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Summer 2025 transfer rumours

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by borderlescott, Apr 30, 2025.

  1. derrickh100

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    I think with Noah age caught him up, with the Academy teams he was big for his age group and with his reading of the game he was outstanding, during the two years of his Scholarship and the one year professional Contract other young players caught up with his physical attributes and he found the going more difficult . Added to this I also suspect that his Commitment to Bradford City was not 100%.

    That being said on his departure from Bradford City he walked into Hull City under 21 programme and did enough to be offered a further year extension for 25/26 season.
     
  2. Rogered Tart

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    Was speaking to a guy who's son is a professional footballer about this, perceived talent doesn't always guarantee a successful career. A lot of lads his lad came through the ranks with were projected to make it higher up the ladder based on their youth career but some never even reached first team level. It's a cutthroat business football, a hard work ethic is imperative but the guy said the biggest factor at lower level was luck, being in the right place at the right time and having a manager who believes in you when others differ in their opinion. A lot of stars have to align to make it in professional football, not just talent.
     
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  3. Birky Bantam

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    He signed a 2 year deal with a year option for an extra year last year so we've effectively triggered that year and added another year option at the end.
    For me this is the right balance of rewarding form, protecting the club and keeping him hungry.

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  4. Bigrod

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    Spot on. How many youth players have progressed from the Premiership academies to play for Premiership teams? I understand that there is a limit of around 250 ‘youth’ players per Premiership club. Even with the trickle down, they are not all going to make it.
    A long time (apart from Bobby and it is still early days) that players in City’s youth team have progressed to get a contract with City. Not many who have been poached by ‘bigger’ clubs have made it to the top.
    A bit like the biblical ‘eye of the needle’!
     
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  5. Botswana Bantam

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    At the risk of using the word that makes many people recoil in fear - they like forwards with a bit of presence. A lot of their game is based on physicality at the front and back. Never very easy on the eye.
     
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  6. Kevin1954

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    Was it Revell who managed Stevenage when he brought them to VP playing a ridiculous 2-2-2-2-2 formation.?That’s how their fans described it at the time . We battered them and he got the sack shortly after.
    Great centre forward when he was at Rotherham though !
     
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  7. Botswana Bantam

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    Luton doing their best impression of "a football club in supermarket sweep"

     
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  8. mini24

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    How many strikers do they need? Wells,Woodrow,Yates,adebayo,brown
     
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  9. Kevin1954

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    Trying to emulate Chelsea…A player supermarket.
     
  10. Kevin1954

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    He’s a been nothing but a non league journeyman down South on loan from Gillingham , hardly scores goals, in fact 10 in his entire career. Someone must see something?
     
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  12. Rogered Tart

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    They were set to sign Tovide from Colchester but it fell through all the last minute.
     
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    He will need to be registered, he's 22 later this month.
     
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  17. Bronco

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    Should be a game right up our street accordingly some who say we'd struggle with pace ;).
     
  18. Kevin1954

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    No thanks.
     
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