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Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Sun Jul 27, 2025 11:36 am

BBM:


"We're not looking to make wholesale acquisitions, but we are looking to have a squad that excites the supporters and makes them keen to come to the game on Saturday.


"[But maybe] we can add one, two, three or four players we believe we need for the squad.
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Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Sun Jul 27, 2025 11:45 am

Forever Blue wrote:BBM:


"We're not looking to make wholesale acquisitions, but we are looking to have a squad that excites the supporters and makes them keen to come to the game on Saturday.


"[But maybe] we can add one, two, three or four players we believe we need for the squad.



Get on it then? season kicks off saturday ,
waiting till the end of the window as per usual will we ever be ready to start a season with the squad up and ready to challenge for promotion
As for murphy ripping up the transfers that were ear marked because he wants his own is fair enough, we need to start on the front foot not waiting till September to get what we need.

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Sun Jul 27, 2025 11:48 am

He's been sorting out the right profile of players.

Been working hard on it.

We're making progress and will have the right signings by the end of the window.


Much better this way than countless "club signings".

They will be players that BBM wants.

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Sun Jul 27, 2025 11:52 am

montyblue wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:BBM:


"We're not looking to make wholesale acquisitions, but we are looking to have a squad that excites the supporters and makes them keen to come to the game on Saturday.


"[But maybe] we can add one, two, three or four players we believe we need for the squad.



Get on it then? season kicks off saturday ,
waiting till the end of the window as per usual will we ever be ready to start a season with the squad up and ready to challenge for promotion
As for murphy ripping up the transfers that were ear marked because he wants his own is fair enough, we need to start on the front foot not waiting till September to get what we need.




This should have been sorted well and truly by now Monty.

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Sun Jul 27, 2025 12:55 pm

montyblue wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:BBM:


"We're not looking to make wholesale acquisitions, but we are looking to have a squad that excites the supporters and makes them keen to come to the game on Saturday.


"[But maybe] we can add one, two, three or four players we believe we need for the squad.



Get on it then? season kicks off saturday ,
waiting till the end of the window as per usual will we ever be ready to start a season with the squad up and ready to challenge for promotion
As for murphy ripping up the transfers that were ear marked because he wants his own is fair enough, we need to start on the front foot not waiting till September to get what we need.


You should use those words for the board. BBM has his job, but it’s not to meet with player agents and negotiate transfers.

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Sun Jul 27, 2025 2:39 pm

Fans acting like signing players is easy, we need the right players to get us in the top 6 and are people forgetting the take over circulating? That has had a massive stumbling block on the window for us.

You want Tan out and new owners but got to realise that’s gonna have an impact on the transfers coming in.. fans can’t be that naive and thick.

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Sun Jul 27, 2025 2:46 pm

Just grab 6 players and sign them simple. And then when it goes tits up blame the manager. We should have learnt over the years the shit we have signed.
Now we seem to be focusing more on actual players that fit the bill we get slagged for that too :banghead:

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Sun Jul 27, 2025 2:58 pm

gwentbluebirds wrote:Just grab 6 players and sign them simple. And then when it goes tits up blame the manager. We should have learnt over the years the shit we have signed.
Now we seem to be focusing more on actual players that fit the bill we get slagged for that too :banghead:


Exactly my point.

Much rather wait to sign the right players with the right profile than rush in and just sign anyone.

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Sun Jul 27, 2025 3:11 pm

We have no money to spend otherwise bbm would of done it by now so loans it is mainly youngsters we have youngsters already here where really we need abit of experience but some seem to think experience is t needed at all so experience could be someone 24/25 or someone 30+ it's not old surely

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Sun Jul 27, 2025 3:13 pm

desbluebird wrote:We have no money to spend otherwise bbm would of done it by now so loans it is mainly youngsters we have youngsters already here where really we need abit of experience but some seem to think experience is t needed at all so experience could be someone 24/25 or someone 30+ it's not old surely


You're not understanding or you're just not reading the truth of the situation. Pointless replying to you anymore.

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Sun Jul 27, 2025 3:19 pm

Only those at the top of the food tree get to choose who and when—your top 6 who are happy to pay over the odds.

The rest of us, especially those in L1, are waiting for championship teams to finalise their plans. Hopefully, the BBM team is looking at a disgruntled championship centre half who wants to move away to find first-team football. We won't get them until the last few days of the window.

We'll also be looking if any championship club are looking at Salech, Colwill or Robertson and want to test us, whether CR47 is half as good as some of you think, and will also be subject to a bid, the same with Chambers and Willock.

