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- Sun May 12, 2024 9:15 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
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Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
Hopefully we get to find out what a Championship window looks like for usplymouth wanderer wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 9:10 pmThey may well do. I said I would not lose sleep over them leaving. Imo, we can do better. Dan has potential but his touch is so poor. We will have to see.
- Sun May 12, 2024 9:05 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
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Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
Evatt loves Vic and he called Dan "one of the most talented players at the club", so I think you may find they stay unless there's a big bid for Vic.plymouth wanderer wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 8:57 pmI agree. I don't think I'd lose much sleep over losing JBD, Dan, Victor and Jerome if we did go up. But it's all about who we replace them with
- Sun May 12, 2024 6:39 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
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Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
I mean maybe add whatever Bod and Cam are on, combined together, and get thee to t'Queen's Ead. You shouldn't need Vardy numbers. :-) That gives us 5, which we'd likely need to cover injuries, anyhow. If Dion/Collins/Vic are our main 3, then we can take our chances on #5 and whether they have a bet...
- Sun May 12, 2024 6:10 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
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Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
Anyone got a spare £50k a week to land Jamie Vardy on a free?Worthy4England wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 5:43 pmStrikers has the capability to "evolve" depending what happens to Bod/Cam. I'd prefer to have an alternative 70 minute option to Dan, unless he's kicked on a bit, post injury.
- Sun May 12, 2024 6:08 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
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Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
Who are you expecting to walk if we stay down? I must admit I'm not expecting a stampede. Similar list to the one you mentioned. Santos with a year left. Charles and Vic with known interest. Thomason with a firm Championship offer last summer and being a much better player this time around. I'm als...
- Sun May 12, 2024 5:26 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
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Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
One thing on Coleman, we have no idea what he's like in training. He may be part of a really good department and have loads of value in terms of development. Given that he's a Bolton lad on a low wage he may naturally evolve into a 3rd choice keeper who sets standards and helps the culture. You don'...
- Sun May 12, 2024 5:22 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
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Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
If we do manage to go up, which of those players, especially in the bottom XI, could play in the Champo? If you think someone couldn't, do we loan them out, or attempt to sell ("Hello, Stockport! Hello, Wrexham!") while they've got contract length? Yup. Can we make space if needed? If we stay down ...
- Sun May 12, 2024 2:45 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
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Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
We only just gave Morley a contract to 2027.
Hard to see him leaving in the summer.
Hard to see him leaving in the summer.
- Sun May 12, 2024 1:46 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
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Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
Well, yeah. Of course the number of errors has a direct relationship to them not having the ball and being defensive v them having the ball and attacking. I mean, that just feels intuitively logical. But however good they system is on the front foot. You will need to defend, pretty much every game....
- Sun May 12, 2024 1:17 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
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Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
An increase in defensive errors is directly related to how much of the ball the centre backs see. In a possession system you want centre halves who can play, but you also don't want them on the ball constantly; because they will always be the most likely to make errors. That's why they're defenders....
- Sun May 12, 2024 11:11 am
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
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Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
Hmm, well I wrote a post and then got booted. Plus side, it'll save you all a lot of reading. Basically, the main issues with our defending isn't who's in the back 3, it's where we lose the ball and how often the defenders have possession when we attack. Wide players who can dribble past defenders w...
- Sat May 11, 2024 11:11 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
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Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
Dan surely gets loaned if we go up. Nowhere near good enough for the Championship. The issue is what the manager thinks. Evatt was pretty definite during preseason that Dan can play in the Premier League with the right application and coaching. Obviously that theory isn't going to be tested if the ...
- Sat May 11, 2024 11:05 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
- Replies: 91
- Views: 1626
Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
At the risk of sounding slightly provocative, do any of us seriously think that IF we get promotion, we are going to be trading in the " upper championship" market ?!!?! Surely IF we ply our trade next year in the championship, then we will be trading in the " anything other than bottom 3 of the ch...
- Sat May 11, 2024 10:06 pm
- Forum: Other Footy
- Topic: Tonight's Football
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Re: Tonight's Football
MK Dons losing 8-1 on aggregate is one of the best things I've seen in football.
- Sat May 11, 2024 7:23 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
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- Views: 1626
Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
There's always Keanu Baccus on a freeWorthy4England wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 7:17 pmThe reliable championship player. That midfield general, will do.
- Sat May 11, 2024 7:08 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
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- Views: 1626
Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
(@Ghost - Reading activated Femi Azeez's extension clause - https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2024/may/08/retained-list-2024-07may24/ - doesn't mean he's not available, just not on a free) Cheers. Hadn't noticed. Can't say he's absolutely top of my list of dream targets, but he'd have been a brillia...
- Sat May 11, 2024 7:05 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
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Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
I have Ogbeta as improving going forwards, wanting in defence. He'd be a no from me, unless they think they can work his defence, better. More critical for me should we go up one. So yeah 2 WB's. I'm fairly sure in MF you've described most of the attributes for MF general, Ghost. I'd be a bit conce...
- Sat May 11, 2024 6:19 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Rising in Wembley's Glow: A Bolton Wanderers Tale - Bolton vs Oxford. 18th May 2024, 4.15pm
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Re: Rising in Wembley's Glow: A Bolton Wanderers Tale - Bolton vs Oxford. 18th May 2024, 4.15pm
Na, not buying itWorthy4England wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 6:16 pmI've yet to see us victorious!
Had tickets last year and failed a late fitness test with 'flu...and voila, 4-0.
Welcome back, btw.
Get thee to Wembley, good sir. You deserve to see us go up.
- Sat May 11, 2024 6:17 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
- Replies: 91
- Views: 1626
Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
I would suspect that players "like" Ogbeta and Azeez are more likely candidates than "bigger" names. If we do go up, we will be suddenly swimming in a pond of sizeable fishies. Doesn't mean success is impossible (ask Ian's mate Rob Edwards) but we'll have to be savvy. If we need say five signings, ...
- Sat May 11, 2024 5:46 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
- Replies: 91
- Views: 1626
Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
I take it you wouldn't want to sign Ogbeta or Ashworth, then? I've quite liked both, especially Nat, but I can see what you mean. We need players who will raise the ceiling - or indeed the roof. I think Ogbeta is a real talent. If he's the pick, fine. I have real questions about his fitness record,...