Lack luster transfer window (and no big name signings)

[Bezzanator89]

2 hours ago, HarryDee8 said:

I personally think puel will get sacked. Hes just wants to play youth - whichbisnt a bad thing. But you need stars in your team and we havent got enough of them! 

He's played Morgan quite a lot in pre-season... That makes me nervous. 

[chapero82]

If you want to fill a 40k stadium you have to give a reason to get those fans in, signing players that don’t look great isn’t the way to do it! 

 

I kno we are far off expanding the stadium but you have to keep the interest going.

 

nit only that you have to show to the remaining players why they should stay! At the moment it looks more like penny pinching rather than ambition!!

[AylestoneRaider]

I maintain an open mind until I’ve seen players on the pitch, but I do fear our transfer strategy has been a bit “scatter-gun” this window. I would prefer 3 signings of optimum quality to a selection of squad fillers. I still have a nagging concern about the left flank, but I’m hoping Chilwell can step up...

[NewEnglandFox]

I thought our transfer window started out real well. Maddison is a great talent. Ricardo is cool but everyone knew we needed a right back for years. Evans is great for the price. But now I have no clue what's going on.

 

Our transfers have turned into "WHO?" and for "HOW MUCH?" What are we doing? Is the market so screwed that we can't buy anything for less than £10M or is it our transfer department.

 

I don't need to see big name signings but I can't be convinced that £12.5M for Danny ward is good business given his lack of play last year and statistically inferior performance the year before when Angus Gunn went for £1 more.

[psychonaut]

With the amount of sh1t floating to the surface I’d almost be happy to shut the lid now and call time on the window. Both with the threat of stacking the deadwood and losing our star player. However.. if theres a chance, and there still is a chance, i’ll contiue to swim in all the sh1t desperately clinging to the hope we’ll end the window like we started it. 

[oadby.fox]

On 04/08/2018 at 21:00, Cardiff_Fox said:

The common ‘no plan for Mahrez’ is a cop out for me. I’m not aiming this at any particular person. 

 

We dont see whats happened behind the scenes. I fully suspect there has been plenty of avenues tried but none have come off. 

 

Puel is only part of the signings. There’s a team there staffed to have the foresight 

You're right that we don't see what's going on behind the scenes but Ghezzal does seem like a Puel signing does he not? Even if he wasn't, whoever is involved in the transfer dealings is responsible as part of a collective.

 

I think we have made some good signings this window but still made a few oversights. Being linked with a bid for Diouf is also pretty uninspiring when we are currently trying to offload two 30 year old strikers as it is. There are players out there that can be gotten and that would come to us, for an affordable price. If we end up spending the best part of £40mil on Ward, Ghezzal and Diouf though, then surely questions have to be asked of the transfer dealings. 

[Ecdysiast]

I know it goes against the grain and all that, not to predict impending doom and dire warnings, whilst berating all the obviously 2nd rate shit new signings,  but I have to say I think we've had a more than decent window.

A new international right/wing back,  2 new center backs, one an experienced international club captain, one a young mobile, soon to be international.  Plus brought through Darnell strongly in pre-season.

A very promising young international goalkeeper that could be a long-term Kasper replacement.

A fine young British #10, that tore up the Championship last season. Plus got Barnes to sign a long-term contract and got him a loan with a decent Championship side

Off loaded Marhez for a reasonable fee, given that he's been agitating to leave for two years and everyone knew we had to sell him this window.

Off loaded Musa for what we paid for him!

Plus it looks like we're  keeping Maguire (for now)

Need to shift a couple more out certainly but there's still time for that.

Not sure at all about Ghezzal but based on the above happy to give him a chance.

 

Decent work imo

[Bossman Blessed It]

It's so illogical to fork out an absolute tonne for a player that simply cannot replace Riyad. We're not a big enough club to attract that calibre of player with a track record of both a league title and player of the year under his belt. We are certainly of the calibre to develop one - but buy one? No. Sufficed to say Kante and Mahrez will arguably go further than any Leicester play has ever done before. You'd have to think to Banks, Shilton and Lineker to really see similarities in prestige. So the question begs for all the people showing an unbelievable level of pessimism - who do we sign? Are you happy for us to be like Everton; paying £40 million for a player who did nothing from November of last season? Would you rather we disregard all of our growing, young talent like Manchester United? As I mentioned before, under Puel, the values of Ndidi, Maguire, Chilwell, Gray and Diabate have all grown immensely. Iheanacho appears to be growing in confidence and players like Johnson and Elder look exciting. It's a new era for the club and we need to forget about a marquee signing because it just doesn't suit us. 

