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Post by terriersyndrome on Sept 10, 2024 9:49:32 GMT 1
Hopefully he's better than the usual out of contract dross we sign when we've fcked up in the transfer window and had to resort to the bottom of the barrel. On paper its good to get another striker in with recent experience and success in the league. Similar age to Danny Ward and Jordan Rhodes and nowhere near as successful, not expecting much but hoping to be pleasantly surprised. As a free agent will he have bothered keeping himself fit? If not he's not gonna be ready for a few weeks. Apparently he only left Ipswich a week ago and played a part in their pre-season but they mutually agreed to terminate his contract knowing he wouldn't get game time in the premier league. Just match sharpness required.
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Post by terriersyndrome on Sept 10, 2024 9:51:20 GMT 1
Has Ladapo actually signed though or is it just speculation? Pete O'Rourke said he was having his medical yesterday and he's usually bang on the money.
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Post by mosher on Sept 10, 2024 9:57:40 GMT 1
Which is the LEAST he's scored in his last 4 full seasons at this level. As someone said above, KN and Cartwright just can't win I mean, they can - most on here were very complimentary of our transfer business this window but yet again we failed to find one of the most crucial pieces of the puzzle, for the third window running. You then have Nagle taking pops essentially suggesting we have the necessary 'firepower' and then, lo and behold, we bring in a panic free transfer because we couldn't get actual business over the line (are we still to take Nagle's word that we're happy with our squad?) All the above said, Ladapo looks as good an option as you will find in the market as we stand so it's a perfectly fine signing. However, let's not make out that Nagle and Cartwright are being completely hard done by. I think in this instance they are being hard done by. Most other complaints about recruitment I tend to agree, most (not all) condemnation has been justified.
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Post by upthetown on Sept 10, 2024 10:02:04 GMT 1
This has blown up though because of the comments from Nagle at 3pm on deadline day. Fans sat waiting to for Taylor to be announced to be told out the blue that we should focus on the “firepower” we already have. Basically coming out and trying to big up our existing strikers thinking we are stupid enough to believe that Ward, Radulovic and an unfit Healey are now the answer. He then doubles down and starts giving it back to the fans. Admittedly he gets some unnecessary grief on social media but in this instance he went out looking for it. Another example of trying to tell fans who know the club better than anyone that we don’t know what we are talking about. Fans said the squad was short in the summer 23 window - club knew better Fans said Moore should go within a month of being here - club knew better Fans said Moore needed to go before that crucial run in January- club knew better. Fans have said since early on that Cartwright isn’t performing- club know better. I’m not talking about the vocal minority on X either. The above points all had a very strong majority behind them. He was always going to make mistakes, that is understandable. However, this is Yorkshire. We aren’t very tolerant of embellishment and people trying to pull the wool over our eyes. If it hasn’t gone to plan, then say so. Don’t dress it up as something it isn’t. Since then Ward has got himself suspended and Healey’s injury has repeated So it makes sense to revisit and sign reinforcements.
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Post by htafcdan on Sept 10, 2024 10:10:32 GMT 1
is he to be announced today then?
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Post by Tinpot on Sept 10, 2024 10:27:29 GMT 1
Are people complaining that we didn't get a deal over the line before the window closed, or because Ladapo isn't the best option available right now?
If the former, then I can get on board with that. There are mitigating factors of course. We got gazumped by Birmingham on our first choice and Luton pulled out at the last minute on our second, but there should have been a reserve option should Taylor deal not have gone through. Strikers have moved this summer that are better than what we have, that we could reasonably have got in the building.
If the latter though, then - realistically - what would you prefer?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not creaming myself over this one but would it be better to go without? Or is there a realistic better option (and if so, who?)?
If this goes through on a short term deal I'd be happy with that.
