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Re: Contract expiry

Post by The_Gun » Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:28 pm

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Pru: Aye, there's no definitive link between height and ability. And I might be doing Delaney down, in which case I'd be delighted to be proven wrong. I just suspect that there aren't that many ball-playing 6ft5in defenders in the lower league, and that when you add Brian Barry-Murphy's predilection for passing to his happiness to release Delaney mid-contract. We'll see, I guess. I hope he's good. (And BWFCi: of course we need balance. I don't think Barrow got promoted by shipping goals. But Evatt does seem to demand that all players be happy in possession.)

On Kean Bryan - I wouldn't exactly die of shock if he came back. He's a Sheffield United player; if Evatt's football is based on a ball-playing back three in a fluid system, we might just be one of the best proving grounds for him. Same goes for other local Prem clubs who like players confident in possession. And not just the very big ones: Sounds like Evatt is already popular with Blackburn. There are good sides to being in such a low division that we're not a threat.
I think sentiment towards Evatt might shift rather quickly if he were to start borrowing players off that lot...

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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:34 pm

Ha! See, while that might be true among boneheads, I don't give a shit where our players have been as long as they're good for us. Kevin Davies was a Blackburn reject. Dennis Politic joined us from Man U. So did Tony Dunne.

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Re: Contract expiry

Post by BWFC_Insane » Thu Jul 02, 2020 4:11 pm

The_Gun wrote:
Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:28 pm
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:03 pm
Pru: Aye, there's no definitive link between height and ability. And I might be doing Delaney down, in which case I'd be delighted to be proven wrong. I just suspect that there aren't that many ball-playing 6ft5in defenders in the lower league, and that when you add Brian Barry-Murphy's predilection for passing to his happiness to release Delaney mid-contract. We'll see, I guess. I hope he's good. (And BWFCi: of course we need balance. I don't think Barrow got promoted by shipping goals. But Evatt does seem to demand that all players be happy in possession.)

On Kean Bryan - I wouldn't exactly die of shock if he came back. He's a Sheffield United player; if Evatt's football is based on a ball-playing back three in a fluid system, we might just be one of the best proving grounds for him. Same goes for other local Prem clubs who like players confident in possession. And not just the very big ones: Sounds like Evatt is already popular with Blackburn. There are good sides to being in such a low division that we're not a threat.
I think sentiment towards Evatt might shift rather quickly if he were to start borrowing players off that lot...
I literally couldn't care less where our players come from nor who they are. If Evatt wants them - its good enough for me. As though we're in any position to turn down players because they are from a rival. If Blackburn want to or are able to help us then great - same goes for any club. We're the paupers right now - our begging bowl is out there - any help gratefully received.

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Re: Contract expiry

Post by The_Gun » Thu Jul 02, 2020 4:17 pm

BWFC_Insane wrote:
Thu Jul 02, 2020 4:11 pm
The_Gun wrote:
Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:28 pm
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:03 pm
Pru: Aye, there's no definitive link between height and ability. And I might be doing Delaney down, in which case I'd be delighted to be proven wrong. I just suspect that there aren't that many ball-playing 6ft5in defenders in the lower league, and that when you add Brian Barry-Murphy's predilection for passing to his happiness to release Delaney mid-contract. We'll see, I guess. I hope he's good. (And BWFCi: of course we need balance. I don't think Barrow got promoted by shipping goals. But Evatt does seem to demand that all players be happy in possession.)

On Kean Bryan - I wouldn't exactly die of shock if he came back. He's a Sheffield United player; if Evatt's football is based on a ball-playing back three in a fluid system, we might just be one of the best proving grounds for him. Same goes for other local Prem clubs who like players confident in possession. And not just the very big ones: Sounds like Evatt is already popular with Blackburn. There are good sides to being in such a low division that we're not a threat.
I think sentiment towards Evatt might shift rather quickly if he were to start borrowing players off that lot...
I literally couldn't care less where our players come from nor who they are. If Evatt wants them - its good enough for me. As though we're in any position to turn down players because they are from a rival. If Blackburn want to or are able to help us then great - same goes for any club. We're the paupers right now - our begging bowl is out there - any help gratefully received.
I would suggest you guys are more well balanced than the majority of our fan base. Generally loaning players from a club's main rival isn't something which happens too regularly, right?

