Summer 2020 Transfer Window

[CobblerForever]

Regarding Goode - right offer, we'd be mad to stand in his way - very poor motivation for him and he's done extraordinarily well for us.

Regarding Oliver - an effective player when setting up the team to his advantage. Not the future though. Any investment in him would be for very short term gain. He get's about - Lincoln, Morecambe, Cobblers, Gillingham. Presumably the deep south west and then Scotland next.

[Deepcut Cobbler]

Regarding Goode:  He still has two years on his contract so we could wait until the end of next season when he'll also have League One experience and may be worth more (or less if he doesn't perform as well), however if the price is at or above what we were expecting that's a financial call for the club, Bird in the Hand......   
It's also a call for himself, does he jump to higher now and risk that step to far too soon (he is only just turned 25) or does he stay and consolidate where he knows, has an excellent mentor in KC and is also the team skipper? 
I still believe that he won't be a Cobbler by the end of the transfer window, although I hope that he is.

[BackOfTheNet]

Regarding Goode:  He still has two years on his contract so we could wait until the end of next season when he'll also have League One experience and may be worth more (or less if he doesn't perform as well), however if the price is at or above what we were expecting that's a financial call for the club, Bird in the Hand......   
It's also a call for himself, does he jump to higher now and risk that step to far too soon (he is only just turned 25) or does he stay and consolidate where he knows, has an excellent mentor in KC and is also the team skipper? 
I still believe that he won't be a Cobbler by the end of the transfer window, although I hope that he is.

I'm with you on that. I'm pretty sure he's as good as gone but I'd love to see him stay another year with us.

[CobblerForever]

If you were offered £20k per week and a decent length contract to move or continue on your (say) £3k per week I know what I'd do especially with injury the ever present possibility.

[Melbourne Cobbler]

Now Vadaine has gone perhaps we should consider resigning the Dutch maestro Kevin Vent Spleen? He likes a L1 club and if Goode is going perhaps he’d jump at it? I know I am 4 days in to a 6 week lockdown and have been drinking heavily to numb the boredom, but is still seems like a reasonable idea? Not sure there’s enough alcohol in the house to allow me to consider Ash Taylor for Goode but I’m going To give it a go!

[lordjord]

He was our League Two version of Olivier Giroud...

Bit Giroud scores goals, at a shockingly good rate, Oliver just did not.

I am still very happy that we didnt push the boat out on this one. Like the guy and his effort and physicality, but his football ability is limited. I would much rather see us use that money elsewhere.

Agree with others on Goode, I would be stunned if he was still here for the next season, not that anyone is to blame on that. Think its probably best for all parties.

[CobblerForever]

Now Vadaine has gone perhaps we should consider resigning the Dutch maestro Kevin Vent Spleen? He likes a L1 club and if Goode is going perhaps he’d jump at it? I know I am 4 days in to a 6 week lockdown and have been drinking heavily to numb the boredom, but is still seems like a reasonable idea? Not sure there’s enough alcohol in the house to allow me to consider Ash Taylor for Goode but I’m going To give it a go!

There's a Bottle Bank all of 50 yards from my house and the vast number of bottles deposited there in the last 4 or 5 months is astonishing. The council are also collecting the bottles every few days - it used to be every few weeks.

Thank God someone's paying tax !

[Deepcut Cobbler]

Now Vadaine has gone perhaps we should consider resigning the Dutch maestro Kevin Vent Spleen? He likes a L1 club and if Goode is going perhaps he’d jump at it? I know I am 4 days in to a 6 week lockdown and have been drinking heavily to numb the boredom, but is still seems like a reasonable idea? Not sure there’s enough alcohol in the house to allow me to consider Ash Taylor for Goode but I’m going To give it a go!

I saw Ash Taylor for Aberdeen trying to catch the Rangers player on Saturday, it appeared that he had had a good lockdown, it looked like he was running through treacle...

[Manwork04]

I saw Ash Taylor for Aberdeen trying to catch the Rangers player on Saturday, it appeared that he had had a good lockdown, it looked like he was running through treacle...

Haha me too, it seems Ash Taylor’s view of his ability is somewhat more than he actually has.

[Noshes Shakily]

Any news on whether that potential incoming is still happening today?

I see Charlie is in training - looks like we're holding out for the right offer.

