Mannion - back up Maynard Brewer - No. Ramsey - Yes Asiimwe - back up Edwards - Yes (LWB or LCB?) Jones - Yes A Mitchell - no Z Mitchell - back up but time off bench, anywhere at the back or midfield Gillesphey - back up Small - Yes Campbell - back up but minutes Coventry - Yes Anderson - back up but coming off bench often Berry - no Docherty - no Taylor - perhaps back up Ahadme - No. Leaburn - back up unless he pushes on Dixon - back up but minutes Godden - back up Hylton - No Kanu - loan Enslin - loan Mbick - short loan Casey - loan
Quality needed in middle and upfront. Different type of football in tier two.
Would argue A.Mitchell would actually suit championship football more than L1. Less time more time on the ball more time defending the box probably plays to his advantages
Lots of Spanners expected him to be a long term mainstay of their defence in the Championship.
Dijksteel has been mentioned and dismissed but I think he would be a good signing. Only 28 and bags of Championship experience. Now released by Middlesbrough who are always near the top of the league. Played over 30 games this season and fit. Not sure there is better available on a free and would leave more in the kitty for another positions.
Someone coming in on a free expects a signing-on fee or extra salary similar to the fee you’ve saved so it doesn’t leave a lot extra in the kitty.
The Kelman love in is a bit strange to me. Yes, hes scored goals but this was his first season of doing so. Record before that was awful so not even remotely proven.
League 1 I would take a punt bu
I’d rather take a punt on Kone but think they will want silly money.
Go in for Olaofe at Stockport
£7 million bid from Luton rejected last season, bet they're kicking themselves.
From when the window closed, and the remaining 15 games he played where he was available, he scored 2 goals and got 3 assists. Prior to that, he got 16 goals in 28 games.
He completely fell apart, and I imagine it put a dent in his market value.
I wouldn't mind seeing us sign him though for the right price that said. He is quick, he's shown at some stage he can find the net, and he can spin a centre back.
Hard to judge him too much from our excellent defence. Only striker I really thought gave us hell was Sam Smith, the Rotherham forwards (bad day at the office) and same as Peterboroughs forward line on that blip day.
That 20 min cameo against us at the valley in December he was brilliant. Dodds made every player in that Wycombe side look awful tried to get them to play like a Sunday league side. Problem is Wycombe will still probably value him on what he can do rather than what he did under Dodds. Not sure if we’re going to have the luxury to chuck 4M on one player. Chapple and Jones haven’t ever really chucked huge money on one player instead looking for a bunch of multiple smart deals think that trend continues
I guess we’ll find out one way or another, as either he’ll step up or a Championship club with make a big money offer if they read the ratings.
Will we find out one way or another? - A club can make a bid for him, which they'll no doubt make in private, but even if we stay in League One, we're in no obligation to sell
It will surely be a big bid if he is a genuine Championship level midfielder, so you imagine the club would accept it. Especially if he wanted to make the step up.
People can’t have their cake and eat it!
Would they...? - When they've already turned down bids for the likes of Jones, Campbell and Leaburn in recent times... Maybe we're not such mugs like we are when it comes to selling players anymore... How would you know.
Im glad you conveniently skirted over the fact that I pointed out that a Championship club tried to sign him (Sheffield Wednesday) right before he joined us.
I think cos you said that in your head mate! I thought they pulled out of the deal.
Wot... Look back at 7:57pm on the last page?
Yes... They pulled out, but dont think the Manager was overly happy about it.
It is believed there are a number of factors at play in the collapse of mutual interest between Wednesday and the Republic of Ireland under-21 midfielder, including a preference on the player's part to stay in London, promises of more frequent playing time by Charlton and the League One club's willingness to offer West Ham a higher sell-on percentage as part of their transfer package.
So Wednesday WANTED him... We just offered him a better deal
Mulligan sounds like a typical jones signing from what I’ve read but it’s definitely a pity Rangers are in the mix. Hard to think a Scots lad not wanting to play for one of the big two in The SPL given the opportunity.
Celtic fan though apparently.
That's not always a barrier to signing for Rangers, though.
