Transfer meeting tomorrow

[selby]

  Well in about six weks time we will know the outcome.

[The Beast]

We need a big bruising centre half like Mikey Dementriou to get us kicked into the Championship

He has made 570 league appearances

150 in non league football.
419 in League 2.
1 in League 1.

Yeah he would be a great signing especially seeing that he is now 35 , 11 years after his one League 1 appearance !!!!

That’s the problem, who is available in January? I don’t think people realise how difficult it is to find someone who is going to improve the side, pass all the due diligence, be available, be affordable and not have 15 other clubs having a look. On Football Manager you might be able to pinch Aden Flint for 20k but in real life you can’t.

[ncRover]

Ismael on COR. Says he’s keeping a close eye on him and may recall.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25685659.blackburn-rovers-boss-hint-january-transfer-decision/

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Ismael on COR. Says he’s keeping a close eye on him and may recall.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25685659.blackburn-rovers-boss-hint-january-transfer-decision/

Yea, covered this speculation here

https://www.drfc-vsc.co.uk/index.php?topic=295716.0

[Sprotyrover]

We need a big bruising centre half like Mikey Dementriou to get us kicked into the Championship

He has made 570 league appearances

150 in non league football.
419 in League 2.
1 in League 1.

Yeah he would be a great signing especially seeing that he is now 35 , 11 years after his one League 1 appearance !!!!

Sorry DRAYTONIAN I Said, such as, or such as our own ex player Rob JONES.

[Draytonian III]

But you mentioned a player that is still playing, if you had said Rob Jones, Jack Ashurst, Norman Hunter, Ron Harris, Syd Bycroft it would have been different, wouldn’t it

[Sprotyrover]

But you mentioned a player that is still playing, if you had said Rob Jones, Jack Ashurst, Norman Hunter, Ron Harris, Syd Bycroft it would have been different, wouldn’t it

Well we played them several times recently and he stuck in my mind as a pain in the but centre half.

[Draytonian III]

Yeah as a 35 year old League Two centre half, as poor as some are saying that we’ve defended lately in League One, just imagine him trying to keep up with a 22 year old League One centre forward.

[steve@dcfd]

We need a big bruising centre half like Mikey Dementriou to get us kicked into the Championship

Matty Pearson…

But does Grant want that type of centre half as Gaz says we have Matty Pearson yet Grant doesn't play him. On Saturday he played three young centre backs and left the experienced big bruising centre half on the bench who should have played middle of the three.

[normal rules]

Last season saw an incredible turnaround in form at the back end. It would need something pretty special to replicate this.

[sedwardsdrfc]

In fairness to Grant we do normally pick a couple of players in Jan that add quality and turn our form hot.

That said the OP is where I’ve been at for a while. We seem to sign new or offer contract extensions to prayers who end up been down the pecking order or out of favour almost immediately.

It’s perfectly reasonable to be a bit skeptical if your writing the cheques.

[In the box]

I would love to be a fly on the wall here.

Grant will no doubt ask for more money to stay in the division.

A fair response would be asking Grant what has happened/gone wrong with TLT, Middleton, Gotts, Ajayi, Crew, Pearson, Olusanya etc.

Another question would be why it took our number 9 until November to start making an impact and will any significant monies spent take just as long to bed in.

We all know Grant will come out positive after the meeting. But I do wonder if he will get everything he wants.

No one is for sale in January !!and we don’t spend money ..
McCanns signings have not really impressed. We’ve been lucky in the last two seasons with Adelakun and then Street both made a huge contributions in a short time . If it is that there’s other  similar players out there available then we’ve got lucky again and it will have to be as I doubt any club lets players go in middle of a season without a very good reason .

[moses]

Who is on the fringes of the Lincoln team we can pick up this year to give us a boost for the rest of season?

[mpc123]

Personally there are only 1 or 2 that have not worked.
I think its the fans over reactions at points that make it feels like that. Molly and Broadbent alot of fans were saying they were rubbish at one point, just a small example, but you can see the effect.

