Transfer window thoughts

[Southsider 402]

I came away from the transfer window fairly disappointed, particularly because we didn't sign a DM.

But - I've seen enough now to feel that Jefte, Barron, Igamane and Bajrami are all good signings.

Jury still out on Cerny and Propper and we haven't seen much of Kasanwirjo but they may also prove decent.

We also re-signed Cortes and brought in Liam Kelly and Clinton Nsiala

I think because we're still seeing Tav struggling and players like Dowell and Raskin getting game time, there's a feeling that there isn't much of a rebuild going on.  But there is

Still don't like the formation, though

[KeyserSoze 15,264]

Too early come back about Christmas 

[graeme_4 37,505]

8 minutes ago, Southsider said:

I came away from the transfer window fairly disappointed, particularly because we didn't sign a DM.

But - I've seen enough now to feel that Jefte, Barron, Igamane and Bajrami are all good signings.

Jury still out on Cerny and Propper and we haven't seen much of Kasanwirjo but they may also prove decent.

We also re-signed Cortes and brought in Liam Kelly and Clinton Nsiala

I think because we're still seeing Tav struggling and players like Dowell and Raskin getting game time, there's a feeling that there isn't much of a rebuild going on.  But there is

Still don't like the formation, though

A significant lack of quality throughout the team. Think we’re particularly weak through the centre, and really missing not having a CM that controls a game.

Think we’ll get really found out in Europe.

Jefte has had a few good games, as has Barron. The rest the jury is out on. 

[.Williamson. 87,245]

Think the transfer window was fine. Got a massive amount of shite off the books and the signings we did make all seem pretty decent 

The main issue with us now is our coaching being absolutely shite

[ZZed 4,558]

We are now in the, time will tell period. PC has got some half decent players in by the look of it, now he needs to coach them in to a proper team. As Kayser says Christmas. That is when we will truly know if he is a dud or if the players were that bad.

[plymouthranger 4,239]

I think it’s been a reset and it’ll take time, but it’s a big step in the right direction. 
 

The lack of a CDM signing was a shame, but we were only really linked with McLean (who would’ve cost a decent fee and wages, with no return as a 31 y/o) and the guy from Sevilla who didn’t want to join. 
 

Not selling Tav and Yilmaz when we reportedly had £6million on the table in offers (combined), was a mistake in hindsight. That probably stopped us doing a bit more, but we obviously felt we weren’t getting enough money in for them. 
 

If we can replace the likes of Lawrence, Dowell, Tav etc over the next 12 months with quality (that’s mobile as well as talented), we will look a much a stronger side. 
 

 

[Southsider 402]

11 minutes ago, ZZed said:

We are now in the, time will tell period. PC has got some half decent players in by the look of it, now he needs to coach them in to a proper team. As Kayser says Christmas. That is when we will truly know if he is a dud or if the players were that bad.

Don't disagree.  The thread is whether the transfer window was any good.  

Whether Clement can coach them into a decent team is another matter.  I still think that our formation is a gift to celtic's midfield and we do lack a proper controlling CM

[STEPPS BOY 77,533]

There’s an imbalance in middle of the park.

An experienced head should’ve been a priority signing in there but club decided otherwise.

Barron has been fine as the 6 but the big issue is who partners him. Mental that Clement played Sterling there against Dundee at home. Sterling should be played in there in games where we will be on back foot and need a destroyer.

The bigger issue is Diomande. He brings basically nothing to the team and at the moment looks completely lost as if he doesn’t know what he’s supposed to be doing.

[plymouthranger 4,239]

15 minutes ago, STEPPS BOY said:

There’s an imbalance in middle of the park.

An experienced head should’ve been a priority signing in there but club decided otherwise.

Barron has been fine as the 6 but the big issue is who partners him. Mental that Clement played Sterling there against Dundee at home. Sterling should be played in there in games where we will be on back foot and need a destroyer.

The bigger issue is Diomande. He brings basically nothing to the team and at the moment looks completely lost as if he doesn’t know what he’s supposed to be doing.

Diomande was a big improvement on Sterling on Saturday, night and day second half. 
 