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Post by royrace on Sept 10, 2024 10:47:04 GMT 1
This has blown up though because of the comments from Nagle at 3pm on deadline day. Fans sat waiting to for Taylor to be announced to be told out the blue that we should focus on the “firepower” we already have. Basically coming out and trying to big up our existing strikers thinking we are stupid enough to believe that Ward, Radulovic and an unfit Healey are now the answer. He then doubles down and starts giving it back to the fans. Admittedly he gets some unnecessary grief on social media but in this instance he went out looking for it. Another example of trying to tell fans who know the club better than anyone that we don’t know what we are talking about. Fans said the squad was short in the summer 23 window - club knew better Fans said Moore should go within a month of being here - club knew better Fans said Moore needed to go before that crucial run in January- club knew better. Fans have said since early on that Cartwright isn’t performing- club know better. I’m not talking about the vocal minority on X either. The above points all had a very strong majority behind them. He was always going to make mistakes, that is understandable. However, this is Yorkshire. We aren’t very tolerant of embellishment and people trying to pull the wool over our eyes. If it hasn’t gone to plan, then say so. Don’t dress it up as something it isn’t. Since then Ward has got himself suspended and Healey’s injury has repeated So it makes sense to revisit and sign reinforcements. I guess the thing is the vast majority of town fans fully expected Healey and Ward to be unavailable for large parts of the season. OK ward's is a suspension (very harsh, have they appealed?) but he'll soon be out injured anyway. KN probably shouldn't comment, thing is I doubt very much Cartwright has communicated the fact that Healey is massively injury prone to him. Be an awkward convo that, sorry I wasted about £5M of your hard earned in January which contributed hugely to the relegation which has cost you more millions. Not going to happen so as far as KN is concerned Healey will be almost ever present in attack.
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Post by bluesandtwos on Sept 10, 2024 10:58:10 GMT 1
Are people complaining that we didn't get a deal over the line before the window closed, or because Ladapo isn't the best option available right now? If the former, then I can get on board with that. There are mitigating factors of course. We got gazumped by Birmingham on our first choice and Luton pulled out at the last minute on our second, but there should have been a reserve option should Taylor deal not have gone through. Strikers have moved this summer that are better than what we have, that we could reasonably have got in the building. If the latter though, then - realistically - what would you prefer? Don't get me wrong, I'm not creaming myself over this one but would it be better to go without? Or is there a realistic better option (and if so, who?)? If this goes through on a short term deal I'd be happy with that. Who knows. Maybe Ladapo was on the radar but was a backup and we didn’t want to pay a fee or an inflated loan fee to Ipswich, and the Taylor deal died very late in the window. I’m not saying that’s what happened but, timing wise, it could be.
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Post by dezzly on Sept 10, 2024 11:11:22 GMT 1
I see Luton have now signed victor moses.could they not have done that 2 weeks ago 🤬
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Post by galpharm2400 on Sept 10, 2024 11:14:26 GMT 1
Are people complaining that we didn't get a deal over the line before the window closed, or because Ladapo isn't the best option available right now? If the former, then I can get on board with that. There are mitigating factors of course. We got gazumped by Birmingham on our first choice and Luton pulled out at the last minute on our second, but there should have been a reserve option should Taylor deal not have gone through. Strikers have moved this summer that are better than what we have, that we could reasonably have got in the building. If the latter though, then - realistically - what would you prefer? Don't get me wrong, I'm not creaming myself over this one but would it be better to go without? Or is there a realistic better option (and if so, who?)? If this goes through on a short term deal I'd be happy with that. Who knows. Maybe Ladapo was on the radar but was a backup and we didn’t want to pay a fee or an inflated loan fee to Ipswich, and the Taylor deal died very late in the window. I’m not saying that’s what happened but, timing wise, it could be. Repeat, at the risk of being boring, we had 800k and 12k a week to bring May here. We then moved onto Taylor. We know 2 strikers are injury prone, at best and Ward may not play that many games. With that sort of fee and wages available, we should have been able to bring in a striker before this. Im quite happy to give Ladapo a good go but it does not cover the bungled search for a striker. They may tell us we have 5 strikers and this makes 6 but the truth is we truly still only have 3, 4 at best on a good day with a following wind..
