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Rumours Rumours - Summer 2021 edition (Deadline Day from p814)
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Unlike your posts.RonnieMoore said:
Think there is a plan and the way we want to play .. that pretty clear …The Red Robin said:
Difference there is you could see the squad was close and were performing even in defeat. You could also see a clear plan from Bowyer of how he wanted us to play. That just isn’t the case this year.Redmidland said:Oops sorry just found it on Twitter. I got it completely wrong, it is saying and I quote,
"In 2018/19 we won just 1 of our opening 6 games, and ended the season beating Sunderland at Wembley!"
Apologies for getting it sooo wrong! However it's something to bear in mind.7 -
https://www.bradfieldcollege.org.uk/article/the-football-programme-developing-more-than-just-footballers/
A bit more about Bradfield College football development programme for anyone interested. The programme itself actually sounds like a solid idea, but it's clear its pretty much for those who are never going to make it as a professional footballer.0 -
Or maybe he is out of his depth and always has been.thenewbie said:
Or maybe the plan changed, or had to be rethought. TS probably did at one point want to get to the PL in five years but I'd be very surprised if he still thinks that's a feasible plan.NapaAddick said:Gravesend_Addick said:
As you say, I think it's a mixture of 1 & 2Cafc43v3r said:There are 4 possible explanations for the current state of affairs.
1) We have been picky and only signed players we really want, not anything that moves, and held our nerve. This may or may not stay the same as the deadline looms closer.
2) We can't/won't pay what we need to to get the players we need in and can't/won't budge.
3) It's deliberate and the "plan" is to add 2 or 3 quality players each window and build over a number of seasons.
4) No one can be arsed and they just haven't bothered or they were too busy in the recording studio, on holiday, or enjoying the hospitality at QPR.
I think in all honesty we can rule out 4. I suspect its 1 with maybe a tint of 2. If its 3 someone is going to get a short sharp shock when the bills start piling up.
How does this strategy jive with TS saying the PL in 5 years? 47 months left. We are guessing why we have not signed people and yet we know what he claimed he planned in terms of promotion. How does one square our actions with the plan of promotion to the PL by 2025-26?0 -
Woods played alongside Inniss in CP's various Under 23 teams.Cafc43v3r said:
Woods was born on 11 September 1998 and supported Crystal Palace as a child.....Callumcafc said:https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/announcement/sam-woods-departs-crystal-palace/2021-08-18/Right footed centre back. Was on loan at Plymouth last year.
I am sure I mentioned him about 500 pages ago as one we should look at but the only thing I can find is a thread from 2008 about Bromley's left back and @Dazzler21 released list.
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Went there two seasons ago.ricky_otto said:
That famous giant of non league football…..Cafc43v3r said:
What non league team did he play for?RonnieMoore said:
Load of bollocks .. Roddy played at Southampton. then went into non league .. Roddy never worked at Southampton and never took him to Reading …. what people seem to forget is that Adkins would have final say on players who play in the team / squad and of those he don’t want anymore so if Roddy was not good enough ( seen him in ore season and he done very well ) he would not be here no matter who is dad wasLonelyNorthernAddick said:
Whose this guy??Sage said:
Bradfield College.0 -
My money is on an incoming signing….fingers crossed.CL_Phantom said:We've just signed a player from Crewe, for all we know he's there tidying things up in regards to Kirk, maybe even meeting his family given the recent news, it's not like we have a CEO to do all that, and Gallen was pretty active in all sorts when he was appointed DOF to begin with.1 -
You’ve made this observation before so I thought I’d just go back over the pre season friendlies excluding Celtic to make sure I wasn’t dreaming about what I witnessed in those games. So here’s my findings and the comments of other lifers in italics on his performances;RonnieMoore said:
Load of bollocks .. Roddy played at Southampton. then went into non league .. Roddy never worked at Southampton and never took him to Reading …. what people seem to forget is that Adkins would have final say on players who play in the team / squad and of those he don’t want anymore so if Roddy was not good enough ( seen him in ore season and he done very well ) he would not be here no matter who is dad wasLonelyNorthernAddick said:
Whose this guy??Sage said:Welling 10/7/21
Played 45 mins no stand out mentions apart from you giving him 7/10 but as you made Clare mom 9/10 yesterday that’s no ringing endorsement.
Dartford 17/7/21
1) I thought the second half with the U23's the formation looked more balanced as we had players more willing to occupy the centre of the pitch compared to the first. But it was notable that we lacked dynamism with Roddy and Barker as full backs.
