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  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 15,168
    Hoping we start seeing the likes of TC, Kayne and Lloyd extend soon. Sure we would have liked to have that all tied up by now 

    Reckon now we have Alli that TC is sold quite soon. Grant/Alli for left side and some money for a CM.  Hope I am wrong. 
    I don't disagree unfortunately but I don't like it.  TC can play on the right as he's right footed.  a good winger can play either side to a decent level and TC has so much potential.  If we sell him off cheaply we will regret it
  • Sword65pf
    Sword65pf Posts: 2,274
    Swisdom said:
    i see a lot of talk about Holsgrove but has anyone here actually seen him play?  he had a half decent season last year but is 26, not a kid.  I fail to see why he is being lauded as the second coming of christ.
    Was thinking the same
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 10,534
    Can't see why TC would go unless he's rejected a new deal. TC/Alli/Grant/Apter + maybe one other would be a good set of options if we are playing 4231 now. 
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 39,182
    Swisdom said:
    i see a lot of talk about Holsgrove but has anyone here actually seen him play?  he had a half decent season last year but is 26, not a kid.  I fail to see why he is being lauded as the second coming of christ.
    Cos he's the deep lying midfielder of our dreams in FM

  • follett
    follett Posts: 1,314
    Swisdom said:
    i see a lot of talk about Holsgrove but has anyone here actually seen him play?  he had a half decent season last year but is 26, not a kid.  I fail to see why he is being lauded as the second coming of christ.
    I have in a 4-0 loss to Porto in which him and his sides midfield was non existent so he should fit in well here. Jokes aside, his stats look decent but the standard of the side he was playing for was really poor. I think he’s the type of player we need but not sure how so many can be so sure he’s a huge upgrade 
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,800
    I wouldn’t like to see TC leave as I think he’s one of our better players, but there’s no way he’s proven at this level.  He needs to kick on and deliver more this year.  I appreciate we weren’t the most fluid footballing team last year and the LWB role was very unsettled on Greg whole as soon as Edwards was injured, but I’m not sure he’d be a player of choice for a Soton, Norwich, Boro, Wolves, West Ham etc or anyone else chasing promotion.  For both us and him I think he should sign a new deal here.  If he doesn’t and he doesn’t offer much more than he did last season, I can’t see him getting a move to a Championship team 12th and up.

    Of course, he could be hedging his bets and not confident we’ll stay up, in which case it might be the right move for him, and he is then free to find a club 13-21st in the Champ for season 27/28 
  • wolfgang
    wolfgang Posts: 969

    Abu Kamara of Hull City was born on 21 July 2003 (age 23).

    Abu Kamara, born on 21 July 2003 (age 22), is an English striker whose senior career has been shaped almost entirely at Hull City. His market value is around £3.5m, 

    Ronnie has tired of arguing with other posters, so he has started arguing with himself.
  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 6,564
    I wish we could have an update on Edwards & Collins if they are anywhere near fitness then we start to look a better team already it seems very weird that nobody at the club seems to be mentioning them
  • Old_Mike
    Old_Mike Posts: 7
    Sounds forgettable to me. 

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  • Chunes said:
    fenaddick said:
    So, did Nathan shoot off yesterday due to Alli signing or was that already done and dusted and he had a plane to catch to persuade Holsgrove to sign?
    Curtis said NJ was going home. Curtis also revealed he lives in the north east, quite the commute
    He has a place in New Eltham. 
    That checks out as that was station he got off when I was sat opposite him on the train earlier in the year. 
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 30,648
    Chunes said:
    fenaddick said:
    So, did Nathan shoot off yesterday due to Alli signing or was that already done and dusted and he had a plane to catch to persuade Holsgrove to sign?
    Curtis said NJ was going home. Curtis also revealed he lives in the north east, quite the commute
    He has a place in New Eltham. 

    Is this for when the trains are cancelled out of Kings Cross?
  • wolfgang
    wolfgang Posts: 969
    edited July 26
    I know Abu Kamara's family and there is no way he's joining us.
    I am sorry, Henry, but if knowing you are here is deterring players from signing for us, you will have to go.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 72,833
    Chunes said:
    fenaddick said:
    So, did Nathan shoot off yesterday due to Alli signing or was that already done and dusted and he had a plane to catch to persuade Holsgrove to sign?
    Curtis said NJ was going home. Curtis also revealed he lives in the north east, quite the commute
    He has a place in New Eltham. 
    That checks out as that was station he got off when I was sat opposite him on the train earlier in the year. 
    Or he just got out of the train to get away from the creepy person opposite him, and that was the next stop  ;)
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 30,648
    Hoping we start seeing the likes of TC, Kayne and Lloyd extend soon. Sure we would have liked to have that all tied up by now 

    Reckon now we have Alli that TC is sold quite soon. Grant/Alli for left side and some money for a CM.  Hope I am wrong. 
    Campbell only hope is if someone like Leicester in league one comes in for him ..got to show much much more this season to get a move to a decent championship side .. Yesterday was a typical Campbell performance again did not look overly interested , did not track back and done 2/3 very good runs with no end product ..Its down to Campbell now which why his career goes ..

