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Rumours Rumours - Summer 2021 edition (Deadline Day from p814)

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  • Southbank said:
    Think window is going very similar to the January window. 

    The fans can clearly see where we need players in, the management and recruitment team are the only ones that don't. 

    Everyone knew we needed a CB in that window, just like everyone knows we need a LB, AM, ST and 3 others in this one. 
    What we need and what Tommy is prepared to pay for now seem to be widely apart. Adkins gone by Xmas?
    I dont understand this. We have paid fees for 2 players. We were set to sign the player from wigan but he failed a medical, he would not have come cheap in terms of wages and a signing on fee. Famewo might only be a loan but most premier league teams charge loan fee’s? We’ve already agreed a fee to make the deal permanent.

    without fully understand what Tommy has paid and what else we have lined up, makes this comment ridiculous 
    Stockley, Clare, DJ, Kirk and Schwartz must be close to 1.5m in transfer fees in 2021. I bet there's not many league one clubs who have spent more in that time.
    The signing on fee is not the whole equation. Wednesday have had a transfer embargo but had signed 12 non-fee players on top money and have more to come according to reports. As a club that appeared to be pot-less only a few months ago, it begs the question, where is the money coming from. Surely they must be risking administration if they don't go up. 
    I think I read their fans saying their owner had a temporary embargo on taking money out of his home country (Thailand maybe?), but that has now been lifted so they are rich again.  May be wrong.

    Yeah I saw this from one of the Wednesday fans that posts on here that Chansiri couldn't get the money out of Thailand and it wasn't that he didn't have the money 
  • Scoham said:
    wmcf123 said:
    Southbank said:
    Think window is going very similar to the January window. 

    The fans can clearly see where we need players in, the management and recruitment team are the only ones that don't. 

    Everyone knew we needed a CB in that window, just like everyone knows we need a LB, AM, ST and 3 others in this one. 
    What we need and what Tommy is prepared to pay for now seem to be widely apart. Adkins gone by Xmas?
    I dont understand this. We have paid fees for 2 players. We were set to sign the player from wigan but he failed a medical, he would not have come cheap in terms of wages and a signing on fee. Famewo might only be a loan but most premier league teams charge loan fee’s? We’ve already agreed a fee to make the deal permanent.

    without fully understand what Tommy has paid and what else we have lined up, makes this comment ridiculous 
    Stockley, Clare, DJ, Kirk and Schwartz must be close to 1.5m in transfer fees in 2021. I bet there's not many league one clubs who have spent more in that time.
    I meant this season, not realising that Clare cost a transfer fee. But your list does aid my point, Tommy has spent money on the squad and for other posters to question Tommy’s outlay is pathetic.  We could always ask southall to come back with his supa dupa phone
    Maybe for all of his grinning and positivity, Adkins isn’t up to it . 
    No manager would be with this squad, we all know we need at least 4/5 signings.
    Exactly. He's got a far worse squad than he finished with last season. Not a single option on the bench to change the game, and arguably a worse starting midfield to begin with. I feel he is too stubborn to his tactics baring in mind the players we have at our disposal, but it's far too early to right him off. The issue is not Adkins.
  • Scoham said:
    wmcf123 said:
    Southbank said:
    Think window is going very similar to the January window. 

    The fans can clearly see where we need players in, the management and recruitment team are the only ones that don't. 

    Everyone knew we needed a CB in that window, just like everyone knows we need a LB, AM, ST and 3 others in this one. 
    What we need and what Tommy is prepared to pay for now seem to be widely apart. Adkins gone by Xmas?
    I dont understand this. We have paid fees for 2 players. We were set to sign the player from wigan but he failed a medical, he would not have come cheap in terms of wages and a signing on fee. Famewo might only be a loan but most premier league teams charge loan fee’s? We’ve already agreed a fee to make the deal permanent.

    without fully understand what Tommy has paid and what else we have lined up, makes this comment ridiculous 
    Stockley, Clare, DJ, Kirk and Schwartz must be close to 1.5m in transfer fees in 2021. I bet there's not many league one clubs who have spent more in that time.
    I meant this season, not realising that Clare cost a transfer fee. But your list does aid my point, Tommy has spent money on the squad and for other posters to question Tommy’s outlay is pathetic.  We could always ask southall to come back with his supa dupa phone
    Maybe for all of his grinning and positivity, Adkins isn’t up to it . 
    No manager would be with this squad, we all know we need at least 4/5 signings.
    Interested to know why that’s worth a LOL, perhaps we should spend the remaining budget on replacing Adkins instead of making any further signings?
  • Chunes said:
    Croydon said:

