January Transfer Window

[LennySUFC]

Potential Championship Signings based on what Phil Brown would like (All out of contract summer '18):

• Hope Akpan - Age 26 - 9 league appearances this season - 0 Goals + Assists
• Aaron Wilbraham - Age 38 - 12 league appearances totalling 97 mins - 0 goals 2 assists
• Chris Taylor - Age 31 - 0 appearances this season, spent end of last season on loan at Oldham.
• Clayton Donaldson - Age 33 - 15 league appearances @ 58mins average - 4 goals 1 assist.
• Jay Emmanuel-Thomas - Age 26 - No games all season.
• David Vaughan - Age 34 - 12 games at 77mins each - 1 goal.
• Gary O'Neil - Age 34 - 2 games.
• Stephen Quinn - Age 31 - no league games all season. -http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/s...ring_from_football_during_long_injury_battle/
• Darren Bent - Age 33 - no league games all season.

I have based this on the types of players PB will want to sign, not what I think is a genuine potential transfer.

 

[McNasty]

Do new signings have to be registered today to play Saturday ?

 

[Tommy2holes]

Do new signings have to be registered today to play Saturday ?

Tomorrow by midday I think?

 

[flangejackrabbit]

We also have a (young, dynamic) analysis guy called Ben, I'd imagine he gets involved in reviewing targets as well as going over our own performances?

 

[onceknownasrab]

PB has actually been to Holland to scout after someone pestered him about a certain player. Quite a trip for our little team with flights and over night hotels.

Not sure of the exact figures but its something like, when they scout a player they like to see a score of 220. They will look again if its 200

The lad they looked at scored.....96.......As far as I know there have been no more trips to Holland.

Interesting. The cost and logistics is obviously going to be an issue but then why did PB go and not a scout? If a scout went first does PB not think it best, if recommended to offer the lad a trial here, rather than go there? Even more radical, would you not make sure you are seeing more than one lad on a trip or are we to believe all the Dutch lads rate 96?

 

[The Eternal Optimist]

Forget about 30 year olds. Phil should go for more experience. He could get the 51 year old Japanese pro called Kazuyoshi Miura.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuyoshi_Miura

 

[Lincoln Shrimp]

What option was that?

We were given an option to sign him as part of the Lenny deal (not made public).
He was the player who scored a 12 minute hatrick against us for Donny earlier this season. Very highly rated.

 

[McNasty]

PB has actually been to Holland to scout after someone pestered him about a certain player. Quite a trip for our little team with flights and over night hotels.

Not sure of the exact figures but its something like, when they scout a player they like to see a score of 220. They will look again if its 200

The lad they looked at scored.....96.......As far as I know there have been no more trips to Holland.

Dear rigsby, please explain how you know the intimate details of a Brown foreign scouting trip including the score for the player ?

Is there something you would like to tell the members of the Zone ?

 

[rigsby]

Interesting. The cost and logistics is obviously going to be an issue but then why did PB go and not a scout? If a scout went first does PB not think it best, if recommended to offer the lad a trial here, rather than go there? Even more radical, would you not make sure you are seeing more than one lad on a trip or are we to believe all the Dutch lads rate 96?

So lets get this right. I give you brief details about a scouting trip to Holland and in less than 45 minutes you have told the world why SUFC and of course mainly PB have got it all wrong......Who would have thought that.

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

Potential Championship Signings based on what Phil Brown would like (All out of contract summer '18):

• Hope Akpan - Age 26 - 9 league appearances this season - 0 Goals + Assists
• Aaron Wilbraham - Age 38 - 12 league appearances totalling 97 mins - 0 goals 2 assists
• Chris Taylor - Age 31 - 0 appearances this season, spent end of last season on loan at Oldham.
• Clayton Donaldson - Age 33 - 15 league appearances @ 58mins average - 4 goals 1 assist.
• Jay Emmanuel-Thomas - Age 26 - No games all season.
• David Vaughan - Age 34 - 12 games at 77mins each - 1 goal.
• Gary O'Neil - Age 34 - 2 games.
• Stephen Quinn - Age 31 - no league games all season. -http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/s...ring_from_football_during_long_injury_battle/
• Darren Bent - Age 33 - no league games all season.

I have based this on the types of players PB will want to sign, not what I think is a genuine potential transfer.

I feel sick

 

[Rob49]

I feel sick

Darren Bent seems a very likely signing.....

 

[rigsby]

Dear rigsby, please explain how you know the intimate details of a Brown foreign scouting trip including the score for the player ?

Is there something you would like to tell the members of the Zone ?

I have no knowledge about the trip to Amsterdam later that evening for the entertainment.

 

[LennySUFC]

I feel sick

The worst part is you can't tell me these aren't the kind of player PB would be after!! :stunned::sad:

 

[onceknownasrab]

So lets get this right. I give you brief details about a scouting trip to Holland and in less than 45 minutes you have told the world why SUFC and of course mainly PB have got it all wrong......Who would have thought that.

Actually, no. The details you gave suggest it's wrong or are you saying that's a good way to do business? Even you stated the trip was the result of the manager being pestered. On current evidence I don't think he does what people pester him to do. Do you?

 

[marlow17101032]

I see that Ricky Holmes wants to leave Charlton apparently

 

[LennySUFC]

I see that Ricky Holmes wants to leave Charlton apparently

Championship sides will be sniffing around him if true.

 

[Southminster Shrimper]

I would like him to come here (not that he would) so he couldn't score against us anymore. Unless own goals...

 

[EastStandBlue]

I see that Ricky Holmes wants to leave Charlton apparently

Could be teaming up with a recent ex-Shrimper.

 

[Stuart W]

We all know what will happen. On Jan 31 he will sign some nobody as a desperation measure. In the meantime we will be three games nearer relegation. The stench is now getting overpowering........

 

[greyerfox]

We were given an option to sign him as part of the Lenny deal (not made public).
He was the player who scored a 12 minute hatrick against us for Donny earlier this season. Very highly rated.

Thanks for that info Lincoln Shrimp. Very interesting. Probably Ron couldn't agree a valuation even if we had been interested.