Liam Thompson from Derby, he's technically out of contract
OK, thanks. But why would he want to switch to us? I thought he was highly rated and a regular starter there? And it is nearer the York Railway Museum.
Stockport fan in piece. Some whispers going around our camp that you're about to sign our star striker tanto olaofe. You've got yourselves a beast if it's true 👍
Facebook rumour .
Sounds like the guy who first posted this on their message board is a respected poster and normally bang on. Would be a decent signing in my opinion, always a threat, presses high, works his nuts off.
Ahadme vibes
That's what I'm thinking, presses high, works his nuts off, always in the gym. Should have been a weight lifter. Not another Ahadme please.
I really hate saying this but I’m really disappointed so far. We should be bidding for the best players to build the best squad. Why haven’t we bid for that fella Lamine Yamal yet?
If we were to sign Offiah, L.Thompson & Olafe. How would we think our squad is looking after those 3?
Light , would want at least 4-5 more on top of that at least . Don't want to be relying on u21s to plug gaps
Cawley said in the Podcast Friday we were only looking to bring in 6/7 signings 1 of which included Carey. Which means we’re probably only looking at a GK LCB RWB LWB CM/CAM ST and that’s it and will rely on a lot of current team to be able to do jobs as squad players next year
If we were to sign Offiah, L.Thompson & Olafe. How would we think our squad is looking after those 3?
Light , would want at least 4-5 more on top of that at least . Don't want to be relying on u21s to plug gaps
Cawley said in the Podcast Friday we were only looking to bring in 6/7 signings 1 of which included Carey. Which means we’re probably only looking at a GK LCB RWB LWB CM/CAM ST and that’s it and will rely on a lot of current team to be able to do jobs as squad players next year
I thought that was a only a guess of the likely minimum number of signings, rather than something he had been told?
If we were to sign Offiah, L.Thompson & Olafe. How would we think our squad is looking after those 3?
Light , would want at least 4-5 more on top of that at least . Don't want to be relying on u21s to plug gaps
Cawley said in the Podcast Friday we were only looking to bring in 6/7 signings 1 of which included Carey. Which means we’re probably only looking at a GK LCB RWB LWB CM/CAM ST and that’s it and will rely on a lot of current team to be able to do jobs as squad players next year
I thought that was a only a guess of the likely minimum number of signings, rather than something he had been told?
Correct. There will be a budget of £x for NJ to spend, not a maximum or minimum number of players - only Jones can decide who and how many based on said budget.
Liam Thompson from Derby, he's technically out of contract
OK, thanks. But why would he want to switch to us? I thought he was highly rated and a regular starter there? And it is nearer the York Railway Museum.
If we were to sign Offiah, L.Thompson & Olafe. How would we think our squad is looking after those 3?
Light , would want at least 4-5 more on top of that at least . Don't want to be relying on u21s to plug gaps
Cawley said in the Podcast Friday we were only looking to bring in 6/7 signings 1 of which included Carey. Which means we’re probably only looking at a GK LCB RWB LWB CM/CAM ST and that’s it and will rely on a lot of current team to be able to do jobs as squad players next year
I thought that was a only a guess of the likely minimum number of signings, rather than something he had been told?
Correct. There will be a budget of £x for NJ to spend, not a maximum or minimum number of players - only Jones can decide who and how many based on said budget.
I would be stunned if we only brought in 7 including Carey. The loanees went back. We’ve lost Small, let go of Watson and Aneke, all of them were regular players in the squad. Hylton has retired, Ahadme isn’t good enough, there will be others deemed so too.
Throwing youngsters in to make up the numbers won’t cut it nor will it allow us to be as competitive as they (and Jones) will want us to be.
I fully anticipate by the end of the window we would have signed 10 players, with or without including Carey.
As a minimum: - Goalkeeper - 2 right sided players to replace Small and Watson (yes I know Small was/is a left back, but he won’t be going forward nor was he used that way) - Another central defender - Another left back/left wing back to compete with Edwards - Another winger - Another central midfielder - Carey - 2 strikers
10 players sounds fair but I wouldn't be surprised if maybe 2-3 of them might be loan players
I don't see us bringing in 2 permanent strikers with Godden, Leaburn and Campbell (if played centrally) options and then Ahadme, Mbick etc
Think we'll bring in 1 permanent and the other probably be a youngster on loan from a premier league team but certainly we do need to push the boat out on a striker and hopefully there's room in the budget to be allowed to spend a bit extra on a marquee signing. If I recall, i'm sure Powell brought in Ricardo Fuller in a similar way. Would have loved us to have got Ryan Hardie but sadly gone to Wrexham.
