11 days in and a fairly dull thread. Looks to be a quiet window.
Nick Freeman.
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Itās not been quiet - players out the door and the only one Iām disappointed at is Bell, I wouldnāt be surprised if we donāt sign anyone, Duff has got the current crop playing reasonably well and if I was the owner I would be focussing on balancing the books rather than another shit show like the previous window ! (apart from securing Morley of course 
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you are aware that the below are injured /unfit
Grimmer
Back
Leahy
Mullins
Henderson
Joe Taylor seems to be really out of favor at Huddersfield and I think he would be a good signing.
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Yep !
I think no signings might be a stretch, but I wouldnāt actually be against only one permanent signing this window, as long as it was Aaron Morley. Plus possibly left wing and right back loanees to cover Grimmer injury and Bell departure. Iād like to also see Skura, Back and Tilley depart.
I donāt think weāll be able to get a good enough permanent striker in, in January for us to get close to the top 6 and weāll be fine from a relegation standpoint, so Iād rather wait. The summer will be more likely to get the right players in. The reason for Morley being an exception is because heās currently out of favour, and that might not be the case in the Summer (possibly even with Bolton having a new manager).
For now this would leave us with Norris, van Sas, Moore, Harvie, Hagelskaer, Casey, Allen, Taylor, (Grimmer), Huggins, Leahy, CBM, (Henderson), Morley, (Scowen), Mullins, Lowry, Quitirna, Woodrow, Fink, Fred. Plus 2 Young loanees as above (RB,LW). I think thatād be enough for a comfortable mid table finish with Duff in charge.
Of the above, in the Summer I would look to offload Norris, Moore and Taylor (and Leahy if not happy to be more a squad option). George will leave. Woodrow and Huggins and any other young loanees would return to parent clubs. This would leave us with 16 players. In the Summer I would be looking to buy quality, not quantity, and permanently sign a new goalkeeper (van Sas number 2), a quality right sided centre back (Casey as back up), a first choice right back to challenge Grimmer, a first choice striker and a first choice left winger (who could also play striker). That would give a squad of 21 contracted players, no loanees. The development squad to make up numbers where required.
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i agree, Morley is the big one , if we cannot land him then I really do fear for us, will be a nothing season and many fans will stop coming , a striker would be nice however not adverse to giving Fink more game time as I do think he Will come good . there is news that Leahy may be off to Readingā¦.
I think this is probably true - itās not inconceivable we could pick up a loan striker who could make an immediate impact (Luke Moore/Paul Hayes/John Akinde/Marcello Trotta) but for every one of the examples above thereās many more that turned out to be flops - can be for many different reasons, personality, playing style, whatever.
But I guess every signingās a risk anyway.
Iām still holding out for us to still make the playoffs if we can do a bit of business and our injuries donāt become too critical. Our home form has been excellent, itās our away form that is worrying.
Our next five before we play Reading are:
Northampton (A)
Peterborough (H)
Wigan (H)
Mansfield (A)
Doncaster (H)
Whilst none of those games will be easy, they are all winnable.
All of our remaining games are winnable. Itās not a good league this season.
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I really canāt see real fans not coming if we have one mid table finish. I think you are becoming far too entitled. This is Wycombe not Man City @Chairboys80 and fans stick with the club through thick and thin and believe me a mid table finish in league one is not thin.
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die hards will not stop coming, including me, however the newer fans will
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āBecoming?ā
That ship sailed a long, long time ago.
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Where have you seen the āLeahy could be off to Readingā rumour?
was spoken about in pre season, they wanted him on a free and we wanted a fee so they walked away ā¦ā¦rumblings within their fan base that this is back on
I live in hope weāre going to see that yellow gif this weekā¦
And back to business this Saturday. After the packed fixtures over Christmas, this two week break, whilst brilliant for squad recovery, for my own selfish needs, is killing me!
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So itās the same scenario that we are having with Morley then? Supporters want a player but there is very little noise from any club / agent / player supporting it.
If it was to happen, Iād like us to try and get a swap for Charlie Savage!
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We should extend Lukeās contract by another year as he is a valuable member of our first team squad. I would hate to see him go to the ding!!!
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