Transfer rumours !

Thanks wanderlust. I was afraid something like that might happen but I'm not going to bang my 'blame dougie' drum again. The fact is we aren't good enough and without major changes from the top (as in Isle of Man top) down I can't see it changing. 

I just hope he doesn't stick with the rigid "system" he seems to be in love with again. If he does Forest will bury us. We need a quality striker but I can't see us getting one and we also need to play two up top but that depends on personnel as much as anything. In all honesty I'd be happy to see Beckford AND Cravies go if we could replace them with ONE striker of Juke's quality. A traditional target man to play ahead of or alongside Mason seemed to work pretty well and with the right guy I think it could do again.

luckyPeterpiper wrote:Thanks wanderlust. I was afraid something like that might happen but I'm not going to bang my 'blame dougie' drum again. The fact is we aren't good enough and without major changes from the top (as in Isle of Man top) down I can't see it changing. 

I just hope he doesn't stick with the rigid "system" he seems to be in love with again. If he does Forest will bury us. We need a quality striker but I can't see us getting one and we also need to play two up top but that depends on personnel as much as anything. In all honesty I'd be happy to see Beckford AND Cravies go if we could replace them with ONE striker of Juke's quality. A traditional target man to play ahead of or alongside Mason seemed to work pretty well and with the right guy I think it could do again.

Annoyingly, I just have the feeling that with a little "tweaking" to the system (or at least the freedom that players are given within it) and some finishing talent on board and it could all come good.

Wolves have apparently "given up" trying to sign Chris Wood. Whether or not this is a bluff call is unclear, and either way it doesn't bode well for our chances as presumably there was a financial barrier. But we'll see.

Meanwhile, ex-Wanderer John Walters fells he's getting pushed out of Stoke. Not exactly a target man in the Dougie mould but a possibility?

wanderlust wrote:Wolves have apparently "given up" trying to sign Chris Wood. Whether or not this is a bluff call is unclear, and either way it doesn't bode well for our chances as presumably there was a financial barrier. But we'll see.

Meanwhile, ex-Wanderer John Walters fells he's getting pushed out of Stoke. Not exactly a target man in the Dougie mould but a possibility?

Walters will end up at palace and pave the way for us to sign Murray

Nobody has gone for Andy Johnson yet. He knows where the goal is.

Andy Johnson or Kevin Philips, despite their ages, would still make an infinitely better job of finding the net than our Jermaine.

Numpty 28723 wrote:Andy Johnson or Kevin Philips, despite their ages, would still make an infinitely better job of finding the net than our Jermaine.

Dougie's stated principle of finding and developing raw talent is very pragmatic in our circumstances and in principle a noble way to go, but someone has to keep the show going whilst the development work is taking place. We have a few senior players who can contribute to their development but we have nobody who is sharp around the goal. Andy Johnson is 3 years older then Beckford and I'd much prefer him to be on the end of chances and setting an example to our young uns.

if Andy Johnson is fit he would be worth a punt for sure, might have lost a bit of pace but was always a good finisher.

Johnson has turned us down twice.

AJ would require something we cant offer at present... 

A wage.

Have we sunk low enough yet to consider signing this turd?

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I reckon he's on about three quid a week for sewing mailbags at the moment, so wages shouldn't be an issue.

He'd be cheap enough even for our "budget"?

Hipster_Nebula wrote:Johnson has turned us down twice.

that was when he was in his prime and had more options, his injury record may put other clubs off but as i said he would be worth a punt.

Reebok_Rebel wrote:AJ would require something we cant offer at present... 

A wage.

what are we paying all the other players under contract.

Hipster_Nebula wrote:

Reebok_Rebel wrote:AJ would require something we cant offer at present... 

A wage.

what are we paying all the other players under contract.

Every penny we've got, which is why there wouldn't be any left for someone like Johnson.......

seems to me it's done on a case by case basis at this point. 

but surely by now everyone knows cash is limited so....

Andy Johnson is an interesting idea but I feel we already have too many problems with injury prone players. If he's fit and can prove it a short term deal (eg January with an option to extend) might be worth a go but in our current financial circumstances the point about the wage he'd most likely want is well taken. I do rate his ability and he was never really about pace so his game shouldn't be affected much by loss of half a yard or so anyway. I don't know if our midfield could really give him the right sort of service but if they could he certainly knows how to finish. A risky one this but worth it under the right conditions otherwise swerve it.

On the subject of player fitness a name I've not heard in a while is Stuart Holden. Is there any word at all on whether or not he's likely to return any time soon?

As to Evans, no, plain and simple. He's not much better ON the pitch than what we have now and frankly his off pitch behaviour makes him a complete waste of space as a human being and a liability to any club stupid enough to sign him. Dougie's already unpopular with his own fans and this would simply make that even worse. Don't disgrace our shirt by putting that piece of filth in it please. I'd rather see us in the Lancashire Combination League than signing scum like him.

Norpig wrote:

Hipster_Nebula wrote:Johnson has turned us down twice.

that was when he was in his prime and had more options, his injury record may put other clubs off but as i said he would be worth a punt.

As hipster said, he turned us down thinking he was too good for us. He can get to fuck

Yeah, let's get pride get in the way.

That's a fantastic business model for a club with no money........

Boggersbelief wrote:

As hipster said, he turned us down thinking he was too good for us. He can get to fuck

I love it when I make something up and it becomes BWFC fact.

Natasha Whittam wrote:

Boggersbelief wrote:

As hipster said, he turned us down thinking he was too good for us. He can get to fuck

I love it when I make something up and it becomes BWFC fact.

He actually did turn us down once though remember when he joined everton and we'd bid 8 million under BSA. 

the second time he failed a medical after Billy Davies turned us down for the second time in 4 months.