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Post by Lethal Jizzle on Dec 5, 2023 12:18:21 GMT
Get Rid if we can:
Taylor Ridehalgh Afoka Tulloch Oyegoke Osadebe Derbyshire Oduor (not adverse to keeping him but he's way down my list) Young( anything over 400k we snap their hands off otherwise get him playing off Cook)
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Back up gk
2 x full backs ( 1 LB to start 1 Rb as back up)
Still looking for a hard as nails cm
2 proper wingers
1 CB better than what we have
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Post by hobbes on Dec 5, 2023 12:24:29 GMT
Get Rid if we can: Taylor Ridehalgh Afoka Tulloch Oyegoke Osadebe Derbyshire Oduor (not adverse to keeping him but he's way down my list) Young( anything over 400k we snap their hands off otherwise get him playing off Cook) In Back up gk 2 x full backs ( 1 LB to start 1 Rb as back up) Still looking for a hard as nails cm 2 proper wingers 1 CB better than what we have Impossible to disgaree with that out list. The unholy trinity of Tulloch, Afoka and Oyegoke must go down as one of the worst set of loans we've ever had, and we've had some bad, bad shite.
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Post by Dick on Dec 5, 2023 13:22:11 GMT
Young may have scored 20 already but we if we bring him back to warm the bench or shoehorn him in a system that doesn't work he's scoring none for us, he'll be desperate to leave and his value plummets. Smith does seem to be our form striker at the moment, if he carries on scoring would we want to upset that?
I think anything over £250k with a sell-on and we'll take it, it's just been on the basis of a half-season to be honest. If he has a full season and gets just, say 25, that would whack the value up.
We have to tie Pointon down ASAP for me.
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Post by Mossley Bantam on Dec 5, 2023 17:47:05 GMT
Unsure what wingers of reasonable quality would sign for us now given we've shifted to 3-5-2 with Halliday and Richards are providing the width.
Not that I disagree with you though.
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Post by Lethal Jizzle on Dec 5, 2023 18:53:05 GMT
Unsure what wingers of reasonable quality would sign for us now given we've shifted to 3-5-2 with Halliday and Richards are providing the width. Not that I disagree with you though. I'm thinking more replacement for the 5 min cameos of Walker and an alternative to Wilson who we should loan out to the conference
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Post by hobbes on Dec 5, 2023 20:34:00 GMT
Unsure what wingers of reasonable quality would sign for us now given we've shifted to 3-5-2 with Halliday and Richards are providing the width. Not that I disagree with you though. I'm thinking more replacement for the 5 min cameos of Walker and an alternative to Wilson who we should loan out to the conference Walker has been effective for longer lately. Don’t disagree with that comment overall, I’m just a gullible idiot and am regularly prone to wishful thinking on comparison to most of you hardened cynics.
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Post by benitocarbone on Dec 5, 2023 20:58:20 GMT
Get Rid if we can: Taylor Ridehalgh Afoka Tulloch Oyegoke Osadebe Derbyshire Oduor (not adverse to keeping him but he's way down my list) Young( anything over 400k we snap their hands off otherwise get him playing off Cook) In Back up gk 2 x full backs ( 1 LB to start 1 Rb as back up) Still looking for a hard as nails cm 2 proper wingers 1 CB better than what we have 100% agree with those “outs”. Think the wingbacks that you mention should be the priority RE “ins”. I can see us keeping Taylor and not signing another CB, a winger or a keeper. Young will come back or be sold and the money used to bring in a striker.
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Post by sedg on Dec 5, 2023 21:07:59 GMT
We need a Nigel Pepper type. Right 'orrible bastard who can smash in a freekick.
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Post by Neshead on Dec 5, 2023 22:08:26 GMT
I'm thinking more replacement for the 5 min cameos of Walker and an alternative to Wilson who we should loan out to the conference Walker has been effective for longer lately. Don’t disagree with that comment overall, I’m just a gullible idiot and am regularly prone to wishful thinking on comparison to most of you hardened cynics. Walker has been out best player over the last three or four games. Dropping him into a more central role has been a good move by Alexander.
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Post by Dick on Dec 8, 2023 10:42:30 GMT
Going by GAs recent comments, unless he's bluffing, we won't be making many signings and the priority will be moving more out.
If the upturn in results and the form of certain players continues over the 5-6 weeks you'd see sense in that.
When we spent ages looking for a manager I said at some point they have to work with what they've got. No more transfer windows of 11 new signings which was the average for each of MHs 3 windows, you can't just throw a new team together every 6 months and hope it clicks.
