Tue Jan 20, 2026 10:33 am
Tue Jan 20, 2026 10:42 am
Bluebird1977 wrote:Anyone else guess who we will sign or how many.
I'm hoping we get another 3 in although we have got some goalkeeper already as back up to the other two there.
Will BBM be backed that's the question although he will say our squads good enough even if he isn't backed come the end of it.
Fingers crossed we get a couple or more and we can push on as injuries and illnesses will come I'm sure. There is no better time than now to make sure we stay where we are but we all know this
Tue Jan 20, 2026 11:00 am
bluebirdoct1962 wrote:Bluebird1977 wrote:Anyone else guess who we will sign or how many.
I'm hoping we get another 3 in although we have got some goalkeeper already as back up to the other two there.
Will BBM be backed that's the question although he will say our squads good enough even if he isn't backed come the end of it.
Fingers crossed we get a couple or more and we can push on as injuries and illnesses will come I'm sure. There is no better time than now to make sure we stay where we are but we all know this
Must get a left back in and maybe a striker / winger too. Anything else would be a bonus imo
Tue Jan 20, 2026 12:56 pm
worcester_ccfc wrote:bluebirdoct1962 wrote:Bluebird1977 wrote:Anyone else guess who we will sign or how many.
I'm hoping we get another 3 in although we have got some goalkeeper already as back up to the other two there.
Will BBM be backed that's the question although he will say our squads good enough even if he isn't backed come the end of it.
Fingers crossed we get a couple or more and we can push on as injuries and illnesses will come I'm sure. There is no better time than now to make sure we stay where we are but we all know this
Must get a left back in and maybe a striker / winger too. Anything else would be a bonus imo
Agree. Got to get a LB. Thr manager has mentioned he wants a LB about five times now so surely we'll get one in.
Also agree about a winger/striker.
Tue Jan 20, 2026 1:20 pm
Blue since 1981 wrote:worcester_ccfc wrote:bluebirdoct1962 wrote:Bluebird1977 wrote:Anyone else guess who we will sign or how many.
I'm hoping we get another 3 in although we have got some goalkeeper already as back up to the other two there.
Will BBM be backed that's the question although he will say our squads good enough even if he isn't backed come the end of it.
Fingers crossed we get a couple or more and we can push on as injuries and illnesses will come I'm sure. There is no better time than now to make sure we stay where we are but we all know this
Must get a left back in and maybe a striker / winger too. Anything else would be a bonus imo
Agree. Got to get a LB. Thr manager has mentioned he wants a LB about five times now so surely we'll get one in.
Also agree about a winger/striker.
The issue with us getting in a left back is bagan is going to play 99% of the time so whoever we bring in will have to be comfortable with sitting on the bench, so probably rules out a young premiership loan as there club would want the player getting a lot of game time, so think we will be looking for an older option maybe even someone out of contract happy to pick up a wage
I think we will bring in a speedy forward player and someone to play back up to Wintle
Tue Jan 20, 2026 1:31 pm
Tue Jan 20, 2026 2:00 pm
Tue Jan 20, 2026 2:11 pm
Blue since 1981 wrote:worcester_ccfc wrote:bluebirdoct1962 wrote:Bluebird1977 wrote:Anyone else guess who we will sign or how many.
I'm hoping we get another 3 in although we have got some goalkeeper already as back up to the other two there.
Will BBM be backed that's the question although he will say our squads good enough even if he isn't backed come the end of it.
Fingers crossed we get a couple or more and we can push on as injuries and illnesses will come I'm sure. There is no better time than now to make sure we stay where we are but we all know this
Must get a left back in and maybe a striker / winger too. Anything else would be a bonus imo
Agree. Got to get a LB. Thr manager has mentioned he wants a LB about five times now so surely we'll get one in.
Also agree about a winger/striker.
