Expecting two to be announced today/very soon

[Hound]

I think it’s more likely you pick those up end of season but yeah it’d be nice to pick up a few more of the Savage types we did a couple of years ago and more time for academy lads

I do think it’s prob experience that gets you out of this division generally though

[Esteban]

I think it’s more likely you pick those up end of season but yeah it’d be nice to pick up a few more of the Savage types we did a couple of years ago and more time for academy lads

I do think it’s prob experience that gets you out of this division generally though

Yeah, absolutely agree with this. Would like to be signing players ibn this window who aren't off the back of poor form/injuries, but I guess that's the pond we're fishing in.

[Snowflake Royal]

I’ve been burnt before saying it will be ‘today’, but I’m told it will be. Put it this way 2 are having medicals today. The expectation is they will announced today.

A CB and a CF

Don’t know the names yet: trying to find out

Assuming the cb is that lad from Swansea but waiting for confirmation And assuming cf is Keane. Let’s see

Will let you know

Hope it's not Santos, seen some pretty negative comments about him.

Agreed, seems like a very risky and short term signing.

Lots of murmers his legs have gone... pace gone. Getting on. Etc

[Hound]

I’ve been burnt before saying it will be ‘today’, but I’m told it will be. Put it this way 2 are having medicals today. The expectation is they will announced today.

A CB and a CF

Don’t know the names yet: trying to find out

Assuming the cb is that lad from Swansea but waiting for confirmation And assuming cf is Keane. Let’s see

Will let you know

Hope it's not Santos, seen some pretty negative comments about him.

Agreed, seems like a very risky and short term signing.

Lots of murmers his legs have gone... pace gone. Getting on. Etc

From where, Twitter?

30 is a decent age for a CB

[Snowflake Royal]

Hope it's not Santos, seen some pretty negative comments about him.

Agreed, seems like a very risky and short term signing.

Lots of murmers his legs have gone... pace gone. Getting on. Etc

From where, Twitter?

30 is a decent age for a CB

People who have seen him play, one would presume?

He played for a Bolton side that were good going forward, but looked soft at the back. Played three games in about the last calendar year, reportedly had two injuries recently. Signed for Swansea in the summer and is now available having played one game for them. 30 is getting past his prime, and around the time you'd expect to see decline, particularly in pace, and particularly after injuries.

If he's fit and got the pace, he's a good signing. But it's risky because it looks like there's a decent chance of him breaking down. And if the pace is gone, which it might have done, then that's his most attractive attribute to us gone.

[Sutekh]

Agreed, seems like a very risky and short term signing.

Lots of murmers his legs have gone... pace gone. Getting on. Etc

From where, Twitter?

30 is a decent age for a CB

People who have seen him play, one would presume?

He played for a Bolton side that were good going forward, but looked soft at the back. Played three games in about the last calendar year, reportedly had two injuries recently. Signed for Swansea in the summer and is now available having played one game for them. 30 is getting past his prime, and around the time you'd expect to see decline, particularly in pace, and particularly after injuries.

If he's fit and got the pace, he's a good signing. But it's risky because it looks like there's a decent chance of him breaking down. And if the pace is gone, which it might have done, then that's his most attractive attribute to us gone.

And Swansea are happy to get rid after less than 6 months, so the few minutes he managed to play this season and what they saw in training together with his recent injury record have persuaded them to jettison him already, therefore it really doesn’t sound like this is going to be a very smart move by the club - but Reading can’t be stupid and must know and have checked these things out…

[Sutekh]

Agreed, seems like a very risky and short term signing.

Lots of murmers his legs have gone... pace gone. Getting on. Etc

From where, Twitter?

30 is a decent age for a CB

People who have seen him play, one would presume?

He played for a Bolton side that were good going forward, but looked soft at the back. Played three games in about the last calendar year, reportedly had two injuries recently. Signed for Swansea in the summer and is now available having played one game for them. 30 is getting past his prime, and around the time you'd expect to see decline, particularly in pace, and particularly after injuries.

