great news, my spare room needs painting & I really don't have time at the moment. Do you know how much he'd charge?
 






One Teddy Maybank

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From the whole list: Kuszczak, Upson, Orlandi, Ulloa and ?? - :ffsparr:

Seriously if considering the business other teams have done, (same as [MENTION=4317]algie[/MENTION]), Matej Vydra, Matty Fryatt, Moses Odubajo, Ross McCormack, but would also add Mancienne (Forest).

If players that left on a 'free', would add Gilks (who went to Burnley) and Ince (but unrealistic). Not everyone's cup of team but Zat Knight used to be quite steady and also Eagles.
 


Dan Aitch

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There's two on there I would love to see with us and I'm gobsmacked they've been overlooked; absolutely gobsmacked.


Ulloa and Upson. :hilton:

Edit - I never liked that 'One Teddy Maybank', never.
 


deletebeepbeepbeep

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Other than a few notable exceptions it's bad players moving from team to team, NSC would be a hive of negativity if we had signed most of that lot.
Personally I think Nzuzi and O'Grady are intelligent bits of business, not sold on Hughes yet though.
 




Albion 4ever

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I think Bournemouth have done well signing Gosling and Stanislas. Macheda would have been great, but wages will be huge. Plus Westwood, Fryatt and Vydra as already mentioned.
 


martin tyler

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The only half decent players there have gone for money which in all honesty is more than we would be willing to pay so unrealistic targets for us. The rest are just uninspiring
 


Stat Brother

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Other than one decent season the year before last, and ripping us a new one on national TV, why the Vydra love?
 


One Teddy Maybank

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Other than one decent season the year before last, and ripping us a new one on national TV, why the Vydra love?

Great balance and vision. To be fair on him, he wasn't given much of an opportunity at WBA last year.

EDIT - Think he would be a good fit with us, but then I also thought that about CMS!
 




El Turi

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There are loads of players on the in list that would have improved our squad. Even teams like Brentford (e.g. Odubajo, Hogan, Pritchard) and Bournemouth (Wilson, Gosling, Stanilas) have made better signings than we have. We could even do with some of the players on that list to bolster our squad even if they weren't going to be regulars (e.g. Donaldson, Webster, Christie). Unless the club do some serious business very soon I can honestly see us battling relegation.
 


Stat Brother

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There are loads of players on the in list that would have improved our squad. Even teams like Brentford (e.g. Odubajo, Hogan, Pritchard) and Bournemouth (Wilson, Gosling, Stanilas) have made better signings than we have. We could even do with some of the players on that list to bolster our squad even if they weren't going to be regulars (e.g. Donaldson, Webster, Christie). Unless the club do some serious business very soon I can honestly see us battling relegation.
Bearing in mind the absolute pooh storm that hit at the announcement of Toxteth's arrival.
You've listed 8 names that would melt NSC plus Odubajo who might just slide under the radar.
 


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