The issue with us getting in a left back is bagan is going to play 99% of the time so whoever we bring in will have to be comfortable with sitting on the bench, so probably rules out a young premiership loan as there club would want the player getting a lot of game time, so think we will be looking for an older option maybe even someone out of contract happy to pick up a wage
I think we will bring in a speedy forward player and someone to play back up to Wintle
Tue Jan 20, 2026 2:12 pm
bluebird04 wrote:Club are hoping finalise one or two very soon I believe, also pushing for a third player to come in
Tue Jan 20, 2026 2:39 pm
to bring in someone of the quality needed to challenge bagan would cost more than tan would be willing to spend in my opinion and a young loan would be expected to go straight in to the team by there parent club which isn't going to happen which is why I think we would be looking for a more experienced player, all just my opinion of courseSB 1927 wrote:Blue since 1981 wrote:worcester_ccfc wrote:bluebirdoct1962 wrote:Bluebird1977 wrote:Anyone else guess who we will sign or how many.
I'm hoping we get another 3 in although we have got some goalkeeper already as back up to the other two there.
Will BBM be backed that's the question although he will say our squads good enough even if he isn't backed come the end of it.
Fingers crossed we get a couple or more and we can push on as injuries and illnesses will come I'm sure. There is no better time than now to make sure we stay where we are but we all know this
Must get a left back in and maybe a striker / winger too. Anything else would be a bonus imo
Agree. Got to get a LB. Thr manager has mentioned he wants a LB about five times now so surely we'll get one in.
Also agree about a winger/striker.
The issue with us getting in a left back is bagan is going to play 99% of the time so whoever we bring in will have to be comfortable with sitting on the bench, so probably rules out a young premiership loan as there club would want the player getting a lot of game time, so think we will be looking for an older option maybe even someone out of contract happy to pick up a wage
I think we will bring in a speedy forward player and someone to play back up to Wintle
Or you buy someone 'better' and create competition; as per NG & Kpakio. Why would they have to sit in the bench?
Tue Jan 20, 2026 2:49 pm
Sven wrote:bluebird04 wrote:Club are hoping finalise one or two very soon I believe, also pushing for a third player to come in
This is inline with what I was told, but won’t go into specifics other than to say at least one known poster on this Forum will back me up when/if certain things happen!
It will put paid to certain presumptions that the club ‘created’ the embargo to avoid any signings this window, which were quickly proven incorrect!
It’s not about ITK, as I’m not privy to names, it’s more about trusting your source(s)!
Tue Jan 20, 2026 4:24 pm
Tue Jan 20, 2026 7:43 pm
Bluebird1977 wrote:Sven wrote:bluebird04 wrote:Club are hoping finalise one or two very soon I believe, also pushing for a third player to come in
This is inline with what I was told, but won’t go into specifics other than to say at least one known poster on this Forum will back me up when/if certain things happen!
It will put paid to certain presumptions that the club ‘created’ the embargo to avoid any signings this window, which were quickly proven incorrect!
It’s not about ITK, as I’m not privy to names, it’s more about trusting your source(s)!
Please let's not turn this thread in to " my source" crap we have seen enough of that garbage over time. I think we all know somebody will sign irrelevant of his or her source told them as it's the transfer window
Tue Jan 20, 2026 9:17 pm
Wed Jan 21, 2026 12:32 am
Wed Jan 21, 2026 12:51 am
Sven wrote:bluebird04 wrote:Club are hoping finalise one or two very soon I believe, also pushing for a third player to come in
This is inline with what I was told, but won’t go into specifics other than to say at least one known poster on this Forum will back me up when/if certain things happen!
It will put paid to certain presumptions that the club ‘created’ the embargo to avoid any signings this window, which were quickly proven incorrect!
It’s not about ITK, as I’m not privy to names, it’s more about trusting your source(s)!
Wed Jan 21, 2026 8:32 am
Wed Jan 21, 2026 9:25 am
Simplesimon wrote:Wasn’t Biancheri mention as a done deal type of comment just before the window opened?
No mention of his name lately.
