How would you spend £5m in January?

[CotswoldRed]

For me, let's not get carried away if we appear to be on the verge if something special by splashing out. 

Let's just continue the same long term approach and the right players will come along. I'd hate to think we might bring in a 'name' to get us over the line. 

[Davefevs]

6 minutes ago, CotswoldRed said:

For me, let's not get carried away if we appear to be on the verge if something special by splashing out. 

Let's just continue the same long term approach and the right players will come along. I'd hate to think we might bring in a 'name' to get us over the line. 

I’d like to see us pick up a young Prem player with something to prove.  A permie, though, rather than a Leko-type loan, or a loan with option to buy.  No idea who, but I look at what Huddersfield did with Mooy, and think someone of that calibre.

[RobintheRed Red]

19 hours ago, Tomarse said:

Right Back is the most crucial thing at moment 

agree if vyner cant get un team now with all the injurys he needs to be loaned out

[RobintheRed Red]

17 hours ago, Phileas Fogg said:

If we're still top 6 come Jan I expect we'd spend more than £5m.

If we're still there in January, we need to raise our expectations from 'Midtable and above would be nice' to 'we are serious playoff contenders' and that'll take a bit of spending.

I like our squad overall but if you're looking objectively at our squad - we need another right back, a top quality goal-scoring centre mid and probably another forward.

That won't come cheap, especially the midfielder, but if we're serious about promotion it might take a bit of cash to add quality to the squad.

Wouldn't be surprised to see Hegeler and possibly Magnússon leave in Jan which would mean another centre back would be required. 

Great post exactly what we need

[RobintheRed Red]

19 hours ago, myol'man said:

Assuming we are still in the top 6 on New Years Day and you had £5m to spend in the transfer window, how would you spend it? For me it would all go on one player, a top top class midfield playmaker. That could be the final piece in the jigsaw. COYR  

sid we need a rb as pisanos out for a while central playmaker that goes forward  an a goalscoring top striker

[Alex_BCFC]

Right Back, Central Midfielder and Striker.

[myol'man]

1 hour ago, Alex_BCFC said:

Right Back, Central Midfielder and Striker.

Blimey! all for £5m? Where are we shopping 

[Alex_BCFC]

13 minutes ago, myol'man said:

Blimey! all for £5m? Where are we shopping 

Loan market I would think!

[The Coach]

I'd buy Billy Bodin, and spend the rest of the £4,999,999 on fruit pastels. 

[bengalcub]

Lansbury is up for grabs as villa don't want him , worth a couple of mil ? 

[The Bard]

We clearly need a right back, a  dominant midfielder on a permanent basis.  Personally I'd let both Woodrow and Leko return to their clubs and try and get a striker from someone on loan.  

 

 

[The Bard]

23 hours ago, BobBobSuperBob said:

Another couple of less spectacular but established Championship midfielders worth considering asking about availability 

Dave Edwards @ Wolves

Kieron Lee @ Wednesday ?

Jonny Russell @Derby

Charlie Adam?  On loan?

[bengalcub]

Think leko is worth keeping around ,but woodrow brings very little .... Liverpool have about 15 midfielders surely they can lend us one ? 

[Lanterne Rouge]

26 minutes ago, The Bard said:

Charlie Adam?  On loan?

No thanks if his performance against us for Stoke is anything to go by. Too slow and has to kick people now he`s losing it. His free kicks are still OK I suppose.

[BobBobSuperBob]

1 hour ago, The Bard said:

Charlie Adam?  On loan?

Did cross my mingled but a gamble character wise 

Depends on his attitude

Right quality of player to give us something different though

Think I wouldn't take the gamble personally

 

[downendcity]

£300,000 for Bodin and leave £2.7m behind the bar at the stadium for a fans pi55 up when we get promotion!

[ZiderEyed]

2 hours ago, bengalcub said:

Lansbury is up for grabs as villa don't want him , worth a couple of mil ? 

I honestly think he's one of the most bizarrely overrated footballers in England.

[nimrod]

Does SL want the club to be promoted this season? Would it be too soon? Is the long-term plan to have a much stronger side before infiltrating the promised land? 

[cidered abroad]

4 minutes ago, nimrod said:

Does SL want the club to be promoted this season? Would it be too soon? Is the long-term plan to have a much stronger side before infiltrating the promised land? 

I believe that the answer is "yes it's a bit early" but I'm sure we wouldn't turn it down if it did turn out to be possible.

[havanatopia]

5 hours ago, downendcity said:

£300,000 for Bodin and leave £2.7m behind the bar at the stadium for a fans pi55 up when we get promotion!

Did you just trouser a million? How very dare you.

[havanatopia]

9 hours ago, myol'man said:

Blimey! all for £5m? Where are we shopping 

Moldova, Burkina Faso and Paraguay 

[CiderHider]

1 hour ago, havanatopia said:

Did you just trouser a million? How very dare you.

Wow and the other Million? You both thought you could get away with it, but i'm on to the pair of you. 

[CiderHider]

Jan we will see what top class prem players beginning to realise they are not going to get games in the top flight this season and LJ will roll in and teach them about the mighty City and how coming here is their destiny.  

[havanatopia]

31 minutes ago, CiderHider said:

Wow and the other Million? You both through you could get away with it, but i'm on to the pair of you. 

Go easy on the early morning cider.

[CiderHider]

16 minutes ago, havanatopia said:

Go easy on the early morning cider.

Go easy on the ad hominem, I may be a drunk, but i'm not trying to pilfer SL of his coin

[Clarky89]

Will Hughes hasn't really made an impact at Watford, unless he's injured? Just think a Smith and Hughes midfield would be unreal. 

 

[havanatopia]

48 minutes ago, CiderHider said:

Go easy on the ad hominem, I may be a drunk, but i'm not trying to pilfer SL of his coin

Neither was I you dumples.

[havanatopia]

18 minutes ago, Clarky89 said:

Will Hughes hasn't really made an impact at Watford, unless he's injured? Just think a Smith and Hughes midfield would be unreal. 

 

From Watford Manager:-

"He improves and enjoys being here and tries to get in the squad every day. If you have everyone fit, it's hard to get in the squad, with Pereyra and [Nathaniel] Chalobah.

"But I'm happy with his behaviour and his work and if I decide he's ready; he's ready."

Read more at http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/watford-midfielder-will-hughes-progress-pleases-marco-silva/story-30539342-detail/story.html#T6VgVXwtarZFjuOX.99

[downendcity]

4 hours ago, havanatopia said:

Did you just trouser a million? How very dare you.

No, just spent it behind the bar on my own - hence there mental arithmetic going to pot!

[Ska Junkie]

I just popped over to the Villa forum after reading about Lansbury's availability (good player) and they're not impressed with Hogan and want him sold for £4M even though they paid £12M (??) for him. When we played Brentford at our place a season or 2 ago (when Freeman was sent off), I thought Hogan gave a masterclass in how to play up front on his own, he was superb! It appears Villa keep hoofing long balls at him with little or no creative passing which is where he thrives. If we could get him for £4M and his wages weren't obscene, he's one player I would like to see us show interest in.

As for Lansbury, good though he is, he comes across as a bit of a diva as well as being injury prone, we don't want to risk the togetherness of the squad by bringing him in IMHO.