13 Jan 2026 19:49:20
Ed001 Sorry to bang the same drum Mate but do you expect us to sign a senior CB for the first team this month?
{Ed001's Note - unfortunately, no. Though there is always the chance Palace sign a Guehi replacement, so that can be done.}
13 Jan 2026 21:48:02
Every time Semenyo scores it's going to annoy me given we struggle to score and not having Guehi has annoyed me since we are short on defenders. Premier league champions and it's gone pear shaped very very quickly.
13 Jan 2026 23:56:20
For now WarMachine, for now. Have patience we will come good.
14 Jan 2026 00:18:14
I was just thinking the same about Semenyo WM.
14 Jan 2026 08:42:25
It feels like bullseye with semenyo, see what you could've signed.
14 Jan 2026 08:51:54
Agreed WM and Bazza. We missed a good 'un there and he'll be a big success at City IMO.
14 Jan 2026 09:12:59
We were never really in for him though lads were we? its not as if had a choice, contracts on the table from us and City and he chose them. And if we showed no interest being bitter about him starting well at City is just like throwing a random name out to the eds, asking if were signing some bloke.
there's no point. We obviously have targets and he mustn't have been one by the looks of it.
14 Jan 2026 10:13:39
What you need to remember is that Semenyo has gone into a team playing fluid attacking football. Had we signed him there is no guarantee that he would scored goals for us. He may have joined, failed to score in 10 games (as was the case recently when he was at Bournemouth) and everybody would have been talking about him being a waste of money.
Good luck to him. We obviously have other plans.
14 Jan 2026 11:15:09
Florian, the ITK's said were were definitely in for him; and it was a no brainer given we lost Diaz, Salah is on a slope, we don't have enough goal scorers and Slot said in a press conference he wants to play attacking football with wingers. And the guy is proven in the premier league and the price was amazing.
14 Jan 2026 13:59:59
shanklys ghost - We didn't really miss out, he waned City, so long as they were in for him, we never had a chance, it's not like we could have coaxed him, you wouldn't want him if he needed coaxing anyway. We pulled out because we were told City was his preferred destination. WarMachine73 - If we were definitely in for him, as the ITK's claimed, we would have tabled a bid. Apparently we haven't even make contact since November, that tells you all you need to know really. ITK's have been wrong on countless moccasins over the years, no disrespect, I fully appreciate the effort, but football changes hard and fast.
Semenyo could have shown serious interest back in November, only for City to come in and turn his head. Or his agent could have been playing the old game, rumours of him being keen to join LFC puts pressure on City to offer a larger pay packet. He was a no-brainer, I agree, but either way, players don't move to their 2nd choice club. For me the issue is the fact that we wait too long for stat men to do their thing, we should have had Semenyo signed up last season and Olise 2 years ago. Could have brought in both players for the cost of Isak. Now we have neither. We wait far too long to make moves.
14 Jan 2026 15:22:20
ITK's and know journalists also said if LFC showed an interest tbey would get their man so we must not have shown interest.
14 Jan 2026 17:16:18
I thought the ITKs suggested that LFC was the mans preferred destination? That was my reading of the situation. Perhaps I'm incorrect.
14 Jan 2026 23:50:53
Someone said Semenyo had bought a house in Liverpool so that was how they knew he was moving to us. Seems like that was false info, shame as it was a good old style rumour. Even when people have some genuine info it'll be one side of a story, it always is.
We're all on the look out for the next transfer story as it helps keep the interest levels up, particularly if things are a bit dull on the pitch.