    Anyone still think Gunter is a good option at LB? Desperately need a natural left footer in there
    I don’t think many people have said he is a good option. People have said he is a suitable short term solution until a loan comes in and purrington is fit
    I think it was Adkins who said he is a good option. I am a bit worried that he was being serious.
    Or it’s nice to see a manager give some public confidence to a very young player. 
  • Southbank said:
    Think window is going very similar to the January window. 

    The fans can clearly see where we need players in, the management and recruitment team are the only ones that don't. 

    Everyone knew we needed a CB in that window, just like everyone knows we need a LB, AM, ST and 3 others in this one. 
    What we need and what Tommy is prepared to pay for now seem to be widely apart. Adkins gone by Xmas?
    I dont understand this. We have paid fees for 2 players. We were set to sign the player from wigan but he failed a medical, he would not have come cheap in terms of wages and a signing on fee. Famewo might only be a loan but most premier league teams charge loan fee’s? We’ve already agreed a fee to make the deal permanent.

    without fully understand what Tommy has paid and what else we have lined up, makes this comment ridiculous 
    Its not a matter of how much he has spent, it is a matter of how much he needs to spend to create a promotion winning team.
    At the moment it is not enough by a long way.
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  • Not surprised with SC’s or DJ’s number of touches. Famewo, Innis and Dobson played the ball to one another countless times and on most occasions then lumped it up to Stockley as they came under increased pressure due to Oxford’s press. I thought that would be sorted out second half but not a great deal changed unfortunately 
  • Chunes said:
    Croydon said:

    Anyone still think Gunter is a good option at LB? Desperately need a natural left footer in there
    I don’t think many people have said he is a good option. People have said he is a suitable short term solution until a loan comes in and purrington is fit
    I think it was Adkins who said he is a good option. I am a bit worried that he was being serious.
    Or it’s nice to see a manager give some public confidence to a very young player. 
    Gunter!?
  • Scoham said:
    Think window is going very similar to the January window. 

    The fans can clearly see where we need players in, the management and recruitment team are the only ones that don't. 

    Everyone knew we needed a CB in that window, just like everyone knows we need a LB, AM, ST and 3 others in this one. 
    44:20 TS talks about signing more players.

    https://youtu.be/WR_usTRtvJ0

    3:35 NA does the same.

    https://twitter.com/cafcofficial/status/1426587246891868173?s=21

    It couldn’t be made clearer that they’re fully aware we need several signings.


    I agree more players will come but I don't get the impression it will be 'several'.
  • Not surprised with SC’s or DJ’s number of touches. Famewo, Innis and Dobson played the ball to one another countless times and on most occasions then lumped it up to Stockley as they came under increased pressure due to Oxford’s press. I thought that would be sorted out second half but not a great deal changed unfortunately 
    This has been a problem for two seasons. Why is that teams press us and force us to go long, but we can't press teams in the same way? They just pass it around us like we're not even there.
  • wmcf123 said:
    Southbank said:
    Think window is going very similar to the January window. 

    The fans can clearly see where we need players in, the management and recruitment team are the only ones that don't. 

    Everyone knew we needed a CB in that window, just like everyone knows we need a LB, AM, ST and 3 others in this one. 
    What we need and what Tommy is prepared to pay for now seem to be widely apart. Adkins gone by Xmas?
    I dont understand this. We have paid fees for 2 players. We were set to sign the player from wigan but he failed a medical, he would not have come cheap in terms of wages and a signing on fee. Famewo might only be a loan but most premier league teams charge loan fee’s? We’ve already agreed a fee to make the deal permanent.

    without fully understand what Tommy has paid and what else we have lined up, makes this comment ridiculous 
    Stockley, Clare, DJ, Kirk and Schwartz must be close to 1.5m in transfer fees in 2021. I bet there's not many league one clubs who have spent more in that time.
    I meant this season, not realising that Clare cost a transfer fee. But your list does aid my point, Tommy has spent money on the squad and for other posters to question Tommy’s outlay is pathetic.  We could always ask southall to come back with his supa dupa phone
    Maybe for all of his grinning and positivity, Adkins isn’t up to it . 
    50% win rate over the 10 games last season. We have started against sheff wed and Oxford! We have the same points as ipswich who have played moreCombe and burton. But yet Adkins is now getting written off?? That comment is as ridiculous as calling out Tommy for not spending enough cash.
    Remind me how we did against Burton last year....?
  • Scoham said:
    Think window is going very similar to the January window. 

