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I think it’s all been too quiet for a bit move to come out of nowhere. Loans out are all I expect except Raskin. Would like to be wrong.

Raskin replaces Davis Cantwell and Tillman replace Arfield I’m fairly certain of those. Jack hasn’t been replaced and will renew for a year on a reduced wage I think. I think the funds available will be used in the summer for priority positions like goalkeeper, centre forward, centre back and possibly right-forward (Whittaker or similar). All those positions are now higher priority than centre mid so renewing Jack for a year will be seen as a sensible move.

My thoughts exactly. The fact a bosman wasn’t signed prior to signing proves to me that he wasn’t interested in waiting till the summer.

“Allegedly” doing some heavy lifting there. We don’t know the details and circumstances of the deal. For a start, it assumes a man who was frozen out of his team for months was willing to wait till the summer. I would bet he that a move in January was non-negotiable for him. There would have been plenty interest from other clubs. Empire on FF also said they wanted double what we eventually agreed for him. I’m just glad to have a very good player in the door. Edit: Just seen the last line of your last post!

I see Cantwell’s future as the furthest forward of the 3 centre mids. He could create a lot there without having to be a regular goalscorer. The front three all need to be regular goalscorers, which is why I hope Kent moves on. He’ll never be that player.

Celtic would have blown them off the map today. We’re lacking quality in the final third and it’s the difference. Hopefully Cantwell will go some way to resolving that problem, but we need Colak back in the team.

Hopefully Standard see sense. £2m and a % of a future sale is not reasonable if we have agreed a bosman. From a fans perspective, I really hope we get this squad strengthened for the second half of the season though. Beale can’t keep up this form with the current guys.

I’ve had a look at their coefficient performance. They are in 4th, well clear of France and with no signs of that changing. Germany have a good lead over them but they’ve been neck and neck the past few seasons (presumably with Dortmund falling away). On another note, the Serie A is one of the most entertaintaining leagues in Europe in terms of unpredictability. Most others are dominated by a small number of teams.

Their fans would lose the plot if they agreed to anything under £4m with us. The Rangers surcharge.

I saw this thread on Twitter. Basically we have the worst goalkeeping performance in the league, which isn’t much of a surprise. But I was shocked that have faced less xG than Celtic. The area Celtic are massively outperforming us is chance creation and/or forward quality. Their xG is far higher than ours, which again is not surprising at all. They are also far more clinical with their chances. For the first time I remember we are actually 3 goals ahead of our xG, but I’ve had a look at our stats and of course it is purely down to Colak, who is miles ahead of his xG. Morelos is par for the course as usual. Arfield the only other player scoring significantly more than he should for the chances he gets (Celtic have 6 players doing that).

Raskin and Cantwell alone would make it an excellent window. The talk seems to be that Whittaker will be done too. Quite surprised there aren’t senior outgoings because that would leave us with a big squad.

Massive boost if true.

Argh, I missed that!

It’s been surprising, and he is one I hope can get a new lease of life as Beale puts his stamp on the team. The other thing I like about Kamara is his athleticism. At his best, he covers more ground than any other centre mid.

I think he has the skill set, and would show it more with more technical and positive players around him. He is also tied down for the long term so is part of our future unless we get a bid.

I think Cantwell’s style will suit us. Playing in a team who are always in possession and looking to break teams down. He has the kind of creativity that we badly lack too. I can see him playing as the furthest forward of the midfield 3 a lot. A midfield 3 of Raskin, Kamara and Cantwell would be miles ahead of where we are now in terms of creativity. Not to mention being enjoyable to watch, what a novel concept.

The original journalist has commented under it too,

It’s looking good, Nico #Raskin is close to Rangers. Already interested in previous transfer windows, our midfielder is very close to leaving Sclessin!

Yeh, the Raskin rumour especially is a bit of a game changer. If we get that over the line in this window then Wilson’s approval ratings will take a jump.

Not sure if you mean me but I wasn’t saying those things. And Cantwell is confirmed by Romano and other good sources, it’s a matter of time. Raskin still a rumour but from an apparently reliable journalist in Belgium.

Very good in defensive duels, but silky on the ball. Can carry the ball and very good at forward passing. Weaknesses are he is hopeless in the air and doesn’t score many.

Cantwell and Raskin would add a lot of much needed creativity. This could be a very good window.

Someone at the training centre apparently. Rumoured to be Cantwell.

If there’s a time of the year I want Kent to catch form it’s during the January transfer window. Don’t sign anything yet Ryan 😀

Yeh, I said before we signed him. Not sure what’s confusing.