2) Agreed Barker did not play well defensively yesterday, but not all the attacks were against him, the disallowed goal Roddy made it far to easy for the Dartford player to cut in.
Reading 24/7/21
Roddy should be nowhere near the first team. He gave their winger too much space time and time again and nearly every Reading opportunity was initiated from that side.
Palace 27/7/21
Subs bench replaced Gunter on 76 mins no observations
Fulham 31/7/21
Subs bench never got on
I haven’t seen what you have I’m afraid and leave others to draw their own conclusions.
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Not a rumour, Chris Solly is now on the coaching staff.
He's a bunter now.5 -
Good to have him back.ElfsborgAddick said:
Not a rumour, Chris Solly is now on the coaching staff.
He's a bunter now.0 -
Roddy wants to sign Big Ears
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Gone to IpswichJohnnysummers5 said:Roddy wants to sign Big Ears5 -
A proper Charlton man.ricky_otto said:
Good to have him back.ElfsborgAddick said:
Not a rumour, Chris Solly is now on the coaching staff.
He's a bunter now.0 -
It’s a heck of a programme for school aged footballers, but to my knowledge they’ve not produced any serious pros in 10 years. SomeFishCostaFortune said:https://www.bradfieldcollege.org.uk/article/the-football-programme-developing-more-than-just-footballers/
A bit more about Bradfield College football development programme for anyone interested. The programme itself actually sounds like a solid idea, but it's clear its pretty much for those who are never going to make it as a professional footballer.
have gone to America and played a bit out there .Evidently children that are going to make it are still unlikely to stay in independent schools that long, so that’s no criticism.0 -
addick1956 said:
So they have failed Jacob Roddy who is currently our 1st team reserve Left Back with a professional contract. Now I understand why people who know him as a school boy and at the college were so surprised he had 'made it'.FishCostaFortune said:https://www.bradfieldcollege.org.uk/article/the-football-programme-developing-more-than-just-footballers/
A bit more about Bradfield College football development programme for anyone interested. The programme itself actually sounds like a solid idea, but it's clear its pretty much for those who are never going to make it as a professional footballer.
My opinion. There is so much of this nepotism going on in show business and sport, more so show business.
Famous shove ups by parents who think we can't get enough of their flaming families.
Bradley Walsh and Son ! Yawn
Martin Kemp and Roman (!) his over rated over promoted son. Yawn
Harry bleedin' Rednapp and Jaime, boring.
The Wright family.
There are more but, Dear God but eventhinking of it bores me.
Mumford and Sons ?
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He’s one of our own.ElfsborgAddick said:
A proper Charlton man.ricky_otto said:
Good to have him back.ElfsborgAddick said:
Not a rumour, Chris Solly is now on the coaching staff.
He's a bunter now.0 -
Another day closer. No more rumours9
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Agreed. With Adkins and his positivity, it's always what he doesn't say that you have to listen for. The Medical team is 'exceptional'. There are one or two that he describes as 'talented footballers' but not many. Most are hard working or promising and just 'good footballers'. It's clear he was expect more.Sage said:A random thing that to me says a lot is how often Adkins says honest, hard-working group of players. Not once has he ever described them as talented when I am fairly sure he has with a handful of players we had last season. Aneke, Millar, and Maatsen all come to mind.
I'm mostly concerned that we have broken that truly excellent recruitment machine in some way.
But, given I'm a 'one large mouthful short of a pint' optimist, no mere glass half full, I noticed that TS sold about £2m of shares on the 6th August, so maybe that was after coming over here and realising he's got to plug the gap that the sponsors didn't fill ...?1 -
Where did you see he sold shares?WishIdStayedinthePub said:
Agreed. With Adkins and his positivity, it's always what he doesn't say that you have to listen for. The Medical team is 'exceptional'. There are one or two that he describes as 'talented footballers' but not many. Most are hard working or promising and just 'good footballers'. It's clear he was expect more.Sage said:A random thing that to me says a lot is how often Adkins says honest, hard-working group of players. Not once has he ever described them as talented when I am fairly sure he has with a handful of players we had last season. Aneke, Millar, and Maatsen all come to mind.
I'm mostly concerned that we have broken that truly excellent recruitment machine in some way.
But, given I'm a 'one large mouthful short of a pint' optimist, no mere glass half full, I noticed that TS sold about £2m of shares on the 6th August, so maybe that was after coming over here and realising he's got to plug the gap that the sponsors didn't fill ...?