If we were to sign Offiah, L.Thompson & Olafe. How would we think our squad is looking after those 3?
Light , would want at least 4-5 more on top of that at least . Don't want to be relying on u21s to plug gaps
Yes still light tbh the only regular starters from last year who I would be happy to see regular starters this season would be
Mannion (controversial I know) Jones Gillespie Edwards Godden
thats about it for me
Coventry the best mid in league one last season .. Doc championship experience and captain , Berry without him we would not be in the championship he will still add a few goals from midfield
If we were to sign Offiah, L.Thompson & Olafe. How would we think our squad is looking after those 3?
Light , would want at least 4-5 more on top of that at least . Don't want to be relying on u21s to plug gaps
Cawley said in the Podcast Friday we were only looking to bring in 6/7 signings 1 of which included Carey. Which means we’re probably only looking at a GK LCB RWB LWB CM/CAM ST and that’s it and will rely on a lot of current team to be able to do jobs as squad players next year
I thought that was a only a guess of the likely minimum number of signings, rather than something he had been told?
Correct. There will be a budget of £x for NJ to spend, not a maximum or minimum number of players - only Jones can decide who and how many based on said budget.
I would be stunned if we only brought in 7 including Carey. The loanees went back. We’ve lost Small, let go of Watson and Aneke, all of them were regular players in the squad. Hylton has retired, Ahadme isn’t good enough, there will be others deemed so too.
Throwing youngsters in to make up the numbers won’t cut it nor will it allow us to be as competitive as they (and Jones) will want us to be.
I fully anticipate by the end of the window we would have signed 10 players, with or without including Carey.
As a minimum: - Goalkeeper - 2 right sided players to replace Small and Watson (yes I know Small was/is a left back, but he won’t be going forward nor was he used that way) - Another central defender - Another left back/left wing back to compete with Edwards - Another winger - Another central midfielder - Carey - 2 strikers
agree with sage all day long and i think NJ knows, would like to see some of our fringe players linked with moves elsewhere like mitchell amb kanu ahadme taylor(not lyle) any takers ?
If it helps, since it’s been mentioned again, I’ve narrowed down how many miles each Championship team is from the National Railway Museum in York, so we can have a sort of rough idea of our chances of signing someone that might be rumoured to go to any of our Championship rivals
Birmingham 184 miles Blackburn 71 miles Bristol City 229 miles Us 217 miles Coventry 141 miles Derby 96 miles Hull 38 miles Ipswich 212 miles Leicester 119 miles M’boro 49 miles Millwall 216 miles Norwich 187 miles Oxford 196 miles Portsmouth 278 miles Preston 78 miles, plus the chance to car pool with Small and Euell QPR 205 miles Sheff Utd/Wed 57 miles Southampto 261 miles Stoke 119 miles Swansea 291 miles Watford 203 miles WBA 135 miles Wrexham 123 miles
Whilst it’s clear that we should avoid getting into a scrap with Preston because of their already established links, we really only want to be going for players that Millwall, Watford, QPR, Pompey, Ipswich, Southampton and Swansea also see as targets if we’re to stand any chance of a player not choosing us over a club closer to the museum
You’ll also see the two Sheffield clubs, Hull and M’boro are particular danger clubs to avoid, and if we’re going after any of the same targets, I would urge Phil Chapple to reconsider
Isn't TT injured and thus unlikely to move in this window???
Absolutely agree with Sage that you're probably looking at 10 ins and think the positions are bang on the money too.
Will be interesting to see if we dip into the loan market or not , I think we've got to but I can see NJ and PC being very particular and perhaps targeting older players from within the championship as opposed to PL U21s that maybe have had a season in League 1.
If we were to sign Offiah, L.Thompson & Olafe. How would we think our squad is looking after those 3?
