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January 2024 Transfer Rumours (D/day starts pg.263)

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  • ValleyBen said:
    I can live with moving on to plan b, just hope plan b is not a young player on loan. 
    Its the Wigan striker .. Humphries 
  • se9addick said:
    Agreed, the whole thing reminds me of Southall. Agree a fee with a club for a player that we know won’t actually sign for us. Distracts the fans for a bit and when we end the window with just a few loanees you can say “ah well we tried, we thought we had a great permanent signing, but we just couldn’t get it over the line…”
    Then get relegated.
  • Of course fan pressure works! Why, only last week on here I called for them to sign someone, anyone, and sure enough those  two loan deals were agreed. If that isn't incontrovertible evidence, I don't know what is 😉
  • mendonca said:
    Same but isn't the most likely scenario:

    -He rejects us wanting to explore his options in Summer.

    -We then get an unknown or unfit loan forward in and state we showed intent but first choice didn't fancy coming here.

    Let's see, but that's my feeling. 
    Still sticking to my prediction from days away, while a surprising number of posters were congratulating the 'Owners'.
  • Addick_8 said:
    So why did our owners/Scott still appoint Appleton when there was far more pressure to not appoint him and go for say, Bowyer, than what there is to sign JCH?
    It’s an interesting point. 

    I guess why do we bother complaining at all? You’ll have to ask the Twitter mob that (I assume you’re not a part of that)

    For the record I do think owners feel the pressure from fans.

    But I do think it’s quite funny the people calling for bowyer to come back are the ones who likely wanted him sacked…

    Did we want the owners to listen then, or now?

    or not at all?
  • I hope we go for Stephen Humphrys, looks more mobile, better age and I think would play well with May. 

    The risk with going balls out for JCH is that he could very easily be a player on the decline very soon and we are stuck with a striker in his 30's on massive wages and underperforming.

    I know there is that risk with virtually every signing but lets not forget Peterborough are usually very good at selling their players at the right time, whether that be holding out for big numbers on up and coming prospects or selling off players as they begin to decline.

    JCH a few years ago would have been a cracking signing and one you wouldn't mind breaking the bank for, but now I think he poses a fairly large risk to the club not to mention setting a precedent to other players that we can afford to pay silly wages where we chose to.
    I’d be very happy with Humphrys and then we’d probably have leftover from JCH wages to use elsewhere. 

    Humphrys can also play out wide which means he can fit into the same system with Leaburn/Aneke if they are still here/fit which is another advantage 
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  • Docherty, 27, is wanted by League One pair Charlton Athletic and Bristol Rovers according to The Sunday Mirror reporter Darren Witcoop on X.

    However, in this latest update regarding his situation by HullLive, the Tigers are not ‘keen’ on letting him leave right now with Jean Michael Seri and Adama Traore away at AFCON with Ivory Coast and Mali respectively.

  • the unknown part of this equation was probably how much peterborough were going to want to sell so there are 3 parties involved in making this deal happen - if they suddenly dropped to £300k there would be an extra £200k sweetener for jch so its all a negotiation stance atm - personally, i think he'll go in the summer just like cbt and dobbo will decide in the summer  
  • The risk for JCH is another 6 months of not being the main no9. Peterborough clearly want him gone and have planned for his depature
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    I hope we go for Stephen Humphrys, looks more mobile, better age and I think would play well with May. 

    The risk with going balls out for JCH is that he could very easily be a player on the decline very soon and we are stuck with a striker in his 30's on massive wages and underperforming.

    I know there is that risk with virtually every signing but lets not forget Peterborough are usually very good at selling their players at the right time, whether that be holding out for big numbers on up and coming prospects or selling off players as they begin to decline.