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Re: Contract expiry

Post by BWFC_Insane » Thu Jul 02, 2020 4:32 pm

The_Gun wrote:
Thu Jul 02, 2020 4:17 pm
BWFC_Insane wrote:
Thu Jul 02, 2020 4:11 pm
The_Gun wrote:
Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:28 pm
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:03 pm
Pru: Aye, there's no definitive link between height and ability. And I might be doing Delaney down, in which case I'd be delighted to be proven wrong. I just suspect that there aren't that many ball-playing 6ft5in defenders in the lower league, and that when you add Brian Barry-Murphy's predilection for passing to his happiness to release Delaney mid-contract. We'll see, I guess. I hope he's good. (And BWFCi: of course we need balance. I don't think Barrow got promoted by shipping goals. But Evatt does seem to demand that all players be happy in possession.)

On Kean Bryan - I wouldn't exactly die of shock if he came back. He's a Sheffield United player; if Evatt's football is based on a ball-playing back three in a fluid system, we might just be one of the best proving grounds for him. Same goes for other local Prem clubs who like players confident in possession. And not just the very big ones: Sounds like Evatt is already popular with Blackburn. There are good sides to being in such a low division that we're not a threat.
I think sentiment towards Evatt might shift rather quickly if he were to start borrowing players off that lot...
I literally couldn't care less where our players come from nor who they are. If Evatt wants them - its good enough for me. As though we're in any position to turn down players because they are from a rival. If Blackburn want to or are able to help us then great - same goes for any club. We're the paupers right now - our begging bowl is out there - any help gratefully received.
I would suggest you guys are more well balanced than the majority of our fan base. Generally loaning players from a club's main rival isn't something which happens too regularly, right?
We don't have a main rival. Is it Man Utd? Blackburn? Preston? Wigan? As for generally - depends on the circumstances. Given where we are I expect us to be loaning players from NW rivals purely because of logistics - players in their development can remain local to where they live. If we were in the same league as Blackburn might be a bit different - but in this scenario, we'll take what we can get.

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Re: Contract expiry

Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Thu Jul 02, 2020 4:33 pm

I'd borrow players off Accy and Rochdale if it worked for us. They are, after all, out of our league.

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Re: Contract expiry

Post by The_Gun » Thu Jul 02, 2020 4:35 pm

I'm not saying you aren't both right, but I would suspect that a lot of our fans would kick-off if we started loaning Blackburn players.

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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Thu Jul 02, 2020 4:41 pm

I wouldn't worry. In January, a fairly unpopular manager borrowed a player off Man U. World didn't end.

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Re: Contract expiry

Post by Prufrock » Thu Jul 02, 2020 4:56 pm

Given all this Barrowcelona business I wouldn't be surprised if we're sniffing around some of the City kids. You're probably looking at the more 18y end of the scale, or ones who haven't caught fire elsewhere but it has to be attractive for City to have a relatively big club playing that kind of football on the doorstep.

Impression I get is we'll be looking at the City, United, Liverpool academies and hoping to be a stepping stone for some and a sanctuary back into football for others.
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Re: Contract expiry

Post by jmjhb » Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:46 pm

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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Fri Jul 03, 2020 5:46 pm

Crawford is Evatt's first signing, with a two-year contract.

JUNE 2021
Matthew Alexander (18, GK, 7/5/02)
Harry Brockbank (21, CB/RB, 26/9/98)
Ryan Delaney (23, CB, 6/9/96)
Adam Senior (18, CB, 20/1/02)
Sonny Graham (18, CM, 10/6/02)
Callum King-Harmes (18, CM, 19/4/02)
George Thomason (18, CM, 12/1/02)
Mo Faal (23, FW, 1/7/97)

JUNE 2022
Liam Edwards (23, CB, 2/10/96)
Ronan Darcy (19, CM, 4/11/00)
Ali Crawford (28, MF, 30/7/91)
Dennis Politic (20, RW, 5/3/00)

Out of contract:
Remi Matthews, Josh Emmanuel, Jack Hobbs, Yoan Zouma, Joe Bunney, Jason Lowe, Luke Murphy, Jacob Mellis, Joe Dodoo, Chris O'Grady, Daryl Murphy, Connor Hall

Loanees returned to parent clubs:
Toto Nsiala, Kean Bryan, Brandon Fleming, Ethan Hamilton, Anthony Georgiou
(NB all have a year on their parent-club contract except Hamilton, who has been released by MUFC)

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Re: Contract expiry

Post by nicholaldo » Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:29 am

Mike Pollitt has left the club. I feel for him to be honest, he left a good job to return to his hometown club and now finds himself unemployed.

