CONFIRMED Ben Davies signs on loan

All advertisments are hidden for logged in members, why not log in/register?


Deano said:
It would be madness not to bring in a decent replacement for JOC.
Click to expand...

I agree but i don’t think they want to pay the money some teams want

And with the next window being January so not that far away those teams can possibly hold on till then before having to sell that player who will soon be out of contract
 
I think we'll end the day with Ben Davies. Preston will come down on valuation, we'll chuck in some add-ons. Probably something like £4-6m which could rise to £8-10m.
 
I'd be amazed if there is any activity. It's been a quiet week. Why are we forced to dive in on the final day?

It seems the Huddersfield lad's fitness is not to our liking and it appears Preston would rather keep Davies. It is a rather narrow field as well to be fair.

With Lowe as a legitimate left wing back option, we have Stevens to play there, Robinson to continue there, Ampadu to adapt there; he seems capable with either foot to be fair. We've also Jagielka, Rodwell and Kean Bryan at the moment so not as if we can't put a team out.

It would be silly to get someone for the sake of it.

For me, I don't see Robinson as the answer. Chris is quite right. He's fine to come in as a sub, to play in cup games in order to rest others or to fill in. But I'd be more than fine to get Enda there and have more comfort on the overlap, especially as Lowe's pace could cover for him or ask Ampadu who was very good for Wales this week, to make the role his own. It's not as if he's so one footed.
 
No rumours, quiet week, The Star already going with the story about 'in house solutions' - I dont see us getting anyone in today.

Not that I'm worried or bothered.

The versatility of Ampadu is a great benefit, as is the ability of Stevens and the fact we have Lowe should CW choose that option.

I would have preferred a midfielder over a defender.
 
“Kean comes back into the squad now. This is his big opportunity to push Jack for that role. He’s been patient, we’re really looking forward to seeing what he can bring to the Premier League.”
 
LoughboroBlade said:
“Kean comes back into the squad now. This is his big opportunity to push Jack for that role. He’s been patient, we’re really looking forward to seeing what he can bring to the Premier League.”
Click to expand...

I dunno whats more worrying basically saying that its Robinsons position for the season or that Kean bryan is next in line :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:
 


Oh well!

still think we should have used the loan we had available. Hope it doesn’t end up costing us
 
wizadry said:
Not good news at all.

Has JOC recovered? 🤔
Click to expand...

Is our scouting / recruitment department really saying there was no player on loan who might have improved either our left side of defence or our lack of creativity in midfield

boggles my mind that we’ve not taken every avenue available to improve these areas - especially after the crap start we’ve had.

We are leaving the possibility of recruiting someone who could have an impact like Henderson did for us without perusing it.

Not complaining about the window overall as I think we’ve added some decent players. Though realistically only one is a ‘potential’ improvement on the prior year squad in Brewster (and he’s unproven). The 11 without especially without JOC / moose’s contribution is weaker and it going to rely on a massive contribution from Brewster to overcome this.
 
Last edited:
LoughboroBlade said:
“Kean comes back into the squad now. This is his big opportunity to push Jack for that role. He’s been patient, we’re really looking forward to seeing what he can bring to the Premier League.”
Click to expand...

The problem is, it's hard to place too much credence in that as he said only two weeks ago "it'd be foolish to think Jack can play in that role for the rest of the season."
It's clear this flip flop is disingenuous and the reality is that the budget wasn't there for a replacement.

We already know what Jack can bring to that role and it's not what we need.
 
CaptainMorgans said:
The problem is, it's hard to place too much credence in that as he said only two weeks ago "it'd be foolish to think Jack can play in that role for the rest of the season."
It's clear this flip flop is disingenuous and the reality is that the budget wasn't there for a replacement.

We already know what Jack can bring to that role and it's not what we need.
Click to expand...
I can see now it might have been an error in making this quote too plausible...
 
CaptainMorgans said:
The problem is, it's hard to place too much credence in that as he said only two weeks ago "it'd be foolish to think Jack can play in that role for the rest of the season."
It's clear this flip flop is disingenuous and the reality is that the budget wasn't there for a replacement.

We already know what Jack can bring to that role and it's not what we need.
Click to expand...
There should always be a back up budget for emergencies, although you’d think a loan could sort this anyhow?
 
Bladeinleeds said:
Is our scouting / recruitment department really saying there was no player on loan who might have improved either our left side of defence or our lack of creativity in midfield

boggles my mind that we’ve not taken every avenue available to improve these areas - especially after the crap start we’ve had.

We are leaving the possibility of recruiting someone who could have an impact like Henderson did for us without perusing it.

Not complaining about the window overall as I think we’ve added some decent players. Though realistically only one is a ‘potential’ improvement on the prior year squad in Brewster (and he’s unproven). The 11 without especially without JOC / moose’s contribution is weaker and it going to rely on a massive contribution from Brewster to overcome this.
Click to expand...
Looks like they are. To be fair a team loaning upwards in a position which is niche would seem a bit of a stretch.

We know where we stand.

I hope Chris goes down the Stevens route or shows some flexibility and considers Ampadu at LCB. He's too good not to be in our XI at the moment. christ he was starting for RB Leipzig in the Champions League vs Spurs not long back!

With Robinson, offensively, it feels like we are fighting with our left arm tied behind our back.

Defensively he's the sort of player who is waiting to get sent off with one of his all action tackles; he's come close twice now, and he just doesn't seem the guy for the key moments - could have scored the winner vs Leeds, minutes later ended up in no man's land as Bamford ghosted between 2 defenders. Fine margins. But fine margins in matches that we could do with winning. Last year we took 6 points from Norwich. This year it is a maximum of 3 from Leeds having already lost.
 

When's January window open?
 
