The only thing I think we're missing overall is one more wingback, but I think between Watson being able to play on both sides, Thomas being able to play left back and CBT being able to play as a (very attacking) left wing back, it's sufficiently covered until the inevitable injury list pile up.
Maybe if Kanu hadn't kicked on a bit like he has I'd be more concerned about the strikers, but he appears to be a viable fourth choice now.
We have the quantity many were clamouring for, the huge question now is if there is actually any quality in that lot.
Long season ahead I think, but let's hope there's some nice surprises at least
I admire your positivity but it all points to a mediocre season again. the only chance we have is if there is a Cullen, Bielik and rak sak in the lot we have signed. Time will tell
What positivity haha I literally said it's gonna be a long season and questioned if there's any actual quality.
Or is that it now, if you're not constantly screaming how "the squad is shit, and everything is terrible and ahhhh I hate Charlton" and you're not making Golfie look like a carefree, happy-go-lucky kind of guy then you're "optimistic"?
The only thing I think we're missing overall is one more wingback, but I think between Watson being able to play on both sides, Thomas being able to play left back and CBT being able to play as a (very attacking) left wing back, it's sufficiently covered until the inevitable injury list pile up.
Maybe if Kanu hadn't kicked on a bit like he has I'd be more concerned about the strikers, but he appears to be a viable fourth choice now.
We have the quantity many were clamouring for, the huge question now is if there is actually any quality in that lot.
Long season ahead I think, but let's hope there's some nice surprises at least
According to the Irish Under 21 Manager Abankwah best position is RB/RWB.
Ah yes I saw this yesterday and forgot to mention it here. I believe he's played in a back three for Udinese and at RB as well. So yes, should provide cover in both areas, and is apparently strong on the ball.
He's played a total of 63 minutes for Udinese, so I'm not sure we can gauge what system he can play in from that
Less of the Kirk hate, who knows maybe a new manager might get a tune out of him.
Our squad seems all over the place in terms of quality and experience, which worries me especially as we don't have a manager. Think we could be in for a real struggle this season
I think a lot of peoples annoyance is that throughout the summer we’ve been briefed indirectly that we’ve bid 500k for Nombe, enquired after JCH, suggestions we were interested in Collins at Bristol Rovers etc etc which is obviously all bullshit. It’s no wonder then that people are underwhelmed when we sign players on deadline day whom none of us have heard of.
I don’t know if these players will work out or not and only time will tell but, in my opinion, we haven’t enough about us for a top six finish but I really hope I’m wrong.
I'm staggered Collins is still at Bristol Rovers, and hasn't left for a Championship side. If they've bought JCH back, they've got really good strike force
The manager signing is absolutely huge now, get it right and give the team time to gel, who knows what could happen.
This.
Having read lots of posts over the past few hours I think I might have been a tad negative.
Time to give this new bunch of players time to gel & see what a new manager can do with them. We finally have a finisher up front (May) and Tedic could be just what we need up there with him. With Chem Campbell, CBT & Camara in midfield we should have enough to create some chances.
Just hope the defence can tighten up enough & stop lett8ng in last minute goals.
Still think top 6 is a big stretch but top half should be bear minimum. And that starts tomorrow with a 2-0 win.
Rather than wanting Kirk away at this point, I'd sooner he gets his finger out his arse over next 4 months
Would love this to happen mate but im sick of how many times we give him a chance and i watch him shirk challenges barely run or trackback not beat or take on fullbacks doesnt cross at all
i mean he and us will need a miracle for him to turn into half a good player hopefully he is kept out the way and goes in jan🤦🏻♂️🤞🏻
I am honestly jealous of those fans who can somehow see serious positives in our business lately, I hate feeling like we are already set up to fail at our objectives with 41 games still to play.
Even if everyone is suddenly fit again and stays fit the rest of the season I cannot see how this squad has the know-how to be a promotion threat to our rivals.