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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:47 am

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Mike Pollitt has left the club. I feel for him to be honest, he left a good job to return to his hometown club and now finds himself unemployed.
Indeed, it's a shame for him.

I note that Ian Evatt has brought with him Lewis Duckmanton, who at Barrow combined the roles of analyst and GK coach. I'd be slightly surprised if he continued to double up like that at Bolton, at least without some number-crunching help underneath him. Maybe it's tactical: if we are to be playing out from the back Evatt may trust his own man more to impart that. At many clubs goalkeeping coaching is clearly separated, and while I wouldn't necessarily expect ours to now be doing rondos all day, it sounds like the patterns-of-play stuff starts right from the guy in green.

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Re: Contract expiry

Post by nicholaldo » Sat Jul 04, 2020 11:17 am

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:47 am
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Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:29 am
Mike Pollitt has left the club. I feel for him to be honest, he left a good job to return to his hometown club and now finds himself unemployed.
Indeed, it's a shame for him.

I note that Ian Evatt has brought with him Lewis Duckmanton, who at Barrow combined the roles of analyst and GK coach. I'd be slightly surprised if he continued to double up like that at Bolton, at least without some number-crunching help underneath him. Maybe it's tactical: if we are to be playing out from the back Evatt may trust his own man more to impart that. At many clubs goalkeeping coaching is clearly separated, and while I wouldn't necessarily expect ours to now be doing rondos all day, it sounds like the patterns-of-play stuff starts right from the guy in green.

I agree. The goalkeeping coach role is obviously always important but it's just become even more important, and in a different way.

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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Wed Jul 22, 2020 1:14 pm

Evatt's first tranche of new faces: joining Crawford are Doyle, Sarcevic, Taft and Comley (all bar Doyle on two-year contracts).

JUNE 2021
Matthew Alexander (18, GK, 7/5/02)
Harry Brockbank (21, CB/RB, 26/9/98)
Ryan Delaney (23, CB, 6/9/96)
Adam Senior (18, CB, 20/1/02)
Sonny Graham (18, CM, 10/6/02)
Callum King-Harmes (18, CM, 19/4/02)
George Thomason (18, CM, 12/1/02)
Mo Faal (23, FW, 1/7/97)

JUNE 2022
George Taft (26, CB, 29/7/93)
Liam Edwards (23, CB, 2/10/96)
Antoni Sarcevic (28, CM, 13/3/92)
Brandon Comley (24, CM, 18/11/95)
Ronan Darcy (19, CM, 4/11/00)
Ali Crawford (28, MF, 30/7/91)
Dennis Politic (20, RW, 5/3/00)

JUNE 2023
Eoin Doyle (32, FW, 12/3/88)

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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:40 pm

nicholaldo wrote:
Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:29 am
Mike Pollitt has left the club. I feel for him to be honest, he left a good job to return to his hometown club and now finds himself unemployed.
Picked up by PNE, so that's nice.

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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Sat Aug 01, 2020 1:42 pm

A couple more: Whitey and Flash.

JUNE 2021
Matthew Alexander (18, GK, 7/5/02)
Harry Brockbank (21, CB/RB, 26/9/98)
Ryan Delaney (23, CB, 6/9/96)
Tom White (23, CM, 9/5/97; season's loan from Blackburn, where he's contracted until 2021)
Adam Senior (18, CB, 20/1/02)
Sonny Graham (18, CM, 10/6/02)
Callum King-Harmes (18, CM, 19/4/02)
George Thomason (18, CM, 12/1/02)
Mo Faal (23, FW, 1/7/97)

JUNE 2022
George Taft (27, CB, 29/7/93)
Liam Edwards (23, CB, 2/10/96)
Liam Gordon (21, LWB, 15/5/99)
Antoni Sarcevic (28, CM, 13/3/92)
Brandon Comley (24, CM, 18/11/95)
Ronan Darcy (19, CM, 4/11/00)
Ali Crawford (29, MF, 30/7/91)
Dennis Politic (20, RW, 5/3/00)

JUNE 2023
Eoin Doyle (32, FW, 12/3/88)

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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Tue Aug 04, 2020 10:40 am

A couple more: Crellin and Reekz.