If he's fit and got the pace, he's a good signing. But it's risky because it looks like there's a decent chance of him breaking down. And if the pace is gone, which it might have done, then that's his most attractive attribute to us gone.

And Swansea are happy to get rid after less than 6 months, so the few minutes he managed to play this season and what they saw in training together with his recent injury record have persuaded them to jettison him already, therefore it really doesn’t sound like this is going to be a very smart move by the club - but they can’t be stupid and must know and have checked things out…

[Stranded]

Agreed, seems like a very risky and short term signing.

Lots of murmers his legs have gone... pace gone. Getting on. Etc

From where, Twitter?

30 is a decent age for a CB

People who have seen him play, one would presume?

He played for a Bolton side that were good going forward, but looked soft at the back. Played three games in about the last calendar year, reportedly had two injuries recently. Signed for Swansea in the summer and is now available having played one game for them. 30 is getting past his prime, and around the time you'd expect to see decline, particularly in pace, and particularly after injuries.

If he's fit and got the pace, he's a good signing. But it's risky because it looks like there's a decent chance of him breaking down. And if the pace is gone, which it might have done, then that's his most attractive attribute to us gone.

If the medical throws up a big risk then the club will be unlikely to proceed.

Looking at Twitter for every account saying he's done there seems to be one saying something like "O'Connor & Santos at the back, good luck scoring past Reading"

So who knows which Santos we'll get.

[Stranded]

From where, Twitter?

30 is a decent age for a CB

People who have seen him play, one would presume?

He played for a Bolton side that were good going forward, but looked soft at the back. Played three games in about the last calendar year, reportedly had two injuries recently. Signed for Swansea in the summer and is now available having played one game for them. 30 is getting past his prime, and around the time you'd expect to see decline, particularly in pace, and particularly after injuries.

If he's fit and got the pace, he's a good signing. But it's risky because it looks like there's a decent chance of him breaking down. And if the pace is gone, which it might have done, then that's his most attractive attribute to us gone.

And Swansea are happy to get rid after less than 6 months, so the few minutes he managed to play this season and what they saw in training together with his recent injury record have persuaded them to jettison him already, therefore it really doesn’t sound like this is going to be a very smart move by the club - but they can’t be stupid and must know and have checked things out…

There are a number of reasons why a club will cut their losses, them being past it being just one of them.

They changed manager since he joined, so the new manager may not want him whilst the former manager did.

[morganb]

From where, Twitter?

30 is a decent age for a CB

People who have seen him play, one would presume?

He played for a Bolton side that were good going forward, but looked soft at the back. Played three games in about the last calendar year, reportedly had two injuries recently. Signed for Swansea in the summer and is now available having played one game for them. 30 is getting past his prime, and around the time you'd expect to see decline, particularly in pace, and particularly after injuries.

If he's fit and got the pace, he's a good signing. But it's risky because it looks like there's a decent chance of him breaking down. And if the pace is gone, which it might have done, then that's his most attractive attribute to us gone.

And Swansea are happy to get rid after less than 6 months, so the few minutes he managed to play this season and what they saw in training together with his recent injury record have persuaded them to jettison him already, therefore it really doesn’t sound like this is going to be a very smart move by the club - but they can’t be stupid and must know and have checked things out…

Alternatively, Santos knows he's got no chance of getting into the Swansea team over the first choice pairing of Cabango and Burgess, plus there's a World Cup coming up and he wants first team football in order to try to get there.

Not sure why we are buying him rather than getting him in on loan first unless he does prove to be excellent and we are worried that someone else would take him once the loan was over?

[Brogue]

Keane confirmed as the striker

[Crusader Royal]

People who have seen him play, one would presume?

He played for a Bolton side that were good going forward, but looked soft at the back. Played three games in about the last calendar year, reportedly had two injuries recently. Signed for Swansea in the summer and is now available having played one game for them. 30 is getting past his prime, and around the time you'd expect to see decline, particularly in pace, and particularly after injuries.

If he's fit and got the pace, he's a good signing. But it's risky because it looks like there's a decent chance of him breaking down. And if the pace is gone, which it might have done, then that's his most attractive attribute to us gone.

