January 2022 Transfer Thread

Excellent.

A cunning plan hatched by the Bucket God

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Yeah just seen that the Van De Beek loan has no option to buy so we would, in effect, have only got him fit and up to speed for the next Mancscum manager.... so probably a wise move on our behalf.

However, if he'd have done well for us, loved the club and our fans, he'd have surely wanted to stay for next season knowing he was going to be virtually guaranteed a starting place.... player power would have forced him out!?

I really rate Van De Beek and think he'd be a perfect upgrade on Klich....

Tough one though and maybe Bielsa does know more than me on this particular point alone. ...

Now that i can understand why we didn't pursue mouseman, but still dosen't explain / answer where was plan B "if" midfielder "A" didn't sign for whatever reason??

Are the board gambling that there are 3 teams worse than us this season and they effectively are chancing their arm to topup the coffers by minimal spend and offset some of the losses the Club endured during covid last year?

But even that stalling tactic, longterm, will mean we will have to cough up more in the summer to buy 6 players in July rather than space them out 2 in Jan & 4 in July!!!!!!

If a manager dosent want new players then what board buys?

some do yes but id say if Radz/Orta bought a player and landed him into TA without Marcelo knowing of an arrival id say he would jack and could you you really blame him, he is either in charge or he's not.

Van debeak was loan only no option to buy and a hefty fee to borrow just to get him fit for manua to sell on no thanks

Didn't hear that about De Beek and Leeds offer, surprised as you say it was a loan to nothing, would have got us instant experience into the first team squad and another option for MB to utilize until KP returns in 6 weeks (minimum).

Despite him being a manu player we could certainly have found a spot for him even if we used him as substitute or play him beside Forshaw to fill up the center of the pitch.

And yes TC10 "if" De Beek was a success what better way to blood a new player into next seasons team/squad than to play him in half of this years one.

I just hope MB isnt just sticking to his principals of "i only want a small squad" regardless of external factors like injuries, amount of matches at a really high level, and potential suspensions coming in the next 5-6 weeks.

If we disregard Norwich & watford then

one goes down from the following

Burnley, barcodes, everton, leeds, brentford, and Palace of that list you gotta admit the relegation / top flight in-experience is in the Leeds & Brentford camps, now i still believe we WILL finish above Brentford im certain of that, and that may just be enough but what if Watford & Sarr hit form like they did in October? then can we score enough goals to stay ahead of Burnley / Newcastle???

Off the wall stuff here but i'm wondering if the 49er's playing the SB semifinals last weekend had any role in our inaction in this transfer window? cause it looks like we only tried to land Aaronson and when that didn't materialize we didn't seem to have a plan B

Just seen it's been 8, yes EIGHT, transfer windows since we signed a midfielder.... Forshaw was the last in 2018!!

Obviously the present ones have done BRILLIANTLY to get us out of the Championship but we have to add and improve the squad to keep moving forward gradually and don't get left behind....

Apparently Winks and Van De Beek were offered to us on loan and turned down by Bielsa.... I would have loved Van De Beek and was surely a win win situation for us in that if he played well we could have had the option to sign him in the summer.... he'd have been fully integrated with the team and ready for next season!

We still won't go down but just hope Bamford comes back firing and give Geldhart a fkn chance before Roberts!!

A creative midfielder was a priority purely to make chances as Raphinha isn't making as many and Harrison and James are very inconsistent....

I actually think Newcastle have made good signings who know the division and will keep them up.... these players will be very good squad players and competition when they sign the superstars in the summer....

Watford and Norwich will definitely go down. Norwich have got a couple of wins but that won't keep going and Watfordscum are just awful and I don't recognise any of their players.... they'll both be happy picking up the unbelievable parachute payments for fkn failure and give them an unfair headstart on the other Championship clubs next season.

Bumley will also go down. Weghorst is a good signing but won't get enough chances created for him....

I've always said Wood will thrive and score goals at a bigger club and think he'll prove this at Newcastle when they get some bigger signings.... St Maximum is already going to set him up loads of chances this season and I reckon he will get 10 goals by the end of the season and wish we'd have got him.

Thats something that will keep cropping up now until we are safe Andyl, and the pundits will say we didnt help ourselves by not signing anyone in January eventhough we had long injury list.

The only team i think almost certainly going down will be Norwich, and I think watford are doomed too. so thats 2 out of three spots filled so whose the third team?

Personally i have a feeling Burnley will survive

Newcastle "if" they get a bounce from the new signings could close the gap to us very quickly despite having everton, villa & west ham in their next three games.