Thats what it takes. As someone above just said - cant understand what SE7's play is. Spend c£10m on a business that loses £8m a year without owning any assets and then dont spend 10% of your loses to help you stop those losses next season.
Less of the Kirk hate, who knows maybe a new manager might get a tune out of him.
Our squad seems all over the place in terms of quality and experience, which worries me especially as we don't have a manager. Think we could be in for a real struggle this season
Honestly if not one of the managers has managed to get consistent good performances out of him so far I'd say the issue is probably with him. That or he is only viable in one very specific role in one specific formation and frankly he's not done enough to show he's worth building around.
Overall its been a bit a weird one. We've actually gone out and bought players in.... AND in positions we needed them. Which would normally be quite positive except we have gone for young, inexperienced and cheap options across the board so whilst the numbers look a lot better now it's hard to be confident the squad is actually "better" in practical terms.
It's going to be very interesting to see who Charlie and Co. manage to tempt/bribe/fool into signing up to manage next as whoever they are will have a real job on their hands.
Seems like a bunch of desperate signings, not being funny but why did we need to wait to deadline day to get any of these players if we truly wanted them. We signed a bloke who was out of contract which could have been done any time and have signed 3 players on loan who were never in a million years going to play for their parent team this season. Unless Man city were hanging on in case Haaland picked up a knock!! We had 3 inexperieneced centre backs so we sent one on loan to bring in another young inexperienced defender. Same old shit different season.
If some people are happy with our transfer dealings this summer then good for them but I’m not happy with a half arsed squad that will be lucky to finish top ten in my opinion.
I’m neither happy, nor unhappy. I don’t know how anybody knows enough about these players to take a view about the most recent signings.
Of the new players we’ve seen May as expected looks to have goals in him and the rest (Isted, Camara, Edun, Taylor & Campbell) look good to promising.
The rest could be anything. They all seem to be highly regarded, but then so was Kirk, and he hasn’t clicked with us.
But anyone saying they’re dogsh1t signings is bullshitting. None of us know how they’ll turn out, but at least they’re not on the way down, like Watson, Arter and the like. Will this squad finish top 10? In the words of the mighty Lurkers, ‘Ain’t got a Clue’. But it’s not outside the bounds of possibility imho.
Having said that, my 16/1 odds for automatics looks ridiculously bad value now. 🙁
How the hell can Bristol Rovers afford fees like that from the revenue the club will generate?!!
Part of it will be that they have a sell on % which is a mad scenario. They've also been taken over by someone from Kuwait I think. Feels like a big gamble though because if it doesn't work then they've committed a lot of money
So the yanks have no money either. Like Sandgaard & ESI before them. Mostly loans & frees with money paid for just May, Taylor & Edun - and some of that was from money we got for selling a couple of players.
Colleague of mine knows the Bristol Rovers owners. One of them are from Jordan and have got a load of money. They were looking for a club to buy a number of years ago and went for Bristol Rovers as they liked the area. Recently sold a large stake to another rich guy from the Middle East.
With Collins, JCH and Brown, that’s a strong front line. Also signed Harvey Vale the other week on loan from Chelsea. Think they’ll get top 6 this season.
Seems like a bunch of desperate signings, not being funny but why did we need to wait to deadline day to get any of these players if we truly wanted them. We signed a bloke who was out of contract which could have been done any time and have signed 3 players on loan who were never in a million years going to play for their parent team this season. Unless Man city were hanging on in case Haaland picked up a knock!! We had 3 inexperieneced centre backs so we sent one on loan to bring in another young inexperienced defender. Same old shit different season.
Tenai Watson who was out of contract was hoping to sign for a Championship club with Birmingham & Huddersfield (from memory) being interested.
I think maybe we held up the Tedic deal waiting for a better potential option ie Ladapo.
The centre half and midfielder positions were likely only decided upon this week when our centre halves stank the house out for the 3rd consecutive game and McGrandles got injured again.