Then we have to try to negotiate their replacements, who we will have lined up if "x" or "y" happens.

There is a reason that most of the deals are made in the run-up to the transfer window's closure.

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Sun Jul 27, 2025 3:20 pm

I don't ask for any replys it's just one person's opinion for people to discuss agree disagree it's the point of the forum?

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Sun Jul 27, 2025 3:23 pm

worcester_ccfc wrote:
gwentbluebirds wrote:Just grab 6 players and sign them simple. And then when it goes tits up blame the manager. We should have learnt over the years the shit we have signed.
Now we seem to be focusing more on actual players that fit the bill we get slagged for that too :banghead:


Exactly my point.

Much rather wait to sign the right players with the right profile than rush in and just sign anyone.


Agreed, 5 weeks left of the transfer window. No need to panic buy/loan.

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Sun Jul 27, 2025 3:43 pm

Forever Blue wrote:
montyblue wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:BBM:


"We're not looking to make wholesale acquisitions, but we are looking to have a squad that excites the supporters and makes them keen to come to the game on Saturday.


"[But maybe] we can add one, two, three or four players we believe we need for the squad.



Get on it then? season kicks off saturday ,
waiting till the end of the window as per usual will we ever be ready to start a season with the squad up and ready to challenge for promotion
As for murphy ripping up the transfers that were ear marked because he wants his own is fair enough, we need to start on the front foot not waiting till September to get what we need.




This should have been sorted well and truly by now Monty.


It will be a month and a half since murphy arrived at the start of the season 12 out and etete probably making it 13 out 1 in goal keeper.
and we are told we are doing it the right way, so other clubs like Luton Plymouth Huddersfield have gone about it the wrong way by getting the players in early and bedded in ready,
we on the other hand would prefer to do it as we go along.
These take over bids have not just arrived last week they were probably about when murphy signed and we where quick to shed 12 but painfully slow to bring in the quality murphys keeps telling us we are getting quality in maybe before september I await the arrival of them.

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Sun Jul 27, 2025 4:01 pm

I’d rather sign no one than someone as a panic signing. We have decent enough players to start off with and try and get the right people.

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Sun Jul 27, 2025 4:04 pm

Don’t want panic signings, but we are taking the P leaving it this late.

Yet again Cardiff trying to play catch up, and we will end up with panic signings.

Players need time to gel, you can’t just chuck them in and expect miracles.

Bury your head all you want. He may want his signings, so make them. Don’t want to hear the lines, to make us believe they are working hard etc. We need action for once.

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Sun Jul 27, 2025 4:09 pm

Blue Valley wrote:Don’t want panic signings, but we are taking the P leaving it this late.

Yet again Cardiff trying to play catch up, and we will end up with panic signings.

Players need time to gel, you can’t just chuck them in and expect miracles.

Bury your head all you want. He may want his signings, so make them. Don’t want to hear the lines, to make us believe they are working hard etc. We need action for once.


If we sign the right players but they don't come until deadline day, I'm happy with that.

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Sun Jul 27, 2025 5:37 pm

The reason we haven’t signed any players is because we took so long to appoint a new Manager

We are 8 weeks behind most other Div 1 teams and is also the reason we had such a poor quality of team to play against in pre season

We have been a shambles off the field for a decade and is the reason Tan needs to f**k off as soon as possible

No new signings scares me

Sun Jul 27, 2025 7:15 pm

The squad we have are the players who took us down.

That momentum is tough to turn around I think.

New players would have helped with that.

If we start badly the fans will be on the players’ and managers backs.

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Sun Jul 27, 2025 7:27 pm

Forever Blue wrote:BBM:


"We're not looking to make wholesale acquisitions, but we are looking to have a squad that excites the supporters and makes them keen to come to the game on Saturday.


"[But maybe] we can add one, two, three or four players we believe we need for the squad.


Need a steve lynex or a kavanagh in there ralls could of done a job aswell. Fans think we are already promoted. Everyone wants to play and beat us its gonna be a hard slog of a season .you are spot on fully agree with you

Re: No new signings scares me

Sun Jul 27, 2025 7:53 pm

maccydee wrote:The squad we have are the players who took us down.

That momentum is tough to turn around I think.

New players would have helped with that.

If we start badly the fans will be on the players’ and managers backs.


Why not be on there backs, they have had pre season to sort out last seasons mess with new manager and team, he has moulded the team how he wants it, and it's up to him if he gets players in or not,
my advice was get players in early like a lot of clubs ,but murphy is doing it his way, so take the pats on the back when it's good and take the sh.t when it's not.

