Transfer targets?

[Ricey]

KR said in his post match interview he had already spoken to agents and players about joining next season and they were top players.

Also hearing him speak about Eoin Doyle yesterday, where he said he was the best striker in the league, is this a player we would like to sign? Would Preston allow him to leave permanently?

What other players do you think could be on his radar?

 

[jambon46]

KR said in his post match interview he had already spoken to agents and players about joining next season and they were top players.

Also hearing him speak about Eoin Doyle yesterday, where he said he was the best striker in the league, is this a player we would like to sign? Would Preston allow him to leave permanently?

What other players do you think could be on his radar?

Bet they would if it involved a certain midfielder we have going in the opposite direction.

 

[Deleted member 222]

I think we will get a few Charlton players along with a few of the best of league 1 players.

1 player that I think KR might be able to tempt back is hylton who I actually think would come back if Faz left which I think he will.

 

[Yellows1]

I think we will get a few Charlton players along with a few of the best of league 1 players.

1 player that I think KR might be able to tempt back is hylton who I actually think would come back if Faz left which I think he will.

Why if Faz left???

 

[werthersoriginal]

I think we will get a few Charlton players along with a few of the best of league 1 players.

1 player that I think KR might be able to tempt back is hylton who I actually think would come back if Faz left which I think he will.

Luton will go up and they’re probably a bigger club so why would he move?

 

[Sussex Yellow]

The answer to this will depend on which League we're competing in! Of course, like everyone on here, I'm earnestly hoping we retain our League One status and Eoin Doyle would be a great acquisition (but would he be prepared to move down South); we also desperately need reliable right and left backs.
However, if the worst should happen and we are relegated, there are 2 players turning out for Mansfield who would do a job for us....Alex MacDonald, and Kane Hemmings!

 

[yellowbow]

There lies the problem though.. players you need to get you out of lg2 aren’t necessarily the same type of players needed to be successful in lg1. Relegation would mean we would have to go down a different route with our recruitment. As it stands, KR needs to have two different lists of players. Talk of exciting potential targets at this time is pointless I would have thought

 

[Osei Yaw]

There lies the problem though.. players you need to get you out of lg2 aren’t necessarily the same type of players needed to be successful in lg1.

I'm not so sure, this is the team we had out against Wycombe when we got promoted:

Buchel
Kenny
Wright
Dunkley
Ruffels
MacDonald
Sercombe
Lundstram
Maguire
Roofe
Hylton

Substitutes
Slocombe
Mullins
Waring
O'Dowda
Ashby
Bowery
Roberts

Obviously some of those players aren't league 1 standard, but many of them are and have shown that since.

 

[Foley]

The answer to this will depend on which League we're competing in! Of course, like everyone on here, I'm earnestly hoping we retain our League One status and Eoin Doyle would be a great acquisition (but would he be prepared to move down South); we also desperately need reliable right and left backs.
However, if the worst should happen and we are relegated, there are 2 players turning out for Mansfield who would do a job for us....Alex MacDonald, and Kane Hemmings!

Isn't it funny how players get better when they leave?
MAPP thought Hemmings and McDonald were not good enough for a Promotion team in League 2. We saw how ineffective Hemmings was for us in League games.
WE should be looking for better....

 

[Peterdev]

Interesting,y four of the players against Wycombe have ended up in the Championship, Roofe, Lundstram, Wright and most likely Dunkley.
I don’t see how we can plan for next season until we know what league we will be in. Can’t see many championship or Charlton players wanting to come to,us if we get dumped in L2.
Hopefully that won’t happen, but two points from KRs opening four games is simply not good enough.
I expect better, and can think of managers who have had poor starts and then done well. Still recall Brighton 2-8 Bristol R...Brian Cloughs less finer moment

 

[Deleted member 222]

Luton will go up and they’re probably a bigger club so why would he move?

Danny Hylton doesn’t think that way though does he. If we give him a better deal than Luton offer him then he leaves Luton.

 

[Deleted member 291]

Isn't it funny how players get better when they leave?
MAPP thought Hemmings and McDonald were not good enough for a Promotion team in League 2. We saw how ineffective Hemmings was for us in League games.
WE should be looking for better....

Hemmings signed when we were in league 1 and Mcdonald left last year when we were in league 1.

