Transfer News and Gossip Summer/Autumn Transfer Targets/Rumours Thread 2022

[Magnum PI]

We still have Chris Wreh. Has all the attributes to be as effective as Kelly, and will be cheaper. The amount of money needed to prize Kelly can definitely be well spent elsewhere. Expect this to get done sooner rather than later.

 

[Linda Loan Shark]

Plan B is Wreh. He has done well. Then at least we will have another striker in. He could be a hidden gem and Kelly might flop under the price tag pressure at Solihull.

 

[danbowen]

Its sad when we cant compete with clubs like Solihull. I bet we would have never believed that a few years ago

You do spout some tosh on almost every single post. Solihull are much better off than us financially and have wealthy backers and even when we were in league 2 this was the case. Just because they haven’t been in the league doesn’t mean they aren’t in a better position than us in numerous other ways.

 

[shrimperjon]

You do spout some tosh on almost every single post. Solihull are much better off than us financially and have wealthy backers and even when we were in league 2 this was the case. Just because they haven’t been in the league doesn’t mean they aren’t in a better position than us in numerous other ways.

Add to that list the likes of Borehamwood as well. people assume that just cause they get small gates and never been a league club we shouldnt lose out to them. If it was choice by the player for example we may stand a chance, but if its an issue over fee to be paid we will lose out and i guess like Mussa maybe wages as well. A few hundred quid a week to these lads is a lot of money

 

[annie1954]

Its sad when we cant compete with clubs like Solihull. I bet we would have never believed that a few years ago

people still say we are a big club bet any sollihull supporters would fall over laughing at that . we might have good support but with our 50s football ground falling down and finance problems i don`t think so . we might be a big club with league football and a decent ground but seems a long way off .

 

[Maldon Blues]

You do spout some tosh on almost every single post. Solihull are much better off than us financially and have wealthy backers and even when we were in league 2 this was the case. Just because they haven’t been in the league doesn’t mean they aren’t in a better position than us in numerous other ways.

Same could've been said of the likes of Fleetwood even when we were in League One. Ten years earlier I hadn't even heard of them!

Although you do wonder about the longevity of these clubs.

 

[hlane17]

We still have Chris Wreh. Has all the attributes to be as effective as Kelly, and will be cheaper. The amount of money needed to prize Kelly can definitely be well spent elsewhere. Expect this to get done sooner rather than later.

In comparison though a massive gamble. I'll be honest the so called 'gems' of years gone by have left me jaded (pun intended)

I would like to see Southend secure a couple proven class players before the season starts, but looks like they come with price tags we can't ever match under Ron's 'stewardship'

 

[SeldomSeenShrimper]

Kelly doesn't impress me much ... Watched his highlights and i feel like he spins around trying to find his first touch a hell of alot ...
Has a very good strike on him, but can see him struggling with his hold up play ...

Wouldn't be the end of the world if he slipped through the ranks imo

 

[overseas shrimper]

Why? I mean no disrespect to anyone when I say this but on anonymous forums you will get ‘keyboard warriors’, trolls and even simply differences of opinions. If a couple of people doubted what they were being told then it’s to be expected but to then go silent seems a little excessive.

Why? Because they're doing us a favour by giving us some inside info. They don't owe us anything. In return, they're on the end of sarcastic comments, singled out by members of this forum and, when they're imparting info some people don't like, they get called **** stirrers.

I'm not a sensitive person, but if I were one of those ITKs, rather than feel I need to justify my posts, I'd just not bother any more.

 

[harveyoe]

You do spout some tosh on almost every single post. Solihull are much better off than us financially and have wealthy backers and even when we were in league 2 this was the case. Just because they haven’t been in the league doesn’t mean they aren’t in a better position than us in numerous other ways.

I read the post you are referring to as being just an observation.
Not as a suggestion that anyone was bigger or better than anyone else.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Who is that next to Noor?

Wreh, Akanbi?....or someone else?

Frame looks a bit slight for those two, who appear quite stocky.

I am loving that breakdancing is now a part of our training regime.

 

[overseas shrimper]

For the second time this season lol

Actually, this season hasn't even started and we've missed 2 sitters in the 90th!

 

[Blue Yonder]

If we are to live within our means and avoid embargos, pay our way and improve our standing in the transfer market getting into a bidding war with several other clubs which will almost inevitably end with a price at the very limit or beyond the players worth doesn't sound a brilliant idea. I imagine we hoped the emotional draw (family connection) of the move would get us the player at a do-able price but the selling club want the best deal for them and if we can't afford that then so be it.

 

[Petejames]

If we are to live within our means and avoid embargos, pay our way and improve our standing in the transfer market getting into a bidding war with several other clubs which will almost inevitably end with a price at the very limit or beyond the players worth doesn't sound a brilliant idea. I imagine we hoped the emotional draw (family connection) of the move would get us the player at a do-able price but the selling club want the best deal for them and if we can't afford that then so be it.

We offered more than the bid they accepted tho…..

 

[Blue Yonder]

We offered more than the bid they accepted tho…..

Then something about the other bids is financially more attractive. More money up front or whatever. I don't believe a club like Maidenhead with their crumbling old stadium living hand to mouth would not take the best deal available even if they hated our guts.

 

[hlane17]

with their crumbling old stadium living hand to mouth

Think you described SUFC there...

 

[Maldon Blues]

Would love this to come off. But think we've missed a sitter in the 90th minute.

Are we talking Freddy at Luton 2006 style?

 

[Blue Yonder]

Think you described SUFC there...

Exactly... we have to leverage every last penny out of every deal and so do they.

 

[Murkey_Mouse]

If we are to live within our means and avoid embargos, pay our way and improve our standing in the transfer market getting into a bidding war with several other clubs which will almost inevitably end with a price at the very limit or beyond the players worth doesn't sound a brilliant idea. I imagine we hoped the emotional draw (family connection) of the move would get us the player at a do-able price but the selling club want the best deal for them and if we can't afford that then so be it.

It’s didn’t help that we haven’t have any success in League and no cup run, it’s didn’t help we keep getting knocked out at the first attempt. An cup run can be an difference between signing decent players in or end up in embargo’s. As for Solihull, they are too far away, location wise and their owner will get fed up with the club if they keep getting poor attendances & pull out.

 

[shrimperjon]

Think you described SUFC there...

id still take roots hall over the **** hole that Maidenhead play in. Dreadful ground