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

Jasrod · Jul 25, 2022

in the know said:
And...for all his physical presence on the pitch, probably one of nicest guys in football

Surely that must have been Roy Keane

NZamba Legend · Jul 25, 2022

Chapperz said:
Goodship scored 39 goals at the same level. *runs and hides*

We were in league one though.

Jasrod · Jul 25, 2022

NZamba Legend said:
We were in league one though.

Wish my memory was as good as yours

Chapperz · Jul 25, 2022

NZamba Legend said:
We were in league one though.

True and there are several more factors as well, but that line was a joke than a serious comment.

Like I said, it is hard to predict if players will be a success based on previous goalscoring records. Which is why we had a few on trial and the signs so far have been promising.

Leigh_Seasider · Jul 25, 2022

amsemp said:
Cheers son’s crying. Nice one.

I'm crying too. For what it's worth I think this fella is much more what we need now and to be fair to Goodship it was a huuuge jump and he was playing in a god awful team.
Wreh has been looked at a lot by the coaching team and if they think he's good enough..well I'll take that.

We need someone who can hold their own physically and knows where the goal is. Take a bit of pressure off of Dalby so he can do what he does best.

We still need one more up top though, being a bit of a greedy bugger.

bluesfansince1952 · Jul 25, 2022

fredheim_holm said:
From the clips I've seen he does seem a power house but also has a decent touch and awareness for link up play, the Akinfenwa comparison seems apt.

The problem with Goodship was that he had nice technique but not a lot else, and seemed to lack that killer, winning instinct. It's early days but Wreh seems like the sort who will be able to battle man to man and come out on top, and that should put him on a far better footing to translate his form from the same division into this one.

In many ways I'm much happier picking up Wreh on the cheap than splashing six figures on Kelly. Sure the latter is *likely* going to perform better, but we need to live within our means.

It seems harsh to scapegoat Goodship for his failure to score goals while playing in an often toxic environment for a team that did not create many chances.
He might well have been not much good but he never really had a chance.

amsemp · Jul 25, 2022

Leigh_Seasider said:
I'm crying too. For what it's worth I think this fella is much more what we need now and to be fair to Goodship it was a huuuge jump and he was playing in a god awful team.
Wreh has been looked at a lot by the coaching team and if they think he's good enough..well I'll take that.

We need someone who can hold their own physically and knows where the goal is. Take a bit of pressure off of Dalby so he can do what he does best.

We still need one more up top though, being a bit of a greedy bugger.

Very true. Arguably the type of striker we needed more than Kelly?

Jasrod · Jul 25, 2022

bluesfansince1952 said:
It seems harsh to scapegoat Goodship for his failure to score goals while playing in an often toxic environment for a team that did not create many chances.
He might well have been not much good but he never really had a chance.

Definitely can’t compare as Wreh comes into a progressive team playing on the front foot