January 2022 Transfer Thread

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Re: January 2022 Transfer Thread

Post by The_Gun » Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:55 pm

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6'5" :shock: Yay gods are we signing Godzilla? Now he must be a big unit. CD cover, MJ cover and target for set pieces. That's those three elements covered then :D
We’ve a 50% strike rate on towering non-league defenders. Certainly worth the risk that he’s a Greenidge, if there’s a chance he might be a Santos.

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Re: January 2022 Transfer Thread

Post by sonicthewhite » Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:07 pm

Now I'd be fine with this. Like you say he's either another rough diamond like Rico or forgery like Greenidge. Worth a punt for me.
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Re: January 2022 Transfer Thread

Post by Prufrock » Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:21 pm

Santos is reportedly 6'5, Greenidge 6'6.

Presumably that answers any questions.
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Re: January 2022 Transfer Thread

Post by officer_dibble » Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:47 pm

Whose scouting for derby county? Ex player recommendation maybe? Paulo Wanchope? Mart Poom?

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Re: January 2022 Transfer Thread

Post by TonyDomingos » Wed Jan 19, 2022 9:10 pm

The_Gun wrote:
Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:55 pm
sonicthewhite wrote:
Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:48 pm
6'5" :shock: Yay gods are we signing Godzilla? Now he must be a big unit. CD cover, MJ cover and target for set pieces. That's those three elements covered then :D
We’ve a 50% strike rate on towering non-league defenders. Certainly worth the risk that he’s a Greenidge, if there’s a chance he might be a Santos.

Haringey are in the 7th tier, very much part-timers. Santos came to us from Barnet (5th tier, full-time) having had three years and 60 games at Peterborough before that. This is Mo Faal territory (also 6'5" and who is back at Enfield, same league as Haringey).
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Re: January 2022 Transfer Thread

Post by Spartan2 » Wed Jan 19, 2022 9:22 pm



Does look good though. A carbon copy of Santos.

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Re: January 2022 Transfer Thread

Post by Worthy4England » Wed Jan 19, 2022 9:58 pm

Is he still playing against juniors? :-)

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Re: January 2022 Transfer Thread

Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Wed Jan 19, 2022 10:08 pm

TonyDomingos wrote:
Wed Jan 19, 2022 9:10 pm
The_Gun wrote:
Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:55 pm
sonicthewhite wrote:
Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:48 pm
6'5" :shock: Yay gods are we signing Godzilla? Now he must be a big unit. CD cover, MJ cover and target for set pieces. That's those three elements covered then :D
We’ve a 50% strike rate on towering non-league defenders. Certainly worth the risk that he’s a Greenidge, if there’s a chance he might be a Santos.
Haringey are in the 7th tier, very much part-timers. Santos came to us from Barnet (5th tier, full-time) having had three years and 60 games at Peterborough before that. This is Mo Faal territory (also 6'5" and who is back at Enfield, same league as Haringey).
Good comparison and background info, Tony. Were Derby signing him out of desperation, or does the kid have something? Guess we'll find out in time...

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Re: January 2022 Transfer Thread

Post by GhostoftheBok » Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:19 pm

I've never seen anything of Owen, but I've heard his name come up in conversation around lads bound to move up to the League.

We need to be swimming in these waters. There's talent in non-league that we can make money on.

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Re: January 2022 Transfer Thread

Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:46 pm

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Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:19 pm
I've never seen anything of Owen, but I've heard his name come up in conversation around lads bound to move up to the League.

We need to be swimming in these waters. There's talent in non-league that we can make money on.
Can’t hurt to have a look. From the clipreel (I know, I know) you can see why folks might be interested: a few eye-catching dribbles and that imposing physique. Season in Sweden ticks Evatt’s foreign box (albeit worryingly echoing Greenidge’s Norwegian sojourn). Will doubtless have rough edges but a trial should let us assess how many and how rough.

Six weeks too old to be underage, but I’m not sure we’re going to be tight to our limit. Four spaces, so even if we get Dempsey (or Shipley) and Bod (or other overage target man) we could sign this guy and still have a space left. Plus potential loanees born this side of Millennium Eve.

