Official January Transfer Window Thread

I’d be well happy with him . Very pacy , direct and a good finisher. Remember him running us ragged at Crawley a couple of years back

Nadesan is out for 8 weeks. Crawley's whole squad is on the transfer list.

Quoted from ska face

If Hopper is right, wonder if he was a suggestion from the new scout?

Heard at third hand that 3 League Two clubs are in for him, one of them us.  Currently he is warming the bench so maybe that, and the fact that he was born in Lincolnshire, having played for Boston, Scunny and Lincoln, maybe we might have a chance!

January comes around the agents start taking to players that aren’t playing much about getting them more game time via a move and on the back of it some commission to help boost the agents cash flow.

Grimsby started pretty well but have drifted badly recently and are now 16th in league 2, they pay ok but not the best they are a bit geographically isolated which means either relocating (renting), a potential longer commute or working away from the family all week and staying in digs.

The lads are good lads, the training looks good but the facilities though much better are  still relatively basic at best. The manager expects high standards as you’d expect but even if you sign you’re not guaranteed to play, which could be the main reason why you’re seeking a move. In fact quite often the starting 11 contains up to 7/8 of the lads who won promotion.

The manager is regarded as a decent bloke as is his team, the owners are also decent and leave the footballers to it. However this club has a long standing reputation for not look after its players and they’re reps have found them difficult to deal with or at least when Fenty was in charge, that’s changed beyond recognition but mud sticks and takes a while to wash off.

Or you could move to X club for similar money as Grimsby will pay which actually is more than you earn now but it’s closer to home the manager tells us you’ll start for sure as long as you’re fit and the Mrs isn’t going to give you hassle for not doing the school run and you’ll see your kids at bedtime. There’s a commute but it’s not a long one so you’re pre training warm up won’t be as long after being in the car for 2 hours so a bit less work to do in training and possibly a shorter day. Also they’re muting a goals bonus but that’s TBC.

Y and Z clubs both want you they’ll pay a fair bit more as they’ve been made aware  (by the agent) that they both want you and we can leverage a lot more money than Grimsby and Club X can pay. It’s further away but they’ll subsidise your accommodation and it’s £500 per goal guaranteed. The last lad we played there did well, starts a lot and I’ve had calls from bigger clubs asking about him this week.

So ……

This is completely fictitious of course but before everyone gets excited thinking we’ve got a Whymark, Mendonca, Reddy, Connel or Amond etc…coming in it might be just worth considering it’s a competitive market before people start bashing the club for not fulfilling the supporters wish lists. Unlike some I know the club will do its best with what it has to improve us.

I hope I’m wrong but I suspect it will be last minute.com a fair bit of loan trading and a couple that we’ve never heard of joining to warm the bench and start odd games, of course fingers crossed alongside the lad who chooses Grimsby ahead of club X, Y and Z.

Expectations may need to be managed.

UTM!

BTW, winning the next 2 and beating Burton in the cup would help all round I think.

Seems to me a lot of excuses already being put forward as to why we will not be able to attract players but let’s face it we are not the only club in quite an isolated position and do Carlisle, Barrow or even Morcombe have bigger playing budgets than us?

Think Hurst has appeared to go for quantity rather than quality in the summer window and this needs addressing. The majority of our players are good pros and decent players for this level but we need 2 or 3 better quality, McAtee level, to move us forward. All teams at our level will have their fare share of loanees unfortunately we have 3 forwards who are just not good enough at this stage of their career and need upgrades.

Heard nothing but positive comments about Hopper from Lincoln fans but no local rumours that he’s on the move.

Apparently two L2 clubs have made bids for Ryan Bowman at Shrewsbury.

Quoted from Son of Cod

Apparently two L2 clubs have made bids for Ryan Bowman at Shrewsbury.

I seem to recall that Hurst likes him as well.

Got sent off 3 mins after coming on yesterday didn’t he?

Does fit the bill..known to Hurst, striker at tail end of career, legs gone, but does score -,wages won’t be colossal. Location though?

Seem to remember Jolley was trying to sign him a few seasons back and he went to Scotland instead?

Right, so rumoured so far we have:

Harry Smith - Orient, Striker
Ryan Bowman - Shrewsbury, Striker
Ashley Nadesan - Crawley, Striker
Couple of unknown fullbacks
Josh Kayode - Rotherham, Striker

Only about 100 hours to go until the pens are unleashed.