Interesting who our top signings will be

[Yorkshire Canary 118]

It has been well publisised that Norwich have got a very respectable transfer budget this season.It is great that Holt has committed his future, he means so much to us. Whittaker looks a sound signing but is in effect a bosman. Butterfield looks a snip at whatever the tribunual will order us to pay and is likely to be the same calibre as Howson so the future could be bright. All this lweaves us with a sizable pot of cash for new signings, possibly £15m or so this summer and with some left for january. This could open the door for 3 to 4 signings in the 4 to 5 m range which could be exciting. Much conjecture as to who they may be but if spent wisely then our squad could look pretty good

[Chunky Norwich 0]

I agree although unfortunately a lot of these new contracts (or maybe due to clauses) might take a surprising chunk out of that budget.

 

It''s normally the case that at this time of year, it''s all the frees and small deals and the big ones come much later - maybe even on deadline day

[lake district canary 0]

Don''t hold your breath guys, you could be waiting till January...................

 

 

[Hog 0]

Am slighlty concerned over Hughton''s recent comments over being happy to wait for further signings, if this is it then I would be very concerned....

[Salopian 1]

CH has said that he will not be pushing hard for further signings until he has seen something of how the players perform (presuambly in training and in pre-season games) and until he has been able to meet each and see something of them as persons. There may already be some in the pipeline, but significant signings could occur in August, as bargaining gets tighter.

 

This strikes me as very sensible. Every year there is evidence of players moving and then not really fitting in to their new clubs. He has a good budget, and wisely wants every pound to count.  We have to be patient, and wait to see what happens.

[City penguin 0]

why is it not sensible to make sure you get the best players, rather than rush into things, sure if you can get deals done earlier all the better but i''d rather him bide his time and get the right man rather than an earlier signing that he''s not 100% on,

[Hog 0]

and what happened to casting the net further afield, I was hoping for a little bit of Foreign flair to compliment out squad....

[Syteanric 1]

[quote user="Hog"]and what happened to casting the net further afield, I was hoping for a little bit of Foreign flair to compliment out squad....[/quote]i always thought Uefa clased Scotland as "abroad"... shows what i know...

[ROBFLECK 134]

I''m anxious for signings, but I think it''s good management bij Chris to bide his time and find out some more about the players he has. We all know what a top class league we''re playing in, so I too reckon we need a touch more class maybe...but not at every cost! Hughton''s doing well imo!

[Cantiaci Canary 610]

I think that we have been spoiled over the last few years with the number of new faces coming in. Lambert had to get some of his own in in his first January, we then had to adjust for the Championship and then we had to upgrade for the Premiership.

 

We already have a Premiership quality squad with 2 new signings.

I wouldn''t expect many more signings ... perhaps 2 defenders and a striker?

[Indy 3,471]

We are week in two areas, attack and left back!

 

We have a great mix in midfiled, though I would like a 6ft defensive midfield player to allow the creative players freedom to do good thing going forward, but we have holes in attack!!!!

 

We need another attacker, young hungry and above all bags of potential, not Heskey type of old cart horse.

 

So I can see a couple big money moves in the summer, Naughton and Chris Wood would be my guess.

[lappinitup 629]

[quote user="Yorkshire Canary"]Whittaker looks a sound signing but is in effect a bosman.........This could open the door for 3 to 4 signings in the 4 to 5 m range which could be exciting.[/quote]Ever since it was announced we had a healthy transfer budget, many of you have been chomping at the bit for the club to spend it. The post above suggests that while Whittaker is a good signing, the poster would have been happier of he''d have cost £4/5m. The call in last years close season was for players with "Premier League experience". This was the road QPR chose and it nearly blew up in their faces. Now we have a squad full of players with "Premier League experience".This year, the call is for £4/5m players. Happily, we have a squad with many "£4/5m players" in it but we didn''t pay £4/5m for one of them. High transfer fees or players with "Premier League experience" who would have high wages attached is not the way to go. NCFC are doing it exactly right by seeking out "value for money". Any other course could end up with years in the wilderness.

[William Darby 0]

[quote user="Hog"]Am slighlty concerned over Hughton''s recent comments over being happy to wait for further signings, if this is it then I would be very concerned....[/quote]Hughton hasn''t seen them in the flesh yet on the training pitch yet.  Personally I think he''ll assess them all over a couple of week''s graft at Colney.  Having said that, nothing''s stopping Ewan Chester discovering a gem somewhere in the mean time.

[Gingerpele 0]

[quote user="Hog"]Am slighlty concerned over Hughton''s recent comments over being happy to wait for further signings, if this is it then I would be very concerned....[/quote]

So last season didn''t happen then?

[Thirsty Lizard 3,215]

Indy - this fella is a six foot defensive midfielder -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Johnson

[Waveney Canary 0]

Would like us to spend some serious money on a decent striker demba ba for 7 mill as an example

[shefcanary 2,955]

See the other thread on the 25 man squad rule. 

 

http://services.pinkun.com/forums/pinkun/cs/forums/2754439/ShowPost.aspx

We have finally concluded there are two spare spaces as things stand before we need to "dispose" of any current members, so implies we will still have some further transfer movement before the end of August transfer window.  Makes sense for Hughton to have a good look first though at the squad before wheeling and dealing.

