Summer 2019 Transfer Rumours (ed. Pg 296 - Start of Deadline Day)

AddicksAddict said:

cfgs said:

CH4RLTON said:

https://twitter.com/RichCawleySLP/status/1140528332922077184?s=19

The Admiral not coming

Sounds like that ship has sailed.

I think it didn't even come in to the harbour (or harbor, @NapaAddick).

Over qualified to be club captain 👨‍✈️ 

AddicksAddict said:

killerandflash said:

Gallen's track record is excellent so I'm happy with this if he rates the player.

I'd be worried if he was to go straight into the starting 11, and I doubt the player expects to anyway but as a squad player it's a relatively cheap punt

It's the sort of deal which doesn't really rely on Bowyer (or Gallen staying) any local player would leap at the chance of moving from L2 to the Championship, whoever the manager was

Fraeye?

Seriously, if Bowyer doesn't sign up, who's going to be the manager?  We only got Bowyer by complete chance - he was here already so wouldn't cost much if anything in extra salary to move from coach to manager which is Twoshits business model to a T.

No one decent will take the job.  We might get lucky and unearth another unknown gem like Bowyer but the odds are stacked heavily against it, so we'll most likely end up with someone useless who just wants a job knowing they'll be sacked within six months and get a six month paid holiday.

Maybe we'll get the bloke who yells prick at 9yo girls

theeenorth said:

Bolton expecting takeover news today and Bolton mate says Sunday pub rumours were Otzumer and Alnwick to us.

Cawley ruled out Alnwick last week. 

leefender said:

Thank £uck for Acworth - we would be in real trouble if we left the scouting to idiots like Gallen and Bowyer.

roseandcrown said:

theeenorth said:

Bolton expecting takeover news today and Bolton mate says Sunday pub rumours were Otzumer and Alnwick to us.

Cawley ruled out Alnwick last week. 

Mate says still live and Parkinson going too.

£300k in for Aribo. £200k spent on Bonne. Wages for Bonne £1500 per week ? Sounds to me the sort of punt a Championship club ought to be making although I don’t think we ought to expect too much too soon from the lad. 

This signing for the Orient lad, mentions 4 year deal, is RD behind this deal, or perhaps new owners, not sure 4 year deal is the kind of deal that RD hands out, straw clutching really.

RedJohn said:

This signing for the Orient lad, mentions 4 year deal, is RD behind this deal, or perhaps new owners, not sure 4 year deal is the kind of deal that RD hands out, straw clutching really.

Seems to fit what LB said on Roland though only spending on young players he can profit on, might have learned his lesson(Aribo) and thinks a cheap 4 year deal is worth it.

Four years is a very long contract though in this day and age. If he turns out to be a dud and I’m not suggesting he will then you can be stuck with a player who is just a drain on resources. I would have thought 2 years would have been more realistic. I’m confident that the coaching staff would be able to establish if he’s got what it takes within a year.

Considering we will only be paying average league one wages for everyone then a four year deal seems quite a gamble to me.

A four year deal in 2/2.5k a week sounds like a steal if he's mustard though, plus makes him more valuable when we sell him in 18 months time

four years sounds excessive to me although I doubt his wages will be much in the grand scheme of things

Sage said:

Bow said that we could spend a little bit of money in the transfer window so long as it was someone young who could develop and had a resale value, maybe if it is a four year deal, that would be why, to try to maximise the resale value.

However, I find it incredibly strange for us to sign a player, and for that player to agree to join us now when everything else hasn't been sorted out. It's an odd one but I guess all will be sorted and revealed soon, not for any reason other than it has to be.

We signed Ajose before Slade joined us. (Can I be the first to say that worked out well). 

From what I've seen of him, which admittedly doesn't extend far beyond the obligatory YouTube highlight videos, he looks like a good finisher who does well to get in the right positions.

Granted, the defensive nous in the Championship will be a big step up for him, and whether his movement (which I couldn't find much of, due to the nature of the clips in goal compilations) can be coached up to scratch, is a different question.

However, he's definitely worth more than £200k. You don't score 20+ goals in a season, even at National League level, without having a few assets about you. Macauley's look to be pace, a decent right peg, and good instinctual movements to find goalscoring positions in the box.

He strikes me as the sort of player who could complement Taylor's athleticism and hard running with good in-the-box movement to keep defenders occupied. But he's not old, and this is a big step up.

Huge punt - assuming this is 100% happening - but exactly the right sort of punt. Let's hope he's more Jamie Vardy than Chris Dickson.

Valley11 said:

Happy with this type of signing. 
Fits the player Bowyer likes. Potential and something for Bow to work on.
Bonne, Lockyer, the Plymouth winger.
Would much rather the best of the lower leagues scouted by Gallen than a bunch of journeymen. 

Agreed, we want players looking to improve their performance & wages. Not players on their way down & taking pay cuts. (Generally).