Transfer News Summer Transfer Preview

[Bicester Yellow]

Smyth and Rodrigues were also absolutely useless that day

Don’t disagree, it has to be a summer where we try and clear out a lot of the dead wood, that’s not saying that they aren’t appreciated but the players nowhere near the side the last few months or have been away from the club like your Findlay’s,Smyth,Thorniley and the like, we have to try and be utterly ruthless in some areas. Appreciate not everyone will agree but championship is another level and we have to move on players who won’t contribute, even if it is saying they are free to find other clubs for players under contract still.

 

[Up The Manor]

Fingers crossed we follow the science & medical reports this summer .

 

[chromeyellow]

Don’t disagree, it has to be a summer where we try and clear out a lot of the dead wood, that’s not saying that they aren’t appreciated but the players nowhere near the side the last few months or have been away from the club like your Findlay’s,Smyth,Thorniley and the like, we have to try and be utterly ruthless in some areas. Appreciate not everyone will agree but championship is another level and we have to move on players who won’t contribute, even if it is saying they are free to find other clubs for players under contract still.

We can say that, but they’re on the contract so it’s kind of meaningless. We can start to treat players under contract badly that we want to get rid of. That also has a knock-on impact both on our players (who see their friends and colleagues being hung out to dry), and on any other players, we want to sign. Word gets around pretty quickly in a small world like football.

Des made much of his pitch Oxford now do things the right way-discussing the future with players before leaking to the press about who’s on the retained list for example.

I commend him for that.

 

[Nadi-]

Frankly that Coventry performance means nothing as Moore wasn’t fit and we see what happens when he’s not in our defence. If he was fit that day we probably don’t concede 6. Thorniley got found out that day, exactly why he should be nowhere near the side.

Bristol city away was it for me with Thorniley, Coventry just confirmed it.

 

[Thomas/Brock/Jones]

We need some improvements, just need to be very careful not just to lose the team spirit as well.
A team is different to lots of talented players.
I'd trust Des and Ed to get the blend right without wholesale changes that will unsettle the squad.

 

[Thomas/Brock/Jones]

From Div 3 to Div 2 Jim already signed Aldridge ready for it , Billy Hamilton , Dave Langan , John Trewick improvement without losing the special team spirit