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January 2020 transfer rumours thread (Deadline Day starts Page 283)

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  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,232
    ValleyGary said:
    mendonca said:
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    mendonca said:
    Pogba's CV looks pretty bland and basic.
    If his CV said Barca, Bayern and Juve do you think he'd be training with us?
    His total transfer fees amount to £450k and has never excelled at any of his mediocre clubs over career. 
    Gallen and Bowyer won’t sign him then if they don’t think he’s good enough.
    You would like to think so,
    Unless we still have one of the lowest budgets in the Championship and a 29 year old with an indifferent CV is considered to fit our profile.
    For every Taylor and Kermorgant towards their late 20's that have signed for Cafc we have had 100's of mediocre players who tried but were lacking.
    5 days left of this window, and I can't get rid of nagging doubts. I believe in Bowyer and Gallen but what is our budget in this window ?
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,954
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    I also don't think we'll make top half though, nor do I think we'll be in a relegation battle.
    As much as I hope we avoid it and think we should - this isn’t correct in the sense that we are already in a relegation battle.

    A lot is resting on one game v Barnsley. Lose that and we are in the sticky stuff big time..... so if one game means so much I would suggest we are already in a battle to avoid the drop. 
  • Taxi_Lad
    Taxi_Lad Posts: 3,774
    mendonca said:
    Chill guys...just giving my summary about a player training with us. I'm aware Bows knows better than me / sees him in training / etc. 

    On that note, Ledley must have looked awesome in training. 
    Ledleys CV must have looked quite impressive though 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,599
    Taxi_Lad said:
    mendonca said:
    Chill guys...just giving my summary about a player training with us. I'm aware Bows knows better than me / sees him in training / etc. 

    On that note, Ledley must have looked awesome in training. 
    Ledleys CV must have looked quite impressive though 
    Its got Crystal Palace on it... what do you think?
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,914
    he's played for st.etienne for the best part of his career, a well established french club (who would be the equivalent of most championship and some prem clubs i would have thought) and played in European competition so i'm not sure why people think his cv is unimpressive - its whether he has the know how and grit for the championship battle he;s gonna be in that concerns me more but 100% faith in bowyer and gallen.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    soapboxsam said:
    ValleyGary said:
    mendonca said:
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    mendonca said:
    Pogba's CV looks pretty bland and basic.
    If his CV said Barca, Bayern and Juve do you think he'd be training with us?
    His total transfer fees amount to £450k and has never excelled at any of his mediocre clubs over career. 
    Gallen and Bowyer won’t sign him then if they don’t think he’s good enough.
    You would like to think so,
    Unless we still have one of the lowest budgets in the Championship and a 29 year old with an indifferent CV is considered to fit our profile.
    For every Taylor and Kermorgant towards their late 20's that have signed for Cafc we have had 100's of mediocre players who tried but were lacking.
    5 days left of this window, and I can't get rid of nagging doubts. I believe in Bowyer and Gallen but what is our budget in this window ?
    I wouldn't have thought the budget is anywhere near enough to squander money just to keep the natives happy. If the only decent players available at the moment, are those who want too much, there's not a lot anyone can do about it except the player or thier agent of course
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Parrott will only sign if we bring in James Perch and Nicholas Cage.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    edited January 2020
    ricky_otto said:
    Parrott will only sign if we bring in James Perch and Nicholas Cage.
    What do you think Jimmy Seed would think of that?
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,914
    bowyers concern about jumping from one level to another too quickly i guess boils down to not creating disharmony in the squad by signing players on double or triple the wages - that is the difficulty we are facing currently i assume and one we may have to risk - summer will be when the 'upgrade' has to happen across the board and we can start shopping in a different market - i hope. 

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  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    ricky_otto said:
    Parrott will only sign if we bring in James Perch and Nicholas Cage.
    What do you think Jimmy Seed would think of that?
    Depends what the Budg(I)et is like.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,931
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    ricky_otto said:
    Parrott will only sign if we bring in James Perch and Nicholas Cage.
    What do you think Jimmy Seed would think of that?
    Hed think it was trilliant 
  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    DOUCHER said:
    he's played for st.etienne for the best part of his career, a well established french club (who would be the equivalent of most championship and some prem clubs i would have thought) and played in European competition so i'm not sure why people think his cv is unimpressive - its whether he has the know how and grit for the championship battle he;s gonna be in that concerns me more but 100% faith in bowyer and gallen.
    I feel bad for a player who's best part of his career is 66 matches across six seasons. Mind you he spent a season on loan at Club Sportif Sedan Ardennes, "who?" I hear you all say. Best described as the French equivalent of Coggeshall Town.
  • Addictedoldgit
    Addictedoldgit Posts: 1,828

    These 5 days will define ESI as far as I'm concerned.
    Get it wrong and relegation dog fight looms.

