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I think Hardie’s just unlucky that Wrexham also signed Moore, Windass and Broadhead who are 3 top championship attackers and Hardie is just a solid championship player so a level below that. They spent an absolute fortune on Broadhead and even he’s only started 7 games. Hardie would be a very good signing for usMartinCAFC said:Out of all the names people have mentioned I’d be very happy with Hardie and Cashin.
I wanted us to sign Hardie until Wrexham did. Also been a prolific striker at Plymouth for a good few seasons scoring at this level too. There aren’t going to be many realistic and affordable proven scorers at this level. Not sure why it’s not worked out at Wrexham for him only playing 5 games but if there’s any chance to buy him we need to try and do so. Worst case scenario we get relegated but have a top recent L1 striker on the books.
Cashin I remember him putting in a very good performance against us and scored for Derby when we won up there 2-1 in one of Jones’ first games in charge. Would be a very good signing.
Cashin I think would be an upgrade on Gillesphey but also is quite slow so has a similar weakness. I’m not sure we will go for a LCB, I think we will go for a LWB and then move Bell back to LCB. Gillesphey was fine when we had a proper LWB in front of him, just been exposed recently because he hasn’t had that protection. Bell first choice and Gillesphey backup is fine for the rest of this season2 -
Cashin would immediately fix our left sided issue. You could possibly add Amass to that who’s the other name I liked mentioned.
Bringing in both would probably necessitate moving Gillesphey on otherwise you’d suddenly have five left footed defenders at the club.2 -
A younger fitter Docherty, like Hackney from Brumcantersaddick said:
I agree with you. But I also think that when people say playmaker they mean more of an all action, box to box midfielder who can run the show and pick a decent pass. Not really a playmaker pinging inch perfect balls to carve open a defence but someone who can run our midfield whilst also meeting Jones positional discipline and pressing demands. We do have need for that sort of player.NabySarr said:
Surely we still don’t have people banging this drum every window? We don’t need a playmaker, even after every transfer window where people have been crying that we need one, we then prove them wrong with the results we’ve got. So why do people still go back to this?Dazzler21 said:
Agree, but then have they been getting the service required? If the answer to that is no, then a playmaker is higher priority.ShootersHillGuru said:Rather hoping we’ll be in for a striker. None of what we have are cutting it.
We don’t play football where we pass the through the lines and create chances that way. The way Jones plays football, you create chances by winning the ball high up the pitch, or if we’ve got the ball by getting 1v1 or overloading out wide and crossing, and then finally set pieces. If you look at most of our chances and goals the last 18 months they come from these 3 methods. If that was good enough to take us from the depths of league 1 to competing in the championship then that will do for me.
It’s never going to be free flowing beautiful football, but it gets results and means we can punch above our weight at this level. If we try and play with a playmaker and play through the lines more we’d be a lot worse off because we’ve not built a squad to play that way. Maybe in a few years at this level we can build to that but not nowTo create more chances, we need to add more wide players so that we have better options at wing back and maybe an alternative forward option to take some of the load off TC. Unless we fundamentally change how we play (we won’t) we don’t need a playmaker and probably need one even less now we’re in the championship1 -
I can't see us signing both. Especially as left wingback is the real gap, rather than left centre back.Callumcafc said:Cashin would immediately fix our left sided issue. You could possibly add Amass to that who’s the other name I liked mentioned.
Bringing in both would probably necessitate moving Gillesphey on otherwise you’d suddenly have five left footed defenders at the club.
I was really surprised that in the summer we didn't bring in another central midfielder. A higher quality Docherty or Coventry, rather than a flairy playmaker type. While it's not big money by Championship standards, the £2m we spent on Knibbs could have definitely bought us an upgrade in the middle, and enabled us to rotate the midfield two better also.2 -
JRC was supposed to be that player, but for whatever reason NJ has barely played him.killerandflash said:
I can't see us signing both. Especially as left wingback is the real gap, rather than left centre back.Callumcafc said:Cashin would immediately fix our left sided issue. You could possibly add Amass to that who’s the other name I liked mentioned.
Bringing in both would probably necessitate moving Gillesphey on otherwise you’d suddenly have five left footed defenders at the club.
