Well if he goes Bristol rovers over us is this legitimate grounds for a small meltdown? The budget should, if promotion worthy, be beating them to a signing you’d hope.
We seen London not the pull it use to be ..even offering double the money can’t persuade players and more important their family to move to a troubled capital city
How many of our players actually live in London? Maybe some of the younger ones might want to, but I’d imagine most live in nicer places further out
Nothing wrong with living in London.
As long as you can afford to live in the nice parts.
Footballers can afford to live in the nice parts can’t they? I think in them olden days of yore clubs used to encourage them to move to the suburbs, get married and settle down, to keep them on the straight and narrow.
Blair I believe is out of the window now.. unfortunately lot of interest from higher clubs! Shame.
But maybe today is the day.. but football is a funny business, never say it is totally done.
I mean it's not surprising but to already be getting the "we're pursuing players in demand but lost to other clubs" narrative is ever so slightly worrying.
I'm not saying it's not true, we might very well genuinely be after players with lots of interest. I'm not wetting any beds - we probably have other targets and (apparently) one player has/will choose us over another club. But so far it's sounding eerily familiar...
Davies would certainly fit the bill as an experienced No1. Plenty of EFL experience but would be slightly surprised if he didn't stay in the championship.
Davies would certainly fit the bill as an experienced No1. Plenty of EFL experience but would be slightly surprised if he didn't stay in the championship.
Agree it seems ambitous.
Maybe his agent trying to get Sheff Utd to speed up their offer.
He's racked up less appearances than Chuks over the past 2 years..!
Jesus wept.
He was a PL second choice keeper last season.
I don't know anything about him but appearances across two years Sheffield United were top of Championship and then PL is not relevant for a keeper. Plenty of second choice keepers at that level who would make fantastic first choices in L1.
He's racked up less appearances than Chuks over the past 2 years..!
Jesus wept.
But we have had 3 keepers, that have been great for us that have left to be squad members up the divisions, Billon Phillips, Rob Elliot and Ben Hamer. The last one seems to play more these days and got a title winners medal with Leicester, but sometimes keepers can get stuck as a number two but with a sustained chance prove their worth.
He's racked up less appearances than Chuks over the past 2 years..!
Jesus wept.
Only Golfie could compare a perennially injured lower league striker to an internationally capped second choice goalkeeper in a championship/premiership yo-yo team and spin it into a negative.
A keeper is all well and good, but it’s the 4 or 5 directly in front of him that will matter more. How many goals were a result of shite defending
We know we’re looking to sign a left back (Edwards looking likely) and a couple of CBs (having let Hector and Thomas go) on top of bringing in Ramsay and Small earlier in the year.
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I think in them olden days of yore clubs used to encourage them to move to the suburbs, get married and settle down, to keep them on the straight and narrow.
But maybe today is the day.. but football is a funny business, never say it is totally done.
I'm not saying it's not true, we might very well genuinely be after players with lots of interest. I'm not wetting any beds - we probably have other targets and (apparently) one player has/will choose us over another club. But so far it's sounding eerily familiar...
The South Londoners are well-placed to sign Will Mannion as a free agent from Cambridge United.
Maybe his agent trying to get Sheff Utd to speed up their offer.
Jesus wept.
He was a PL second choice keeper last season.
I don't know anything about him but appearances across two years Sheffield United were top of Championship and then PL is not relevant for a keeper. Plenty of second choice keepers at that level who would make fantastic first choices in L1.
We’ll also be after a replacement for Dobson too.
31 is still reasonably young for a keeper.