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Post by Lethal Jizzle on Dec 8, 2023 17:54:39 GMT
Going by GAs recent comments, unless he's bluffing, we won't be making many signings and the priority will be moving more out. If the upturn in results and the form of certain players continues over the 5-6 weeks you'd see sense in that. When we spent ages looking for a manager I said at some point they have to work with what they've got. No more transfer windows of 11 new signings which was the average for each of MHs 3 windows, you can't just throw a new team together every 6 months and hope it clicks. The budget is blown, only way we get anyone is selling young/pointon
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Post by Lethal Jizzle on Jan 10, 2024 8:43:19 GMT
Got to add Oliver to the get rid list, he's never been interested in playing for us and it shows. Have you ever seen him play and thought he's had a good game? Me neither
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Post by Dick on Jan 10, 2024 9:02:33 GMT
Got to add Oliver to the get rid list, he's never been interested in playing for us and it shows. Have you ever seen him play and thought he's had a good game? Me neither And we invested a 3 year deal in him based on him winning more aerial balls than any other player that year. It's like just scouring the lower / non leagues to sign some 6ft 8in lump purely because they're a big lump.
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Post by Lethal Jizzle on Jan 10, 2024 9:07:53 GMT
Got to add Oliver to the get rid list, he's never been interested in playing for us and it shows. Have you ever seen him play and thought he's had a good game? Me neither And we invested a 3 year deal in him based on him winning more aerial balls than any other player that year. It's like just scouring the lower / non leagues to sign some 6ft 8in lump purely because they're a big lump. Does his deal run out this summer?
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Post by Dick on Jan 10, 2024 9:16:12 GMT
And we invested a 3 year deal in him based on him winning more aerial balls than any other player that year. It's like just scouring the lower / non leagues to sign some 6ft 8in lump purely because they're a big lump. Does his deal run out this summer? Nope, full 3 years so next year. People questioned a 3 year deal for a nearly 31 year old at the time and once again they called it right. Yes, he's had to compete with an in-form Cook for most of that time but aside from a goals against Wimbledon and Salford last season he does nothing in games.
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Post by Bacon on Jan 10, 2024 9:38:43 GMT
Does his deal run out this summer? Nope, full 3 years so next year. People questioned a 3 year deal for a nearly 31 year old at the time and once again they called it right. Yes, he's had to compete with an in-form Cook for most of that time but aside from a goals against Wimbledon and Salford last season he does nothing in games. I watched it last night and noticed just how much he actually did do, works back, holds it up, closes down space. Compared to Cook he's a workaholic.
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Post by Dick on Jan 10, 2024 9:53:46 GMT
Nope, full 3 years so next year. People questioned a 3 year deal for a nearly 31 year old at the time and once again they called it right. Yes, he's had to compete with an in-form Cook for most of that time but aside from a goals against Wimbledon and Salford last season he does nothing in games. I watched it last night and noticed just how much he actually did do, works back, holds it up, closes down space. Compared to Cook he's a workaholic. No-one cares about the Dickhead Cup though, any success in that is akin to being the tallest midget in a group of midgets.
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Post by Bacon on Jan 10, 2024 10:32:42 GMT
I watched it last night and noticed just how much he actually did do, works back, holds it up, closes down space. Compared to Cook he's a workaholic. No-one cares about the Dickhead Cup though, any success in that is akin to being the tallest midget in a group of midgets. That's as maybe, would you say the same about Pointon and Chapman's contributions which were also impressive, I know I'll weaken my point here by saying this, but Taylor's too? Alexander wanted players to come in show that they want to be starters, and I think they all did that.
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Post by Dick on Jan 10, 2024 10:44:47 GMT
No-one cares about the Dickhead Cup though, any success in that is akin to being the tallest midget in a group of midgets. That's as maybe, would you say the same about Pointon and Chapman's contributions which were also impressive, I know I'll weaken my point here by saying this, but Taylor's too? Alexander wanted players to come in show that they want to be starters, and I think they all did that. I'll concede on that and say fair point. This is the thing now. We've not changed the side and the last 2 league games have been poor. The next 3 games are against teams in the bottom 5 - does GA stick or twist? If he sticks, the players last night who did have good games may wonder WTF they have to do to get a game. All that aside, the first thing we should have done ASAP when the window opened was find a short term replacement for Walker, that's been the biggest blow over this recent league run.
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Post by hobbes on Jan 10, 2024 15:13:23 GMT
All that aside, the first thing we should have done ASAP when the window opened was find a short term replacement for Walker, that's been the biggest blow over this recent league run. Would you have said that a couple of months ago before his form improved? He was largely ineffective till Alexander arrived. Last night was like chalk and cheese with our movement compared to Saturday where the players just drifted around the pitch in the same formation. Chapman and Pointon both did well and were all over the pitch, whilst having McDonald in there too provided a firmer base. Smith has shown he's not up to standard, Oliver offers very little goal threat (although I think its unfair to judge him on the fleeting opportunities he gets - strikers generally need a few games to find their rhythm), so I don't think 2 up front does us any favours. We looked so much more mobile and harder to defend against last night with two No 10s instead of having a second striker. Perm any two from Walker, Pointon and Chapman when all are fit.
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