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January 2024 Transfer Rumours (D/day starts pg.263)
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we have to offload midfielders first apparentlyMarcusH26 said:Athletico Charlton said:So, those linked to us so far are below... Just to keep a track. Probably a little pointless as we often end up getting someone whom has never been mentioned. I may have missed some.
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Defenders
- Gillesphey (Plymouth) Was at The Valley
- Caleb Taylor (West Brom) old rumour
- Zac Williams (Crewe but now out injured so won't happen). Old rumour.
Midfielders
- Coventry (Hammers) Rich Cawley
- Barkinson (Massives) some Northern paper
- Bate (Leeds) I am guessing this is who is referred to above.
- Docherty (Hull) Not sure... Reams?
- Ian Poveda (Leeds) my guess if Dubai's cryptic clues so could be wrong.
Forwards
- JCH (Peterborough) Peterborough Chairman/Cawley
- Humphreys (Wigan) Rich Cawley
If we could somehow get 2 of Bate, Coventry and Docherty in , that would be fantastic business.1 -
DOUCHER said:
we have to offload midfielders first apparentlyMarcusH26 said:Athletico Charlton said:So, those linked to us so far are below... Just to keep a track. Probably a little pointless as we often end up getting someone whom has never been mentioned. I may have missed some.
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Defenders
- Gillesphey (Plymouth) Was at The Valley
- Caleb Taylor (West Brom) old rumour
- Zac Williams (Crewe but now out injured so won't happen). Old rumour.
Midfielders
- Coventry (Hammers) Rich Cawley
- Barkinson (Massives) some Northern paper
- Bate (Leeds) I am guessing this is who is referred to above.
- Docherty (Hull) Not sure... Reams?
- Ian Poveda (Leeds) my guess if Dubai's cryptic clues so could be wrong.
Forwards
- JCH (Peterborough) Peterborough Chairman/Cawley
- Humphreys (Wigan) Rich Cawley
If we could somehow get 2 of Bate, Coventry and Docherty in , that would be fantastic business.
Doesn't surprise me , I was working off L.Watson inevitably being recalled to free up one space for a replacement . Not sure anyone will especially want Fraser , Anderson could actually do with a loan.1 -
Bate is left footed , so he is the only name mentioned so far who could replace the fellow leftie Fraser.DOUCHER said:
we have to offload midfielders first apparentlyMarcusH26 said:Athletico Charlton said:So, those linked to us so far are below... Just to keep a track. Probably a little pointless as we often end up getting someone whom has never been mentioned. I may have missed some.
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Defenders
- Gillesphey (Plymouth) Was at The Valley
- Caleb Taylor (West Brom) old rumour
- Zac Williams (Crewe but now out injured so won't happen). Old rumour.
Midfielders
- Coventry (Hammers) Rich Cawley
- Barkinson (Massives) some Northern paper
- Bate (Leeds) I am guessing this is who is referred to above.
- Docherty (Hull) Not sure... Reams?
- Ian Poveda (Leeds) my guess if Dubai's cryptic clues so could be wrong.
Forwards
- JCH (Peterborough) Peterborough Chairman/Cawley
- Humphreys (Wigan) Rich Cawley
If we could somehow get 2 of Bate, Coventry and Docherty in , that would be fantastic business.0 -
I forgot what fackin day of the week it was tbh 😂 I'll be driving up at about 8am on Saturday. Christmas period still got my brain and days a bit scrambled upcabbles said:
You must be getting the away supporters coach if you’re heading out 2moBraziliance said:Well, proof will be in the pudding then chaps. I head out for Stoke-on-Trent tomorrow and I am probably going to watch a team not good enough again when the people in charge have had the time to realise that for a number of weeks. Other clubs have done business already, funny how season after season it's not us getting it done early and faffing about, again.
If you want to believe these transfers are going to happen that's fine, I am simply sharing my thoughts on why I think they won't. Hopefully I'm wrong and we sign fantastic players and make the play-offs1 -
Yeah that'll pressure other clubs into selling their prized assets to us cheaply.DOUCHER said:
we have to offload midfielders first apparentlyMarcusH26 said:Athletico Charlton said:So, those linked to us so far are below... Just to keep a track. Probably a little pointless as we often end up getting someone whom has never been mentioned. I may have missed some.