Wed Jan 21, 2026 6:05 pm
Wed Jan 21, 2026 6:19 pm
montyblue wrote:Let's hope we don' t let anyone go lawlor kipakio Ashford that would be 3 quality players which would need replacing , lets just get promoted before we even think about it, maybe adjustments after we are until then hopefully we will not disrupt the team and squad with loosing players,
and why would Ashford join Sheffield United there 4 points off relegation zone
Wed Jan 21, 2026 6:41 pm
Bluebird1977 wrote:montyblue wrote:Let's hope we don' t let anyone go lawlor kipakio Ashford that would be 3 quality players which would need replacing , lets just get promoted before we even think about it, maybe adjustments after we are until then hopefully we will not disrupt the team and squad with loosing players,
and why would Ashford join Sheffield United there 4 points off relegation zone
Money is why. It's the reason players move who wouldn't irrelevant of club and league position, it's just how football is, it's a job
Wed Jan 21, 2026 7:05 pm
montyblue wrote:Let's hope we don' t let anyone go lawlor kipakio Ashford that would be 3 quality players which would need replacing , lets just get promoted before we even think about it, maybe adjustments after we are until then hopefully we will not disrupt the team and squad with loosing players,
and why would Ashford join Sheffield United there 4 points off relegation zone
Wed Jan 21, 2026 7:35 pm
ealing_ayatollah wrote:Absolutely no source whatsover but I have a weird gut feeling that we will (re)sign Rabbi Matondo.
No idea why other than was mentioned a bit a while ago and then went quiet but just seems to tick a lot of the right boxes and BBM signings seem to be things that are worked on in the background a while (Trott, Osho and Tyrer all said similar things around this) and just have a weird feeling it is still going to happen.

Wed Jan 21, 2026 7:38 pm
Simplesimon wrote:Wasn’t Biancheri mention as a done deal type of comment just before the window opened?
No mention of his name lately.
Wed Jan 21, 2026 7:51 pm
montyblue wrote:Bluebird1977 wrote:montyblue wrote:Let's hope we don' t let anyone go lawlor kipakio Ashford that would be 3 quality players which would need replacing , lets just get promoted before we even think about it, maybe adjustments after we are until then hopefully we will not disrupt the team and squad with loosing players,
and why would Ashford join Sheffield United there 4 points off relegation zone
Money is why. It's the reason players move who wouldn't irrelevant of club and league position, it's just how football is, it's a job
Surely you want to be with a team going places not getting relegated i am sure the team we have now the players would rather be playing for cardiff top of the division or perhaps earning more money at port vale bottom of the division.
Not saying vale are paying more, but as an example.
Wed Jan 21, 2026 8:55 pm
Blue since 1981 wrote:worcester_ccfc wrote:bluebirdoct1962 wrote:Bluebird1977 wrote:Anyone else guess who we will sign or how many.
I'm hoping we get another 3 in although we have got some goalkeeper already as back up to the other two there.
Will BBM be backed that's the question although he will say our squads good enough even if he isn't backed come the end of it.
Fingers crossed we get a couple or more and we can push on as injuries and illnesses will come I'm sure. There is no better time than now to make sure we stay where we are but we all know this
Must get a left back in and maybe a striker / winger too. Anything else would be a bonus imo
Agree. Got to get a LB. Thr manager has mentioned he wants a LB about five times now so surely we'll get one in.
Also agree about a winger/striker.
The issue with us getting in a left back is bagan is going to play 99% of the time so whoever we bring in will have to be comfortable with sitting on the bench, so probably rules out a young premiership loan as there club would want the player getting a lot of game time, so think we will be looking for an older option maybe even someone out of contract happy to pick up a wage
I think we will bring in a speedy forward player and someone to play back up to Wintle
Wed Jan 21, 2026 9:07 pm
Thu Jan 22, 2026 4:50 am
Thu Jan 22, 2026 10:33 am
davids wrote:I'll take a punt and say we'll get one player in at most.
But also possibly none.
Thu Jan 22, 2026 10:38 am
Maloby_Blue wrote:davids wrote:I'll take a punt and say we'll get one player in at most.
But also possibly none.
I do hope we bring more than one in.
Granted BBM likes a small squad but I'm sure even he would ideally want more than one.
Every squad needs a bit if a freshen up in Jan, especially those fighting relegation or gunning for promotion.
It will all depend on whether Tan wants to continue to do this on a tiny budget I suppose.
1m spent on financing a few loans would secure promotion. Without it, we could still get there but why take the risk. We have no youngsters left to call upon now. Should anything happen to our key players (Salech especially where goals would dry up), we could find ourselves limping towards the line.
Come on Tan, be smart, ensure this reset ends up being the best thing to happen to Cardiff City in recent years!!!