Aug 2024 Transfer Window Deadline Day Thread

He's not "too good" for under 21's, but yes I think his first taste of men's football will be a good indication of where he is

FAVADDICK said:

Anyone recognise  the goalkeeper in the background 

Looks a bit like Artur Boruc…saying that he is 40 odd 😂

MarcusH26 said:

Think a National League/National League South loan would be ideal for Casey until January. See if his outstanding goalscoring record translates. 

Kanu benefitted from his loan spell in the NL and now we're a bit better equipped for strikers Casey would hopefully get a bit longer than Kanu did.

sam3110 said:

He's not "too good" for under 21's, but yes I think his first taste of men's football will be a good indication of where he is

Maybe too good was an exaggeration but he's scored so many goals it's hard to see how he's learning much from his opponents at this stage

League One managers give their views with a day of the window remaining:

Michael Skubala (Lincoln)  is not expecting any signings tomorrow (which probably means he is not expecting any departures either).

John Brady (Northampton) has been trying to sign a striker all summer, without success.

Matt Taylor (Bristol Rovers) is still looking for players but is not too complimentary: "Unless you’re going to outlay a huge financial amount, there’s not any real quality available."

Michael Duff (Huddersfield) is happy with his squad. In other words, watch out for a flurry of activity tomorrow.

Birmingham's outlay now exceeds £13.5m in transfer fees alone, yet Chris Davies is apparently not satisfied yet: "We still need to do some business, absolutely, we're not there yet."

Blackpool have nine players out of contract within the next ten months and anticipate some departures on deadline day.

Steve Evans is looking for a midfielder and a No.10 before the window closes to bolster Rotherham's poor start; Evans is already under pressure from the fans for his touchline behaviour as well as misfiring performances.

Phil Parkinson (Wrexham) believes their summer has been a big success but admits their bids for strikers have been unsuccessful. Perhaps not every player is fooled by glitz and money after all.

And Burton's Mark Robinson appears to have no idea whatsoever of his club's transfer plans: "As you know I’ve come in as Head Coach and not recruitment, so I don’t know. I don’t know if the budget’s there and I don’t know if that’s something the club will want to do." Incredible that the head coach apparently has no say in recruitment.

AFKABartram said:

Gavin Kilkenny has signed for Swindon 

It's been noticeable how so many of our recent PL loans have ended up signing for clubs below us, showing that there are a lot of average young players at PL clubs.

NabySarr said:

JamesSeed said:

NabySarr said:

We still absolutely need to sign a left sided centre back. To not do so would be a huge risk as we’d be a Gillesphey injury away from being in trouble 

Possibly, but plenty of good LCBs haven’t been left footed. 

And although they’re not easy to find, Exeter managed to sign a very good one. Tristan Crama, signed from Brentford (on loan, I think). 

They don’t have to be left footed, but are any of our current options good enough to play out there? I wouldn’t be that confident in any of them, REG did it a bit in pre-season but I think we definitely need to sign someone more comfortable playing there 

Thing is, we don’t really know. But Nathan Jones will know. If none of them are good enough to switch then I’m pretty sure he’ll want to sign one before the window ….. ….!

Can't see Casey going to a League Two club, in which case he won't need to move on loan before the end of today

Last year we loaned Watson, Abankwah and Tedic, and loaned out DJ and Mitchell. What a time to be alive.