Light , would want at least 4-5 more on top of that at least . Don't want to be relying on u21s to plug gaps
Cawley said in the Podcast Friday we were only looking to bring in 6/7 signings 1 of which included Carey. Which means we’re probably only looking at a GK LCB RWB LWB CM/CAM ST and that’s it and will rely on a lot of current team to be able to do jobs as squad players next year
I thought that was a only a guess of the likely minimum number of signings, rather than something he had been told?
Correct. There will be a budget of £x for NJ to spend, not a maximum or minimum number of players - only Jones can decide who and how many based on said budget.
I would be stunned if we only brought in 7 including Carey. The loanees went back. We’ve lost Small, let go of Watson and Aneke, all of them were regular players in the squad. Hylton has retired, Ahadme isn’t good enough, there will be others deemed so too.
Throwing youngsters in to make up the numbers won’t cut it nor will it allow us to be as competitive as they (and Jones) will want us to be.
I fully anticipate by the end of the window we would have signed 10 players, with or without including Carey.
As a minimum: - Goalkeeper - 2 right sided players to replace Small and Watson (yes I know Small was/is a left back, but he won’t be going forward nor was he used that way) - Another central defender - Another left back/left wing back to compete with Edwards - Another winger - Another central midfielder - Carey - 2 strikers
Am absolutely not disagreeing with you on what we need, but I just don't see us signing 10 players this window. All the language from the club is about quality not quantity. I think it'll be 7 this window and then maybe 1 - 2 in January.
I am really hopeful that the club are shopping in the right markets with the names being rumoured though. They would be the exact players I think we should be going for.
If it helps, since it’s been mentioned again, I’ve narrowed down how many miles each Championship team is from the National Railway Museum in York, so we can have a sort of rough idea of our chances of signing someone that might be rumoured to go to any of our Championship rivals
Birmingham 184 miles Blackburn 71 miles Bristol City 229 miles Us 217 miles Coventry 141 miles Derby 96 miles Hull 38 miles Ipswich 212 miles Leicester 119 miles M’boro 49 miles Millwall 216 miles Norwich 187 miles Oxford 196 miles Portsmouth 278 miles Preston 78 miles, plus the chance to car pool with Small and Euell QPR 205 miles Sheff Utd/Wed 57 miles Southampto 261 miles Stoke 119 miles Swansea 291 miles Watford 203 miles WBA 135 miles Wrexham 123 miles
Whilst it’s clear that we should avoid getting into a scrap with Preston because of their already established links, we really only want to be going for players that Millwall, Watford, QPR, Pompey, Ipswich, Southampton and Swansea also see as targets if we’re to stand any chance of a player not choosing us over a club closer to the museum
You’ll also see the two Sheffield clubs, Hull and M’boro are particular danger clubs to avoid, and if we’re going after any of the same targets, I would urge Phil Chapple to reconsider
I’m oddly annoyed you didn’t put it in order of distance
If it helps, since it’s been mentioned again, I’ve narrowed down how many miles each Championship team is from the National Railway Museum in York, so we can have a sort of rough idea of our chances of signing someone that might be rumoured to go to any of our Championship rivals
Birmingham 184 miles Blackburn 71 miles Bristol City 229 miles Us 217 miles Coventry 141 miles Derby 96 miles Hull 38 miles Ipswich 212 miles Leicester 119 miles M’boro 49 miles Millwall 216 miles Norwich 187 miles Oxford 196 miles Portsmouth 278 miles Preston 78 miles, plus the chance to car pool with Small and Euell QPR 205 miles Sheff Utd/Wed 57 miles Southampto 261 miles Stoke 119 miles Swansea 291 miles Watford 203 miles WBA 135 miles Wrexham 123 miles
Whilst it’s clear that we should avoid getting into a scrap with Preston because of their already established links, we really only want to be going for players that Millwall, Watford, QPR, Pompey, Ipswich, Southampton and Swansea also see as targets if we’re to stand any chance of a player not choosing us over a club closer to the museum
You’ll also see the two Sheffield clubs, Hull and M’boro are particular danger clubs to avoid, and if we’re going after any of the same targets, I would urge Phil Chapple to reconsider
Have we moved to a new stadium in America. Wow, didn't see that coming.