And Swansea are happy to get rid after less than 6 months, so the few minutes he managed to play this season and what they saw in training together with his recent injury record have persuaded them to jettison him already, therefore it really doesn’t sound like this is going to be a very smart move by the club - but they can’t be stupid and must know and have checked things out…

Alternatively, Santos knows he's got no chance of getting into the Swansea team over the first choice pairing of Cabango and Burgess, plus there's a World Cup coming up and he wants first team football in order to try to get there.

Not sure why we are buying him rather than getting him in on loan first unless he does prove to be excellent and we are worried that someone else would take him once the loan was over?

Most likely because we weren’t offered the option of taking him on loan. Why would Swansea do that rather than getting a fee and money off the wage bill immediately.

[Pepe the Horseman]

Keane confirmed as the striker

Lol, I was just writing what a good signing JCH would be. Keane also a good signing though! Good in the air and a decent enough scoring record.

[Sutekh]

Have give up the fanzone for a zimmer frame parking lot soon

[Sutekh]

Keane confirmed as the striker

Hearing this one is a loan deal for the rest of the season, which makes sense.

Bit more good news on this is that Preston are looking to move for Barnsley’s Davis Keillor-Dunn, so let’s hope that works out too.

[linkenholtroyal]

Keane confirmed as the striker

Doubt JCH is being looked at now then if this is the case unless Keane is seen as playing more in the Doyle role as he did earlier in his career, even if this was the case I would hope they are going for Hale now he has handed in a transfer request over JCH due to age and potential longevity for the club.

Brogue I think unfortunately this time I am going to be wrong. Even if I was would be a bit bitter sweet to sign 2 over 30 strikers in one window.

[WestYorksRoyal]

These do seem like signings for the here and now as opposed to high potential. Last time we were in the 3rd tier, we got promoted with the likes of Forster, Cureton, Harper, Shorey, Hughes, Williams and Murty who would all play a big role in subsequent success. Then a couple of signings like Hahnemann and Sidwell after promotion (plus the ridiculous Upson loan) and we were really motoring.

Santos and Keane won't do that. They will definitely help us climb the L1 table and who knows if we can sneak a play-off win this year (probably not with Reading). But if the long term goal is to hold our own in the Championship, I don't see us recruiting those sorts of players.

[Hound]

First priority is getting out of the division, and buying a player with potential won’t help us as much right now

I’m sure the profile of player we look at in the summer will be different- we brought in MoM, Burns, DK, Jacob, even Fraser who could have all fitted that young enough to get better category last time. Not easy to do in Jan

[WestYorksRoyal]

First priority is getting out of the division, and buying a player with potential won’t help us as much right now

I’m sure the profile of player we look at in the summer will be different- we brought in MoM, Burns, DK, Jacob, even Fraser who could have all fitted that young enough to get better category last time. Not easy to do in Jan

Probably fair. If we keep this run of form going, expect the "do we want to get promoted?" debate to start in March. We'd find it really hard this year, whereas maybe an extra year would help. You'd still take it though. When Bolton lost the play off final in 2023 I was convinced they would go up last season and be ready, but if anything they've regressed. You take the opportunity when you can.

[Stranded]

First priority is getting out of the division, and buying a player with potential won’t help us as much right now

I’m sure the profile of player we look at in the summer will be different- we brought in MoM, Burns, DK, Jacob, even Fraser who could have all fitted that young enough to get better category last time. Not easy to do in Jan

Probably fair. If we keep this run of form going, expect the "do we want to get promoted?" debate to start in March. We'd find it really hard this year, whereas maybe an extra year would help. You'd still take it though. When Bolton lost the play off final in 2023 I was convinced they would go up last season and be ready, but if anything they've regressed. You take the opportunity when you can.

Always, always aim for promotion and worry about the squad then rather than planning for a year or two down the line - there are so many unknowns and intangibles that can knock a club back that you should always be looking to progress now.

The club will already be working on recruitment plans for all potential outcomes.