Strikers

[Matt1908]

DEFENDERS

Daniel Ayala
Reggie Cannon
Cyrus Christie
Ciaran Clark
Liam Cooper
Paul Dummett
John Egan
Nathan Ferguson
Ryan Fredericks
Carl Jenkinson
Martin Kelly
Terence Kongolo
Erik Pieters
James Tomkins
Brandon Williams

MIDFIELDERS 🏃‍♂️

Dele Alli
Stuart Armstrong
Dominic Ball
Jack Cork
Ovie Ejaria
John Fleck
Jeff Hendrick
Matty James
Daniel Johnson
Cheikhou Kouyate
Jake Livermore
Emiliano Marcondes
Josh Onomah
Fred Onyedinma
Adam Reach
Romaine Sawyers

FORWARDS 🎯

Tyler Burey
Aaron Connolly
Scott Hogan
Freddie Ladapo
Tyreece John-Jules
Sheyi Ojo

Seen this list online and thought it worth sharing

[bogart]

Have not got twitter so how do I see any of the dialogues?

[Sparrow]

Sept 1, 2024 14:44:50 GMT 1 Up the Duff. said:

A business should not be putting all their eggs in one basket. The club had plenty of time to come up with 3 or 4 striking options. There must be players outside of England that would have fitted the bill. Plans C and D should have been called into action.

Poor by Town to be left in this position again.

Well that’s exactly what they did do.

May was option 1. The deal was all but signed and we were gazumped by Birmingham offering significantly more money. Nothing Town could do about that.

Taylor was option 2. We had him up here, pretty much signed and sealed, then Luton decide not to sell him (pretty much the same happened with Schindler, Heff and Lowe in the January before the summer they signed). Nothing Town could do about that.

Marshall was obviously another option high up on the list and we signed him.

We’ll have definitely had 3 or 4 other options that we either decided against, their club didn’t want to release them or they got an injury before the deal got done (Remember Adama Traore) or their club were asking stupid money for.

As for looking outside of England, can i suggest Bojan as an example of that being risky. For every signing like that that works, loads don’t

How far down the list of options should the club go before the option become no better than what we have

[Up the Duff.]

Further, we needed two and Marshall was not the experienced mature striker we needed. We should have had back up options to Taylor.

[Wingman]

Sept 1, 2024 15:33:44 GMT 1 Matt1908 said:

DEFENDERS

Daniel Ayala
Reggie Cannon
Cyrus Christie
Ciaran Clark
Liam Cooper
Paul Dummett
John Egan
Nathan Ferguson
Ryan Fredericks
Carl Jenkinson
Martin Kelly
Terence Kongolo
Erik Pieters
James Tomkins
Brandon Williams

MIDFIELDERS 🏃‍♂️

Dele Alli
Stuart Armstrong
Dominic Ball
Jack Cork
Ovie Ejaria
John Fleck
Jeff Hendrick
Matty James
Daniel Johnson
Cheikhou Kouyate
Jake Livermore
Emiliano Marcondes
Josh Onomah
Fred Onyedinma
Adam Reach
Romaine Sawyers

FORWARDS 🎯

Tyler Burey
Aaron Connolly
Scott Hogan
Freddie Ladapo
Tyreece John-Jules
Sheyi Ojo

Seen this list online and thought it worth sharing

Loads on that list wouldn’t come near League One, but Ladapo or even Hogan (as a short term fix) wouldn’t be a bad call to make.

[soapystevens]

You can't blame Ward for that clown in the middle yesterday and we have been crying out for a striker and we get nothing. This will cost us big time.

[Christ in Shades (art)]

We'll sign 'The Cats' lad from Red Dwarf off that list.

[space hardware]

How long have we needed serious investment in the forward line?

Years.

It's criminal that we still haven't signed a decent striker, in their prime, for the level we are at.

[stinkypete]

Surely Ladapo and Hogan would be worth a phone call.

[Terriersmad]

Sept 1, 2024 18:07:18 GMT 1 Wingman said:

Sept 1, 2024 15:33:44 GMT 1 Matt1908 said:

DEFENDERS

Daniel Ayala
Reggie Cannon
Cyrus Christie
Ciaran Clark
Liam Cooper
Paul Dummett
John Egan
Nathan Ferguson
Ryan Fredericks
Carl Jenkinson
Martin Kelly
Terence Kongolo
Erik Pieters
James Tomkins
Brandon Williams

MIDFIELDERS 🏃‍♂️

Dele Alli
Stuart Armstrong
Dominic Ball
Jack Cork
Ovie Ejaria
John Fleck
Jeff Hendrick
Matty James
Daniel Johnson
Cheikhou Kouyate
Jake Livermore
Emiliano Marcondes
Josh Onomah
Fred Onyedinma
Adam Reach
Romaine Sawyers

FORWARDS 🎯

Tyler Burey
Aaron Connolly
Scott Hogan
Freddie Ladapo
Tyreece John-Jules
Sheyi Ojo

Seen this list online and thought it worth sharing

Loads on that list wouldn’t come near League One, but Ladapo or even Hogan (as a short term fix) wouldn’t be a bad call to make.