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Defenders
- Gillesphey (Plymouth) Was at The Valley
- Caleb Taylor (West Brom) old rumour
- Zac Williams (Crewe but now out injured so won't happen). Old rumour.
Midfielders
- Coventry (Hammers) Rich Cawley
- Barkinson (Massives) some Northern paper
- Bate (Leeds) I am guessing this is who is referred to above.
- Docherty (Hull) Not sure... Reams?
- Ian Poveda (Leeds) my guess if Dubai's cryptic clues so could be wrong.
Forwards
- JCH (Peterborough) Peterborough Chairman/Cawley
- Humphreys (Wigan) Rich Cawley
If we could somehow get 2 of Bate, Coventry and Docherty in , that would be fantastic business.1 -
Unfortunately they probably will, similar to Nelson Abbey who I think is bizarre people think we can aquire a player like that with our current ownership.NabySarr said:
Some good names there, I think Hughes and Currie will move higher than league 1 though.Braziliance said:
Owen Moxon would be my number one midfield target to pair Dobson. Can play a bit, gets about, is having a decent season and was arguably the best player in league 2 last season. Wouldn't cost much and doesn't want to stay at Carlisle.Scoham said:
Who are the quality players you’d prefer? We need to add experience, leadership and physicality to the squad. That’s more likely to be older players from above.Braziliance said:None of the links so far have impressed me bar JCH who I suspect we won't shell out for and Docherty could be a coup but again I don't see it. JCH could be formidable with May and Docherty is your very box-to-box type. Would make a great partner with Dobbo assuming the captain stays.
Coventry I really am not sure about, don't know enough/haven't watched him enough. I've seen a lot of people mention his MK Dons performance, but we are pants and I've seen loads of players do well against us and not light the pitch up in other games. Especially towards the end of Jackos tenure where we genuinely looked useless.
One signing I definitely don't like the sound of is Gillesphey which is probably the one who is a goer out of the lot. We have made the mistake too many times of taking other clubs bit part players who are struggling with injuries in particular. This screams of that. I've seen Plymouth fans annoyed when he allegedly failed the medical and saying 'more bad luck' and seen some pretty in-depth reports on him.
Basically sounds like he has no pace (which we struggle with as is) isn't particularly strong or an aerial threat but his main strength is he can ping a ball and in a back 3 he is dependable. We don't play a back 3 and as much as I give him grief, we already have Hector who can ping a ball to all of our non-physical forwards.
Just sounds like an on the cheap window again, especially if we can't get JCH who is proven and does what he says on the tin and we now know is realistic.
There are quality players in this league and below, why are we going for the ones who are out of favour at their current clubs or coming back from injuries? Same old Charlton for me
All four would cost a fee rather than being free agents and loanees. Too early to say if it’s same old, nothing has happened yet but they’d be more promising than Bonne on a free, Penney and Kane on loan etc that we saw last year.
Brad Halliday at right back from Bradford, way better than what we have, out of contract in the summer, tough player where we are lacking in the types.
Ben Garrity from Port Vale, 12 goals and assists combined this season, high aerial threat which we lack in midfield, big unit. (Lose count how many aerial fights we lose in the middle of the park)
Jack Currie left back at Wimbledon, more promise than Tayo.
Fraser Horsfall of Stockport County, good passer of the ball and a good defender to go along with it
Davis Keillor-Dunn and Dan Crowley of Mansfield and Notts County are putting up fantastic numbers where we lack creativity in the middle
Jonson Clarke-Harris is a superb signing for any club at this level and gets into most sides.
Stephen Humphrys of Wigan is a cracking player than can play across the forward line. Aaron Collins of Bristol Rovers could offer the same just not as physical.
Charlie Hughes at Wigan is a decent centre back and only 20. Probably out of our range.
Way more, there's so many good players in this league and the league below. I can look at any team in this league pretty much and spot out players who make it into our bench or straight into our starting XI. Most teams in this league would only want a handful at most from our squad and we are in danger of losing 2 out of the 4 I actually rate.
