It's not like we need to rip the whole thing up and start again... if we can keep hold of Leaburn, Dobson, Rak Sakyi and Sessegnon, we'll only need to sign about 14 players to avoid relegation!
Wollacott, Egbo, O’Connell, Dobson are probably the only senior players worth trying to hang on to.
Leaburn, Maynard-Brewer, Ness, Chin, Campbell, Kanu, Henr etc. haven’t done anything done anything wrong and shouldn’t be judged on this sh*tshow.
There are a dozen or more others that I don’t really care if they never show up in a CAFC shirt again… Clare, Inniss, Lavelle, Thomas, Morgan, Fraser, Payne, Stockley… Kirk, CBT, DJ probably have some resale value and I’m not desperate to have them here for the required rebuild either.
further up the page I typed that I didn't expect any major incomings this winter .. working on the idea that we will not get the required quality in the needed positions and that more than players we need a good manager who is able to get who we have got playing to the best of their collective abilities ..
talk of bringing in 5 or 6 and having them playing together in a coherent way from the day of their arrival is not on i m o .. to sum up, I'd rather a good manager/coach who is respected and capable rather than a collection of loans/bargains who probably won't bring much if any improvement
It's quite right we target the best non league players, that's something which all clubs at our level should be doing.
The problem with this player is that he's overage, so he'd count towards our squad number if we registered him, when I imagine we would see him as one for the future.
Like Sorba Thomas who we wanted to sign and didn't, whatever happened to him? Or non league sensation Joe Aribo, and the other one, what was his name, Adam Olé Lukeman or something? Whatever happened to him?
Yet if Sheffield Weds or Bradford signed him we would be moaning about not picking up these types of players.
Damned if we do and damned if we don't.
We’d be negligent if he wasn’t on our radar but this January needs to be a very different beast to what we’ve seen in recent transfer windows. We need good quality players all over the pitch. If we end up signing more frees and league two players I think that’s about it for our future. If there’s scope to sign someone as a punt all well and good but at this moment id rather see every penny put towards saving our arses from a very possible relegation.
So if this takeover is apparently done but 'without EFL approval', does that mean we're in for another transfer embargo?
I would expect the EFL to approve and it’s not done is it ? An exclusivity arrangement is not a done deal. Isn’t DD still ongoing or perhaps not started ?
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There are a dozen or more others that I don’t really care if they never show up in a CAFC shirt again… Clare, Inniss, Lavelle, Thomas, Morgan, Fraser, Payne, Stockley… Kirk, CBT, DJ probably have some resale value and I’m not desperate to have them here for the required rebuild either.
This is the bare minimum.
JW
RB, CB, CB, LB
RS - GD - SF- CBT
CF - ML
(Either AMB or CM), RB, O'Connell, Sessegnon, CM, Campbell, CF
8 players FFS.
Holden’s team selection has been very questionable so far.
Defence . Egbo ( injured ) O’Connell ( injured ) Sessegnon.
Midfield : Dobson, Frazer
Forwards : CBT , Leaburn
15 new arrivals should do it.
I guess in anticipation of us dropping down to that level
Leaburn, Dobson, Egbo (if injury free) & CBT.
Rak Sakyi and Sessegnon (loans)
I’d almost keep:
Fraser, if he wouldn’t keep falling over. He’s a bit weak.
AMB as backup.
talk of bringing in 5 or 6 and having them playing together in a coherent way from the day of their arrival is not on i m o .. to sum up, I'd rather a good manager/coach who is respected and capable rather than a collection of loans/bargains who probably won't bring much if any improvement
Damned if we do and damned if we don't.
The problem with this player is that he's overage, so he'd count towards our squad number if we registered him, when I imagine we would see him as one for the future.
We need a balanced squad where you can take a punt on a few NL players, rather than that being our main strategy.