League 1 sponsorship deals aren’t worth millions.0 -
Looks like Arsenal have plumped for Ramsdale instead of Pope, so potential windfall there doesn’t look like happening:-(0
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Public record as it was shares in Zynex. Has to be announced to the exchange (NASDAQ).Scoham said:
Where did you see he sold shares?WishIdStayedinthePub said:
Agreed. With Adkins and his positivity, it's always what he doesn't say that you have to listen for. The Medical team is 'exceptional'. There are one or two that he describes as 'talented footballers' but not many. Most are hard working or promising and just 'good footballers'. It's clear he was expect more.Sage said:A random thing that to me says a lot is how often Adkins says honest, hard-working group of players. Not once has he ever described them as talented when I am fairly sure he has with a handful of players we had last season. Aneke, Millar, and Maatsen all come to mind.
I'm mostly concerned that we have broken that truly excellent recruitment machine in some way.
But, given I'm a 'one large mouthful short of a pint' optimist, no mere glass half full, I noticed that TS sold about £2m of shares on the 6th August, so maybe that was after coming over here and realising he's got to plug the gap that the sponsors didn't fill ...?
League 1 sponsorship deals aren’t worth millions.
He could have sold them for all kinds of reasons. Those custom guitars aren't cheap. But the timing was interesting, given his recent visit.3 -
Look. We have all been told that nothing is to happen until 5 minutes before the window shuts... It's all hush hush you know but if anyone has a son who's quite good at football please drop a line to,J BLOCK said:Another day closer. No more rumours
feckin.desperate@cafc.co.uk
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We buying their whole team? We need 7/8 players, where’s the rumours.Cafc43v3r said:
Do you think Gallen went to Crewe for a spot of lunch and a hair cut?J BLOCK said:Another day closer. No more rumours
It might not be true but it's a rumour.Gallen apparently went for an interview at QPR the other week, what does that say about the current state of affairs.0 -
Basil Brush and that one off the Foxy Bingo adverts.soapboxsam said:addick1956 said:
So they have failed Jacob Roddy who is currently our 1st team reserve Left Back with a professional contract. Now I understand why people who know him as a school boy and at the college were so surprised he had 'made it'.FishCostaFortune said:https://www.bradfieldcollege.org.uk/article/the-football-programme-developing-more-than-just-footballers/
A bit more about Bradfield College football development programme for anyone interested. The programme itself actually sounds like a solid idea, but it's clear its pretty much for those who are never going to make it as a professional footballer.
My opinion. There is so much of this nepotism going on in show business and sport, more so show business.
Famous shove ups by parents who think we can't get enough of their flaming families.
Bradley Walsh and Son ! Yawn
Martin Kemp and Roman (!) his over rated over promoted son. Yawn
Harry bleedin' Rednapp and Jaime, boring.
The Wright family.
There are more but, Dear God but eventhinking of it bores me.
Mumford and Sons ?1 -
When I said maybe he was in Crewe for an interview it was said in jest. If you are correct and he is looking to leave that will be a proper sign that things are not right at the clubJ BLOCK said:
We buying their whole team? We need 7/8 players, where’s the rumours.Cafc43v3r said:
Do you think Gallen went to Crewe for a spot of lunch and a hair cut?J BLOCK said:Another day closer. No more rumours
It might not be true but it's a rumour.Gallen went for an interview at QPR the other week apparently, what does that say about the current state of affairs.1 -
Finally, a rumour!J BLOCK said:
We buying their whole team? We need 7/8 players, where’s the rumours.Cafc43v3r said:
Do you think Gallen went to Crewe for a spot of lunch and a hair cut?J BLOCK said:Another day closer. No more rumours
It might not be true but it's a rumour.Gallen went for an interview at QPR the other week apparently, what does that say about the current state of affairs.1 -
Don’t worry Arteta is clueless, he doesn’t even realise Ramsdale is a goalkeeper. He thinks he bought a town in Kent near Broadstairs.AFKABartram said:Looks like Arsenal have plumped for Ramsdale instead of Pope, so potential windfall there doesn’t look like happening:-(12 -
Yeah I read @Clarky say that as well, I see your happy to believe that rumour no questions asked.J BLOCK said:
We buying their whole team? We need 7/8 players, where’s the rumours.Cafc43v3r said:
Do you think Gallen went to Crewe for a spot of lunch and a hair cut?J BLOCK said:Another day closer. No more rumours
It might not be true but it's a rumour.Gallen apparently went for an interview at QPR the other week, what does that say about the current state of affairs.3
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