Summer Transfer Window

[magicdaps10]

Seb Dabrowski and Arthur Parker have both made great improvements and they could be looking for loans for the new season. It might be a little bit early to see them in the first team squad but both players are moving in the right direction.

Is he ready for our first team squad?
The lad is 21 in a few months.

 

[Swansea93]

Rhys Williams Bashir Humphreys.
Just because they are from a PL academy, doesn't mean they'll be much cop!

To be fair to Bashir he’s done really well for himself, Rhys Williams on the other hand….

 

[Ringwood]

If posters havn't taken with a pinch of salt the cost of players' wages let alone transfer fees then they never will. Comic cuts used to be an apt phrase to describe rubbish when I was growing up(a long, long time ago I might add). Discuss the financial side of the game by all means but start believing any truth in the posting when the facts are proven or with a signing when the player is wearing the shirt, or when you are watching one of Sophia's cringeworthy videos of the player on the OS.

Sophia's vids are a bit cringeworthy.

Especially when she asks a new player why they are joining Swansea City ..

 

[Colin-swansea]

Is he ready for our first team squad?
The lad is 21 in a few months.

I havn't see the lads as much as my mates who follow all of the academy games who both think they are ready, but for me their best option would be out on loan until January and then assess their progress. To start another season in the U21 side would be a backward step IMO.

 

[WentToSchoolWith]

Not to blow smoke up our arse, but Not The Top 20 podcast did a transfer rundown yesterday and were absolutely amazed that we managed to bag Galbraith. Said he's genuinely a Premier League quality player already - alongside Burgess, think we could be a proper dark horse this season

 

[bakajack]

Unfortunately football is littered with head coaches desiring loan players from PL clubs in preference to giving opportunities to those in the club's U21 team. Going back to RM's tenure were the following any better than what we already had at the club-Finley Burns, Finn Stevens, Mattie Sorinola, Armstrong Okoflex, Harrison Ashby, Charles Sagoe junior, Nathan Abbey etc.

In fairness Oko-Flex was a cut above, problem is he liked to attack and create which with it came the risk of losing the ball. Hence he fell out of favour with Martin and was frozen out like so many others under him

 

[bakajack]

To be fair to Bashir he’s done really well for himself, Rhys Williams on the other hand….

Bashir always crumbled easily under pressure, teams very quickly worked out when he played that they could target him as the weak link and it almost always worked. Two of the three goals Oxford scored in the 3-3 draw were down to him

 

[Menston4128]

Not to blow smoke up our arse, but Not The Top 20 podcast did a transfer rundown yesterday and were absolutely amazed that we managed to bag Galbraith. Said he's genuinely a Premier League quality player already - alongside Burgess, think we could be a proper dark horse this season

Galbraith is 24 and all his appearances have come at L1 and L2, plus he was in the Man Utd academy (so we'll known in Premier League circles).

That tells me that he isn't Premier League quality already. He may well reach that level but if he was at that level then a Premier League team would have snapped him up.

 

[Martyn - Derwydd]

Not to blow smoke up our arse, but Not The Top 20 podcast did a transfer rundown yesterday and were absolutely amazed that we managed to bag Galbraith. Said he's genuinely a Premier League quality player already - alongside Burgess, think we could be a proper dark horse this season

Well. I cant bet with the UK bookmakers cos I'm in the US. And I cant with the American bookies either cos my state is one of the ones that deems gambling illegal. So I cant get a bet on.

But, as an ex bookie in my younger days my view is the 12/1 on offer for a top 6 finish resulting in promotion is grossly over priced.

We are as low as 8/1 with some and even that is worthy of a pop for top 6 finish.

We were one of the top form teams in the last 1/3rd of last season and it looks like we have done some good business strengthening the team

Wrexham at 5/1 is not because the bookies think they are a genuine 5/1 shot. Its because they are anticipating the name will generate a ton of bets on them.

When bookies 1st open a book part of the way they quote odds is dependent on who do they think a lot of money is going to be bet on. So they quote odds shorter than the actual true odds and provide longer odds on some others to bring in bets on those others to balance their book.

Wrexham & Charlton being case in point.

Wrexham have done little in the transfer window so far.

Wrexham 5/1 won 27 games last season
Charlton 33/1 won 25 games last season

That's the classic we will drastically shorten the real odds on one and offer longer odds on the other to try and get people betting on the other one to balance our risk and liabilities

If you can get double figures on us to be in the top 6 and you like having a flutter then 12/1 is a lump it on situation not just a regular amount bet.

Bear in mind the window still has a long way to go. What happens if that No 9 comes in.

 

[WentToSchoolWith]

Bashir always crumbled easily under pressure, teams very quickly worked out when he played that they could target him as the weak link and it almost always worked. Two of the three goals Oxford scored in the 3-3 draw were down to him

Humphries wasn't at the club last season, so unsure how he was at fault for the Oxford goals; are you thinking of Delcroix?

 

[WentToSchoolWith]

Well. I cant bet with the UK bookmakers cos I'm in the US. And I cant with the American bookies either cos my state is one of the ones that deems gambling illegal. So I cant get a bet on.

But, as an ex bookie in my younger days my view is the 12/1 on offer for a top 6 finish is grossly over priced. We are as low as 8/1 with some and even that is worthy of a pop for top 6 finish.

We were one of the top form teams in the last 1/3rd of last season and it looks like we have done some good business strengthening the team

Wrexham at 5/1 is not because the bookies think they are a genuine 5/1 shot. Its because they are anticipating the name will generate a ton of bets on them.

When bookies 1st open a book part of the way they quote odds is dependent on who do they think a lot of money is going to be bet on. So they quote odds shorter than the actual true odds and provide longer odds on some others to bring in bets on those others to balance their book.

Wrexham & Charlton being case in point.

Wrexham have done little in the transfer window so far.

Wrexham 5/1 won 27 games last season
Charlton 33/1 won 25 games last season

That's the classic we will drastically shorten the real odds on one and offer longer odds on the other to try and get people betting on the other one to balance our risk and liabilities

If you can get double figures on us to be in the top 6 and you like having a flutter then 12/1 is a lump it on situation not just a regular amount bet.

Bear in mind the window still has a long way to go. What happens if that No 9 comes in.

On the odds thing; we're currently 11/2 with SkyBet to finish Top 6. I think that's quite harsh on it's own, but when you consider that we're a lower price than Millwall, Stoke, and Watford, I consider it genuinely mad.

 

[Jackareme]

Humphries wasn't at the club last season, so unsure how he was at fault for the Oxford goals; are you thinking of Delcroix?

He left his aura here..

 

[Martyn - Derwydd]

On the odds thing; we're currently 11/2 with SkyBet to finish Top 6. I think that's quite harsh on it's own, but when you consider that we're a lower price than Millwall, Stoke, and Watford, I consider it genuinely mad.

Yup. Got my first post slightly wrong. Edited it. 12/1 for top 6 resulting in promotion

11/2 and 6/1 just to finish in the top 6 thats still banging odds.

I mean Wrexham 2/1. Stoke 5/1.Middlesboro 6/4. Norwich 7/4 who finished below us and probably losing both strikers this season on top of conceding lots of goals over the last few seasons

We are clearly at generous odds compared to our real chances.

Lump on guys n gals

 

[bakajack]

Humphries wasn't at the club last season, so unsure how he was at fault for the Oxford goals; are you thinking of Delcroix?

I was indeed, my bad

 

[Risc]

Melker is looking the absolute business if the training videos are anything to go by. O'Dea is talking him and Inoussa up too which is promising.

Long term targets who will pay off im hoping.