Everyone I've said costs money which again is the biggest factor, we only really go for the players no one else seems to want typically speaking.Keilor-Dunn and Crowley do well in league 2 but haven’t done well at this level when they’ve played it before. We’ve seen before there are risks there (Payne, Kirk, Lavelle etc), there is a big jump in quality between bottom L1/top L2 and the top 8 in league 1
Horsfall and Collins I don’t think would be easy to buy at all. Would probably be inflated prices
I think Moxon would be a great signing and I’d be happy with him. But I also think Coventry and Docherty are both better players.
We are looking at JCH, Humphrys already. All the rumours so far point at us being on the right track in terms of who we are looking at. But looking at them and signing them are obviously very different.
Hence why I think me posting my list is pointless in general as we don't have the people at the club who know about the good players in these leagues and even if we did, they don't have the facilities to accommodate it.
The difference between Keillor-Dunn and Crowley compared to the players you've mentioned (which is a fair comparison to an extent) is that they weren't seen as the best players in league 2, apart from Kirk maybe, who even then, there was plenty of players outperfoming him, his best season was in the covid league 2 season. They were just standout players in their sides imho, just points towards poor recruitment again, until we get that right nothing will change.
Horsfall definitely wouldn't be but could be an upgrade on what we have, depends if he can bring his form into league 1.
In regards to Moxon, hard to say really. Docherty yeah but either way the calibre of player we should be signing.
And your final post is my point really, historically we have been linked with good players. We are a big club, it's easy click bait/cheap social media interactions for accounts. Very rarely comes to fruition. Hopefully it's different this time1 -
to those that think people are hysterical for wondering why we haven't signed anyone yet and are concerned we could be in for a bad window, here's what it looks like to be a club who give a shit and want to at least try and turn it around:
Clearly they've been planning for the window opening as Doucher has said you can do, we can't afford to scramble around. If we have played Port Vale and Peterborough without any new faces in, its a bit of a liberty and means there's been no actual plans in place or strategy.6 -
I’m not expecting a good window either but it’s still really early and not every player is available in the first week of the window opening.Braziliance said:to those that think people are hysterical for wondering why we haven't signed anyone yet and are concerned we could be in for a bad window, here's what it looks like to be a club who give a shit and want to at least try and turn it around:
Clearly they've been planning for the window opening as Doucher has said you can do, we can't afford to scramble around. If we have played Port Vale and Peterborough without any new faces in, it’s a bit of a liberty and means there's been no actual plans in place or strategy.
There have been a small number of moves so far, we’re far from the only club who hasn’t signed anyone yet. We won’t be the only club thinking we need several signings either.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/transfers
Carlisle making 3 early signings doesn’t prove much either way.
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Yeah let's sign any old tosh to pad out the squad just to keep the saddos on here that expect everything straight away happy, and sod how good they actually are13
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wouldnt they just put a clause in that he doesnt play against them or is that only loansRonnieMoore said:
Strikers are the hardest position to fill .. said before Peterbro not going to sell us a striker when we are playing them next week … last thing they want is him scoring the winner against themct_addick said:We need a forward.....will be disappointing if we haven't signed on for Saturday's game.....2 -
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We aren't going down......hmmmm.NabySarr said:
Every year people get over-dramatic and have a meltdown that we are going down, we never get close. Even if we drop further down then a change in manager usually does the trickgolfaddick said:
Depends on how much extra you think we need to pay to get JCH over the line now. From what I've read (and I always take these things with a pinch of salt) we are offering c£400k and Peterborough want more (but less than the £800k they paid for him).FishCostaFortune said:
Where as I agree and want a striker in as soon as possible, you always over simplify the process.golfaddick said:
I really haven't bothered much with this thread this week as I didn't think much would happen for the first few days.ct_addick said:We need a forward.....will be disappointing if we haven't signed on for Saturday's game.....
I believe the window shuts 4 weeks today, 11pm on Thursday 1st Feb, so there is still plenty of time to bring in recruits.
However, we currently have no fit senior strikers & if Alfie May doesnt recover in time for Saturday we could see ourselves going into another match with just Kanu as a lone striker (with Casey on the bench). It may be the case that we are all resigned to the fact that the play-offs are out of reach but the bottom 4 places aren't. The more games we play with little or no striking options the more games we wont win.
