Transfer News Summer 2023 Transfer Window Thread

[greatunclekip]

It is actually very exciting the class of player we are being linked with. The fact we are talking of Marvin Johnson, Jack Marriott, JCH and Greg Leigh says we are doing something right!

 

[Wallop]

It is actually very exciting the class of player we are being linked with. The fact we are talking of Marvin Johnson, Jack Marriott, JCH and Greg Leigh says we are doing something right!

I've got it @greatunclekip you're bipolar!

 

[Charlie_Oufc]

You will - probably this week.....

Don’t get me excited. Would it be a loan?

 

[oufcreport]

Johnson, Leigh, Longman and Marriott all out of the squads yesterday, doesn't necessarily mean anything but

 

[Charlie_Oufc]

Johnson, Leigh, Longman and Marriott all out of the squads yesterday, doesn't necessarily mean anything but

Think JCH is purely wishful thinking from the forum but with the way we’ve started this season, I could definitely see us getting at least 2 of the other 3 you’ve mentioned.

Edit: For some reason i thought you meant JCH and not Marvin Johnson. No reason why we can’t get any of them 4!

 

[38yearsofpain]

Most important thing to me is we look at and sign players that fit the culture and team ethic that is developing. It obviously helps if they are good players!!
The whole culture and team ethic can easily be destroyed by signing the wrong player. In many ways that's was the primary factor that lead to Robinson's demise.
Signing players that didn't fit in or buy in meant we moved from football team to hoof ball team almost overnight.

 

[RyanioBirdio]

Think JCH is purely wishful thinking from the forum but with the way we’ve started this season, I could definitely see us getting at least 2 of the other 3 you’ve mentioned.

JCH was just a discussion about how he’s not unaffordable or unobtainable in a world where the only interested parties are 2/3 clubs in this division. Nothing beyond that.

 

[SirAndyOfCrosby]

The positive thing about our last three wins and the position in the table although early in the season is that anyone thinking of coming here looks at that and thinks we have a chance of top 6.

Yeap. As opposed to the likes of Charlton who will now be scrambling around and desperate to make additions after a poor start - and everyone (including potential selling clubs) knows it.

On that note, I can't overstate how refreshing it is to actually be among the pace setters for a change.

The whole dynamic of the season changes for me. We're already promotion challengers - rather than going into September hoping that we can maybe only now kick-start our season after another poor start and we're already counting the points to the play-off places, let alone automatics.

As an illustration, below is the date by which we've achieved two away League wins in the last 6 seasons:

18/19: 23rd March
19/20: 19th October
20/21: 21st November
21/22: 23rd October
22/23: 15th October
23/24: 19th August

I genuinely can't remember the last time I felt this excited in mid-August. It's nothing short of a revelation.

 

[Evan9]

Would Leigh be a loan or perm?

 

[Paul Cannell]

Yeap. As opposed to the likes of Charlton who will now be scrambling around and desperate to make additions after a poor start - and everyone (including potential selling clubs) knows it.

On that note, I can't overstate how refreshing it is to actually be among the pace setters for a change.

As an illustration, below is the date by which we've achieved two away League wins in the last 6 seasons:

18/19: 23rd March
19/20: 19th October
20/21: 21st November
21/22: 23rd October
22/23: 15th October
23/24: 19th August

I genuinely can't remember the last time I felt this excited in mid-August. It's nothing short of a revelation.

But wait! For the last 5 seasons our forum experts have been intensely relaxed about our start to the season.

Surely you're not saying they were wrong?

 

[Foley]

Yeap. As opposed to the likes of Charlton who will now be scrambling around and desperate to make additions after a poor start - and everyone (including potential selling clubs) knows it.

On that note, I can't overstate how refreshing it is to actually be among the pace setters for a change.

The whole dynamic of the season changes for me. We're already promotion challengers - rather than going into September hoping that we can maybe only now kick-start our season after another poor start and we're already counting the points to the play-off places, let alone automatics.

As an illustration, below is the date by which we've achieved two away League wins in the last 6 seasons:

18/19: 23rd March
19/20: 19th October
20/21: 21st November
21/22: 23rd October
22/23: 15th October
23/24: 19th August

I genuinely can't remember the last time I felt this excited in mid-August. It's nothing short of a revelation.

I think it a bit early to suggest that already we are promotion challengers.
We have played 3 league games.
Very promising signs, but let's not forget Cambridge. Teams that flood midfield, make the pitch small, sit back for the majority of the game. The next 5 games don't look as difficult as the first 4 and let's hope it pans out that way

 

[The mighty Aldo]

I see Josh Murphy has been made available for transfer which should mean a deal has been done fir someone else in that position

 

[Yellowarmy]

I've got it @greatunclekip you're bipolar!

Brilliant. Could be contagious on here

 

[SteMerritt]

Yeap. As opposed to the likes of Charlton who will now be scrambling around and desperate to make additions after a poor start - and everyone (including potential selling clubs) knows it.

On that note, I can't overstate how refreshing it is to actually be among the pace setters for a change.

The whole dynamic of the season changes for me. We're already promotion challengers - rather than going into September hoping that we can maybe only now kick-start our season after another poor start and we're already counting the points to the play-off places, let alone automatics.

As an illustration, below is the date by which we've achieved two away League wins in the last 6 seasons:

18/19: 23rd March
19/20: 19th October
20/21: 21st November
21/22: 23rd October
22/23: 15th October
23/24: 19th August

I genuinely can't remember the last time I felt this excited in mid-August. It's nothing short of a revelation.

Two away wins? You'd probably have a similar looking list if you did it for 2 league wins at any venue the way we've started seasons for the last few years.

 

[SirAndyOfCrosby]

I think it a bit early to suggest that already we are promotion challengers.

We are.

You don't get back-to-back away wins against the sides that finished the previous season 7th and 4th respectively unless you are promotion challengers.

Last season two teams had 9 or more points at this stage and they both finished Top 6. In fact, everyone who finished Top 7 had at least 6 points at this stage. If you look at the table after 4 games last season it's comparable with the end of season table, with a few outliers either way.

We no longer hope to be an outlier. We are challenging for promotion this season. If the penny hasn't dropped for you yet, fair enough.

It will soon enough.

 

[andystroud]

I think it a bit early to suggest that already we are promotion challengers.
We have played 3 league games.
Very promising signs, but let's not forget Cambridge. Teams that flood midfield, make the pitch small, sit back for the majority of the game. The next 5 games don't look as difficult as the first 4 and let's hope it pans out that way

4 league games

 

[TailsWeWin]

But wait! For the last 5 seasons our forum experts have been intensely relaxed about our start to the season.

Surely you're not saying they were wrong?

In fact, those very same forum experts suggested Robinson’s drastically poor starts were fine - because he “always starts slowly” and the team goes on a better run “sometime later in the season.” Almost as though that was what he was TRYING to do. Brilliant.

 

[Paul Cannell]

Ah. Come on now! It nearly worked and we saw some lovely football.

 

[Bornyellow]

Hull being linked with another left sided attacker…Longman well down the list at this point

Out of interest, what do you think of Longman as a player?

 

[TheOx96]

I said Leigh a couple of weeks ago but people doubted me as it was my first post. Was ment to happen then but got delayed,
Should be announcement this week