I would be very surprised if Birmingham romped home this season. League one takes a bit of getting used to and I think they are in for a bit of a shock personally
Struggle to work out their best XI hopefully, and have a disjointed team of individuals who all think they're the dogs bollocks and are pissed off by January when they're 8th in the league and some of them aren't playing as much as they thought 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Burton make it 18 signings so far this summer. They've signed Defender Nick Akoto from South Georgia Tormenta FC, who play in the USL League One.
I'm reliably informed from a quick Google that is effectively the 3rd tier of American football if you think of the MLS as the top tier, then the USL championship as the second tier. The USL League One is one of 3 leagues at the 3rd tier.
Burton make it 18 signings so far this summer. They've signed Defender Nick Akoto from South Georgia Tormenta FC, who play in the USL League One.
I'm reliably informed from a quick Google that is effectively the 3rd tier of American football if you think of the MLS as the top tier, then the USL championship as the second tier. The USL League One is one of 3 leagues at the 3rd tier.
They play Rangers tomorrow night, their first real test against a team that’s probably at upper L1 level so like us getting turned over by Aberdeen last season it’s likely to be a good indicator of where they are going to be in terms of competitiveness for this season.
Beat them 2-1, May on the scoresheet
Would probably put rangers above league 1 level also
They play Rangers tomorrow night, their first real test against a team that’s probably at upper L1 level so like us getting turned over by Aberdeen last season it’s likely to be a good indicator of where they are going to be in terms of competitiveness for this season.
Beat them 2-1, May on the scoresheet
Would probably put rangers above league 1 level also
Transfers in as of end of 24 July: 167 by 23 Teams. Most Active: Burton (18) Least Active: Reading (0) Teams with 10+ signings: 5 Teams with 8+ signings: 7 Teams with 7+ signings: 12 Teams with 4+ signings: 23 Fee Paid/Undisclosed: 69 Free: 79 Loans: 19
Barnsley: 4 Conor Hourihane - Derby (Free) Marc Roberts - Birmingham (Free) Jackson Smith - Walsall (Undisclosed) Matthew Craig - Tottenham (Loan)
Birmingham: 7 Ryan Allsop - Hull (Undisclosed) Bailey Peacock-Farrell - Burnley (Undisclosed) Alfie May - Charlton (Undisclosed) Emil Hansson - Heracles (Undisclosed) Alex Cochrane - Hearts (Undisclosed) Willum Thor Willumsson - Go Ahead Eagles (Undisclosed) Christoph Klarer - Darmstadt (Undisclosed)
Blackpool: 5 Jordan Rhodes - Huddersfield (Free) Ashley Fletcher - Watford (Free) Zac Ashworth - West Brom (Undisclosed) Hayden Coulson - Middlesbrough (Undisclosed) Lee Evans - Portsmouth (Free)
Bolton: 4 Chris Forino - Wycombe (Free) Luke Southwood - Cheltenham (Free) Klaidi Lolos - Crawley (Undisclosed) Scott Arfield - Charlotte FC (Undisclosed)
Bristol Rovers: 11 Isaac Hutchinson - Walsall (Undisclosed) Clinton Mola - Reading (Free) Ruel Sotiriou - Leyton Orient (Undisclosed) Dan Ellison - Chippenham (Undisclosed) Bryant Bilongo - Middlesbrough (Undisclosed) Joel Senior - Morecambe (Undisclosed) Taylor Moore - Valenciennes (Free) Michael Forbes - West Ham (Loan) Josh Griffiths - West Brom (Loan) Jamie Lindsay - Rotherham (Free) Promise Omochore - Fleetwood (Undisclosed)
Burton: 18 Elliot Watt - Salford (Free) Geraldo Bajrami - Notts County (Free) Tomas Kalinauskas - Den Bosch (Free) Jason Sraha - Shrewsbury (Undisclosed) Ben Whitfield - Barrow (Free) Julian Larson - Nottingham Forest (Undisclosed) Charlie Webster - Chelsea (Undisclosed) Alex Bannon - Queens Park (Undisclosed) Udoka Goodwin-Malife - Swindon (Undisclosed) Danilo Orsi - Crawley (Undisclosed) Rumarn Burrell - Cove Rangers (Free) Dylan Williams- Chelsea (Loan) Billy Bodin - Oxford (Free) Jack Armer - Carlisle (Undisclosed) Jack Hazlehurst - Chorley (Undisclosed) Jack Cooper-Love - Elfsborg (Undisclosed) Ivan Inzoudine - FC Chambly Oise - (Undisclosed) Nick Akoto - South Georgia Tormenta FC (Undisclosed)
