dcfc88888 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 2 days under the transfer window is closed again, and if the board are serious about us improving then perhaps we could have signed a couple of players to make a push in the league, since our squad is desperate for new signings: LB ST CB I guess we are going to 'rebuild' in the summer again like we do every years but I'm worried about the lack of signings, particularly when Tyson's loan to Millwall has left us a little short in the striker department. Although there's still plenty of time to sign someone on loan, I have a feeling we won't because we haven't make a single loan signing this season. I don't know if Clough has mentioned anything saying he its going to sign/ we don't need to strengthen/ we are fine for the rest of the season, but its painfully obvious we need at least one reinforcement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needles Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungUttoxRam Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Lacquer Thinner. Oh, i thought saying this would be funny? 'http://www.dcfcfans.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFCfranco Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 tyson barely played anyway. striker wise we have: sammon ward jacobs theo bennet we'll be alright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Ram Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 tyson barely played anyway. striker wise we have: sammon ward jacobs theo bennet we'll be alright all right, but not good. We need to get rid of Theo, while he's an international. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaddesdenRam Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 We sign players in the summer always will do under Clough. In the summer we will sign a new CB, Shaun Barker heard he is quite good. Joke aside Barks could be quality but he could be awful then we will need a CB. A new LB will come in. Potentially a goalscorer the one player fans want to see next season. Lack of January signings isnt necessarily a bad thing as squad chemistry isn't ruined but I agree a new face does give a lift and a signal to fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I don't get why fans believe we need a LB, CB and ST. For me, we are crying out for some creativity from midfield, some drive, something different from workhorse Bryson and predicable Jeff....Coutts and Hughes have plateaued as well. Problem is our formation, personnel and tactics are completely wrong for a creative individual. When Jamie Ward is your 'creative spark' it says a lot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfc88888 Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 I don't get why fans believe we need a LB, CB and ST. For me, we are crying out for some creativity from midfield, some drive, something different from workhorse Bryson and predicable Jeff....Coutts and Hughes have plateaued as well. Problem is our formation, personnel and tactics are completely wrong for a creative individual. When Jamie Ward is your 'creative spark' it says a lot... We have enough CMs, we need a couple of wider players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 We have enough CMs, we need a couple of wider players. My point exactly, playing four CMs doesn't make for creative football, neither does playing a rigid 442 or 451, despite what Clough says about Wards 'free role'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jourdan Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I don't get why fans believe we need a LB, CB and ST. For me, we are crying out for some creativity from midfield, some drive, something different from workhorse Bryson and predicable Jeff....Coutts and Hughes have plateaued as well. Problem is our formation, personnel and tactics are completely wrong for a creative individual. When Jamie Ward is your 'creative spark' it says a lot... I have come to terms with the fact that we won't see further investment this season and would be fortunate to see any new players arrive on loan either. But looking ahead to the summer, I totally agree with iRam. A central midfielder should be our first priority, something that has needed addressing since before Clough arrived. We don't have genuine quality in that position. Hughes has fantastic potential but we have to recognise that's all it is at the moment. We can't depend on him to be that player to dictate a game when he is still developing, still maturing and can't play at a consistently high level week in, week out. Four years under Clough and it amazes me that we have neglected to make a significant investment in a central midfielder. With Bryson, Hendrick and Hughes as our rather limited options, we are effectively witnessing the glass ceiling of what we can achieve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 We have enough options down the wings, and in the middle. Freeman looks to be a good enough replacement for Roberts in a LB position, and O'Connor can do a job. We are crying out for a decent partner to Sammon in the strike force. It apparently isn't Theo, he hasn't had a sniff recently, odd considering he is still our top scorer. Maybe its Ward? Clough did come out and say that this would be his preferred partnership.. Although he seems to be too busy in his 'free role' to be of any use down the middle. I love the guy to bits, he brings a bit more bite to the team, but he seems to be either in the game or totally anonymous. Tyson has now gone to Milwall on loan, and predictably is injured, Jacobs does have some effect there, and Bennett is clearly not ready to start yet (maybe next season?). Yes we haven't had a top goal scorer in some years, but we have always found goals from other positions to the point that last season (maybe the one before, not sure) we had a team where every outfield player had scored. But if we want to challenge for those top spots, then we need to find a player that fits the team and gets those 15-20+ goals in a season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaddesdenRam Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 A goalscorer is all we need everyone will agree to that. Then a lb and then an experienced player afterwards if possible. Someone comes into this side with a good goal scoring record they will flourish no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I think it is simplistic to say we need a goal scorer, you could have put Alan Shearer at his prime in the side against Blackburn on Saturday and still scored nil given the lack of service. A goal scorer will tuck away the chances other miss, we had no shots on Saturday..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asanovic Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 One thread saying our season is over. One thread saying we need investment right now. If the season's over, why not wait until the Summer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaddesdenRam Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I think it is simplistic to say we need a goal scorer, you could have put Alan Shearer at his prime in the side against Blackburn on Saturday and still scored nil given the lack of service. A goal scorer will tuck away the chances other miss, we had no shots on Saturday..... A goalscorer would also know where to be at the right time making the chance of having more shots on target greater/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcdcfc28 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 We got ward, Robinson and fielding on loan and signed them permanently once the season was finish. Was hoping for something abit similar this year. Think they'll be alot of changes during the Summer, too many players entering last year on contracts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaddesdenRam Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 We got ward, Robinson and fielding on loan and signed them permanently once the season was finish. Was hoping for something abit similar this year. Think they'll be alot of changes during the Summer, too many players entering last year on contracts I cant see much changing in terms of transfers coming in. I can see Bailey, Davies, Doyle, Oconnor, Croft, Naylor, Atkins, Deeney leaving. Certainly free up wages that would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randombc Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 You pay higher values for players anyway in January, because usually the players you want to buy are playing for a team and usually doing well. Can see it being a fairly busy summer, something along these lines: Out - Roberts, Tyson, Robinson, Doyle, Davies, Bailey, Ball, Deeney, Croft and potentially Hughes and Fielding. In - Left back, striker and potentially centre midfielder and a goalkeeper. Leave us with a squad of GK - Legzdins / Fielding/New RB - Brayford / Freeman CB - Keogh / O'Brien CB - Barker / Buxton LB - New RM - Coutts / B.Davies CM - Bryson / Hendrick CM - Hughes / New LM - Jacobs / Ward ST - New / Ward ST - Sammon Leaving the likes of O'Connor Gjokaj, Bennett, Hoganson, Lelan etc to continue there development / be used as back up. We'll probably sign 2 or 3 youngsters from premiership teams (rejects) like we did last summer with Gjokaj and Hoganson. Providing the players signed are good e.g. Fox, Sharp etc. Then we'll be a decent team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaddesdenRam Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Providing the players signed are good e.g. Fox, Sharp etc. Then we'll be a decent team. I have an equation which has took me all of 1 second to figure out. Billy Sharp + Danny Fox + Derby County = Top 8 maybe playoffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VulcanRam Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Brilliant, so according to all this we need a new CB, new LB, new RB (if JB goes), new midfielders, new creative players, new wingers and new strikers. All in 48 hours. Good job we don't need a keeper, that would push us over the edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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