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Transfer targets

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shrimperjon said:
Yet some reports out of Ipswich suggest he did ok, just struggled with injuries. Try not to take too much notice of fans views from players old clubs as they are a majority of time negative. There were plenty of Col Utd fans who slated in particular Coker and in some cases White, both of whom have been excellent during their time with us
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I know what you mean but I try to be honest with my opinions John and Ben were both decent players I said as much when they joined you, John rarely had a bad game for us he was not a total stand out performer but a good solid regular 7/10 and could play in several different positions. Ben started off well adjusting to league football and looked full of potential, but then fell away and looked well out of his depth in league one. I remember he looked more like a wide midfield player than a defender but maybe he has settled down now, it would appear so given his performances most of last season.
 
Jam_Man said:
Scored 13 3 years ago which is a decent return, then 21 which is very good. Only got 9 last season but Orient were a mess.

We arent going to get many strikers we can bring in with records of scoring more than 40 goals in 3 seasons.
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Cambridge managed to get one.

Colchester and proud! said:
Anthony is a very good player on his day but those good days can be few and far between. He came up through our youth system and spent 8 years at Colchester playing about 180 games. He would link up well with John White because they played a lot of games together, he was never going to fit in at Ipswich with Mick McCarthy he doesn't work hard enough.
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Doesn't sound like a Brown player either then, although he went in for O'Toole (although dumped him very quickly too).
 
kingSHRIMPER said:
The last I read was that Freedman wanted to look at him in pre season before making any decisions, so guess we are waiting on Forest
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There is going to be a bit of that going on .......... which is why I do not see a need for Southend to "panic buy" the first players that come along. Wait a little longer and we might just get some good quality trialists suddenly appearing looking for a new club.
 
Rattus Norvegicus said:
There is going to be a bit of that going on .......... which is why I do not see a need for Southend to "panic buy" the first players that come along. Wait a little longer and we might just get some good quality trialists suddenly appearing looking for a new club.
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Can be catch 22 as well. You end up choosing from a pool of players no- one wants.
 
kingSHRIMPER said:
The last I read was that Freedman wanted to look at him in pre season before making any decisions, so guess we are waiting on Forest
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Heard the same too. Would be happy with McLaughlin signing as then we would have 2 wingers who can put in a quality cross. If we don't get him then I'd still like us to sign a winger, Weston seems best as an impact player and will have to prove himself and Hurst needs to prove himself after a poor season and he isn't young.

Personally, I'd like us to try and go for Max Power from Tranmere. Contract is running out, but as he turned down a new deal he might require a fee. Only 21 and with over 100 appearances and being club captain last season, he has the maturity. Look at his stats for last season and 13 goals and 7 assists, for a team which some described as the worst to visit Roots Hall, is very impressive, especially as he isn't their penalty taker.

Another is Kyle Dempsey, but has another year on his contract and could be out of our price range, from Carlisle. In his first full season managed 11 goals and 10 assists which is again quite impressive for a 19 year old breaking into the first team. He looks quite versatile so he was played as a right winger, left winger, central midfielder, attacking midfielder and forward last season.

A risker, but much cheaper option, would be Omar Rowe who was recently released by Southampton. Could be a good idea to bring several triallists in before pre-season starts and give them a week to prove themselves, then we could assess these risky young players who have had little to no first team appearances. Worth remembering that the likes of Eastwood, Maher, Gower and Moussa were all released from Premiership teams with no first team appearances, so even if we only find 1 or 2 out of 10 who could make it then it will be worthwhile IMO.
 
chapperzUK said:
Heard the same too. Would be happy with McLaughlin signing as then we would have 2 wingers who can put in a quality cross. If we don't get him then I'd still like us to sign a winger, Weston seems best as an impact player and will have to prove himself and Hurst needs to prove himself after a poor season and he isn't young.

Personally, I'd like us to try and go for Max Power from Tranmere. Contract is running out, but as he turned down a new deal he might require a fee. Only 21 and with over 100 appearances and being club captain last season, he has the maturity. Look at his stats for last season and 13 goals and 7 assists, for a team which some described as the worst to visit Roots Hall, is very impressive, especially as he isn't their penalty taker.

Another is Kyle Dempsey, but has another year on his contract and could be out of our price range, from Carlisle. In his first full season managed 11 goals and 10 assists which is again quite impressive for a 19 year old breaking into the first team. He looks quite versatile so he was played as a right winger, left winger, central midfielder, attacking midfielder and forward last season.

A risker, but much cheaper option, would be Omar Rowe who was recently released by Southampton. Could be a good idea to bring several triallists in before pre-season starts and give them a week to prove themselves, then we could assess these risky young players who have had little to no first team appearances. Worth remembering that the likes of Eastwood, Maher, Gower and Moussa were all released from Premiership teams with no first team appearances, so even if we only find 1 or 2 out of 10 who could make it then it will be worthwhile IMO.
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Didn't Max Power score a penalty against us at Prenton Park?
 
chapperzUK said:
Could be a good idea to bring several triallists in before pre-season starts and give them a week to prove themselves, then we could assess these risky young players who have had little to no first team appearances. Worth remembering that the likes of Eastwood, Maher, Gower and Moussa were all released from Premiership teams with no first team appearances, so even if we only find 1 or 2 out of 10 who could make it then it will be worthwhile IMO.
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Can you imagine the chaos that would ensue on here if we actually did that without any permanent signings. Oh the pain and gnashing of teeth that would ensue.
 
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