Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread

[Prufrock]

Hope the wife is on the mend Sonic.

Couple of things. The foot on the ball thing is definitely coached. It's all the rage now. Idea is meant to be you draw out the press and can play round. Oxford didn't bite, and we were snookered. But I don't think that's coming from Rico.

I'd also be very astonished if we didn't have those two lists. It's basically Markham's job. Things take time but we're all impatient after Saturday! Would be nice to some good news soon. Whenever that's a new deal for Bax, or a signing (De'Longhi might have been on list one, and so we're back to Morphy Richards).

Fingers crossed!

[sonicthewhite]

Hope the wife is on the mend Sonic.

Couple of things. The foot on the ball thing is definitely coached. It's all the rage now. Idea is meant to be you draw out the press and can play round. Oxford didn't bite, and we were snookered. But I don't think that's coming from Rico.

I'd also be very astonished if we didn't have those two lists. It's basically Markham's job. Things take time but we're all impatient after Saturday! Would be nice to some good news soon. Whenever that's a new deal for Bax, or a signing (De'Longhi might have been on list one, and so we're back to Morphy Richards).

Fingers crossed!

Thanks Pru. We managed to get her to finally see a specialist today and another one tomorrow so hopefully they can get it sorted out. To say she's been miserable is an understatement and it certainly didn't need me joining in as well after Sat

I know what you're saying about the coaching thing but it is bloody annoying and hopefully there are calls being made like a fury backstage. I just don't want us losing out early, especially to teams that are going to be rivals next season.

[TANGODANCER]

As regards our defence, I'll confess there are time I feel sorry for Santos. he's a big muscular man, as solid as a rock when the ball comes at him, but the way he's used ' excessive use of shuffling forward to tempt the opposition to come forth, is not where he should be. It can't be denied he's been caught out times again by players who can leave him for dead for pace although his distribution is pretty decent, all too often it get's intercepted and comes right back at us. At the most (and Wembley was a class example) unless our midfield can unlock defences, defending from the back (as Oxford did) would far better suit our captain. If we had managed to stay at 0-0 for three quarters of the game, Oxford would have had to attack to win. When they did of course, it was game lost by us because the weren't concerned with scoring so much as preventing us doing by fair means or foul.

Okay, you know all this, but we could have done so much better with a bit of sense. Just is so irritating. Amen.

[GhostoftheBok]

I'd also be very astonished if we didn't have those two lists. It's basically Markham's job. Things take time but we're all impatient after Saturday!

If there's an impediment it will be available cash, not preparation by Markham et al.

From what Hart said there will be a lot of demands on our cash reserves this summer with the structural work that needs doing.

Hopefully there is enough to get work done in the market.

I imagine it will be challenging.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Forest Green, freshly relegated to non-league, sign Liam Sercombe and Sean Long, freshly released from Cheltenham.

[GhostoftheBok]

Forest Green, freshly relegated to non-league, sign Liam Sercombe and Sean Long, freshly released from Cheltenham.

I had time for FGR at one stage, but the club (and especially the owner) has become increasingly insufferable - culminating in the appointment of Troy Deeney.

Delighted to see them gone.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Forest Green, freshly relegated to non-league, sign Liam Sercombe and Sean Long, freshly released from Cheltenham.

I had time for FGR at one stage, but the club (and especially the owner) has become increasingly insufferable - culminating in the appointment of Troy Deeney.

Delighted to see them gone.

Yeah. I don't dislike them as much as I do some clubs – I kinda like what they're trying to do - but yeah, "insufferable" and erratic. Big Dunc! Troy Deeney! I guess they tried to hire #ProperFootballMen.

Just mentioned it as Sercombe and Long have decided not only to dip into non-league but to join local rivals. The gap between Divs 5 & 4 is clearly narrowing.

[GhostoftheBok]

Just mentioned it as Sercombe and Long have decided not only to dip into non-league but to join local rivals. The gap between Divs 5 & 4 is clearly narrowing.

