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Summer 2022 transfer rumours (Gilbey loan confirmed p513, a signing falls through last minute p541)
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Sorry, but no way was that Powell squad full of damaged goods. The only signings who we got "under the radar" due to their struggles were Morrison and Yann.Garrymanilow said:
Well not quite, Hamer had played for two different clubs at L1 level the previous season and played exactly 0 Championship games. Michael Morrison played just 12 games for Wednesday in L1 the season before and by all accounts stunk the place out, and Dale Stephens had been loaned to Southampton in L1 where he played 6 times. Danny Green did do well for Dagenham but they still finished 21st. We had some competition for him and the Bournemouth lads were a good get, but we picked up a lot of players who had had bad seasons previously and were cheap because they looked like damaged goods. O'Connell has played 101 League One games so let's not make him out to be some L2 nobody, he seems like he fits the way he want to play and has a lot of experience in our leaguekillerandflash said:
To be fair in the previous season those players had been playingGarrymanilow said:
I know what you mean. I remember when we signed a Reading cast off, a Sheffield Wednesday cast off, a free transfer from a League One team, a bloke who got relegated with Dagenham, a midfielder from Oldham and some work experience kid they brought in to help test the players' fitness. We had competition for about two of those players. Then when we signed some unwanted laughing stock released by Leicester I was about ready to pack it in. It was a joke, and then we...oh we won the league with a record points total. Never mind.cafc_harry said:
When we’re supposed to be aiming for automatics, playoffs at the least and our competition for signings are, at best, lower league 1 teams, yes I would call that bargain bin.ForeverAddickted said:
So another League One team, and a League Two team that are throwing money around like a League One teamcafc_harry said:Rochdale gutted to lose him but looks like the main teams linked with him till now were Forest Green and Stockport. Another bargain bin signing. Anyone else noticing a theme with Roland 2.0?
And yet he's a bargain bin signing
I truly hope to be proven wrong and I’ve bought my season ticket so I’ll be there to see it either way but I can see another poor season ahead.
Reading - Championship
Wednesday - L1
Bournemouth - L1 playoffs
Dagenham - star player in a relegated L1 team
Oldham - L1
I'm not knocking O'Connell or any Swindon players we might sign, but there's a difference between the Powell signings and the L2 players that we seem to be linked with at the moment.
Hamer was a young keeper at Reading, who like most young keepers go out on loan to get experience. He had 2 L1 loan spells at clubs which finished higher than ourselves
Stephens got injured at Soton which probably scuppered his chances of a move. We paid £375k for him
Hayes - Championship Preston
Taylor - Exeter finished 8th. Was he their captain?
Hollands and Wiggins - top players for Bournemouth
Hughes - had been at Scunthorpe, relegated from the Championship
Green - we paid £350k for him and had competition
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The fact that we were negotiating with Swindon over compensation for his release tells me all I need to know. We wanted him, they were prepared to release him for the right amount of compensation. We wouldn't cough up. Swindon were turned down for their first choice of manager after Garner left so offered it to Lindsey. Keep up !AndyG said:
That's exactly my point though you didnt raise a valid point did you. I would naturally assume that anyone with half a brain cell would on reading that the guy has now stepped into the managers role would automatically know the reason why he didnt come here as a coach. As usual you are just throwing shit towards TS again completely without any sense of reason and I stand by my comment that it is just patheticcharltonbob said:
So I suggest a valid reason why there was a delay to getting the guy to Charlton & you respond by posting some childish fiction ? You're right of course you are beyond pathetic.AndyG said:
Oh FFS when will it stop ???charltonbob said:
Maybe the delay was caused by sandgaard not wanting to pay the compensation Swindon wanted.Valley11 said:
That’s a little bit concerning. But perhaps explains why there’s been a delay. Hopefully Garner still gets to pick the backroom staff he wants.Callumcafc said:Garner’s assistant has been appointed head coach at Swindon.
Right so TS delayed things to try and not pay compensation and then Swindon said to him, tell you what as we cant agree a deal for you to go and be a coach at CAFC why dont you have a go at managing 😂😂😂
Beyond pathetic !!
Muppet.
