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I suspect he had plenty of chances to impress NJ by giving it a go in training. Wouldn't be surprised if there isn't already the basis of a deal to swap him with Fevrier, especially if Stockport don't get promoted.Leuth said:
I think it would indeed be too early to rule out Olaofe clicking suddenly. He has pace and power, just not happening in front of goal for him this season. Definitely would like to see him given a go in preseasonedslater_ said:“We have to improve the squad significantly. Last year, we needed seven or eight to go into our squad and ones that could bridge the gap between top-end League One and Championship. We’ve proved we have done that. There is still more to come from Harvey Knibbs, Isaac Olaofe, Sonny Carey, on a consistent basis, and Charlie Kelman."
Interesting quote from Nathan Jones on Rich Cawleys substack. I may be reading in to it too closely but no mention of Apter but chose to name Olaofe. Apter could be one we cut our losses on if we can move him out.0 -
Any sightings of Phil Chapple recently. Difficult to believe that the reach of Brighton's former head of European recruitment was just confined to Serbia.1
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I’d also point out fevrier couldn’t get into the current Stockport starting XI, either…Chris_from_Sidcup said:If Tanto had gone out on loan and done really well then i'd be hopeful he could kick on. But he's not even starting for Stockport and in their last game didn't even get off the bench when they needed a goal.
Perhaps a good pre-season with us might change things but based on this seasons form i'm not exactly confident he'll even be with us next year.2 -
Not recently but in the fan meeting earlier this year they mentioned he’d been in Turkey and Japan.sm said:Any sightings of Phil Chapple recently. Difficult to believe that the reach of Brighton's former head of European recruitment was just confined to Serbia.
https://chicagoaddick.com/2026/01/22/a-few-notes-from-tonights-fan-meeting/
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I don't think you actually mean what you've written there. You are saying that signing the wrong player is justified because fans would moan if we didn't sign anyone. And is that even the choice... Sign a bad player or sign nobody.cafc_se7 said:
Why? Some signings work, some don’t. Wrong place, wrong time. We would have been moaning if we didn’t sign anyone at all in the first place.Chunes said:
I'm fascinated by how we managed to get this one so wrong. It was immediately apparent that he wasn't good enough.Weegie Addick said:I can just about cope with Apter and Tanto as deals that haven’t worked out. I really struggle with Ahadme under contract till 2028 though.
The question is whether it was a good decision at the time. This guy never looked close to the level which suggests the scouting was off. He's not developed into an asset that is anywhere near the reported fee (even if some of it was appearance-based), and he wasn't even a useful squad player for us in L1.
Ultimately, it hasn't really mattered since we got promoted and stayed up – I'm just fascinated by the decision to sign him!0 -
I'm hopeful that the bad loan will be good for his thinking. He didn't want to be a sub and try and impact our season from the bench so he asked to be loaned out. When he arrived back at Stockport he made comments about wanting to be somewhere he felt loved and then proceeded to still be pretty rubbish down a league. I would like to think that his thought process has gone from 'I'm not playing as much as I should be' to 'I'm not appreciated enough and that's the problem' to 'maybe it's something I have to change'. Running back to Stockport instead of trying to force his way in wasn't the fix he thought it would be and now surely he has to accept that any change has to come from him. If not then he's never going to get anywhere anywayChris_from_Sidcup said:If Tanto had gone out on loan and done really well then i'd be hopeful he could kick on. But he's not even starting for Stockport and in their last game didn't even get off the bench when they needed a goal.
Perhaps a good pre-season with us might change things but based on this seasons form i'm not exactly confident he'll even be with us next year.5 -
Hasn't he already had to fight his way back after being turned out of Millwall? He has resolve, just needs to locate it againGarrymanilow said:
I'm hopeful that the bad loan will be good for his thinking. He didn't want to be a sub and try and impact our season from the bench so he asked to be loaned out. When he arrived back at Stockport he made comments about wanting to be somewhere he felt loved and then proceeded to still be pretty rubbish down a league. I would like to think that his thought process has gone from 'I'm not playing as much as I should be' to 'I'm not appreciated enough and that's the problem' to 'maybe it's something I have to change'. Running back to Stockport instead of trying to force his way in wasn't the fix he thought it would be and now surely he has to accept that any change has to come from him. If not then he's never going to get anywhere anywayChris_from_Sidcup said:If Tanto had gone out on loan and done really well then i'd be hopeful he could kick on. But he's not even starting for Stockport and in their last game didn't even get off the bench when they needed a goal.