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Post by callum9061 on Sept 10, 2024 12:03:13 GMT 1
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Post by kennyk2 on Sept 10, 2024 12:08:17 GMT 1
is he to be announced today then? I can definitely say yes.
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Post by terriersyndrome on Sept 10, 2024 12:08:38 GMT 1
Good news going into a big game with Bolton.
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Sept 10, 2024 12:10:42 GMT 1
2 years for a player we didn't really want isn't ideal. He obviously knew we were backed in to a corner and has taken advantage
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Post by htafcdan on Sept 10, 2024 12:10:50 GMT 1
is he to be announced today then? I can definitely say yes. itk😉
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Post by Hank Hill on Sept 10, 2024 12:14:15 GMT 1
If he can replicate his form from two years ago, I'll be very happy. Good option to have I think.
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Post by crux on Sept 10, 2024 12:15:54 GMT 1
2 years for a player we didn't really want isn't ideal. He obviously knew we were backed in to a corner and has taken advantage A bit like Danny Ward
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Post by oneneilwarnock on Sept 10, 2024 12:18:52 GMT 1
No disrespect to the player (I hope he does really well) but the fact the club are still handing out two year contracts to 30 plus year old free agents just stinks that we aren't going to be improving anytime soon.
Think a lot of people hoped for a new era under new ownership, yet another nail in the coffin to suggest this won't be the case.
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Post by kennyk2 on Sept 10, 2024 12:18:58 GMT 1
Looks like he's strong with either foot looking at his goals.
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Post by Sio on Sept 10, 2024 12:21:50 GMT 1
2 years is unfortunate but I'm guessing it was the only way he'd agree to it. Hands tied.
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Post by nickhtafc82 on Sept 10, 2024 12:26:51 GMT 1
I was surprised to see 2 years, but what can you do?If I were Freddie I'd want 2 years! He offers us a different option and I for one am glad he's here.
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Post by digs on Sept 10, 2024 12:30:11 GMT 1
Town gave been monitoring him all summer,by all accounts.
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Post by nickhtafc82 on Sept 10, 2024 12:31:53 GMT 1
Town gave been monitoring him all summer,by all accounts. Cartwrights favourite one liner. We might have been as a backup, who knows?
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Post by bells ringing :) on Sept 10, 2024 12:34:09 GMT 1
Town gave been monitoring him all summer,by all accounts. Cartwrights favourite one liner. We might have been as a backup, who knows? its Cartwright way of saying "yeah but". I suppose its better than saying, we did not get what we wanted, so he came up.
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Post by digs on Sept 10, 2024 12:40:32 GMT 1
Town gave been monitoring him all summer,by all accounts. Cartwrights favourite one liner. We might have been as a backup, who knows? He might end up being the best of them all,with a bit of luck
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Post by galpharm2400 on Sept 10, 2024 12:43:19 GMT 1
I was surprised to see 2 years, but what can you do?If I were Freddie I'd want 2 years! He offers us a different option and I for one am glad he's here. First year as a regular starter due to ongoing 'striker' issues, 2nd year as decent cover???
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Post by SN0W on Sept 10, 2024 12:44:13 GMT 1
He knows where the back of the net is, so, at this stage, he'll do for me.
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Post by thomo on Sept 10, 2024 12:52:54 GMT 1
Pleased to have another option - offers something different to the strikers we have. The two years is a worry especially seen as his form dipped massively last year and clearly he couldn't cut it in the championship. I even thought we might just be giving him a contract until January as a stop gap. If we get do get promoted I predict he'll be out on loan somewhere next season. It remains a priority that in January we need to be signing a long term talisman for this division and above. Maybe we'll still go in for Taylor on a permanent deal.
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Post by galpharm2400 on Sept 10, 2024 12:53:23 GMT 1
He knows where the back of the net is, so, at this stage, he'll do for me. He will cause issues for the opposition defence, thats a huge plus over Ward and 2 strikers who simply wont be available.
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Post by Floyds on Sept 10, 2024 12:55:28 GMT 1
What's the betting he's injured/unavailable/ill before we get to 1st October?
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