Throwing shit at sandgaard ? Did you enjoy ripping the league up last season ?5 -
We paid £350k for Danny Green in 2011? Blimeykillerandflash said:
Sorry, but no way was that Powell squad full of damaged goods. The only signings who we got "under the radar" due to their struggles were Morrison and Yann.Garrymanilow said:
Well not quite, Hamer had played for two different clubs at L1 level the previous season and played exactly 0 Championship games. Michael Morrison played just 12 games for Wednesday in L1 the season before and by all accounts stunk the place out, and Dale Stephens had been loaned to Southampton in L1 where he played 6 times. Danny Green did do well for Dagenham but they still finished 21st. We had some competition for him and the Bournemouth lads were a good get, but we picked up a lot of players who had had bad seasons previously and were cheap because they looked like damaged goods. O'Connell has played 101 League One games so let's not make him out to be some L2 nobody, he seems like he fits the way he want to play and has a lot of experience in our leaguekillerandflash said:
To be fair in the previous season those players had been playingGarrymanilow said:
I know what you mean. I remember when we signed a Reading cast off, a Sheffield Wednesday cast off, a free transfer from a League One team, a bloke who got relegated with Dagenham, a midfielder from Oldham and some work experience kid they brought in to help test the players' fitness. We had competition for about two of those players. Then when we signed some unwanted laughing stock released by Leicester I was about ready to pack it in. It was a joke, and then we...oh we won the league with a record points total. Never mind.cafc_harry said:
When we’re supposed to be aiming for automatics, playoffs at the least and our competition for signings are, at best, lower league 1 teams, yes I would call that bargain bin.ForeverAddickted said:
So another League One team, and a League Two team that are throwing money around like a League One teamcafc_harry said:Rochdale gutted to lose him but looks like the main teams linked with him till now were Forest Green and Stockport. Another bargain bin signing. Anyone else noticing a theme with Roland 2.0?
And yet he's a bargain bin signingI truly hope to be proven wrong and I’ve bought my season ticket so I’ll be there to see it either way but I can see another poor season ahead.
Reading - Championship
Wednesday - L1
Bournemouth - L1 playoffs
Dagenham - star player in a relegated L1 team
Oldham - L1
I'm not knocking O'Connell or any Swindon players we might sign, but there's a difference between the Powell signings and the L2 players that we seem to be linked with at the moment.
Hamer was a young keeper at Reading, who like most young keepers go out on loan to get experience. He had 2 L1 loan spells at clubs which finished higher than ourselves
Stephens got injured at Soton which probably scuppered his chances of a move. We paid £375k for him
Hayes - Championship Preston
Taylor - Exeter finished 8th. Was he their captain?
Hollands and Wiggins - top players for Bournemouth
Hughes - had been at Scunthorpe, relegated from the Championship
Green - we paid £350k for him and had competition0 -
Ok I give up ! No reasoning with someone who takes rumours as facts when it suits their agendacharltonbob said:
The fact that we were negotiating with Swindon over compensation for his release tells me all I need to know. We wanted him, they were prepared to release him for the right amount of compensation. We wouldn't cough up. Swindon were turned down for their first choice of manager after Garner left so offered it to Lindsey. Keep up !AndyG said:
That's exactly my point though you didnt raise a valid point did you. I would naturally assume that anyone with half a brain cell would on reading that the guy has now stepped into the managers role would automatically know the reason why he didnt come here as a coach. As usual you are just throwing shit towards TS again completely without any sense of reason and I stand by my comment that it is just patheticcharltonbob said:
So I suggest a valid reason why there was a delay to getting the guy to Charlton & you respond by posting some childish fiction ? You're right of course you are beyond pathetic.AndyG said:
Oh FFS when will it stop ???charltonbob said:
Maybe the delay was caused by sandgaard not wanting to pay the compensation Swindon wanted.Valley11 said:
That’s a little bit concerning. But perhaps explains why there’s been a delay. Hopefully Garner still gets to pick the backroom staff he wants.Callumcafc said:Garner’s assistant has been appointed head coach at Swindon.
Right so TS delayed things to try and not pay compensation and then Swindon said to him, tell you what as we cant agree a deal for you to go and be a coach at CAFC why dont you have a go at managing 😂😂😂
Beyond pathetic !!
Muppet.
Throwing shit at sandgaard ? Did you enjoy ripping the league up last season ?3 -
Not a rumour?BR7_addick said:Moses Odubajo leaving QPR, attacking right back, would suit us, Greenwich born, 28 decent experience and CV. Not a rumour.
Therefore a fact??