Cambridge United: 8 Kelland Watts - Newcastle (Free) James Gibbons - Bristol Rovers (Free) Shayne Lavery - Blackpool (Free) Vicente Reyes - Norwich (Loan) Ryan Loft - Port Vale (Undisclosed) Taylor Richards - QPR (Loan) Gary Gardner - Birmingham (Free) Korey Smith - Derby (Free)
Charlton: 7 Will Mannion - Cambridge United (Free) Luke Berry - Luton (Free) Josh Edwards - Dunfermline (Undisclosed) Alex Mitchell - Millwall (Undisclosed) Matty Godden - Coventry (Undisclosed) Gassan Ahadme - Ipswich (Undisclosed) Greg Docherty - Hull (Free)
Crawley: 11 Antony Papadopoulos - Welling (Free) Charlie Barker - Wealdstone (Undisclosed) Josh Flint - FC Volendam (Free) Rushian Hepburn-Murphy - Swindon (Free) Scott Malone - Gillingham (Undisclosed) Toby Mullarkey - Grimsby (Undisclosed) Gavin Holohan - Grimsby (Free) Michael Dacosta Gonzalez - Bournemouth (Loan) JJ Wollacott - Hibernian (Undisclosed) Muhammadu Faal - Maidstone (Free) Max Anderson - Dundee (Undisclosed)
Exeter: 7 Jack McMillan - Partick (Free) Josh Magennis - Wigan (Free) Jay Bird - Arbroath (Free) Ryan Woods - Hull (Free) Ed Francis - Gateshead (Undisclosed) Joe Whitworth - Crystal Palace (Loan) Johnly Yfeko - Rangers (Loan)
Huddersfield: 4 Lasse Sorensen - Lincoln City (Undisclosed) Mickel Miller - Plymouth (Free) Herbie Kane - Barnsley (Free) Anthony Evans - Bristol Rovers (Undisclosed)
Northampton: 6 James Wilson - Port Vale (Free) Nik Tzanev - AFC Wimbledon (Free) Callum Morton - Salford (Loan) Cameron McGeehan - Colchester (Free) Jack Baldwin - Ross County (Undisclosed) Tom Eaves - Rotherham (Free)
Peterborough: 6 Abraham Odoh - Harrogate (Undisclosed) David Kamara - Welling (Undisclosed) Chris Conn-Clarke - Altrincham (Undisclosed) George Nevett - Rochdale (Undisclosed) Rio Adebisi - Crewe (Undisclosed) Cian Hayes - Fleetwood (Undisclosed)
Reading: N/A
Rotherham: 12 Jonson Clarke-Harris - Peterborough (Free) Joe Rafferty - Portsmouth (Free) Shaun McWilliams - Northampton (Free) Reece James - Sheffield Wednesday (Free) Sean Raggett - Portsmouth (Free) Joe Powell - Burton (Free) Liam Kelly - Coventry (Free) Zak Jules - Exeter (Free) Alex MacDonald - Stevenage (Free) Cameron Dawson - Sheffield Wednesday (Free) Joseph Hungbo - Nurnberg (Loan) Esapa Osong - Nottingham Forest (Loan)
Shrewsbury: 7 George Lloyd - Cheltenham (Free) Toto Nsiala - Burton (Free) Harrison Biggins - Doncaster (Free) Toby Savin - Accrington (Undisclosed) Tommi O'Reilly - Aston Villa (Loan) Luca Hoole - Bristol Rovers (Undisclosed) John Marquis - Bristol Rovers (Free)
Stevenage: 4 Louis Appere - Northampton (Free) Dan Kemp - MK Dons (Free) Lewis Freestone - Cheltenham (Undisclosed) Daniel Phillips - St Johnstone (Free)
Stockport: 9 Jay Mingi - Colchester (Undisclosed) Jayden Fevrier - Colchester (Undisclosed) Jack Diamond - Sunderland (Free) Callum Connolly - Blackpool (Free) Lewis Bate - Leeds (Free) Corey Addai - Crawley (Undisclosed) Sam Hughes - Burton (Free) Lewis Fiorini - Manchester City (Undisclosed) Michael Mellon - Burnley (Loan)
Wigan: 7 Michael Olakigbe - Brentford (Loan) Calvin Ramsay - Liverpool (Loan) Dion Rankine - Chelsea (Free) Andy Lonergan - Everton (Free) Will Aimson - Exeter (Undisclosed) Tyrece Francois - Fulham (Free) Toby Sibbick - Hearts (Undisclosed)
Wrexham: 5 Arthur Okonkwo - Arsenal (Free) Lewis Brunt - Leicester (Undisclosed) George Dobson - Charlton (Free) Sebastian Revan - Aston Villa (Undisclosed) Callum Burton - Plymouth (Free)
Wycombe: 5 Alex Hartridge - Exeter (Free) Nathan Bishop - Sunderland (Loan) Tyreeq Bakinson - Sheffield Wednesday (Free) Daniel Harvie - MK Dons (Undisclosed) Daniel Udoh - Shrewsbury (Free)
Joe Hugill to Wigan on loan from Man Utd .. Wigan are signing quite a few late on
Interesting that with the exception of Aimson and Sibbick all their signings have been from Premier League teams. That would make it 6 from the Premier League. The only other teams with 3+ are Burton and Wrexham with 3 each.