Champagneblade said:
Looks like they are. To be fair a team loaning upwards in a position which is niche would seem a bit of a stretch.

We know where we stand.

I hope Chris goes down the Stevens route or shows some flexibility and considers Ampadu at LCB. He's too good not to be in our XI at the moment. christ he was starting for RB Leipzig in the Champions League vs Spurs not long back!

With Robinson, offensively, it feels like we are fighting with our left arm tied behind our back.

Defensively he's the sort of player who is waiting to get sent off with one of his all action tackles; he's come close twice now, and he just doesn't seem the guy for the key moments - could have scored the winner vs Leeds, minutes later ended up in no man's land as Bamford ghosted between 2 defenders. Fine margins. But fine margins in matches that we could do with winning. Last year we took 6 points from Norwich. This year it is a maximum of 3 from Leeds having already lost.
Click to expand...

ah I might have misunderstood the loan route - though you could still get a PL To PL loan done this week.

in that case it’s a shame we didn’t add to the squad while we could.

your right about the fine margins. The disappointment for me is despite a good window the 11 is weaker.

That might change if ampadu, and Brewster live up to their fees and reputation. But we are relying on that to bail out areas where we don’t look as strong for me.

I’m hoping Brewster is there to finish some half chances and turn some loses into draws and draws into wins. A clinical finisher and we probably would have got something at villa with 10 men and against Leeds and the season doesn’t look quite so horrific
 
I am now officially worried. If we lose to Fulham I might go into full meltdown mode.
 
The reason presumably is we haven't got the money to buy a permanent and we have failed on the loan front. I don't see any other incomings today in other positions, hope I'm wrong. It would have been helpful if Giddings had elaborated in his tweet as to the reasons why bearing in mind a few weeks ago the manager was saying this was a position we needed to get cover in.

Very concerning that we don't appear to have a contingency built into the budget to cover the loss of a key player for the season. I fear we will be conceding a lot more goals than last season as a result of this decision as our weakness in the air down the left hand side is exploited.
 
Addison said:
The reason presumably is we haven't got the money to buy a permanent and we have failed on the loan front. I don't see any other incomings today in other positions, hope I'm wrong. It would have been helpful if Giddings had elaborated in his tweet as to the reasons why bearing in mind a few weeks ago the manager was saying this was a position we needed to get cover in.

Very concerning that we don't appear to have a contingency built into the budget to cover the loss of a key player for the season. I fear we will be conceding a lot more goals than last season as a result of this decision as our weakness in the air down the left hand side is exploited.
Click to expand...
In fairness Wilder did say that while they were keen to get someone in, he left it open to us not doing so and finding a temporary solution within the squad. That could mean flexibility on the right-footer at LCB front where Ampadu is concerned, or moving Stevens, or giving Kean Bryan the opportunity we’ve all unanimously been pushing for him to be given at LCB up against Premier League opposition.
 
Addison said:
The reason presumably is we haven't got the money to buy a permanent and we have failed on the loan front. I don't see any other incomings today in other positions, hope I'm wrong. It would have been helpful if Giddings had elaborated in his tweet as to the reasons why bearing in mind a few weeks ago the manager was saying this was a position we needed to get cover in.

Very concerning that we don't appear to have a contingency built into the budget to cover the loss of a key player for the season. I fear we will be conceding a lot more goals than last season as a result of this decision as our weakness in the air down the left hand side is exploited.
Click to expand...

We have got options for JOC's role though. It is not like we are completely without defenders that can play there.

I was more keen on us signing a creative player.
 
Sky sports reporting were interested. I'd expect us to get him in january as preston would fear losing for a free in the summer? Is he any good?
 
blades14 said:
Sky sports reporting were interested. I'd expect us to get him in january as preston would fear losing for a free in the summer? Is he any good?
Click to expand...
I mean I’d like to see it would be my second choice behind cooper and will be far cheaper due to the contract situation. Has a similar positional profile to JOC where he was a “big” leftback earlier in his career career and had then got plenty of game time at centre half after that. Bournemouth were after him as an ake replacement in the summer as well as us and I think Preston fans rate him.
 
All talk from us is we can't buy. A loan with a fee due in the summer when he would technically be free? May work doubt it though
 
Berkshire Blade said:
All talk from us is we can't buy. A loan with a fee due in the summer when he would technically be free? May work doubt it though
Click to expand...
It depends if Preston would take a minimal fee now or hold on till the summer I can’t see us paying over a mill for him.
 

Yogi said:
I mean I’d like to see it would be my second choice behind cooper and will be far cheaper due to the contract situation. Has a similar positional profile to JOC where he was a “big” leftback earlier in his career career and had then got plenty of game time at centre half after that. Bournemouth were after him as an ake replacement in the summer as well as us and I think Preston fans rate him.
Click to expand...

If Bournemouth are in for him - surely he would stand just as good (better) chance of PL football with them next year.

id be tempted to wait it out if I was him.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Roygbiv
Roy's View From... Brentford and Burnley Fans Views On Ben Mee
Replies
18
Views
2K
bornablade
B
Roygbiv
Roy's View From... Atalanta, Ipswich, Everton and Norwich Fans Views On Ben Godfrey
2 3
Replies
69
Views
4K
Foody
F
C
Change in formation?
Replies
23
Views
2K
Ginger Gnome
Ginger Gnome
Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou
Central midfield position
2
Replies
59
Views
5K
Mouth of the South
Mouth of the South
Ball_Sup (Phil)
Ball Sup Blog... v ?Fulham? (?a?)
2 3
Replies
75
Views
12K
I should coco
I should coco

All advertisments are hidden for logged in members, why not log in/register?

All advertisments are hidden for logged in members, why not log in/register?

Back
Top Bottom