Signing a striker is really one of the first pieces of transfer business we should be doing. If the club think we can muddle through until Aneke is back then they are seriously deluded.
We have a budget, and it is not going to be bottomless. We also know there are plenty of areas of squad that need improvement.
With that budget we know we after JCH who I think in my own personal opinion is elite at this level.I am sure currently Darren MacAnthony is wanting people to pay over the odds for him.
Are you risking missing out on JCH for a striker who is not as proven at this level, or paying over the odds for JCH and having less budget to buy your first choice defensive options, and area where we are weaker.
Or do you think ‘they should just spend more money’ - which for me is just always a poor argument - especially if they are spending any - which seems like they will be.
So......settle on £600k & be done with it.
The £200k might be the difference between League 1 football next season or League 2.
FWIW.....I see Carlisle (bottom of the table) have signed 2 players today - 1 a striker. No idea if the striker is any good (but coming from Ireland I'll very much doubt he is better than JCH) but I also doubt they have the money or clout we do - although just been taken over they might have a few pounds to spend. My point being......they dont want to go down so are doing what they see as their best way of staying up. We have to do the same.We aren’t going down, signings should be with next season in mind. If Peterborough are taking the piss on JCH (they probably are, at least until after we play them) then wait and get him cheaper later this month
Changing a manager twice a calendar year is alright then?
Have a day off.1 -
What is your view of Scott and the past two transfer windows?lancashire lad said:
It is only the 4th. day of the transfer window and that includes a bank holiday, I suggest patience and less ill thought comments which seem to be based on social media chatter.Braziliance said:None of the links so far have impressed me bar JCH who I suspect we won't shell out for and Docherty could be a coup but again I don't see it. JCH could be formidable with May and Docherty is your very box-to-box type. Would make a great partner with Dobbo assuming the captain stays.
Coventry I really am not sure about, don't know enough/haven't watched him enough. I've seen a lot of people mention his MK Dons performance, but we are pants and I've seen loads of players do well against us and not light the pitch up in other games. Especially towards the end of Jackos tenure where we genuinely looked useless.
One signing I definitely don't like the sound of is Gillesphey which is probably the one who is a goer out of the lot. We have made the mistake too many times of taking other clubs bit part players who are struggling with injuries in particular. This screams of that. I've seen Plymouth fans annoyed when he allegedly failed the medical and saying 'more bad luck' and seen some pretty in-depth reports on him.
Basically sounds like he has no pace (which we struggle with as is) isn't particularly strong or an aerial threat but his main strength is he can ping a ball and in a back 3 he is dependable. We don't play a back 3 and as much as I give him grief, we already have Hector who can ping a ball to all of our non-physical forwards.
Just sounds like an on the cheap window again, especially if we can't get JCH who is proven and does what he says on the tin and we now know is realistic.
There are quality players in this league and below, why are we going for the ones who are out of favour at their current clubs or coming back from injuries? Same old Charlton for me0 -
Don’t know if it’s just me but I know nothing of any of them and surprised others do unless they are basing opinions on the EFL highlights shows from loan spells these players may have had. At least JCH I have seen actually play a few times.MarcusH26 said:Athletico Charlton said:So, those linked to us so far are below... Just to keep a track. Probably a little pointless as we often end up getting someone whom has never been mentioned. I may have missed some.
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Defenders
- Gillesphey (Plymouth) Was at The Valley
- Caleb Taylor (West Brom) old rumour
- Zac Williams (Crewe but now out injured so won't happen). Old rumour.
Midfielders
- Coventry (Hammers) Rich Cawley
- Barkinson (Massives) some Northern paper
- Bate (Leeds) I am guessing this is who is referred to above.
- Docherty (Hull) Not sure... Reams?
- Ian Poveda (Leeds) my guess if Dubai's cryptic clues so could be wrong.
