Summer Transfer Targets

[just.reading]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36626486

Didn't someone say we were interested in signing this guy?

[Manwork04]

I too looked at both their Forums and very little about "Zak" - can you please post a link so we can see these comments for ourselves?

At the top of the posh forum there is a search window type his full name in there and it brings up all references about him, the concensus among posh is he's past his sell by, time will tell

[Glastonbury Cobbler]

I see Poxford are on the verge of signing Wes Thomas, that would have been a decent addition up top.

[ajp]

He's signed.

[SteveRiches]

We still need a whizzy new striker with 20+ goals in him.

[guest2487]

Still waiting to be impressed.

[Cobbler78]

So from last season, with estimated weeklysalary, seems we have some money in the pot still to spend, esp with the Holmes sale money

Out                               In
Clarke 1k......................Cornell 800
Lelan 500......................Phillips 500
Prosser 800...................Zakuani 1.2k
Horwood 600.................Hanley 600
Rose 800.......................McCourt 600
Adams 1k.....................TBC
Hackett 1.2k.................TBC
Holmes 1.2k.................TBC
Marquis 800...................Revell 1.5k
Collins 1k.....................TBC

Now, all of these a pure estimates and I realize than the Horwood and Hackett wages was probably being partially covered by their loan clubs. The worrying thing for me is, we have only really improved in quality in a couple of positions, the positive, we have lots of spare budget to improve the final 4 places

[JollyCobbler]

So from last season, with estimated weeklysalary, seems we have some money in the pot still to spend, esp with the Holmes sale money

Out                               In
Clarke 1k......................Cornell 800
Lelan 500......................Phillips 500
Prosser 800...................Zakuani 1.2k
Horwood 600.................Hanley 600
Rose 800.......................McCourt 600
Adams 1k.....................TBC
Hackett 1.2k.................TBC
Holmes 1.2k.................TBC
Marquis 800...................Revell 1.5k
Collins 1k.....................TBC

Now, all of these a pure estimates and I realize than the Horwood and Hackett wages was probably being partially covered by their loan clubs. The worrying thing for me is, we have only really improved in quality in a couple of positions, the positive, we have lots of spare budget to improve the final 4 places

Not to be picky, but could you clarify where (on a like for like basis) you feel we have improved the quality?

[bungle]

Not to be picky, but could you clarify where (on a like for like basis) you feel we have improved the quality?

I would say Zakuani is probably better than Prosser, although it worries me slightly that he would accept a one year contract from us: what does that suggest about his fitness? Hanley is probably a better long term prospect than Horwood and by the sounds of it Philips is probably a slightly better bet than Lelan given his L1 experience.

Other than that I have to say I'm struggling.

The next few signings will probably be first team starters rather than ones for the future. The signings of attacking midfielders to replace Adams and Holmes will be particularly crucial and will go a long way to deciding our fate this season.
 

[Ralap]

I would say Zakuani is probably better than Prosser, although it worries me slightly that he would accept a one year contract from us: what does that suggest about his fitness? Hanley is probably a better long term prospect than Horwood and by the sounds of it Philips is probably a slightly better bet than Lelan given his L1 experience.

Other than that I have to say I'm struggling.

The next few signings will probably be first team starters rather than ones for the future. The signings of attacking midfielders to replace Adams and Holmes will be particularly crucial and will go a long way to deciding our fate this season.
 

In his interview yesterday Zakuani said there is a second year option in his contract.

[Kingsthorpe Cobbler]

Zakuani signed 1 year contract with an option of a 2nd. As he explained in his interview with Joe Townsend yesterday.

[Kingsthorpe Cobbler]

So from last season, with estimated weeklysalary, seems we have some money in the pot still to spend, esp with the Holmes sale money

Out                               In
Clarke 1k......................Cornell 800
Lelan 500......................Phillips 500
Prosser 800...................Zakuani 1.2k
Horwood 600.................Hanley 600
Rose 800.......................McCourt 600
Adams 1k.....................TBC
Hackett 1.2k.................TBC
Holmes 1.2k.................TBC
Marquis 800...................Revell 1.5k
Collins 1k.....................TBC

Now, all of these a pure estimates and I realize than the Horwood and Hackett wages was probably being partially covered by their loan clubs. The worrying thing for me is, we have only really improved in quality in a couple of positions, the positive, we have lots of spare budget to improve the final 4 places

All pure guess work, so a waste of time.

[Cobbler78]

Not to be picky, but could you clarify where (on a like for like basis) you feel we have improved the quality?

Revell (better than Collins or Marquis) and Zakuani (better than Prosser)

[Manwork04]

Revell (better than Collins or Marquis) and Zakuani (better than Prosser)

I agree with the first part but the second I'm not so sure about, either way KT has to splash a little cash in the attacking third for sure

[ntfc01]

We still need a whizzy new striker with 20+ goals in him.

Unfortunately Steve so does everyone else

[tcobb]

Why put up a list of what a player might have been earning and then, comparing it with a list of what the new players might be earning ? Just pure guess work and made up meaning nothing.

[ntfc01]

Why put up a list of what a player might have been earning and then, comparing it with a list of what the new players might be earning ? Just pure guess work and made up meaning nothing.

My thoughts exactly

[Cobbler78]

To give negative chumps something to moan about.................

It does show the like for like replacements and shows that we have a lot of budget to spend on the remaining 4 players, who all need to be an improvement on what we've already got and therefore first team players

[ntfc01]

Maybe be but no need for pure speculation on what players are/we're earning as you have no idea on that fact or have no idea on what the current budget is or how much of it is left as you have no idea on how much we got for Holmes and how much of that is going to be put towards the playing budget

[tcobb]

Unless you know for a fact how much the players are earning, its all pretty meaningless. You have no idea what the budget is and how much has been spent.