Perhaps a good pre-season with us might change things but based on this seasons form i'm not exactly confident he'll even be with us next year.7 -
I absolutely meant what I said and to say he never looked close to the level I’m sure many others would agree that he was brilliant in the first few games (Watford, Leicester, Bristol City and Millwall) and you could really see a player in him. We signed Bree and he completely disappeared.Chunes said:
I don't think you actually mean what you've written there. You are saying that signing the wrong player is justified because fans would moan if we didn't sign anyone. And is that even the choice... Sign a bad player or sign nobody.cafc_se7 said:
Why? Some signings work, some don’t. Wrong place, wrong time. We would have been moaning if we didn’t sign anyone at all in the first place.Chunes said:
I'm fascinated by how we managed to get this one so wrong. It was immediately apparent that he wasn't good enough.Weegie Addick said:I can just about cope with Apter and Tanto as deals that haven’t worked out. I really struggle with Ahadme under contract till 2028 though.
The question is whether it was a good decision at the time. This guy never looked close to the level which suggests the scouting was off. He's not developed into an asset that is anywhere near the reported fee (even if some of it was appearance-based), and he wasn't even a useful squad player for us in L1.
Ultimately, it hasn't really mattered since we got promoted and stayed up – I'm just fascinated by the decision to sign him!Even the NTT20 podcast listed him as one of the potential signings of the summer!It didn’t work out, it happens!1 -
You're talking about different players!!cafc_se7 said:
I absolutely meant what I said and to say he never looked close to the level I’m sure many others would agree that he was brilliant in the first few games (Watford, Leicester, Bristol City and Millwall) and you could really see a player in him. We signed Bree and he completely disappeared.Chunes said:
I don't think you actually mean what you've written there. You are saying that signing the wrong player is justified because fans would moan if we didn't sign anyone. And is that even the choice... Sign a bad player or sign nobody.cafc_se7 said:
Why? Some signings work, some don’t. Wrong place, wrong time. We would have been moaning if we didn’t sign anyone at all in the first place.Chunes said:
I'm fascinated by how we managed to get this one so wrong. It was immediately apparent that he wasn't good enough.Weegie Addick said:I can just about cope with Apter and Tanto as deals that haven’t worked out. I really struggle with Ahadme under contract till 2028 though.
The question is whether it was a good decision at the time. This guy never looked close to the level which suggests the scouting was off. He's not developed into an asset that is anywhere near the reported fee (even if some of it was appearance-based), and he wasn't even a useful squad player for us in L1.
Ultimately, it hasn't really mattered since we got promoted and stayed up – I'm just fascinated by the decision to sign him!Even the NTT20 podcast listed him as one of the potential signings of the summer!It didn’t work out, it happens!4 -
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I'm talking about Gassan Ahadme!cafc_se7 said:
I absolutely meant what I said and to say he never looked close to the level I’m sure many others would agree that he was brilliant in the first few games (Watford, Leicester, Bristol City and Millwall) and you could really see a player in him. We signed Bree and he completely disappeared.Chunes said:
I don't think you actually mean what you've written there. You are saying that signing the wrong player is justified because fans would moan if we didn't sign anyone. And is that even the choice... Sign a bad player or sign nobody.cafc_se7 said:
Why? Some signings work, some don’t. Wrong place, wrong time. We would have been moaning if we didn’t sign anyone at all in the first place.Chunes said:
I'm fascinated by how we managed to get this one so wrong. It was immediately apparent that he wasn't good enough.Weegie Addick said:I can just about cope with Apter and Tanto as deals that haven’t worked out. I really struggle with Ahadme under contract till 2028 though.
The question is whether it was a good decision at the time. This guy never looked close to the level which suggests the scouting was off. He's not developed into an asset that is anywhere near the reported fee (even if some of it was appearance-based), and he wasn't even a useful squad player for us in L1.
Ultimately, it hasn't really mattered since we got promoted and stayed up – I'm just fascinated by the decision to sign him!Even the NTT20 podcast listed him as one of the potential signings of the summer!It didn’t work out, it happens!3 -
Saying Apter was brilliant against Millwall has rather destroyed your argument tbf5
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The article linking us to Graham and Ferry said he was at the Dundee derby to watch them both just four days ago.Scoham said:
Not recently but in the fan meeting earlier this year they mentioned he’d been in Turkey and Japan.sm said:Any sightings of Phil Chapple recently. Difficult to believe that the reach of Brighton's former head of European recruitment was just confined to Serbia.
https://chicagoaddick.com/2026/01/22/a-few-notes-from-tonights-fan-meeting/3 -
Going off what NJ said to Cawley, would make me think anyone you'd be watching now would be in your "Top 3" for the position.Callumcafc said:
The article linking us to Graham and Ferry said he was at the Dundee derby to watch them both just four days ago.Scoham said:
Not recently but in the fan meeting earlier this year they mentioned he’d been in Turkey and Japan.sm said:Any sightings of Phil Chapple recently. Difficult to believe that the reach of Brighton's former head of European recruitment was just confined to Serbia.
