Stenhousemuir is a small isolated fishing town on the east cost of Scotland. If Wildschut was moving for better food he would be fan of fish for sure.
‘Tis a far off land of which we know little, obviously. I know Arbroath are the Red Lichties (lights?).Arbroath for fish.
Stenny is way inland.
If we could snag Jamie Cumming that would be one hell of a coup, expect him to go at least to the Championship but maybe his relationship with Manning could push it through. Also really rate Connor Coventry in our midfieldUsed the loan system well at MK. Manning clearly trusted by the elite clubs with their player development (like Appleton was, like Robinson wasn’t). Interesting that some of his MK loans - Jamie Cumming, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Coventry, will likely be available this summer too.
Coventry is exactly the profile of player I want us to go back to signing. Had a few loans but wants to find somewhere to settle. A little bit like Lundstram. He’s had league experience before and should hit the ground running. Then we either sell him for a good sum in a couple of years or we get promoted and keep him.If we could snag Jamie Cumming that would be one hell of a coup, expect him to go at least to the Championship but maybe his relationship with Manning could push it through. Also really rate Connor Coventry in our midfield
Give you a rough idea, I don’t think we’ve got value for money to keep he blows hot & cold we need more quality & consistency from the fullbacks we sign that why season after season we keep going back to the same old mediocrity which is Sam Long in that positionAnyone have an inkling what sort of wages Anderson is on? I'd absolutely love to see him hear next season. I think a lot of people have been so conditioned into thinking full backs need to be rock solid defensively and who cares if they offer nothing going forwards that they forget they are allowed to attack. We're a far better team with Anderson in it.
A possible option could be a player we know all too well as of late, Slobodan Tedic. A player that would absolutely provide something different going forward, and always looked a threat going forward at Oakwell. Barnsley may want to keep him following his recent spell of form with them and may well see a great player in there, but should a window of opportunity open up, we should not hesitate to pull the trigger, unlike someone else we know quite well.considering Manning's past connection to Man City and its related club empire, I wonder how many loanees will be coming from that source
Witney boy, from an Oxford United supporting family!Few players I’d like us to go after
Luke Southwood - GK on loan at Cheltenham from Reading OOC end of the season so would be a Free his display against us was not great but their defence was shite looks to be a ball playing GK what Manning is looking for
Junior Tchamadeu - RWB from Colchester would cost a good FEE
Jay Matete - CDM if would could get a loan or a perm would be great holding player to let cam bran further up the pitch
Harvey Knibbs - Winger who has been great for Cambridge another who id like us to sign
Sam Smith - out of contract and if Cambridge go down would be a great signing turned into a good goalscorer
Max Watters - surely a player who could be released decent at this level
Be very interesting to see some players released by champ clubs and interested to see over the next few months the type of player manning brings in and how we will play when he’s recruited a squad he wants
The return of the KingWitney boy, from an Oxford United supporting family!
Manning is a big fan of Jamie Cummings, he’s had twice on loan at MK, he’s available this summer.
We’ll need to ship out Stevens and get McGinty a loan before we think about getting another senior keeper in though.
Josh Mceachran, another Oxfordshire lad who could also interest Manning.
Watters did very well in a short spell on loan under Manning in the first half of last season, despite having injury issues!!
He will be available from Cardiff, will have a year left on his contract and I imagine they will want to try and get some money back after forking out close to £1 million for him!!
I can see Anderson, Jones, Gorrin being released.
Seddon, Wildschut, Stevens being available to move on.
Manning likes Henry, a lot, but he’s an expensive player to have constantly injured. Who knows what Baldock will decide to do!
None of the loans to return. Swanseas valuation of Joseph needs to drop a fair bit before that interests the club.
Talks have started with Taylor and Manning already. Whether that comes to anything just yet, don’t know.
Problem is we have three contracted keepers, to bring one in at least one needs to go out.To play the way Manning wants to then we need a keeper better with the ball at his feet that Easty so that’s why I think he will look to bring in a new number 1.
This one did start a month later, 1087 the record to beat1st May and already ten pages. Real question around transfers is, will this thread break last season's record?
He’s into the last year of his West Ham deal so will leave for free next summer. He likely won’t cost much as they appear to have no use for him, so there’s nothing to be gained in keeping him around and paying his wages for another year if they can get a fee.Coventry is exactly the profile of player I want us to go back to signing. Had a few loans but wants to find somewhere to settle. A little bit like Lundstram. He’s had league experience before and should hit the ground running. Then we either sell him for a good sum in a couple of years or we get promoted and keep him.
All sounds sensible, although I'd be disappointed if we didn't at least have another look at Jones. Really hope we get Taylor to sign on for another year, think he'll score plenty in a Manning side.Witney boy, from an Oxford United supporting family!
Manning is a big fan of Jamie Cummings, he’s had twice on loan at MK, he’s available this summer.
We’ll need to ship out Stevens and get McGinty a loan before we think about getting another senior keeper in though.
Josh Mceachran, another Oxfordshire lad who could also interest Manning.
Watters did very well in a short spell on loan under Manning in the first half of last season, despite having injury issues!!
He will be available from Cardiff, will have a year left on his contract and I imagine they will want to try and get some money back after forking out close to £1 million for him!!
I can see Anderson, Jones, Gorrin being released.
Seddon, Wildschut, Stevens being available to move on.
Manning likes Henry, a lot, but he’s an expensive player to have constantly injured. Who knows what Baldock will decide to do!
None of the loans to return. Swanseas valuation of Joseph needs to drop a fair bit before that interests the club.
Talks have started with Taylor and Manning already. Whether that comes to anything just yet, don’t know.
I think we should move on from Anderson not good enough in my opinionPersonally I'd take up the option (I think we have one?) on Anderson. I think he's been decent, and if Manning switches to using wing backs, he'd be ideal.