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I never said it was full of them but there were plenty. Hayes failed at Preston and was unwanted. He scored 2 goals and then was loaned out to Barnsley where he didn't score. He signed a three year deal and had it terminated after one. Yann was a laughing stock. Cort was unwanted at Burnley and had been farmed out the previous season. Andy Hughes had been at Scunthorpe for 6 months before moving on. Wednesday practically gave us Morrison they wanted shot of him so badly. Hamer was a decent young keeper but one that Reading had decided wasn't going to make it for them and so were ready to let go permanently on the cheap. We signed some players on the up too, of course we did, but the point is that you can't judge the quality of signings by who you're competing with for them because some players will work for you and not other teams and the trick is in identifying the right ones for your team.killerandflash said:
Sorry, but no way was that Powell squad full of damaged goods. The only signings who we got "under the radar" due to their struggles were Morrison and Yann.Garrymanilow said:
Well not quite, Hamer had played for two different clubs at L1 level the previous season and played exactly 0 Championship games. Michael Morrison played just 12 games for Wednesday in L1 the season before and by all accounts stunk the place out, and Dale Stephens had been loaned to Southampton in L1 where he played 6 times. Danny Green did do well for Dagenham but they still finished 21st. We had some competition for him and the Bournemouth lads were a good get, but we picked up a lot of players who had had bad seasons previously and were cheap because they looked like damaged goods. O'Connell has played 101 League One games so let's not make him out to be some L2 nobody, he seems like he fits the way he want to play and has a lot of experience in our leaguekillerandflash said:
To be fair in the previous season those players had been playingGarrymanilow said:
I know what you mean. I remember when we signed a Reading cast off, a Sheffield Wednesday cast off, a free transfer from a League One team, a bloke who got relegated with Dagenham, a midfielder from Oldham and some work experience kid they brought in to help test the players' fitness. We had competition for about two of those players. Then when we signed some unwanted laughing stock released by Leicester I was about ready to pack it in. It was a joke, and then we...oh we won the league with a record points total. Never mind.cafc_harry said:
When we’re supposed to be aiming for automatics, playoffs at the least and our competition for signings are, at best, lower league 1 teams, yes I would call that bargain bin.ForeverAddickted said:
So another League One team, and a League Two team that are throwing money around like a League One teamcafc_harry said:Rochdale gutted to lose him but looks like the main teams linked with him till now were Forest Green and Stockport. Another bargain bin signing. Anyone else noticing a theme with Roland 2.0?
And yet he's a bargain bin signingI truly hope to be proven wrong and I’ve bought my season ticket so I’ll be there to see it either way but I can see another poor season ahead.
Reading - Championship
Wednesday - L1
Bournemouth - L1 playoffs
Dagenham - star player in a relegated L1 team
Oldham - L1
I'm not knocking O'Connell or any Swindon players we might sign, but there's a difference between the Powell signings and the L2 players that we seem to be linked with at the moment.
Hamer was a young keeper at Reading, who like most young keepers go out on loan to get experience. He had 2 L1 loan spells at clubs which finished higher than ourselves
Stephens got injured at Soton which probably scuppered his chances of a move. We paid £375k for him
Hayes - Championship Preston
Taylor - Exeter finished 8th. Was he their captain?
Hollands and Wiggins - top players for Bournemouth
Hughes - had been at Scunthorpe, relegated from the Championship
Green - we paid £350k for him and had competition
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Looks a POTENTIALLY excellent addition (because none of us really know)ValleyGary said:I love how nobody had a clue. That’s how I want signings to be, a nice surprise.
Looks an excellent addition.
