The remainder of this transfer window

Quite simply, what do you want to happen and what do you expect will happen?

My wishes:

- Keep Virgil for at least one more season
- Sign Scepovic
- Get rid of Ambrose, Derk, Pukki and Balde
- Sign one more centre half to compete with Denayer and Virgil

My expectations:

- Sell Virgil
- Fail to sign Scepovic and say 'we tried'
- Sign some unknown striker on loan instead

 

No-one with the exception of VVD will be sold, not out of wanting to keep them, just that no-one is mental enough to buy that dross.

Wakaso will be the only new face for me.

 

Better prepare yourself for disappointment

 

I think its all but confirmed that we're not signing Scepovic.

 

wishes;

Sell the dross, buy the best.

Reality;

Sell the best, keep the dross.

 

You just took my OP and reworded it with less detail :bbpd:

 

Lol at the OP.

That's exactly what will happen

 

Wishes

* Keep Van Dijk until atleast the end of the season
* Sign a half decent striker (not on loan)
* Get shot of deadwood. (It would be like Football Manager if it were up to me)
* We need a left back to challenge Izzy

Expectations

* Virgil sold for a * poor amount (£5mil / £6mil)
* Sign some diddy striker, probably on loan at the last minute
* No left back signed
* A surprising sale e.g Matthews, Lustig, Kayal etc...just have a bad feeling about this...

 

Expectations:

At least 3 first team players will go. I'd hazard a guess at Virgil Van Dijk, Kris Commons and Teemu Pukki. However I wouldn't be surprised if Boerrigter, Griffiths, Balde, Rogic and Zaluska all joined them.

We will end the window having not paid a penny in transfer fees.

 

This is defo what will happen.

 

To be honest I just want a total * clear out and a few new faces in.

Derk, Pukki, Balde, Zaluska, Rogic, Ambrose, maybe even Mulgrew... just cut our losses and start the squad from scratch again with the core of the first team (Commons, VVD, Lustig, Brown, Kayal etc) still intact.

 

Clear out the deadwood from the squad. Keep VVD add 4 or 5 quality signings for defence, midfield and up front.
Will probably sell VVD and i would not be surprised if Commons is sold. Sub standard loans to increase the squad with Lawwell spouting off the usual guff about "we've added quality all over the team".

 

I would be happy to cut as much deadwood as possible and bring through some young players. Henderson, McGeouch, Fraser, Fisher, Fasan and McGregor are all good enough to play a part in the first team.

 

Keep VVD
Sign a big lump of wood target man with a good record
Sign a quality CB
Sign a LB as competition for Izzy
Sell Pukki Balde Fridj Twardzik

I expect

An unknown striker in on loan
A CB who never made it their current club
A project signing
A washed up has been to be signed as a view to appeasing the fans





Heskey is a free agent btw

 

I don't think we were ever going to keep Virgil for a whole season even if we made the groups, January comes he would be off

 

To be honest i expect * all.

Its going to take a year or two to shift our dead wood and bring new players in.
But we just have so much working against us...money and splfs.
I think we will be just the same for the next 5 years...getting humped out of europe and winning the splfplfplsplfplfplspls.

 

Genuine question here:

Apart from Virgil Van Dijk, Mikael Lustig and Scott Brown... is there anyone in this team whose departure would bring any more than a shrug of the shoulders from you ?

 

That's what I said last night as well 2 good player 9 average ones maybe being a bit harsh on Mcgregor there tbf

 

Aye true. I guess if McGregor went I'd be quite disappointed.