Player targets

I don't think that RS was the issue for Jamey Osborne so not sure he'd have stayed even if we'd got Jolley in earlier?

There is a big difference between semi-professional and professional football, and Osborne couldn't hack it

It’s not footballing reasons that Osborne left. I don’t agree with it but I’m not him. We move on.

All we know is Jolley has good contacts higher up the pyramid,

If we sign them early then Michael has got has got his No.1 targets in,

The longer the summer goes on we then have to settle for his No,2 or 3 targets.

Whoever he gets I am happy he will turn out a very decent team that will challenge at the top end of the table not the bottom half.

Joking apart, he seems to have kept nearly the same squad for last 5 or so games. Most I believe were our players not loan.that squad hasn't done bad and to be honest looked half decent against county. This shows that the players are good but needed right management. Maybe MJ is the right manager and as we all suspect RS was an issue.

I don't even think you need great contacts as such. There are hundreds of players looking for clubs in the summer. The key is to identify what type of player you want, do your research thoroughly, and get yourself a list of preferred choices, with back up's if you don't land the first choices. If you are lucky, and they all click, you will do well, but there will be a certain amount of compromise. You may not get it right straight away, some will turn out better than others, and that's where you have to exercise a bit of patience, and tweak the team as you go along, adding missing ingredients in subsequent transfer windows. I've no doubt that MJ knows exactly what he wants and will have been putting out feelers as soon as our destiny was decided. He won't get all his first choice players, but i'm certain he will have a side that will at least compete in League 2. It may take some time to develop a side capable of promotion.

John Coleman says that he studies a players character as much, if not more, than his playing ability. I think the least we will have is a dedicated, professional squad of players next season, but the state we have got ourselves into may take a couple of seasons to sort out. I'm just hoping that Jolley is here for a while, and we are not starting all over again with someone else in the near future. We've had more than enough managerial changes lately.

I've been saying for nearly 2 years now. We need John Mills from Hereford FC.

Lived there and have many friends who are season ticket holders. All say he's league 2 material.

101 goals in 94 app..... He's strong, quick, skillful, great headers, and scores tons from outside the box.

Worth a punt in my opinion and would be cheap

Quoted from ginnywings

I don't even think you need great contacts as such. There are hundreds of players looking for clubs in the summer. The key is to identify what type of player you want, do your research thoroughly, and get yourself a list of preferred choices, with back up's if you don't land the first choices. If you are lucky, and they all click, you will do well, but there will be a certain amount of compromise. You may not get it right straight away, some will turn out better than others, and that's where you have to exercise a bit of patience, and tweak the team as you go along, adding missing ingredients in subsequent transfer windows. I've no doubt that MJ knows exactly what he wants and will have been putting out feelers as soon as our destiny was decided. He won't get all his first choice players, but i'm certain he will have a side that will at least compete in League 2. It may take some time to develop a side capable of promotion.

John Coleman says that he studies a players character as much, if not more, than his playing ability. I think the least we will have is a dedicated, professional squad of players next season, but the state we have got ourselves into may take a couple of seasons to sort out. I'm just hoping that Jolley is here for a while, and we are not starting all over again with someone else in the near future. We've had more than enough managerial changes lately.

I remember him saying as much and agree with him totally. We need players who will go out and give 100% for the team. Its no good signing players of skill if you cant depend on them giving you the effort as well. If past managers at Town had done their homework a lot of the present squad would not have been signed and our present predicament would have been avoided

I think MJ quickly develop great contacts if he hasn't already. Don't forget he went straight from a job as a city trader to coaching at a Premier League side. That's a man who can win friends and influence people!

Quoted from chelseacity

Omar Bogle ?

Apparently signing for us in the summer for 400k.
Doesn't seem to be scoring much lately though. Feels a lot of money to me.