Recruitment to start next week

[donny dave]

I would take Armand Gnanduillet on a free 28 y o.

[redarmy82]

Bloody rubbish...sack Darren, sack Gavin, sack the Board, sack the fans...no ambition at all!!!

Seriously though, 7 signings in the whole division so far, excluding youngsters and loan returns, with only Coventry (that beacon of financial and owner stability) really paying fees. 

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/league-one/transfers/wettbewerb/GB3/plus/?saison_id=2020&s_w=&leihe=1&intern=0&intern=1

Almost every club is trying to work out how to survive, so hardly surprising that signings aren’t being made.

Patience...

Astounding that Coventry have just shelled out nearly £1.5million on one player. They don't even have a stadium FFS.

[Al4475]

Me too - always liked him against rovers

[BradwellRover]

I would take Armand Gnanduillet on a free 28 y o.

Always looked good against us, but his overall goal record isn’t great until this season (19/20 - 1 goal every 2 games).  I’d be in favour though...and we’d certainly have the hardest to spell frontline in history with him and Feyi! (-:

[Campsall rover]

I would take Armand Gnanduillet on a free 28 y o.

Always looked good against us, but his overall goal record isn’t great until this season (19/20 - 1 goal every 2 games).  I’d be in favour though...and we’d certainly have the hardest to spell frontline in history with him and Feyi! (-:

Gand & Feyi. Keep it simple. 

[eastender]

I would take Armand Gnanduillet on a free 28 y o.

Always looked good against us, but his overall goal record isn’t great until this season (19/20 - 1 goal every 2 games).  I’d be in favour though...and we’d certainly have the hardest to spell frontline in history with him and Feyi! (-:

He didn't look good against us when he missed 3 sitters for Chesterfield a few years back in Our 3-2 win at the Keepmoat.

[BradwellRover]

You have a better memory than me Eastender!

Perhaps I should have specified whilst playing for Blackpool. 

[Chris Black come back]

I would take Armand Gnanduillet on a free 28 y o.

Always looked good against us, but his overall goal record isn’t great until this season (19/20 - 1 goal every 2 games).  I’d be in favour though...and we’d certainly have the hardest to spell frontline in history with him and Feyi! (-:

His record ain’t great but he was off to Derby in January but it didn’t happen. He is out of contract so will be picked up by someone in Championship. He is out of our league, however modest his goal return.

[drfchound]

Chris Brown wasn’t a prolific scorer but I would have always had him in my team.

[Alan Southstand]

He’d be a handful at our level. I’m not sure DM would want him but he presents us with a ‘plan B’ if we were to get him. As for being out of our league; he was at Blackpool, not Blackburn!

[Campsall rover]

Why have Blackpool released him. There will be a reason.
Is it a football decision or a financial one?

[drfchound]

He might have just let his contract run down, his own decision.

Edit.. just checked,  it is his own decision.

[Campsall rover]

He might have just let his contract run down, his own decision.

Edit.. just checked,  it is his own decision.

Thanks hound. He must be confident of getting a new club in at least league 1 or he has already been tapped up by someone.

[drfchound]

He has just had the best season of his career, a goal every other game.

[RoversAlias]

It will be like Sadlier with us, he's after a new challenge at a club with loftier ambitions than Blackpool.

I touted him as a suggested signing for us last summer, and he's had such a good season he's probably out of our reach now - although I'm happy with Okenabirhie anyway as our #9.

[Alan Southstand]

Agreed Alias, but, as you well know, we need more than one striker! (Injuries/suspensions, etc).

I’m guessing here, but I would imagine that we may well look for a loan player to compete for the striker berth. It will depend on finances, terms, etc.

I see someone like Fleetwood moving in for him, after all, they’re just down the road!

[DonnyOsmond]

He might have just let his contract run down, his own decision.

Edit.. just checked,  it is his own decision.

Thanks hound. He must be confident of getting a new club in at least league 1 or he has already been tapped up by someone.

Cardiff were interested.

[Jonathan]

It’s hard to know where to place expectation this summer. We’ve continued to reduce the wage bill but, in all honesty, that’s very much necessary in these circumstances. As a fan, normally there’s the sense of excitement at the prospect of making new signings and seeing them in action, but even that doesn’t really feel like it’s there at the moment as it’s hard to know when we’ll be able to get to a game. That makes it so difficult for the club not knowing where its income streams are going to come back, or how quickly they’ll return (allowing for consumer confidence) even when the gates are opened.

I guess at the moment I’m not expecting or anticipating any influx of new additions. The focus has to be on survival right now and making sure we still have a club to support when we all go back, so the hopes and demands just aren’t the same. I know DM has said in the press that he wants a squad together early, and you can see the logic from a football perspective, but there’s more to think about right now. I’m grateful to the owners for keeping the club going and football itself is secondary.

Realistically, I’d expect Whiteman to be off if we get a decent offer in.

[dknward2]

Just noticed that no one has mentioned that AJ Greaves has got a need contract and Moore hopes he will become part of the midfield

[Alan Southstand]

He’s not quite there yet, dknward2, but he’s going in the right direction. A combative lad, of that there’s no question, but he has been susceptible to the ‘red mist’ at times and it sees him yellow carded quite often. Ok at u23 level, but not in the first team; he’d soon be found out, wound up and, ultimately, red carded.

Not the tallest, but he’s a grafter all right and he’s deceptively strong, for one so slight. I would think a bench sitter this next season, if everything was back to normal, but who knows?

It’s worth mentioning Hasani as well, at this point. Had a disruptive season due to injuries, but one to watch out for this coming season, especially if he bulks up a bit through the summer. He was getting back to showing the promise when making his debut, under McCann, until the season was cut short. He still has a season left on his contract and he’ll be trying to prove he’s worth keeping (same with young Branden Horton).

[since-1969]

I think we may start off without (at least away) fans but introduce more as the season goes on

Good point Dude, but the lack of, or reduction of, fans in the stadiums, could seriously damage the revenue streams of a lot of League 1 and League 2 clubs.

Unless this virus f*cks off, I just can't see a full season of fixtures being completed.

How do you complete a season then ?

[northern soul]

Next season is gonna be another weird one I suspect. It's prefer us to try to get a young hungry squad, and almost five them a year to bed in together with the aim of promotion the year after.

[Metalmicky]

According to DM, things will start to happen in earnest from Monday onwards.

Is it today that we can 'officially' sign new players or has the goal posts moved again?

[IDM]

Why would the goal posts have moved again.?

[Metalmicky]

Why would the goal posts have moved again.?

Because occasionally things change....?

[eastender]

DM said he wanted the majority of new recruits reporting for training on the first day back, which i believe is next Monday.
So he had better get that pen out pretty soon.

[IDM]

Why would the goal posts have moved again.?

Because occasionally things change....?

I think that there will be all kinds of consultation etc behind the scenes leading to the decision on the season start date and the transfer window.  All sorts of other things depend upon those dates, so whilst it is still a struggle to envisage spectators getting back in yet, I really cannot see the dates changing.

[Metalmicky]

Why would the goal posts have moved again.?

Because occasionally things change....?

I think that there will be all kinds of consultation etc behind the scenes leading to the decision on the season start date and the transfer window.  All sorts of other things depend upon those dates, so whilst it is still a struggle to envisage spectators getting back in yet, I really cannot see the dates changing.

I greatly appreciate your insight...

[DonnyOsmond]

According to DM, things will start to happen in earnest from Monday onwards.

Is it today that we can 'officially' sign new players or has the goal posts moved again?

Free agents could have been signed for a while now tbf.

[selby]

  Loved the one a day we used to have with John Ryan. Next week might be like that.