[roblcfc84]

On the assumption that the Croatian CB will sign and hopefully Johnson agrees a new deal! Then if we can just find an AM with a bit of quality I think we should do well. 

[STUHILL]

Apart from this Benkovic signing, I think we are done guys! 

 

My fear that Rachid was the only winger coming in, is very likely now. 

 

I'm more frustrated than I would have been, due to some "ITK's" teasing us with a "big name" coming in.

 

It's annoying to think we are potentially 1-2 players away, from having a great window and a very strong line-up.

 

I was really hoping Puel and the Owners were going to go that bit further and really show some ambition this window.

 

Of course, It is not always that simple, but it does feel we are so frustratingly close to being a very impressive team and just needed that extra investment in a top player or two, and we could have really made that 7th spot our own. 

 

I'm hoping now, that we can keep our key players fit and also players like Gray, Iheanacho and Silva, really step it up this season. The new signings will also have to settle in quickly and I hope this "wildcard" Rachid signing, surprises us all and makes that RW his own! 

 

I'd say shifting some deadwood is about all we can hope for in the remaining day or so. Lets hope they get that right.

 

...cue some posters bashing me for being doom and gloom! 

 

 

[chapero82]

8 minutes ago, STUHILL said:

Apart from this Benkovic signing, I think we are done guys! 

 

My fear that Rachid was the only winger coming in, is very likely now. 

 

I'm more frustrated than I would have been, due to some "ITK's" teasing us with a "big name" coming in.

 

It's annoying to think we are potentially 1-2 players away, from having a great window and a very strong line-up.

 

I was really hoping Puel and the Owners were going to go that bit further and really show some ambition this window.

 

Of course, It is not always that simple, but it does feel we are so frustratingly close to being a very impressive team and just needed that extra investment in a top player or two, and we could have really made that 7th spot our own. 

 

I'm hoping now, that we can keep our key players fit and also players like Gray, Iheanacho and Silva, really step it up this season. The new signings will also have to settle in quickly and I hope this "wildcard" Rachid signing, surprises us all and makes that RW his own! 

 

I'd say shifting some deadwood is about all we can hope for in the remaining day or so. Lets hope they get that right.

 

...cue some posters bashing me for being doom and gloom! 

 

 

Never trust an ITK I learnt the hard way and it was when I really wanted Kebe

 

it was obvious we were never after somebody big as things are just too quiet! 

[lee7]

35 minutes ago, STUHILL said:

Apart from this Benkovic signing, I think we are done guys! 

 

My fear that Rachid was the only winger coming in, is very likely now. 

 

I'm more frustrated than I would have been, due to some "ITK's" teasing us with a "big name" coming in.

 

It's annoying to think we are potentially 1-2 players away, from having a great window and a very strong line-up.

 

I was really hoping Puel and the Owners were going to go that bit further and really show some ambition this window.

 

Of course, It is not always that simple, but it does feel we are so frustratingly close to being a very impressive team and just needed that extra investment in a top player or two, and we could have really made that 7th spot our own. 

 

I'm hoping now, that we can keep our key players fit and also players like Gray, Iheanacho and Silva, really step it up this season. The new signings will also have to settle in quickly and I hope this "wildcard" Rachid signing, surprises us all and makes that RW his own! 

 

I'd say shifting some deadwood is about all we can hope for in the remaining day or so. Lets hope they get that right.

 

...cue some posters bashing me for being doom and gloom! 

 

 

Spot on and couldn't agree more! 

As for the 'ITK's' take everything with a huge pinch of salt 

I don't believe anything anymore until it's official. 

[yorkie1999]

On 06/08/2018 at 15:27, chapero82 said:

If you want to fill a 40k stadium you have to give a reason to get those fans in, signing players that don’t look great isn’t the way to do it! 

 

I kno we are far off expanding the stadium but you have to keep the interest going.

 

nit only that you have to show to the remaining players why they should stay! At the moment it looks more like penny pinching rather than ambition!!

On the other hand, if you want to win the prem, you sign players that no one has ever heard of before, get them playing football as a team and don’t overload it with players that are not required, something we appear to be doing at the moment

Edited 8 August 2018 by yorkie1999

[Guest Col city fan]

22 hours ago, lee7 said:

Spot on and couldn't agree more! 