Joe Hugill to Wigan on loan from Man Utd .. Wigan are signing quite a few late on
Interesting that with the exception of Aimson and Sibbick all their signings have been from Premier League teams. That would make it 6 from the Premier League. The only other teams with 3+ are Burton and Wrexham with 3 each.
Probably playing the odds. (My completely made up and unsubstantiated by facts view is) only one in six PL clubs loans to the lower leagues makes a meaningful contribution so if Wigan has signed 6 PL loans then they’ve got themselves a real gem of a player…
Yep considering the players they've lost I'm surprised they've not been more active so far. Their signings so far aren't particularly inspiring either.
Conor Hourihane was good for Derby last season, but has signed as a player-coach and has already said he's not playing every week, as he wants to transition into a full time coach next season.
Marc Roberts has only played 42 games in the past 2 seasons, is 33 and on his way towards the end of his career.
Jackson Smith has half a season as first choice keeper for Walsall in League Two. Of the 36 other games he's played 31 were in the National League North.
Matthew Craig played 20 games in the second half of last season on loan at Doncaster. Other than that has 5 appearances for Tottenham - 4 in the EFL Trophy for their under 21's, and 1 Premier League appearance, where he came on as a sub for the final 13 minutes of a 4-1 win over Leeds.
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would be spectacularly funny if they f*cked it up.
will Alfie get a game up there?
Goalkeeper Zach Hemming joins on loan from Middlesbrough. He has spent the last 3 seasons on loan in Scotland with Kilmarnock and then St Mirren.
I'm reliably informed from a quick Google that is effectively the 3rd tier of American football if you think of the MLS as the top tier, then the USL championship as the second tier. The USL League One is one of 3 leagues at the 3rd tier.
Would probably put rangers above league 1 level also
Most Active: Burton (18)
Least Active: Reading (0)
Teams with 10+ signings: 5
Teams with 8+ signings: 7
Teams with 7+ signings: 12
Teams with 4+ signings: 23
Fee Paid/Undisclosed: 69
Free: 79
Loans: 19
Barnsley: 4
Conor Hourihane - Derby (Free)
Marc Roberts - Birmingham (Free)
Jackson Smith - Walsall (Undisclosed)
Matthew Craig - Tottenham (Loan)
Birmingham: 7
Ryan Allsop - Hull (Undisclosed)
Bailey Peacock-Farrell - Burnley (Undisclosed)
Alfie May - Charlton (Undisclosed)
Emil Hansson - Heracles (Undisclosed)
Alex Cochrane - Hearts (Undisclosed)
Willum Thor Willumsson - Go Ahead Eagles (Undisclosed)
Christoph Klarer - Darmstadt (Undisclosed)
Blackpool: 5
Jordan Rhodes - Huddersfield (Free)
Ashley Fletcher - Watford (Free)
Zac Ashworth - West Brom (Undisclosed)
Hayden Coulson - Middlesbrough (Undisclosed)
Lee Evans - Portsmouth (Free)
Bolton: 4
Chris Forino - Wycombe (Free)
Luke Southwood - Cheltenham (Free)
Klaidi Lolos - Crawley (Undisclosed)
Scott Arfield - Charlotte FC (Undisclosed)
Bristol Rovers: 11
Isaac Hutchinson - Walsall (Undisclosed)
Clinton Mola - Reading (Free)
