Deal or no deal? - Summer 2022 Transfer gossip!

[Worthy4England]

Think “first in the queue” was Nixon’s phrase. Well, that and “no whitewash in the White House”.

showing your age there, DSB (or you've got a degree in "American studies").

Wow, that's tough to pick which is the correct answer!

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Well, that was short lived - Nixon reports he's signing for McDons.

Good luck Nicko at MK!

Oh hang on....

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Think “first in the queue” was Nixon’s phrase. Well, that and “no whitewash in the White House”.

showing your age there, DSB (or you've got a degree in "American studies").

Wow, that's tough to pick which is the correct answer!

I don't mind being old. Also don't mind those who took American Studies - in my day they were often the more interesting people, who at least had eyes on the horizon. Yeah, something of a doss course, but that was more alright back then with free education.

If anybody's interested in recent US history, BTW, check out CNN's decades-based docuseries (The Sixties, The Seventies, you get the picture). Very very US-centric but informative.

[GhostoftheBok]

Well, that was short lived - Nixon reports he's signing for McDons.

If he goes that's a good signing for a promotion rival. I hope that that means we were pushing for someone else who we regard as a better fit tactically, because if we've missed out on our first choice defensive signings in two key positions that's a concern.

[nicholaldo]

Well, that was short lived - Nixon reports he's signing for McDons.

Good luck Nicko at MK!

Oh hang on....

[nicholaldo]

Well, that was short lived - Nixon reports he's signing for McDons.

If he goes that's a good signing for a promotion rival. I hope that that means we were pushing for someone else who we regard as a better fit tactically, because if we've missed out on our first choice defensive signings in two key positions that's a concern.

I think it's more likely to be the latter. That needn't mean we can't find a better replacement, obviously, but I think we'd probably have signed him if we could.

[GhostoftheBok]

I think it's more likely to be the latter. That needn't mean we can't find a better replacement, obviously, but I think we'd probably have signed him if we could.

Losing a key target to a promotion rival would be damaging, there's no getting away from that.

They finished 16 points clear of us last season. If they pick up our primary transfer targets we're not likely to close that gap.

[Bruce Rioja]

Conor Carty, Connor Stanley, and Matty Grivosti .

I await the expert insight.

[Bruce Rioja]

Carty - " It’s a big club"

Stanley - "Coming to such a massive club"

Grivosti - “I’ve always wanted to get to a club like this"

Everywhere we gooooooooooo

[Worthy4England]

They could be great. Or. They might not be.

[Worthy4England]

Think “first in the queue” was Nixon’s phrase. Well, that and “no whitewash in the White House”.

showing your age there, DSB (or you've got a degree in "American studies").

Wow, that's tough to pick which is the correct answer!

I don't mind being old. Also don't mind those who took American Studies - in my day they were often the more interesting people, who at least had eyes on the horizon. Yeah, something of a doss course, but that was more alright back then with free education.

If anybody's interested in recent US history, BTW, check out CNN's decades-based docuseries (The Sixties, The Seventies, you get the picture). Very very US-centric but informative.

Your safe, mate. Thought it was a Bruce post!

[GhostoftheBok]

Conor Carty, Connor Stanley, and Matty Grivosti .

I await the expert insight.

Connor Stanley is very well known, having been at Utd. Brought in by Utd as a winger, but he's not kicked on physically and they used him a bit as a 10 because of that. Seems like that was the big issue with him generally, just being too small and too slow. The assumption when he came in from Brum was that he'd develop physically and it just never happened for him like it did with Devine.

He made more of an impact over in the US than Harry managed. One-paced but willing runner. Sees the game well, but end product is iffy.

I think we've picked up a couple that might have done well at League Two clubs, given time, and I'm interested to see if any get chances as the season progresses.

They're all definitely the runts of their respective academies, but there's some ability there.

[truewhite15]

Luca Connell signed by next season's League One rivals, Barnsley.

[Bruce Rioja]

Luca Connell signed by next season's League One rivals, Barnsley.

I'll (and I suspect others) will really be keeping tabs on him to see how he gets on.

