(That long since we've had any, couldn't find the thread)

Alan Nixon: "Top Liverpool starlet Cameron Branagan will Ben allowed out on loan in Jan.

Bolton lead the race for the 20 year old midfielder"

Edited December 11, 20169 yr by Ratwhite

10 minutes ago, masi 51 said:

Hopefully he has a taste for deep fried mars bars

 

How can he be signed and Ceejay..........That would be three oversea players meaning Schon would have to be shipped out

No Schon can be reclassed apparently as he featured in over 60% of our games last season. Only saw this on a twitter thread yesterday mind.

24 minutes ago, masi 51 said:

Hopefully he has a taste for deep fried mars bars

 

How can he be signed and Ceejay..........That would be three oversea players meaning Schon would have to be shipped out

I thought that but have a read of this

Apparently not

 

I always thought international appearances of a certain level meant they satisfied the visa criteria anyway, not that Schon or Gale's necessarily do, was just my assumption that if we were able to sign more that must be why. 

There’s clearly a blockage somewhere or this deal would have been done by now. The influence his agent seems to have concerns me because if he has been over aggressive with his current club and the players also been agitating for a move for some time would they be the kind we want to be bringing in here just at the moment? 

8 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said:

There’s clearly a blockage somewhere or this deal would have been done by now. The influence his agent seems to have concerns me because if he has been over aggressive with his current club and the players also been agitating for a move for some time would they be the kind we want to be bringing in here just at the moment? 

Player hadn’t discussed personal terms, let alone have a medical, as of yesterday. No blockage. These things take time but because it’s come out in the media, it’ll seem protracted to fans.  

4 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said:

There’s clearly a blockage somewhere or this deal would have been done by now. The influence his agent seems to have concerns me because if he has been over aggressive with his current club and the players also been agitating for a move for some time would they be the kind we want to be bringing in here just at the moment? 

It’s been announced that the clubs have agreed the fee so it’s probably personal terms, and I agree he/his agent comes across as a trouble maker.

Looked into him a bit more and he definitely seems more CM than DM (although Norrskoping struggled in the Allsvenskan a bit last year so maybe he was forced to play deeper?) but he has good feet - if so, we would have a surfeit of folk who can play that role so I don’t reckon it’s our top priority.

I suspect there will be loads more transfer action before it settles down and we get a clearer idea of how next season’s team will shape up.

Obviously it will be taller 😎

13 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said:

There’s clearly a blockage somewhere or this deal would have been done by now. The influence his agent seems to have concerns me because if he has been over aggressive with his current club and the players also been agitating for a move for some time would they be the kind we want to be bringing in here just at the moment? 

You have a serious skill for building a situation and a theory out of absolutely nothing and then worrying about it as though it’s fact. I don’t know how you make it through the day.

Chill out and enjoy the summer. SS is building his team of giants - if this lad fits then he’ll be in, if not then we’ll find another big bastard.

5 minutes ago, thebells said:

Player hadn’t discussed personal terms, let alone have a medical, as of yesterday. No blockage. These things take time but because it’s come out in the media, it’ll seem protracted to fans.  

No not having any of that 

We could have signed him when ever we wanted to 🤪

The way I see it is that this agent should be commended, he wants his player to play for BWFC, the more agents like him the better hahaha

 

Maybe more players we want should take him as their agent 😁 

Edited July 4, 2025Jul 4 by SalCity Biggie
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Internal unrest.

😁

We discussed the overseas player situation before. It's ridiculously complex.

I'm sure the club will have all that covered.

40 minutes ago, SalCity Biggie said:

The way I see it is that this agent should be commended, he wants his player to play for BWFC, the more agents like him the better hahaha

 

Maybe more players we want should take him as their agent 😁 

Better than Craig Allardyce, tbh.

9 hours ago, Wanderlust said:

Very difficult to find out anything about Jesper Ceesay. Swedish fans I know don’t support Norrköping and the internet mainly has stuff about his brother Joseph who is on Malmö’s books but on loan to Cesena in Serie B last year.

So from the fans forums (and bear in mind this is fans talking) I gather

- he is already a Bolton player as per wiki

- they rate him as a stick a foot/head in DM who protects the defence well and adds height at set pieces - I thought he was more CM.

- he’s been angling for a move and has been a bit of a prick/troublemaker recently to get one. Maybe they are referring to the agent, but I can’t tell.

- has (and I quote) “an annoying injury history”

- lacks attacking instincts (they are particularly sore about an open goal chance he missed against a rival)

- will be missed by many of their fans

..and the general impression is that he’s a good defensive shield, but not much more. Not what I imagined tbh.

Muamba-esque?
 

Sounds like he's MJ Williams-esque.  A good defensive shield, injury history, adds height at set pieces.  And particularly the bit about lacking attacking instincts, for a decent footballer MJ was bizarrely incapable in front of goal.

5 hours ago, tomski said:

According to twitter Thierry Gale (winger) deciding between us, Dundee United or Aberdeen for his next move.

Done deal according to Nixon.

2 hours ago, Eddie said:

You have a serious skill for building a situation and a theory out of absolutely nothing and then worrying about it as though it’s fact. I don’t know how you make it through the day.

 

I'm genuinely concerned that he is my wife.

8 minutes ago, gonzo said:

I'm genuinely concerned that he is my wife.

I fear we’re both married to the same wife. 

3 hours ago, Eddie said:

SS is building his team of giants

'They might be Giants', I wonder if anything by them might be good for our lads to walk out to? 

EDIT - had a look, probably not 🤣

20 minutes ago, Popeye doyle said:

I fear we’re both married to the same wife. 

Why is she in Portugal with me then?

1 hour ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Sounds like he's MJ Williams-esque.  A good defensive shield, injury history, adds height at set pieces.  And particularly the bit about lacking attacking instincts, for a decent footballer MJ was bizarrely incapable in front of goal.

Always been a puzzler that trait. Gifted players who don’t hesitate for a nanosecond when snuffing out danger but get wobbly knees anywhere near a scoring opportunity.

They know that hesitation in front of goal ruins the chance because that’s exactly what gives them the opportunity to tackle or block so it’s not a huge intellectual leap to knowing what’s needed when they get a chance themselves at the other end.

We did awreet with a Caribbean wide boy in the past,  so by that reason it,ll be reet   

34 minutes ago, W.cramp said:

We did awreet with a Caribbean wide boy in the past,  so by that reason it,ll be reet   

World famous! 🤣

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierry_Gale

 

7 hours ago, tomski said:

According to twitter Thierry Gale (winger) deciding between us, Dundee United or Aberdeen for his next move.

Terry Breeze

4 hours ago, Steejay said:

Internal unrest.

😁

Sounds like my kitchen this morning.

I presume the singing of Gale means we won't be going back in for either the lad at Salford or the one at Celtic, if not both

10 minutes ago, Zico said:

I presume the singing of Gale means we won't be going back in for either the lad at Salford or the one at Celtic, if not both

I think the lad from Celtic may have been seen as more of an option upfront. Could still be on for him if the price is right. 

If wiki is accurate, 5'6" seems very small for an SS man, even if he is a winger