Transfer News, Gossip & Speculation Transfer Thread - Summer 2025 Edition.

[Shoeburynessshrimper]

Dion Pereira could be tidy addition as well as Josh Rees who scores a few goals from midfield in recent season . Wouldn’t mind golding back .

Defo need to add some pace to the side . Tyrese Shade could be another to look at .

Deffo tyrese shade

 

[SuperRonnieP]

I see Dan Creaney of Tamworth is leaving them to join a Full Time team. A Player who gets goals in this division! Good target man

Signed for Solihull

https://twitter.com/x/status/1937194231489061075

 

[IloveShrimp]

Lots of talk about signing 'goal scorers' but it doesn't matter who we sign if the chances are not created for them.

One of my fundamentals if I was KM would be to sign a chance creating midfield player who will create chances via the channels rather than the slow and predictable get it wide and cross tactics we employed for most of last season.

 

[leeblue]

Lots of talk about signing 'goal scorers' but it doesn't matter who we sign if the chances are not created for them.

One of my fundamentals if I was KM would be to sign a chance creating midfield player who will create chances via the channels rather than the slow and predictable get it wide and cross tactics we employed for most of last season.

Parillon is that guy.

 

[Shrimperborn1957]

Parillon is that guy.

Only if he is played in midfield and not out wide.

 

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

Brackley announced 'keeper Cameron Gregory from Boston.

 

[It'sGrimUpNorth]

IMO if Bonne signs, at least one of Hopper/Walker to be moved on

Both Walker & Hopper I hope.

 

[NZamba Legend]

Deffo tyrese shade

Would love a player called Tyrese. Sixers and the oh sixers

 

[Blues4LifeDan]

Maybe but I think he’s at Hornchurch now

I did post that on May 7th to be fair

I didn't know he wanted to go part time. Fair play to him, obviously has other interests he wants to pursue.

 

[Hadleigh-shrimper]

Only if he is played in midfield and not out wide.

Disagree. Loses ball to much in middle out wide it don’t matter so much he’s perfect off the left.

 

[Jack_23]

Disagree. Loses ball to much in middle out wide it don’t matter so much he’s perfect off the left.

Players that take risks going forward are more likely to lose the ball than your likes of Miley etc. I don’t mind attacking players losing the ball if what they are trying is the right idea

 

[* ORM *]

We are woefully short of depth in the squad so I expect some signings in several areas of the pitch.

Whether it takes time or not is entirely up to the Kev and COSU. However if it does take time for them to get things done, I do not want to hear half way through the season that we are suffering from being behind other teams in terms of a decent preseason and squad building.

To me it doesn’t matter where we make the signings but usually I’d expect them to be in an office/boardroom.

 

[* ORM *]

Both Walker & Hopper I hope.

It may have escaped your notice but both of these players were on the retained list.

 

[Hampshire Shrimp]

Deffo tyrese shade

Still under contract at Eastleigh FC plus we couldn`t afford him.

 

[SeldomSeenShrimper]

We keep slagging off our Strikers but we have 6 other outfielders on the pitch in every game who simply don't get the ball in to dangerous positions in the box

1 penalty last season highlighted that we just don't create enough

We need some wide creativity, Strikers are sorted if Bonne signs

 

[bazzashrimper]

We keep slagging off our Strikers but we have 6 other outfielders on the pitch in every game who simply don't get the ball in to dangerous positions in the box

1 penalty last season highlighted that we just don't create enough

We need some wide creativity, Strikers are sorted if Bonne signs

We do now. And Bonne only looked like half a player when played out wide.

 

[Liam AAS]

Can't compete with stupid

https://twitter.com/x/status/1937241121429528964

 

[Fairport]

Players that take risks going forward are more likely to lose the ball than your likes of Miley etc. I don’t mind attacking players losing the ball if what they are trying is the right idea

And better to lose the ball in your opponents half rather than in your own third.

 

[Holy Joe]

Can't compete with stupid

https://twitter.com/x/status/1937241121429528964

is COSU funding SUFC's losses via debt?

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Lots of talk about signing 'goal scorers' but it doesn't matter who we sign if the chances are not created for them.

One of my fundamentals if I was KM would be to sign a chance creating midfield player who will create chances via the channels rather than the slow and predictable get it wide and cross tactics we employed for most of last season.

We do create chances though.

We create enough chances for a RWB/RB to score 17 goals.

If I’ve totted up correctly we scored 43 goals (excluding cup games) after Christmas in 26 games. That’s not far off where we need to be with some better finishing.

We created more than enough chances for Bonne to get double figures. If anyone has his xG data please share it. The best I could find was hit shot conversion record on sofascore.

He had an 8% shot conversion record. Compare that to the division’s top-scorers Ollie Pearce (28%), Callum Stead (21%), Regan Linney (19%), Nick Haughton (15%), Dan Creaney (21%), Will Davies (19%), Scott-Morriss (20%).

If you think his teammates aren’t creating the same quality of chances as the divisions top scorers here are his teammates conversion rates for everyone who got at least 3 this last season

Golding 23%
GSM 20%

Pepple 17%
Ralph 15%
Kendall 14%
Hopper 13%
Walker 11%
Coker 11%
Goodliffe 11%

Bonne 9%

Plus here’s some numbers for 2023/24
Cardwell 21%
Kanu 21%
Coker 17%
Kendall (Woking) 15%
Hopper (L2) 15%
Gus 15%
Bridge 14%

Walker 10% (Gills, 1 goal, 1 big chance missed)
Walker 9% (Burton 1 goal, 1 big chance missed)
Bonne 9% (Gills 4 goals, 9 big chances missed)
Bonne 8% (Cambridge - 1 goal, 4 big chances missed)

2022/23 (no stats available for NL)
Walker 11% (Burton 2 goals, 3 big chances missed - nb only joined in February stats not available for Daggers where he scored 12 before joining Burton)
Bonne 14% (2 goals scored, 2 big chances missed)


It looks to me as if our forwards haven’t been clinical enough in front of goal regardless of what shirt they were wearing.

What I’d be looking for is an ascending young player with the attributes we need for our system who could be a breakout candidate much like the likes of Cardwell/Barnard/Corr/Constantine/Hopper (first time around) etc were.