[Prufrock]

Oh I've heard of that one

[GhostoftheBok]

Oh I've heard of that one

Don't lie. Nobody has heard of some reserve player from Scotland.

[Worthy4England]

Oh I've heard of that one

Don't lie. Nobody has heard of some reserve player from Scotland.

And he's come from Celtic. Which isn't as good as L1...

[truewhite15]

Long hot Wanderersless summers lead the mind to seize on any half-topic, and one that occurs is squad numbers. Not player totals; the actual numbers on their backs.

After a couple of big-churn summers it should be relatively peaceful up at the small end. Indeed, with settled players at 2 (Geth), 3 (Dec), 4 (MJ), 5 Rico), 6 (Johnston), 8 (Sheehan), 9 (Bod), 10 (Dion) and 11 (Baka), there’s only two of Yer Classic 1-11 available.

Top of the shop is No.1, with Gilks having retired. Probably being offered to Traffic, who would presumably love to have a low squad number – he was a faintly ludicrous 85 in Citeh’s squad, which keeps academy players in the 50+ numbers. (It will be interesting to see if we adopt a similar thing with our B team.) Traf took 1 at Accy, who for some reason haven’t had a permanent No.1 since summer 2020, so I dare say he’d be happy to take it again.

The other biggie is 7, vacated by Delf at five to midnight on deadline day. The obvious fit for that number is Sadlier, who changed down to 7 from a higher squad number at both Donny and Rotherham. I guess Dapo could ask for it, or possibly Dempsey. Demps wore 8 at Gills and Fleetwood but with Sheehan in situ, he chose 32 – his first squad number at Carlisle, although he then moved in to 22, the number he also took at Huddersfield. That would become vacant again if Sadlier shifts to 7.

13 and 14 have been vacated by loanees Fossey and Amaechi. 13 isn’t to everyone’s taste – only five Wanderers outfielders have claimed it, ranging from Djorkaeff down through Jardel and Beardsley all the way to Gope-Fenepej. I wonder if it might appeal to Iredale, who was 3 at Cambridge and Carlisle, as “next best” if he isn’t superstitious.

14 is a much more beloved number thanks to your Cruyffs and Henrys. I kinda expect it to be given to a loanee, although presumably only if Evatt isn’t superstitious: he’s previously given it to three loanees, Tom White, Marcus Maddison and Amaechi, who frankly failed to match expectation.

After the occupied 15-18 (Aimson, Morley, Dapo, Tutte) you’ve got Trafford’s vacated 19, which feels like a sub striker’s number (Amoateng, Faal, Tyler Walker, Max Clayton, Heskey, Sordell, Rodrigo, Delroy Facey) but presumably wouldn’t be unless we get yet another forward. (Side note: Baka’s 11 is the first time he’s had a 1-11 squad number, even in lower divisions.)

Brocky vacated 21, which (perhaps because of the 1) feels a lot “closer in” than say 22 let alone 32. Someone like Ronan Darcy might fancy that, but whether he can have it is another question. As hypothesised, 7-bound Sadlier could leave 22 to Dempsey, which would tidy things up a little. After 23-25 (Izzy, Sacha, Thomo) you’ve then got a tranche of freed-up numbers – 26-29, freed by Edwards, Baps, Comley and Gordon - but like I say it might be that we give B-teamers say 30-50, a zone already occupied by Senior (34), Hutch (40), Tweedley (42), Lockett (44), Conway (47), Henry (48) and Pettifer (49).

Anyway, passed the time awhile.

Looks like you may have been pretty bang on the money here, DSB. First picks of pre-season seem to show Dempsey with #22, Iredale with #14 and Sadlier with the coveted #7.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Looks like you may have been pretty bang on the money here, DSB. First picks of pre-season seem to show Dempsey with #22, Iredale with #14 and Sadlier with the coveted #7.

Ah... I wondered if Iredale would take 13 in lieu of 3 but as I say some folks get the superstitious twitch... throwing salt over their shoulder and not walking under ladders...

[Harry Genshaw]

A 3 year deal for Connell seems excessive. He's played less first team footy than Darcy since they broke through together