Most liked posts in thread: January 2024 Transfer Window

I honestly think you are all missing the obvious player...

...it's Kai Bruenker

 

The money from any sale won't be reinvested so it doesn't matter when he's sold.

 

That's not true Serg.

Platt and Stubbs started together from the end of February right through until 10th April during which time they helped keep 5 clean sheets in 8 matches and only conceded 5 during those games.

In fact, had it not been for Platts red card in the final minute at Crawley I'm fairly sure that partnership would have continued right though for the rest of the season.

 

The biggest problem we’ve had for a number of years is putting the ball in the net. We’ve also neglected the key position of midfield for a while and until we get some real quality in there, I feel we’ll struggle to progress.

 

His return has been decent this term, no arguments from me there.

I'd still take Walker every day though as I think he'll be much more involved in the the games even when not getting his name on the score sheet.

 

Any actual transfer rumours?

 

Similar thoughts to @Idlebantam on Smith and Richards. Smith hasn't made the most of his chances, doesn't seem to have the consistency to me a main player in the team but wouldn't be against him as squad depth. Just checked and he's had 3 goals from 35 efforts (only 13 on target) in L2 this season, not the best of turnarounds.

And Richards needs to get some fitness in him to see what player we actually have. He played 5, then missed 9, then came back for 6 and has missed 6 league games since. He had ankle surgery this time last season and was out for 4 months to cut his 2nd loan spell at Harrogate short, seems he just hasn't been able to stay fit since. His first loan spell at Harrogate in 21/22 when they stuck to his youth training and used him as a centre back, he had a serious groin injury that ruled his first loan spell short there too. Hopefully not, but all signs so far are pointing towards another crock.

 

The problem with this "who do we release" game is that everyone weighs up players as individuals but they play together as a team.

We can all go down and say 'get rid of x and y' but it creates unrealistic expectations as it isn't going to happen, plus we also need a squad of players. So, there's no issue for me with Richards, Halliday, Stubbs, Platt, Kelly as five defenders, we need a couple of real strong signings to go with them though who would be first team starters. Another strong right and left back and another strong CB. As a group, that would be fine in league two. We're not the league two Man City with two 'league one level' players in every position.

 

Stick to our guns. If the price isn’t met, don’t sell.
If he wants to take the Mickey out of us, let him train with the kids for the rest of the season

 

Absolutely correct.

Just shows weakness and opens us up to it happening again and again.

 

He has scraps compared to last season for sure. Maybe a casualty of us player narrower? As last time we had Banks and Halliday or Ridehalgh and Chapman on the left, playing between or finding a runner to get balls in the box. Might be wrong, but we are seemingly crossing way deeper this year, with the midfielder not filling those gaps left by the wingers, and the wing backs next exactly bombing on, because that's not their game. Certainly far more scrappy this season.

 

2nd top scorer in league 2 with 18 goals including a hat-trick last week suggests he is still a force to be reckoned with at this level and is a very good goals return for a target man.

Irrelevant anyhow as we couldn't afford him.

I would definitely take him though if we had a chance

 

I can imagine the supporters meltdown if we brought in another centre back to go with the batch we have already.

 

Do you know what. I'm not bothered if we don't sign anyone. I am usually very much a glass half full person, but even I have pretty much given up on this season. Had we moved early in the window and possibly turned around what has been a dismal January, then yes I could see the point. But here we are again at the last minute. I would say save the money and plan for the summer, but I don't trust us to do that right. I'm not totally convinced by GA either. In fact I'm just a bit fed up. I can't believe I've given up on us when it's still mathematically possible to make the play-offs.

 

Missed out on Lewis Hamilton he’s joining Ferrari he’s fast as f@&k

 

East and Odusina were never really part of the squad that GA saw and wanted trimming though.

 

I get that Dan Kemp is a good player but we already have Walker, Pointon, Chapman and others that can play that role so unless we get an unlikely big cash bid for one of them I think we'd be better off strengthening the weaker areas of the team.

 

What did you expect Doyle to do? Suddenly grow four inches to start winning flick on headers against tall centre backs? Completely re-model his natural game to transform himself into a back to goal target man overnight? Run around like a blue-arsed fly chasing lost causes outside the box when all his expertise was as a close range finisher? We had the lower league Gary Lineker but played him as though he was James Hanson. It was completely nuts.

The Young situation is different. We’d be recalling him to play him in his proper position as a striker. Also, he clearly fell out with Hughes but we now have a different manager who appears to be capable of getting improved performances out of players (eg Smallwood) who were obviously not happy under Hughes. That’s different from Doyle, who was recalled under the same manager that misused him beforehand.

You have no way of knowing that Young would down tools. That’s a massive supposition on your part.

 

Started all 20 NLN games this season and played 90 minutes every time. Every game at CB, managed to get 4 yellows and 6 clean sheets.

Seemed to have only ever played at RB in the City first time. Blyth have only ever used him in central defence, seem to remember he was a CB too in our academy.

 

It's almost as if Arsenal didn't pay £7m for Theo Walcott after just 20 appearances.

I mean, he only scored 4 times.