January Transfer Window (rumours + actuals)

Braziliance said:

NabySarr said:

drawnablank said:

Braziliance said:

Sage said:

Got to say with Peterborough’s league position and form, there are a number of players who are out of contract in the summer that I’d love for us to have a go at signing. They’ve got a really young squad but a number of talented players.

Kwame Poku is excellent. Injured currently and think he's had injury issues in the past? But only 23 and a lot of potential. 

Malik Mothersille another very decent winger. 7 goals and 4 assists. Meant to be very sulky though and been compared to have an attitude similar to Marcus Maddison from some of their fans. Not sure if he'd fit in here. 

Ricky-Jade Jones is the most interesting for me. Thing he could be a real project and we don't have any strikers atm with his gifted pace. Closest is probably TC but I always see him more as a winger. 

Those are all out of contract in the summer.

Archie Collins is another one who would be a good pick up for most teams in this league. He has a year and a half left though.

As usual, you can look at Peterborough and spot out 3 or so very decent players. 

Good call about Ricky-Jade Jones, especially if this recent trend of one striker pulling wide is to continue. He definitely has the profile to be able to do that and would add better finishing to the equation over TC. 

Fastest player in the world 

This is what I mean, God given pace. We lack pace up top and all over the pitch tbh. 

He's on 5 goals and 3 assists so far this season in the league, if we go all comps he's on 11 goals. Last season he managed 9 goals and 4 assists in the league.

He's not the finished article by any stretch but I think with the right coaching you never know how far he could go. I'd love us to be interested in a player like this and not a has been. 

No chance he'll be coming to Charlton. Rumours floating around from the last transfer window was that Sheffield United were in for both Ricky-Jade Jones and Harrison Burrows. It wouldn't suprise me to see United come back in for him as they could do with something extra having just slipped out of the autos in the Championship. If he doesn't join United, he'll join an alternative Championship team.

Sadly, we can forget that one.

Connor Barrett from Walsall would be a decent RB option. Cane through the Leicester youth system. Still has a a couple of years on his contract, so i doubt he'd come cheap.

Based on the clips posted by @Scoham he looks great but I’m more interested in what Cardiff fans are saying. Admittedly that’s a division above our level so I suppose it’s best to keep an open mind. Can’t say I’m excited by the rumour though. We’ve been interested before so it’s quite possibly true.

Kanu will be a good player but at the moment he seems to have 1 good game in 8. He's not ready to make a regular impact at this level yet. Loan would make sense. 

Chunes said:

Kanu will be a good player but at the moment he seems to have 1 good game in 8. He's not ready to make a regular impact at this level yet. Loan would make sense. 

1 game in 8 is very harsh!!!

NabySarr said:

Would be surprised if we are really in for Etete. We have too many strikers as it is 

Most likely that the rumour has come from either Cardiff or the players agent. Huddersfield need a striker so probably are in for him, but both Cardiff or the agent benefit from it seeming like more clubs are interested. So they’ve added us to the rumour, because we were interested previously that makes it more believable 

Far too sensible an approach.

How can we rant and rave about players we haven't even signed and slate our recruitment in general if you post reasonable analysis like this.

Please stop.

Bilko said:

Chunes said:

Kanu will be a good player but at the moment he seems to have 1 good game in 8. He's not ready to make a regular impact at this level yet. Loan would make sense. 

1 game in 8 is very harsh!!!

You might be right but I looked back at his FotMob before posting that, and I think that's a fair ratio. 

YannTheMann said:

Mendonca In Asdas said:

We could try and go for that May fella at Birmingham, pretty nippy, got 8 goals so far, but not a first choice striker, could be tempted by coming back to London?

Anyone willing to homeschool their kids to help this get this over the line? 

Henry Irving said:

NabySarr said:

Would be surprised if we are really in for Etete. We have too many strikers as it is 

Most likely that the rumour has come from either Cardiff or the players agent. Huddersfield need a striker so probably are in for him, but both Cardiff or the agent benefit from it seeming like more clubs are interested. So they’ve added us to the rumour, because we were interested previously that makes it more believable 

Far too sensible an approach.

How can we rant and rave about players we haven't even signed and slate our recruitment in general if you post reasonable analysis like this.

Please stop.

Albeit our recruitment for the last 5 years has been absolute gash, on the whole.....

Callumcafc said:

Braziliance said:

Just a handful of glowing reviews about Etete on CardiffLife: 

What happened to waiting for someone to pull on the shirt before judging them? Or does that only apply when they come with good reviews from their previous club?

I trust the judgement of football fans most of the time. They watch the players more than anyone so usually know what they're good and bad at. 

I think everytime I've asked someone who is a good player from another club, they play well. It's extremely rare it goes the other way. These things aren't rocket science to me, and I can't understand how we have gotten so much wrong in recent years.

If you are a striker with ridiculous stats like 5 goals in 50 games, you're returning from injury, and your club (who are woeful atm) are looking to offload you, chances are, you're pants. 

People will mention Yann, but he's an extremely rare example of it going the other way. 

He'd more than likely be a pants signing if we signed him, that's my opinion, and hopefully I never get to find out if I am right or wrong about that.

Braziliance said:

Callumcafc said:

Braziliance said:

Just a handful of glowing reviews about Etete on CardiffLife: 

What happened to waiting for someone to pull on the shirt before judging them? Or does that only apply when they come with good reviews from their previous club?