Garner will know him well so I'm happy about that
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The likes of Hayes and Cort were all struggling to get game time in Championship sides, signing players not getting game time at a level above is hardly taking a punt, when those players had plenty of pedigree to show they could do a good job for an ambitious L1 side.Garrymanilow said:
I never said it was full of them but there were plenty. Hayes failed at Preston and was unwanted. He scored 2 goals and then was loaned out to Barnsley where he didn't score. He signed a three year deal and had it terminated after one. Yann was a laughing stock. Cort was unwanted at Burnley and had been farmed out the previous season. Andy Hughes had been at Scunthorpe for 6 months before moving on. Wednesday practically gave us Morrison they wanted shot of him so badly. Hamer was a decent young keeper but one that Reading had decided wasn't going to make it for them and so were ready to let go permanently on the cheap. We signed some players on the up too, of course we did, but the point is that you can't judge the quality of signings by who you're competing with for them because some players will work for you and not other teams and the trick is in identifying the right ones for your team.killerandflash said:
Sorry, but no way was that Powell squad full of damaged goods. The only signings who we got "under the radar" due to their struggles were Morrison and Yann.Garrymanilow said:
Well not quite, Hamer had played for two different clubs at L1 level the previous season and played exactly 0 Championship games. Michael Morrison played just 12 games for Wednesday in L1 the season before and by all accounts stunk the place out, and Dale Stephens had been loaned to Southampton in L1 where he played 6 times. Danny Green did do well for Dagenham but they still finished 21st. We had some competition for him and the Bournemouth lads were a good get, but we picked up a lot of players who had had bad seasons previously and were cheap because they looked like damaged goods. O'Connell has played 101 League One games so let's not make him out to be some L2 nobody, he seems like he fits the way he want to play and has a lot of experience in our leaguekillerandflash said:
To be fair in the previous season those players had been playingGarrymanilow said:
I know what you mean. I remember when we signed a Reading cast off, a Sheffield Wednesday cast off, a free transfer from a League One team, a bloke who got relegated with Dagenham, a midfielder from Oldham and some work experience kid they brought in to help test the players' fitness. We had competition for about two of those players. Then when we signed some unwanted laughing stock released by Leicester I was about ready to pack it in. It was a joke, and then we...oh we won the league with a record points total. Never mind.cafc_harry said:
When we’re supposed to be aiming for automatics, playoffs at the least and our competition for signings are, at best, lower league 1 teams, yes I would call that bargain bin.ForeverAddickted said:
So another League One team, and a League Two team that are throwing money around like a League One teamcafc_harry said:Rochdale gutted to lose him but looks like the main teams linked with him till now were Forest Green and Stockport. Another bargain bin signing. Anyone else noticing a theme with Roland 2.0?
And yet he's a bargain bin signingI truly hope to be proven wrong and I’ve bought my season ticket so I’ll be there to see it either way but I can see another poor season ahead.
Reading - Championship
Wednesday - L1
Bournemouth - L1 playoffs
Dagenham - star player in a relegated L1 team
Oldham - L1
I'm not knocking O'Connell or any Swindon players we might sign, but there's a difference between the Powell signings and the L2 players that we seem to be linked with at the moment.
Hamer was a young keeper at Reading, who like most young keepers go out on loan to get experience. He had 2 L1 loan spells at clubs which finished higher than ourselves
Stephens got injured at Soton which probably scuppered his chances of a move. We paid £375k for him
Hayes - Championship Preston
Taylor - Exeter finished 8th. Was he their captain?
Hollands and Wiggins - top players for Bournemouth
Hughes - had been at Scunthorpe, relegated from the Championship
Green - we paid £350k for him and had competition2 -
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Used to play football with his Mo as a kid, was outstanding and was on Millwalls books. His Brother Tom was also a very good player, was at Sutton not long ago.BR7_addick said:Moses Odubajo leaving QPR, attacking right back, would suit us, Greenwich born, 28 decent experience and CV. Not a rumour.Think he’d come but will have Champ interest.He was close to signing a few years ago when he was at Orient, KM pulled the plug and he moved to Brentford instead, the rest is history.1 -
Danny Hylton, who had been the subject of strong interest from #afcw, set to sign for Northampton Town.
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Swindon signing a new goalkeeper on loan from Middlesbrough, their number 1 from last year Wollacott likely to move on.
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Wollacott is out of contract anyway... and was dropped at the end of the seasoncovered_end_junior said:Swindon signing a new goalkeeper on loan from Middlesbrough, their number 1 from last year Wollacott likely to move on.0 -
The Roland who almost killed your Club selling it to a bunch of crooks. That Roland? Up against a man who has already invested in players demonstrating his intent and will do do again to further his ambition to see us succeed. Eh, no, I see no similarity at all, but that's just my opinioncafc_harry said:Rochdale gutted to lose him but looks like the main teams linked with him till now were Forest Green and Stockport. Another bargain bin signing. Anyone else noticing a theme with Roland 2.0?
