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January transfer thread

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by Southern A, Dec 3, 2022.

  1. rowley

    rowley Well-Known Member

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    Aye. Would have been nice, wasn't to be. A lot has happened and a lot done in two years. Hopefully this deficiency is now addressed .

    Let's just watch the team crack on . It reminds me of the team Adamson hoyed together that year in the seventies.
     
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  2. Flash Gordon

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    Yeah, I'm pretty relaxed about it all and for the most part he's spot on.

    It's frustrating that we couldn't get a striker over the line late, but it was obviously a challenge before the Stewart injury to get a third in because they were going to be number 3. Ultimately, you don't want to spend money on a 3rd choice and no-one wants to loan you an asset to sit on the bench.

    Lihadji sounds like the Amad replacement with some potential impact off the bench this season. Ekwah is a long term signing who expect to contribute heavily once he adapts to men's football - maybe an Alese style development curve. Anderson sounds more like a project who might never be a regular but is a left footed CB and provides that cover. Gelhardt is the jewel in the crown and I think our fans are sleeping on what a good signing this is. He's going to make an immediate impact.

    The most impressive thing about all of this, is that 15 hours after the window has closed, Speakman has sat down for a half an hour interview to give the fans a full update and go into detail about what's happened, what our thought processes were and next steps. This kind of communication is elite.
     
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  3. Nonsense Potter

    Nonsense Potter Well-Known Member

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    Enjoyed the Speakman interview. For me, the part that chimed the most was the reference to not signing players who don't have the attitude or mentality that is needed to play here. I personally think the model could/should have flexed on the profile of player, given the RS injury. But I totally agree that the attitude has to be spot on and if it's not, dont even entertain it.

    Wouldn't of minded paying a bit over the odds on a striker who, under normal circumstances, wouldn't fit the model, if they are known to be solid pros/good influence/grafters. I'm glad, however, that the el haji diouf days are behind us.

    The rest of the season will be exciting and 100% entertaining. Geldhart might stay fit for the rest of the season and bang 12 in, or he might get injured in his first couple of games. That's why live sport and following your team beats any other form of entertainment, and why we're all hopelessly hooked on it.

    HTL
     
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  4. Bob the Mackem

    Bob the Mackem Well-Known Member

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    PM
     
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  5. Blond Bombshell

    Blond Bombshell Well-Known Member

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    Haway man marra, non of this PM **** on here. If you need to do it, bog off back to rtg
     
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  6. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    It's a chat forum for chatting ...

    ... not MI5.

    It's only a football club ffs, national security isn't at stake <doh>
     
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  7. Bob the Mackem

    Bob the Mackem Well-Known Member

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    It's nowt mate, I got told say nowt till RR was out.
    That's it.
     
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  8. Blond Bombshell

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  9. Blond Bombshell

    Blond Bombshell Well-Known Member

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    Have you asked for a pm? Remember how pathetic rtg got ,pages and pages of people asking for the pm.
     
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  10. Robertson

    Robertson Well-Known Member

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    Cracking posts lads. :emoticon-0150-hands
     
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  11. Blond Bombshell

    Blond Bombshell Well-Known Member

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    By far the greatest post the world has ever seen... <cheers>
     
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  12. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    Of course not.

    Why would anyone post info to strangers, on a pm, but not post to strangers on an anonymous chat forum.

    The gossip on here is of absolutely no interest to the club, it's just a bunch of blokes speculating and that's being polite.

    Bob and others have said Stewart, Pritchard, Neil, etc etc etc would be leaving and none of them have ...

    ... as Speakman so eloquently demonstrates the club have a million better things to do than look at the endless tittle tattle on here.

    Nothing ever posted on a chat forum has ever affected a single transfer ... fact.
     
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  13. Blond Bombshell

    Blond Bombshell Well-Known Member

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    I really enjoyed the Speakman pod cast, comes across as a top bloke
     
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  14. Smug in Boots

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    If people choose to believe he's not I'd say they're being deliberately obtuse ...

    ... and are missing out on one of the best periods in the history of the club.

    That it's come after the dissappoinment of Short and the pantomime that followed him is even more amazing.

    KLD is, so far, the best owner I've known in the last half century.
     
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  15. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    RR have had nothing of any interest to say tbh.

    If I've missed something please fill me in mate.
     
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  16. Vincemac

    Vincemac Well-Known Member

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    Correct
     
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  17. Dunder Mifflin

    Dunder Mifflin Well-Known Member

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    TM said we were close to a midfielder on deadline day but it didn’t come off.

    also said we worked hard to bring in a striker, however sounds like to me we were banking on Everton signing someone to let simms out
     
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  18. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    Having sold Richarlison and Gordon for £100m you'd have banked on them signing a striker ...

    ... they're bottom, desperate and now with a worse squad than the one Lampard had.

    I'd rather be us than them tbh.
     
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  19. The Exile II

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    That's the problem - even the massive clubs, with all their financial power, can't bank on bring able to bring in someone with two days' notice. Clubs interested in selling don't want to be the contingency - they want a firm commitment to buy so it doesn't get switched off last second.
     
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  20. flandersmackem

    flandersmackem Well-Known Member

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    I listened to the Speakman interview earlier today and i'm comfortable with where we are. No panic buys, a flexible squad that would benefit from a centre forward, but will adapt. Our club is so well managed after years and years of decline
     
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