Transfer News, Gossip & Speculation Transfer Rumours Thread 2024/2025.

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

Matt Jay is a great little player and very unlucky to not be playing, word is if he plays another game we will owe Exeter another £75K, so as our midfield is so strong he has missed out.I think he is one of our better paid players because we had high hopes for him when he signed, my guess would be at least 3K a week. I think his family have struggled with the move from Devon so my guess would be if he drops down to the NL it would be Yeovil or Torquay in the league below. He will obviously have to take a huge wage cut so I feel he may just sit it out here until the summer.

Sounds much more likely, so we'll chalk this one off then.

 

[kentblues]

I can never resist this whenever Jack is mentioned.
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Indeed. If you recall PB played the now beloved (but then unbeloved as it would be again) 442. And Jack was seen very much as a number 10- many a conversation about how to fit him into the system given if you only have 2 CM they need to be more Lenny than Jack.

 

[Clinton Baptiste]

Id have Dennis Hopper instead of Bonne right now.

 

[Colchester and proud!]

Our fans used to be guilty of this until we got here too. Usually if somebody is poor in L2, they are poor in the NL. However you've been positive on both players so hopefully they'd do well if they joined.

Neither player is poor, they would be very good players in the NL if played to their strengths, Matt was on fire at Exeter just before we signed him but sadly it didn’t work out here. Take a look at him in 21/22 where did it all go wrong here it is a real shame.

 

[BEERMONSTER]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1882045693688426873

 

[Ricey]

Is the whiteboard just full of ex Shrimpers?

Not sure how I feel about this one. I suppose it’s a body through the door.

 

[Suffering shrimper]

When cp does this it’s a done deal or as good as one

 

[Cricko]

TOM Hopper could be heading back to Southend United.


Colchester United boss Danny Cowley revealed last night that the hard-working striker had been given permission to speak with another club.

And it is believed Hopper – who had scored 10 goals in 30 games for Blues between 2018 and 2020 – could be coming back to Roots Hall.

Explaining the forward’s absence from the U’s squad for last night’s match at Harrogate Town, Cowley said: "There's potential that Tom might be leaving.

"We gave him permission to speak to another club and as a consequence, he wasn't able to travel with us.

"We think a lot of Tom.

"He's a great kid who works very, very hard for this team and for this club.

"He's a very important part of this dressing room, so we'll just wait to see how that one unfolds.

"These things happen quite regularly in January transfer windows and it's unfortunately coincided with a fixture."

Hopper joined Colchester from League One side Lincoln City in January, 2023.

The 31-year-old signed a two-and-a-half year deal with the U's, for an undisclosed fee.

Hopper has in total made 81 league and cup appearances for Colchester, scoring seven times.

But with Lyle Taylor, Samson Tovide and Tyreece Simpson now seemingly ahead of him in the pecking order, a move away from Colchester to get game time might seem the best option for the experienced striker.

 

[shrimperjon]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1882045693688426873

Seriously if this is the best our new recruitment process can unearth we are screwed good and proper. Loved him first time round but injury prone and hardly set L2 a light at Colshite. This is a desperate situation now

 

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

Oh no, no, no, no, no. We can't have attacking football like that here Wilson!

(with reference to the Matt Jay video).

 

[Cricko]

"Hopper has in total made 81 league and cup appearances for Colchester, scoring seven times"

Just what we don't need.

 

[Cricko]

Seriously if this is the best our new recruitment process can unearth we are screwed good and proper. Loved him first time round but injury prone and hardly set L2 a light at Colshite. This is a desperate situation now

It certainly begs the question. What on Earth are our scouts doing these days if this is the best we can come up with.

 

[Suffering shrimper]

We needed a January window like when Maher first come here young hungry players with a point to prove husin cardwell kensdale powell ect

 

[danbowen]

LOL if this happens surely those who keep defending the club cant defend this decision. In addition to that I think most can agree our strikers arent the issue its the huge lack of creativity!

 

[sufc4life21]

Great another striker who can't score goals! Our recruitment team is shocking!

 

[BoyWonder2]

LOL if this happens surely those who keep defending the club cant defend this decision. In addition to that I think most can agree our strikers arent the issue its the huge lack of creativity!

But only a few days ago you were saying we should just sign someone, you didn’t care who, just sign someone….

 

[NZamba Legend]

Seriously if this is the best our new recruitment process can unearth we are screwed good and proper. Loved him first time round but injury prone and hardly set L2 a light at Colshite. This is a desperate situation now

This wouldn’t be a “process” signing obviously. It’s an emergency signing designed to bring some stability and experience on the pitch. Hopper will be there to help those around him

 

[Cricko]

This wouldn’t be a “process” signing obviously. It’s an emergency signing designed to bring some stability and experience on the pitch. Hopper will be there to help those around him

What you mean like Bonne then?

 

[Ailsa Road Shrimper]

Phil Brown got heavily criticised for making these types of signings…yet with all the people we have in the scouting, management and consortium we don’t seem to be able to come up with anything more innovative at the moment.

 

[dusterman]

It certainly begs the question. What on Earth are our scouts doing these days if this is the best we can come up with.

If he’s even 60% of the player he was he’ll bring a lot to our team. Bim looked crap in figures. Hopper is class above what we have in hold up play alone. Don’t get the negativity at all.