Transfer News 2022/23 Season Incoming Transfers and a few other things

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Just wondering whether Can had a handshake with Appleton? ………zzbut only today thanks but no thanks and MAPP thinking oh no not again
 
Yellowarmy said:
Hi UTO, Noticed that the official Derby match review said Baldock and Wildschut would be out for 2 months. Has Wildschuts hamstring injury better that Xmas return
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At first I heard Wildschut was expected to be out 6 weeks and Baldock back for the end of September.
Then there was whispers midweek that Wildschuts hamstring was worse than originally thought and potentially an operation. If he was going to need the operation, it would be longer than the 2 months the article said.
So fingers crossed it’s not the case and both he and Baldock are back and available at the end of September!
 
UTO said:
At first I heard Wildschut was expected to be out 6 weeks and Baldock back for the end of September.
Then there was whispers midweek that Wildschuts hamstring was worse than originally thought and potentially an operation. If he was going to need the operation, it would be longer than the 2 months the article said.
So fingers crossed it’s not the case and both he and Baldock are back and available at the end of September!
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Who are you starting at RW today
 
oufc1991 said:
Just shows how s**t Blackpool is not even the pull to play for Michael Appleton is enough for players to want to join
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I get the feeling that people in football see Michael Appleton more of a temporary troubleshooter for struggling teams than a manager that can deliver success over a period of time. He's certainly taken over a lot of teams in difficult situations previous but really only cemented himself and experienced success with us. I think he's a great manager who can build a team, motivate and deliver in the long run but too often he finds himself at teams experiencing issues and that shadows his potential and other people's confidence in him.

Blackpool being an absolute dump and with surrounding areas being no better, it's also a pretty hard sell to get people to go there. Appleton himself is only about an hour away from his hometown so it's a convenient move for him but prospective signings wont be so enthused about the area and perhaps nor the manager himself if they feel the club is going nowhere.
 
East Stand Fan said:
I get the feeling that people in football see Michael Appleton more of a temporary troubleshooter for struggling teams than a manager that can deliver success over a period of time. He's certainly taken over a lot of teams in difficult situations previous but really only cemented himself and experienced success with us. I think he's a great manager who can build a team, motivate and deliver in the long run but too often he finds himself at teams experiencing issues and that shadows his potential and other people's confidence in him.

Blackpool being an absolute dump and with surrounding areas being no better, it's also a pretty hard sell to get people to go there. Appleton himself is only about an hour away from his hometown so it's a convenient move for him but prospective signings wont be so enthused about the area and perhaps nor the manager himself if they feel the club is going nowhere.
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He’s just been given a 4yr deal at a Championship club with one of the best and most progressive owners in English football.
 
tatabanya said:
He’s just been given a 4yr deal at a Championship club with one of the best and most progressive owners in English football.
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What is the "best and most progressive owner in English football" based on?

For what it's worth, I don't have an issue with him as an owner, I don't know anything more about him than any other owner of 99% of football league clubs. But if we look at the Brannagan situation, we have a club who were happy to disrupt previous transfer windows without any intention of meeting the agreed buy out clause. Then they throw an offer in just days ahead of the seasons starting which could have completely derailed our season. They were unbelievable petty with Jordan Thorniley and have acted like a spoilt kid taking his football away because his team didn't win.

Blackpool have also struggled with transfers having only brought in a couple on loan and one permanent deal. They have also lost out on several players if the usual rumours are given any credence.

I'm not sure any of this reflects particularly well on the club nevermind elevating the owners status to "one of the best and most prgressive" in England
 
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East Stand Fan said:
I get the feeling that people in football see Michael Appleton more of a temporary troubleshooter for struggling teams than a manager that can deliver success over a period of time. He's certainly taken over a lot of teams in difficult situations previous but really only cemented himself and experienced success with us. I think he's a great manager who can build a team, motivate and deliver in the long run but too often he finds himself at teams experiencing issues and that shadows his potential and other people's confidence in him.

Blackpool being an absolute dump and with surrounding areas being no better, it's also a pretty hard sell to get people to go there. Appleton himself is only about an hour away from his hometown so it's a convenient move for him but prospective signings wont be so enthused about the area and perhaps nor the manager himself if they feel the club is going nowhere.
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We’ve been through this, apparently there are nice bits. Agree that he has an image of not sticking around, but I think he might do OK there.
 
Like any football club,if there is a sensible expectation and it's delivered give or take he will be fine.
Flirt with relegation or fall hrough the trap door to League 1 and he'll likely be gone.

On a seperate note i find the dispespect for other football clubs rather distasteful, Barnsley and now more recently Blackpool, the latter who have gone through awful Ownership experience rather like ourselves.
 
horseman said:
Like any football club,if there is a sensible expectation and it's delivered give or take he will be fine.
Flirt with relegation or fall hrough the trap door to League 1 and he'll likely be gone.

On a seperate note i find the dispespect for other football clubs rather distasteful, Barnsley and now more recently Blackpool, the latter who have gone through awful Ownership experience rather like ourselves.
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Regarding Blackpool, I think the disrespect came pretty heavily in our direction first.
 
Blackpool have done very well under his ownership but this is the first sign of real struggle for them. The Critchley appointment was a very good one and they’ve got out of L1 without spending fortunes and also stabilised themselves at the level above which the likes of Rotherham have made look impossible.

Appleton is another good appointment for them but they’ve been found wanting in this window and missed out on a heck of a lot of their targets. They’re not an attractive proposition at that level and for Appleton to come out himself and essentially ask why CamBran chose L1 over the championship rather than Oxford over Blackpool says a lot I think. It’s not enough to simply offer a step up to the championship, particularly when the player is so emotionally attached to their current club.
 
OX14 said:
I've got a feeling we may see Todd Kane in an Oxford shirt soon.
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Lots of talk about this on Twitter now. I’m not on Instagram but allegedly he’s gone around liking all the signings on there as well if there’s anything in that these days.
 
Swaby39 said:
Lots of talk about this on Twitter now. I’m not on Instagram but allegedly he’s gone around liking all the signings on there as well if there’s anything in that these days.
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I can only see him having 'liked' the Jodi Jones announcement, which isn't abnormal seeing as they were Coventry teammates
 
Swaby39 said:
Lots of talk about this on Twitter now. I’m not on Instagram but allegedly he’s gone around liking all the signings on there as well if there’s anything in that these days.
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I had seen he liked all of our signings on Instagram but not sure if that's because he's an ex oxford player and also he's more than likely friends with Jodi Jones.

The source I got the Brannagan info from Thursday. Text me saying that we may see Kane again. I don't think it would be Herbie or Harry lol
 
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