Fewer financial rules in non-league these days compared to the EFL, but still plenty of money from owners. Lads can often make more money in the National League than in League Two - especially in terms of cash bonuses.

[GhostoftheBok]

Stockport are being linked to both Jayden Fevrier and Mark Helm.

Two players I'd have though were on our lists somewhere.

They're not messing about.

[nicholaldo]

Ogbeta seems like he might be signing for Wayne Rooney's Plymouth Argyle.

I can't claim I'd lose much sleep if he went elsewhere.

[officer_dibble]

Yeah that’s confirmed. Didn’t set the world alight here - will be remembered for trying to chest that ball in on the line!

Worrying thing is that means the pool were shopping in is worse given he’s gone to a championship team.

[Worthy4England]

Yeah that’s confirmed. Didn’t set the world alight here - will be remembered for trying to cheat that ball in on the line!

Worrying thing is that means the pool were shopping in is worse given he’s gone to a championship team.

Says Plymouth signed defender Ogbeta? Did anyone have him down as a defender? I had him as LW, preferably with a LB behind him...

[BWFC_Insane]

Yeah good luck to him. Seems a nice lad. But his performance in the final was beyond atrocious.

Questions will have to be asked if Plymouth get a tune out of him a level up and we couldn’t.

[BWFC_Insane]

Yeah that’s confirmed. Didn’t set the world alight here - will be remembered for trying to cheat that ball in on the line!

Worrying thing is that means the pool were shopping in is worse given he’s gone to a championship team.

Says Plymouth signed defender Ogbeta? Did anyone have him down as a defender? I had him as LW, preferably with a LB behind him...

Yeah had absolutely no clue how to defend.

I suppose for him to play at LW he’d need to radically improve his delivery.

He’s one that Allardyce would turn into a really good attacking left back by drilling him into a defender and teaching him the basics of the game.

[boltonboris]

I don't know how Plymouth play, but he might be alright in a 4-3-3, or 4-2-3-1 but he didn't excel for us as the only outlet on our left side. Good luck to him. Seems a nice lad.

[Harry Genshaw]

Shoretire leaving Utd on a free. Given his education and the bits he showed, we could do a lot worse than offering him a years contract, with B team and PJT matches to see how he progresses. That's assuming he's not fending off 2 and 3 year deals from L1 & L2 clubs.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Hoping we weren't bothered about Ogbeta because we have a better option, although with Williams and Iredale (and possibly Ashworth if we do convert that loan to permanent as threatened) it might not be seen as a priority. It is to me though...

Also interesting that he's signed for a second-tier team. To answer Boris's question - they played 4-3-3 under Schumacher, but Foster reverted to the back three. Rooney has usually (ut not always) played a back four. So dunno!

[BWFC_Insane]

Shoretire leaving Utd on a free. Given his education and the bits he showed, we could do a lot worse than offering him a years contract, with B team and PJT matches to see how he progresses. That's assuming he's not fending off 2 and 3 year deals from L1 & L2 clubs.

Giving it up if we sign him.

[Harry Genshaw]

Shoretire leaving Utd on a free. Given his education and the bits he showed, we could do a lot worse than offering him a years contract, with B team and PJT matches to see how he progresses. That's assuming he's not fending off 2 and 3 year deals from L1 & L2 clubs.

Giving it up if we sign him.

Course you would!

Yet you still turned up when we signed a lad playing for Longridge and a lad released by Wolves who had been playing in the North conference?

Just a suggestion that if we're looking to bring on rejects from PL clubs in our B team, I reckon he'd be worth giving a chance.

[irie Cee Bee]

Happy for Ogbeta. There is a player in there for me. Found himself thrust into a big game due to Williams injury, and was a deer in headlights, but he was not alone in that sense. Liked his ball carrying, willing to beat a player and his enthusiasm. Not sure Rooney will improve him but wish him all the best.