Latest Rumours January transfer window

[Ricey]

Just hope we don’t go back into a the financial circle we seem to get into. Mass clear out, sign loads of players, sign old crocks, mass clear out repeat!

 

[Westcliff Shrimper]

I imagine Lennon will be gone soon

Never quite worked out for him. There is definitely a player there but probably time to move on.

 

[Chrisb]

Just hope we don’t go back into a the financial circle we seem to get into. Mass clear out, sign loads of players, sign old crocks, mass clear out repeat!

Hopefully the shorter term deals will help rather than the long contracts we were giving in the past.

 

[kentblues]

Joel Lynch incoming

and he was on LinkedIn as well lol

Joel Lynch: Why this year is the worst ever to be out of contract - Planet Football

Aged 32, capped once by Wales, and with 14 seasons of Football League experience under his belt, you could be forgiven for assuming Joel Lynch would not struggle to find another club after leaving Sunderland at the end of the 2019-20 season.

www.planetfootball.com

Interesting article here.
He left QPR as they could afford him/what he wanted in their budget
Offered a 2 year deal with Sunderland. Would only sign a one year as he thought they would get promotion and then he could get a better wage in the Championship.
Talk about L1 L2 being really tough at the moment- £1k a week often at most, and longer cheaper options sought after

Given the above we are an obvious dream move!!!

TBF it shows how the current situation has completely stood the market in the lower leagues on its head. Basically if we are paying more than £1k a week for an experienced defender then we are in the game..

Would be a very good signing and a surprise

 

[shrimpfan]

I imagine Lennon will be gone soon

Dover?

 

[hlane17]

I imagine Lennon will be gone soon

Let's only hope, one of Powell's signings and has been very underwhelming. A young Shaun Hobson has come in and shown that positioning is more important than pace, which Lennon didn't seem to understand.

 

[Flinty]

I imagine Lennon will be gone soon

I see what you did there !

 

[rlb999]

Three months ago we were lacking experience. Now we’ve got a few experienced heads around the place. Let’s be a little careful we don’t overload on the over 30s.

 

[Jonny_Stokes]

Don’t want to get your hopes up too much, but we’ve just released Josh Wright...

 

[hlane17]

Don’t want to get your hopes up too much, but we’ve just released Josh Wright...

No, no and no ?

 

[Lincoln Shrimp]

Don’t want to get your hopes up too much, but we’ve just released Josh Wright...

Curious to know what happened with Josh? Last season he seemed like an integral part of your first eleven, chipping in with a good few goals.
All of a sudden he's been cast aside.
Mind you, he never seems to stay anywhere longer than 12-18 months.

 

[Jonny_Stokes]

Curious to know what happened with Josh? Last season he seemed like an integral part of your first eleven, chipping in with a good few goals.
All of a sudden he's been cast aside.
Mind you, he never seems to stay anywhere longer than 12-18 months.

He was an integral part of our side last season. One of the main reasons that we’re less sh*te this season. Just not up to it. He’d be more suited to joining the cast of TOWIE than getting another club.

 

[Blue Yonder]

Are loanee wannabes and short term contract has beens the only players within target range for us now ?

 

[SUBBlue]

Just hope we don’t go back into a the financial circle we seem to get into. Mass clear out, sign loads of players, sign old crocks, mass clear out repeat!

It appears, & hopefully will continue to be the case, that MM is going for older players on short term deals only, using their experience of the game to hopefully keep us up whilst also nurturing the youngsters to bring their game on.
Surely we’ve learnt the lessons from the past by now, I would have thought Rons bank balance is in tatters with all the ‘mutual agreement’ pay offs!?

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Are loanee wannabes and short term contract has beens the only players within target range for us now ?

Our last signing was for 18 months (Walsh).

 

[KiwiRob]

Curious to know what happened with Josh? Last season he seemed like an integral part of your first eleven, chipping in with a good few goals.
All of a sudden he's been cast aside.
Mind you, he never seems to stay anywhere longer than 12-18 months.

Judging by MM's response in The Echo to speculation about Ricky Holmes, it sounds like MM has very "specific" ideas about his transfer targets and will not changing his priorities just because someone says they want to play for the club.

 

[Blue Yonder]

Our last signing was for 18 months (Walsh).

I thought our last signing was Reeco on loan ? Good point though YB. Walsh had slipped my mind. My comment though was focused more at the clamour of some for the likes of Holmes, Lynch and even Ranger. We’ve recently signed Halford. Maybe the general issue is cost then. Loanees (Reeco), youngsters with zero league experience (Walsh) and out of contract old guys willing to play for nothing (Halford). Anyone on a contract at a League Club is earning more than the market value in the new normal so in general that is the pool of players available to us.

 

[Lincoln Shrimp]

He was an integral part of our side last season. One of the main reasons that we’re less sh*te this season. Just not up to it. He’d be more suited to joining the cast of TOWIE than getting another club.
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Seems like he's going to make it a real family affair by joining his brother Mark at Crawley today!

 

[Jai]

I thought our last signing was Reeco on loan ? Good point though YB. Walsh had slipped my mind. My comment though was focused more at the clamour of some for the likes of Holmes, Lynch and even Ranger. We’ve recently signed Halford. Maybe the general issue is cost then. Loanees (Reeco), youngsters with zero league experience (Walsh) and out of contract old guys willing to play for nothing (Halford). Anyone on a contract at a League Club is earning more than the market value in the new normal so in general that is the pool of players available to us.

It's part of the nature of supporting a lower league club that fans clamour for older high profile players or former players. The key reason being that most supporters at this level, myself included, know relatively little about players in other teams because of the lack of blanket media coverage etc that you would get in the Premier League.

So naturally people will be keen to champion the players they have actually heard of.

 

[in the know]

Josh wright.
He's a player with good close control of the ball, but seemed to Just trot about shirking tackles most games I saw. Could thread a pass sometimes but usually across the field in trotting mode. I seem to recall his attitude towards the end was bad - an issue around not wanting to play once he thought mistakenly he'd triggered his extension, but turned out hadnt.
Not a player you'd want in a relegation fight.