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January 2024 Transfer Rumours (D/day starts pg.263)

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  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,982
    We get both a lot of people on this thread gonna look silly…..
  • Southbank
    Southbank Posts: 5,252
    Oggy Red said:
    To all those saying that the "big lump" upfront doesn't need to be a goalscorer as we have Alfie May, just consider a moment in the 90th minute, at 1
    1,  when the ball falls to him 6 yards out & blazes it over the bar. 

    No thanks. Any striker HAS to know where the goal is. Otherwise you might as well just play Hector up front. 
    But Golfie, it's not a problem that he can't score goals - we'd be signing Uche Unpronounceable to defend set pieces in our own box from the 80th minute and Squeaky Bum Time.  :)
     

    “Uche Unpronounceable“

    Welcome back to the 70s/80s folks.   

    Guessing you thought that was funny.     I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt this time.   


    Good to see we have our quota of judgemental, humourless ....holes
  • JordanJLD
    JordanJLD Posts: 165
    sam3110 said:
    Ikpeazu is to fill the Leaburn/Aneke gap. Ladapo is to fill the Tedic gap.

    If we're going 352 then the CBT gap needs to be filled by a wingback
    Did Tedic leave a gap then??
    The gap between the two goal posts were left quite often 
  • Ikpeazu And Ladapo will 100% mean we are no longer lightweight and bullied by teams

    lets just get safe and plan for the summer !


  • BR7_addick
    BR7_addick Posts: 10,212
    DDOUBLEE said:
    I would like a LWB in on loan maybe and id be satisfied (I’m not stating who should be starting, just highlighting the depth in positions, expect Thomas/Anderson to go and maybe Dobson)
    That’s a nice graphic but on no habitable does Dobson start over Coventry.  
  • The Prince-e-Paul
    The Prince-e-Paul Posts: 6,688
    edited January 2024
    wmcf123 said:
    I thought Uche was an absolute handful at Vale Park and if that is the role which gives more space to Alfie and the midfielders to benefit from, all good with me. That said we would need goals from the central midfielders which have been rare thus far this season. 
    Most of us would be a handful against our defenders .  Truly appalling goal record for a striker with huge numbers of different clubs 

    Who are our scouts btw?
    Timmy & Johnny. They also got their "I've coached a team" badge, with our first 11. In between sessions they did car washing for 10 bob. Their next badge is  "I've been a physio", before finishing with "I've managed a 1st team", but they need to wsit until Appleton has finished his job. They shouldn't have long to wait. 
  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 11,986
    Wow
    They are having a go, fair play.
  • mendonca
    mendonca Posts: 9,405
    Crawley ruled out out a day ago. Let's see if Ipswich bring any forwards in. 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,628
    I don’t mind this Ikpeazutoo, a good battering ram with a turn of pace. If we didn’t have a goal scorer in Alfie then it wouldn’t be great but think Ikpeazu could be a decent facilitator 
    and there's the rub. 

    what happens on Feb 3rd when Alfie tears his hamstring & is out for the rest of the season & CBT has left for Derby. That will be 65% of our goals scored this season gone. Good luck with Kanu and Ikpeazu getting enough to win you a game. And don't look to our midfield either - they're even worse !
  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,349
    edited January 2024
    Cawley said at the start of the window that we were after two strikers, so Ikpeazu would be just one of them. We can't play two up front with just May, Kanu, Chuks + 1. That's essentially 3 and a half strikers.
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  • supaclive
    supaclive Posts: 6,514
    Fair play if Lapado happens too
    Cap will be doffed......
  • PWADDICK said:

    What is going on?
    Can only think Scotty has found a few quid down the back of his settee...
  • We could still play 3-4-1-2 with both Ikpeazu and Ladapo up top and May in the 10 playing off both of them. Would mean fairly route 1 style but could be effective.
  • Braziliance
    Braziliance Posts: 8,359
    Croydon said:
    Had to check that was the real O'Rourke when I saw that! 
    Same, especially due to the time, certainly the most active January I can recall with transfer gossip/links 
    Almost like we actually have a plan. 

  • AppyAddick
    AppyAddick Posts: 1,475
    edited January 2024
    Ikpeazu had a brilliant game against us, he is a powerhouse, if we got him and Ladapo along with May the last 4 months of the season could be very interesting... 
  • supaclive
    supaclive Posts: 6,514
    Ikpeazu had a brilliant game against us, he is a powerhouse, if we got him and Ladapo along with May the last 4 months of the season could be very interesting... 
    In our quest to finish 10th?!