I was really surprised that in the summer we didn't bring in another central midfielder. A higher quality Docherty or Coventry, rather than a flairy playmaker type. While it's not big money by Championship standards, the £2m we spent on Knibbs could have definitely bought us an upgrade in the middle, and enabled us to rotate the midfield two better also.0 -
I’d like us to go for that Birmingham midfielder Marc Leonard7
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100% correct re Brannagan - appears to be injured for our game Saturday which is a result - believe he’s on big wedge at Oxford which I guess is why they’ve been able to keep hold of himNabySarr said:
Tbh I just can’t see us being able to sign that kind of player at this level at the moment. Anyone that is as good on the ball to run the game and create chances like people say we need, and also good enough without the ball for Jones standards, will have better offers than us unfortunately because a player with all of that is basically a top championship player.cantersaddick said:
I agree with you. But I also think that when people say playmaker they mean more of an all action, box to box midfielder who can run the show and pick a decent pass. Not really a playmaker pinging inch perfect balls to carve open a defence but someone who can run our midfield whilst also meeting Jones positional discipline and pressing demands. We do have need for that sort of player.NabySarr said:
Surely we still don’t have people banging this drum every window? We don’t need a playmaker, even after every transfer window where people have been crying that we need one, we then prove them wrong with the results we’ve got. So why do people still go back to this?Dazzler21 said:
Agree, but then have they been getting the service required? If the answer to that is no, then a playmaker is higher priority.ShootersHillGuru said:Rather hoping we’ll be in for a striker. None of what we have are cutting it.
We don’t play football where we pass the through the lines and create chances that way. The way Jones plays football, you create chances by winning the ball high up the pitch, or if we’ve got the ball by getting 1v1 or overloading out wide and crossing, and then finally set pieces. If you look at most of our chances and goals the last 18 months they come from these 3 methods. If that was good enough to take us from the depths of league 1 to competing in the championship then that will do for me.
It’s never going to be free flowing beautiful football, but it gets results and means we can punch above our weight at this level. If we try and play with a playmaker and play through the lines more we’d be a lot worse off because we’ve not built a squad to play that way. Maybe in a few years at this level we can build to that but not nowTo create more chances, we need to add more wide players so that we have better options at wing back and maybe an alternative forward option to take some of the load off TC. Unless we fundamentally change how we play (we won’t) we don’t need a playmaker and probably need one even less now we’re in the championshipJones would love that type of player of course, so would any manager though and that’s the problem because at this level we are low down on the transfer food chain. It’s the type of signing we would be able to make if we stay up for a year or 2 as then really good players will start to choose us over other championship teams. We aren’t in that position yet
If Oxford get relegated I think Cameron Brannagan would be a great target for the summer. That’s the kind of player we should look to strengthen our midfield with rather than a playmaker0 -
100 percent. I agree with you there. He is a top player who would transform our midfield. Keeps it simple and can pick out a pass when needed.Danny_Jenner said:I’d like us to go for that Birmingham midfielder Marc Leonard0 -
But Chapple has been in and around doing his job long enough to have a little black book which I’d imagine includes contacts overseas. I’m not sure if we’re even interested in overseas players at this point although the the Fukuda link implies we have the wherewithal and interest now.fenaddick said:
I have no doubt that will happen but Chapple has only been here 6 months and Andy Scott wasn’t capable of setting that network up. Maybe we’ll sign some overseas players in the summer if we stay up but January feels too soonChunes said:
I get what you mean but good players do exist outside of this bubble. It's harder but it's been done over and over again. Now we're in the Championship, I especially hope we start to explore some of the value found abroad.NabySarr said:
Tbh I just can’t see us being able to sign that kind of player at this level at the moment. Anyone that is as good on the ball to run the game and create chances like people say we need, and also good enough without the ball for Jones standards, will have better offers than us unfortunately because a player with all of that is basically a top championship player.cantersaddick said:
I agree with you. But I also think that when people say playmaker they mean more of an all action, box to box midfielder who can run the show and pick a decent pass. Not really a playmaker pinging inch perfect balls to carve open a defence but someone who can run our midfield whilst also meeting Jones positional discipline and pressing demands. We do have need for that sort of player.NabySarr said:
Surely we still don’t have people banging this drum every window? We don’t need a playmaker, even after every transfer window where people have been crying that we need one, we then prove them wrong with the results we’ve got. So why do people still go back to this?Dazzler21 said:
Agree, but then have they been getting the service required? If the answer to that is no, then a playmaker is higher priority.ShootersHillGuru said:Rather hoping we’ll be in for a striker. None of what we have are cutting it.
