2016 Summer Transfer Thread

[nevereatwhitesnow]

Sanchez Watt.....jury's out IMO...unimpressed based on his last visit

Sanchez Watt is a frustrating player - no doubting he has the technical ability but it's his desire/attitude that has prevented him from developing/pushing on since he was released from Arsenal. Whilst player ratings are subjective I think for him they are telling - with Col U he'd occasionally get a 9 or 10 (perhaps 2 or 3 times a season) when he was simply unplayable and could win a game on his own but he'd more often get a 4 or 5 where he had no real impact at all (perhaps 9 or 10 games a season) - the rest of the time he was mediocre with perhaps one or two glimpses of quality throughout the games where he'd score a cracker or take on entire defences and lay a killer ball at the feet of a striker but little else in the 90 minutes.

Personally I think he'd be the ideal impact substitution for the right manager where he'd come on after 60 minutes where the pattern of play is clear (you can assess which full-back for the opposition is vulnerable for pace or will concede a cheap foul etc) and the opposition legs are tiring - that's quite an expensive luxury for many clubs in League 1 but could actually pay off handsomely. The key to that is that his next manager understands him and can motivate him well enough to use his natural talent. (and I have no idea if Brown could be that man?)

If you can get him on decent wages (as he's not currently employed I would have thought so) I think it could be a sensible gamble for you lot to be honest

 

[RHB]

I was very relieved when he left us last time. I will be incredibly underwhelmed if the club decides to give him another shot. Maybe if we could weld Watt and McGlashan's best bits together we might have one decent player, otherwise no thanks. Phil, are you paying attention?

 

[Fairport]

In todays Echo Phil Brown is basically saying that today is the key to the rest of the season, if he can sign a few players then he says he will be happy with the squad. Otherwise, according to him it will be a season of struggle. This means that the current squad he has assembled after three years in charge is, by his own admission not good enough. Sometimes it is better to keep your mouth shut!

 

[davew]

at least 1 big forward who can challenge and win headers score goals and put it about a bit
like Emmanuel-Thomas
needed

 

[amsemp]

Anyone got any ideas on the Brighton winger we're in talks with who played last night? Is it Joe Ward? I think he used to play for Chelmsford.

Did anyone go last night who can give us the lowdown on whether either of the wingers were any good?

 

[Beefy]

I think a lot of the issue is not that we haven't signed anyone, but that some of the players that have been brought in have not improved the squad. It's early to say, but it's hard to see Oxley, McGlashan, King or Sokolik as anything other than fringe players based on their performances so far.

Anyway, let's see if we can do some business today. The time to criticise is when the window is shut, and there could be an awful lot going on for Football League clubs today.

Problem is people seem to want quality AND quantity. The posts I was replying to were criticising the fact that we haven't signed as many players as Port Vale, Bradford, Gillingham, Peterborough and Swindon had (even though actually we had signed as many players as the latter two) and no discussion of who these players are and how good they are. I'm sure it isn't actually difficult to sign players if you don't care how good they are at playing football.

It is a balancing act this season because you want quality like we've got in Cox, Ferdinand and Ranger but you don't have the safety net of being able to loan players mid-season to plug holes for injuries and suspensions so need bodies too.

 

[SeaSideDoughnut]

You could argue that Gillingham have managed both quality and quantity. Billy Knott, Paul Konchesky, Jamie O'Hara and Jey Emmanuel-Thomas and they still have Bradley Dack so far. Whether he'll be there tomorrow...

 

[Napster]

Rumour we were checking out Ebanks Blake.

 

[Beefy]

You could argue that Gillingham have managed both quality and quantity. Billy Knott, Paul Konchesky, Jamie O'Hara and Jey Emmanuel-Thomas and they still have Bradley Dack so far. Whether he'll be there tomorrow...

I'm sure plenty of the clubs mentioned have done both - I'm just saying that looking purely at the number of signings doesn't tell the whole story. Would we be any better had Phil Brown signed an extra six squad players?

 

[SeaSideDoughnut]

I'm sure plenty of the clubs mentioned have done both - I'm just saying that looking purely at the number of signings doesn't tell the whole story. Would we be any better had Phil Brown signed an extra six squad players?

I see what you're saying and I don't think we'd be better off.

Looking at the player still without a contract, Dale Jennings and Jose Baxter are out there. Both could be seen as a risk for different reasons, Dale hasn't played much football, I don't know whether that's because of injury or not and Jose I read has off field troubles... But I could see them being that attacking midfielder, Number 10 Payne was.

Zak Whitebread could be another solid addition in my opinion.

 

[Beefy]

Anyone know if we can register unattached players signed outside the transfer window still? Or has that gone the way of emergency loans?

 

[SeaSideDoughnut]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/0/when-does-the-football-summer-transfer-window-2016-close/

Does that include players without a club?

Nope! You'll be relieved to hear that, even if your club loses its first-choice and back-up 'keepers to horror leg-breaks, there is still hope. Players out of contract or unattached to any clubs can be recruited outside the transfer window.

 

[flangejackrabbit]

I see what you're saying and I don't think we'd be better off.

Looking at the player still without a contract, Dale Jennings and Jose Baxter are out there. Both could be seen as a risk for different reasons, Dale hasn't played much football, I don't know whether that's because of injury or not and Jose I read has off field troubles... But I could see them being that attacking midfielder, Number 10 Payne was.

Zak Whitebread could be another solid addition in my opinion.

Jennings can't keep weight off and Baxter is on a year's drugs ban, neither of those are even vaguely attractive signings.

 

[Agent Lomas]

Anyone got any ideas on the Brighton winger we're in talks with who played last night? Is it Joe Ward? I think he used to play for Chelmsford.

Did anyone go last night who can give us the lowdown on whether either of the wingers were any good?

Pacy right winger, indeed, used to play for Chelmsford.

Was one of their better players last night and was quite a handful for Kyprianou. I'd be happy if we signed him.

 

[Ricey]

Nicky Clark who we were interested in who signed for Bury has been deemed surplus to requirements. He has just signed for Dunfermline.

 

[bazzashrimper]

Strange one with Clark. Sounds like he wasn't up to it. Another lucky escape for us maybe

 

[Beefy]

We're being linked with our mate Elliot Lee again. This from some journalist called Pete O'Rourke.

 

[Napster]

We're being linked with our mate Elliot Lee again. This from some journalist called Pete O'Rourke.

O'Rourke's a chancer - lot of his stuff is copied from elsewhere.

 

[Beefy]

He's got 76,000 twitter followers so I'm taking his word as Gospel.

 

[Chalky]

We're being linked with our mate Elliot Lee again. This from some journalist called Pete O'Rourke.

Still would like Elliot Lee to come here. Got a lot too prove.