Ben Purrington - signed for Ross County (p23)

soapboxsam

IF we sign our goal scoring hero and lucky talisman he might not get in the team ?

Well not until the middle of September ( Sorry Lewis Page but he was created in the same glass factory as Reeves and Williams)

Oggy Red

Ben would be a good signing.

I'm not surprised. The team look balanced and play better with Purrington in it.
We've all seen he really fits in ..... and no doubt Bowyer believes he's one of those players we can keep improving.

And my postman down here in Cornwall is good mates with Ben since they were kids - and says he's a really nice bloke! 

Mendonca In Asdas

Feel a bit like it’s inheriting the other half’s cat, you’re not a fan to start with, but eventually it grows on you and you’re sorry to see it pop it’s clogs, hope we sign him.

Charltonparklane

He really plays to his instructions on the pitch, you can see it, hence the Rochdale and Sunderland Goals we scored.

This was something he was doing very regular and his defensive duties didnt suffer.

He will vastly improve with a full season under Bowyer and JJ

IR94

Dont think he is anywhere near championship standard, but if someone could improve him it would be Bows

Valley11

Great signing, if it happens. 
Young, has affection for the club after that game, and provides continuity.
Plus we only lost twice with him in the side!

Bedsaddick

Good signing. Didn’t put a foot wrong as far as I can remember . 

charlton_hero

Curbs type signing, i'll be pleased to see him back. 

killerandflash

Purrington is Bowyer's signing whereas Page was Robinson's. I suspect that will get him the nod initially

Dazzler21

Come on Charlton. Get it done.

cafcfan1990

killerandflash said:

Purrington is Bowyer's signing whereas Page was Robinson's. I suspect that will get him the nod initially

Won’t be any competition when Page falls over and is out for 6 months anyway. 

ForeverAddickted

Would Purrington be the first player that we've signed on loan under Roland that has turned into a permanent deal?

Addictedoldgit

January to March this year I was not convinced by him, bog standard 1st Division at best.
My particular beef was his habit of standing 4 yards away from his winger, allowing winger to center into our penalty area too easily.
Likely to be LB's instruction's I guess.

In the last 2 months  of the campaign he developed impressively  attack wise. 
Given our wages limitations  happy to have Ben, if he signs.

cafcfan1990

SDAddick said:

cafcfan1990 said:

Not 100% convinced he is a Championship full back but with our budget we could do a lot worse. 

My feelings exactly 1990. Definitely picked it up toward the end of the season. Still gets beaten too easily on backpost headers for me, and gets caught out positionally, but the potential is there and think he's a good acquisition for the squad. 

Agree with that assessment. Won't be one of the worst performers but probably one of the best either. Similar to how he did in League 1 although the last half a dozen matches he even improved on the steady 6.5/7 out of 10 we had seen previously. 

NapaAddick

I would be elated by this if true but I am gonna say I just don’t believe it until I see it. He would cost £500k to transfer permanent (a guess) and I don’t see Roland allowing that. It just makes too much sense.

jacob_CAFC

NapaAddick said:

I would be elated by this if true but I am gonna say I just don’t believe it until I see it. He would cost £500k to transfer permanent (a guess) and I don’t see Roland allowing that. It just makes too much sense.

Cawley would have got it from somewhere

blackpool72

We normally announce signings at 5pm. 
As it is now5.15 I am disappointed. 
As much as I love Chris Powell he is not the left back I was expecting. 

killerandflash

NapaAddick said:

I would be elated by this if true but I am gonna say I just don’t believe it until I see it. He would cost £500k to transfer permanent (a guess) and I don’t see Roland allowing that. It just makes too much sense.

Nowhere near that amount. Rotherham only paid £300k for him and he's hardly played for them

NapaAddick

jacob_CAFC said:

NapaAddick said:

I would be elated by this if true but I am gonna say I just don’t believe it until I see it. He would cost £500k to transfer permanent (a guess) and I don’t see Roland allowing that. It just makes too much sense.

Cawley would have got it from somewhere

Hopefully not the same place he has been getting all the info that the sale of CAFC was happening on July 1.

Scoham

It’s now 5:21pm, clearly it’s dragged on too long and is now off. Shame.

NapaAddick

killerandflash said:

NapaAddick said:

I would be elated by this if true but I am gonna say I just don’t believe it until I see it. He would cost £500k to transfer permanent (a guess) and I don’t see Roland allowing that. It just makes too much sense.