We don’t play football where we pass the through the lines and create chances that way. The way Jones plays football, you create chances by winning the ball high up the pitch, or if we’ve got the ball by getting 1v1 or overloading out wide and crossing, and then finally set pieces. If you look at most of our chances and goals the last 18 months they come from these 3 methods. If that was good enough to take us from the depths of league 1 to competing in the championship then that will do for me.
It’s never going to be free flowing beautiful football, but it gets results and means we can punch above our weight at this level. If we try and play with a playmaker and play through the lines more we’d be a lot worse off because we’ve not built a squad to play that way. Maybe in a few years at this level we can build to that but not nowTo create more chances, we need to add more wide players so that we have better options at wing back and maybe an alternative forward option to take some of the load off TC. Unless we fundamentally change how we play (we won’t) we don’t need a playmaker and probably need one even less now we’re in the championship1 -
Thought he gave up at the end of his loan with us.swords_alive said:
Good suggestions @wolfgang. I liked Famewo when he was with us too.wolfgang said:Two players who would be cheap but could fill gaps are:
Joe Powell (Burton) played in West Ham youth with Coventry. Best position is LWB. Burton keep moving him around to plug gaps in their small squad.
Akin Famewo (Hull) Lewisham born. LCB. Played for Jones at Luton. Played 59 times for Charlton five years ago. Only 28 now and a better player. Cannot break into Hull side now because they are on a roll.
If our owners are willing to splash the cash we could do better, but are they willing? If not, we need to improve our squad for a relegation battle and these two would give us options where we are weak.
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ShootersHillGuru said:
But Chapple has been in and around doing his job long enough to have a little black book which I’d imagine includes contacts overseas. I’m not sure if we’re even interested in overseas players at this point although the the Fukuda link implies we have the wherewithal and interest now.fenaddick said:
I have no doubt that will happen but Chapple has only been here 6 months and Andy Scott wasn’t capable of setting that network up. Maybe we’ll sign some overseas players in the summer if we stay up but January feels too soonChunes said:
I get what you mean but good players do exist outside of this bubble. It's harder but it's been done over and over again. Now we're in the Championship, I especially hope we start to explore some of the value found abroad.NabySarr said:
Tbh I just can’t see us being able to sign that kind of player at this level at the moment. Anyone that is as good on the ball to run the game and create chances like people say we need, and also good enough without the ball for Jones standards, will have better offers than us unfortunately because a player with all of that is basically a top championship player.cantersaddick said:
I agree with you. But I also think that when people say playmaker they mean more of an all action, box to box midfielder who can run the show and pick a decent pass. Not really a playmaker pinging inch perfect balls to carve open a defence but someone who can run our midfield whilst also meeting Jones positional discipline and pressing demands. We do have need for that sort of player.NabySarr said:
Surely we still don’t have people banging this drum every window? We don’t need a playmaker, even after every transfer window where people have been crying that we need one, we then prove them wrong with the results we’ve got. So why do people still go back to this?Dazzler21 said:
Agree, but then have they been getting the service required? If the answer to that is no, then a playmaker is higher priority.ShootersHillGuru said:Rather hoping we’ll be in for a striker. None of what we have are cutting it.
We don’t play football where we pass the through the lines and create chances that way. The way Jones plays football, you create chances by winning the ball high up the pitch, or if we’ve got the ball by getting 1v1 or overloading out wide and crossing, and then finally set pieces. If you look at most of our chances and goals the last 18 months they come from these 3 methods. If that was good enough to take us from the depths of league 1 to competing in the championship then that will do for me.
It’s never going to be free flowing beautiful football, but it gets results and means we can punch above our weight at this level. If we try and play with a playmaker and play through the lines more we’d be a lot worse off because we’ve not built a squad to play that way. Maybe in a few years at this level we can build to that but not nowTo create more chances, we need to add more wide players so that we have better options at wing back and maybe an alternative forward option to take some of the load off TC. Unless we fundamentally change how we play (we won’t) we don’t need a playmaker and probably need one even less now we’re in the championship
The reward of getting an overseas signing right is very high, there is however a much higher risk of it going wrong than if you sign a domestic player that you know can cope with the demands of English football. I think as a newly promoted team you can’t afford to take those kind of risks first seasonI think once we stay up we might start to look abroad more, might only be 1 or 2 signings a season but once we’ve consolidated at this level we can start to take that risk2 -
Seen Oliver Scarles from West Ham mentioned elsewhere on Reddit as a potential LB option.6
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Yes he wasn’t even a top player for us in L1 tbh.ct_addick said:
Thought he gave up at the end of his loan with us.swords_alive said:
Good suggestions @wolfgang. I liked Famewo when he was with us too.wolfgang said:Two players who would be cheap but could fill gaps are:
Joe Powell (Burton) played in West Ham youth with Coventry. Best position is LWB. Burton keep moving him around to plug gaps in their small squad.
