Signings

It’s all gone a little quiet on this front, still think we need a striker and Holloway appeared to suggest one was close.

Anyone heard anything?

Quoted from pontoonlew

It’s all gone a little quiet on this front, still think we need a striker and Holloway appeared to suggest one was close.

Anyone heard anything?

I wouldn’t get your hopes up; we have Hanson, Green, Sisay, Gibson and Jackson. You could argue that Edwards is a striker too. Unless we’ve written most of them off already?!

I think we need midfielders, though. I’m really concerned about the ‘boys’ we have there; according to the official site, Louis Boyd, Ben Grist and Harvey Tomlinson were all born on January 1st 1901. An amazing coincidence, but lowering of the squad’s average age should be a priority for Ollie.....

Wouldn’t be surprised if that’s your lot . Do we really have the budget for experienced players ? The promising signs from our young players should mean they get a longer run in the team .

I think there’s an element of playing the waiting game right now. There is an unusual number of players without a club right now because clubs are asking / expecting / requiring players to take a significant jump down in terms of their salary.

Everyone is waiting to see who blinks first, but I do think this is a buyers’ market and Town could well benefit from holding their nerve at this time.

The fact Omar remains without a club tells its own story. That still doesn’t make him a viable signing, but there’s no way under usual circumstances he’d be a free agent right now.

Let’s see what the season ticket take up is like as that will no doubt dictate or approach to spending between now and the end of the window, but my gut feel is that there may well still be a pleasant surprise or two towards the end of this month if we play our cards right.

Quoted from Heisenberg

I wouldn’t get your hopes up; we have Hanson, Green, Sisay, Gibson and Jackson. You could argue that Edwards is a striker too. Unless we’ve written most of them off already?!

It’s not that they’ve been written off. Hanson is injured already and I think we all know he’s not likely to play as much as we need him to this year. Green had a decent game on Saturday but we really need a better outlet as a starting XI striker.

The other 3 are starting their first ever league seasons, it’s a huge step up and we can’t put the pressure of them starting every week on them.

It’s not that they’ve been written off, but I think you’d be naive to see our striking options and not think we might need one who can regularly start.

The original post got 7 red crosses, not entirely sure why suggesting a signing or two is a terrible thing!

There are a lot of ‘quality’ players out there still without a club. This, as LITS mentioned, plays into the hands of clubs. I wouldn’t be that surprised to see many a quality player in league 1 or 2 and players that would never have even considered us and many other clubs, will soon have to bite the bullet if they wish to continue their careers.

This goes some way to show you some of the Calibre of English forwards left at present without a club:



https://www.transfermarkt.co.u.....it=2020&yt0=Show

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

There are a lot of ‘quality’ players out there still without a club. This, as LITS mentioned, plays into the hands of clubs. I wouldn’t be that surprised to see many a quality player in league 1 or 2 and players that would never have even considered us and many other clubs, will soon have to bite the bullet if they wish to continue their careers.

This goes some way to show you some of the Calibre of English forwards left at present without a club:



https://www.transfermarkt.co.u.....it=2020&yt0=Show

Blimey, Calvin Andrew still going. Can't be many players from our failed attempt at promotion in 2005/6 still going.

Quoted from Poojah

Blimey, Calvin Andrew still going. Can't be many players from our failed attempt at promotion in 2005/6 still going.

Sssssssh Tom bolorinwa is on there  😳😳🤦🏻‍♂️

Quoted from Poojah

Blimey, Calvin Andrew still going. Can't be many players from our failed attempt at promotion in 2005/6 still going.

Possibly just him and Simon Francis?

I wonder what size Tony 'Craney' Crane is these days?

This is a hypothetical scenario because it's rare any squad is totally free of injuries, suspensions and everyone is match fit, but I do worry that a couple of these non-league signings may fall away without us seeing them.

Ollie's already said most of them need time to train as full-time pros before they can expect to get in the side, which seems fair enough. And their wages are modest, so no great risks giving them a try for a year.

Sissay appears to be in the Hanson mould, to play through the middle, and then we have loads of players capable of playing wider/off him, like Green, Scannell, Edwards, Tilley, Jackson Jr, Gibson and Max Wright. How do you keep them all happy? Sign another 'experienced' striker and what happens to these strikers when Hanson's fit?

In midfield you have Taylor, Rose and Williams as your first choice in a three, with Clifton and Spokes also capable (and Hewitt an option too, plus Boyd if you wanna chuck him into the equation). Don't know if we need any more players in this area.

At the back it seems quite straightforward, with Waterfall/Mohsni and Pollock as first choice, with Ohman and Idehen as backup in a flat back four. Hendrie and Hewitt options at right back, Preston at left back with Hope waiting in the wings.