    JCH a few years ago would have been a cracking signing and one you wouldn't mind breaking the bank for, but now I think he poses a fairly large risk to the club not to mention setting a precedent to other players that we can afford to pay silly wages where we chose to.
    Humphrys is an infinitely better investment than JCH but I would imagine he'd cost closer to 1m than 500k. Such an important player to Wigan and I don't see that happening
  • Humphrys is an infinitely better investment than JCH but I would imagine he'd cost closer to 1m than 500k. Such an important player to Wigan and I don't see that happening
    didn't I read he was out of contract in June too although I may have that wrong.
  • didn't I read he was out of contract in June too although I may have that wrong.
    Humphrys contract does end in 2024 but I think Wigan may have a one year option.
  • DiscoCAFC said:
    I thought it was a decent signing at the time but didn’t work out in the end. They did pay way over the odds but I Donald was pressured into signing a Striker.
    Not quite. He and Charlie caused the pressure by deciding to sell Josh Maya to Bordeaux. So they needed a striker, badly. And if I recall, they only  got about  £1.5m for Maya - certainly a lot less than they paid for Grigg. Everyone in football tells you the Jan window is a very bad time to make “distressed” purchases, or sales, but they did. Charlie on podcasts has some excuse about why they had to sell Maya, I can’t remember what it was but I remember not being convinced by it. If they had kept him and spent serious money on a new contract for Maya they would have gone up that season. 
  • Not quite. He and Charlie caused the pressure by deciding to sell Josh Maya to Bordeaux. So they needed a striker, badly. And if I recall, they only  got about  £1.5m for Maya - certainly a lot less than they paid for Grigg. Everyone in football tells you the Jan window is a very bad time to make “distressed” purchases, or sales, but they did. Charlie on podcasts has some excuse about why they had to sell Maya, I can’t remember what it was but I remember not being convinced by it. If they had kept him and spent serious money on a new contract for Maya they would have gone up that season. 
    Maja was out of contract and his agent (same agent as Aribo’s) has a reputation for moving his players out of England on frees so that there is more money for the client (and himself) as the English club won’t even get a decent compensation payment if the player moves abroad 
  • Trouble with the above is we change managers every 8 months, I know a lot of them have been underwhelming but surely it's better to give them a bit more time. 
    And make the approaches before the window opens, put feelers out and get an idea of what would be required to get a  particular player in.
    If to rich do not approach them during the window and move on to your other choices.
    But are owners never seem to have pre planned ever.
  • Was going to mention Maja as an option striker wise as he hadn't been around the West Brom side. 

    Out for 4 months 😅
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  • cabbles said:
    The best thing about all of this and missing out on all the names we’ve been associated with, is that we edge ever closer to ‘The Cheltenham 5’ joining on deadline day 
    What are they in for? Crimes  against football?
  • arny23394 said:
    Kanu isn’t quite ready and the other 3 are injured. I swear we have some of the dimmest fans about.
    I think Charltonbob was joking.......
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    Any players agent who does not "play games" and look to secure the best deal for their client should be fired. 

    Don't complain about someone else doing their job, all our decision makers are apparently football people so should know the reality of attempting to sign a top quality player at our level. 
  • MarcusH26 said:
    Was going to mention Maja as an option striker wise as he hadn't been around the West Brom side. 

    Out for 4 months 😅
    Our sort of player 😁
  • Melrose said:
    How about Michael Smith. Out of favour at Wed. Wouldnt cost too much. Stop gap measure I know but we've got to make SURE we don't go down. Like others, I'd rather see more investment in defence and midfield. If JCH (agent) is being greedy, then F em! Don't think a Billy big bollox (if rumours are true) would do much for morale either.
    A good call. We don't need a "cheat code" No 9, we need an experienced target man to handle the physical stuff, give us an aerial presence (at both ends of the pitch) and hold the ball up, while chipping in with a few goals. The likes of Kanu would love playing off him too.

    I'd have been happy with Matt Smith a couple of years ago (the former Millwall one). He dropped down from Millwall to L2 Salford, but could easily have done a job for us. 
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