Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread

[DJBlu]

This chap has been correct before. Don't know if he's been 100%.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

He's chimed in before on a few things that had already been widely discussed, including that we were re-signing Fossey permanently. He changed his avatar for that one, to have a Campo-style wig.

Chancer.

[BWFC_Insane]

I like Maghoma a lot.

Fixed it for you.

My point is that every summer we sign players and key areas where we know the quality simply isn’t there are ignored. I get you sign people in order of availability but it would concern me if we are spending what is presumably the bulk of our money on a player that isn’t a wing back/wide player (and we need one each side minimum) or that midfield general.

I like Maghoma but the fact is for me we need to fix the areas that most held us back last season.

[knobpolisher]

Paris tweets this, thousands of Bolton fans dare to dream.

Don't do this social media x formerly known as twitter , so don't understand why posting irreplaceable is relevant or significant. Is there something else after that.

[officer_dibble]

He's chimed in before on a few things that had already been widely discussed, including that we were re-signing Fossey permanently. He changed his avatar for that one, to have a Campo-style wig.

Chancer.

Ah, we shall see I guess! There’s plenty of noise about it anyway, but nothing beats the old pitch, shirt, look of dread.

[dave the minion]

Until he is quoted as saying we are "massive" club and its a "massive" opportunity and the fans are "massive", I'm not getting carried away!

Still, major statement signing if true. Agree we need improvement elsewhere in the squad, but surely even the most sceptical amongst us must be pleased if it happens??

[jmjhb]

This would very much be the tiara on the shire horse

[irie Cee Bee]

Paris would be a good signing for us. He started his loan poorly with us, but improved to be our best midfielder by the end of the season. So much so that Oxford took him out of the game in minute 1 and we were useless after that.
Notwithstanding, for Evatts system to work, a lot money is needed to spend on wingbacks on both sides of the pitch. They make the system tick. Cogley and Matheson .. we need an improvement. On the other side .. Williams is all we have, and he will start the season injured. We need to sign 2 over there.

[BWFC_Insane]

Iles says Maghoma is not happening. Sounds like the usual made up nonsense. If we have that sort of money I think we need to invest in key areas. We do need something in midfield. Also the Posh chairman seems to be saying Randall isn’t happening either.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Bolton fans are so keen – understandably, but misplacedly - to jump on any tiny sign and it all gets so ludicrously overinflated.

And when I say tiny, Paris's one-word tweet wasn't even the smallest. Remember when we were rumoured to be after Josh Coburn? That seems to have been because a fan site tweeted a Great Escape gif and the actors in that movie include James Coburn. Yeah really, that appears to have been it.

I'm as bored and keen as the next Wanderer and I love a bit of intrigue but it's all got a bit pathetic now with accounts trolling for attention. I would much much rather be happy than right but this always did seem like a whole lot of hope on not much evidence and as soon as Tits McGee got involved it felt further away, not nearer.

[officer_dibble]

Ah well!

[Worthy4England]

Now Portugal are out, we should be hearing more about Veloso.

[jmjhb]

Sibley gone to Oxford from Derby. That's the kind of player we should have been in for...

Birmingham, Huddersfield doing some excellent business too...next season is looking that much tougher

Feeling really pessimistic now that Evatt's failings last season will set us back 5 years.

[officer_dibble]

Hmmm not 5 for me but I can see a mid table job next season for sure. Which would probably spell the end of evatt.

[nicholaldo]

Pompey in for JDC, according to Nixon.

I'd be surprised if Pompey were interested, or if we were holding out for such a high fee (£500,000) but it's what he's reporting.

[BWFC_Insane]

Pompey in for JDC, according to Nixon.

I'd be surprised if Pompey were interested, or if we were holding out for such a high fee (£500,000) but it's what he's reporting.

If we are sticking with the system we need to sign 4 quality wing backs. Or a minimum of 3.

Unless we manage to pick some up on frees or have some amazing untapped foreign market in mind I suspect to have any chance next season we are looking at something not far off £5M transfer fees combined to get that requisite quality.

We’ve ignored and neglected this issue.

[BWFC_Insane]

Sibley gone to Oxford from Derby. That's the kind of player we should have been in for...

Birmingham, Huddersfield doing some excellent business too...next season is looking that much tougher

Feeling really pessimistic now that Evatt's failings last season will set us back 5 years.

Yep. I will never forgive Evatt and his bottle job players. Ever.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Pompey in for JDC, according to Nixon.

I'd be surprised if Pompey were interested, or if we were holding out for such a high fee (£500,000) but it's what he's reporting.

Iles isn't shutting it down: "Interesting line from @reluctantnicko on Josh Dacres-Cogley today. One to keep an eye on. #bwfc"

That might mean he hasn't (yet) checked with club sources but it might also mean he has...

Obviously I would agree that selling our one reliably fit wing-back is a big risk. Selling without replacements lined up would be insanity. And if we get money in, we might find prices go up... but that's the game, isn't it?

[Prufrock]

He should only be second choice anyway, so I'm not against it assuming we reinvest. Would make for a dicey few weeks until we did though!

[officer_dibble]

Depends really - he’s a decent full back for league one and he’s better than most at our players Achilles heel - staying fit! As a wing back we need someone better, but we are talking Bradley/Fossey levels, is it achievable?

Fundamentally if he wants to test himself at a higher level the player might push it through anyway.