The Ska Face Summer rumour/transfer thread

Quoted from Alan Buckley

None of those on your list is the player I was told is signing today. It’s also not Tom Pett. Although I’m not saying he’s not in talks. The player I was told has a promotion from this league on his CV (that’s not his initials)

Well you might as well just tell us then! a correct answer from you guarantees you promotion in Ska's table

Quoted from Hagrid

Well you might as well just tell us then! a correct answer from you guarantees you promotion in Ska's table

The good thing about the transfer window closing is that it narrows down prospective signings to free agents, in turn making it easier to work through an ITK poster’s cryptic clues or confirm them as bullshít merhants respectively.

Callum Ainley, most recently of Crewe, would at least fit the bill of “promoted from League Two”.

Quoted from Poojah

The good thing about the transfer window closing is that it narrows down prospective signings to free agents, in turn making it easier to work through an ITK poster’s cryptic clues or confirm them as bullshít merhants respectively.

Callum Ainley, most recently of Crewe, would at least fit the bill of “promoted from League Two”.

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Ainley really doesn't strike me as a Hurst type player. Crewe fans don't seem to rate him at all...let's hope if it happens Hurst has still got some of that magic dust he sprinkled on Jon Nolan as it seems a bit like one of those signings.

He's played nearly 250 games for them so someone obviously rated him.

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

He's played nearly 250 games for them so someone obviously rated him.

Crewe is probably the single best club in the whole of the professional setup in this country in terms of giving youngsters time though, isn't it? Think he was good early on but then never really kicked on. They obviously rated him very highly as they turned down 350k for him apparently but you'll be hard pushed to find a Crewe fan that says much positive about his final few seasons there. I'm obviously not saying he wouldn't be a good signing though, I really don't know a lot about him, just reporting what I've read/been told. He might well flourish under different management and just need a fresh start. One thing is for sure and that's that he's definitely in the rough diamond category. He turned down Chesterfield, presumably because he doesn't want to drop to the NL which indicates a bit of ambition.

Already completed it mate

Quoted from Son of Cod

Crewe is probably the single best club in the whole of the professional setup in this country in terms of giving youngsters time though, isn't it?

Crewe is probably the single best club in the whole of the professional setup in this country in terms of giving youngsters coaches who are now doing time though, isn't it?

Quoted from LocalLadGTFC

This isn't in connection with what's already been said, I've just been told he's being shown around. Not sure he's ' signed ' so to speak as there's a few interested in him. With Conteh leaving on international duty a few times this season and Greens injury, it makes sense to have another body in there.

If he's a defensive midfielder and IF (big if) we are signing him cos conteh is on international duty for a game or two and green is injured for a couple more weeks then surely that would mean Hunts time with us is done. It would mean Hurst couldn't even trust him for a couple of weeks whilst conteh is away. There'd be no point keeping him and a loan to NL would surely beckon when green is back.

That would seem v surprising given a few weeks ago he was our choice to be in the starting 11 at the beginning of the season.

I know a role further forward for him has been mooted by some (including myself) but we've just gone and signed Andrews for that so looks like Hurst doesn't see Hunt as an answer in that position.

Hunt isn't a defensive midfielder, though, is he? He's not getting picked at present, but that might change if we get Wilson fit and we end up playing with two up top, or if we tweak the formation.

As it stands, I think the performance on Saturday has cemented Holohan's place in the team for a while at least, so if we keep a similar formation when Conteh is absent, I think we're more likely to see Andrews coming into the middle.