August 31, 20241 yr 37 minutes ago, radcliffe white said: If they have the cash fair play This season was going to be more competitive regardless yeah but we are still gonna walk the league. no need to panic n that.
August 31, 20241 yr The fact that we are moving on from Iredale says a lot. We signed him one year after promotion from League 2. He's been a reasonable signing, done OK for us, far from a washout. But he wasn't quite the type of signing that was going to get us to the Championship. I actually think the same about Sheehan. Dare I say it, Santos and Gethin may be in this category too. It makes me think of the early to mid-1990s when we started moving on from players we'd valued - Reeves, Philliskirk, Cowdrill, Felgate, Storer. None of those players were in the side that Bruce got us promoted with. Darby had fallen to the fringes a bit. On the downside I think we look a bit thin again. It's probably only because Forrester, Lolos and CMG are all injured but I'm definitely a fan of us getting a free agent in to bolster things up a bit. One or two real prospects coming through the B team would be really handy at this point, especially with Freight Rover games on the horizon. Not sure we've got that up our sleeve though.
August 31, 20241 yr 27 minutes ago, Big E said: yeah but we are still gonna walk the league. no need to panic n that. Has anyone actually said that?
August 31, 20241 yr Just now, gonzo said: Has anyone actually said that? I can't remember which poster it was but it was claimed on here the other week Or it was something like "with the players we've got we should walk the league"
August 31, 20241 yr 2 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: I can't remember which poster it was but it was claimed on here the other week Or it was something like "with the players we've got we should walk the league" I'm hoping it was at 3am heavily under the influence. I am also hoping it wasn't me
August 31, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, gonzo said: My lasting memory of Iredale is walking up to a corner at Wembley with minutes to go like he was out on a Sunday morning stroll getting his steps in. And getting turned inside out by Kelman at Orient. I won't lose any sleep. Orient was his goodbye . Missing the header and falling over in the first game showed his worth.
August 31, 20241 yr 9 hours ago, tomski said: If they've got the outside investment, this is the last league you can spend it without restrictions as long as you can cover the wage bill from club revenue. Sort of makes sense for any well funded club spending a year down here to go big.
August 31, 20241 yr Why did we not say we had a bid turned down for Vic, why did we say 7 figure bid. 90% on here think that is mental. Heaps pressure on Evatt for no reason unless we have also bids in from Turkey I think Vic will still be gone in the next 10 days. Doubt he will be in the squad against Exeter [another slight injury] Tomorrow will tell us a lot
August 31, 20241 yr 4 minutes ago, masi 51 said: Why did we not say we had a bid turned down for Vic, why did we say 7 figure bid. 90% on here think that is mental. Heaps pressure on Evatt for no reason unless we have also bids in from Turkey I think Vic will still be gone in the next 10 days. Doubt he will be in the squad against Exeter [another slight injury] Tomorrow will tell us a lot Not so sure about that. If there was also interest from Championship clubs that’s now ended so less competition on the fee from this so far unnamed Turkish club. I don’t think Vic will be going anywhere and I’m actually glad because I believe he’ll have a good season here.
August 31, 20241 yr 33 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said: Not so sure about that. If there was also interest from Championship clubs that’s now ended so less competition on the fee from this so far unnamed Turkish club. I don’t think Vic will be going anywhere and I’m actually glad because I believe he’ll have a good season here. The club is Goztepe who have the same London-based owners as Southampton.
August 31, 20241 yr 36 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said: Not so sure about that. If there was also interest from Championship clubs that’s now ended so less competition on the fee from this so far unnamed Turkish club. I don’t think Vic will be going anywhere and I’m actually glad because I believe he’ll have a good season here. I just do not see why it was released that we have had a 7 figure offer...........Will not help Vic or Evatt
August 31, 20241 yr 8 minutes ago, masi 51 said: I just do not see why it was released that we have had a 7 figure offer...........Will not help Vic or Evatt To try to get Sports Republic to up their bid to say £1.1 m? Their chairman used to be Brentford's sporting director though, so probably knows Vic's value. But they are spending to try to revive Goztepe who haven't been a top Turkish side since the '60s TBH. SR have the money - they spent 100 m on Southampton signings this window. Edited August 31, 20241 yr by Wanderlust
August 31, 20241 yr 11 minutes ago, Rizlar said: Let’s see which free agents we now sign ? No issue with a free agent, but if they've no pre-aeason they're 6-8 weeks off starting, minimum. If they're 'contract terminated by mutual agreement' then that's not an issue.
