Animal is a Ram Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Chris Martin, Norwich - Free Lee Grant, Burnley - Free Craig Forsyth, Watford - ~£150k Johnny Russell, Dundee Utd - ~£750k John Eustace, Watford - Free Adam Smith, Spurs - Loan Zak Whitbread, Leicester - Loan Simon Dawkins, Spurs - Loan, then ~£500k Andre Wisdom, Liverpool - Loan Kalifa Cisse, unattached - Free Michael Keane, Man Utd - Loan Patrick Bamford, Chelsea - Loan George Thorne, WBA - Loan Lee Naylor, unattached - Free Out of all that, only two - Keane and Smith - stick out as poor moves , and both were loans and haven't cost us much more than the fees associated. Those I've marked in bold are players (imo) that are key, if not essential, to how we play. I can't think of a season, short of TBE or Burley, where so many transfers have worked out so well. But, also that we haven't broken the bank in doing so. Transfermarkt also seems to think we've made a healthy profit on transfer fees this season Income - £2.35m Expenditure - £1.45m (Obviously not taking into account any loan fees.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Naylor, Whitbread and Cisse whilst offering us back up can't really be classed as decent signings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 I honestly didn't think that Michael Keane was a poor move at all. He was certainly dominant in the opposition's area and had two perfectly good goals chalked off - it's just that he was fighting to displace Keogh and Bucko. Good luck with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niram Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 forsyth and martin bargains for key players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JW- Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Whitbread has been one of the most bizarre signings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIMBAUD Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Whitbread has been one of the most bizarre signings. but our cbs have played well and stayed fit. (and keane didn't fancy it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Whitbread has played more games for Leicester than us this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 He just wants a champions medal and a playoff winners medal. Greedy ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Fun fact - Kalifa Cisse now plays for Bangkok United. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaddesdenRam Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Kalifa Cisse Man of the match performance vs Shef Wed at home. Cost us a win away at Huddersfield looked as though he hadn't played football before! Weird one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaddesdenRam Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 I think Wisdom has been better defensively than Brayford but going forward he is not a patch. Is expected considering he is a CB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Kalifa Cisse Man of the match performance vs Shef Wed at home. Cost us a win away at Huddersfield looked as though he hadn't played football before! Weird one. Remember Bob Malcolm had an excellent debut v Wolves and the dropped off, to be fair Cisse didn't have a proper chance after Sheff Weds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I'd say Bamford is a good loan. Yeah, he's massively frustrating and thinks he's too good to need any effort into anything he does except shoot... But he's handy. He's got that little bit of something we've needed at times. That more instinctive, selfish striker gene. He brings balance. I wouldn't start him but if we need to magic up something then that lazy git has that typical headline grabbing tendency. Useful addition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardifframs Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Remember Bob Malcolm had an excellent debut v Wolves and the dropped off, to be fair Cisse didn't have a proper chance after Sheff Weds. Apparently dropped off on the M5 too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BondJovi Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 We can't really judge Whitbread on performances but he has been important for backup and competition, even if not needed so far. For so long it is what we have lacked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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