January Transfer Rumours & L1 signings

[Quintrell Green]

Any rumours? Goalkeepers not included.

We won’t be signing Steven Caulker that I’d heard a spurious rumour about, he’s signed for someone else.

With a name like that he could have also have moonlighted in the Dockyard!

 

[Stuart House]

All a bit quiet on the speculation front.

Are we set for the usual missed targets, 2nd, 3rd and 4th choice signings and disappointment?

Or a pleasant surprise?

 

[HC Green]

All a bit quiet on the speculation front.

Are we set for the usual missed targets, 2nd, 3rd and 4th choice signings and disappointment?

Or a pleasant surprise?

Disappointments? What like previous January signings of Sarcevic, Taylor, Threlkeld, Kennedy, Vyner and Matthews.

 

[Stuart House]

I'll raise you ....

Paton, Church, Blissett, Sokolik, Houghton, Nardiello.

 

[Biggs]

You said the ‘usual’ disappointment, all those names prove is that not all signings are successful. For any club.

And I’d argue that Blissett and Sokolik did a job, helping us get over the line in League 2. Didn’t all NB’s three goals for us win points?

 

[Green Giant]

Can't imagine coming all the way down here to join in with a relegation dog fight is enticing for most players I think people need to accept we wont see anyone else come until the last week of January and definitely not before the two home games coming up and probably not names that are going to excite the majority

 

[Voice of Reason]

Other than boredom/doom merchant, why are you suggesting missed targets?

DA has already commented that he expected to do his business at the back end of the window (as most do historically) so why the negative slant?

All lower league clubs are the paupers in this charade. We almost always have to wait for someone higher up the food chain to get what they want, be it Cardiff/Bristol City, sign a new Centre Back and the prospect who is currently their 4th choice CB, becomes their 5th and they then deem it better for him to find a suitable club for a few months.

I wish it wasn't the way but it is, signing someone on the 2nd of Jan or the 30th Jan is no measure of whether they will prove to be a success, every signing is a gamble to a degree.

 

[Lobster]

Adams has admitted he had missed out on some of his transfer window targets already.

Here

 

[Voice of Reason]

I would think all 72 league clubs will miss out on their targets, as they'll all be realistic enough that its nigh on impossible to pick up all the players you want, for the budget that you have, without circumstance or competition from others.
The whole window is a pantomime, i fail to see who benefits from it other than agents and Sky Sports who seem to spend their time wetting themselves when someone who cant break into the Stoke team goes to Gillingham on loan.
I'm sure we'll see 2, possibly 3 new faces.

 

[cheshiregreen]

Not sure if already on here somewhere. Alan Judge to Ipswich.

 

[philmeboots]

Can't imagine coming all the way down here to join in with a relegation dog fight is enticing for most players I think people need to accept we wont see anyone else come until the last week of January and definitely not before the two home games coming up and probably not names that are going to excite the majority

They’re probably queued up to come down here to get booed or be told that they’re not fit to wear the shirt.

 

[HC Green]

I would think all 72 league clubs will miss out on their targets, as they'll all be realistic enough that its nigh on impossible to pick up all the players you want, for the budget that you have, without circumstance or competition from others.
The whole window is a pantomime, i fail to see who benefits from it other than agents and Sky Sports who seem to spend their time wetting themselves when someone who cant break into the Stoke team goes to Gillingham on loan.
I'm sure we'll see 2, possibly 3 new faces.

Only if they are better than what we’ve already have and can afford that quality which is the difficult bit.

 

[Nobby]

I'll raise you ....

Paton, Church, Blissett, Sokolik, Houghton, Nardiello.

Think you’re being harsh. Sokolik was great in League Two, just wasn’t up to League One. Jordan Houghton was decent enough too. Would hardly call either a disappointment. Blissett also scored some important goals but ultimately wasn’t up to league one.

Paton wasn’t signed in January and was always short term back up. If you’re counting him, then add Jamille Matt to the success list.

Nardiello and Church, yeh fair enough. Very bad.

 

[Quintrell Green]

I'll raise you ....

Paton, Church, Blissett, Sokolik, Houghton, Nardiello.

Think you’re being harsh. Sokolik was great in League Two, just wasn’t up to League One. Jordan Houghton was decent enough too. Would hardly call either a disappointment. Blissett also scored some important goals but ultimately wasn’t up to league one.

Paton wasn’t signed in January and was always short term back up. If you’re counting him, then add Jamille Matt to the success list.

Nardiello and Church, yeh fair enough. Very bad.

Nardiello and Church were in themselves not bad footballers. Both were initially signed up, I felt, when DA had been less successful seeking other striking candidates, but this pair had both received longer term injuries and had not really tested themselves playing in an extended run of games. This weakness was very soon apparent with Church who barely kicked a ball in anger all the time he was with Argyle. As for Nardiello he had a few more games but whilst he was not in a permanent crocked state, his recovery level and accumulated years soon proved he was not a star signing.

 

[Deacster]

From his comments i wouldn't be surprised if we did lost out on Caulker, as he mentions losing a player to abroad and we clearly are in the market for a centre back.