holmesfield_owl Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 2 minutes ago, Reesh said: That's not the players fault is it I know where the blame is mate, he shouldn't be anywhere near a starting front two position Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowlthesexynewversion Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 2 hours ago, holmesfield_owl said: Stop bloody playing him Corrected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 14 hours ago, TheExile said: Few rumours on Twitter about Tshimanga being a potential target. Seems unlikely but he did nearly get a championship move in the summer Peterborough and Brum are interested in him. Apparently likely to go to Peterborough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 FDB and Gregory both unlikely to leave today, despite interest Apparently, Windass is attracting interest from the Championship and a lower Prem club. According to local journalists Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Got a feeling might be bit of ins and outs today. Can't see a Premier club being after Windass, he will go if that's case and you couldn't blame him. Gregory is an interesting one. I like him but for whatever reason it's not really happening for him this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billysboy Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 26 minutes ago, HoylandOwl said: FDB and Gregory both unlikely to leave today, despite interest Apparently, Windass is attracting interest from the Championship and a lower Prem club. According to local journalists Clickbait shit, they get fuck all out of club so just page filling I reckon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 5 hours ago, HoylandOwl said: It’s not been confirmed by journos that we’re after him. Not that, that always means it’s on or off of course! jOuRNoS - people reading blogs, forums and social media Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 1 hour ago, HoylandOwl said: FDB and Gregory both unlikely to leave today, despite interest Apparently, Windass is attracting interest from the Championship and a lower Prem club. According to local journalists Aren't we the lower PL club? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 1 hour ago, HoylandOwl said: Peterborough and Brum are interested in him. Apparently likely to go to Peterborough Before a £15m move to Brentford /Southampton in 2025 no doubt 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCraigsOwl Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Mr Holmesfield - I'd like to apologise for my outburst this morning. Somewhat unprofessional. I pride myself in being polite to people... apart from cyclists, of course 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 6 hours ago, EastCraigsOwl said: He's not a striker ffs. How many times? 🎶 "He's our striker, he's our number thirteen."🎵 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Hector still not back training with us, and, another League 1 club is after him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrolMong Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 28 minutes ago, HoylandOwl said: Hector still not back training with us, and, another League 1 club is after him. Good. Don’t want him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Centre back we’ve been linked with in the past…. Maybe off to another South Yorkshire club? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylluan Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 There's an unsubstantiated rumour going round some Toytown fans groups that Stewart has 'done a Chansiri' and 'sold' the stadium to an offshoot of ASD in order to fund the recent transfer spending. They're trying to tie it into another rumour that the club is going up for sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrySpeakup Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 3 hours ago, Andyben said: jOuRNoS - people reading blogs, forums and social media Maybe the famous Frank Zappa quote can be adapted for football journalists “Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyCraig Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Don't look like much is gonna happen for us in this window, does it. I don't think the right players, to actually improve us, are available. Therefore I'm not too fussed as I believe we already have a league winning team. Recall Brennan as cover and we go again Saturday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 The Celtic lad isn’t travelling south to Sheffield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Hector is training with Charlton apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neville Facking Bartos Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 2 hours ago, Tylluan said: There's an unsubstantiated rumour going round some Toytown fans groups that Stewart has 'done a Chansiri' and 'sold' the stadium to an offshoot of ASD in order to fund the recent transfer spending. They're trying to tie it into another rumour that the club is going up for sale He’d have a job, council owned isn’t it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delseeds Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Hector confirmed with Charlton... Not a massive loss really, DM would have taken him on if he was worth the punt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 21 minutes ago, Delseeds said: Hector confirmed with Charlton... Not a massive loss really, DM would have taken him on if he was worth the punt https://www.charltonafc.com/news/done-deal-michael-hector-joins-addicks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyOwl Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Not sour grapes or owt but Hector looks out of shape on that photo at Charlton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Hearts are saying their transfer business today is done. So that’s Pato staying then. Good news 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylluan Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 3 hours ago, Neville Facking Bartos said: He’d have a job, council owned isn’t it? Nah. Stewart bought the land then used personal money and borrowed some to build it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Well that wasn’t exciting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Less is more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 The players we have, got us to 2nd in the league. Soooooo They can get us up too. Onwards and UPWARDS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowlthesexynewversion Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 I think this fascination with the transfer window is somewhat misplaced. Our loan signings tend to have a 50 50 success rate at best, integration of new players may take 2- 3 weeks which given our fixture list is not a gamble we should be taking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neville Facking Bartos Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 If we fail to get promoted the criticism for not strengthening this window will be fierce. It’s a gamble. The concern for me is what has influenced our decision making. Simply a case of not pulling off deals we were working on or are the funds not available? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 20 minutes ago, Dronowl66 said: Whatever your views on Chansiri the one thing that cannot be argued is that funds have always been available , how those funds have been used has been the issue in the past . Its a sad indictment that half of our fan base will be hoping we win on Saturday but also hoping for there moment in the sun If we lose and they can jump on Twatter and attck Chansiri and Moore again Sadly true. Both points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 1 hour ago, Neville Facking Bartos said: If we fail to get promoted the criticism for not strengthening this window will be fierce. It’s a gamble. The concern for me is what has influenced our decision making. Simply a case of not pulling off deals we were working on or are the funds not available? I just think the players we wanted weren’t available. But as you say, if we don’t go up, then DM’s position will be untenable to a lot of the fan base who just don’t rate him. Although, it isn’t necessarily his fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 (edited) I think we've probably been a bit unlucky this time. Some of the better sounding, younger candidates seemed to become unavailable late on. Celtic decided not to let their player out, or made that known, late on. It sounds like the young striker at QPR wasn't allowed out after Lyndon Dykes unfortunately ended up in hospital. So here's to us having better luck in getting one or two of our own back from injury a bit quicker than originally expected: Reece James especially. Edited February 1 by Owling_Wolf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowlthesexynewversion Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 A lot of our fan base need to go for a long walk off a short pier 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylluan Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Our inactivity goes both ways. We haven't lost anyone and there were nibbles. We didn't need to scramble round trying to find, possibly inferior, replacements. I did a bit of work for a couple of other clubs and the fees/wages splits parent clubs were asking for loanees was stupid across the board. Then you had agents getting greedy as well. One PL kids loan move almost didn't go through because his agent wanted £50k for 'allowing' his player to move. