It does seem particularly quiet on the signings front. No rumours or hints from Cawley. Either they’re running a much tighter ship as has been suggested. Or nothing is anywhere near close.
Crawley said last week that deals are at an advanced stage but he not allowed to give any information until he told to by the club .. the club have tightened up on news leaking out
It does seem particularly quiet on the signings front. No rumours or hints from Cawley. Either they’re running a much tighter ship as has been suggested. Or nothing is anywhere near close.
Crawley said last week that deals are at an advanced stage but he not allowed to give any information until he told to by the club .. the club have tightened up on news leaking out
You said last week that Cawley only knows about signings thirty minutes before they are announced.
It does seem particularly quiet on the signings front. No rumours or hints from Cawley. Either they’re running a much tighter ship as has been suggested. Or nothing is anywhere near close.
Crawley said last week that deals are at an advanced stage but he not allowed to give any information until he told to by the club .. the club have tightened up on news leaking out
You said last week that Cawley only knows about signings thirty minutes before they are announced.
It does seem particularly quiet on the signings front. No rumours or hints from Cawley. Either they’re running a much tighter ship as has been suggested. Or nothing is anywhere near close.
Crawley said last week that deals are at an advanced stage but he not allowed to give any information until he told to by the club .. the club have tightened up on news leaking out
You said last week that Cawley only knows about signings thirty minutes before they are announced.
Ive every confidence in NA’ s ability yo make us competitive this season, but it feels like TS’s blowing through this league may turn into a season of giving the youngsters a chance…
I hope Thomas isn’t discovering this transfer malarky is a lot more expensive than he thought!
I feel like the Simms rumour came from one poster mentioning him as an option and another mentioning that he and Adkins were at Southampton together... No rumour was ever spoken.
All we have heard from the club and Cawley this summer, is they want the right players at the right price. That very rarely comes quickly. Clubs need to line up replacements, clubs start by wanting more money and then they will reduce it a bit.
While we do not yet have a full squad (far from it), we are in a remarkably better place with our team was this time last year. As I have said before, I am sure they'd hoped for a couple more by now, but I would far rather they hold out for their targets than quickly rush people in.
Let's stop with the language that TS is looking silly half way through the window and see where we are at come end of it. I think we are only 1 or two players away from an excellent team to go into the first game with. Squad depth will come over the course of the summer.
It does seem particularly quiet on the signings front. No rumours or hints from Cawley. Either they’re running a much tighter ship as has been suggested. Or nothing is anywhere near close.
No one knew about Matthews or Famewo as far as I could see, then they happened out of the blue. Patience is a virtue...
Loving that bench from the Crewe game though. Five attacking (or at least, 'progressive') midfielders!
That's because at that stage we didn't have our other players yet, in reality that bench was dangerously inexperienced and ill equipped to benefit us if required in defensive positions. Admittedly we were still under restrictions thanks to the EFL.
Comparing us with a year ago and saying we are in a better place is hardly a great compliment, seeing that we were under a transfer embargo at the time, and facing the abyss due to the ownership
And I don't see much difference in the quality of the 2 starting 11s, other than the defence (due to Pearce being injured and Lockyer exercising his option to leave). That 2020 front 3 was decent enough and the 2020 team while lacking defenders on the bench had some great creative options
Didn’t Thomas say that he wanted a player that would get us out of our seats and on our feet ? We certainly haven’t signed that player yet. Still plenty of time but it does look to me that the window and recruitment have been much more difficult than perhaps we thought.
Didn’t Thomas say that he wanted a player that would get us out of our seats and on our feet ? We certainly haven’t signed that player yet. Still plenty of time but it does look to me that the window and recruitment have been much more difficult than perhaps we thought.
I assume you missed the news that Ben Watson has signed on for another year.
Didn’t Thomas say that he wanted a player that would get us out of our seats and on our feet ? We certainly haven’t signed that player yet. Still plenty of time but it does look to me that the window and recruitment have been much more difficult than perhaps we thought.
But equally he must've known then that players like that don't come cheap. Thomas is a football man. No player like that is going to come for a free pair of boots and a 12 chip lunch.
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While we do not yet have a full squad (far from it), we are in a remarkably better place with our team was this time last year. As I have said before, I am sure they'd hoped for a couple more by now, but I would far rather they hold out for their targets than quickly rush people in.
Let's stop with the language that TS is looking silly half way through the window and see where we are at come end of it. I think we are only 1 or two players away from an excellent team to go into the first game with. Squad depth will come over the course of the summer.
Amos
Barker - Pratley - Oshilaja - Purrington
F.Caskey - Lapslie - Gilbey
Doughty - Bonne - Washington
Subs:
M.Brewer, Vennings, Levitt, Morgan, Oztumer, Williams, Aneke
10 July 2021 (Taken from two squads vs Celtic)
MacGillivray
Matthews - Inniss - Famewo - Purrington
Morgan - Dobson - Gilbey
Jaiyesimi - Stockley - Washington
Subs:
Harness, Gunter, Pearce, Watson, Henry, Clayden, Davison
I'd say our potential starting 11 is better now, we just need to add some depth and a few loanees.
And I don't see much difference in the quality of the 2 starting 11s, other than the defence (due to Pearce being injured and Lockyer exercising his option to leave). That 2020 front 3 was decent enough and the 2020 team while lacking defenders on the bench had some great creative options
We've probably got 3-4 more loans to come in, I suspect 3-4 more signings, there is still a lot of movement to be done.
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Isn't that an automatic embargo now?