Akin Famewo (Hull) Lewisham born. LCB. Played for Jones at Luton. Played 59 times for Charlton five years ago. Only 28 now and a better player. Cannot break into Hull side now because they are on a roll.
If our owners are willing to splash the cash we could do better, but are they willing? If not, we need to improve our squad for a relegation battle and these two would give us options where we are weak.
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100 percent. I agree with you there. He is a top player who would transform our midfield. Keeps it simple and can pick out a pass when needed.Danny_Jenner said:I’d like us to go for that Birmingham midfielder Marc LeonardDanny_Jenner said:I’d like us to go for that Birmingham midfielder Marc Leonard
who was the brum player NJ was having a long chat with after the final whistle...
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Would be solid but West Ham would surely want him starting week in week out, if Edwards is out injured for the next 4 months then fair enough but I can’t see us not playing Edwards when he is fitMarcusH26 said:Seen Oliver Scarles from West Ham mentioned elsewhere on Reddit as a potential LB option.0 -
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Seen Hardie mentioned a few time on here. Is he available or just on the wishlist?0
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Has only played 179 minutes for Wrexham so would imagine he wants a move. Don't think they'd sell/loan to us though, he'll have to go to top end L1 if he wants game timeking addick said:Seen Hardie mentioned a few time on here. Is he available or just on the wishlist?0 -
Lyndon Dykes .. he'd certainly up the squad's tattoo countEugenesAxe said:CB1 said:
100 percent. I agree with you there. He is a top player who would transform our midfield. Keeps it simple and can pick out a pass when needed.Danny_Jenner said:I’d like us to go for that Birmingham midfielder Marc LeonardDanny_Jenner said:I’d like us to go for that Birmingham midfielder Marc Leonard
who was the brum player NJ was having a long chat with after the final whistle...2 -
another striker who’s entire game is based on pressing and needs service to perform well is exactly what we need at this club.fenaddick said:
Has only played 179 minutes for Wrexham so would imagine he wants a move. Don't think they'd sell/loan to us though, he'll have to go to top end L1 if he wants game timeking addick said:Seen Hardie mentioned a few time on here. Is he available or just on the wishlist?1 -
Hardie is definitely going in Jan - Preston, Blackburn and Hull all linked so far.The edge we have is he’d be a guaranteed starter imo.We haven’t actually been linked but imo it would be madness not to try as you won’t get better for the money.3
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I'd prefer us to go for Sam Smith than Hardie, he's not getting much game time either.5
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Smith would be an interesting one. Feels like one of him or Hardie will be available because I expect Wrexham to go big again financially.Charlton_Stu said:I'd prefer us to go for Sam Smith than Hardie, he's not getting much game time either.0 -
Would he be a guaranteed starter? We’ve just spent 3M on Kelman who although is injured is apparently going to be fit soon, he’s probably on outrageous wages as well. I’ve watched a lot of Hardie being and refuse to believe he would do well in our systemCAFC_boi said:Hardie is definitely going in Jan - Preston, Blackburn and Hull all linked so far.The edge we have is he’d be a guaranteed starter imo.We haven’t actually been linked but imo it would be madness not to try as you won’t get better for the money.0 -
There’s no way Wrexham are giving a striker to any other teams even flirting with relegation1
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Hardie has hit double figures in back to back seasons at this level, and wasn’t even playing for a good team. He’d be a guaranteed starterCrispywood said:
Would he be a guaranteed starter? We’ve just spent 3M on Kelman who although is injured is apparently going to be fit soon, he’s probably on outrageous wages as well. I’ve watched a lot of Hardie being and refuse to believe he would do well in our systemCAFC_boi said:Hardie is definitely going in Jan - Preston, Blackburn and Hull all linked so far.The edge we have is he’d be a guaranteed starter imo.We haven’t actually been linked but imo it would be madness not to try as you won’t get better for the money.0
