Transfer News and Gossip Transfer Rumours Thread 2024/25 - Time to Cook 👨‍🍳

[SeldomSeenShrimper]

Pasta has 5 letters?

He wrote Orzo

 

[BEERMONSTER]

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Friend of mine has sent me this

Interesting CP also uses the term ATM in his response instead of no approach as far as I am aware. Slight hint of not dismissing it out of hand perhaps ?

 

[WillMay333]

Interesting CP also uses the term ATM in his response instead of no approach as far as I am aware. Slight hint of not dismissing it out of hand perhaps ?

I dont think chris deals with rumours as much as facts before theyre out. so i think youre absolutely right, isnt saying that it wont happen, possibly because he doesnt know yet

 

[Rock Lobster]

Pasta has 5 letters?

So has pants. Who of us hasn't used the throw them against the wall and see if they stick test to tell if they need changing.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

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The tweet is from what’s been said on here. Wouldn’t class him as a reliable source.

In fairness, his profile bio starts by saying he posts rumours and personal and fan opinions. I’m pretty sure his tweet about Effiong alluded to it being a rumour too?

So he hasn’t claimed any particular credibility - he’s just done exactly what he said he would!

Any criticism of him by us is all down to our own neurosis about the need for signings, rather than anything he’s done.

 

[Texas Eslan]

Big name, but we don’t need another goalkeeper

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…but Effiong taps in the rebound.

 

[Well Fried Shrimp]

Big name, but we don’t need another goalkeeper

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But GSM scores on the rebound!

 

[Texas Eslan]

In all honestly though I think this would be an astute signing. Big, strong and a real nuisance to any defence. In the last 4 seasons he has played 114 NL games and got 52 goals. That’s a solid record. But I think his biggest asset is disrupting the defence and bringing others into play. That could be a huge plus for us and he would draw a lot of focus meaning others will have more space to play around him.

I would have been happy with this signing over the summer and just because we would be getting him from Braintree now doesn’t make this any less impressive.

 

[Tommy2holes]

So is this Effiong thing real or just wild speculation. It would be a big boost to get a player in before the two home games.

 

[AlfaShrimper]

So is this Effiong thing real or just wild speculation. It would be a big boost to get a player in before the two home games.

Doubt to have anything before Tuesday. Just a personal opinion. Would love to be wrong

 

[BEERMONSTER]

In all honestly though I think this would be an astute signing. Big, strong and a real nuisance to any defence. In the last 4 seasons he has played 114 NL games and got 52 goals. That’s a solid record. But I think his biggest asset is disrupting the defence and bringing others into play. That could be a huge plus for us and he would draw a lot of focus meaning others will have more space to play around him.

I would have been happy with this signing over the summer and just because we would be getting him from Braintree now doesn’t make this any less impressive.

Agree with you on this. I know his age is being questioned, he is a couple of years older than McCallum but his goals per game record compares more than favourably since 2020 to end of last season, his return as you say was 52 Goals in some 114 appearances
In the same period McCallum was 60 Goals from some 160 appearances so you can't say he doesn't know where the net is!

 

[SUFCGoals]

Yeah class. Unattached in the 2nd week of September with no pre season behind them.

You might need a thesaurus.

Didn’t say right away they’d be class did I? Once they’re up to full fitness they’d be. Do you take everything so literally?

 

[WillMay333]

Didn’t say right away they’d be class did I? Once they’re up to full fitness they’d be. Do you take everything so literally?

Think he's emphasising on the point that we need fit ready players now, by the time someone comes and "beds in", our strikers could be back fit.

 

[SUFCGoals]

Think he's emphasising on the point that we need fit ready players now, by the time someone comes and "beds in", our strikers could be back fit.

He should have said that then

 

[Crowstone Crevette]

So has pants. Who of us hasn't used the throw them against the wall and see if they stick test to tell if they need changing.

If they stick surely you just turn them inside out and wear them for another month?

 

[stewart]

Think the last aged striker we got was the goat, came from Man City i do believe .Think he was loved and still is by almost everyone. Yes sounds like a PB signing but im happy for it to happen if true . He may be just the man we need up front also im sure can teach Pebble a lot Should be fit enough to do a solid 60 minutes to begin with ,then bring on Pebble as replacement .

 

[SeldomSeenShrimper]

Think the last aged striker we got was the goat, came from Man City i do believe .Think he was loved and still is by almost everyone. Yes sounds like a PB signing but im happy for it to happen if true . He may be just the man we need up front also im sure can teach Pebble a lot Should be fit enough to do a solid 60 minutes to begin with ,then bring on Pebble as replacement .

Feels a bit more like Paul Furlong in my opinion but hoping for a Marc-Antoine Fortuné

 

[Colchester and proud!]

That last bit sounds a bit like you lads a few seasons ago where you had basically a team of ex Ipswich players

Yes we did have quite a few didn't we, those days and links are gone now, we had a lot of ex Ipswich connections as managers and coaches etc too but it is a new dawn now so we have loads of ex Lincoln, Pompey and any other club the Cowleys have been working for players now

 

[Richard Hearn]

Yes we did have quite a few didn't we, those days and links are gone now, we had a lot of ex Ipswich connections as managers and coaches etc too but it is a new dawn now so we have loads of ex Lincoln, Pompey and any other club the Cowleys have been working for players now

They may well be lining up a few FitzWimarc lads for you, then.

 

[Colchester and proud!]

They may well be lining up a few FitzWimarc lads for you, then.

Yup I hear the caretaker is a dangerous number 9, he is also a decent sweeper......