August 31, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, paulhanley said: The fact that we are moving on from Iredale says a lot. We signed him one year after promotion from League 2. He's been a reasonable signing, done OK for us, far from a washout. But he wasn't quite the type of signing that was going to get us to the Championship. I actually think the same about Sheehan. Dare I say it, Santos and Gethin may be in this category too. That’s a process that IE has managed incredibly well during his time with us, probably up until last winter when it was a bit of a squiffy window to say the least. When you think back to even the likes of Tutte and then MJ being massive players, the goalkeeper changes with Gilks etc, it’s generally been a positive evolution every 6-12 months.
August 31, 20241 yr I reckon Morley will do well on loan in a decent mid table Wycombe side, Dan more likely to get injured for most the season than get to 5 goals for Cambridge but if he does do well it's great for us, Iredale as much as he was versatile always seemed injured or just weren't up to much. This free agent we are supposedly getting must be decent as Evatt has said we've moved past free agents so something must have excited him of a decent profile but we all know we wont see him until Jan because Evatt will be going on about him having no pre season playing catch up for half the season. Edited August 31, 20241 yr by Deanu
August 31, 20241 yr 41 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said: That’s a process that IE has managed incredibly well during his time with us, probably up until last winter when it was a bit of a squiffy window to say the least. When you think back to even the likes of Tutte and then MJ being massive players, the goalkeeper changes with Gilks etc, it’s generally been a positive evolution every 6-12 months. Correct. But folk choose to judge the recruitment on rare failures like Dan.
August 31, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, gonzo said: Has anyone actually said that? No. It was again, all in my head
August 31, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, Stig said: Never played in his proper position in fairness. Was excellent at Cambridge as a left back and he never looked that comfortable either in LCB or wingback. He was a good threat at set pieces though, need more of them at the back. Agree with that. File with other players signed that IE didn't have a position for, Ashworth was another. Left backs in a team that doesn't play with full backs. Good luck to them both, decent full backs from what I saw with a bit of physicality and bite, and far better passers than Williams (not sure about Schon's passing yet, not seen enough). Losing those two has reduced our physicality and aerial ability on the left, we look weaker.
August 31, 20241 yr 13 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said: Agree with that. File with other players signed that IE didn't have a position for, Ashworth was another. Left backs in a team that doesn't play with full backs. Good luck to them both, decent full backs from what I saw with a bit of physicality and bite, and far better passers than Williams (not sure about Schon's passing yet, not seen enough). Losing those two has reduced our physicality and aerial ability on the left, we look weaker. Those are my feelings too. Jack is an out and out full back but was never really played as that. He also had an incredibly good long throw which again was never utilised by Evatt which I’m sure could have been exploited against those teams who just sat in. I wish Jack well he was one of the only ones with a bit of attitude when things got tough which again we will miss.
August 31, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, paulhanley said: The fact that we are moving on from Iredale says a lot. We signed him one year after promotion from League 2. He's been a reasonable signing, done OK for us, far from a washout. But probably more to do with not using full backs than him being replaced by better. Williams first, then Schon, just a different style of player. Maybe Schon will prove to be an upgrade in time, hard to tell yet. But we've lost some quality on the left (passing, physicality, height, leadership) that we haven't replaced like for like, just different qualities (pace mainly but currently not a lot of evidence of much else). On the right hand side we've gone the other way because we had Fossey and then Bradley tearing down that side and JDC doesn't really have that in his game. Overall its a stretch to think we've improved on the flanks, I'd be happy to go back to what it was 2 or 3 years ago.
August 31, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, gonzo said: Correct. But folk choose to judge the recruitment on rare failures like Dan. I don’t think it’s choosing but when a club has had limited spending resources the ones that cost will get highlighted if they fail to deliver
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