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 7 minutes ago, Tylluan said: Our inactivity goes both ways. We haven't lost anyone and there were nibbles. We didn't need to scramble round trying to find, possibly inferior, replacements. I did a bit of work for a couple of other clubs and the fees/wages splits parent clubs were asking for loanees was stupid across the board. Then you had agents getting greedy as well. One PL kids loan move almost didn't go through because his agent wanted £50k for 'allowing' his player to move. That last bit: what a verminous bastard they are. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 While I would have liked a forward with a bit of pace and tricks, most of the wants that, and they cost the big money. I've got doubts about Moore but tbf he and DC money have brought it quality players. But he has to deliver this season 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylluan Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 There's a possibility we may offer Tyler Blackett a trial after Wigan left it to the last minute to say no. We may also be thinking about Lewis Grabban. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellsview Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 If I was to be critical I’d say that we had plenty of time to get our house in order and deals should have been sniffed out before the window even opened. Let’s face it, Plymouth and Ipswich didn’t exactly hang about did they? If we do fail to go up automatically then I’m afraid yes, I’ll be one of those looking at this transfer window and asking questions. But if it has no bearing and we do go up, I’ll gladly hold my hands up, call it a master stroke and eat another slice of humble pie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBO Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 We will have tried to get the players we wanted. We will have spent all January doing that. For whatever reasons the deals didn't come off . We could have signed some players for the sake of it, players we didn't really want and would not improve the squad, just to appease the more hard of thinking elements of our fanbase. I'm glad we didn't do that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowlthesexynewversion Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 26 minutes ago, JBO said: We will have tried to get the players we wanted. We will have spent all January doing that. For whatever reasons the deals didn't come off . We could have signed some players for the sake of it, players we didn't really want and would not improve the squad, just to appease the more hard of thinking elements of our fanbase. I'm glad we didn't do that. Jordan Rhodes No further questions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skamp Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Think Jeffers was the same - **** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 2 hours ago, Bellsview said: If I was to be critical I’d say that we had plenty of time to get our house in order and deals should have been sniffed out before the window even opened. Let’s face it, Plymouth and Ipswich didn’t exactly hang about did they? If we do fail to go up automatically then I’m afraid yes, I’ll be one of those looking at this transfer window and asking questions. But if it has no bearing and we do go up, I’ll gladly hold my hands up, call it a master stroke and eat another slice of humble pie. Our squad is good enough to go up with or without this window. If we don't go up then the blame is for me down to Moore. He's done well with recruitment but I'd like us to stop fannying about and release the shackles sometimes. Him settling for a point after conceding late against Plymouth away ended us coming home with nowt. I'd also prefer him to play his best 11 each time instead of persisting with Paterson... Also when Smith is on the pitch, get Marvin crossing the bastard ball in, play to the strengths and averages. Countless times we get a free kick and we take it further back from where it was awarded and it goes backwards, it drives me potty! Other teams steal a bit further forward and put the opposition under pressure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 5 minutes ago, Ozzie said: Our squad is good enough to go up with or without this window. If we don't go up then the blame is for me down to Moore. He's done well with recruitment but I'd like us to stop fannying about and release the shackles sometimes. Him settling for a point after conceding late against Plymouth away ended us coming home with nowt. I'd also prefer him to play his best 11 each time instead of persisting with Paterson... Also when Smith is on the pitch, get Marvin crossing the bastard ball in, play to the strengths and averages. Countless times we get a free kick and we take it further back from where it was awarded and it goes backwards, it drives me potty! Other teams steal a bit further forward and put the opposition under pressure. Agreed. Plymouth game worries me. It shouldn't because we're more than good enough we dhowed that down there. If Moore goes all "Carlos " and bottles it were in trouble. Believe in the players ability. It's his I doubt. While our midfield is a strength we lack real mobility and pace in there, Barnsley exposed that, and Plymouth have that as well. Play on front foot we'll be ok 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellsview Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 I agree with the consensus that our squad is good enough, and I also agree that we shouldn’t sign players for the sake of it. I just think it’s the injuries and lack of cover at centre back which worries me, otherwise I wouldn’t have any major concerns over not bringing new faces in - and it isn’t lost on me, as again has been stated, that we haven’t lost any players either, as was thought might happen. Maybe the fact our next two league games are versus Plymouth and Ipswich, both of which have strengthened, is also giving me the jitters. I suppose I should really have more confidence in our squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylluan Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Maybe we should have recalled Brennan but is the fact that we let him stay an indication that we were looking to upgrade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto_Man Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 What positions do people think we should have filled? We maybe could have brought in an extra centre half, but that's it as far as I can see. Looking at players our peers have signed, who do you realistically think we missed out on? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Manager... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylluan Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 We needed a reserve centre half for the bench or pushing Palmer to go back out wide, especially as Ihiekwe looks to be out longer than expected and Famewo pulled up (with cramp?) Hence looking at Hector and asking about the kid from Celtic. A quicker centre forward is always nice to have but I don't know if one would actually fit into our current style of play. I also think we have forward players in the 21s who could step up if there's a crisis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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