January Transfer Window 2026

[Swartzy]

I am not sure about buying young players with Moyes in charge because he seems reluctant to play them.

It was just laying out a simple but right approach.

The right Manager 'whoever that may be' should be inline with that approach moving forward.

"Now players" help move us out of the past, young players help move us into the future.

Obviously its never as simple as it sounds. Need the right people, in the right places at the club.

 

[Dymak]

No, I'm referring to them currently being far more attractive teams to sign for than we are which you seemed to doubt in this post here.

Also, "quick turnarounds"??? Newcastle had 5 seasons finishing in midtable before they got to 4th.

Villa had 3 seasons after coming up before they lucked into Emery and managed 7th.

They weren't that quick or over a single season.

Yes, quick turnarounds. These are Newcastle's finishes under Eddie Howe. They went from Steve Bruce and being the current equivalent of Wolves to the CL in 18 months, along with two cup finals in three seasons.

Villa went from Dean Smith and relegation battles, to being struggling also-rans under Gerrard, to qualifying for Europe in each and every season since appointing Emery. Their turnaround since appointing Emery is astounding.

They absolutely were quick turnarounds, and they're far from the only examples.

 

[Dymak]

I think there's plenty of us on here with a wealth of experience in this field that would disagree 100% with this statement. Christ knows what I've ended up with in this situation.

And I'm no different, but I'm not gona lie and say the opposite hasn't happened. I learned very early on that being turned down by an inferior berd really doesn't mean that you will therefore be turned down by a far more attractive berd later on during the same night out. It doesn't work that way.

 

[Efcjake]

Yes, quick turnarounds. These are Newcastle's finishes under Eddie Howe. They went from Steve Bruce and being the current equivalent of Wolves to the CL in 18 months, along with two cup finals in three seasons.

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Villa went from Dean Smith and relegation battles, to being struggling also-rans under Gerrard, to qualifying for Europe in each and every season since appointing Emery. Their turnaround since appointing Emery is astounding.

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They absolutely were quick turnarounds, and they're far from the only examples.

And the quickest one took over three seasons to turn it around from being relegation battlers or a promoted team while some of you are crying it isn't fast enough because Moyes hadn't done it one.

The timeline expectation isn't reasonable.

It's not just the turn around since appointing Howe or Emery is it? It's also 100s of million of pounds invested at the same time, a massive factor you aren't mentioning at all. We've had one window of spending.

 

[Blobloblob985]

Bench today looking very lightweight… deffo in need of January now, and some signings the earlier the better

 

[Efcjake]

Yes, quick turnarounds. These are Newcastle's finishes under Eddie Howe. They went from Steve Bruce and being the current equivalent of Wolves to the CL in 18 months, along with two cup finals in three seasons.

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Villa went from Dean Smith and relegation battles, to being struggling also-rans under Gerrard, to qualifying for Europe in each and every season since appointing Emery. Their turnaround since appointing Emery is astounding.

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They absolutely were quick turnarounds, and they're far from the only examples.

Also none of this changes the original discussion which is that obviously Newcastle and Villa are FAR more attractive sides to sign for than we are currently.

 

[Dymak]

Also none of this changes the original discussion which is that obviously Newcastle and Villa are FAR more attractive sides to sign for than we are currently.

I don't think it works that way. I don't think we are necessarily after the same players in the same position, and even if we were, it doesn't follow that the club that is supposedly seen as more attractive gets the better player. That's if you even accept that we can't go toe-to-toe with Villa and Newcastle when it comes to attracting players, which I think we very much can.

I can remember Liverpool beating us to the signing of Dean Saunders, only for them to sell us their Peter Beardsley sized cast-off. Who got the better player there? It's not even close.

And the fact that narratives can turn 180 degrees within 12 - 18 months does make a big difference to this discussion. It makes a very big difference.

Sunderland are currently occupying 4th place after 13 games by the way. They were in League One the other year.

 

[Bebeto]

CEO is much more than buying players. Getting magic weekend, global tournaments, building the brand of the club and stadium and therefore revenues are part of his job. Of course the stadium helps this but still has to be done.
So far, ok…

New football management team takes time. Grow your revenues, grow your set up and this all helps the academy and first team.

Remember how many players out of contract we had. Nightmare for anyone starting from scratch.

Conclusion - I have no clue what his targets are but we are hopefully progressing in every area. The CEO lives and falls by this

This guy is a fraud...he shouldn't have anything to do with recruitment. Get somebody that understands football, not a corporate guy.

 

[bilyaletdinov_]

i know it’s a different ball game when you’ve got all the blood money on the planet but what Newcastle did so well was go and buy two proper full backs at the right age that will have those positions covered for the next ten years - we went out and bought Patterson and Mykolenko!

 

[Gilbert..]

i know it’s a different ball game when you’ve got all the blood money on the planet but what Newcastle did so well was go and buy two proper full backs at the right age that will have those positions covered for the next ten years - we went out and bought Patterson and Mykolenko!

Everton have completely forgotten what fullbacks are. Possibly my biggest gripe with the club.
We've got it so bad for so long. I'd love to grill the last few directors of football on this.

 

[Zatara]

i know it’s a different ball game when you’ve got all the blood money on the planet but what Newcastle did so well was go and buy two proper full backs at the right age that will have those positions covered for the next ten years - we went out and bought Patterson and Mykolenko!

Weve done this with Dibling and Aznou though people are in uproar as theyre not getting much game time.

Hall i think was 19 and Livramento 18 when they were signed.

Hall was £28mil + 7mil in add ons while Livramento was £32mil + £8mil in add ons.

£75mil spent on 2 top notch young English full backs.

 

[MACCA75]

And the quickest one took over three seasons to turn it around from being relegation battlers or a promoted team while some of you are crying it isn't fast enough because Moyes hadn't done it one.

The timeline expectation isn't reasonable.

It's not just the turn around since appointing Howe or Emery is it? It's also 100s of million of pounds invested at the same time, a massive factor you aren't mentioning at all. We've had one window of spending.

Howe took over Newcastle when they were like bottom of the league in November and got them in the Champions league literally the following season.

It’s do-able but you need an extraordinary hit rate on your signings, and we very much don’t seem to be capable of that.

 

[Daytripper]

However took over Newcastle when they were like bottom of the league in November and got them in the Champions league literally the following season.

It’s do-able but you need an extraordinary hit rate on your signings, and we very much don’t seem to be capable of that.

They progressed by recruiting well on and off the pitch. We seem to be obsessed with stability.

 

[Drico]

They progressed by recruiting well on and off the pitch. We seem to be obsessed with stability.

And "stability" is really code for "status quo." And just like Francis Rossi, we reek of yesteryear.

 

[Lanolin]

And the quickest one took over three seasons to turn it around from being relegation battlers or a promoted team while some of you are crying it isn't fast enough because Moyes hadn't done it one.

The timeline expectation isn't reasonable.

It's not just the turn around since appointing Howe or Emery is it? It's also 100s of million of pounds invested at the same time, a massive factor you aren't mentioning at all. We've had one window of spending.

I’m certainly not crying about not being top 4 or whatever but fact is we were 15th at this point last year and people thought dyche was the worst manager in the world, we’re now 14th. That is disappointing, 100%.