Ruel Sotiriou - Leyton Orient (Undisclosed)
Dan Ellison - Chippenham (Undisclosed)
Bryant Bilongo - Middlesbrough (Undisclosed)
Joel Senior - Morecambe (Undisclosed)
Taylor Moore - Valenciennes (Free)
Michael Forbes - West Ham (Loan)
Josh Griffiths - West Brom (Loan)
Jamie Lindsay - Rotherham (Free)
Promise Omochore - Fleetwood (Undisclosed)
Burton: 18
Elliot Watt - Salford (Free)
Geraldo Bajrami - Notts County (Free)
Tomas Kalinauskas - Den Bosch (Free)
Jason Sraha - Shrewsbury (Undisclosed)
Ben Whitfield - Barrow (Free)
Julian Larson - Nottingham Forest (Undisclosed)
Charlie Webster - Chelsea (Undisclosed)
Alex Bannon - Queens Park (Undisclosed)
Udoka Goodwin-Malife - Swindon (Undisclosed)
Danilo Orsi - Crawley (Undisclosed)
Rumarn Burrell - Cove Rangers (Free)
Dylan Williams- Chelsea (Loan)
Billy Bodin - Oxford (Free)
Jack Armer - Carlisle (Undisclosed)
Jack Hazlehurst - Chorley (Undisclosed)
Jack Cooper-Love - Elfsborg (Undisclosed)
Ivan Inzoudine - FC Chambly Oise - (Undisclosed)
Nick Akoto - South Georgia Tormenta FC (Undisclosed)
Cambridge United: 8
Kelland Watts - Newcastle (Free)
James Gibbons - Bristol Rovers (Free)
Shayne Lavery - Blackpool (Free)
Vicente Reyes - Norwich (Loan)
Ryan Loft - Port Vale (Undisclosed)
Taylor Richards - QPR (Loan)
Gary Gardner - Birmingham (Free)
Korey Smith - Derby (Free)
Charlton: 7
Will Mannion - Cambridge United (Free)
Luke Berry - Luton (Free)
Josh Edwards - Dunfermline (Undisclosed)
Alex Mitchell - Millwall (Undisclosed)
Matty Godden - Coventry (Undisclosed)
Gassan Ahadme - Ipswich (Undisclosed)
Greg Docherty - Hull (Free)
Crawley: 11
Antony Papadopoulos - Welling (Free)
Charlie Barker - Wealdstone (Undisclosed)
Josh Flint - FC Volendam (Free)
Rushian Hepburn-Murphy - Swindon (Free)
Scott Malone - Gillingham (Undisclosed)
Toby Mullarkey - Grimsby (Undisclosed)
Gavin Holohan - Grimsby (Free)
Michael Dacosta Gonzalez - Bournemouth (Loan)
JJ Wollacott - Hibernian (Undisclosed)
Muhammadu Faal - Maidstone (Free)
Max Anderson - Dundee (Undisclosed)
Exeter: 7
Jack McMillan - Partick (Free)
Josh Magennis - Wigan (Free)
Jay Bird - Arbroath (Free)
Ryan Woods - Hull (Free)
Ed Francis - Gateshead (Undisclosed)
Joe Whitworth - Crystal Palace (Loan)
Johnly Yfeko - Rangers (Loan)
Huddersfield: 4
Lasse Sorensen - Lincoln City (Undisclosed)
Mickel Miller - Plymouth (Free)
Herbie Kane - Barnsley (Free)
Anthony Evans - Bristol Rovers (Undisclosed)
Leyton Orient: 6
Sonny Perkins - Leeds (Loan)
Charlie Kelman - QPR (Loan)
Daillang Jaiyesimi - Charlton (Free)
Lewis Warrington - Everton (Free)
Sean Clare - Wigan (Undisclosed)
Zach Hemming - Middlesbrough (Loan)
Lincoln City: 10
Conor McGrandles - Charlton (Undisclosed)
Jamie Pardington - Cheltenham (Free)
Tom Bayliss - Shrewsbury (Free)
JJ McKiernan - Morecambe (Tribunal Fee)
Rob Street - Cheltenham (Undisclosed)
Tedndayi Darikwa - Apollon Limasoll (Free)
Dom Jefferies - Gillingham (Undisclosed)
Tom Hamer - Burton (Undisclosed)
George Wickens - Fulham (Undisclosed)
Zach Jeacock - Birmingham (Free)
Mansfield: 4
Lee Gregory - Sheffield Wednesday (Free)
Keanu Baccus - St Mirren (Free)