If it helps, since it’s been mentioned again, I’ve narrowed down how many miles each Championship team is from the National Railway Museum in York, so we can have a sort of rough idea of our chances of signing someone that might be rumoured to go to any of our Championship rivals
Birmingham 184 miles Blackburn 71 miles Bristol City 229 miles Us 217 miles Coventry 141 miles Derby 96 miles Hull 38 miles Ipswich 212 miles Leicester 119 miles M’boro 49 miles Millwall 216 miles Norwich 187 miles Oxford 196 miles Portsmouth 278 miles Preston 78 miles, plus the chance to car pool with Small and Euell QPR 205 miles Sheff Utd/Wed 57 miles Southampto 261 miles Stoke 119 miles Swansea 291 miles Watford 203 miles WBA 135 miles Wrexham 123 miles
Whilst it’s clear that we should avoid getting into a scrap with Preston because of their already established links, we really only want to be going for players that Millwall, Watford, QPR, Pompey, Ipswich, Southampton and Swansea also see as targets if we’re to stand any chance of a player not choosing us over a club closer to the museum
You’ll also see the two Sheffield clubs, Hull and M’boro are particular danger clubs to avoid, and if we’re going after any of the same targets, I would urge Phil Chapple to reconsider
Surely the distances cannot be the same for both Sheffield clubs?
If it helps, since it’s been mentioned again, I’ve narrowed down how many miles each Championship team is from the National Railway Museum in York, so we can have a sort of rough idea of our chances of signing someone that might be rumoured to go to any of our Championship rivals
Birmingham 184 miles Blackburn 71 miles Bristol City 229 miles Us 217 miles Coventry 141 miles Derby 96 miles Hull 38 miles Ipswich 212 miles Leicester 119 miles M’boro 49 miles Millwall 216 miles Norwich 187 miles Oxford 196 miles Portsmouth 278 miles Preston 78 miles, plus the chance to car pool with Small and Euell QPR 205 miles Sheff Utd/Wed 57 miles Southampto 261 miles Stoke 119 miles Swansea 291 miles Watford 203 miles WBA 135 miles Wrexham 123 miles
Whilst it’s clear that we should avoid getting into a scrap with Preston because of their already established links, we really only want to be going for players that Millwall, Watford, QPR, Pompey, Ipswich, Southampton and Swansea also see as targets if we’re to stand any chance of a player not choosing us over a club closer to the museum
You’ll also see the two Sheffield clubs, Hull and M’boro are particular danger clubs to avoid, and if we’re going after any of the same targets, I would urge Phil Chapple to reconsider
At last, after weeks of idle fantasizing and juvenile speculation, a real supporter has put the work in and come up with solid, essential data which will enable the club to form a realistic recruitment strategy.
I don't know what these "promotes" really are, but give Cabble six of them.
If it helps, since it’s been mentioned again, I’ve narrowed down how many miles each Championship team is from the National Railway Museum in York, so we can have a sort of rough idea of our chances of signing someone that might be rumoured to go to any of our Championship rivals
Birmingham 184 miles Blackburn 71 miles Bristol City 229 miles Us 217 miles Coventry 141 miles Derby 96 miles Hull 38 miles Ipswich 212 miles Leicester 119 miles M’boro 49 miles Millwall 216 miles Norwich 187 miles Oxford 196 miles Portsmouth 278 miles Preston 78 miles, plus the chance to car pool with Small and Euell QPR 205 miles Sheff Utd/Wed 57 miles Southampto 261 miles Stoke 119 miles Swansea 291 miles Watford 203 miles WBA 135 miles Wrexham 123 miles
Whilst it’s clear that we should avoid getting into a scrap with Preston because of their already established links, we really only want to be going for players that Millwall, Watford, QPR, Pompey, Ipswich, Southampton and Swansea also see as targets if we’re to stand any chance of a player not choosing us over a club closer to the museum
You’ll also see the two Sheffield clubs, Hull and M’boro are particular danger clubs to avoid, and if we’re going after any of the same targets, I would urge Phil Chapple to reconsider
Have we moved to a new stadium in America. Wow, didn't see that coming.
You might want to head back to geography class if you think York railway museum is 217 miles from America.
