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

[Cricko]

He was a BIG target of ours

The list of good targets must be getting thinner and thinner by the day but you cannot expect players to sit about waiting for us to get our house in order.

 

[Jack_23]

Hope he enjoys playing in front of no fans

 

[Danshrimper]

Another possible name off the ever growing list of players missed out on.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1738499693834055699

Disappointing, but may not have worked out anyway, we don’t play in a formation that uses wingers. And trying to get a winger to play somewhere else doesn’t always work, we learnt that lesson with Mooney.

 

[Holy Joe]

We'd have about a squad of fifty if all these players we've missed out on had joined us

 

[Jack_23]

He was a BIG target of ours

This mean embargo not being close to being lifted or that he just thought Dagenham was a better move do you think?

 

[BoyWonder2]

This mean embargo not being close to being lifted or that he just thought Dagenham was a better move do you think?

The embargo will be lifted soon.

I don’t know Remy’s thought process behind the move, but ultimately you can only hang on so long. Just like Justham in the Summer, who was our number 1 goalkeeping target. Eventually players need stability and can’t go on a promise.

Best of luck to him. Be interesting to see how he gets on.

 

[annie1954]

We'd have about a squad of fifty if all these players we've missed out on had joined us

I thought that every time a club announces a new signing someone on here tells us it’s another one of our targets we’ve missed out on

 

[Holy Joe]

I thought that every time a club announces a new signing someone on here tells us it’s another one of our targets we’ve missed out on

I guess you might have say 5 targets in one position - but you're only gonna sign 1 - so the number of targets can be many multiples of the actual available squad positions

 

[BoyWonder2]

I thought that every time a club announces a new signing someone on here tells us it’s another one of our targets we’ve missed out on

I can tell you Maguire-Drew, who we had on trial before, who signed for Barnet WASN’T a target, and nor was Sam Barratt who rejoined Maidstone. Or the fella Rochdale signed, Ryan East.

 

[Morty01]

Any rumours today of Sandat announcement

 

[BoyWonder2]

I guess you might have say 5 targets in one position - but you're only gonna sign 1 - so the number of targets can be many multiples of the actual available squad positions

If you look back through my post on here previously, I’ve explained what we do.

Not all of them are active targets, but Levi and Remy both were.

 

[Shrimper]

Any rumours today of Sandat announcement

I heard he travelled but down to it being processed in time

 

[flangejackrabbit]

He was a BIG target of ours

Shame, someone I was excited about the idea of seeing here.

 

[OldWilliam]

Can someone please explain how we can have big targets when we are under a ****ing embargo?

 

[BoyWonder2]

Can someone please explain how we can have big targets when we are under a ****ing embargo?

Quite easily.

A lot, and I mean A LOT of work goes into a transfer. If we waited until the embargo was lifted, we’d be weeks and in some cases months behind.

So much groundwork, DD and scouting is done. A player will be watched at least three times before a move is made for example.

Do you think JS and his army of scouts have been sitting around and doing nothing for the last 14 months?

 

[OldWilliam]

Quite easily.

A lot, and I mean A LOT of work goes into a transfer. If we waited until the embargo was lifted, we’d be weeks and in some cases months behind.

So much groundwork, DD and scouting is done. A player will be watched at least three times before a move is made for example.

Do you think JS and his army of scouts have been sitting around and doing nothing for the last 14 months?

@BoyWonder2 I stand down. Well explained and a perspective I hadn’t considered, thank you.

 

[sufc4life21]

Quite easily.

A lot, and I mean A LOT of work goes into a transfer. If we waited until the embargo was lifted, we’d be weeks and in some cases months behind.

So much groundwork, DD and scouting is done. A player will be watched at least three times before a move is made for example.

Do you think JS and his army of scouts have been sitting around and doing nothing for the last 14 months?

They might aswell have been..... when was the last time we actually signed 1 of js recommendation? My guess would been summer 22.

 

[Smiffy]

The sad thing is, if we had of been able to bring in even half of our priority targets in the last 15 months, I’d bet we would be up somewhere near Chesterfield right now.

 

[BoyWonder2]

They might aswell have been..... when was the last time we actually signed 1 of js recommendation? My guess would been summer 22.

That’s not JS fault though, although he did watch Kanu play…

 

[Morty01]

Waiting on club socials reloading every 10 mins