Forwards
- JCH (Peterborough) Peterborough Chairman/Cawley
- Humphreys (Wigan) Rich Cawley
If we could somehow get 2 of Bate, Coventry and Docherty in , that would be fantastic business.4 -
If they were that bothered & thought he was that good they would have been playing him all season. They haven't. The deal with B. Rovers fell through at the last minute in Aug and since then they've basically said "fuck you" and left him stewing with the U21's.RonnieMoore said:
Strikers are the hardest position to fill .. said before Peterbro not going to sell us a striker when we are playing them next week … last thing they want is him scoring the winner against themct_addick said:We need a forward.....will be disappointing if we haven't signed on for Saturday's game.....
I would be saying to them, £500k now or £350k after Jan 13th. And mean it. Or sign someone else before Jan 12th.1 -
A month or two ago Andy Scott (I'm sure it was him) said, in relation to signing currently out of contract players, that we would not be going down the route of signing players that had not been playing regularly because it takes so long to get them up to match fitness - and we would be signing players who are currently playing & who can seamlessly slide into our team.swordfish said:
It frustrates me to see such negativity too, but I do get why the level of scepticism has never been higher. Until the day the sceptics are proved wrong, and they do want to be, I don't doubt that, then unfortunately we're in for more of the same.Callumcafc said:
Signing from league above = castoffs or injury prone, not willing to pay the going rate for a good oneNabySarr said:
We haven’t signed any of them yet so it means nothing, but I think all 4 look like they’d be good signings. Personally Coventry and Docherty would be the standouts so I hope we get at least 1 of them doneBraziliance said:None of the links so far have impressed me bar JCH who I suspect we won't shell out for and Docherty could be a coup but again I don't see it. JCH could be formidable with May and Docherty is your very box-to-box type. Would make a great partner with Dobbo assuming the captain stays.
Coventry I really am not sure about, don't know enough/haven't watched him enough. I've seen a lot of people mention his MK Dons performance, but we are pants and I've seen loads of players do well against us and not light the pitch up in other games. Especially towards the end of Jackos tenure where we genuinely looked useless.
One signing I definitely don't like the sound of is Gillesphey which is probably the one who is a goer out of the lot. We have made the mistake too many times of taking other clubs bit part players who are struggling with injuries in particular. This screams of that. I've seen Plymouth fans annoyed when he allegedly failed the medical and saying 'more bad luck' and seen some pretty in-depth reports on him.
Basically sounds like he has no pace (which we struggle with as is) isn't particularly strong or an aerial threat but his main strength is he can ping a ball and in a back 3 he is dependable. We don't play a back 3 and as much as I give him grief, we already have Hector who can ping a ball to all of our non-physical forwards.
Just sounds like an on the cheap window again, especially if we can't get JCH who is proven and does what he says on the tin and we now know is realistic.
There are quality players in this league and below, why are we going for the ones who are out of favour at their current clubs or coming back from injuries? Same old Charlton for me
There is nothing wrong with signing players from leagues above, in fact it should be encouraged surely? Better than the likes of Jaiyesimi, Payne, Egbo, Kirk, Lavelle etc that we’ve signed from Leagues 1 & 2. The best L1/L2 players cost millions nowadays, we can’t afford that. Better players for better value exist in championship squads
Signings from this league = just because he played well against us doesn’t mean anything, probably wants more than we’re willing to pay
Signings from league below = never going to make the step up, won’t want a big wage
These are the conclusions you can draw when you have a pre-determined outcome in your head.
As I said at the time.....actions speak louder than words.6 -
If only we knew when the transfer window was going to open instead of it being sprung on us so late. Bloody EFL 🤔🤭.king addick said:
It's embarrassing really. Transfers take time to see through so patience is needed, aint like picking something in a shop and having it there and then!sam3110 said:Is this the earliest in a transfer window people have been throwing wobblies? Fuck me, it's almost like there's a competition on being first to moan about absolutely everything5 -
This x 100Braziliance said:to those that think people are hysterical for wondering why we haven't signed anyone yet and are concerned we could be in for a bad window, here's what it looks like to be a club who give a shit and want to at least try and turn it around:
Clearly they've been planning for the window opening as Doucher has said you can do, we can't afford to scramble around. If we have played Port Vale and Peterborough without any new faces in, its a bit of a liberty and means there's been no actual plans in place or strategy.3 -
Yes it would be. But we wont. Doubt we will get even 1 of those 3.MarcusH26 said:Athletico Charlton said:So, those linked to us so far are below... Just to keep a track. Probably a little pointless as we often end up getting someone whom has never been mentioned. I may have missed some.
