Transfer Window January 2024 Transfer Window Thread

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1753079026141503924

 

[Benox]

The reason the back 3 didn’t work is because our wing backs start too deep. They should be on the halfway line, not halfway inside our own half, that way the opposition get pushed back instead of the other way round, you only have to see how Barnsley played it to see it works if you push high up the pitch

Yeah we certainly don’t play that formation well. Not sure we ever have. It tends to leave us with 7 outfield players deep playing football in our own half and Harris very isolated without someone in the number 10 role behind him. 4-2-3-1 seems to suit us better, or perhaps we’re just more practiced at it.

 

[Eric Blair]

no one has said anything about no more, stop complaining and enjoy deadline day

I think Dale will sign for us.

 

[notThisWayButThat]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1753079026141503924

 

[The mighty Aldo]

Earlier I thought we have missed out on our main targets and we’re now after sloppy seconds.
This late in the window I feel we’re going for tacky thirds

Smith and Konate type of signing coming our way

 

[Obstructed view]

I was a bit surprised that Dale took 30 over 7, I wonder whether we may be signing a forward who is more predominantly a winger, and they may have saved the 7 for them? More wishful thinking about actually signing someone else than anything but

Newport number 7

 

[Marked Ox]

Earlier I thought we have missed out on our main targets and we’re now after sloppy seconds.
This late in the window I feel we’re going for tacky thirds

Konate type of signing coming our way

Or our initial target has become available again. (I'm not ITK just a possible counterpoint).

 

[tonyw]

Genuinely mad that Bolton have signed Aaron Collins.

Nlundulu is out long term with a hamstring tear - they clearly like having four top class options for their two striker spots, so Collins is replacing him.

 

[tonyw]

We still have two loan spots available, don't we?
(maybe even three if Stevens' injury turns out to be a bad one)

Would seem a bit mad not to use them when we're so short on healthy forward options.......surely there's some Prem & Champ teams that want to get their talented youngsters and/or fringe players some more opportunities for game time?

 

[Berliner]

Stevens: waiting on results of scan. That is a worry.

Never mind new players, can we all not invest in a new scanner. Every b*gger that goes for one has their recovery time tripled.

 

[billyturleyscurlywurly]

We still have two loan spots available, don't we?
(maybe even three if Stevens' injury turns out to be a bad one)

Would seem a bit mad not to use them when we're so short on healthy forward options.......surely there's some Prem & Champ teams that want to get their talented youngsters and/or fringe players some more opportunities for game time?

Would be amateurish to not fill the two loan spots in my opinion.

 

[Grumpy Git]

If the club are restricting themselves to only offering contracts up until 2026 for new permanent signings, that might well mean we lose out to other clubs who offer a longer deal.

2.5 seasons is not bad.

 

[behindthegoal]

I think Dale will sign for us.

Jim Dale???... What a carry on

 

[Grumpy Git]

We give Kassam about £500k (it might be more now) a year just to play in his stadium. We make little from food and drink on match days and cannot use the ground for other income streams such as exhibitions, conferences, restaurants, bars or one off events like concerts. So it’s a millstone around our neck.

Plus it’s in terrible condition.

 

[tonyw]

2.5 seasons is not bad.

And every time we offer a 3.5 or 4 year deal, it seems to bite us on the a**e! (Hanson, Findlay.....)

 

[Front Post]

Would be amateurish to not fill the two loan spots in my opinion.

Why?
Pointless filling them just for the sake of filling them.
If you're just wanting to fill them, you end up with the Grayson's and Konate's of the world.

 

[MC Yellow]

We give Kassam about £500k (it might be more now) a year just to play in his stadium. We make little from food and drink on match days and cannot use the ground for other income streams such as exhibitions, conferences, restaurants, bars or one off events like concerts. So it’s a millstone around our neck.

Indeed, that is not in question.

So other than the tooth fairy, my ignorance is quite simply how do our owners build us a £100 mill stadium sourcing external finance and yet give up all of the income streams that you have listed above and charge OUFC minimal rent into the bargain?

I am not sure we should be so blinkered as to just say its not OUFC's problem.

Anyway, back to transfer deadline.....

 

[Followtheox1]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1753079026141503924

= Basically they don't have a clue!

 

[Marked Ox]

Jim Dale???... What a carry on

Ah, but with Alan, they are just good neighbours.

 

[Osleroad]

What we don't need is a late Jan shocker like last season with MT disappearing off.