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Transfer News and Gossip Transfer Rumours Thread 2023-24 (Part 2 - Back in Business. Oh no we’re not)

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LennySUFC said:
The only clue was he's a player that had been playing in the NL this season, right?

So it could be any Striker who has played in the NL? Not necessarily Dackers.
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I'm hoping for Kanu back (won't happen obvs he's doing alright at Charlton)
 
Blues4LifeDan said:
That is hindsight though. The club didn't know that in the summer. We could only have 16 players and I don't think one person would have used one of those places taking the gamble on Murphy. Of course, he then goes on and scores and assists a lot of goals, true Southend tradition. That gamble would never have been taken though, as annoying as it is to see him doing well now. Just one of those things you can never predict.
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We will never know one way or another. At his age Rees needed the security of a regular wage and a contract and that was always going to be tricky staying with us, similar situation with Steve Arnold. Although my memory gets a bit foggy these days, I'm pretty certain that Kev and Co were pretty keen to hang on to Rees but embargoes dictated otherwise. And my original post was in response to @annie1954 not being keen on him for injury reasons.
 
RHB said:
We will never know one way or another. At his age Rees needed the security of a regular wage and a contract and that was always going to be tricky staying with us, similar situation with Steve Arnold. Although my memory gets a bit foggy these days, I'm pretty certain that Kev and Co were pretty keen to hang on to Rees but embargoes dictated otherwise. And my original post was in response to @annie1954 not being keen on him for injury reasons.
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Oh I totally agree that not many players would stick around on a non-contract basis, it's why we should be so grateful to the ones that did. However, as you say, we'll never know what could have happened. Even if we could have offered him a contract, I don't think they would have given him the same terms, based on his injuries.

I think it's good that we can now move on to pastures new and hopefully with 1 or 2 additions up top, we won't even have to think about previous strikers. I never thought we would get to that position. Here's to a good future.
 
JAL said:
Perfectly warming the bench at Solihull right now!
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Oh is he? I didn't realise - at 24, he's hardly going to break into the first team at Ipswich now so they may as well release him for a team like us to snap him up. Would be decent cover IMO.
 
Jmayhew32 said:
Oh is he? I didn't realise - at 24, he's hardly going to break into the first team at Ipswich now so they may as well release him for a team like us to snap him up. Would be decent cover IMO.
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Okay re-checked his appearences and looks like they may be rotating, but still would be great competition for Colin.
 
Jmayhew32 said:
Oh is he? I didn't realise - at 24, he's hardly going to break into the first team at Ipswich now so they may as well release him for a team like us to snap him up. Would be decent cover IMO.
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I’d start him over Collin. Collin is an excellent shot stopper but I think both Hayes and David Martin command their box better and are better at claiming crosses into the box which away from home especially takes a lot of pressure off the defence.

It also pushes us up the pitch if we have faith and confidence in our keeper. It’s not a priority signing by any means as Collin is solid enough but if we wanna get promotion from this league I still think keeper is one area we may strengthen. Will have to wait and see I guess as I know this divides opinion.
 
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