Transfer Window January 2024 Transfer Window Thread

[Oldman159]

I think any hopes of signing him have gone with the wind.

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn…….

 

[NorthernExile]

I do.

Didn't realise someone having a different opinion would upset you so much.

So do I, and I agree with you.

McEachran would be class in walking football. Surprised to see he's only thirty. Plays with the maturity of someone a decade older...

In his defence, he's not had much of an opportunity to find any rhythm, but we can do better.

 

[Osei Yaw]

If we sign Scarlett, I’d immediately make him Captain.

Knowing our luck, we'd sign him and he'd instantly come down with a fever.

 

[holdsteady]

I still think it might be worth keeping Gorrin until the end of the season, given our never-ending injury issues.

Extending the contract of a man with fucked knees to cover injuries is a bit Karl though.

 

[WEYellow]

Gorrin was miles off it when he last got released. He is even more miles off it now he's back. One midfield signing and he'll be released again, and to suggest he offers more than McEachran is a ludicrous shout

 

[Manorlounger]

If we sign Scarlett, I’d immediately make him Captain.

 

[Pgyellow]

If we sign Scarlett, I’d immediately make him Captain.

 

[Thomas/Brock/Jones]

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn…….

Understand Jamie O'hara is a big fan

 

[Swaby39]

I don't get the need to lose players from an already tiny squad. Gorrin is on peanuts but could come on for 10/15 minutes in a crucial game that sees us holding on to a point or 3. He is not a starter and isn't going to play a dozen games, but that's why clubs have squads.

It's the same with Henry. A couple of decent showings for 20 minutes is where he's at. A classy player who can link things together if others are doing the running for him. 45 minutes playing as the one up top against Derby was never going to be his game. He would have struggled in that role 4 of 5 years ago let alone a couple of weeks after returning from injury.

With the exception to O'Donkor going out on loam to hopefully come back better, I can see no value in looking to dump the players we have.

I really don't see why you'd opt to keep any player, particularly a senior one, that you wouldn't feel comfortable starting a game or worse yet, actually seeing out 90 mins. It's a madness to me, the idea that anybody would think a player is worth keeping on the books for the 10/15 mins they might be able to give you once or twice a month. Pointless even if they are paid bobbins.

Any experience he's got that made him useful can essentially be eradicated by rustiness and to me it is a real small club mentality to be keeping players like Gorrin around. Would Ipswich have kept him this time last year? What does he offer? If, like Henry, he's great around the dressing room, that's great, pay him to do that and free up a place for someone who will materially contribute to games.

Neither Henry or Gorrin are a threat to our regular starters and when they come on they look finished. Henry hasn't had a decent showing. He stumbles around and looks like he can't break stride. He might know where to be and take a decent touch but he will still have that in his 70's.

For me, both need to go and move with the times. Get people in who make us better.

 

[RgYellows]

I still think it might be worth keeping Gorrin until the end of the season, given our never-ending injury issues.

He is a very nice chap to have around the place, after all

 

[Victor1986]

Josh Stokes from Aldershot?

 

[Wandering Yellow]

Would rather Gorrin than McEachran

 

[Marked Ox]

I think any hopes of signing him have gone with the wind.

Don't want a red anyway.

 

[OX14]

Scarlett can't play for another club this season - made an EFL Cup appearance for Spurs in August.

Are you sure about that ?

I've heard he can play for another team.

 

[Scrongo]

I think any hopes of signing him have gone with the wind.

We can't sign him he's got a fever

 

[dickwalton1964]

Has Scarlett done anything at this level to suggest he’s the answer ? Seems to have a Harris-esque scoring ratio. Surely, having gone down the route of signing a forward who isn’t really an out and out number 9, we will go for a tried and tested version of a centre forward this time around ?

 

[oufcreport]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1742136731036426558

 

[WokinghamYellow]

 

[NorthernExile]

Josh Stokes from Aldershot?

I can't believe it, but that would be the most exciting signing since Roofe.

 

[Scotchegg]

I really don't see why you'd opt to keep any player, particularly a senior one, that you wouldn't feel comfortable starting a game or worse yet, actually seeing out 90 mins. It's a madness to me, the idea anybody would think a player is worth keeping on the books for the 10/15 mins they month. Pointless even if they are paid bobbins.

Any experience he's got that made him useful can essentially be eradicated by rustiness and to me it is a real small club mentality to be keeping players like Gorrin around. Would Ipswich have kept him this time last year? What does he offer? If, like Henry, he's great around the dressing room, that's great, pay him to do that and free up a place for someone who will materially contribute to games.

Neither Henry or Gorrin are a threat to our regular starters and when they come on they look finished. Henry hasn't had a decent showing. He stumbles around and looks like he can't break stride. He might know where to be and take a decent touch but he will still have that in his 70's.

For me, both need to go and move with the times. Get people in who make us better.

It makes more sense to do both. The problem hasn't been that we've had injuries, every team has them. It's that we've had them whilst having a completely threadbare squad.

As always, you want to make it very binary. This is not about the starting 11 and no successful side in this league limits itself in this way. This is about building a squad, one transfer window at a time. We can afford to bring in "better" players whilst also having others around that might just make a vital difference.

Henry was praised when he came on against Cambridge in a little cameo. No one is suggesting that we build a team around him but to dismiss any potential contributions are shortsighted.

Gorrin is very limited in what he can do. He was before his knee injuries and is more so now. But 1 nil up, ten minutes to go away to Portsmouth, Brannagan on a booking, could Gorrin be the player to keep the 3 points? And the value of those points could far outweigh the wages he earns between now and May.

It's got nothing to do with a small club mentality, it's the exact opposite.