Nowhere near that amount. Rotherham only paid £300k for him and he's hardly played for them

Well, first, £300k is already “near” £500k. Second, he has improved and thus is worth more than when they got him. The only reason he has not started for them is they already have one of the best young players in that position, Joe Mattock, ahead of him in the depth chart. But they know he is good and getting better. To me, getting him for £300k is a steal. Hope we do so.

johnny73

NapaAddick said:

killerandflash said:

NapaAddick said:

I would be elated by this if true but I am gonna say I just don’t believe it until I see it. He would cost £500k to transfer permanent (a guess) and I don’t see Roland allowing that. It just makes too much sense.

Nowhere near that amount. Rotherham only paid £300k for him and he's hardly played for them

Well, first, £300k is already “near” £500k. Second, he has improved and thus is worth more than when they got him. The only reason he has not started for them is they already have one of the best young players in that position, Joe Mattock, ahead of him in the depth chart. But they know he is good and getting better. To me, getting him for £300k is a steal. Hope we do so.

But if we are the only interested party then the price could go down as much as it could go up. They would want him off the books so that they can address an area of need.

NapaAddick

johnny73 said:

NapaAddick said:

killerandflash said:

NapaAddick said:

I would be elated by this if true but I am gonna say I just don’t believe it until I see it. He would cost £500k to transfer permanent (a guess) and I don’t see Roland allowing that. It just makes too much sense.

Nowhere near that amount. Rotherham only paid £300k for him and he's hardly played for them

Well, first, £300k is already “near” £500k. Second, he has improved and thus is worth more than when they got him. The only reason he has not started for them is they already have one of the best young players in that position, Joe Mattock, ahead of him in the depth chart. But they know he is good and getting better. To me, getting him for £300k is a steal. Hope we do so.

But if we are the only interested party then the price could go down as much as it could go up. They would want him off the books so that they can address an area of need.

Could be right. They just got relegated? Might need to clear the books.

Covered End

NapaAddick said:

I would be elated by this if true but I am gonna say I just don’t believe it until I see it. He would cost £500k to transfer permanent (a guess) and I don’t see Roland allowing that. It just makes too much sense.

Sorry, but as someone said yesterday you just seem to blurt out the first thing that enters your head.
He cost Rotherham £300K and they said or as good as said they will accept a reasonable offer if they can get something back. I reckon we'd get him for £100K/£200K.

Scoham

NapaAddick said:

killerandflash said:

NapaAddick said:

I would be elated by this if true but I am gonna say I just don’t believe it until I see it. He would cost £500k to transfer permanent (a guess) and I don’t see Roland allowing that. It just makes too much sense.

Nowhere near that amount. Rotherham only paid £300k for him and he's hardly played for them

Well, first, £300k is already “near” £500k. Second, he has improved and thus is worth more than when they got him. The only reason he has not started for them is they already have one of the best young players in that position, Joe Mattock, ahead of him in the depth chart. But they know he is good and getting better. To me, getting him for £300k is a steal. Hope we do so.

29 year old youngster Joe Mattock...

Redvalleyeast

Reckon he's flying out to the training camp for the 'handshake with Bow photo' welcoming him (back) to the club

Chef_addick

NapaAddick said:

killerandflash said:

NapaAddick said:

I would be elated by this if true but I am gonna say I just don’t believe it until I see it. He would cost £500k to transfer permanent (a guess) and I don’t see Roland allowing that. It just makes too much sense.

Nowhere near that amount. Rotherham only paid £300k for him and he's hardly played for them

Well, first, £300k is already “near” £500k. Second, he has improved and thus is worth more than when they got him. The only reason he has not started for them is they already have one of the best young players in that position, Joe Mattock, ahead of him in the depth chart. But they know he is good and getting better. To me, getting him for £300k is a steal. Hope we do so.

Depth chart?

Chris_from_Sidcup

I'm amazed they don't want to keep him.

He was signed from league 2 for 300k and has clearly proven himself at a higher level and now has interest at championship level, albeit from a side with not much money.

So surely he's good enough for Rotherham.

Essex_Al

Redvalleyeast said:

Reckon he's flying out to the training camp for the 'handshake with Bow photo' welcoming him (back) to the club

Hopefully you're spot on there mate, comms team are all out there.

Let's hope he drags Oztumer along with him as well.

YTS1978

Would be a decent signing, he's a very solid reliable full back, just what we need with page being so injury prone.