  • Braziliance
    Braziliance Posts: 8,359
    Croydon said:
    Croydon said:
    Had to check that was the real O'Rourke when I saw that! 
    Same, especially due to the time, certainly the most active January I can recall with transfer gossip/links 

    Definitely better names we're being linked with but we can only judge with who actually signs for us. Interesting couple of weeks ahead.
    Yeah, when he's signed on the dotted line I'll be happy, as so far it's been links and that's as far as it's gone.

    Ladapo I am not 100% about as he may be just leaving his prime, but if we get him, he's commited and he can replicate his Rotherham form, it will be a real coup. Probably the best option after JCH from this league. I know he will be from the league above but all of his best football is here.

    Still a long way to go, need a new centre back, the two new wingbacks and a creative mid, but I like the names we are being linked with. 
  • And soapy hits the nail ! 

    Scott to announce he's retiring from football & taking up hairdressing :)  
  • AppyAddick
    AppyAddick Posts: 1,475
    supaclive said:
    Ikpeazu had a brilliant game against us, he is a powerhouse, if we got him and Ladapo along with May the last 4 months of the season could be very interesting... 
    In our quest to finish 10th?!

    Didn't suggest we are going to storm into the playoffs...

    Just good football would be a start. 
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  • DDOUBLEE
    DDOUBLEE Posts: 1,473
    DDOUBLEE said:
    I would like a LWB in on loan maybe and id be satisfied (I’m not stating who should be starting, just highlighting the depth in positions, expect Thomas/Anderson to go and maybe Dobson)
    That’s a nice graphic but on no habitable does Dobson start over Coventry.  
    Agreed but like I said was just highlighting the depth 
  • Addick_8
    Addick_8 Posts: 687
    edited January 2024
    Would be over the moon with Ladapo. Haven’t seen anything of the Port Vale striker to have an opinion (other the game against us which I thought just showed how soft we are) but I have seen enough to rate Ladapo to warrant wanting him here.

    I don’t rate Appleton at all, but these type of players could help turn this mess around. Me being wrong about Appleton means Charlton doing well - I’d take that any day of the week.
     
    Refreshing to see us putting ourself about a bit in the transfer market, hope we finish this season strongly to convince players and fans that next year we are going to have a right good go. 
    & No, we are not safe from relegation yet despite some blind faith on this forum. 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,628
    supaclive said:
    Fair play if Lapado happens too
    Cap will be doffed......
    I wont just doff mine I'll eat it too.
  • bertpalmer
    bertpalmer Posts: 1,774
    DDOUBLEE said:
    DDOUBLEE said:
    I would like a LWB in on loan maybe and id be satisfied (I’m not stating who should be starting, just highlighting the depth in positions, expect Thomas/Anderson to go and maybe Dobson)
    That’s a nice graphic but on no habitable does Dobson start over Coventry.  
    Agreed but like I said was just highlighting the depth 
    A lot of depth but not quality probably 5 elite 8 short 
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    JamesSeed said:
    Brownie12 said:
    CH4RLTON said:
    This reminds of a Josh Parker kind of signing 
    Or worse still, Omar Bogle.
    ‘Worse still’?? Humph. 
    Did a great job for us, and got binned off like some discarded fag packet. 
    When was that ? :o I must have blinked. 
    That was little bit of a whoosh mate. A mini whoosh. 
    But as discussed earlier by others, he did a job for us, and was in the playoff winning side. Not a great job maybe, but a job nonetheless. 👍
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    wmcf123 said:
    I thought Uche was an absolute handful at Vale Park and if that is the role which gives more space to Alfie and the midfielders to benefit from, all good with me. That said we would need goals from the central midfielders which have been rare thus far this season. 
    Most of us would be a handful against our defenders .  Truly appalling goal record for a striker with huge numbers of different clubs 
    As with all these signings, whether he’s any good or not, only time…. will tell. 
    My feeling is he might be a useful addition, and will add a bit of much needed muscle to our attack. Other than Chuks, none of our attacking players can put it about a bit. 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    edited January 2024
    So if everything goes to plan we'll have 4 signings tomorrow.
    Ladapo from Ipswich, Ikpeazu from Port Vale, Edmonds-Green from Huddersfield and Ward from Swindon.
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    edited January 2024
    If Ikpeazu was of interest to us why did we not sign him in October when he was free?
    Because we had a list of targets, and he was number four or five on it? Plus the Miles and Chuks thing. 
  • Steven81
    Steven81 Posts: 999
    Sounds like great news but will hold off any excitement until I've checked the other forum and got it confirmed from the itk's lol
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    edited January 2024
    We get both a lot of people on this thread gonna look silly…..
    A lot of us already do look silly.