January Buys

[AlFayedsChequebook]

Since we do not have a match to talk about, how about some rampant speculation on who we will sign/hope to sign in january!

I would love to see Traore and/or Santa Cruz come in.

[FatFreddysCat]

Charlie Adam and Charlie Adam  plus maybe that fella Charlie Adam.

[Tom]

Charlie Adam and Charlie Adam  plus maybe that fella Charlie Adam.

I can't really tell who Freddy likes and wants brought in at all.

[TonyGilroy]

I want young players I've never heard of who turn out to be seriously good.

I'm wary of players who are winding down their careers and leaving big clubs.

For the occasional Mullery, Moore and Murphy we've had dozens of Byrnes, Hendersons and Dysons through the years.

[MJG]

I don't want us signing 2 or 3 players on large wages on 4 year contracts...learn from portmouth.
Loan signings and an agreed fee at the end if we want them is fine.

[RidgeRider]

I don't want us signing 2 or 3 players on large wages on 4 year contracts...learn from portmouth.
Loan signings and an agreed fee at the end if we want them is fine.

I like this idea as well given it is unlikely we could sign a known 'impact' player any other way who we could afford,  and it is the safer route.

[Blingo]

Cisse is the one for Blingo

[SmithyFFC]

Charlie Adam and Charlie Adam  plus maybe that fella Charlie Adam.

Got some man love for Charlie Adam there Fred?  :011:

For me, O'Hara, Ireland, Bentley, Santa Cruz and a new Left Back.

[Bilet]

Bentley (on loan), Santa Cruz (on loan), Adam and a young player who can step in and make a difference with some pace.

[Hazey]

How about attacking midfielder Brett Holman from Az Alkmaar and The Socceroo's.  We had a shocking WC2010, but this guy was one of the shinging lights and has itchy feet to move on apparently...

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/brett-holman-happy-as-moving-target/story-e6frf9if-1225974207075

Would leave us a fair amoutn of change from our MASSIVE January budget too I reckon.  Couldnt do any worse thean Riise on the wage bill....

I want young players I've never heard of who turn out to be seriously good.

I'm wary of players who are winding down their careers and leaving big clubs.

For the occasional Mullery, Moore and Murphy we've had dozens of Byrnes, Hendersons and Dysons through the years.

[FatFreddysCat]

Charlie Adam and Charlie Adam  plus maybe that fella Charlie Adam.

Got some man love for Charlie Adam there Fred?  :011:

For me, O'Hara, Ireland, Bentley, Santa Cruz and a new Left Back.

Yeah but i could go for a bit of O'Hara as well , definately not Ireland though.

[Hazey]

Man I would love to get O'Hara and Adam.  I think we have more chance of O'Hara than Adam to be honest.

Charlie Adam and Charlie Adam  plus maybe that fella Charlie Adam.

Got some man love for Charlie Adam there Fred?  :011:

For me, O'Hara, Ireland, Bentley, Santa Cruz and a new Left Back.

Yeah but i could go for a bit of O'Hara as well , definately not Ireland though.

[SmithyFFC]

Kranjcar? Loan for Aaron Ramsey?

[AlFayedsChequebook]

Kranjcar? Loan for Aaron Ramsey?

Would love Kranjcar

[SmithyFFC]

Kranjcar? Loan for Aaron Ramsey?

Would love Kranjcar

As would I, although I fear wages will scupper any deal.

[AlFayedsChequebook]

Kranjcar? Loan for Aaron Ramsey?

Would love Kranjcar

As would I, although I fear wages will scupper any deal.

True,  but we can dream!

[Hazey]

Maybe if we sell four players, we can combine their wages to get one or two in?

[HatterDon]

Bret Holman? Really? He's more thuggish than DeJong on that criminal's worst day.

I'm looking for a striker and a box-to-box midfielder for certain, but what I'm REALLY looking for is the "We're going to sign [name goes here] from Spurs, and that's a guarantee."

I really enjoyed that program over the last couple of transfer seasons.   :hook:

[Hazey]

Just making a suggestion HD.  Admittedly I don't know too much about him, but he is hardly a massive lad and the times I have seen him play he hasn't been too bad and far from thuggish in my opinion.  (Just checked his stats, not one yellow in 43 games)

Injected enthusiasm and a bit of dash. the game when he came on at CC a few years ago when the Socceroo's played Ghana i think it was in a friendly.

I may be being pessimistic and I will be over the moon if i am wrong, but I can't see us signing an excitement machine this January.

Hopefully MH is more convincing on the transfer table than he apopears to be in the dressing room.

[HatterDon]

Just making a suggestion HD.  Admittedly I don't know too much about him, but he is hardly a massive lad and the times I have seen him play he hasn't been too bad and far from thuggish in my opinion.  (Just checked his stats, not one yellow in 43 games)

Injected enthusiasm and a bit of dash. the game when he came on at CC a few years ago when the Socceroo's played Ghana i think it was in a friendly.

I may be being pessimistic and I will be over the moon if i am wrong, but I can't see us signing an excitement machine this January.

Hopefully MH is more convincing on the transfer table than he apopears to be in the dressing room.

And you may be right. I'm just judging him on the pre-WC friendly and the two WC matches I watched. He sort of looked like Oz's enforcer.