    Saying 'players/agents wanted far to much won't work.
    Just pay the going rate.
  • roseandcrown
    roseandcrown Posts: 7,589
    Addictedoldgit said:

    These 5 days will define ESI as far as I'm concerned.
    Get it wrong and relegation dog fight looms.

    Saying 'players/agents wanted far to much won't work.
    Just pay the going rate.
    How do you know they are not prepared to pay the going rate? How do you know what is being asked for in wages and fees is above the going rate for the standard of player? 

    I want the squad added to as much as anyone but not at the risk of boom or bust approach. 
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,931
    Addictedoldgit said:

    These 5 days will define ESI as far as I'm concerned.
    Get it wrong and relegation dog fight looms.

    Saying 'players/agents wanted far to much won't work.
    Just pay the going rate.
    How is Inflated quotes, the going rate ? 
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Addictedoldgit said:

    These 5 days will define ESI as far as I'm concerned.
    Get it wrong and relegation dog fight looms.

    Saying 'players/agents wanted far to much won't work.
    Just pay the going rate.
    To be honest mate, I reckon the lack of activity is probably more down to Bowyer and Gallen not thinking a player is worth the dough, than what it is ESI 
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,004
    I am surethe club are looking at a number of left sided cb's, particularly ones that can play LB. I suspect Pogba is a back up option given that he is on a free and we can sign him after the window.

    Have him train with us and see what hes about, enquire about others (Kean Bryan) and if we get no one else once the window has closed give him a deal till the summer.

    In terms of numbers at least this isnt our priority position.
  • floydroadfaithfull
    floydroadfaithfull Posts: 4,778
    Come on let's have a signing or 2 today
    Times running out and I've had a shite weekend
    Need a positive start to the week
  • billysboots
    billysboots Posts: 1,596
    Think loans will be the crucial business for us this week , unless we can get someone like Maddison over the line.

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  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,428
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Scoham said:
    Debbie McGee a definite "Would ya" and a yes from me
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,828
    billysboots said:
    Think loans will be the crucial business for us this week , unless we can get someone like Maddison over the line.
    I'm not sure much will be done before Thurs/Fri to be honest
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,488
    Old Rich is teasing us with his ....s
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Scoham said:
    That will probably be the standard response all week. 
  • CafcWest
    CafcWest Posts: 6,178
    Nahki Wells recalled from QPR by Burnley...
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,040
    ken_shabby said:
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Scoham said:
    JamesSeed said:
    I’m hopeful that this will be a good week. Couple of decent signings, beat Barnsley...
    A couple? Bowyer wants 4 or 5.
    Have you ever heard a manager, of a struggling team, say I don't want any, or one is enough?



    Sadly yes. Karel Fraeye in a silly meeting, when asked about strengthening the team, said he didn't need more players as he could only field 11 at any one time. I suppose you could argue about whether he was really a manager - stooge might be a more appropriate term.
    Tbf Fraeye didn't need a big squad, because he knew how to get them to run around and spread out.
  • MartinCAFC
    MartinCAFC Posts: 3,228
    PopIcon said:
    DOUCHER said:
    he's played for st.etienne for the best part of his career, a well established french club (who would be the equivalent of most championship and some prem clubs i would have thought) and played in European competition so i'm not sure why people think his cv is unimpressive - its whether he has the know how and grit for the championship battle he;s gonna be in that concerns me more but 100% faith in bowyer and gallen.
    I feel bad for a player who's best part of his career is 66 matches across six seasons. Mind you he spent a season on loan at Club Sportif Sedan Ardennes, "who?" I hear you all say. Best described as the French equivalent of Coggeshall Town.
    I'm not sure how reliable Wikipedia is in terms of games played I seem to remember in the past some of the signings from abroad didn't seem to have played many games ever but in reality had played a lot more than shown on Wikipedia. I know there's some examples out there I just can't think of any off the top of my head while at work.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,428
    Covered End said:
    ken_shabby said:
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Scoham said:
    JamesSeed said:
    I’m hopeful that this will be a good week. Couple of decent signings, beat Barnsley...
    A couple? Bowyer wants 4 or 5.
    Have you ever heard a manager, of a struggling team, say I don't want any, or one is enough?



    Sadly yes. Karel Fraeye in a silly meeting, when asked about strengthening the team, said he didn't need more players as he could only field 11 at any one time. I suppose you could argue about whether he was really a manager - stooge might be a more appropriate term.
    Tbf Fraeye didn't need a big squad, because he knew how to get them to run around and spread out.
    Didn’t he also say something about only being able to play 11 at a time?
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    cfgs said:
    Old Rich is teasing us with his ....s
    No, I just don't think he has anything to report. I don't think we will sign a player before Wednesday. 

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