Frazer Blake-Tracy - Swindon (Free)
Deji Oshilaja - Burton (Free)
Northampton: 6
James Wilson - Port Vale (Free)
Nik Tzanev - AFC Wimbledon (Free)
Callum Morton - Salford (Loan)
Cameron McGeehan - Colchester (Free)
Jack Baldwin - Ross County (Undisclosed)
Tom Eaves - Rotherham (Free)
Peterborough: 6
Abraham Odoh - Harrogate (Undisclosed)
David Kamara - Welling (Undisclosed)
Chris Conn-Clarke - Altrincham (Undisclosed)
George Nevett - Rochdale (Undisclosed)
Rio Adebisi - Crewe (Undisclosed)
Cian Hayes - Fleetwood (Undisclosed)
Reading: N/A
Rotherham: 12
Jonson Clarke-Harris - Peterborough (Free)
Joe Rafferty - Portsmouth (Free)
Shaun McWilliams - Northampton (Free)
Reece James - Sheffield Wednesday (Free)
Sean Raggett - Portsmouth (Free)
Joe Powell - Burton (Free)
Liam Kelly - Coventry (Free)
Zak Jules - Exeter (Free)
Alex MacDonald - Stevenage (Free)
Cameron Dawson - Sheffield Wednesday (Free)
Joseph Hungbo - Nurnberg (Loan)
Esapa Osong - Nottingham Forest (Loan)
Shrewsbury: 7
George Lloyd - Cheltenham (Free)
Toto Nsiala - Burton (Free)
Harrison Biggins - Doncaster (Free)
Toby Savin - Accrington (Undisclosed)
Tommi O'Reilly - Aston Villa (Loan)
Luca Hoole - Bristol Rovers (Undisclosed)
John Marquis - Bristol Rovers (Free)
Stevenage: 4
Louis Appere - Northampton (Free)
Dan Kemp - MK Dons (Free)
Lewis Freestone - Cheltenham (Undisclosed)
Daniel Phillips - St Johnstone (Free)
Stockport: 9
Jay Mingi - Colchester (Undisclosed)
Jayden Fevrier - Colchester (Undisclosed)
Jack Diamond - Sunderland (Free)
Callum Connolly - Blackpool (Free)
Lewis Bate - Leeds (Free)
Corey Addai - Crawley (Undisclosed)
Sam Hughes - Burton (Free)
Lewis Fiorini - Manchester City (Undisclosed)
Michael Mellon - Burnley (Loan)
Wigan: 7
Michael Olakigbe - Brentford (Loan)
Calvin Ramsay - Liverpool (Loan)
Dion Rankine - Chelsea (Free)
Andy Lonergan - Everton (Free)
Will Aimson - Exeter (Undisclosed)
Tyrece Francois - Fulham (Free)
Toby Sibbick - Hearts (Undisclosed)
Wrexham: 5
Arthur Okonkwo - Arsenal (Free)
Lewis Brunt - Leicester (Undisclosed)
George Dobson - Charlton (Free)
Sebastian Revan - Aston Villa (Undisclosed)
Callum Burton - Plymouth (Free)
Wycombe: 5
Alex Hartridge - Exeter (Free)
Nathan Bishop - Sunderland (Loan)
Tyreeq Bakinson - Sheffield Wednesday (Free)
Daniel Harvie - MK Dons (Undisclosed)
Daniel Udoh - Shrewsbury (Free)
Conor Hourihane was good for Derby last season, but has signed as a player-coach and has already said he's not playing every week, as he wants to transition into a full time coach next season.
Marc Roberts has only played 42 games in the past 2 seasons, is 33 and on his way towards the end of his career.
Jackson Smith has half a season as first choice keeper for Walsall in League Two. Of the 36 other games he's played 31 were in the National League North.
Matthew Craig played 20 games in the second half of last season on loan at Doncaster. Other than that has 5 appearances for Tottenham - 4 in the EFL Trophy for their under 21's, and 1 Premier League appearance, where he came on as a sub for the final 13 minutes of a 4-1 win over Leeds.
Junior Quitirna joins Crawley from Fleetwood