I can see why the names being mentioned are being mentioned but Jones has stated he wants to bring in Championship experience along with athleticism. To get Championship experience and presumably be decent I think we might be looking at the wrong players.
Mulligan sounds like a typical jones signing from what I’ve read but it’s definitely a pity Rangers are in the mix. Hard to think a Scots lad not wanting to play for one of the big two in The SPL given the opportunity.
Celtic fan though apparently.
That's not always a barrier to signing for Rangers, though.
That’s good news because I think it would be very difficult to sign for Rangers as a Celtic fan.
I guess we’ll find out one way or another, as either he’ll step up or a Championship club with make a big money offer if they read the ratings.
Will we find out one way or another? - A club can make a bid for him, which they'll no doubt make in private, but even if we stay in League One, we're in no obligation to sell
It will surely be a big bid if he is a genuine Championship level midfielder, so you imagine the club would accept it. Especially if he wanted to make the step up.
People can’t have their cake and eat it!
Would they...? - When they've already turned down bids for the likes of Jones, Campbell and Leaburn in recent times... Maybe we're not such mugs like we are when it comes to selling players anymore... How would you know.
Im glad you conveniently skirted over the fact that I pointed out that a Championship club tried to sign him (Sheffield Wednesday) right before he joined us.
I think cos you said that in your head mate! I thought they pulled out of the deal.
Wot... Look back at 7:57pm on the last page?
Yes... They pulled out, but dont think the Manager was overly happy about it.
It is believed there are a number of factors at play in the collapse of mutual interest between Wednesday and the Republic of Ireland under-21 midfielder, including a preference on the player's part to stay in London, promises of more frequent playing time by Charlton and the League One club's willingness to offer West Ham a higher sell-on percentage as part of their transfer package.
So Wednesday WANTED him... We just offered him a better deal
Sheffield or London? Um, let me think.
I really like Sheffield. A great city. Beautiful countryside around it too.
I still think Neufville is well worth a look. Seemed to be a level above at AFCW last season, got promoted with them but I reckon he is in with a chance of making the step to Championship football. 24 so should be coming into his own, and similarly to Small can play wingback or on the wing depending on formation
I’d rather take a punt on Kone but think they will want silly money.
Go in for Olaofe at Stockport
Stockport fans don’t think Olaofe is good enough to lead this line
I agree with them... He's really impressed me as someone who can run at defences, but watching him in the 0-0 against us, and then two Play-Off matches I thought his finishing was a bit to be desired.
I think he could be a decent upgrade on Aneke as an impact player from the bench, but wouldn't want to rely on him
I can see why the names being mentioned are being mentioned but Jones has stated he wants to bring in Championship experience along with athleticism. To get Championship experience and presumably be decent I think we might be looking at the wrong players.
I think we’ll see a mixture of signings, rather than only those with both Championship experience and athleticism.
For the former, we probably want to look at Championship players out of contract.
After the improvement Macca, TC & Karoy have shown under Jones…if he bought in RJJ I’d trust him to improve him a lot from where he is now. He already has very clever movement off the ball and creates holes in defences that others exploit. I would say he’s ahead of both TC & Small in footballing IQ.
The Kelman love in is a bit strange to me. Yes, hes scored goals but this was his first season of doing so. Record before that was awful so not even remotely proven.
League 1 I would take a punt but Championship and are obvious lack of depth up top, it is too risky IMO.
I’d rather take a punt on Kone but think they will want silly money.
Go in for Olaofe at Stockport
£7 million bid from Luton rejected last season, bet they're kicking themselves.
From when the window closed, and the remaining 15 games he played where he was available, he scored 2 goals and got 3 assists. Prior to that, he got 16 goals in 28 games.
He completely fell apart, and I imagine it put a dent in his market value.
I wouldn't mind seeing us sign him though for the right price that said. He is quick, he's shown at some stage he can find the net, and he can spin a centre back.
Hard to judge him too much from our excellent defence. Only striker I really thought gave us hell was Sam Smith, the Rotherham forwards (bad day at the office) and same as Peterboroughs forward line on that blip day.
Did Kone fall apart, or did the turgid football Wycombe play under Dodds have a significant part to play? Chairboys fans seem to the think latter more so than the former.