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Defenders
- Gillesphey (Plymouth) Was at The Valley
- Caleb Taylor (West Brom) old rumour
- Zac Williams (Crewe but now out injured so won't happen). Old rumour.
Midfielders
- Coventry (Hammers) Rich Cawley
- Barkinson (Massives) some Northern paper
- Bate (Leeds) I am guessing this is who is referred to above.
- Docherty (Hull) Not sure... Reams?
- Ian Poveda (Leeds) my guess if Dubai's cryptic clues so could be wrong.
Forwards
- JCH (Peterborough) Peterborough Chairman/Cawley
- Humphreys (Wigan) Rich Cawley
If we could somehow get 2 of Bate, Coventry and Docherty in , that would be fantastic business.1 -
golfaddick said:
Yes it would be. But we wont. Doubt we will get even 1 of those 3.MarcusH26 said:Athletico Charlton said:So, those linked to us so far are below... Just to keep a track. Probably a little pointless as we often end up getting someone whom has never been mentioned. I may have missed some.
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Defenders
- Gillesphey (Plymouth) Was at The Valley
- Caleb Taylor (West Brom) old rumour
- Zac Williams (Crewe but now out injured so won't happen). Old rumour.
Midfielders
- Coventry (Hammers) Rich Cawley
- Barkinson (Massives) some Northern paper
- Bate (Leeds) I am guessing this is who is referred to above.
- Docherty (Hull) Not sure... Reams?
- Ian Poveda (Leeds) my guess if Dubai's cryptic clues so could be wrong.
Forwards
- JCH (Peterborough) Peterborough Chairman/Cawley
- Humphreys (Wigan) Rich Cawley
If we could somehow get 2 of Bate, Coventry and Docherty in , that would be fantastic business.
Oh I doubt it too. Our January windows are never good as a rule so we'll probably be here on the last day of the window scrabbling around as usual for loanees.1 -
The whole approach to this transfer window feels so refreshingly different now we have experienced football professionals running the club.28
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Bravo @Athletico CharltonAthletico Charlton said:So, those linked to us so far are below... Just to keep a track. Probably a little pointless as we often end up getting someone whom has never been mentioned. I may have missed some.
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Defenders
- Gillesphey (Plymouth) Was at The Valley
- Caleb Taylor (West Brom) old rumour
- Zac Williams (Crewe but now out injured so won't happen). Old rumour.
Midfielders
- Coventry (Hammers) Rich Cawley
- Barkinson (Massives) some Northern paper
- Bate (Leeds) I am guessing this is who is referred to above.
- Docherty (Hull) Not sure... Reams?
- Ian Poveda (Leeds) my guess of Dubai's cryptic clues so could be wrong.
- Ben Krahaus (Bromley) Teamtalk
Forwards
- JCH (Peterborough) Peterborough Chairman/Cawley
- Humphreys (Wigan) Rich Cawley
More of this, less of the endless round and round4 -
Poveda is the player I was referring to.. but if he will join is another matter.Athletico Charlton said:So, those linked to us so far are below... Just to keep a track. Probably a little pointless as we often end up getting someone whom has never been mentioned. I may have missed some.
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Defenders
- Gillesphey (Plymouth) Was at The Valley
- Caleb Taylor (West Brom) old rumour
- Zac Williams (Crewe but now out injured so won't happen). Old rumour.
Midfielders
- Coventry (Hammers) Rich Cawley
- Barkinson (Massives) some Northern paper
- Bate (Leeds) I am guessing this is who is referred to above.
- Docherty (Hull) Not sure... Reams?
- Ian Poveda (Leeds) my guess of Dubai's cryptic clues so could be wrong.
- Ben Krahaus (Bromley) Teamtalk
Forwards
- JCH (Peterborough) Peterborough Chairman/Cawley
- Humphreys (Wigan) Rich Cawley
Issue is trying to get these players to join, and wanting to come to mid league one team, and have a minimum of a season and half in this division.
