Ghost7

Sorry that is nonsense. The majority of teams that needed signings have been very busy. We were up there in terms of bodies needed and are one of the lowest for incomings.

I don't think any panicking about transfers is an overreaction at all at this stage. The reality is that the people who are saying things like "don't worry" have absolutely no idea what is going on behind the scenes so it's total guesswork if you're telling people to stay calm. The FACTS so far are that not enough deals have been done and the squad isn't good enough, so it's right for the fans to push for that to improve quickly. Right now we find ourselves extremely short on numbers and stretched to a dangerous level physically. We got a hammering at Reading due to having too thin a squad and we got another one today because not enough quality has been brought in this summer and over the years. What I can say is that this is far from solely down to Broughton. His task is a big one and it's to make up for years of transfer neglect, I can only sensibly assume this is by the owners and executives (unless I want to guess that Mowbray chose not to spend it), including last summer and last January when in 2nd (which beggars belief!), and bad planning. It's a massive task for one summer but he has to find players, men not kids and bring them in quickly.

We need a quality loan at left back, our neighbours have one in Maatsen and Boro have one in Giles. Centre back and a left back in early next week please Gregg, assuming none are getting done today!

Last season we loaned Zeefuik because we needed competition at RB. JRC isn't good enough and we still haven't solved that issue. What happens if Brittain gets injured/ takes a dip in form? The musts for me are 2 CBS, a better quality left back, another CM (That's 4) I'd then want RB cover and a forward. Potentially 5 or 6 signings needed! After that you can move JRC and Vale out. It's going to be an interesting 2 weeks, it should be doable with plenty of loan spots still to be filled. Broughton just needs to get a move on!

It's incredible we are where we are with only 3 signings. We know how demanding the Championship is physically and you need strength in depth. Expecting Travis to run around like he does 3 times a week isn't sustainable either, he will get injured soon. Buckley is a good player but not suitable for all oppositions and is still learning the game. The squad is far too thin and it needs sorting! You could see it against Swansea when we couldn't bring a decent defensive sub on to sure up the game, you could see it on Sunday when Buckley moved to RB and we burned out a 17 year old. We are riding our luck massively and it caught up with us today, simple as that. The entire team needs adding to a lot over the next 2 weeks. Broughton needs to get busy, I think we need 4 or 5 in without any outgoings.

I want to play football for JDT!

The project is to become a sustainable Premier League team. A long way off but that is likely all he's referring to. He's a breath of fresh air!

Brittain looked an intelligent footballer to me, knows when to pass forward and when to pass back. Looked for the forward ball and decided against it after seeing poor movement from the front 4. Very confident about him... and he can head a ball. Hedges, Ayala, Travis, Wharton, Buckley, Brittain and Dolan (briefly) all good today. An impressive start considering the limited resources.

So we're now guessing our transfer targets are all loans and players in the final year of their contracts, to make ourselves feel better? I'm done for the day already 🤪

and it's a lot of guessing, if what's being suggested is in fact the transfer policy it's a poor one in my opinion, high risk and potentially gets nothing done....... it can also totally backfire in that you have to OVERSPEND come the end of the window or scurry around for loans, which I think is more likely. I'm not saying we were in for Brannagan, just playing devil's advocate that if we were in for him, that deal wouldn't have got any closer by waiting. I hope he wasn't a target because if he was it's another missed out on. I prefer a transfer policy of identify an achievable target and get it done in time to benefit the team for when the season begins or move on.

Yes and according to some fan theories, if we wait until the last week of the transfer window that £1.25m becomes 400k and doable. Remain calm, quality is coming but for cut-price deals thanks to our extreme patience in the market, apparently... 😂

Yep I could understand a few pieces of the puzzle still being needing before the end of the window but to only have one piece in place right before the first fixture isn't good enough. Definitely not with the outgoings we've had over the past few years.

I think the point is very simple and it is that we would have a better chance of getting points if a few more quality signings had been made before the opening fixture(s) and we might live to regret that come the end of the season. It's hard to understand why we aren't all united in disappointment on that front. We haven't really done anything in the transfer window so far to influence a good start to the season, I'd like to see anyone argue that (although there probably is someone!) 😂

🤣 no wonder we're relying so heavily on kids then!

If true, I certainly won't miss this level of managerial unprofessionalism. Definitely felt it dragged the team down at times and allowed them to become complacent too often. The "everybody's a mate" approach was equally painful during a death spiral.

I'd settle for Guus and Wharton.

Glen were contract renewals discussed at all? For the likes of Armstrong, Rothwell, Nyambe, Phillips etc? Are we competitive and are the players being offered what they deserve in your opinion? Getting down to the last year of a contract seems too common a theme.

Good point, part of my reason for feeling that last season was due to Buckley being misused and looking uncomfortable too far forward.

A Brannagan and Travis combination sounds good but in my opinion we need to sign 2 quality CMs. I felt we needed a better player alongside Rothwell all of last year even when we had Johnson and Davenport due to Travis being a fairly limited player (as much as I love him!). Glad they sound busy now but we need a lot more to get over the line.

What makes you say this?

Holtby, Johnson, Downing, Bennett, Mulgrew, Armstrong, Douglas, Chapman, Trybull, Evans, Davenport, Rothwell, Bell, Nyambe, Lenihan, Harwood-Bellis, Branthwaite, Elliott. Pretty sure that was a squad at one point? Largely in addition to the current one! The lack of replacements and investment is alarming.

Wrong thread, please don't distract from the disastrous transfer window with any positive news!

The complete lack of transfer activity is definitely worth investigating if you are a journalist. If anyone gets the chance you can say "the fans are concerned, as 5 or 6 players are needed, is there still a healthy budget in place?" If any journalists close to the club read this forum, DM me if you need some pointers.

I don't really understand the calm down argument from a fan perspective, unless you know signings are imminent that will improve the team? It needs improving drastically to compete and the evidence so far is that not enough is being done on that front from the new regime. I'm hugely disappointed and concerned for a number of reasons, not only do we need players but those players need time to gel, train, get to know each other and be able to compete from day 1 in the league. Have we given ourselves the best chance at a successful start to the new season? Probably not I'm afraid. It's disappointing on a number of levels, fan optimism, squad strength and season ticket sales. They need to pull their finger out and write some cheques.

I'm happy to support the club's youth and I want to see them given a chance in the first team but using it as justification to allow the club to continue to be a poorly run business (which is what some fans are now doing) and not see a return on the majority of their investments to allow for future investment isn't something I can be positive about. We need a lot of transfers in quickly. We can't use youth players to cover up the owner's previously incompetent setup (yes Waggot that means you) and we can't get ourselves in this situation ever again, not if they want to see the club make any significant progression; the model as it stands isn't sustainable.