[andyc24_uk 79]

OK, here''s my prediction : I reckon there will be a bit of wheeling and dealing to upgrade our defence over the next 3-4 weeks - Barnett out to make space and someone in, maybe Davies would be the front runner; and I still think Naughton might join - Finally expecting some movement on that now Spurs have appointed AVB as manager. Then I think we could see the bulk of the transfer fund spent late in the window on a good striker from abroad who''s been under the radar thus far, maybe French or Dutch leagues - CH will probably be looking for a Cisse/Ba type signing and if he finds the right man I can imagine us spending a decent whack of cash - maybe 7-10m - on getting him in. Plus probably a couple of the youngsters out on season-long loans on deadline day and I wouldn''t be surprised to see Pacheco in for free or cheap (under 1m) in the last few hours of the window, once Liverpool realise noone else is going to sign him and they need to shift him off their own books to meet the 25-player rule.

At least, that''s what I''m hoping for - would make me a very happy fan!

[Hog 0]

[quote user="andyc24_uk"]OK, here''s my prediction : I reckon there will be a bit of wheeling and dealing to upgrade our defence over the next 3-4 weeks - Barnett out to make space and someone in, maybe Davies would be the front runner; and I still think Naughton might join - Finally expecting some movement on that now Spurs have appointed AVB as manager. Then I think we could see the bulk of the transfer fund spent late in the window on a good striker from abroad who''s been under the radar thus far, maybe French or Dutch leagues - CH will probably be looking for a Cisse/Ba type signing and if he finds the right man I can imagine us spending a decent whack of cash - maybe 7-10m - on getting him in. Plus probably a couple of the youngsters out on season-long loans on deadline day and I wouldn''t be surprised to see Pacheco in for free or cheap (under 1m) in the last few hours of the window, once Liverpool realise noone else is going to sign him and they need to shift him off their own books to meet the 25-player rule. At least, that''s what I''m hoping for - would make me a very happy fan![/quote]

 

 

This would make me very very happy..............

[Scooby 0]

lappinitup wrote the following post at 04/07/2012 1:50 PM:

Yorkshire Canary wrote:

Whittaker looks a sound signing but is in effect a bosman.........This could open the door for 3 to 4 signings in the 4 to 5 m range which could be exciting.

Ever since it was announced we had a healthy transfer budget, many of you have been chomping at the bit for the club to spend it. The post above suggests that while Whittaker is a good signing, the poster would have been happier of he''d have cost £4/5m.

The call in last years close season was for players with "Premier League experience". This was the road QPR chose and it nearly blew up in their faces. Now we have a squad full of players with "Premier League experience".

This year, the call is for £4/5m players. Happily, we have a squad with many "£4/5m players" in it but we didn''t pay £4/5m for one of them.

High transfer fees or players with "Premier League experience" who would have high wages attached is not the way to go. NCFC are doing it exactly right by seeking out "value for money". Any other course could end up with years in the wilderness.

Kerching !!!!! Excellent.

[tom cavendish 0]

[quote user="andyc24_uk"]OK, here''s my prediction : I reckon there will be a bit of wheeling and dealing to upgrade our defence over the next 3-4 weeks - Barnett out to make space and someone in, maybe Davies would be the front runner; and I still think Naughton might join - Finally expecting some movement on that now Spurs have appointed AVB as manager. Then I think we could see the bulk of the transfer fund spent late in the window on a good striker from abroad who''s been under the radar thus far, maybe French or Dutch leagues - CH will probably be looking for a Cisse/Ba type signing and if he finds the right man I can imagine us spending a decent whack of cash - maybe 7-10m - on getting him in. Plus probably a couple of the youngsters out on season-long loans on deadline day and I wouldn''t be surprised to see Pacheco in for free or cheap (under 1m) in the last few hours of the window, once Liverpool realise noone else is going to sign him and they need to shift him off their own books to meet the 25-player rule.

At least, that''s what I''m hoping for - would make me a very happy fan![/quote]I doubt that Pacheco would be signed as NC have just signed Butterfield.I doubt that Barnett will be leaving this summer because he has bought a house in Norfolk and is settled with a young family. I doubt that any other Prem club would offer him more money so why would he move?

[Mr Brownstone 0]

[quote user = "andyc24_uk"]

CH will probably be looking for a Cisse/Ba type signing and if he finds the right man I can imagine us spending a decent whack of cash - maybe 7-10m - on getting him in.

quote]

 

Never going to happen. Not in a million years.

[smooth 114]

I agree he will take his time to look but at the same time Hughton knows where we are weak.One left back, now possibly two right backs, centre halves, midfileld that needs that enforcer, possibly lacking pace and would have noted that chris martin was out on loan, S Jackson got a few games over the last two years and Vaughan was injured most of last.That is without mentioning adeyemi, korey smith, steer and maybe francomb who will go out on loan. I am sure at some point.We will speand some money and have to, we have to add to he team and Hughton knows that. You cannot be complacent, you must improve year on year and the easiest way is to bring in new personnel.5 million for a player is over our budget... well because we need a few more players, if we did need 2 players then maybe we could stretch that, but we need more than 2.

[Cantiaci Canary 610]

[quote user="andyc24_uk"] CH will probably be looking for a Cisse/Ba type signing and if he finds the right man I can imagine us spending a decent whack of cash - maybe 7-10m - on getting him in. [/quote]

 

We won''t pay the wages of a £7-10M striker!

There will be no signings over £3-4M I''m certain.