Reams mentioned we are getting a new number 10, Collins hopefully, just wondering if there is any info on alternatives, should Collins deal go no further.
If Collins doesn't sign, do we really need to look for another 10 right now? We've just signed Fiorini, have Louie Watson and still got Fraser in the squad. If no one good is available I don't it as a position we need to rush.
I think we need to be as 'oven ready' for next season as possible. Fraser and Watson won't be around. If we can just add three or four in the summer, and as early as possible, and get a full pre season with a settled squad we can hit the ground running. That is where we have been falling down for a long while.
Reams mentioned we are getting a new number 10, Collins hopefully, just wondering if there is any info on alternatives, should Collins deal go no further.
If Collins doesn't sign, do we really need to look for another 10 right now? We've just signed Fiorini, have Louie Watson and still got Fraser in the squad. If no one good is available I don't it as a position we need to rush.
I think we need to be as 'oven ready' for next season as possible. Fraser and Watson won't be around. If we can just add three or four in the summer, and as early as possible, and get a full pre season with a settled squad we can hit the ground running. That is where we have been falling down for a long while.
I agree, I just don't think it's a position we need to rush if the right player isn't available.
a bid has or is going in, if it is acceptable that is another matter yet. It is a sizeable offer that’s for sure
Interested to hear your thoughts @DubaiCAFC why do you think there has been such a change in approach/intent this month compared to the summer?
Has more money been put into the group? Did we underestimate what was needed and have now reassessed? Did one of the larger investors get the football bug and want to put more in?
They certainly put more money in, and they said that at the fans forum, so that’s no secret, and the investors are more engaged now, and I think you are right maybe the football bug or protecting their investment. Let’s not forget how long the takeover dragged on, and people will say they had people in the building, and had control of last January, there hands where still tied, and everything had to be signed off by both parties, which wasn’t smooth! which meant some targets were missed. There was money in the summer spent, but some was rushed I would say, but at the time I thought some of the signings looked good on paper.
They was never going to sit on a 12 million investment and watch it struggle, and was always going to put money in.. hopefully these signings work out.. I think the board and the owners need a little bit of slack and credit.. but as I have mentioned, there are certain fans had already made there minds up, and would never support this group and will always look to pick holes and provide negative comments.
I, for one, am very pleasantly surprised. Still have to see if the "rumours" match up with actual signings but as it stands it's far better than I thought it would be.
As for Ladapo.....maybe he doesn't want to move permanently. We aren't exactly an attractive proposition but if he, and the team, do well between now and the end of the season then who knows.
Currently my concern is the bottom 4 and although we should stay out of danger there is no guarantee & another month of no wins would see us dragged into a relegation fight. I think the SMT saw this & explained to the major investors just how bad it could be if we got relegated.
So for now I'm happy with the new faces being mentioned (and hopefully signing). A good end to the season will hopefully see me purchase a ST for next season. But as mentioned earlier, a lot now depends on Appleton. If we don't finish top 10 then he probably wont be here in the summer.
Honestly thinking that odds against on us to be in the top half is a good bet at the moment.
Calm down everyone. As it stands and on current form we would go down.... I would bite somebody's hand off to stay up and then sign another 5-6 players of this level in the summer. Lets not forget we are utterly horrific at the moment.
Maybe a small gamble then.. just the £2.50 then rather than £10 or the hundreds others seem happy to stand to lose.
a bid has or is going in, if it is acceptable that is another matter yet. It is a sizeable offer that’s for sure
Interested to hear your thoughts @DubaiCAFC why do you think there has been such a change in approach/intent this month compared to the summer?
Has more money been put into the group? Did we underestimate what was needed and have now reassessed? Did one of the larger investors get the football bug and want to put more in?
They certainly put more money in, and they said that at the fans forum, so that’s no secret, and the investors are more engaged now, and I think you are right maybe the football bug or protecting their investment. Let’s not forget how long the takeover dragged on, and people will say they had people in the building, and had control of last January, there hands where still tied, and everything had to be signed off by both parties, which wasn’t smooth! which meant some targets were missed. There was money in the summer spent, but some was rushed I would say, but at the time I thought some of the signings looked good on paper.
They was never going to sit on a 12 million investment and watch it struggle, and was always going to put money in.. hopefully these signings work out.. I think the board and the owners need a little bit of slack and credit.. but as I have mentioned, there are certain fans had already made there minds up, and would never support this group and will always look to pick holes and provide negative comments.
I, for one, am very pleasantly surprised. Still have to see if the "rumours" match up with actual signings but as it stands it's far better than I thought it would be.
As for Ladapo.....maybe he doesn't want to move permanently. We aren't exactly an attractive proposition but if he, and the team, do well between now and the end of the season then who knows.
Currently my concern is the bottom 4 and although we should stay out of danger there is no guarantee & another month of no wins would see us dragged into a relegation fight. I think the SMT saw this & explained to the major investors just how bad it could be if we got relegated.
So for now I'm happy with the new faces being mentioned (and hopefully signing). A good end to the season will hopefully see me purchase a ST for next season. But as mentioned earlier, a lot now depends on Appleton. If we don't finish top 10 then he probably wont be here in the summer.
Im lost , potentially we could sing Ward ( goalkeeper ) uche ( ST ) Ladapo (ST) Colin’s ( attacking mid / winger ) the lad from Huddersfield in defence - all today ?
Not Collins that going to take a bit longer .. there still a lot to do on that one
Now this one I’d really like to see happen. With the possible signings of Ladapo and Izzy, I suspect You g would be an investment and replacement for the inevitable sale of Leaburn.
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As for Ladapo.....maybe he doesn't want to move permanently. We aren't exactly an attractive proposition but if he, and the team, do well between now and the end of the season then who knows.
Currently my concern is the bottom 4 and although we should stay out of danger there is no guarantee & another month of no wins would see us dragged into a relegation fight. I think the SMT saw this & explained to the major investors just how bad it could be if we got relegated.
So for now I'm happy with the new faces being mentioned (and hopefully signing). A good end to the season will hopefully see me purchase a ST for next season. But as mentioned earlier, a lot now depends on Appleton. If we don't finish top 10 then he probably wont be here in the summer.
I know he'd been mentioned on here earlier in the window but Ronan Curtis has signed for AFC Wimbledon
Yup coming back from a very serious knee injury sustained in Feb last year , Pompey kept him around for rehab even though he was out of contract.
Would expect if he comes through this short term deal with no side effects then he'll easily get a League 1 club in the summer.
he would come on with 30 mins or so to play and bully the tired defence. (Sounds familiar)
I reckon it’s a decent signing if that’s what he’s here for