NOT a rumour .. dangerous Jack Whatmough has moved from Pompey to Wigan .. Wigan are developing a decent squad .. expect them to stage a real promotion push (same with Ipswich)
Based on the fact this plonker has said Wigan have submitted a bid to Burton and not MK Dons who Scott Fraser actuallly plays for, I'm gonna say it's Nicko talking crap as per
Probably, he did used to play for Burton though to be fair.
Perhaps with the season just finishing a lot of the players have been on their holidays?! It's like everyone is part of the millennial generation where they need everything here and now at the click of a button.
And Thomas not having Amazon Prime explains why we aren't getting our new players on next day delivery.
Hope we don’t miss out on Stockley. Particularly to Portsmouth!
Again, not panicking, but other league one teams are announcing players. With the amount we need through the door and with pre season only 3 weeks away, will we sign anyone this week?
Don't panic, Mr Mannering!
Mainwaring.
It's funny, isn't it? ........ you have some distant memory of a character in a TV programme you haven't seen for 50 years ...... and then you only go and mis-spell his name that you've never actually seen written.
As Captain Mainwaring himself would have said: "Stupid Boy, Pike".
Shows its a Football problem now and not just something that Charlton have suffered with of late... Oxford releasing Jack Stevens cant be down to club choice, he's only broken through this season, got them into the Play-Offs and saved a couple of penalties as we well know!!
It’s a different Jack Stevens they have released. Not the keeper.
Perhaps with the season just finishing a lot of the players have been on their holidays?! It's like everyone is part of the millennial generation where they need everything here and now at the click of a button.
Yeah, exactly. I can't wait to read all about Charlton's new signings when I buy the "Kentish Independent" on Thursdays.
Peter Cordwell always had all the hot stories and snippets.
And completely taken out of the game by Pratley's man marking up at their place. He didn't get a look in.
There are countless of great players who get man marked out of games specifically by a player who's only job is to neutralise him.
That's where if you have a good team around you it works out well, he plays for MK Dons so it didn't work out well.
I also don't forget the two times we made Burton look like Barca and he was a massive reason why.
Yeah, exactly. If a team uses a player to specifically man mark and follow the one player everywhere throughout the game, that leaves space for opponents to exploit.
Is that our Toby Stevenson who’s been released by Watford or different player?
He may have done well enough at Watford, but their promotion back to the Premier League probably has cut off the pathway for his development. His age will count against him and never going to get games in the Prem, at least in the short term.
If he's developed further, I expect he'll get picked up by a lower division side and play.
Can see us being interested in Scott Fraser. Looking at that list, there are some good players out there at the moment. Can imagine we’ve offered a few contracts, just a waiting game at the moment.
Surprised that Huddersfield are letting Alex Pritchard go. Remember him playing for Norwich City in midfield. Never played outside the prem. or championship. Sill only 28.
<Players I had heard of and signed mostly haven't turned out so well: Hasselbaink, Barnes, Murphy. Just Di Canio being the notable acception I can think of.>
Like him or not, that's harsh on Murphy to dump him in that trio!
I am no Ackworth, I'm almost always a spectator when it comes to potential signings.
The only one that seemed such an obvious one to me was Paul Parker, I think it was the last match of the season when we got promoted at Sellout, we were heading up with Fulham getting relegated, he was easily the standout player on the pitch. No idea why we didn't go in for him.
Excellent past signings were never on my radar and never heard of them before they joined us: Mendonca, Hunt, Mills, Kishishev, Kinsella etc.
Players I had heard of and signed mostly haven't turned out so well: Hasselbaink, Barnes, Murphy. Just Di Canio being the notable acception I can think of.
I look forward to learning of the new signings and finding out if this is a Lawrence moment when he stole the best players from Wolves (apart from Flowers) and we started on our glorious road to beautiful memories.
I remember my dad turning to me that night at sellout saying that Parker will play for England one day
I'm sure there are some diamonds in the released list but we do not need aging "names". We need young players that can grow with us - imo we should steer well clear of the likes of assombalonga. We have all the experience we need in the squad already , what we don't have are the hungry young players to develop
Does anyone know if we are likely to have funds available for transfer fees this summer, or are we looking at mainly signing frees?
Well, it would be a pretty poor show and a possible negative reflection on Thomas if all we can get are frees and loans, sounds like the ESI days, which is not where we want to be if we are supposed to be promotion candidates.
I'm sure there are some diamonds in the released list but we do not need aging "names". We need young players that can grow with us - imo we should steer well clear of the likes of assombalonga. We have all the experience we need in the squad already , what we don't have are the hungry young players to develop
Conversely we need to get out this league ASAP no point developing players for 2 or 3 years time quite yet. At least not more than a handful.
I would be shocked if we were even remotely intrested is Assombalonga but we need 6 or 7 "oven ready" players.
Does anyone know if we are likely to have funds available for transfer fees this summer, or are we looking at mainly signing frees?
Can’t see us spending much, if anything at all. So many free transfers available
Based on...?
Let's face facts. None of us know what the transfer budget is, who we are going to sign or whether we have already signed players. So let's just wait and see...
<Players I had heard of and signed mostly haven't turned out so well: Hasselbaink, Barnes, Murphy. Just Di Canio being the notable acception I can think of.>
Like him or not, that's harsh on Murphy to dump him in that trio!
@Jonniesta He was influential on the pitch for us for sure, unlike the other two but it wasn't one of our better signings the way things turned out and suggests that we need to be wary of signing household names.
Hope we don’t miss out on Stockley. Particularly to Portsmouth!
Again, not panicking, but other league one teams are announcing players. With the amount we need through the door and with pre season only 3 weeks away, will we sign anyone this week?
As a matter of fact as of late last week there had only been 8 incoming transfers in League 1
NOT a rumour .. dangerous Jack Whatmough has moved from Pompey to Wigan .. Wigan are developing a decent squad .. expect them to stage a real promotion push (same with Ipswich)
Signing Whatmough is a massive gamble given his injury record
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That's where if you have a good team around you it works out well, he plays for MK Dons so it didn't work out well.
I also don't forget the two times we made Burton look like Barca and he was a massive reason why.
As Captain Mainwaring himself would have said: "Stupid Boy, Pike".
PS: I've probably spelt Pike wrong as well haha
Peter Cordwell always had all the hot stories and snippets.
that leaves space for opponents to exploit.
And the better teams will.
His age will count against him and never going to get games in the Prem, at least in the short term.
If he's developed further, I expect he'll get picked up by a lower division side and play.
Remember him playing for Norwich City in midfield.
Never played outside the prem. or championship.
Sill only 28.
Like him or not, that's harsh on Murphy to dump him in that trio!
But until we start making signings nothing is confirmed I suppose.
I would be shocked if we were even remotely intrested is Assombalonga but we need 6 or 7 "oven ready" players.
Can't the club just announce we've signed 'Matt Smith', then we can sit back and watch the press try to work out which one