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

[shrimperjon]

Just spoke with a Billericay Town friend and he said George Wind was missing from the squad last night and news was that he is set to sign for a NL side. So looks good

 

[Smiffy]

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

Jul 5, 2024

Here we go (finally)

This list as always is based on rumours circulating on here and the socials. Updated at regular intervals.



Joe Gubbins: CB: Free Agent. 2 year contract.

Josh Walker: ST: Burton. 2 year contract. Undisclosed fee.

George Wind: RB: Billericay. 2 year contract (+1). Undisclosed fee.

James Hillson: GK: Free agent. Non-contract.

George Moncur: CM: Orient. Season Loan.

Keenan Appiah-Forson: CM: Free Agent. 2 year contract.

Aribim Pepple: ST: Luton. Season Loan.

Macauley Bonne: ST: Free Agent. 1...

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[Boreham Blue]

I’d say, if we brought in another goalkeeper (potentially the lad from Arsenal), Wind, Pedder & Tshimanga on top of deals already done for Gubbins & Walker, we’d have had excellent summers worth of business, considering how far behind we started and the top targets we missed out on.

This suggests you’re more confident in Tshimanga than some reports suggest. I’ll take that confidence.

 

[Shrimper95]

Yes.

You willing to share?

 

[BoyWonder2]

This suggests you’re more confident in Tshimanga than some reports suggest. I’ll take that confidence.

No, all I’m saying is those names have all been rumoured with us and if we bring them all in happy days.

Talks are still ongoing with Tshimanga/agent/Peterborough.

 

[BoyWonder2]

You willing to share?

I can share a couple, but some names may reappear on the whiteboard so don’t want to name all of them.

Jack Sims at Braintree, Harrison Male at Dorking, Pearce and Felix (RWB) at Worthing, Stephen Duke-McKenna, Omar Mussa, the Chelmsford centre half who signed for Aldershot whose name escapes me at the moment.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

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

Jul 5, 2024

Here we go (finally)

This list as always is based on rumours circulating on here and the socials. Updated at regular intervals.



Joe Gubbins: CB: Free Agent. 2 year contract.

Josh Walker: ST: Burton. 2 year contract. Undisclosed fee.

George Wind: RB: Billericay. 2 year contract (+1). Undisclosed fee.

James Hillson: GK: Free agent. Non-contract.

George Moncur: CM: Orient. Season Loan.

Keenan Appiah-Forson: CM: Free Agent. 2 year contract.

Aribim Pepple: ST: Luton. Season Loan.

Macauley Bonne: ST: Free Agent. 1...

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Pedder has to be more than an orange surely? He’s actually training with the club and was invited on tour.

I can share a couple, but some names may reappear on the whiteboard so don’t want to name all of them.

Jack Sims at Braintree, Harrison Male at Dorking, Pearce and Felix (RWB) at Worthing, Stephen Duke-McKenna, Omar Mussa, the Chelmsford centre half who signed for Aldershot whose name escapes me at the moment.

Luke Jenkins

 

[amsemp]

Having four options up front of Cardwell, Waldron, Walker and Tshimanga would be insanely good. 3 out of those 4 more than know where the back of the net is at NL and Waldron at NLN. All 26 or 27 years old, so in their prime.

What we’d have done for options like that in our League 2 relegation season when we couldn’t hit a cow’s arse with a banjo.

 

[BoyWonder2]

Pedder has to be more than an orange surely? He’s actually training with the club and was invited on tour.


Luke Jenkins

Luke Jenkins, that’s the fella.

Gubbins and Walker were both top targets, so not all doom and gloom.

Also, centre half who was released by Col Ewe Dallison, who signed for Ebbsfleet. But he was a back up target incase we couldn’t get Gubbins.

There are loads of names that have come off the whiteboard. Some we missed out because of the embargo, some are/were after silly money, some didn’t want to come, some were back up targets if we secured another target and so forth.

 

[BEERMONSTER]

Luke Jenkins, that’s the fella.

Gubbins and Walker were both top targets, so not all doom and gloom.

Also, centre half who was released by Col Ewe Dallison, who signed for Ebbsfleet. But he was a back up target incase we couldn’t get Gubbins.

There are loads of names that have come off the whiteboard. Some we missed out because of the embargo, some are/were after silly money, some didn’t want to come, some were back up targets if we secured another target and so forth.

So in short those that matter know what their doing when it comes to recruitment and if something can be done it will be! Can we really ask for anything more. Thanks as always for your posts, appreciated

 

[TheCowboy]

hello there, are you suggesting that might be on the cards? That group of four lads.

Just spoke with a Billericay Town friend and he said George Wind was missing from the squad last night and news was that he is set to sign for a NL side. So looks good

Thanks Jon, your input is normally spot on and very much appreciated

 

[Tommy2holes]

I thought the Tshimanga deal had cooled right down, purely down to finances. Hope it can be resolved.

Pedder looks a good bet to get a deal.

The Billericay lad seems a done deal and will keep GSM on his toes.

 

[Leeboy]

From what I've seen & heard Raff Pedder has to be worth a 6 month / 1 year punt?

Even if he gets only cameo sub apps he won't be on much dollar.

Could be the new Ryan Leonard

 

[Shrimper]

Are we signing Earth and Fire too?

 

[hlane17]

Any truth to George Moncur?

 

[BoyWonder2]

So in short those that matter know what their doing when it comes to recruitment and if something can be done it will be! Can we really ask for anything more. Thanks as always for your posts, appreciated

Yes, we have the right people in the right places. They are incredibly professional and incredibly thorough, which hasn’t always been the case.

 

[Roger The Alien]

Just spoke with a Billericay Town friend and he said George Wind was missing from the squad last night and news was that he is set to sign for a NL side. So looks good

I be shocked if he end up any other NL clubs than Southend, especially we are his local side, plus he be closer to home and his family’s, which is important.

 

[Flinty]

Really? Saw him at Great Wakering, who are four levels below us and at Bishop’s Stortford, who are two levels below us.

The gap looked greater between him and Gus (admittedly one of our better players) than between him and Wakering.

Then against players two divisions lower at Stortford he didn’t stand out as superior to them.

He doesn’t appear to offer any positional versatility (he played LWB long enough to see that’s not realistic), seemed an unremarkable athlete (small, didn’t demonstrate pace) and is already 23 years old so limited projectability, especially as he looked fairly well coached so you’re not going to get much more out of him by coaching him up.

If I had to categorise him I’d say maybe low end NLNor S/high end Isthmian Prem?

Wouldn’t be an upgrade IMO over Leon Davies who we released two(?) years ago.

Agree 100 % with this

 

[SUFCGoals]

He's been sold twice since leaving us, so no

I’m pretty sure when a player comes out from a youth academy they get some sort of money down line. I think it’s something like 0.5% or 1%. Not much but still something

 

[Shrimper]

I’m pretty sure when a player comes out from a youth academy they get some sort of money down line. I think it’s something like 0.5% or 1%. Not much but still something

Yes, they get a contribution. But we don't have a sell on clause