Transfer Gossip

[dusan nikolic]

On 17/12/2023 at 21:17, Johnnyrotten said:

I could virtually give a match report on most home games in the 80s/early 90s, and plenty away, but I could hardly name a player from a given season since turn of century.  I can name players from eras, but definitely wouldn't be able to pin games or players names to a particular year or even within 2 or 3 years.  Just a blur of merged memories last 20 years.  81-82 clear as a whistle, who played, the best wins etc.

It's crazy isn't it , I struggle with a lot of the latter premier League seasons also but remember the 95 and 97 season pretty well even now.

[Zico]

1 hour ago, dusan nikolic said:

Yes  I don't think there were many full season loans back then in general , I'm trying to think if Taylor , Salako and Carr were January loans in 1998.

Taylor definitely came in January

[gonzo]

2 minutes ago, Zico said:

Taylor definitely came in January

Was there such thing as transfer windows back then?

[tomski]

7 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Was there such thing as transfer windows back then?

Think he signed in Jan and sure re signed later that season on loan or something like that on March deadline

[dusan nikolic]

15 minutes ago, Zico said:

Taylor definitely came in January

I think your right,  wasn't THAT goal he scored in February time

Edited December 19, 2023 by dusan nikolic

[tomski]

1 minute ago, dusan nikolic said:

I think your right,  wasn't THE goal he scored in February time

Yes

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

20 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Was there such thing as transfer windows back then?

I think you could sign players right up until a date in March

When we first signed Djorkaeff, we signed him in February

[Zico]

57 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Was there such thing as transfer windows back then?

Sort of, couldn't sign anyone after march 

Also

Taylor was initially a one month loan 

Remember them? 

Are they still even a thing? Not heard of one in years

 

[Biggish Dave]

9 minutes ago, Zico said:

Sort of, couldn't sign anyone after march 

Also

Taylor was initially a one month loan 

Remember them? 

Are they still even a thing? Not heard of one in years

 

Loans were limited to 3 months in the season too weren't they

[Leyther_Matt]

Franz Carr played against Liverpool in November so was a November signing. Possibly post-Beardsley but not sure. 

[dusan nikolic]

17 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Franz Carr played against Liverpool in November so was a November signing. Possibly post-Beardsley but not sure. 

Yes , Carr made 5 Sub Appearences and Salako made 7 from sub.

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

46 minutes ago, Zico said:

Sort of, couldn't sign anyone after march 

Also

Taylor was initially a one month loan 

Remember them? 

Are they still even a thing? Not heard of one in years

 

No one-month loans now

[Johnnyrotten]

1 hour ago, Zico said:

Sort of, couldn't sign anyone after march 

Also

Taylor was initially a one month loan 

Remember them? 

Are they still even a thing? Not heard of one in years

 

Good point.  It was fairly routine to sign someone for a month, now it feels like a fairly big commitment on both sides to get someone on loan, I wish they'd bring it back.  Could try before you buy, like Mark Seagraves in the 90s, or send 'em back sharpish like Mike Ring and Nigel Jemson.  Or extend a month or 2 - Andy Dibble IIRC.

[gonzo]

Them two scotchers we signed in 99 were belters. 

Ritchie and Johnstone

[gonzo]

Sounds like a BBC Scottish detective drama.

[1969]

2 hours ago, gonzo said:

Them two scotchers we signed in 99 were belters. 

Ritchie and Johnstone

Ritchie was a superb player 

[DirtySanchez]

13 minutes ago, 1969 said:

Ritchie was a superb player 

Gave away possibly the most stupidest penalty in that game v Ipswich 

Johnston also scored a cracker in it 

Gonzo, don't 😃

[bolton va va]

2 hours ago, gonzo said:

Sounds like a BBC Scottish detective drama.

" Ritchie & Johnstone, two tough cops doing a tough job in a tough city ".

[Leyther_Matt]

1 hour ago, 1969 said:

Ritchie was a superb player 

Was a bit of a weird one that he’d been linked with Rangers for what felt like a couple of years. Signed for them on a Bosman but Hearts loaned him to us rather than playing him themselves or let him go to Rangers early. Finally goes to Rangers in the summer and they decide to sell him to Man City without him ever playing a game. 

[gonzo]

Don't tell me not to do things

 

 

[RONNIE PHILLIPS]

22 hours ago, dusan nikolic said:

I think your right,  wasn't THAT goal he scored in February time

Feb 6th

[DirtySanchez]

30 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Don't tell me not to do things

 

 

Fuck off

Next day I had to spend the office with an Ipswich fan 

It was small and only two of us 

Her first thing: fancy a brew

Me: fuck off 

Bit later 

Her: I'm off to lunch, can you cover stuff

Me: fuck off 

Later 

Her: I'm off home 

Me: Fuck off

[DirtySanchez]

I'd been to the game and think they were the only words I said the next day

[Farrelli]

11 hours ago, DirtySanchez said:

Fuck off

Next day I had to spend the office with an Ipswich fan 

It was small and only two of us 

Her first thing: fancy a brew

Me: fuck off 

Bit later 

Her: I'm off to lunch, can you cover stuff

Me: fuck off 

Later 

Her: I'm off home 

Me: Fuck off

Are you still married?

[Tonge moor green jacket]

With these rumours around Charles; if he was snapped up by someone higher up, who would you look at as a replacement?

Just a talking point, as I don't think he'll go, but I've no idea who would be suitable.

I note that both Stevenage and Northampton have a player each with a decent goal record this season, and maybe that's the type we'd have to look at, but in general, I've no idea.