The 2017 Summer Transfer Rumours Thread (Deadline Day from page 264)

Airman Brown said:

iamdan said:

Novak to Bury..

We'd probably have to subsidise that.

Bury have new rich owners i believe?

golfaddick said:

iamdan said:

Novak to Bury..

I'll drive him there myself & even pay for a meal on the way up too. Wont get more than half a dozen goals this season & not very good imo.

As for Henry - Oxford is a lot closer to Reading than SE7 or SE9 (training ground) & we already have enough wingers & again, imo, Stewart is better. Also, he's ex 'wall.

I bet Novak will be quickly decharltonised when he gets there

Would make sense with Lee Clark as manager.

If Novak is going who is coming in Big Mac is the only striker we have that fits into Robinsons 4231 ?

sam3110 said:

Novak wasn't given a fair crack if you ask me

I agree I would rather keep him than Ajose.

We offered him much bigger wages than another, then, league 1 south east London club so he will be on a tidy whack.

I thought he did OK, not brilliant but OK, but like Ajose never really settled and the lack of a midfield often left him isolated.

Met him at Bromley Addicks and he came over well and he certainly wasn't fat or carrying too much weight when you saw him close up.

Makes sense to let him move on to save the big wages. Reeco Hackett-Fairchild is nearly ready for the lone striker role in any case.

OhEddieYouds said:

sam3110 said:

Novak wasn't good enough if you ask me

Fixed it for you.

Where has the Bury rumour come from anyway? Is there substance behind this or is the Bury link just a pure guess of a club that might be able to afford his wages now they're under new owners.

How many more years are we stuck with Watt's wages?

Covered_End_Lad said:

MartinCAFC said:

I'm perfectly fine with Novak going although as others have said it does expose a lack of cover for Magennis.

Novak was never going to fire us to promotion so if clearing his wages helps KR to bring in Mavididi on loan then it's good business for us.

Mavididi is a completely different type of player, he fits the quick, tricky winger mould. If we dump Novak we would need to bring in a target man type number 9 as back up to Magennis.

Exactly. Novak is no world beater but he is the only cover we have for Josh in Robinson 's one up front formation.

blackpool72 said:

Covered_End_Lad said:

MartinCAFC said:

I'm perfectly fine with Novak going although as others have said it does expose a lack of cover for Magennis.

Novak was never going to fire us to promotion so if clearing his wages helps KR to bring in Mavididi on loan then it's good business for us.

Mavididi is a completely different type of player, he fits the quick, tricky winger mould. If we dump Novak we would need to bring in a target man type number 9 as back up to Magennis.

Exactly. Novak is no world beater but he is the only cover we have for Josh in Robinson 's one up front formation.

Not strictly true - Hanlan and Umerah could probably have a go at doing it.

Mind you, I'm not saying for a minute they would be good enough to do so on a regular basis.

It was interesting that the 'Udders fans told us that Novak may not be a world beater but that he'll always give his all, Leedsbasedtownfan's exact words were actually 'If as I suspect you have a good season, Novak will be part of that and be a firm fans favourite due to his never say die attitude and 100% commitment'. I don't think we saw any of that last season and he looked really disinterested. His injuries, especially the broken hand at Welling, really seemed to disrupt him and he never got a run of games and goals. It's probably best for all parties he gets a clean break and Bury is the sort of club he might flourish at. It's a shame, because I thought he hinted at some real quality on occasion and could have been an asset for us this season as he'd be able to play that lone striker role.

They always leave us short in at least one part of the squad. We do have quite a few strikers at the moment but no one else that is proven as a back-up target man. If Novak goes with KR then want 4-5 or will it be like Slade where more go and the number of signings he says he wants diminishes to nothing?

sam3110 said:

OhEddieYouds said:

sam3110 said:

Novak wasn't good enough if you ask me

Fixed it for you.

Where has the Bury rumour come from anyway? Is there substance behind this or is the Bury link just a pure guess of a club that might be able to afford his wages now they're under new owners.

My writing didnt need fixing thanks, we never saw the best of him as we never played the way we should have done with him.

He is more than good enough to be a squad player for us, please divulge who's available to is that would be much better?

Fair enough Sam. We don't need to agree and your obviously entitled to your view.

I personally don't rate him as I associate the likes of Novak and Ajose with our huge failure last season. We spent alot of our budget on those two but in my opinion they both disappointed enormously (and I think new starts would be good for both of them).

In response to your question, I'd suggest Rochdale's Calvin Andrew or Rotherham's Clarke-Harris would be better competition for Magennis (and are likely to be obtainable for the same or less salary). Clarke-Harris looked good in the championship a couple of years ago and I expect will do well at this lower level now this season now he's older and has recovered from last year's injuries.

Admittedly though there isn't obvious alternative options out there that have proven high goal scoring records. A replacement would therefore be a bit of a gamble but whoever we went for I'd be suprised if they contributed less than Novak last year. Other than the Chesterfield header I remember nothing from him.