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  • wolfgang
    wolfgang Posts: 969

    I’d say that you don’t get almost 200 Championship games and 53 international caps without having some quality that’s at least as good as anyone else in our squad. 
    53 international caps for Scotland means next to nothing, same as our youngsters for Jamaica.
  • Crispywood
    Crispywood Posts: 2,554
    AndyG said:
    I wish we could have an update on Edwards & Collins if they are anywhere near fitness then we start to look a better team already it seems very weird that nobody at the club seems to be mentioning them
    Get urself a Cawley Substack subscription 
  • PeaksAndValleys
    PeaksAndValleys Posts: 292
    edited July 26
    Seems a decent signing for a not exorbitant price. Jones has been clear throughout that we are looking to add pace, flair and one-v-one ability and Alli fits the bill. Just depends if he can do it consistently or not. At a minimum we are taking some pressure  and workload off TC which is crucial. 

    Do share others concerns about a four year contract for a 26yo. Would feel a lot better about this if he was 22 or 23. We're basically saying he's close to the finished article and if he isn't (a la Tanto) it's not a good look on the books. Fingers crossed it works out. 

    Interested too to see how the wingers are deployed, clearly a bit left heavy on paper now. 
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,791
    fenaddick said:
    So, did Nathan shoot off yesterday due to Alli signing or was that already done and dusted and he had a plane to catch to persuade Holsgrove to sign?
    Curtis said NJ was going home. Curtis also revealed he lives in the north east, quite the commute
    Read that at first as ( Jones ) lives in the North East.

    North East Hampshire Maybe.
    Think Jones lives at Sandbanks, Poole.
    Must have got a good payoff from Stoke and Southampton then.
  • Bailey
    Bailey Posts: 3,939
    Hoping we start seeing the likes of TC, Kayne and Lloyd extend soon. Sure we would have liked to have that all tied up by now 

    Reckon now we have Alli that TC is sold quite soon. Grant/Alli for left side and some money for a CM.  Hope I am wrong. 
    Campbell only hope is if someone like Leicester in league one comes in for him ..got to show much much more this season to get a move to a decent championship side .. Yesterday was a typical Campbell performance again did not look overly interested , did not track back and done 2/3 very good runs with no end product ..Its down to Campbell now which why his career goes ..
    Athletico and Swisdom, I was having a peaceful Sunday afternoon perusing through the opinions on here, then you two, carelessly, set 'Ronnie' up to spout his usual twaddle about TC, I bet his feverish little digits were shaking themselves silly as he typed. 

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  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 6,266
    I don’t agree that Campbell doesn’t work hard and he was key in our promotion year but I wouldn’t be averse to him going either if the money is right 
  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 6,564
    AndyG said:
    I wish we could have an update on Edwards & Collins if they are anywhere near fitness then we start to look a better team already it seems very weird that nobody at the club seems to be mentioning them
    Get urself a Cawley Substack subscription 
    I have one mate but must of missed that news ty
  • mcgrandall
    mcgrandall Posts: 944
    edited July 26
    SteveACS said:
    cabbles said:
    4 years as well for Alli, have we learned nothing from Ahadme.  Ridiculous length of contract for a 26 year old that’s drifted in the lower leagues for the majority of his career 
    Amortisation of the fee.

    Like Chelsea, Man U, and all the Premier League clubs do.

    The new financial rules look at how much cash is spent on the transfer fee per season, not the length of the contract. I.E when the instalments are due.

    It is more likely to be amortisation of the contract value.
  • Bailey
    Bailey Posts: 3,939
    Scoham said:
    Swisdom said:
    i see a lot of talk about Holsgrove but has anyone here actually seen him play?  he had a half decent season last year but is 26, not a kid.  I fail to see why he is being lauded as the second coming of christ.
    Cos he's the deep lying midfielder of our dreams in FM

    I reckon Holsgrove is the new Ladapo, scouted by Charlton Life and becomes  a testament to their scouting nous, turns out to be a right dog ! 
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,882
    I have been thinking for quite a while that perhaps Miles Leaburn doesn't really enjoy being a professional footballer. Is it possible that he is just trying to please his mum and dad ?
  • gilbertfilbert
    gilbertfilbert Posts: 2,308
    Swisdom said:
    i see a lot of talk about Holsgrove but has anyone here actually seen him play?  he had a half decent season last year but is 26, not a kid.  I fail to see why he is being lauded as the second coming of christ.
    Yes, we’ve been here before. Many times.
  • RonnieMoore
    RonnieMoore Posts: 5,414
    Disappointed that Patrick Casey refused to sign a new contract and is now  a free agent .. .. liked to have seen him push into the first team squad during pre season to have a closer look a natural goalscorer  .. 
  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 27,537
    Swisdom said:
    i see a lot of talk about Holsgrove but has anyone here actually seen him play?  he had a half decent season last year but is 26, not a kid.  I fail to see why he is being lauded as the second coming of christ.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HB7zqP9QNo
  • arny23394
    arny23394 Posts: 1,511
    Chunes said:
    I just want two midfielders. Not one. Two.  Please. God. Don't make me spend another season watching Doc and Cov. 
    You’ll spend a season watching Doc and Coady & you’ll (not) enjoy it. 
  • cafc_se7
    cafc_se7 Posts: 2,540
    MarcusH26 said:
    Can't see why TC would go unless he's rejected a new deal. TC/Alli/Grant/Apter + maybe one other would be a good set of options if we are playing 4231 now. 
    The stick he got from our fans last season, I wouldn’t be surprised if he ran a mile. Disgraceful at times really!