My instinct is that we have enough. If we make this 'exicting' signing then great, but I think it'll probably mean one (if not two) players will fall further down the pecking order.

Quoted from RichMariner

This is a hypothetical scenario because it's rare any squad is totally free of injuries, suspensions and everyone is match fit, but I do worry that a couple of these non-league signings may fall away without us seeing them.

Ollie's already said most of them need time to train as full-time pros before they can expect to get in the side, which seems fair enough. And their wages are modest, so no great risks giving them a try for a year.

Sissay appears to be in the Hanson mould, to play through the middle, and then we have loads of players capable of playing wider/off him, like Green, Scannell, Edwards, Tilley, Jackson Jr, Gibson and Max Wright. How do you keep them all happy? Sign another 'experienced' striker and what happens to these strikers when Hanson's fit?

In midfield you have Taylor, Rose and Williams as your first choice in a three, with Clifton and Spokes also capable (and Hewitt an option too, plus Boyd if you wanna chuck him into the equation). Don't know if we need any more players in this area.

At the back it seems quite straightforward, with Waterfall/Mohsni and Pollock as first choice, with Ohman and Idehen as backup in a flat back four. Hendrie and Hewitt options at right back, Preston at left back with Hope waiting in the wings.

My instinct is that we have enough. If we make this 'exicting' signing then great, but I think it'll probably mean one (if not two) players will fall further down the pecking order.

Nice summary there RM..

Quoted from RichMariner

This is a hypothetical scenario because it's rare any squad is totally free of injuries, suspensions and everyone is match fit, but I do worry that a couple of these non-league signings may fall away without us seeing them.

Ollie's already said most of them need time to train as full-time pros before they can expect to get in the side, which seems fair enough. And their wages are modest, so no great risks giving them a try for a year.

Sissay appears to be in the Hanson mould, to play through the middle, and then we have loads of players capable of playing wider/off him, like Green, Scannell, Edwards, Tilley, Jackson Jr, Gibson and Max Wright. How do you keep them all happy? Sign another 'experienced' striker and what happens to these strikers when Hanson's fit?

In midfield you have Taylor, Rose and Williams as your first choice in a three, with Clifton and Spokes also capable (and Hewitt an option too, plus Boyd if you wanna chuck him into the equation). Don't know if we need any more players in this area.

At the back it seems quite straightforward, with Waterfall/Mohsni and Pollock as first choice, with Ohman and Idehen as backup in a flat back four. Hendrie and Hewitt options at right back, Preston at left back with Hope waiting in the wings.

My instinct is that we have enough. If we make this 'exicting' signing then great, but I think it'll probably mean one (if not two) players will fall further down the pecking order.

What has Ohman done wrong to be backup to 3 other players? He's been our best player in both of the matches he's played this season...

The GT press call sys Ollie is most likely looking at a loan cover for Hanson.

I just wonder how much we shall see of Hanson this season. Could he be a very expensive member of the treatment table brigade?

I think a loan to cover Hanson would be sensible.

I don't know how long it'll take for Sisay to get match fit — only Ollie really knows — and I don't really understand how long Hanson is likely to be out for. I guess the length of this potential loan deal will give us a clue on that.

Given the circumstances, the size of our squad looks very healthy, although I accept large chunks of it are either not fit or totally unknown quantities.

I'm also guessing it's all within budget. Maybe part of Ollie's magic is being able to bring these young loan players from higher divisions on deals where we don't contribute much of the wages.

It's a fascinating squad and I'm interested to see how it does once we find our stride. It could be exciting and full of goals... or it could struggle to ever get going and we limp through another mediocre season full of bit-part performances.

I'm no expert on who we need or what type of player(s) Ollie is still after but just came across this and wondered if we are one of the clubs interested:

It's the "He’s a £900 a week player and they’re trying to get him for £300 a week." bit that made me wonder  

https://the72.co.uk/192554/pet.....erest-loan-possible/

Quoted from promotion plaice

I'm no expert on who we need or what type of player(s) Ollie is still after but just came across this and wondered if we are one of the clubs interested:

It's the "He’s a £900 a week player and they’re trying to get him for £300 a week." bit that made me wonder  

https://the72.co.uk/192554/pet.....erest-loan-possible/

Seems a bit odd that they think he's worth a club paying a lot of money on an unproven player which will benefit Peterborough more if he turns out to be good

Quoted from pen penfras

Seems a bit odd that they think he's worth a club paying a lot of money on an unproven player which will benefit Peterborough more if he turns out to be good

Not odd to me, Peterborough are a crafty outfit and run by people that are good at paying nothing, but expecting everything

I always thought a loan was supposed to cheaper for the club receiving that player, especially if it is a young player being sent here to improve and potentially benefit the parent club.

But then again, we are talking about Peterborough.