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Re: January 2022 Transfer Thread

Post by GhostoftheBok » Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:52 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:46 pm
Can’t hurt to have a look. From the clipreel (I know, I know) you can see why folks might be interested: a few eye-catching dribbles and that imposing physique. Season in Sweden ticks Evatt’s foreign box (albeit worryingly echoing Greenidge’s Norwegian sojourn). Will doubtless have rough edges but a trial should let us assess how many and how rough.
Yeah, playing in the Swedish lower tiers and for Potters Bar might not fill us with confidence, but ultimately you have to trust the scouting. He doesn't have to succeed. Many coming up from that level won't. If you look at Posh, there's definitely a shotgun approach to some of it.

If targeted recruitment and good coaching get you to even a 50% success rate from these kinds of transfers you've done amazingly well.

However, the rewards can be huge.

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Re: January 2022 Transfer Thread

Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Thu Jan 20, 2022 9:17 am

FAO Ghost

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Re: January 2022 Transfer Thread

Post by GhostoftheBok » Thu Jan 20, 2022 9:29 am

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
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FAO Ghost
Bloody hell, Tyreeq....what did you do this time? :D

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Re: January 2022 Transfer Thread

Post by Bruce Rioja » Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:49 am

Tyreeq? You're shitting me?!

Tyreeq? :lol:

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Re: January 2022 Transfer Thread

Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:01 am

South London Press expecting Bod to join us today. Permanent, but no contract length given.
Millwall striker Jon Dadi Bodvarsson is set to complete his free transfer move to Bolton Wanderers today. The Icelandic international will be the second front-line exit from their squad this week after Matt Smith joined Salford City on an 18-month contract yesterday.

Bodvarsson will also make a permanent exit from the South London club. The 29-year-old has mustered just one senior appearance for the Lions this season, as a second-half substitute in their EFL Cup win over Cambridge United.

Millwall are working on adding attacking players to their squad during the transfer window with in-form Tom Bradshaw facing 12 weeks out with knee ligament damage. But Bodvarsson has been surplus to requirements the whole campaign. He turned down a move to a League One club in the summer transfer window.

The forward was due to be a free agent at the end of July. Bodvarsson is set be signed in time to be available for Bolton’s match at Shrewsbury on Saturday.
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/millwall ... ove-today/

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Re: January 2022 Transfer Thread

Post by The_Gun » Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:14 am

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Interested to see the length of contract then. You’d hope/expect that it’d be no longer than a one year deal.
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Re: January 2022 Transfer Thread

Post by Bruce Rioja » Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:15 am

Matt Smith to Salford? You and I have discussed this boy before, DSB. I've always fancied having him at our place as a big-lump-who-can-score option.
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Re: January 2022 Transfer Thread

Post by BWFC_Insane » Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:29 am

The_Gun wrote:
Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:14 am
Permanent 🤨

Interested to see the length of contract then. You’d hope/expect that it’d be no longer than a one year deal.
You’d expect it will be longer than that. 18 months at least.

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Re: January 2022 Transfer Thread

Post by The_Gun » Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:42 am

BWFC_Insane wrote:
Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:29 am
The_Gun wrote:
Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:14 am
Permanent 🤨

Interested to see the length of contract then. You’d hope/expect that it’d be no longer than a one year deal.
You’d expect it will be longer than that. 18 months at least.
That would be a significant risk for us given his age and wages.

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Re: January 2022 Transfer Thread

Post by BWFC_Insane » Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:43 am

The_Gun wrote:
Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:42 am
BWFC_Insane wrote:
Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:29 am
The_Gun wrote:
Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:14 am
Permanent 🤨

Interested to see the length of contract then. You’d hope/expect that it’d be no longer than a one year deal.
You’d expect it will be longer than that. 18 months at least.
That would be a significant risk for us given his age and wages.
He’s ripped up his Millwall contract to sign for us on lower money. I find it highly unlikely he’s done that till the end of the season or even mid way next season.

I assume it’s 18 months at least but wouldn’t surprise me if it’s longer.

Evatt has been chasing him since the summer? Apparently was a major target.

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