[west stand oap]

I don't imagine that Ollie Hawkings was on a particularly big wedge at Portsmouth, before joining them he was only at Dagenham and before that Hemel Hempstead. He could prove to be a better signing than Oliver and would certainly contribute more goals. I imagine Oliver was only offered a 12 month contract and if only 2 of the 3 were going to stay I'm happy that it is Harriman and Hoskins. If Oliver had buried 1 of the 2 guilt edged chances he had in the first 15 minutes at home to Derby we could have been in the 5th round of the fa cup with another large win payment.

[Shoemaker]

There are bigger clubs than gillingham in for the Portsmouth striker.
If we couldn’t match gillingham(who have a bottom 4 budget) we have no chance of signing anyone decent.

I’ve said before the inconvenient truth is our current owners do not have the finance to run us as a league one club (they hadn’t last time we were in league one citing the need for extra investment , and they haven’t now)

We will struggle to get league one quality players and end up back in league two.

I see no chance of anything changing under the current ownership.

[west stand oap]

Keep up the positivity.

[Irchy cob]

There are bigger clubs than gillingham in for the Portsmouth striker.
If we couldn’t match gillingham(who have a bottom 4 budget) we have no chance of signing anyone decent.

I’ve said before the inconvenient truth is our current owners do not have the finance to run us as a league one club (they hadn’t last time we were in league one citing the need for extra investment , and they haven’t now)

We will struggle to get league one quality players and end up back in league two.

I see no chance of anything changing under the current ownership.

Have you ever thought of working for the Samaritans?

[guest3359]

There are bigger clubs than gillingham in for the Portsmouth striker.
If we couldn’t match gillingham(who have a bottom 4 budget) we have no chance of signing anyone decent.

I’ve said before the inconvenient truth is our current owners do not have the finance to run us as a league one club (they hadn’t last time we were in league one citing the need for extra investment , and they haven’t now)

We will struggle to get league one quality players and end up back in league two.

I see no chance of anything changing under the current ownership.

Ever tried to buy something second hand on ebay? You have the money in the bank but goes for more than you think its worth?

[everbrite]

Have you ever thought of working for the Samaritans?

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Wow what a thought 

[BackOfTheNet]

I've genuinely started reading Shoey's posts in Eeyore's voice. I makes them much more entertaining. 

[Winslow Lee]

There are bigger clubs than gillingham in for the Portsmouth striker.
If we couldn’t match gillingham(who have a bottom 4 budget) we have no chance of signing anyone decent.

I’ve said before the inconvenient truth is our current owners do not have the finance to run us as a league one club (they hadn’t last time we were in league one citing the need for extra investment , and they haven’t now)

We will struggle to get league one quality players and end up back in league two.

I see no chance of anything changing under the current ownership.

The truth is we are a relatively small team in league 1 standards, taking into account the size of the club and recent transfer income I’ve heard nothing to suggest our budget is proportionately less than anyone else. I don’t see a queue of philanthropists who want to throw away hundreds of thousands of pounds just to make us more competitive.

Wycombe showed last season that money isn’t everything, it’s about managers using their budgets wisely and maybe Oliver going to Gillingham is that for KC only time will tell, Callum Morton was on the verge of joining Torquay in the conference before KC came for him, there are good players out there.

[guest3359]

I've genuinely started reading Shoey's posts in Eeyore's voice. I makes them much more entertaining. 

You need to reply to all from now with "poor dear" 

[lordjord]

There are bigger clubs than gillingham in for the Portsmouth striker.
If we couldn’t match gillingham(who have a bottom 4 budget) we have no chance of signing anyone decent.

I’ve said before the inconvenient truth is our current owners do not have the finance to run us as a league one club (they hadn’t last time we were in league one citing the need for extra investment , and they haven’t now)

We will struggle to get league one quality players and end up back in league two.

I see no chance of anything changing under the current ownership.

Why is it though that we couldnt match what they offered and simply decided not to? Just for example Gillingham offered 3k a week, purely throwing out a figure, i dont imagine it to be that high! Its Curle and the clubs job to decide whether or not they deem that to be worth that wage. I would suggest not spending a larger percentage of our wage budget on a striker who scores 5 goals a season not to be a bad thing. Would you consider that to be that we cannot match a wage offer, or simply do not want to?

Its how you see it i guess.