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Have they played together or is this a hint in the responses?:
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In response to O'Connell's signing for Charlton tweet *grasps at straws*3 -
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Yes they have - Won promotion from League Two with Bury together3
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Anyone know what Dom Telford thinks about it?8
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Ah that explains that then! Cheers.ForeverAddickted said:Yes they have - Won promotion from League Two with Bury together1 -
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O'Connell has some pedigree coming through at Celtic.killerandflash said:
The likes of Hayes and Cort were all struggling to get game time in Championship sides, signing players not getting game time at a level above is hardly taking a punt, when those players had plenty of pedigree to show they could do a good job for an ambitious L1 side.Garrymanilow said:
I never said it was full of them but there were plenty. Hayes failed at Preston and was unwanted. He scored 2 goals and then was loaned out to Barnsley where he didn't score. He signed a three year deal and had it terminated after one. Yann was a laughing stock. Cort was unwanted at Burnley and had been farmed out the previous season. Andy Hughes had been at Scunthorpe for 6 months before moving on. Wednesday practically gave us Morrison they wanted shot of him so badly. Hamer was a decent young keeper but one that Reading had decided wasn't going to make it for them and so were ready to let go permanently on the cheap. We signed some players on the up too, of course we did, but the point is that you can't judge the quality of signings by who you're competing with for them because some players will work for you and not other teams and the trick is in identifying the right ones for your team.killerandflash said:
Sorry, but no way was that Powell squad full of damaged goods. The only signings who we got "under the radar" due to their struggles were Morrison and Yann.Garrymanilow said:
Well not quite, Hamer had played for two different clubs at L1 level the previous season and played exactly 0 Championship games. Michael Morrison played just 12 games for Wednesday in L1 the season before and by all accounts stunk the place out, and Dale Stephens had been loaned to Southampton in L1 where he played 6 times. Danny Green did do well for Dagenham but they still finished 21st. We had some competition for him and the Bournemouth lads were a good get, but we picked up a lot of players who had had bad seasons previously and were cheap because they looked like damaged goods. O'Connell has played 101 League One games so let's not make him out to be some L2 nobody, he seems like he fits the way he want to play and has a lot of experience in our leaguekillerandflash said:
To be fair in the previous season those players had been playingGarrymanilow said:
I know what you mean. I remember when we signed a Reading cast off, a Sheffield Wednesday cast off, a free transfer from a League One team, a bloke who got relegated with Dagenham, a midfielder from Oldham and some work experience kid they brought in to help test the players' fitness. We had competition for about two of those players. Then when we signed some unwanted laughing stock released by Leicester I was about ready to pack it in. It was a joke, and then we...oh we won the league with a record points total. Never mind.cafc_harry said:
When we’re supposed to be aiming for automatics, playoffs at the least and our competition for signings are, at best, lower league 1 teams, yes I would call that bargain bin.ForeverAddickted said:
So another League One team, and a League Two team that are throwing money around like a League One teamcafc_harry said:Rochdale gutted to lose him but looks like the main teams linked with him till now were Forest Green and Stockport. Another bargain bin signing. Anyone else noticing a theme with Roland 2.0?
And yet he's a bargain bin signingI truly hope to be proven wrong and I’ve bought my season ticket so I’ll be there to see it either way but I can see another poor season ahead.
Reading - Championship
Wednesday - L1
Bournemouth - L1 playoffs
Dagenham - star player in a relegated L1 team
Oldham - L1
I'm not knocking O'Connell or any Swindon players we might sign, but there's a difference between the Powell signings and the L2 players that we seem to be linked with at the moment.
Hamer was a young keeper at Reading, who like most young keepers go out on loan to get experience. He had 2 L1 loan spells at clubs which finished higher than ourselves
Stephens got injured at Soton which probably scuppered his chances of a move. We paid £375k for him
Hayes - Championship Preston
Taylor - Exeter finished 8th. Was he their captain?
Hollands and Wiggins - top players for Bournemouth
Hughes - had been at Scunthorpe, relegated from the Championship
Green - we paid £350k for him and had competition
If we're comparing to 11/12 he's the equivalent of Matt Taylor who played in League 1 for two seasons before we signed him.
O'Connell first played in League 1 in 15/16 and most of his games since have been at that level.
Powell mainly signed players from our league and some unwanted higher up, but it's far from the only way. We should be looking for stand out players in League 2, if anything it's something we haven't done enough of in recent years. Other clubs have signed some very good players from that level.7 -
O Connell appears to be a good signing. Telford would also be a good signing.
Starting to feel like we might finally get a transfer window right.
