free agent strikers

[donnyspadge]

so who can we sign from the free agent market then ?

[Move DRFC]

Rakish Bingham or Kwame Thomas for me.

[donnyspadge]

hal robson-kanu
connor wickham
nicky ajose
andy carroll

i dont know if any of these are still without a club but there are a few on the transfer market website.

[dknward2]

If there was anyone decent other clubs would be also trying to get them.

Gonna take 3-4 weeks for a player to get up to match fitness by which time our front 3 should be all back.

May as well use the youth team players and we have a young Owen or Rooney

[The Beast]

hal robson-kanu
connor wickham
nicky ajose
andy carroll

i dont know if any of these are still without a club but there are a few on the transfer market website.

Connor Wickham an unbelievable player, will surely get a Championship club, Andy Carroll talking to Reading, you do wonder whether he’s a young man f%#€Ed! The other 2 who knows.

[DRNaith]

Am I correct in thinking that if a club doesn't want a fee for a player and the player agrees, the player could be released be their club to be able to sign as a free agent?

[dickos1]

Thing with that is though, o brien will be on a decent contract with Sunderland so they’d have to pay him up. And I doubt we’d be able to match his current wage

[DRNaith]

Thing with that is though, o brien will be on a decent contract with Sunderland so they’d have to pay him up. And I doubt we’d be able to match his current wage

I wasn't thinking of a specific player, more checking that I have the principal correct.

I don't think any player that is only prepared to come here on loan would fit this process.

[rich1471]

Am I correct in thinking that if a club doesn't want a fee for a player and the player agrees, the player could be released be their club to be able to sign as a free agent?

they had to be released by 11pm yesterday so other clubs could sign them , I think if they are released now cannot play till January but be signed by a club

[selby]

  Can we recruit from non league or abroad such as Southern Hemisphere clubs aho are possibly coming into  their closed season?

[DonnyOsmond]

  Can we recruit from non league or abroad such as Southern Hemisphere clubs aho are possibly coming into  their closed season?

Nope. Even if their window is open, as ours isn't we can only sign players that were free agents before last night.

[normal rules]

I mentioned Connor wick ham a few weeks ago. Now that would be a bit of business.

[tyke1962]

It's certainly not my place to comment on the events yesterday at your club and I'll say nowt .

However the free agent market does offer some joy .

Due to the pandemic and clubs cutting their cloth there's probably never been a time for many a long year when so many players were out of work .

You aren't looking for superstars , your looking for players to do a job for you , get you up that table and to safer waters .

That to me is more than achievable through the free agent market .

[Jonathan]

The free agent market isn’t what we need.

We needed a striker to hit the ground running. In fact we needed that a month ago. The free agents won’t have kicked a football competitively for over six months. And it tends to be the remaining players that aren’t / weren’t identified as a good fit for the club hence there being no prior movement on them. I get that we’re so desperate that we might have to bring one in. But it’s unlikely to be a long term solution, and on that basis it isn’t good use of our scarce resources.

Let’s face it, we could be in trouble this season given our lack of attacking options. But I’d rather the club got to work on finding a proper solution that’s ready to go on January 1st. No dithering about til the end of the next window, and no excuses.

[EasyforDennis]

Don't we have striker training with us who hasn't got a club?

[the vicar]

so who can we sign from the free agent market then ?

We can if they are not attached to a club.  And there is a lot of football players out of work through Covid

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Wickham has been training with Preston but no news yet whether they are offering him a deal.

[the vicar]

hal robson-kanu
connor wickham
nicky ajose
andy carroll

i dont know if any of these are still without a club but there are a few on the transfer market website.

Connor Wickham an unbelievable player, will surely get a Championship club, Andy Carroll talking to Reading, you do wonder whether he’s a young man f%#€Ed! The other 2 who knows.

and Kanu is with WBA.  And Adjose is with Exeter

[RugbyRover]

our recruitment has not been the same since sammy chung is king stopped posting. we need his input in these crucial times. can he be contacted? 

[Pancho Regan]

I wouldn't mind seeing Connor Wickham joining us.
He owes us for that hat-trick he scored against us at the Keepmoat 10 years ago.

[jamesrover17]

If Will Grigg turned us down, we won't have a prayer with Connor Wickham...

[karldew]

Jerome Sinclair?
Kieran Agard?

[bpoolrover]

Ajose has scored around ten goals in 4 years at a level below us

[Retdon1]

Josh Parker been released by Burton. Doesn’t score lots of goals but at least he is a striker and will put him self about a bit. He gave butler a hard time when we played Charlton in the play offs. Could do a job for us until Jan

[jamesrover17]

Josh Parker been released by Burton. Doesn’t score lots of goals but at least he is a striker and will put him self about a bit. He gave butler a hard time when we played Charlton in the play offs. Could do a job for us until Jan

Only one I can see being viable...

[DonnyOsmond]

Other than strikers Joe Dodoo, Kadeem Harris, Viv Solomon-Otabor and Barrie McKay are available. Couple of which can play up front but so can Hiwula who should return to the squad for our next game and has a fairly decent record.

[DonnyNoel]

I wouldn't mind seeing Connor Wickham joining us.
He owes us for that hat-trick he scored against us at the Keepmoat 10 years ago.

Ten years ago? Jesus time flies...

[Big MAC]

After Brexit I assume European players would now need international clearance and a work permit? How long would that take!

[DonnyOsmond]

After Brexit I assume European players would now need international clearance and a work permit? How long would that take!

Yep. Barnsley had a couple lads that took about 3-4 weeks to get work permits.

[jamesrover17]

I doubt we will be signing anyone, what is the actual point, will take 3-4 weeks to get them up to speed depending on how long they have been out of the game, by then Taylor, Hiwula and potentially Fej will be back