https://chicagoaddick.com/2026/01/22/a-few-notes-from-tonights-fan-meeting/0 -
My bad, sorry mate. Got way ahead of myself there.Chunes said:
I'm talking about Gassan Ahadme!cafc_se7 said:
I absolutely meant what I said and to say he never looked close to the level I’m sure many others would agree that he was brilliant in the first few games (Watford, Leicester, Bristol City and Millwall) and you could really see a player in him. We signed Bree and he completely disappeared.Chunes said:
I don't think you actually mean what you've written there. You are saying that signing the wrong player is justified because fans would moan if we didn't sign anyone. And is that even the choice... Sign a bad player or sign nobody.cafc_se7 said:
Why? Some signings work, some don’t. Wrong place, wrong time. We would have been moaning if we didn’t sign anyone at all in the first place.Chunes said:
I'm fascinated by how we managed to get this one so wrong. It was immediately apparent that he wasn't good enough.Weegie Addick said:I can just about cope with Apter and Tanto as deals that haven’t worked out. I really struggle with Ahadme under contract till 2028 though.
The question is whether it was a good decision at the time. This guy never looked close to the level which suggests the scouting was off. He's not developed into an asset that is anywhere near the reported fee (even if some of it was appearance-based), and he wasn't even a useful squad player for us in L1.
Ultimately, it hasn't really mattered since we got promoted and stayed up – I'm just fascinated by the decision to sign him!Even the NTT20 podcast listed him as one of the potential signings of the summer!It didn’t work out, it happens!
Whos this Ahadme?2 -
Considering hes not been great for them either I very much doubt it, more likely to want Fevrier back and sell him.sm said:
I suspect he had plenty of chances to impress NJ by giving it a go in training. Wouldn't be surprised if there isn't already the basis of a deal to swap him with Fevrier, especially if Stockport don't get promoted.Leuth said:
I think it would indeed be too early to rule out Olaofe clicking suddenly. He has pace and power, just not happening in front of goal for him this season. Definitely would like to see him given a go in preseasonedslater_ said:“We have to improve the squad significantly. Last year, we needed seven or eight to go into our squad and ones that could bridge the gap between top-end League One and Championship. We’ve proved we have done that. There is still more to come from Harvey Knibbs, Isaac Olaofe, Sonny Carey, on a consistent basis, and Charlie Kelman."
Interesting quote from Nathan Jones on Rich Cawleys substack. I may be reading in to it too closely but no mention of Apter but chose to name Olaofe. Apter could be one we cut our losses on if we can move him out.1 -
You Ahadme going there.cafc_se7 said:
My bad, sorry mate. Got way ahead of myself there.Chunes said:
I'm talking about Gassan Ahadme!cafc_se7 said:
I absolutely meant what I said and to say he never looked close to the level I’m sure many others would agree that he was brilliant in the first few games (Watford, Leicester, Bristol City and Millwall) and you could really see a player in him. We signed Bree and he completely disappeared.Chunes said:
I don't think you actually mean what you've written there. You are saying that signing the wrong player is justified because fans would moan if we didn't sign anyone. And is that even the choice... Sign a bad player or sign nobody.cafc_se7 said:
Why? Some signings work, some don’t. Wrong place, wrong time. We would have been moaning if we didn’t sign anyone at all in the first place.Chunes said:
I'm fascinated by how we managed to get this one so wrong. It was immediately apparent that he wasn't good enough.Weegie Addick said:I can just about cope with Apter and Tanto as deals that haven’t worked out. I really struggle with Ahadme under contract till 2028 though.
The question is whether it was a good decision at the time. This guy never looked close to the level which suggests the scouting was off. He's not developed into an asset that is anywhere near the reported fee (even if some of it was appearance-based), and he wasn't even a useful squad player for us in L1.
Ultimately, it hasn't really mattered since we got promoted and stayed up – I'm just fascinated by the decision to sign him!Even the NTT20 podcast listed him as one of the potential signings of the summer!It didn’t work out, it happens!
Whos this Ahadme?5 -
Year reminder that swap deal rarely happen in football.shine166 said:
Considering hes not been great for them either I very much doubt it, more likely to want Fevrier back and sell him.sm said:
I suspect he had plenty of chances to impress NJ by giving it a go in training. Wouldn't be surprised if there isn't already the basis of a deal to swap him with Fevrier, especially if Stockport don't get promoted.Leuth said:
I think it would indeed be too early to rule out Olaofe clicking suddenly. He has pace and power, just not happening in front of goal for him this season. Definitely would like to see him given a go in preseasonedslater_ said:“We have to improve the squad significantly. Last year, we needed seven or eight to go into our squad and ones that could bridge the gap between top-end League One and Championship. We’ve proved we have done that. There is still more to come from Harvey Knibbs, Isaac Olaofe, Sonny Carey, on a consistent basis, and Charlie Kelman."