 

[Manorlounger]

Why would we wish to sign an ageing (29) league 2 striker? Surely we can set our sights on better? No disrespect to Danny, loved him when he was one of ours but, those days are over.

 

[begbrokeox]

Hasn't really worked out for Matty Taylor at Bristol City...absolute snake, but still. Just sayin'....

 

[bazzer9461]

Why would we wish to sign an ageing (29) league 2 striker? Surely we can set our sights on better? No disrespect to Danny, loved him when he was one of ours but, those days are over.

I know he would give his all manor but he hasn’t done it higher than L2

 

[Foley]

Hemmings signed when we were in league 1 and Mcdonald left last year when we were in league 1.

Yes my mistake. He didn't think that they were good enough for a club to challenge in League 1.
And Hemmings' league strike rate was awful.

 

[Common Villager]

So much has to come together to achieve promotion from any division.

Our strongest 11 at any point during the 15/16 season was, in my opinion:

Slocombe
Baldock Mullins Wright Skarz
Graham Lundstram Sercombe O’Dowda
Roofe
Hylton

From that lineup only two are still in league 2 (Hylton and Mullins, although they’re almost certainly going to be promoted), three are in League 1, and six are in the Championship.

We also had the likes of Kenny (Premier League), Maguire, Dunkley, Taylor (all League 1), and MacDonald (League 2)

So it shows just how strong our squad was, and yet we still had periods during the season where we struggled and thought we might no make it. So it shows just how hard achieving promotion can be.

If we go down, it will be very, very unlikely that we’ll come straight back up imo.

 

[BotleyOx]

I think KR has a list of targets, not 2 because he genuinely believes we will stay in league 1

I also think we will stay up but it will a bit of a squeaky bum and nails down to quick ride.

 

[Upthecowboys]

I think Preston will be back in for Ledson in the Summer, reckon KR thinks the same.

Maybe his praise about Eoin Doyle was first stage in getting him as part of the Ledson transfer?

 

[m]

So am I the only one who didn't think Eoin Doyle was impressive on Saturday?

 

[ZeroTheHero]

So am I the only one who didn't think Eoin Doyle was impressive on Saturday?

He wasn't, but then I thought our defense (mostly Dickie) did a good job in keeping him quiet. I also thought Oldham fell into the 'give it to the goalscorer' mental trap, rather than trying to create opportunities for him.

 

[Deleted member 462]

So am I the only one who didn't think Eoin Doyle was impressive on Saturday?

Saturday no- but then hardly any of the 22 were.

His record at this level speaks for its self though, like with our striker he can only score with service. He seems to be running the channels more than being the focal striker Saturday

 

[bazzer9461]

So am I the only one who didn't think Eoin Doyle was impressive on Saturday?

No you’re not alone Dickie nullified him well but it was there to see why he is a good player

 

[Sarge]

These transfer targets are good value, under a tenner !

 

[windmill]

These transfer targets are good value, under a tenner !

You build airfix aircraft!!!!!

 

[werthersoriginal]

He wasn't, but then I thought our defense (mostly Dickie) did a good job in keeping him quiet. I also thought Oldham fell into the 'give it to the goalscorer' mental trap, rather than trying to create opportunities for him.

We didn't give him a kick, so well done us. He seemed like one of those strikers you don't see till he pops up with a goal.

 

[Sarge]

You build airfix aircraft!!!!!

Yes, about 100 years ago, I did

 

[outsidethebox]

Working in Leeds earlier. Taxi driver said we can have Roofe back any time we want. Didn't rate him at all!

 

[unification]

Working in Leeds earlier. Taxi driver said we can have Roofe back any time we want. Didn't rate him at all!

Leeds fans liked Clotet. Clearly they know nothing!

I do hope we maintain the policy that we've had under Appleton of signing young players to sell on. It works, bolsters the coffers and if you invest the funds well it can be a constant source of revenue (our most recent accounts showed a profit).

Obviously we need to mix that with experienced pros and informed decisions on players too so we don't end up with the horrendous squad imbalance we've seen this year nor build a team around a loanee who can be recalled at any moment (a la Jack Payne). I trust KR to make more a more informed series of signings unlike the knobhead that preceded him.

 

[windmill]

Yes, about 100 years ago, I did

Building one now.............. De Havilland Rapide.