Transfer Window January 2024 Post Transfer Window Thread

[Carpy]

Great transfer window!! Suspect these ratings will jump considerably...

Gorrin	Bennett (Extension)
Beadle	Cumming
Mills	Goodwin
Edwards (Loan)	Edwards (Permanent)
Perkins	Dale
McGinty	Matete
	Burey

 

[Mike_H]

Is Edwards an upgrade on Edward or does he have a twin?

 

[Mystery Yellow]

Like what the recruitment team do I’m already looking ahead to the summer & I’ll put it out now one of the main priorities is to find a proper Right Back we have needed a vast upgrade on Sam Long for a couple of seasons now & with Steven’s returning who’s been no better than average I really hope we can get the quality in that position next summer (we’ve seen the impact what Greg Leigh has done for us at Left Back with Bennett as a good backup)

 

[Royalstandard74]

Obviously.

 

[Emilio]

Generally content with the outgoings, in that it was predominantly loans returning to their parent club, or ones we could afford to ship out. Nobody has pinched any of our star contracted players, and that's a win in my book!

Obviously Beadle was top, and I was sad to see him go, but that was entirely out of our hands. Mills probably would have stayed, had it not been for the unfortunate injury. It just didn't work out for Perkins. Gorrin had to go for his own sake, and I'm sure we all wish him the best. McGinty also needs to play, and that's just not happening here.

 

[OUFC91]

Good window. I still think our promotion hopes really hang on getting a decent chunk of game time out of Murphy/Browne/Edwards.

We're a different side with one of those in the team running at people.

Hopefully Matete is fit enough to provide competition in the middle straight away. JM hasn't looked good enough this season so this will give MM some much needed rest so he can get back to the level he was at earlier in the season. And if he doesn't, he'll be dropped.

 

[Wandering Yellow]

I'm so paranoid about injuries, I just hope we get to see plenty of Dale and Matete this season.

When is Goodwin back?

 

[FatOldSun]

I'm so paranoid about injuries, I just hope we get to see plenty of Dale and Matete this season.

When is Goodwin back?

Goodwin should be back next week, along with Bodin and Murphy. If we suffer no more lengthy injuries (big if!) we'll have a pretty healthy squad to choose from in the coming weeks.

 

[uptheus]

So if it was Marriott that we were after, what was the domino effect needed?

 

[Oxy]

Looking at what we’ve got now,

A very strong squad (when fit) with options to chop and change style and formations.

Really good work from Ed and everyone involved.

I still think, without that extra striker/forward we are weaker than most sides in this play off race! The hopeful side to me is looking at Gatlin to continue this burst of form and grow into the back end of the season!

(Also a rumour of a potential Baldock situation signing) but I’m not holding on to anything there… think it’s b*****s personally

 

[Made-in-Jericho]

It was late-coming but I'm so impressed that the last, elusive domino - another JM - fell so nicely into place!
I said 9/10 yesterday but downgraded to 8/10 due to 'injuries' and lack of minutes for some of them.
Seriously well done Des and OUFC.

 

[Nadi-]

local lad Jordan Thomas to Cheltenham
Busy night for Joe Hodge on the bench last night against Man U, and then loaned to QPR

 

[Joey]

So if it was Marriott that we were after, what was the domino effect needed?

Almost as if we weren't really after 5 goal Jack, who has missed plenty of chances this season and had some serious injuries.

Would exactly have been gutted if we'd signed him but never really got the hype.

 

[Berliner]

Like everyone else, Matete has to prove himself on the pitch (especially with no competitive football in his legs this season...it's not an injury thankfully so he will have a different "getting match fit" routine than Goodwin). But on the face of it a fantastic signing...if you could pick anyone (within sensible reason) for the CM role we are lacking, he would probably be on 9 out of 10 people's lists at this level.

But yes, I remain of the opinion that we are just a little short up front and subject to the up-and-down nature of Des getting his style over to get to the very top this season. But playoffs? Why not!

 

[LeftSideLarry]

There’s no doubt in my mind that should any of our rivals have signed Matete, the negative reaction on this forum would have dwarfed the positivity we’ve seen after him signing for us.

 

[Royalstandard74]

So if it was Marriott that we were after, what was the domino effect needed?

More people should of wished it at the Blackbird.

 

[Grumpy Git]

Like everyone else, Matete has to prove himself on the pitch (especially with no competitive football in his legs this season...it's not an injury thankfully so he will have a different "getting match fit" routine than Goodwin). But on the face of it a fantastic signing...if you could pick anyone (within sensible reason) for the CM role we are lacking, he would probably be on 9 out of 10 people's lists at this level.