[ncRover]

Personally there are only 1 or 2 that have not worked.
I think its the fans over reactions at points that make it feels like that. Molly and Broadbent alot of fans were saying they were rubbish at one point, just a small example, but you can see the effect.

We have come up a division. If they look an alright player (Gotts, Crew, Middleton, Pearson) but aren’t getting in the starting XI then they haven’t worked. Because that it isn’t enough.

Contract renewals to Sharp and Senior also blocked routes to upgrading ST and LB starting positions.

There is a lot to do. Yes we can upgrade in January, but so can everyone else.

[GazLaz]

Personally there are only 1 or 2 that have not worked.
I think its the fans over reactions at points that make it feels like that. Molly and Broadbent alot of fans were saying they were rubbish at one point, just a small example, but you can see the effect.

We have come up a division. If they look an alright player (Gotts, Crew, Middleton, Pearson) but aren’t getting in the starting XI then they haven’t worked. Because that it isn’t enough.

Contract renewals to Sharp and Senior also blocked routes to upgrading ST and LB starting positions.

There is a lot to do. Yes we can upgrade in January, but so can everyone else.

Think the last point is a good one. Its hard to comment too much not knowing the deals they are on, but we could have improved the squad by replacing those two. Same with Close and Zain the year before. Too many mistakes made in that department.

[Alan Southstand]

Personally there are only 1 or 2 that have not worked.
I think its the fans over reactions at points that make it feels like that. Molly and Broadbent alot of fans were saying they were rubbish at one point, just a small example, but you can see the effect.

Simple fact of the matter is we’ve only signed 2 players who had league one experience - Hanlan & Pearson. Neither of those have had the impact that was expected.
The loans, in general, have been very disappointing when you consider they were supposed to be the icing on the cake.
I know we’ve all got a degree in hindsight, but let’s face it, last summer’s transfer window was very mediocre (at best).
It certainly hasn’t just been 1 or 2!

[ForsolongaRover]

Personally there are only 1 or 2 that have not worked.
I think its the fans over reactions at points that make it feels like that. Molly and Broadbent alot of fans were saying they were rubbish at one point, just a small example, but you can see the effect.

Simple fact of the matter is we’ve only signed 2 players who had league one experience - Hanlan & Pearson. Neither of those have had the impact that was expected.
The loans, in general, have been very disappointing when you consider they were supposed to be the icing on the cake.
I know we’ve all got a degree in hindsight, but let’s face it, last summer’s transfer window was very mediocre (at best).
It certainly hasn’t just been 1 or 2!

The two relatively early signings - Gotts and Middleton were arguably made against competition from other suitors and both have been competent if not totally adequate. Hanlan was seemingly on the market yet apparently not recruited in the face of intensive competition. The rest might be likened to modest bets on outsiders. TLT was not objectively reassessed.

[steve@dcfd]

I see Lincoln have paid a fee and wages for a 24 year old left back from Ireland. It's not broken their transfer record. They will intend to do their best to try and get promoted.

[ForsolongaRover]

I see Lincoln have paid a fee and wages for a 24 year old left back from Ireland. It's not broken their transfer record. They will intend to do their best to try and get promoted.

Lincoln actually look a good bet for promotion.

[ncRover]

I see Lincoln have paid a fee and wages for a 24 year old left back from Ireland. It's not broken their transfer record. They will intend to do their best to try and get promoted.

Sounds like it was just short of their £350,000 record and he had a year left.

Knowing they like to look at that league, I wonder if McCann has his eye on Harry Wood at Shelbourne - 9 goals and 5 assists from attacking midfield and it looks like Grant gave him his professional debut at Hull a few years ago.

[GazLaz]

I see Lincoln have paid a fee and wages for a 24 year old left back from Ireland. It's not broken their transfer record. They will intend to do their best to try and get promoted.

Sounds like it was just short of their £350,000 record and he had a year left.

Knowing they like to look at that league, I wonder if McCann has his eye on Harry Wood at Shelbourne - 9 goals and 5 assists from attacking midfield and it looks like Grant gave him his professional debut at Hull a few years ago.

I like Jack Henry-Francis for Shelbourne. He can play.