It's all good being linked with these names, but action speaks loud than words.. If we don't have a good January, I think the pressure is really on for this group as the crowds will go down!17 -
I agree we need some urgent new faces golfie...but not 300...🙄golfaddick said:
This x 100Braziliance said:to those that think people are hysterical for wondering why we haven't signed anyone yet and are concerned we could be in for a bad window, here's what it looks like to be a club who give a shit and want to at least try and turn it around:
Clearly they've been planning for the window opening as Doucher has said you can do, we can't afford to scramble around. If we have played Port Vale and Peterborough without any new faces in, its a bit of a liberty and means there's been no actual plans in place or strategy.9 -
You can talk 10 minutes before or 10 months before it opens...things can change at any point of any deal and then with that comes the time its takes to get it sorted.golfaddick said:
If only we knew when the transfer window was going to open instead of it being sprung on us so late. Bloody EFL 🤔🤭.king addick said:
It's embarrassing really. Transfers take time to see through so patience is needed, aint like picking something in a shop and having it there and then!sam3110 said:Is this the earliest in a transfer window people have been throwing wobblies? Fuck me, it's almost like there's a competition on being first to moan about absolutely everything
What is so hard to understand about that?3 -
To be honest the signings Scott managed to bring in last time were awful - how come you all think they are going to be any better? He has had all season to line up another striker to get through the door early to make an impact before our first game away - he’s failed again.
Let’s face it we are a struggling league one club - who is going to want to come to join us ?!?!?6 -
Andy Scott is responsible for the buying and selling of players.
Plus the hiring and firing of managers.
I shall judge how well he is doing by looking at our league position.
The rest is just noise.13 -
What bothers me is AS and the owners have known for weeks now (maybe a month or 2) that Miles is out for the season, Chucks is unreliable due to his injury record, Tedic is not good enough and Kanu, Casey etc are not yet up to playing L1 week in week out.
Yet here we are, especially if May is still injured, going into tomorrow's game without a proven and experienced striker.
You would think, at least I would, that AS would be breaking his neck to get a striker in, in time for tomorrow, he should've have seen the situation and been working on a deal(s), since November!
If this situation continues for a few more games, we could well be in a full relegation scrap. If that's the case, crowds will dwindle even more, and other players in other positions may decide not to join us!
So my immediate concern is a striker, as mentioned above, should be an urgent priority!
It'll be interesting to hear what MA has to say in his press conference today.22 -
That it’s not entirely down to our competence (or lack of) and that there are other factors at play such as the plans and thoughts of the players, clubs and agents involved? Good players usually have more than one club interested in them, not many deals are lined up to go through on 1st January.king addick said:
You can talk 10 minutes before or 10 months before it opens...things can change at any point of any deal and then with that comes the time its takes to get it sorted.golfaddick said:
If only we knew when the transfer window was going to open instead of it being sprung on us so late. Bloody EFL 🤔🤭.king addick said:
It's embarrassing really. Transfers take time to see through so patience is needed, aint like picking something in a shop and having it there and then!sam3110 said:Is this the earliest in a transfer window people have been throwing wobblies? Fuck me, it's almost like there's a competition on being first to moan about absolutely everything
What is so hard to understand about that?5 -
I get that as well, but would assume the players we are in for will also have other options, and likely better options as well.Redmidland said:What bothers me is AS and the owners have known for weeks now (maybe a month or 2) that Miles is out for the season, Chucks is unreliable due to his injury record, Tedic is not good enough and Kanu, Casey etc are not yet up to playing L1 week in week out.
Yet here we are, especially if May is still injured, going into tomorrow's game without a proven and experienced striker.
You would think, at least I would, that AS would be breaking his neck to get a striker in, in time for tomorrow, he should've have seen the situation and been working on a deal(s), since November!
If this situation continues for a few more games, we could well be in a full relegation scrap. If that's the case, crowds will dwindle even more, and other players in other positions may decide not to join us!
So my immediate concern is a striker, as mentioned above, should be an urgent priority!
It'll be interesting to hear what MA has to say in his press conference today.1