I think the Sterling as a CM experiment needs to end. It hasn’t worked now for a good while and he either needs to focus on getting Tavs spot, or seriously improving if he wants to play midfield. 

[born a blue nose 92,662]

We should be bedding sterling into right back as soon as possible 

[BlueAvenger 10,753]

Easy answer….Not fuckin good enough 

[The Specky Forum Organiser 69,536]

In terms of us being competitive this season an absolute disaster. 

Longer term if Jefte, Barron, Cortes and Igamane all turn out how we hope then it could potentially have been a good window.

[STEPPS BOY 77,533]

38 minutes ago, plymouthranger said:

Diomande was a big improvement on Sterling on Saturday, night and day second half. 
 

I think the Sterling as a CM experiment needs to end. It hasn’t worked now for a good while and he either needs to focus on getting Tavs spot, or seriously improving if he wants to play midfield. 

On Sterling-

 

Tarriers - midfield

Dundee United - right wing

Dundee - centre mid

Malmo - likely to be at left back.

Doesn’t matter how good a player you are, it’s impossible to show real form when getting shunted about almost every game.

[kris1984 1,566]

Next window needs an old head midfielder who can control games. Love what I’m seeing from Barron but think it would help him massively if he had a Davis type next to him.

Domestically the boy Cameron is bosman in Jan. Shankland been shite this season but should still also be a bosman target. They are easy wins.

Would love Miller from Motherwell but need £3m ish to do that.

[BlueKnight87 17,872]

We managed to clear a lot of deadwood, some long overdue. 

Tav really should have been sold off as well. That's going to be an ongoing issue all season. 

We've added some young players to build a new side round. But it's nowhere near being competitive against the tarriers this season. 

[McEwan's Lager 32,054]

It's honestly a breath of fresh air not watching the likes of Lundstram and Cantwell.

[theiconicman 3,124]

2 hours ago, Southsider said:

I came away from the transfer window fairly disappointed, particularly because we didn't sign a DM.

But - I've seen enough now to feel that Jefte, Barron, Igamane and Bajrami are all good signings.

Jury still out on Cerny and Propper and we haven't seen much of Kasanwirjo but they may also prove decent.

We also re-signed Cortes and brought in Liam Kelly and Clinton Nsiala

I think because we're still seeing Tav struggling and players like Dowell and Raskin getting game time, there's a feeling that there isn't much of a rebuild going on.  But there is

Still don't like the formation, though

We lost

Lundstram and Jack - While Barron looks good, he's not at their level but I think he'll get there. So we're weaker in the middle. I'm not saying we should have kept them, it was time to move them on, but our midfield of Barron, Diomande and Lawrence is weaker than what we had before

We're stronger on the left wing this year with Ridvan/ Jefte and Cortes

We're stronger on the right with Cerny rather than just McCausland

CBs still look suspect.

It's not as bad as I feared but we've not really strengthened the team, maybe in a year or so if the young players continue to develop. We'll not be winning anything until then though.

[graeme_4 37,505]

27 minutes ago, McEwan's Lager said:

It's honestly a breath of fresh air not watching the likes of Lundstram and Cantwell.

Both would walk into this team under normal circumstances. 

[The Specky Forum Organiser 69,536]

8 minutes ago, graeme_4 said:

Both would walk into this team under normal circumstances. 

Cantwell didn't and that's before Bajrami signrd

[teddybear1975 2,287]

10 minutes ago, graeme_4 said:

Both would walk into this team under normal circumstances. 

Then walk a bit more when on the pitch picking up fresh air for the most part.

[graeme_4 37,505]

1 minute ago, The Specky Forum Organiser said:

Cantwell didn't and that's before Bajrami signrd

He started 45, and only really dropped out through injury or when he fell out with the manager.

Miles better than Lawrence who starts every game for us just about.

[McEwan's Lager 32,054]

3 minutes ago, graeme_4 said:

Both would walk into this team under normal circumstances. 

And that in itself has been a big problem for us over the past two seasons.

 

[Blueshoff 12,811]

Difficult window.   Considering the need to remove players and the lack of cash I'd say 7/10.

Really depends on how the new guys perform.