Is that the worst transfer window ever? So many unknowns and inexperienced players? How will they all play in a toxic Valley with under 6k inside as we get tonked at home to Burton et al?
You are having a Giraffe. Worse than the arsehole Southall taking 80% of the fanbase for utter mugs. I was a proud bedwetter as I saw through that cunt as soon as he opened his mouth. And did Bowyer and Gallen go along with the charade ?
I have no idea if the lads signed in this window will be good or not but all 4 positions we needed today have been covered. RB, CB, midfield and another big central forward to compete with Leaburn for game time.
Well done Andy Scott for getting players in and getting a few out.
As long as Leaburn, Dobson and CBT are still here it's been a decent window despite the bar being very low after the last half a dozen windows.
Well lets see what happens. I would love it as much as anyone if all these signings lift us up the table. I was meaning summer windows. And if Scott had any responsibility in the Jan window...again, lets just see?? As others have said, what on earth is the plan with our owners? It makes no business sense at all what they have done so far. Holden promised us signings of quality.that will be better than what we have. Maybe they are? Maybe he was frustrated that they would not be? Who knows? Maybe he had no say. Maybe Hector will clear every set piece tomorrow against Stockley? It could happen. But you tell me, after that Millwall preseason match, if someone told you then everything that has happened in the past few weeks would you have believed them and would it have made you excited for the season ahead? But lets just hope it all turns out well, I think this club and the fans really deserve some good times ahead.
Do we now have the dominant centre back who can organise the defence that many were calling for? I don’t think we do. Hadn’t really noticed that with all the comings and goings. Abankwah maybe? Let’s hope he’s the real deal.
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Or is that it now, if you're not constantly screaming how "the squad is shit, and everything is terrible and ahhhh I hate Charlton" and you're not making Golfie look like a carefree, happy-go-lucky kind of guy then you're "optimistic"?
Our squad seems all over the place in terms of quality and experience, which worries me especially as we don't have a manager. Think we could be in for a real struggle this season
not beat or take on fullbacks
doesnt cross at all
i mean he and us will need a miracle for him to turn into half a good player
hopefully he is kept out the way and goes in jan🤦🏻♂️🤞🏻
£800k for JCH.
Thats what it takes. As someone above just said - cant understand what SE7's play is. Spend c£10m on a business that loses £8m a year without owning any assets and then dont spend 10% of your loses to help you stop those losses next season.
Methven has really spun the yanks a line.
Overall its been a bit a weird one. We've actually gone out and bought players in.... AND in positions we needed them. Which would normally be quite positive except we have gone for young, inexperienced and cheap options across the board so whilst the numbers look a lot better now it's hard to be confident the squad is actually "better" in practical terms.
It's going to be very interesting to see who Charlie and Co. manage to tempt/bribe/fool into signing up to manage next as whoever they are will have a real job on their hands.
Will this squad finish top 10? In the words of the mighty Lurkers, ‘Ain’t got a Clue’. But it’s not outside the bounds of possibility imho.
With Collins, JCH and Brown, that’s a strong front line. Also signed Harvey Vale the other week on loan from Chelsea. Think they’ll get top 6 this season.
I think maybe we held up the Tedic deal waiting for a better potential option ie Ladapo.
The centre half and midfielder positions were likely only decided upon this week when our centre halves stank the house out for the 3rd consecutive game and McGrandles got injured again.
As others have said, what on earth is the plan with our owners? It makes no business sense at all what they have done so far.
Holden promised us signings of quality.that will be better than what we have. Maybe they are? Maybe he was frustrated that they would not be? Who knows? Maybe he had no say. Maybe Hector will clear every set piece tomorrow against Stockley? It could happen.
But you tell me, after that Millwall preseason match, if someone told you then everything that has happened in the past few weeks would you have believed them and would it have made you excited for the season ahead?
But lets just hope it all turns out well, I think this club and the fans really deserve some good times ahead.