Interesting quote from Nathan Jones on Rich Cawleys substack. I may be reading in to it too closely but no mention of Apter but chose to name Olaofe. Apter could be one we cut our losses on if we can move him out.2 -
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Stockport must be fooking great!!!!Diebythesword said:
I’d also point out fevrier couldn’t get into the current Stockport starting XI, either…Chris_from_Sidcup said:If Tanto had gone out on loan and done really well then i'd be hopeful he could kick on. But he's not even starting for Stockport and in their last game didn't even get off the bench when they needed a goal.
Perhaps a good pre-season with us might change things but based on this seasons form i'm not exactly confident he'll even be with us next year.0 -
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If we don’t sign either a South Korean, Japanese or Chinese player, I wanna know what the hell is going on with our recruitment, everyone else has one!!!!14
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FishCostaFortune said:
He was 23, scored double figures for a Cambridge side that finished 18th the season before, and has many of the attributes that Jones loves in a footballer (remember they pre-season talk about getting him out of the gym).Chunes said:
I'm fascinated by how we managed to get this one so wrong. It was immediately apparent that he wasn't good enough.Weegie Addick said:I can just about cope with Apter and Tanto as deals that haven’t worked out. I really struggle with Ahadme under contract till 2028 though.
I don't feel like it's that wild of a pick to sign him up at the time. I imagine they thought they might be able to develop him, whilst getting promoted and make a profit when he was sold - but it didn't work out that way and not every signing will.
Thing is he was signed at a time where our scouting seemed to consist of "he played well against us". I am hoping those days are a long way behind us.
Whilst he scored 11 league goals for a poor Cambridge side, two were against our woeful defense and another was a penalty. Of course they all count equally but it was noticable that the Cambridge fans felt we had massively overpaid and were less concerned about losing him than they were about Mannion going at the time which rang massive alarm bells.2 -
except we signed him from Ipswich.... Doesn't really matter he was absolute gash for us!Athletico Charlton said:FishCostaFortune said:
He was 23, scored double figures for a Cambridge side that finished 18th the season before, and has many of the attributes that Jones loves in a footballer (remember they pre-season talk about getting him out of the gym).Chunes said:
I'm fascinated by how we managed to get this one so wrong. It was immediately apparent that he wasn't good enough.Weegie Addick said:I can just about cope with Apter and Tanto as deals that haven’t worked out. I really struggle with Ahadme under contract till 2028 though.
I don't feel like it's that wild of a pick to sign him up at the time. I imagine they thought they might be able to develop him, whilst getting promoted and make a profit when he was sold - but it didn't work out that way and not every signing will.
Thing is he was signed at a time where our scouting seemed to consist of "he played well against us". I am hoping those days are a long way behind us.
Whilst he scored 11 league goals for a poor Cambridge side, two were against our woeful defense and another was a penalty. Of course they all count equally but it was noticable that the Cambridge fans felt we had massively overpaid and were less concerned about losing him than they were about Mannion going at the time which rang massive alarm bells.1 -
Yes but he was on loan at Cambridge the season before we signed him so they likely had a better grasp of his current ability than Ipswich fans would.scruffle said:
except we signed him from Ipswich.... Doesn't really matter he was absolute gash for us!Athletico Charlton said:FishCostaFortune said:
He was 23, scored double figures for a Cambridge side that finished 18th the season before, and has many of the attributes that Jones loves in a footballer (remember they pre-season talk about getting him out of the gym).Chunes said:
I'm fascinated by how we managed to get this one so wrong. It was immediately apparent that he wasn't good enough.Weegie Addick said:I can just about cope with Apter and Tanto as deals that haven’t worked out. I really struggle with Ahadme under contract till 2028 though.
I don't feel like it's that wild of a pick to sign him up at the time. I imagine they thought they might be able to develop him, whilst getting promoted and make a profit when he was sold - but it didn't work out that way and not every signing will.
Thing is he was signed at a time where our scouting seemed to consist of "he played well against us". I am hoping those days are a long way behind us.
Whilst he scored 11 league goals for a poor Cambridge side, two were against our woeful defense and another was a penalty. Of course they all count equally but it was noticable that the Cambridge fans felt we had massively overpaid and were less concerned about losing him than they were about Mannion going at the time which rang massive alarm bells.0 -
Fred Onyedinma looks to be leaving Wycombe on a free0
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I feel like he's been about for ages yet he's still only 290