Whether we'd be able to capture his best is a slightly different question. I admittedly haven't watched enough Wycombe to know if Kone would be a good fit to how we intend to play, or indeed, if we could adapt our style easily enough to get the best out of him and vice versa.
I suspect, though, the "right price" won't exist for us in any case, so this is a bit academic.
That and in the instance of them playing us he got chaperoned by our defence, especially Jones. They put a real shift in during those matches to cancel any threat out.
Kone has that edge. He'd be a phenomenal signing. This is a man who pretended to be gay to win asylum, he will stop at nothing. He'll also cost 5m+ and we won't spend that, yeah
I'd expect us to be coming up against Kone again next season but I do wonder what kind of fee Wycombe will ultimately get. Another player that it's hard to tell if he got a bit sussed second half of the season or if it was Dodds's incredibly negative style of play that didn't get the best of him Vs Bloomfield
Mulligan sounds like a typical jones signing from what I’ve read but it’s definitely a pity Rangers are in the mix. Hard to think a Scots lad not wanting to play for one of the big two in The SPL given the opportunity.
Celtic fan though apparently.
That's not always a barrier to signing for Rangers, though.
That’s good news because I think it would be very difficult to sign for Rangers as a Celtic fan.
Wrong, there have been plenty, and visa versa, our very own Jim Melrose being one, big bluenose, played for Celtic. Neill Mcann ex rangers player, currently or was part of Barry Fergusons coaching team recently, Celtic fan.
Side note but I’m really happy we can mostly all agree that even if we sign a player who hasn’t quite hit the heights expected but is still young enough to improve, we now have a manager who can actually get them to do that.
I really think with Jones at the helm given what he’s done with this squad, we will pip a few of our other Champ rivals to certain players.
Maybe a bit off a reach but that Emma woman on a Charlton you tube live just now reckons she's got inside info on us having something done with wickens the Lincoln keeper.
Would be disappointed if we went for Jade-Jones , just seems to have pace and not much else.
Wouldn't mind him as an option from the bench. He does have lightning pace and we just don't have quick players, can't teach God given pace.
He's at a better level than almost all of our other forwards except TC and Godden. Hard to say on Leaburn cause of the injuries.
Would be a sensible singing imo. One that could improve and has a high ceiling, only 22. 11 goals and 4 assists from centre forward. Same goals as TC.
DMac will want a fortune for him
He's on free...
"Jones has allowed his contract to run down and can be signed as a free agent next month, although Posh will still expect to receive a hefty compensation fee for a local lad who joined the club aged nine.
Posh director of football Barry Fry told the PT on Friday: “Ricky will have plenty of options. Several top clubs will see a chance to develop an exciting talent further. I’m told there has been interest from overseas clubs, although I’m not sure Ricky will fancy that.”
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Amari Bell - Free Transfer
Sean Roughlan - compensation fee
Paudi O’connor - Free Transfer
Jordan Clark - Free Transfer
Mihaly Kata - Fee
Ethan Galbraith - Free Transfer
John Swift - Free Transfer
Mustapha Bundu - Free Transfer
Richard Kone - Fee
Emil Riis - Free transfer
That's not always a barrier to signing for Rangers, though.
He's at a better level than almost all of our other forwards except TC and Godden. Hard to say on Leaburn cause of the injuries.
Would be a sensible singing imo. One that could improve and has a high ceiling, only 22. 11 goals and 4 assists from centre forward. Same goals as TC.
I think he could be a decent upgrade on Aneke as an impact player from the bench, but wouldn't want to rely on him
For the former, we probably want to look at Championship players out of contract.
He already has very clever movement off the ball and creates holes in defences that others exploit. I would say he’s ahead of both TC & Small in footballing IQ.
I really think with Jones at the helm given what he’s done with this squad, we will pip a few of our other Champ rivals to certain players.
"Jones has allowed his contract to run down and can be signed as a free agent next month, although Posh will still expect to receive a hefty compensation fee for a local lad who joined the club aged nine.
From https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/football/peterborough-united/overseas-clubs-interested-in-peterborough-united-striker-who-has-now-said-his-goodbyes-to-the-club-5133752