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Summer Transfer Rumours - Deadline Day p446

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  • Has Andy Scott posted the snacks and told us how many phones he's using yet?
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,938
    MarcusH26 said:

    Alongside 5 tubes of pringles, two bottles of diet coke, a terrys chocolate orange, and multipack of Monster Munch. #transferdeadline
  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,349
    edited August 2023
    Pleased to hear CB is on the list. Vast improvement needed. 
  • CAFCDAZ
    CAFCDAZ Posts: 1,199
    Surely needing an extra CB would depend on how we want to set up? If a manager comes in and doesn't want 3 at the back, doesn't that leave us rather overstocked in that area? Not that our CBs have been anywhere near good enough, just seems strange.
  • chev said:
    So we've already signed 3 CBs and have a promising youngster who did well last year and still we need another CB presumably because the 3 we've signed aren't good enough or can't play in a 3 if we're sticking with 352 although with no manager who knows what formation we'll be playing!. We've needed an RB or RWB and a forward since the transfer window opened so all in all that's another recruitment fail.
  • ValleyBen
    ValleyBen Posts: 572
    It was a mistake to offer new contracts to both Hector and Thomas, since at best they were both average last season, should have been one or the other. 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,088
    edited August 2023
    CAFCDAZ said:
    Surely needing an extra CB would depend on how we want to set up? If a manager comes in and doesn't want 3 at the back, doesn't that leave us rather overstocked in that area? Not that our CBs have been anywhere near good enough, just seems strange.
    would allow Elerewe & Mitchell to go on much needed NL loans 
  • ValleyBen said:
    It was a mistake to offer new contracts to both Hector and Thomas, since at best they were both average last season, should have been one or the other. 
    Or neither and get better ones in
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,382
    CAFCDAZ said:
    Surely needing an extra CB would depend on how we want to set up? If a manager comes in and doesn't want 3 at the back, doesn't that leave us rather overstocked in that area? Not that our CBs have been anywhere near good enough, just seems strange.
    Yes but it’s better they improve a weak area of the squad than stick with it just because we have one or two too many. Three of them are still very young.
  • Plaaayer
    Plaaayer Posts: 9,001
    sam3110 said:
    supaclive said:
    I think the moderators allow Ronnie to post just for shits and giggles
    The more he posts the more people read it, lol his posts and reply to them. Drives site traffic up which helps the ads get seen more so costs to run the site are marginally helped out. Win win
    Wow, you’ve absolutely nailed it there Sam, it’s all an elaborate marketing tactic! 

    If the truth be known, me and Ronnie both leaflet for the Local Conservatives and worked together on the  Brexit bus campaign, so he can kinda do what he likes :-) 

    Let’s clear this up though and hopefully this can be the end of it. In all honesty, I just don’t understand how people can get so worked up. For a forum to be enjoyable or interesting you have to have a variety of views and a variety of characters. A balance of seriousness with a wedge of humour. Otherwise it’s just cold and vanilla. 

    Is he a serious poster or is he playing a character? Who knows for sure but ask yourself, Is he hurting anyone? Is he being abusive? 

    Personally, I find it funny when we get dicked 4-0 and he gives all the defenders 8/10 and blames the ref for the defeat as the third was offside, or pops up with an absolutely daft defence for something not happening with 100% belief when everyone else says the opposite. Sometimes I know what he’s gonna post before he does on something, surely others must be thinking the same?

    I’ve far more problem with those who ridicule what he posts and abuse him than anything he contributes. Just wish people wouldn’t take things so seriously. If you don’t find it amusing, just scroll on.