If it helps, since it’s been mentioned again, I’ve narrowed down how many miles each Championship team is from the National Railway Museum in York, so we can have a sort of rough idea of our chances of signing someone that might be rumoured to go to any of our Championship rivals
Birmingham 184 miles Blackburn 71 miles Bristol City 229 miles Us 217 miles Coventry 141 miles Derby 96 miles Hull 38 miles Ipswich 212 miles Leicester 119 miles M’boro 49 miles Millwall 216 miles Norwich 187 miles Oxford 196 miles Portsmouth 278 miles Preston 78 miles, plus the chance to car pool with Small and Euell QPR 205 miles Sheff Utd/Wed 57 miles Southampto 261 miles Stoke 119 miles Swansea 291 miles Watford 203 miles WBA 135 miles Wrexham 123 miles
Whilst it’s clear that we should avoid getting into a scrap with Preston because of their already established links, we really only want to be going for players that Millwall, Watford, QPR, Pompey, Ipswich, Southampton and Swansea also see as targets if we’re to stand any chance of a player not choosing us over a club closer to the museum
You’ll also see the two Sheffield clubs, Hull and M’boro are particular danger clubs to avoid, and if we’re going after any of the same targets, I would urge Phil Chapple to reconsider
At last, after weeks of idle fantasizing and juvenile speculation, a real supporter has put the work in and come up with solid, essential data which will enable the club to form a realistic recruitment strategy.
I don't know what these "promotes" really are, but give Cabble six of them.
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Mannion (controversial I know)
Jones
Gillespie
Edwards
Godden
thats about it for me
hey turns out we don’t need many additions lol
Correct. There will be a budget of £x for NJ to spend, not a maximum or minimum number of players - only Jones can decide who and how many based on said budget.
Throwing youngsters in to make up the numbers won’t cut it nor will it allow us to be as competitive as they (and Jones) will want us to be.
As a minimum:
- Goalkeeper
- 2 right sided players to replace Small and Watson (yes I know Small was/is a left back, but he won’t be going forward nor was he used that way)
- Another central defender
- Another left back/left wing back to compete with Edwards
- Another winger
- Another central midfielder
- Carey
- 2 strikers
I don't see us bringing in 2 permanent strikers with Godden, Leaburn and Campbell (if played centrally) options and then Ahadme, Mbick etc
Think we'll bring in 1 permanent and the other probably be a youngster on loan from a premier league team but certainly we do need to push the boat out on a striker and hopefully there's room in the budget to be allowed to spend a bit extra on a marquee signing. If I recall, i'm sure Powell brought in Ricardo Fuller in a similar way. Would have loved us to have got Ryan Hardie but sadly gone to Wrexham.
Birmingham 184 miles
Blackburn 71 miles
Bristol City 229 miles
Us 217 miles
Coventry 141 miles
Derby 96 miles
Hull 38 miles
Ipswich 212 miles
Leicester 119 miles
M’boro 49 miles
Millwall 216 miles
Norwich 187 miles
Oxford 196 miles
Portsmouth 278 miles
Preston 78 miles, plus the chance to car pool with Small and Euell
QPR 205 miles
Sheff Utd/Wed 57 miles
Southampto 261 miles
Stoke 119 miles
Swansea 291 miles
Watford 203 miles
WBA 135 miles
Wrexham 123 miles
Whilst it’s clear that we should avoid getting into a scrap with Preston because of their already established links, we really only want to be going for players that Millwall, Watford, QPR, Pompey, Ipswich, Southampton and Swansea also see as targets if we’re to stand any chance of a player not choosing us over a club closer to the museum
You’ll also see the two Sheffield clubs, Hull and M’boro are particular danger clubs to avoid, and if we’re going after any of the same targets, I would urge Phil Chapple to reconsider
Absolutely agree with Sage that you're probably looking at 10 ins and think the positions are bang on the money too.
Will be interesting to see if we dip into the loan market or not , I think we've got to but I can see NJ and PC being very particular and perhaps targeting older players from within the championship as opposed to PL U21s that maybe have had a season in League 1.
I am really hopeful that the club are shopping in the right markets with the names being rumoured though. They would be the exact players I think we should be going for.
I don't know what these "promotes" really are, but give Cabble six of them.