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13041  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer Transfer Targets on: July 08, 2016, 10:47:37 am
I was trying to be positive rather than joining in with all the negativity, realistically if we dont get relegated the season after this one it will be an achievement - certainly based on recent-ish history but we can all dream!

Ignore it Cox23 - trying to be positive on hear here is sometimes like pushing water uphill. Generally its only a few who persistently express negative opinions.
Its what they do!
13042  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer Transfer Targets on: July 08, 2016, 09:50:19 am
Towards the championship?! Calm yourself. Do you not know who you support and our history. We are competing is a league full of clubs with alot more infulstructure and budget that us. Few years of settled period would be great.

So what!
13043  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer Transfer Targets on: July 07, 2016, 23:39:25 pm
i love D'ath with all my heart but I'm afraid in general if a player struggles at League 2 he's unlikely to be a success at League 1. There's plenty of blood and thunder in League 1 and it's at a quicker pace.
Please start your sentences with a capital letter like I do  Wink ; D'ath was very good until Holmes suddenly appeared in December! If CW (no longer my hero for joining the striped pajamas lot up North) suggests D'ath will be good in L1 then he probably will be!
13044  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer Transfer Targets on: July 07, 2016, 14:38:08 pm
Swindon, Oxford, MK Dons, Shrewsbury, Northampton, Port Vale & Gillingham are interested in signing Crystal Palace striker Keshi Anderson.

Where did you find this- please?
13045  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer Transfer Targets on: July 07, 2016, 14:35:23 pm
All of last year, arguably?

argumentative old sØd Wink
13046  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer Transfer Targets on: July 07, 2016, 13:55:08 pm
I sincerely hope there is no might about it, we are definitely not as strong as we were last year.


which point of last year?
13047  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer Transfer Targets on: July 07, 2016, 13:53:18 pm
Struggling on ....
Yes ............etc

Love it Alfie - hope you are not losing your hair in all this. You must feel like a schoolmaster with a load of thicko's Wink
13048  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Pre Season friendlies on: July 06, 2016, 21:51:29 pm
Wish I could be there but I'll be drinking away in a field in Tring.

Classic Car Show?
13049  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer Transfer Targets on: July 06, 2016, 13:40:00 pm
Come on R.P Sign him on then.... Grin

This report of a cruciate knee injury really fills me with confidence.
13050  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer Transfer Targets on: July 06, 2016, 09:03:53 am
Adams a squad player? Look at his appearances and assists last year. I'd say he was quite a bit more than that.

I got the impression that his place in the line up was not a given? However you do fail to mention that he was subbed quite often.
13051  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer Transfer Targets on: July 05, 2016, 19:49:53 pm
What are you banging on about? What has an early season game in League 2 got to do with anything that happens in League 1? We are currently weaker now minus the players that helped us scorch League 2, and while we will likely (hopefully?) bring in some quality replacements, at this moment in time we look way off. You keep banging on about Holmes being the only one who needs replacing, but - and as good as he was for us - we are three/four players off where we need to be.


We are only weaker as Holmes is no longer with us. Adams is/was a squad player; perhaps Rose is missed. If CW was here Rose would be still with us! With a new manager he judged that he may/would become a squad player! The replacements bought in so far are ok that is Revell and Zac. The rest appear to be squad players, who may even turn out to be gems! The side we have now is stronger than the side which started last season. We all agree that Holmes must be replaced, plus a quality midfielder and goal scorer. Your whole thesis is based on worry and over empathizing the strengths of those who have left. Get a grip man!
13052  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Exile day 6th August on: July 05, 2016, 19:00:56 pm
Immigration from non EU countries has nothing to do with the referendum, which is what I presume you're referring to by saying "You lost".

Hope you had a decent Holiday?
13053  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer Transfer Targets on: July 05, 2016, 18:56:25 pm
At what point are we playing mid table league 2 sides next season?

We clearly need a centre mid and at least one winger for our starting 11.

WW were second in L2 at the time and playing well! Hardly mid table L2 standard!

As for reinforcements imo we need an additional midfielder, replacement for Holmes and goal scorer. Possibly we should replace Adams with a squad player too. Where does that leave Potter? - who can be useful.
13054  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer Transfer Targets on: July 05, 2016, 17:47:46 pm
Yawn.