    Now we’ve covered that, grateful if a line can be drawn there please as I’m not a fan of openly discussing another poster in such way, cheers 


    Copied and pasted from ITTV no doubt
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  • ValleyBen said:
    It was a mistake to offer new contracts to both Hector and Thomas, since at best they were both average last season, should have been one or the other. 
    Or neither and get better ones in
    Hector is a decent defender and most fans were happy that he stayed. I wouldn't write him off just yet.
  • CAFCDAZ said:
    Surely needing an extra CB would depend on how we want to set up? If a manager comes in and doesn't want 3 at the back, doesn't that leave us rather overstocked in that area? Not that our CBs have been anywhere near good enough, just seems strange.
    Overstocked, but not good enough. Get an improvement in and then let others go in loan 
  • Nombe sold to Rotherham for a fee of £1m
  • ValleyBen
    ValleyBen Posts: 572
    ValleyBen said:
    It was a mistake to offer new contracts to both Hector and Thomas, since at best they were both average last season, should have been one or the other. 
    Or neither and get better ones in
    That would have worked too, I am still surprised we offered one to Thomas especially, I get it is a nice story him being from our academy and he seems a decent guy but other then a couple of half decent performances at LB I thought he always looked a mistake waiting to happen last season.
  • Chunes said:
    Pleased to hear CB is on the list. Vast improvement needed. 
    Maybe Pearce could do a job, 36 years old, and still got his boots...🤔😉
  • billysboots
    billysboots Posts: 1,596
    So Dabo , the tall bloke from Man City and Jason Pearce laces his boots back up as Player Manager ( Interim ) 
  • Nombe sold to Rotherham for a fee of £1m
    Didn't want him anyway...🙄
  • DubaiCAFC
    DubaiCAFC Posts: 2,461
    ValleyBen said:
    It was a mistake to offer new contracts to both Hector and Thomas, since at best they were both average last season, should have been one or the other. 
    Or neither and get better ones in
    Hector is a decent defender and most fans were happy that he stayed. I wouldn't write him off just yet.
    I would say that as well - played football last night, and in my team is his ex teacher, and he struggles mentally from time to time, and when he is down he is pretty bad! 
  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,349
    edited August 2023
    We kept clean sheets in only 20% of our games last year. Top 6 teams were closer to 40-50%.

    We haven't brought in players that will give us that 20-30% improvement. The results are not lying.
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  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,681
    ValleyBen said:
    It was a mistake to offer new contracts to both Hector and Thomas, since at best they were both average last season, should have been one or the other. 
    Or neither and get better ones in
    Hector is a decent defender and most fans were happy that he stayed. I wouldn't write him off just yet.
    I won't write him off just yet.
    But let's be honest he has been way below what we thought he would be so far this season. 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,634
    Nombe sold to Rotherham for a fee of £1m.
    And instead of increasing our bid by £500k we spent it on compensation sacking our manager.

    Cool. 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,275
    Nombe at £1m when we already paid for May wasn't going to happen. 

    Time will tell if it turns out to be a good deal for him, disappointed we decided he wasn't worth it, but pointless debating that now
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,857
    If there was Championship interest, even a lower club like Rotherham, it would be hard to compete. If we were ever trying to compete...
  • Nombe sold to Rotherham for a fee of £1m.
    And instead of increasing our bid by £500k we spent it on compensation sacking our manager.

    Cool. 
    But if he could get a move into the Championship, he wouldn’t have joined us anyway 
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,382
    sam3110 said:
    Nombe at £1m when we already paid for May wasn't going to happen. 

    Time will tell if it turns out to be a good deal for him, disappointed we decided he wasn't worth it, but pointless debating that now
    Yep Kanu is the back up for May, new striker (if we get one) will be competition for Leaburn.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,325
    edited August 2023
    DubaiCAFC said:
    4 strikers out on the training pitch today! 
    May | Leaburn | Kanu? ;)

    Edit: Boooo you managed to edit it before I could post lol!
  • DubaiCAFC
    DubaiCAFC Posts: 2,461
    DubaiCAFC said:
    4 strikers out on the training pitch today! 
    May | Leaburn | Kanu? ;)
    Actually forgot about Kanu.. 
  • DubaiCAFC
    DubaiCAFC Posts: 2,461
    DubaiCAFC said:
    4 strikers out on the training pitch today! 
    May | Leaburn | Kanu? ;)

    Edit: Boooo you managed to edit it before I could post lol!
    Apologies!