Summer Transfer Rumours - Deadline Day p446

I said 'a problem' not the problem, big difference in language 

Anyway, getting away from Dobson, and his input...anyone got any transfer rumours/news...last I heard was Ackers was having a medical or something....🙄

ShootersHillGuru said:

Ladapo is a one in three striker at our level so is exactly what we’re looking for. Probably nearing the end of his best years but would certainly give us a top six look about us. Not been at Ipswich long so hardly settled in the area. If Ipswich are open to letting him go after such a short and relatively short but successful period I wonder why ? Also think his wages might be a stumbling block here. If we were in for him before but we’re beaten to his signature by Ipswich then he’ll be on pretty decent money. I also expect they’ll be looking for a fee not loan. I rate this one at much less than 50/50

Basically could be our Lyle Taylor replacement we've been waiting on. 

Dazzler21 said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

Ladapo is a one in three striker at our level so is exactly what we’re looking for. Probably nearing the end of his best years but would certainly give us a top six look about us. Not been at Ipswich long so hardly settled in the area. If Ipswich are open to letting him go after such a short and relatively short but successful period I wonder why ? Also think his wages might be a stumbling block here. If we were in for him before but we’re beaten to his signature by Ipswich then he’ll be on pretty decent money. I also expect they’ll be looking for a fee not loan. I rate this one at much less than 50/50

Basically could be our Lyle Taylor replacement we've been waiting on. 

Is this your view or Dazsports

killerandflash said:

You can see why we've been "linked" to Tunnicliffe.

From Manchester area, so connection with Holden.
House in Bromley.
Former Luton midfielder, following Shinnie and Lee.

Ex MIllwall?

thai malaysia addick said:

May having his fifth medical today allegedly

May may maybe

cafcfan1990 said:

I definitely think Ipswich would be open to letting Ladapo go although they’ll probably have to bring one in. He’s certainly behind Chaplin and Broadhead. 

Yeah i think Ladapo is one of those players who's quality in league one, but probably not really good enough for a team with hopes of competing at the top end of the championship.

You'd imagine Ipswich would be looking to offload him and bring in someone better for that level.

ShootersHillGuru said:

I think we might be getting a little ahead of ourselves in dissing Dobson. He’s exactly what every team needs in someone you can rely on to get stuck in when things are going wrong. You know what to expect and get it in spades. Now I’m not suggesting that a team that has real ambitions for top two doesn’t necessarily need that player every week but there are plenty of particularly away fixtures where he can be the difference in getting something or not. His level is probably league one but coincidentally that’s ours too. 

I don't think anyone is dissing Dobson?

PaddyP17 said:

Dobson is one of our best players - and that's the issue. In my mind, he would be the equivalent of (well, probably a bit of an upgrade on) Danny Hollands in that SCP team. Danny was probably one of the two or three "worst" footballers in that side, but very good for us nonetheless, and did the dirtier work that allows Stephens, Jacko, Green etc to play with a bit more attacking license.

Obviously it'd be difficult to find seven players better than him to come in and slot in straight away, but imho that is what we need to be in the conversation.

I don't know about that, I think Hollands is exactly what Dobson should be aiming to become for us. Hollands carried so much weight in that team playing in both directions. Stephens used to drop so deep looking to play a pass which meant Hollands had to screen him while getting the rest of the midfield involved, and then when Hughes and Russell came in he had to switch to a much more attacking role as they took over the more defensive work. 7 goals and 5 assists across the season playing a couple of different roles in a two was extremely impressive, I think Dobson has to add a huge amount to his game to be an upgrade on him, especially going forward. Hollands was fantastic at reading the game and knowing where to be. He could put in a proper tackle but he did a lot of seeing off danger before he had to as well. Dobson is very reactive and makes very limited choices on the ball. We've seen him drive with the ball and he has an underappreciated passing range but he doesn't bring those into his game enough. I want to see him gambling on balls into the box like he did against Ipswich at the death. If there's enough about the midfield that he can play a bit and know that there's enough sense around him that he'll be covered then I think we can do more with him. I think Dobson upgrading to Danny Hollands level should be the aim.

Think Dobson is underrated with the ball at his feet. His passing is quite good, and he can carry the ball forward too. If he was just a tackler I don’t think he would have played so many games. You don’t get to be such an important player by tackling alone.