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Summer statement signing.

Summer statement signing.

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Just for a bit of fun then....let's say the potential takeover goes through and Lowe gets a competitive top half budget to play with (which certainly hasn't been the case at any time since the club returned to championship in summer 2015).

Who would be the ideal statement signing for you? It dosen't have to be incredibly realistic but you never know in football. Who thought McGeady would pitch up here a few months after playing in euro 2016 but that happened and also Davies signing for league one team in 2013 when he'd been capped by England two years before.

Main criteria is they either have to be playing in this division or prem and not to have played for PNE before as too lazy to just say sign Iversen or Archer on permanents (as brilliant as that would be).

Someone like Adebayo at Luton would be brilliant pick up as that's the sort of guy who could fire you towards top 6 as he's doing with Luton but he'll be in premier league with a team next season.

Dwight Gayle could be more realistic perhaps finally.
 
Personally I'm not really bothered about 'statement signings' - not if they turn out like Scott Sinclair has. Not only has he been poor on the pitch but the deal to bring him in clearly made it much more difficult to tie down our existing quality players.

Our recruitment needs to be strategic and sensible, not about making statements.

I also want to see a more balanced approach to the areas of the squad we invest in, rather than for example trying to sign all of our defenders on freebies or dirt cheap, yet spending £1.5m on individual midfielders pretty much every transfer window. It's no wonder the squad is so unbalanced. We need to see investment sensible spread around the pitch.
 
Whoever we sign, there will always be people who thrive off pissing on everyone's chips
 
Getting rid of the deadwood and recruiting 3-4 solid free transfers and 2-3 loanees (Iversen and Archer especially) would be great business.

Don't need to splash the cash to succeed in this league. Just take a look at what some of the teams up there are doing, Luton and Huddersfield (who have had to reset since the PL days) are current examples to follow.
 
baysidepne said:
Getting rid of the deadwood and recruiting 3-4 solid free transfers and 2-3 loanees (Iversen and Archer especially) would be great business.

Don't need to splash the cash to succeed in this league. Just take a look at what some of the teams up there are doing, Luton and Huddersfield (who have had to reset since the PL days) are current examples to follow.
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This. I can't see us suddenly spending £5million+ on a signing even with a takeover. Getting Archer next season would be a statement of intent as I reckon Villa could easily get £2 million in a loan fee for him so if that's what it takes then I think we should look at paying it. If Archer's in the Championship next season he's got to be setting himself the target of 30 goals for the season.

I think by now it's pretty obvious to everyone that we're in the market for a couple of wingbacks so every single agent with an O.O.C wingback on his books is going to be hammering Ridsdale's phone so if we're clever in the summer we could end up with some decent players. Free transfers and decent sized signing on fees will be the way to go.
 
Kathryn said:
As well as the SVDB, Iversen and Archer, what about CR7 (not the sulky one)?
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As with Davies, he left to further his career. As poor as WBA have been this year, they’re still a better bet for promotion than we are

That’s before we even consider wages
 
Christian Pulisic.

He's American. Kirchner's probably got his mobile number.

And Chelsea might have imploded by Summer. Looking to offload some wages.
 
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