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He does have some L1 pedigree, but in fairly poor sides, two of which got relegated.Scoham said:
O'Connell has some pedigree coming through at Celtic.killerandflash said:
The likes of Hayes and Cort were all struggling to get game time in Championship sides, signing players not getting game time at a level above is hardly taking a punt, when those players had plenty of pedigree to show they could do a good job for an ambitious L1 side.Garrymanilow said:
I never said it was full of them but there were plenty. Hayes failed at Preston and was unwanted. He scored 2 goals and then was loaned out to Barnsley where he didn't score. He signed a three year deal and had it terminated after one. Yann was a laughing stock. Cort was unwanted at Burnley and had been farmed out the previous season. Andy Hughes had been at Scunthorpe for 6 months before moving on. Wednesday practically gave us Morrison they wanted shot of him so badly. Hamer was a decent young keeper but one that Reading had decided wasn't going to make it for them and so were ready to let go permanently on the cheap. We signed some players on the up too, of course we did, but the point is that you can't judge the quality of signings by who you're competing with for them because some players will work for you and not other teams and the trick is in identifying the right ones for your team.killerandflash said:
Sorry, but no way was that Powell squad full of damaged goods. The only signings who we got "under the radar" due to their struggles were Morrison and Yann.Garrymanilow said:
Well not quite, Hamer had played for two different clubs at L1 level the previous season and played exactly 0 Championship games. Michael Morrison played just 12 games for Wednesday in L1 the season before and by all accounts stunk the place out, and Dale Stephens had been loaned to Southampton in L1 where he played 6 times. Danny Green did do well for Dagenham but they still finished 21st. We had some competition for him and the Bournemouth lads were a good get, but we picked up a lot of players who had had bad seasons previously and were cheap because they looked like damaged goods. O'Connell has played 101 League One games so let's not make him out to be some L2 nobody, he seems like he fits the way he want to play and has a lot of experience in our leaguekillerandflash said:
To be fair in the previous season those players had been playingGarrymanilow said:
I know what you mean. I remember when we signed a Reading cast off, a Sheffield Wednesday cast off, a free transfer from a League One team, a bloke who got relegated with Dagenham, a midfielder from Oldham and some work experience kid they brought in to help test the players' fitness. We had competition for about two of those players. Then when we signed some unwanted laughing stock released by Leicester I was about ready to pack it in. It was a joke, and then we...oh we won the league with a record points total. Never mind.cafc_harry said:
When we’re supposed to be aiming for automatics, playoffs at the least and our competition for signings are, at best, lower league 1 teams, yes I would call that bargain bin.ForeverAddickted said:
So another League One team, and a League Two team that are throwing money around like a League One teamcafc_harry said:Rochdale gutted to lose him but looks like the main teams linked with him till now were Forest Green and Stockport. Another bargain bin signing. Anyone else noticing a theme with Roland 2.0?
And yet he's a bargain bin signingI truly hope to be proven wrong and I’ve bought my season ticket so I’ll be there to see it either way but I can see another poor season ahead.
Reading - Championship
Wednesday - L1
Bournemouth - L1 playoffs
Dagenham - star player in a relegated L1 team
Oldham - L1
I'm not knocking O'Connell or any Swindon players we might sign, but there's a difference between the Powell signings and the L2 players that we seem to be linked with at the moment.
Hamer was a young keeper at Reading, who like most young keepers go out on loan to get experience. He had 2 L1 loan spells at clubs which finished higher than ourselves
Stephens got injured at Soton which probably scuppered his chances of a move. We paid £375k for him
Hayes - Championship Preston
Taylor - Exeter finished 8th. Was he their captain?
Hollands and Wiggins - top players for Bournemouth
Hughes - had been at Scunthorpe, relegated from the Championship
Green - we paid £350k for him and had competition
If we're comparing to 11/12 he's the equivalent of Matt Taylor who played in League 1 for two seasons before we signed him.
O'Connell first played in League 1 in 15/16 and most of his games since have been at that level.
Powell mainly signed players from our league and some unwanted higher up, but it's far from the only way. We should be looking for stand out players in League 2, if anything it's something we haven't done enough of in recent years. Other clubs have signed some very good players from that level.
I'm not sure Taylor is that much of a comparison though, as the previous season before we signed him Exeter finished above us in 8th in the table 1 point off the playoffs, so had shown he could be part of a promotion seeking L1 side. That would be like us signing a player from Plymouth or the likes of Lincoln or Shrewsbury in recent seasons, the overachieving smaller club in L1.
If O'Connell is a success, it will be because he's a stand out player in a poor L2 side, and can step up to be part of a promotion seeking L1 side (as opposed to one happy to just survive).0 -
Not sure on Telford, only 25 but I'm a bit concerned that prior to this season, he had only scored 13 in his previous 107 league appearances (most of which were in League 2).8