JUNE 2021
Billy Crellin (20, GK, 13/6/00); season's loan from Fleetwood, where he is contracted to 2022 with the club holding an option for a season's extension
Matthew Alexander (18, GK, 7/5/02)
Harry Brockbank (21, CB/RB, 26/9/98)
Ryan Delaney (23, CB, 6/9/96)
Tom White (23, CM, 9/5/97); season's loan from Blackburn, where he's contracted until 2021)
Adam Senior (18, CB, 20/1/02)
Sonny Graham (18, CM, 10/6/02)
Callum King-Harmes (18, CM, 19/4/02)
George Thomason (18, CM, 12/1/02)
Mo Faal (23, FW, 1/7/97)

JUNE 2022
Ricardo Santos (25, CB, 18/6/95)
George Taft (27, CB, 29/7/93)
Liam Edwards (23, CB, 2/10/96)
Liam Gordon (21, LWB, 15/5/99)
Antoni Sarcevic (28, CM, 13/3/92)
Brandon Comley (24, CM, 18/11/95)
Ronan Darcy (19, CM, 4/11/00)
Ali Crawford (29, MF, 30/7/91)
Dennis Politic (20, RW, 5/3/00)

JUNE 2023
Eoin Doyle (32, FW, 12/3/88)

That's 20 professional contracts, and embargo limits us to 23 minus any loaned out.

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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Tue Aug 04, 2020 6:09 pm

A couple more: Gethin & Greenidge.

JUNE 2021
Billy Crellin (20, GK, 13/6/00); season's loan from Fleetwood, where he is contracted to 2022 with the club holding an option for a season's extension
Matthew Alexander (18, GK, 7/5/02)
Harry Brockbank (21, CB/RB, 26/9/98)
Ryan Delaney (23, CB, 6/9/96)
Tom White (23, CM, 9/5/97); season's loan from Blackburn, where he's contracted until 2021)
Adam Senior (18, CB, 20/1/02)
Gethin Jones (24, RWB, 13/10/95) “with an option for a further 12 months on the club’s behalf”
Sonny Graham (18, CM, 10/6/02)
Callum King-Harmes (18, CM, 19/4/02)
George Thomason (18, CM, 12/1/02)
Mo Faal (23, FW, 1/7/97)

JUNE 2022
Ricardo Santos (25, CB, 18/6/95)
George Taft (27, CB, 29/7/93)
Reiss Greenidge (23, CB, 10/08/96)
Liam Edwards (23, CB, 2/10/96)
Liam Gordon (21, LWB, 15/5/99)
Antoni Sarcevic (28, CM, 13/3/92)
Brandon Comley (24, CM, 18/11/95)
Ronan Darcy (19, CM, 4/11/00)
Ali Crawford (29, MF, 30/7/91)
Dennis Politic (20, RW, 5/3/00)

JUNE 2023
Eoin Doyle (32, FW, 12/3/88)

That's 22 professional contracts, excluding GK coach Gilks (who is still yet to be officially announced), and embargo limits us to 23 minus any loaned out.

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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Sat Aug 08, 2020 5:31 pm

Catching up with the latest four captures...

JUNE 2021
Billy Crellin (20, GK, 13/6/00); season's loan from Fleetwood, where he is contracted to 2022 with the club holding an option for a season's extension
Matthew Alexander (18, GK, 7/5/02)
Matt Gilks (38, GK, 4/6/82) - No contract length given but presume 12-month
Alex Baptiste (34, CB, 31/1/86)
Harry Brockbank (21, CB/RB, 26/9/98)
Ryan Delaney (23, CB, 6/9/96)
Tom White (23, CM, 9/5/97); season's loan from Blackburn, where he's contracted until 2021
Adam Senior (18, CB, 20/1/02)
Gethin Jones (24, RWB, 13/10/95; club has 12-month extension option)
Jak Hickman (21, RWB, 11/9/98; club has 12-month extension option)
Sonny Graham (18, CM, 10/6/02)
Callum King-Harmes (18, CM, 19/4/02)
George Thomason (18, CM, 12/1/02) - seems to be back on loan at Bamber Bridge
Mo Faal (23, FW, 1/7/97)

JUNE 2022
Ricardo Santos (25, CB, 18/6/95)
George Taft (27, CB, 29/7/93)
Reiss Greenidge (23, CB, 10/08/96)
Liam Edwards (23, CB, 2/10/96)
Liam Gordon (21, LWB, 15/5/99)
Antoni Sarcevic (28, CM, 13/3/92)
Brandon Comley (24, CM, 18/11/95)
Ronan Darcy (19, CM, 4/11/00)
Ali Crawford (29, MF, 30/7/91)
Dennis Politic (20, RW, 5/3/00)
Nathan Delfouneso (29, CF, 2/2/91)

JUNE 2023
Eoin Doyle (32, FW, 12/3/88)

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