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January thread

January thread

I'd love to see us go in for Joe Williams from Everton as Pearson's long term replacement. Him signing would probably have to coincide with Pearson leaving after the Bolton game though! Early days for Ledson but looks a long way from being able to competently replace BP.
I'm not sure we'll bring a keeper in at all...both are tied to long term deals and we have 4 on the books. I wouldn't have thought we'd be able to shift either maxwell or rudd...league one clubs couldn't afford their wages and would any championship sides be interested in them? Would've thought Ripley is a longer term target.
 
baldnobber;n3408082 said:
I'd love to see us go in for Joe Williams from Everton as Pearson's long term replacement. Him signing would probably have to coincide with Pearson leaving after the Bolton game though! Early days for Ledson but looks a long way from being able to competently replace BP.
I'm not sure we'll bring a keeper in at all...both are tied to long term deals and we have 4 on the books. I wouldn't have thought we'd be able to shift either maxwell or rudd...league one clubs couldn't afford their wages and would any championship sides be interested in them? Would've thought Ripley is a longer term target.
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I reckon we'd get a decent fee for Maxwell, can't see many teams touching Rudd for a while after Saturday... Best thing for him is to be kept as far from the limelight as possible for a while.
 
Mancunian White;n3408100 said:
I reckon we'd get a decent fee for Maxwell, can't see many teams touching Rudd for a while after Saturday... Best thing for him is to be kept as far from the limelight as possible for a while.
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From who? I like maxwell and think he should be our permanent number one but he's largely been second choice in one of the league's most porous defences.
We've seen with Pringle, Doyle and Vermijl just how hard it is to shift unwanted players who are on decent contracts. I honestly can't see a club who'd be willing and could afford to take either on.
 
baldnobber;n3408141 said:
From who? I like maxwell and think he should be our permanent number one but he's largely been second choice in one of the league's most porous defences.
We've seen with Pringle, Doyle and Vermijl just how hard it is to shift unwanted players who are on decent contracts. I honestly can't see a club who'd be willing and could afford to take either on.
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Bristol City tried 6 months ago. I think there’d be takers for Maxwell and I suspect he’ll want away. Whether he’d be a number 1 elsewhere in this league I’m not to sure.
 
Maxwell is a terrific keeper in that he’s a sweeper keeper which means that we can push up more. Having seen Ripley at Accy Stanley twice this season, he hasn’t impressed me that much. Local lad though and on loan from Boro so would probably welcome a permanent move back to the North West. I think that we’ll stick with what we’ve got.
 
Just seen Graham Burke's name mentioned on here. I had completely forgotten about him. Is he injured?, if not it just seems to sum up our chaotic scatter gun approach to identifying and signing players. I can see why Hemmings doesn't want to sanction new signings when we are paying wages to so many peripheral players in the squad.
 
WOWM;n3408244 said:
Just seen Graham Burke's name mentioned on here. I had completely forgotten about him. Is he injured?, if not it just seems to sum up our chaotic scatter gun approach to identifying and signing players. I can see why Hemmings doesn't want to sanction new signings when we are paying wages to so many peripheral players in the squad.
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He was in the squad against Boro and Birmingham.
 
Wouldn't mind us taking a look at that Cauley Woodrow, doing well for Barnsley on loan, very highly rated once upon a time. Can't see Fulham demanding big money.
 
sf;n3408298 said:
Wouldn't mind us taking a look at that Cauley Woodrow, doing well for Barnsley on loan, very highly rated once upon a time. Can't see Fulham demanding big money.
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Think that’s becoming a permanent move to Barnsley in January, done and dusted.

Have to fancy Barnsley to come straight back up with Moore and Woodrow up top.
 
kbd_pne;n3408302 said:
Think that’s becoming a permanent move to Barnsley in January, done and dusted.

Have to fancy Barnsley to come straight back up with Moore and Woodrow up top.
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Ah, just read that.

Very good strike force at that level.

Our options are really limited if we want someone within budget who could maybe make an instant impact.
 
sf;n3408304 said:
Ah, just read that.

Very good strike force at that level.

Our options are really limited if we want someone within budget who could maybe make an instant impact.
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Yep, and another problem in this window is when trying to pluck the best from lower divisions, teams don’t want to sell during a promotion push.

For example, 2 players I really like in L1 are James Justin (Luton RB) and Jamal Lowe (Portsmouth winger) but with them 3rd and 1st in the league respectively, I don’t see why they’d sell mid-season.

If we’re doing permanents we’ll probably be limited to players like Bodin and Moult last January, who have 6 months left on their contracts.
 
It wouldn’t surprise me if we finished up with someone like Jayden Stockley of Exeter. We’ve been rumoured to be interested in him in the past.
 
Maybe loans from the likes of Boro, Villa or Derby who could be persuaded that us beating their rivals would be to their advantage? 😕
 
ernest;n3408039 said:
Absolutely - you got the impression from AN's remarks that both Pearson and Clarke were close to being fit on Saturday so hopefully they will both be back at the week-end. If they are then with both of them back and the rest of the team being given a thorough pep-talk on the need for fight and competitiveness we should look a different outfit altogether. As an aside Davies you imagine will also start to give us better balance at the back though Storey, whom you imagine he would replace, was no worse than anyone else on Saturday.
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Thought Storey had the better game of the two cb's on saturday. Got rinsed by Jutkiewikz who should have done better, but kept a decent player in Adams quiet, for most of the game.

One thing he needs to improve on is his passing. I appreciate the fact he is trying to drive a flatter ball instead of a hoof, in order to play to Moult's strength, but he was off target by about 20 yards most times. That said, his defensive work has been really promising thus far, he isnt in the team to thread balls through the lines
 
Lee Trundle;n3408371 said:
Thought Storey had the better game of the two cb's on saturday. Got rinsed by Jutkiewikz who should have done better, but kept a decent player in Adams quiet, for most of the game.

One thing he needs to improve on is his passing. I appreciate the fact he is trying to drive a flatter ball instead of a hoof, in order to play to Moult's strength, but he was off target by about 20 yards most times. That said, his defensive work has been really promising thus far, he isnt in the team to thread balls through the lines
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Yes -I've liked the look of Storey since I first saw him in the pre-season friendlies. Great servant of the club that Huntington has been and still is it can only be a matter of time and perhaps not very much time before Storey supplants him.
 
Mickypne;n3408768 said:
Any worth trying to take?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...continues.html

Bolton players told to find new clubs basically.
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Basically No......generally they sign older players without much future...


of the ones not catching, they are not catching for a reason - players like Gary ONeill etc..... one or two like S. Ireland haven't played for years.,..

As for payment - some got paid Friday, others Monday.....
 
Sammy Ameobi is absolute class. Lad in midfield on loan from Everton looked tidy whilst Polish right back as already mentioned, scored a great goal and looked the part. Hard to tell from one viewing this season. They are in debt so deep that it will be a drop in the ocean if they accepted a bid, although it might pay the wages for a few weeks.
 
pet shop boy;n3408800 said:
Sammy Ameobi is absolute class. Lad in midfield on loan from Everton looked tidy whilst Polish right back as already mentioned, scored a great goal and looked the part. Hard to tell from one viewing this season. They are in debt so deep that it will be a drop in the ocean if they accepted a bid, although it might pay the wages for a few weeks.
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Ameobi did his ankle ligaments in September and is still yet to play so maybe one to avoid with our recent record.
 
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