    The fans can clearly see where we need players in, the management and recruitment team are the only ones that don't. 

    Everyone knew we needed a CB in that window, just like everyone knows we need a LB, AM, ST and 3 others in this one. 
    44:20 TS talks about signing more players.

    https://youtu.be/WR_usTRtvJ0

    3:35 NA does the same.

    https://twitter.com/cafcofficial/status/1426587246891868173?s=21

    It couldn’t be made clearer that they’re fully aware we need several signings.


    I agree more players will come but I don't get the impression it will be 'several'.
    Maybe “a few” would be better? Either way I expect at least 3 and hopefully more than that.
  • Chunes said:
    Chunes said:
    Croydon said:

    Anyone still think Gunter is a good option at LB? Desperately need a natural left footer in there
    I don’t think many people have said he is a good option. People have said he is a suitable short term solution until a loan comes in and purrington is fit
    I think it was Adkins who said he is a good option. I am a bit worried that he was being serious.
    Or it’s nice to see a manager give some public confidence to a very young player. 
    Gunter!?
    I’m losing it, was sure I’d read Roddy! 
  • Scoham said:
    Scoham said:
    Think window is going very similar to the January window. 

    The fans can clearly see where we need players in, the management and recruitment team are the only ones that don't. 

    Everyone knew we needed a CB in that window, just like everyone knows we need a LB, AM, ST and 3 others in this one. 
    44:20 TS talks about signing more players.

    https://youtu.be/WR_usTRtvJ0

    3:35 NA does the same.

    https://twitter.com/cafcofficial/status/1426587246891868173?s=21

    It couldn’t be made clearer that they’re fully aware we need several signings.


    I agree more players will come but I don't get the impression it will be 'several'.
    Maybe “a few” would be better? Either way I expect at least 3 and hopefully more than that.

    3 would be nowhere near enough 
  • edited August 2021
    Southbank said:
    Southbank said:
    Think window is going very similar to the January window. 

    The fans can clearly see where we need players in, the management and recruitment team are the only ones that don't. 

    Everyone knew we needed a CB in that window, just like everyone knows we need a LB, AM, ST and 3 others in this one. 
    What we need and what Tommy is prepared to pay for now seem to be widely apart. Adkins gone by Xmas?
    I dont understand this. We have paid fees for 2 players. We were set to sign the player from wigan but he failed a medical, he would not have come cheap in terms of wages and a signing on fee. Famewo might only be a loan but most premier league teams charge loan fee’s? We’ve already agreed a fee to make the deal permanent.

    without fully understand what Tommy has paid and what else we have lined up, makes this comment ridiculous 
    Its not a matter of how much he has spent, it is a matter of how much he needs to spend to create a promotion winning team.
    At the moment it is not enough by a long way.




    Spending someone elses money is easy, are you my Mrs???  Although I agree that the squad needs additional investment, we do not know what he has spent on legacy issues created by crazy people from Belgium and northern wannabe gangsters.

    Should the budget now have been adjusted downwards due to Tommy spending money clearing up previous owners mess, it would be nice if that is communicated to us and the 5 year plan also adjusted.

