Mark Marshall linked (***ed. Signed on a 2yr deal***)

ForeverAddickted said:

(1) Excellent signing... Really happy that we've brought him in
(2) We'd better not be saying Goodbye to Ricky Holmes
(3) I hope Josh Magennis is currently rubbing his hands with glee at the thought of the assists he'll get from those two

Definitely. Ricky may be hogging the headlines, but we really need to tie Josh down to an extended contract. This is the guy leading the line for N Ireland (currently second behind Germany in their group)

I hadn't read previous comments and it was a poor attempt at humour. No offence meant

ForeverAddickted said:

(1) Excellent signing... Really happy that we've brought him in
(2) We'd better not be saying Goodbye to Ricky Holmes
(3) I hope Josh Magennis is currently rubbing his hands with glee at the thought of the assists he'll get from those two

And hope that Josh doesn't celebrate by raiding the fridge.

killerandflash said:

charente addick said:

ForeverAddickted said:

(1) Excellent signing... Really happy that we've brought him in
(2) We'd better not be saying Goodbye to Ricky Holmes
(3) I hope Josh Magennis is currently rubbing his hands with glee at the thought of the assists he'll get from those two

And hope that Josh doesn't celebrate by raiding the fridge.

Igor and Tony beat him to it

Sue perks beat them all to it

Going by Bradford fans it seems we've offered him significantly more than they did. Seen one say it's more than they've ever offered a player at this level.

An excellent signing for L1 level. He's without doubt one of the top L1 players.

Plus he's played with Clarke recently and Holmes a few years ago at Barnet.

If we can get Reeves and keep Holmes, we certainly should be challenging for the play offs, presuming the tactics and attitude are right.

The Red Robin said:

Davo55 said:

If it's in addition to Holmes, that's good.

If it's to replace him, it's a step back.

This.

Agree but I still expect Holmes to leave, probably a week before the window shuts.

As alluded to above, a trio of Holmes, Marshall and one other (Reeves maybe) would be far and away the best in the division, Magennis is a very good striker to lead the line and Forster- Caskey, Konsa and Aribo in central midfield is solid enough, especially with Crofts and Jackson still around. Factor in players like Watt and Ajose (who give the option to maybe switch to 442) floating around as well as Clarke and the attack looks very strong. Defence still looks shaky but if we get in Thompson and maybe one other, the team actually looks alright for once. It all boils down to Holmes though imo; letting him go would be a real blow but keeping him would be a statement of intent to the rest of the division that we're going to go for it this year.

Sage said:

Genuinely believe that if we can have a 3 of Marshall, Reeves and Holmes behind Magennis, plus a couple of other attacking players as well as Clarke, someone like Mavididi and whoever.. there won't be many teams with a stronger attack than that.

It's a great signing but it must be followed up now and we have to keep Holmes.

Long way to go yet.

At the beginning of last season I remember an article saying that we had the best attacking force in League 1, where did that one go?

ross1 said:

Sage said:

Genuinely believe that if we can have a 3 of Marshall, Reeves and Holmes behind Magennis, plus a couple of other attacking players as well as Clarke, someone like Mavididi and whoever.. there won't be many teams with a stronger attack than that.

It's a great signing but it must be followed up now and we have to keep Holmes.

Long way to go yet.

At the beginning of last season I remember an article saying that we had the best attacking force in League 1, where did that one go?

Questions have got to be asked as to who wrote the article. On paper we have great League One strikers, Magennis, Ajose, Novak. We didn't have the creativity for them to score the goals they have previously. Albeit we did have Lookman and Holmes, we over relied on those two far too much.

If we sign Reeves and keep Holmes, that is easily one of the best attacking 3 to play behind a main striker in this league. That's my point, we would then have the creativity we sorely lacked last season.

cafc_harry said:

Going by Bradford fans it seems we've offered him significantly more than they did. Seen one say it's more than they've ever offered a player at this level.

I find that hard to believe, at the end of the day contract negotiations are private, the exact numbers are confidential

Hopefully the Marshall signing will put as marker down to other potential signings (and indeed Holmes and Magennis) that we will mean business this year.