[steve@dcfd]

I see Lincoln have paid a fee and wages for a 24 year old left back from Ireland. It's not broken their transfer record. They will intend to do their best to try and get promoted.

Sounds like it was just short of their £350,000 record and he had a year left.

Knowing they like to look at that league, I wonder if McCann has his eye on Harry Wood at Shelbourne - 9 goals and 5 assists from attacking midfield and it looks like Grant gave him his professional debut at Hull a few years ago.

I like Jack Henry-Francis for Shelbourne. He can play.

Will we pay a fee very rarely do.
We will be in the loan market again

[Usher wide.]

I see Lincoln have paid a fee and wages for a 24 year old left back from Ireland. It's not broken their transfer record. They will intend to do their best to try and get promoted.

Sounds like it was just short of their £350,000 record and he had a year left.

Knowing they like to look at that league, I wonder if McCann has his eye on Harry Wood at Shelbourne - 9 goals and 5 assists from attacking midfield and it looks like Grant gave him his professional debut at Hull a few years ago.

I like Jack Henry-Francis for Shelbourne. He can play.

Will we pay a fee very rarely do.
We will be in the loan market again

“He can play”..football?

What can he bring to the team that we don’t currently have would be a helpful post….anyone?

[Chris Black come back]

I see Lincoln have paid a fee and wages for a 24 year old left back from Ireland. It's not broken their transfer record. They will intend to do their best to try and get promoted.

No idea about the financials on this deal but Lincoln paid out 350k for Varfolomeyev in the summer. They have got some cash behind them. Probably not since signing Billy permanently the first time have we got near to 350k.

[steve@dcfd]

Looking the leading goal scores in league 1 we find the top 4 signed from £750,000 to £3m all have double figures in league goals. All were permanent signings not loans to Plymouth Cardiff Leyton Orient and Barnsley.
Our leading goal scorer is Bailey who has 6 midfield player. We don't have a striker in the top 25 league scorers.
To improve our position and our team is signing Loans and free transfers the way to go especially in  important positions. We all appreciate that the owner has backed Grant but was the amount enough. We need to improve the funds if we are to improve the quality.

[Chris Black come back]

You could easily see Hanlan comfortably getting double figures in league goals if he played a full season. He’s a good player at this level and given our resources, as good as it gets for us. Our problem is three-fold: giving him scraps to feed off; not playing to his strengths; and not giving him any back-up so we’d knacker him by each January if we carried on as we are.

[GazLaz]

You could easily see Hanlan comfortably getting double figures in league goals if he played a full season. He’s a good player at this level and given our resources, as good as it gets for us. Our problem is three-fold: giving him scraps to feed off; not playing to his strengths; and not giving him any back-up so we’d knacker him by each January if we carried on as we are.

The treatment he had early season from the fans was horrific.

[In the box]

You could easily see Hanlan comfortably getting double figures in league goals if he played a full season. He’s a good player at this level and given our resources, as good as it gets for us. Our problem is three-fold: giving him scraps to feed off; not playing to his strengths; and not giving him any back-up so we’d knacker him by each January if we carried on as we are.

The treatment he had early season from the fans was horrific.

Was Hanlan the type of striker we thought we’d  sign after what Rob Street did for us .Robs style of play seemed to bring out the best of our midfield at the time . McCann knows it’s down to a lot of hard work finding Streets quality just waiting to be discovered, because there isn’t the cash to buy that type of talent off the shelf . I just hope we drop lucky again!! 

[ncRover]

Hanlan and Street are quite similar. Maybe Hanlan is a bit better on the ball and Street is a bit better in the air. I think if you’d have stuck Hanlan in that L2 team he’d have got a fair few goals too.
If you’re big, quick and decent at football in League 2 you’re gonna find it easy as there aren’t many players who tick all those boxes in that division.

It’s the rest of the team bar Molyneux struggling with the step-up that is the issue.

In attack we need another striker because Sharp should be nowhere near this division. Then a left winger who is a similar/ better version of Adelakun, which Grant has never got since for some reason. And an attacking midfielder who can bring some athleticism to the midfield.

I think a better attack would mean we don’t have to be so gung-ho.