I trust the judgement of football fans most of the time. They watch the players more than anyone so usually know what they're good and bad at. 

I think everytime I've asked someone who is a good player from another club, they play well. It's extremely rare it goes the other way. These things aren't rocket science to me, and I can't understand how we have gotten so much wrong in recent years.

If you are a striker with ridiculous stats like 5 goals in 50 games, you're returning from injury, and your club (who are woeful atm) are looking to offload you, chances are, you're pants. 

People will mention Yann, but he's an extremely rare example of it going the other way. 

He'd more than likely be a pants signing if we signed him, that's my opinion, and hopefully I never get to find out if I am right or wrong about that.

Camara, Fiorini, Ladapo, Kirk, DJ, McGrandles all came with good opinions from fans within the last couple of years and none of them were a success

Braziliance said:

Callumcafc said:

Braziliance said:

Just a handful of glowing reviews about Etete on CardiffLife: 

What happened to waiting for someone to pull on the shirt before judging them? Or does that only apply when they come with good reviews from their previous club?

I trust the judgement of football fans most of the time. They watch the players more than anyone so usually know what they're good and bad at. 

I think everytime I've asked someone who is a good player from another club, they play well. It's extremely rare it goes the other way. These things aren't rocket science to me, and I can't understand how we have gotten so much wrong in recent years.

If you are a striker with ridiculous stats like 5 goals in 50 games, you're returning from injury, and your club (who are woeful atm) are looking to offload you, chances are, you're pants. 

People will mention Yann, but he's an extremely rare example of it going the other way. 

He'd more than likely be a pants signing if we signed him, that's my opinion, and hopefully I never get to find out if I am right or wrong about that.

People forget that Yann wasn't a bad player for Leicester, they just hate him for failing a panenka in the Play-Offs.

What about Devan Tanton? Colombian international currently on loan at Chesterfield from Fulham.

Missed a few games through injury, so perfect for us. Back and ready for selection this weekend (apparently).

fenaddick said:

Braziliance said:

fenaddick said:

Braziliance said:

Callumcafc said:

Braziliance said:

Just a handful of glowing reviews about Etete on CardiffLife: 

What happened to waiting for someone to pull on the shirt before judging them? Or does that only apply when they come with good reviews from their previous club?

I trust the judgement of football fans most of the time. They watch the players more than anyone so usually know what they're good and bad at. 

I think everytime I've asked someone who is a good player from another club, they play well. It's extremely rare it goes the other way. These things aren't rocket science to me, and I can't understand how we have gotten so much wrong in recent years.

If you are a striker with ridiculous stats like 5 goals in 50 games, you're returning from injury, and your club (who are woeful atm) are looking to offload you, chances are, you're pants. 

People will mention Yann, but he's an extremely rare example of it going the other way. 

He'd more than likely be a pants signing if we signed him, that's my opinion, and hopefully I never get to find out if I am right or wrong about that.

Camara, Fiorini, Ladapo, Kirk, DJ, McGrandles all came with good opinions from fans within the last couple of years and none of them were a success

It's not the same thing. That's when fans are saying they play well, not when they are shit. I am specifically talking about when other fans say a player is shit, I do trust their judgment to an extent.

As an example, if any opposition fan asked if CBT, Dobson or May were good signings, only people with weird agendas would say that they're not good players. 

Only CBT has been a miss so far, but he is at the level above, and sometimes certain players just fit in at certain clubs. Like McGrandles at Lincoln.

There's also an argument to be made for all of those. Panutche is a very good player, injuries were, and always have been his issue. Fiorini didn't come with rave reviews like other examples, no one expected much from him. Ladapo came with the reviews of "should do a job at that level" which is of course code for "thank you for saving us his wages". Kirk just lost his confidence, ability was never the issue, and DJ was always a desperation signing. 

Everyone you've just said either wasn't actually billed as a top signing, was washed, or, they had a circumstance that prevented them from developing. That's football.

When what appears to be a majority view from fans, is that he's a pants player, it should be noted. 

You said “ I think everytime I've asked someone who is a good player from another club, they play well. It's extremely rare it goes the other way”, I provided examples of the contrary. I think all fan opinions have to be taken with a pinch of salt, you can only judge a player by viewing them and not just from a youtube highlight reel either. 

I don’t think Etete would be a good signing but there’s every chance he clicks here but not Cardiff for example 

Ok. I disagree. 

You can judge a player without watching them, we know this, as there are certain players in the world we would all refer to as top players without watching them much, why? Because of their accolades, who they play for, what the general view of them is, and, their highlight reels. It would be mental to say you can only entirely judge a player with your own eyes, and completely impractical. I will always take on board fans views of a player, as it's not in their interest to not want a player to do well, it comes from a place of pure passion. You didn't watch Pele, Van Basten etc in the flesh, are you going to say they weren't top players? Cause all you can go by is media content, stats, and fans views.

If I go on another fans forums, and read an overwhelming amount of negative comments, then look at the players underwhelming stats, that's enough for me. Just like it was enough for me watching Alfie May twice, watching his highlight reel, and listening to Cheltenham fans. I was 100% confident he would be a success here, same as Lyle. Wimbledon fans say he's unreal, his goal stats show that, I watched him a handful of times against us, that was enough for me to be fairly confident he would be a good signing.

Anyway, lot of waffle here over a pants players we may not even sign, and I've posted way too much. I'll leave it there. Complete different view on things, hopefully he doesn't sign so I don't have to find out the answer for this.