But yes, I remain of the opinion that we are just a little short up front and subject to the up-and-down nature of Des getting his style over to get to the very top this season. But playoffs? Why not!

Matete returned to training on Dec 15th, so one would hope he’s available to come on late in a few games until he’s fully match fit.

 

[uptheus]

I cannot believe we didn’t get the elusive striker we needed!

Also, out of the players we’ve signed, which ones did we have to wait for re; the domino effect?

 

[Greenstar]

Harry Leonard might still be coming as well if the paperwork was put through in time with caveat that Blackburn's new signing from MLS gets a visa & work permit. Should know by Monday.

 

[uptheus]

I'm so paranoid about injuries, I just hope we get to see plenty of Dale and Matete this season.

When is Goodwin back?

Blackpool apparently

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

Like everyone else, Matete has to prove himself on the pitch (especially with no competitive football in his legs this season...it's not an injury thankfully so he will have a different "getting match fit" routine than Goodwin). But on the face of it a fantastic signing...if you could pick anyone (within sensible reason) for the CM role we are lacking, he would probably be on 9 out of 10 people's lists at this level.

But yes, I remain of the opinion that we are just a little short up front and subject to the up-and-down nature of Des getting his style over to get to the very top this season. But playoffs? Why not!

Matete has just come back from 6 months out after knee surgery which is why he hasn't played this season.

I don't think we should expect too much from him.

 

[Marston Road yellow]

We will never get someone who’s scored 10-15 goals so far in unless we pay stupid money or he has an attitude akin to Mariah Carey.

Personally think that was as good a window we could have hoped for.

Is anyone seriously suggesting that the owners have no ambition now?

 

[Mad Dog]

Some interesting signings this window, which will allow us to have more options in more than one formation, whilst keeping existing players on their toes.

A good window. Well done to all those involved

Now let’s smash the 2nd half of the season!

 

[Jster]

Yeah, hopefully once the Reading game is done (where we'll still be in quite a bare bones state), players should start to come back, and we'll have a decent number of options again.

 

[isibuko]

Really good window. It was a surprise not getting another striker but actually I think we needed someone like Matete more urgently so I like it. Very solid 8/10, given that we knew it would take a few windows to rebuild after KR's mess I think we're probably ahead of that schedule. Very pleased with the work that the recruitment team are doing, pleased with the board backing Des with 2 decent fees, can't really complain.

 

[dickwalton1964]

Really good window, although to be honest I always think we have had pretty decent windows, on the face of it, bar that horrendous car crash of one when we signed Wildschut etc. Time will tell but this one looks particularly strong. Well done to Des and the recruitment team.

 

[Upthecowboys]

Very decent window, but like others have said possibly short up front.

But..

I assume it’s not too late to sign a forward if a player is paid off and becomes a free agent. I could see a few players with 6 months left on their contract being paid off to give themselves a chance to get a contract before the summer exodus of players. So wouldn’t be surprised if that wasn’t quite it for us..

 

[foghorn]

I cannot believe we didn’t get the elusive striker we needed!

Also, out of the players we’ve signed, which ones did we have to wait for the domino effect?

Maybe the domino effect applied to the player/s we didn't get?

 

[ECYellow]

It’s ended up being a solid January. Albeit we haven’t actually grown the squad a great deal, despite the ongoing injuries to Murphy, Browne, Edwards & Bodin etc.

i think the Matete signing is an excellent one, subject to the player being the same as he was for Plymouth last year and not still hampered or recovering from his significant knee injury. I guess time will tell with that. Brannagan and McGuane certainly needed competition and Matete will provide it.

I’d still be surprised if a striker doesn’t come through the door, either a free agent or a loan that hasn’t been confirmed, yet. Buckingham has been consistent throughout that he wanted a forward and I’m pretty confident we will see someone come in.

No other team in the race for promotion would be happy to go into the last 17 games with O’Donkor as the third striker and we should be no different.

7/10 window as it stands.

 

[dickwalton1964]

Really good window. It was a surprise not getting another striker but actually I think we needed someone like Matete more urgently so I like it. Very solid 8/10, given that we knew it would take a few windows to rebuild after KR's mess I think we're probably ahead of that schedule. Very pleased with the work that the recruitment team are doing, pleased with the board backing Des with 2 decent fees, can't really complain.

Yes, I think we could have done with another striker but given the choice I’d have definitely strengthened midfield over the striker position. Harris has found his shooting boots but there’s a lot of pressure on Goodwin to ease that burden - another one in there would have just felt more comfortable as well as extra cover for the inevitable injury or two.