However, as things stand, as others have said, we are undoubtedly weaker than last season and that is a worry.

With the exception of Adams we can put out for example near enough the same side which outplayed WW early in the season 2015/16. Without HOLMES we are weaker of course. The point being is that the side which started 2015/16 is probably about the same standard as what we have now. So your analysis is unnecessarily negative and most probably inaccurate. With the addition of Zac and Revell we might be slightly better.
As I have said before it only needs a couple of decent quality signings to make the side a useful L1 outfit. Take a look at Swindon predicament as they have lost the majority of their quality loanee's. Sheffield United are not setting the pace with signings and neither are BR and Oldham.

















13055  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer Transfer Targets on: July 05, 2016, 17:30:50 pm
I see Calvert Lewin may be subject to a £1million bid from Everton according to the Daily Mail.
Quality player who did well for us but Prem and £1mill? Just shows how badly managed the Toney saga was.

On the Blades forum they are mightily surprised at this DM article. Also there are some grumbles on signings or lack of them! We are not alone!
13056  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: John Harbin on: July 05, 2016, 16:23:44 pm
I reckon the last time a centre forward shoulder charged a goalkeeper over the line and a goal was given was Mick Jones v Norman Coe at Bramall Lane in 1965.

I think you will find Frank Large did a few. As did Charlie Livesey and in a "gentlemany" way so did Cliff Holton.
13057  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: John Harbin on: July 04, 2016, 15:22:33 pm

One training drill will be the old trusty outside right pushes the ball onto the inside forward to shoulder barge the keeper and ball into the net. 😆

Nothing wrong with that!
13058  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer Transfer Targets on: July 04, 2016, 15:03:57 pm
Ah yes, plucky old Hal Robson-Kanu.  Prior to the tournament (note the date of the article below) he was only being linked with minnows like Southampton, Swansea and Watford so I'm sure we would have been in with a very very good chance of signing him.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/watford-southampton-scrapping-out-wales-7877424

Surprised you quoted the Mirror; not the most reliable source of info. Shoeys message on HR-K rings true; he is(was) without a club, out of contract/released? with a Championship Club. So pre Euro's based on what the Mirror said "he was in demand" by the clubs you mentioned! Pull the other one! Any player without a club is a potential target for any league side; perhaps even a conference side with money to splash!
13059  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer Transfer Targets on: July 04, 2016, 14:56:17 pm

As it stands, we had one of the best Cobblers side ever seen, which was subsequently, and quickly disbanded,

As far as I know the only major player we have lost is Holmes ; perhaps Adams, but he was a squad player in any case! Marquis and Collins - Marquis has signed for a L2 side and Collins has gone back to Shrewsbury. Collins is a proven L2 scorer but not so "proven" at L1 level as Shrewsbury forum indicates. Hardly a side being disbanded (excepted Holmes) - or are you just a worrier!
13060  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer Transfer Targets on: July 04, 2016, 14:32:19 pm
How many clubs our size have spent money on players? Ones that need to balance the books as opposed to those with sugar daddies.

The problem is most at this level operate at a deficit - so bumps like the Holmes deal effectively hold back the tide rather than give a nice sum to reinvest.


Much of what you say is quite feasible and also realistic. In this instance Man04 comments upon which you based your reply on does have some merit.  At the moment we have lost just one major player in RH. IMO all those who have left the Club(incl loanee's) are replaceable. Holmes is not so easy to replace, but we have the blue print now so we should at least try to do so!
Just as a reminder we played ok prior to Holmes comeback in December, but even so Man04 is correct Holmes should be replaced with "as good replacement" as possible. We need a decent goal scorer as a foil to Revell and perhaps a L1 or Championship midfielder to compliment JJOT. As for Robson-Kanu he was as Shoey pointed out without a club, but for his Euro exploits he may well have been a possible target. Now Premier Clubs are having a re-think! Lastly people are panicking that Oxford are now signing players but those signings are hardly going to concern too many L1 clubs; in fact their last signing illustrates that. We need to shore up the defence which we have done. So at the moment we are a player away from making a top replacement for Holmes plus another goal scorer. If we can resolve those two issues we have potentially a championship challenging side.
Apart from Charlton there is not a lot to worry about in L1 and that includes SUFC.
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