Re: No new signings scares me

Sun Jul 27, 2025 9:17 pm

montyblue wrote:
maccydee wrote:The squad we have are the players who took us down.

That momentum is tough to turn around I think.

New players would have helped with that.

If we start badly the fans will be on the players’ and managers backs.


Why not be on there backs, they have had pre season to sort out last seasons mess with new manager and team, he has moulded the team how he wants it, and it's up to him if he gets players in or not,
my advice was get players in early like a lot of clubs ,but murphy is doing it his way, so take the pats on the back when it's good and take the sh.t when it's not.


We need patience.

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Sun Jul 27, 2025 9:17 pm

GK,LB,CB and winger all in talks. Could be a good week, next week.

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Mon Jul 28, 2025 6:57 am

We are seven weeks behind on transfers because we took seven weeks to appoint a Manager, at least BBM is heavily involved, and we get the right players in with no transfer spots wasted like Kanga last season.

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Mon Jul 28, 2025 8:09 am

oohahhPaulMillar wrote:The reason we haven’t signed any players is because we took so long to appoint a new Manager

We are 8 weeks behind most other Div 1 teams and is also the reason we had such a poor quality of team to play against in pre season

We have been a shambles off the field for a decade and is the reason Tan needs to f**k off as soon as possible


Good post

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Mon Jul 28, 2025 9:04 am

gwentbluebirds wrote:
oohahhPaulMillar wrote:The reason we haven’t signed any players is because we took so long to appoint a new Manager

We are 8 weeks behind most other Div 1 teams and is also the reason we had such a poor quality of team to play against in pre season

We have been a shambles off the field for a decade and is the reason Tan needs to f**k off as soon as possible


Good post


The season we went up under Warnock..Etheridge, Patterson and Mendez Laing probably 3 of our most influential players that year were all signed on the 1st day the window opened

What happened? We got off to a flyer that season that was no coincidence!!

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Mon Jul 28, 2025 9:18 am

montyblue wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:BBM:


"We're not looking to make wholesale acquisitions, but we are looking to have a squad that excites the supporters and makes them keen to come to the game on Saturday.


"[But maybe] we can add one, two, three or four players we believe we need for the squad.



Get on it then? season kicks off saturday ,
waiting till the end of the window as per usual will we ever be ready to start a season with the squad up and ready to challenge for promotion
As for murphy ripping up the transfers that were ear marked because he wants his own is fair enough, we need to start on the front foot not waiting till September to get what we need.

Totally agree Monty, we should have been signing players at least 2 weeks ago when we still had a few friendlies left. Signing players days before the first game is too late, they will need time to settle in and maybe get match fit. We are too late as usual :banghead:

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Mon Jul 28, 2025 11:37 am

worcester_ccfc wrote:
gwentbluebirds wrote:Just grab 6 players and sign them simple. And then when it goes tits up blame the manager. We should have learnt over the years the shit we have signed.
Now we seem to be focusing more on actual players that fit the bill we get slagged for that too :banghead:


Exactly my point.

Much rather wait to sign the right players with the right profile than rush in and just sign anyone.


Spot on.

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Mon Jul 28, 2025 11:47 am

worcester_ccfc wrote:
gwentbluebirds wrote:Just grab 6 players and sign them simple. And then when it goes tits up blame the manager. We should have learnt over the years the shit we have signed.
Now we seem to be focusing more on actual players that fit the bill we get slagged for that too :banghead:


Exactly my point.

Much rather wait to sign the right players with the right profile than rush in and just sign anyone.


Me too!

Re: Brian Barry Murphy: “ We need up to 4 New players “

Mon Jul 28, 2025 12:02 pm

oohahhPaulMillar wrote:
gwentbluebirds wrote:
oohahhPaulMillar wrote:The reason we haven’t signed any players is because we took so long to appoint a new Manager

We are 8 weeks behind most other Div 1 teams and is also the reason we had such a poor quality of team to play against in pre season

We have been a shambles off the field for a decade and is the reason Tan needs to f**k off as soon as possible


Good post


The season we went up under Warnock..Etheridge, Patterson and Mendez Laing probably 3 of our most influential players that year were all signed on the 1st day the window opened

What happened? We got off to a flyer that season that was no coincidence!!


Some fans just will not have it,
I am not advocating sign just anyone early, i don' t think Huddersfield Luton Plymouth etc have just signed for signings sake they got players bedded in used to each other etc.