A Bit of Fun Transfer Rumours Thread (Potential New Signings)

Shepshead · Jul 25, 2021

KiwiRob said:
Would prefer Courtney Duffus. He is 6' 2" and can play upfront with Murphy or Rush. Michael Cheek is 5' 8" and is more of a goal poacher, albeit a prolific one.

Duffus has been is injured, hardly kicked a ball since March and Cheek is over 6ft, and good with his head.

Linda Loan Shark · Jul 25, 2021

Shepshead said:
Duffus has been is injured, hardly kicked a ball since March and Cheek is over 6ft, and good with his head.

Injury proned that's perfect for us

KiwiRob · Jul 25, 2021

Shepshead said:
Duffus has been is injured, hardly kicked a ball since March and Cheek is over 6ft, and good with his head.

Thanks, Shepshead. I stand corrected. I got the 5'8" figure for Cheek from sources on the internet. If Cheek is over 6ft and good in the air that would change the picture. The problem - and it is a big problem - Cheek is under contract with Bromley and would probably cost more than Southend could pay.

Hopefully, we get some news on the transfer front shortly.

Taters123 · Jul 25, 2021

KiwiRob said:
Thanks, Shepshead. I stand corrected. I got the 5'8" figure for Cheek from sources on the internet. If Cheek is over 6ft and good in the air that would change the picture. The problem - and it is a big problem - Cheek is under contract with Bromley and would probably cost more than Southend could pay.

Hopefully, we get some news on the transfer front shortly.

If it was Cheek, would Brown need to go and watch him as surely his record stands out for itself?

Westcliff DGS · Jul 25, 2021

Taters123 said:
If it was Cheek, would Brown need to go and watch him as surely his record stands out for itself?

I think you would as you need to see if his style fits with what you want to play, you want to see his movement, intelligence on the pitch etc.

having a good goal scoring record doesn’t mean it works at all teams.

shrimper loz · Jul 25, 2021

Could it be Kabongo Tshimanga? Borehamwood played away at Chelmsford yesterday in a 3pm kick off.

amsemp · Jul 25, 2021

shrimper loz said:
Could it be Kabongo Tshimanga? Borehamwood played away at Chelmsford yesterday in a 3pm kick off. View attachment 16255

Lots of L1 and L2 clubs interested in him so I think that rules him out for us unfortunately

Shepshead · Jul 25, 2021

Westcliff DGS said:
I thin’ you would as you need to see if his style fits with what you want to play, you want to see his movement, intelligence on the pitch etc.

having a good goal scoring record doesn’t mean it works at all teams.

His former clubs may disagree, given his career stats.

KiwiRob · Jul 25, 2021

amsemp said:
Lots of L1 and L2 clubs interested in him so I think that rules him out for us unfortunately

Yes Tshimanga would probably command a six figure fee so that would seem to rule him out.

Westcliff DGS · Jul 25, 2021

Shepshead said:
His former clubs may disagree, given his career stats.

That may be the case but if you don’t play a way that suits a certain player it may not work out, so you would do your DD if you dont then it is incompetence to a degree

SUFCGoals · Jul 25, 2021

KiwiRob said:
Yes Tshimanga would probably command a six figure fee so that would seem to rule him out.

According to Transfermarkt, he's out of conntract. Maybe only at Boreham Wood for fitness.

LennySUFC · Jul 25, 2021

Kyle Hudlin played for Solihull Moors yesterday afternoon.

We’ve likely no chance of signing him but my word he would be incredible.

rigsby · Jul 25, 2021

Why would PB need to see a player when a quick google search and a 30 second glance at their stats tells us all we need to know.

Lincoln Shrimp · Jul 25, 2021

Previous experience tells me we should never get too excited when PB comes out with these kind of statements.

KiwiRob · Jul 25, 2021

SUFCGoals said:
According to Transfermarkt, he's out of conntract. Maybe only at Boreham Wood for fitness.

According to the Notts County manager, Tshimanga is under contract at Boreham and would require a big fee to buy him:

Burchnall clarifies Tshimanga and Boden rumours as Notts hunt striker

The Magpies are looking to bolster their forward line ahead of the new season as they look to secure promotion to the Football League next term

www.nottinghampost.com

Yorkshire Blue · Jul 25, 2021

Lincoln Shrimp said:
Previous experience tells me we should never get too excited when PB comes out with these kind of statements.

Who won’t be excited are the trialists. He’s basically said no thanks there. Even if we do sign one of them they are going to know they weren’t first choice.

WestyReturns · Jul 25, 2021

Petejames said:
We offered him 3k a week in January he was set to sign and pulled out at the 11th hour!!

And I offered him 5k but he turned my pub team down too. Its easy to make up stuff as an excuse for failure. Surely no one with basic intelligence would believe we had one target and one target only and if that failed we would not have a backup plan.

sufc4life21 · Jul 25, 2021

Have any of the trialist impressed? Admittedly I haven't been to any friendly games.

Boreham Blue · Jul 25, 2021

sufc4life21 said:
Have any of the trialist impressed? Admittedly I haven't been to any friendly games.

Deon Moore the best from what I saw

rigsby · Jul 25, 2021

Lincoln Shrimp said:
Previous experience tells me we should never get too excited when PB comes out with these kind of statements.

True but more recent experience tells us if a manger doesn't come out with with these kind of statements he gets slagged.

PB has been around long enough, he is actually doing CP a favour with all his comments......If truth be told.