    The above is pure speculation without any evidence but its my view that sorting out mess has reduced our budget.  An example, what happened to the £12k a month apartment? We (tommy) is either still paying the bill or paid a hefty figure to terminate the contract.  That £12k a month could be spent on wages on a back up left back
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  • edited August 2021
    I think Adkins said a long while back that he likes a squad of 18 first team players and the rest supplemented with players from the youth team. 
  • JamesSeed said:
    Seven touches for a man marked Jaiyesimi, twelve for Clare. In 96 minutes. Not good. 
    Gotta work in training on escaping your marker, for sure. But can’t understand how a midfielder like Clare could have so few touches. Shows our midfielders aren’t playing as a unit perhaps. Where are our triangles, where are the give and goes, the one-twos? Oxford’s midfield showed how it’s done. 
    People are saying drop Morgan for Gilbey, but I think it’s worth trying Morgan and Gilbey together, with Clare on the bench. 
    Problem is, in our three matches so far most of our players individually look slightly worse than their opposite numbers. 
    Perhaps three or four loans/signings will freshen things up. We saw what happened when Gallagher and Cullen came to the party. 
    Hard to get that many touches when most of the time the ball bypasses him on its way towards Stockley's head.

    What we need to do is get a midfielder further forward closer to Stockley or another striker to play off him.
  • Scoham said:
    Scoham said:
    Think window is going very similar to the January window. 

    The fans can clearly see where we need players in, the management and recruitment team are the only ones that don't. 

    Everyone knew we needed a CB in that window, just like everyone knows we need a LB, AM, ST and 3 others in this one. 
    44:20 TS talks about signing more players.

    https://youtu.be/WR_usTRtvJ0

    3:35 NA does the same.

    https://twitter.com/cafcofficial/status/1426587246891868173?s=21

    It couldn’t be made clearer that they’re fully aware we need several signings.


    I agree more players will come but I don't get the impression it will be 'several'.
    Maybe “a few” would be better? Either way I expect at least 3 and hopefully more than that.

    3 would be nowhere near enough 
    Depends on the amount of spaces available, think it was quoted previously that we had 4 left to fill to the allowed amount under the wonderful EFL rules
  • wmcf123 said:
    Southbank said:
    Think window is going very similar to the January window. 

    The fans can clearly see where we need players in, the management and recruitment team are the only ones that don't. 

    Everyone knew we needed a CB in that window, just like everyone knows we need a LB, AM, ST and 3 others in this one. 
    What we need and what Tommy is prepared to pay for now seem to be widely apart. Adkins gone by Xmas?
    I dont understand this. We have paid fees for 2 players. We were set to sign the player from wigan but he failed a medical, he would not have come cheap in terms of wages and a signing on fee. Famewo might only be a loan but most premier league teams charge loan fee’s? We’ve already agreed a fee to make the deal permanent.

    without fully understand what Tommy has paid and what else we have lined up, makes this comment ridiculous 
    Stockley, Clare, DJ, Kirk and Schwartz must be close to 1.5m in transfer fees in 2021. I bet there's not many league one clubs who have spent more in that time.
    I meant this season, not realising that Clare cost a transfer fee. But your list does aid my point, Tommy has spent money on the squad and for other posters to question Tommy’s outlay is pathetic.  We could always ask southall to come back with his supa dupa phone
    Maybe for all of his grinning and positivity, Adkins isn’t up to it . 
    50% win rate over the 10 games last season. We have started against sheff wed and Oxford! We have the same points as ipswich who have played moreCombe and burton. But yet Adkins is now getting written off?? That comment is as ridiculous as calling out Tommy for not spending enough cash.
    Remind me how we did against Burton last year....?
    Remind me who a lot of people on here think will run away with the league?  Last year is irrelevant, how did we do against the massives.....they were a league above, which proves the point that a 0-0 against them isnt a bad result.  Are you saying that Burton and Morecombe is a tougher start than Sheff w and Oxford?
  • Swisdom said:
    So we all agree we need a decent attacking left back / LWB

    The top assister in the position in L2 last season was Exeter's 20 year old left back Jack Sparkes.  He's pretty strong, quite tricky and has a lovely left foot.  Decent crossing ability - a smattering of goals in there too.  Young.  He fits the bill....only problem is he was stretchered off yesterday with a suspected broken collar bone and I have no idea how quickly they heal!

    Looks like a decent fit for us though as, until yesterday, he hadn't missed much action and gets a good number of crosses in.

    Go get him MR Gallen
    I assume with all these really class players Exeter had last season they ran away with the 4th divison? 
  • Cafc43v3r said:
    Ethan Galbraith?

    I have never heard of him but apparently we are intrested in a season long loan. 

    Could be a Levitt, could be a Gallagher 🤷‍♂️
    Cross this one off @Dazzler21, gone to Doncaster. 
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