Summer 2026 Transfer Window Thread

[Wellen Wolf]

I had a few minutes so I thought I would do some research on Dan Neal, prospective defensive midfielder.

Reported as 5 ft 10 and 62 kg ie 9 stone 10 pounds.

He was clearly in the squad with Rob Edwards when he was an England U20 coach and got 3 caps a few months later in 2021 after Edwards moved on to Forest Green.

Dan Neal was this season:
Sunderland in the PL: 13 minutes on the pitch in 3 games (1,1, 11 minutes). 20 times on the bench completely unused.
Ipswich in the Championship since the end of January: Started 9 times and only played a full game once.

Looks like he will be on the bench if he signs and will be blown over when it is windy. Hmm, he ain't going to knock Championship players off the ball or contribute to set piece defence at that height and weight!

 

[Wilf Wolf]

I had a few minutes so I thought I would do some research on Dan Neal, prospective defensive midfielder.

Reported as 5 ft 10 and 62 kg ie 9 stone 10 pounds.

He was clearly in the squad with Rob Edwards when he was an England U20 coach and got 3 caps a few months later in 2021 after Edwards moved on to Forest Green.

Dan Neal was this season:
Sunderland in the PL: 13 minutes on the pitch in 3 games (1,1, 11 minutes). 20 times on the bench completely unused.
Ipswich in the Championship since the end of January: Started 9 times and only played a full game once.

Looks like he will be on the bench if he signs and will be blown over when it is windy. Hmm, he ain't going to knock Championship players off the ball or contribute to set piece defence at that height and weight!

Underwhelming to say the least.

 

[Lupo]

Underwhelming to say the least.

Hopefully like the kind of underwhelming BS we were hearing 9 years ago about the future under Paul Lambert before he was promptly fucked off at seasons end. Dreaming is for free

 

[Wellen Wolf]

Sadly.
He didn't do anywhere near enough at Sunderland and he's clearly just a sub at Ipswich this season.
Did a further check. Hmm. Played 90 minutes 44 times last year when Sunderland got to the playoffs.
He's therefore clearly being seen by someone (Hi Rob!) as a replacement for one of our two Brazilians.
Oh dear.

 

[Templeton Peck]

Sadly.
He didn't do anywhere near enough at Sunderland and he's clearly just a sub at Ipswich this season.
Did a further check. Hmm. Played 90 minutes 44 times last year when Sunderland got to the playoffs.
He's therefore clearly being seen by someone (Hi Rob!) as a replacement for one of our two Brazilians.
Oh dear.

Knows the league.

 

[Mel Evo]

Sadly.
He didn't do anywhere near enough at Sunderland and he's clearly just a sub at Ipswich this season.
Did a further check. Hmm. Played 90 minutes 44 times last year when Sunderland got to the playoffs.
He's therefore clearly being seen by someone (Hi Rob!) as a replacement for one of our two Brazilians.
Oh dear.

Signings like this are the new reality though. Armstrong is well thought of by most on here, and he wasn’t getting a regular Championship start this season.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

I’ve no idea if Armstrong can continue with his previous form in the Championship but he’s well liked as he looks like he gives a toss so stands out in our current team. It’s a good starting point for any player at any level.

 

[Tony Towner]

Signings like this are the new reality though. Armstrong is well thought of by most on here, and he wasn’t getting a regular Championship start this season.

You've said this before, it's not true. He started 21 out of 27 league games before he came to us. It would be fair to say they've got better without him though.

 

[Mel Evo]

My research isn’t up to scratch. I’ll grant you it was conducted in person with two Southampton fans in a McDonalds on the way home from one his first games for us. So their view may have been a bit loaded. Appreciate the audit though.

 

[jd1981]

I have a feeling the squad we put together will be a lot closer to KJ 2015/16 squad than it will be to Nuno 17/18 squad in quality.
With Mr meh in charge and he’ll have the “he’ll do attitude” more than anybody