As for the 'ITK's' take everything with a huge pinch of salt 

I don't believe anything anymore until it's official. 

The ITK’s are generally full of shit. I can never understand why somebody would make out that they know something when they don’t.

[SecretPro]

Can't wait for Bailey to arrive tomorrow. 

[lee7]

48 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

The ITK’s are generally full of shit. I can never understand why somebody would make out that they know something when they don’t.

No idea why someone would waste their time either. 

You can tell the b*llshitters a mile off as they're generally quite vague and just rehash current rumours! 

[STUHILL]

I'm so confused about our business in this window. It seems we have had a great window but also fallen unnecessarily short of an amazing one. 

 

We have almost over invested in talent in defence, yet have not brought in 1-2 attackers that we also desperately needed. 

 

I think there are two possible theories;

 

Puel is indeed focusing on a switch to 3 at the back and utilising the strengths of Ricardo and Chilwell as wingbacks

                                                     OR

Puel rates Gray, Diabate, Albrighton and Rachid much higher than many of us. 

 

I'd imagine it is the latter, as he hasn't trialled 3 at the back once in pre-season and shown no signs of it previously. 

I have serious doubts that those 4 can consistently provide what we require to push for 7th and in the cups, so I do hope the slim chance it is a formation change, comes to fruition. If not, we will need a few of these things to happen to succeed IMO:

 

Gray must have his breakthrough season

Albrighton has to rediscover his form from 2 seasons ago

Rachid has to prove most of us wrong and be an excellent punt of a signing by Puel

Diabate has to find an end product from somewhere

Maddison has to stay fit

 

Don't get me wrong, I'm still happy with our business in this window and optimistic for the season, but I do feel we could have gone that one step further with another player or two and really set ourselves up as a complete and formidable team. 

 

 

[hejammy]

How about a cheeky bid for Grealish, now the deal with Spuds is off.....mainly just to piss off those bottling fans especially if we end up getting him? 

[coolhandfox]

Decent window, I think people need to realise we can only buy plays who want to come here.

[ARM1968]

32 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Decent window, I think people need to realise we can only buy plays who want to come here.

Henry V, Much ado about nothing, waiting for Godot?

[Vince Vega]

6 minutes ago, ARM1968 said:

Henry V, Much ado about nothing, waiting for Godot?

 

Is that because he couldn't get Maguire?

[ARM1968]

36 minutes ago, Vince Vega said:

 

Is that because he couldn't get Maguire?

Trying to get Godin?  It’s different but for Jose it amounts to the same thing. 

[vanity]

Our squad has more talent and depth than at any point in it's history. It isn't even close. We've fuching added three starters in Evans, Pereira, and Maddison, yeah? Maybe a 4th and 5th in Soyuncu (if true we have him and we go 3 at the back) and Ghezzal, Benkovic looks like quality depth atCB, and Ward may well be our keeper of the future. And let's not forget all the young talent we have at the u-23 level waiting for their chance.

 

Sure, people want an impact wing to replace Mahrez, but his real replacement is Maddison, and Maddison is going to teach us how Claude-ball is truly played.

 

I mean, in all seriousness, any time you add 4-5 players who are improvements over the prior season's starters, you've had a good window.

[STUHILL]

2 minutes ago, vanity said:

Our squad has more talent and depth than at any point in it's history. It isn't even close. We've fuching added three starters in Evans, Pereira, and Maddison, yeah? Maybe a 4th and 5th in Soyuncu (if true we have him and we go 3 at the back) and Ghezzal, Benkovic looks like quality depth atCB, and Ward may well be our keeper of the future. And let's not forget all the young talent we have at the u-23 level waiting for their chance.

 

Sure, people want an impact wing to replace Mahrez, but his real replacement is Maddison, and Maddison is going to teach us how Claude-ball is truly played.

 

I mean, in all seriousness, any time you add 4-5 players who are improvements over the prior season's starters, you've had a good window.

We've had a good window no doubt, but we could have had an amazing one if we had pushed the boat out for a top winger. 

 

Hopefully Gray steps it up big time this season though. 

[Dr The Singh]

Struggling to see where the goals are going to be comming from.  Madison looks talented, too much expectation on the kid, but he was in a good Norwich team that failed miserably with him in the team.  He alone is not the answer, nor can we really solely on Vardy.