Everton likewise i think will get a bounce from lumpturd going there and will get improved performances from the players which in turn will see them pick up points against newcastle, leeds, southampton

then there is us in 15th spot a point behind brentford but with 2 games in hand and a further point behind Palace on 24 points but we have a game in hand on them also.

Maybe im old school but id prefer to have the points in the bag rather than the games in hand.

I dont feel the butterflies so im not really panicy, but we certainly have more work to do, and PL safety is far from guaranteed

Everyone team around us bar Norwich have used the window.

We have to really hope they don’t make too much of a difference.

No senior striker, no defensive midfielder and no attacking midfielder of any class.

If the manager persists with James up front, tickets will definitely be easier to get next season because we won’t be playing Liverpool etc unless it’s in the cup.

Closed. Done.

Tumbleweed (for better or worse we shall see).

We NEED a creative midfielder as a PRIORITY to create chances for Roberts to miss.... or not be in the correct position to attempt a finish in the first place.

A forward is also a priority to COVER/COMPETE with Bamford.... it's not fkn rocket science and the goal stats in the for and against column prove this.

For a team of our ambition you don't have just ONE striker!!

I have kept banging on that injury, suspension and loss of form will affect our standing.... I'm not saying how fkn intelligent I am with a great knowledge of football but it's so fkn obvious!!

With a quality creative midfielder and half decent striker to go alongside our wingers we'll score more goals than we'll concede and therefore have more points for a mid table finish to again grow again next season and push for Europe gradually....

Assuming nothing happens in the next 7 hours and we don't sign anyone, maybe just maybe Bielsa may learn that a small squad in other Countries may work, like he is used to, but when it comes to the English PL and the competitive nature in this league that concept dosen't really work.

OK you can argue he has had one season in the PL and we finish 9th so why is this year so different? My theory on that is the fans are back, pundits, sports journalists, TV programmes, all the pressures are all back and its all systems go (the first "real" PL in my view) that this current Leeds team are experiencing what its like playing at the very highest level in England.

So maybe just maybe going forward he might change his view on playing numbers he thinks he may need for a competitive season and he may decide to give it another whirl next year?

who knows? but id say he has rarely if ever have to endure playing such quality opposition week in week out without any real meaningful break / rest for his key players.

And one thing i'd say he is definitely glad of, that being we didn't qualify for Europe last year because those extra games, extra mileage in the legs would have us playing more games with even youngsters in our starting xi.

But for me these transfer windows are a bloody joke and need breaking, it just dosent / work help any Club or Manager that may be encountering unusual amounts of player injuries in any season or part of.

Shut the windows PERMANENTLY

Looks like the usual January with LUFC not singing anyone other than for the U23s or panicking and bringing in an Augustin!

Perhaps news of a Rod Stewart show at ER will keep me up this evening?

I fully expect us to sign the following tomorrow.... but I won't hold my breath!

Aaronson.... attacking midfield 22m

Minamino....forward loan

Raskin....holding midfield 6m

Calvin Ramsey.... RB 5m

An experienced back up keeps....

I think this is a very sexist post Guy and the mods need to sort this filth out in this day and age of equality ....

I'd like to see her handle a huge tackle and then the balls whilst sucking the opposition in whilst playing with her 2 up front....

Danish, just take a look at the official lufc site.😂

The new signing (she) is quite good looking!

I have to say that I'm also a believer that the January window should be abolished. I would suggest something like 1st June - 1st July (bit radical i know), but the advantages are that players are in and then set for pre-season giving them a good few weeks before the start of the season. It would also mean that clubs would need to invest in their U23's for cover as there would be no cop out in January.

There should also be a maximum of 4 wingers per team, which would make Orta look somewhere else!🤣

Very much like the look of our new signing from Boro.

Looks the deal to me and can play at LB, RB and center midfield!

Won't be disappointed if we don't sign anybody over this window.

Still a bit cross that over the summer we failed to adress several positions in the starting 11 and squad that we're not adressed properly.

Of course no one could have predicted we would suffer that many (severe - longterm) injuries to key players.

Also hope the rumours regarding the Liverpool player aren't true, wouldn't mind Summerville going out on loan.

He just isn't someone who'll get played before the likes of Harrison, James, Raphina, Dallas. Lately MB seems to favour McKinstry.

The alternative is to do what Biesla does best - improve what we already have. He has turned mid championship players into premiership quality. Given we won't get relegated or compete for honours, there's no point spending money for the sake of it, just let him work his magic.

The transfer market is a mugs game, especially in January. We are still paying the price from our last aborted today into - the Augustin transfer. I read today that Leipzig are looking for even more money, and will no doubt get it.