The longer time goes by without a phone call, the more attractive League One will be. Agreed on Hogan and Ladapo, though. The latter in particular (considering the former's pretty dreadful injury record). Also a few midfielders stand out - Sawyers, Johnson, James and Cork.

[Amigo]

Hogan and Ladapo got 3 goals in 57 games last season between them. (Ladapo 1 in 14 in league 1 the rest all championship).

Even Ward has got 8 in his last 57 games.

Are they really worth a call when they're no better than what we have?

[Christ in Shades (art)]

Sept 1, 2024 19:42:35 GMT 1 space hardware said:

How long have we needed serious investment in the forward line?

Years.

It's criminal that we still haven't signed a decent striker, in their prime, for the level we are at.

We've always had gosl scoring strikers right back to Tempest, Shearer, Maskell, Roberts, Starbucks, Booth, Jepson, Stewart, Beckett, Abbott, Wells...now we're scratching around in the dirt to find one for a game on Tuesday, madness.

[Sparrow]

www.transfermarkt.co.uk/league-one/transfers/wettbewerb/GB3/plus/?saison_id=2024&s_w=s&leihe=3&intern=0&intern=1

Lot's of strikers either signed, sold or released by League 1 clubs this season. Who are the one's that people would have liked us to have gone for? Which ones are the 20 goal league 1 strikers

League 1 clubs (maybe with the exception of Brum) are fishing in a small pond

[Dan]

Sept 1, 2024 20:33:32 GMT 1 Christ in Shades (art) said:

Sept 1, 2024 19:42:35 GMT 1 space hardware said:

How long have we needed serious investment in the forward line?

Years.

It's criminal that we still haven't signed a decent striker, in their prime, for the level we are at.

We've always had gosl scoring strikers right back to Tempest, Shearer, Maskell, Roberts, Starbucks, Booth, Jepson, Stewart, Beckett, Abbott, Wells...now we're scratching around in the dirt to find one for a game on Tuesday, madness.

Joe Taylor is usually called up for Wales Under 21's so chances are even if we'd signed him, we'd have been in the same situation for Tuesday.

It's a joke of a competition these days, stick the B team out.

[Christ in Shades (art)]

Sept 1, 2024 20:57:40 GMT 1 Dan said:

Sept 1, 2024 20:33:32 GMT 1 Christ in Shades (art) said:

We've always had gosl scoring strikers right back to Tempest, Shearer, Maskell, Roberts, Starbucks, Booth, Jepson, Stewart, Beckett, Abbott, Wells...now we're scratching around in the dirt to find one for a game on Tuesday, madness.

Joe Taylor is usually called up for Wales Under 21's so chances are even if we'd signed him, we'd have been in the same situation for Tuesday.

It's a joke of a competition these days, stick the B team out.

You can't stick the B Team out, even if we wanted to, we'll get fined.

[maxpower]

Kevin Phillips?

[Richard1986]

Sept 1, 2024 11:08:35 GMT 1 Tinpot said:

Sept 1, 2024 1:42:12 GMT 1 Richard1986 said:

Isn’t the loan window and free transfer window open a bit longer than transfer window?

Still waiting for these 2 strikers we are in the market for..

Nope. You can still sign free agents but that's it now until the window opens again in January.

Incidentally, I'd be making enquiries about Ladapo who has just left Ipswich.

Very very poor.

We were free to sign 5-6 U21(?) players on loan and they wouldn’t even have counted toward squad limit, as I understand it but I’m a bit behind with squad registration rules.

[ben1987]

Sept 1, 2024 14:24:35 GMT 1 Sparrow said:

Sept 1, 2024 13:45:53 GMT 1 ben1987 said:

I know I’m fully in the minority on this subject and I’m not going to back down on it but….

The chairman needs to rein it in on social media as does his mate. Football matters, transfer windows, recruitment etc just shouldn’t be discussed openly on social media, especially during. The Joe Taylor saga was no secret but why on earth is the chairman and his mate embroiling themselves in arguments on Twitter with fans? That 📝 emoji from Dave, totally unnecessary. It could well be misinterpreted by fans who saw it but why even go there? If I was Michael Duff I’d be livid, I also imagine that head of communications isn’t happy (albeit what can he do?) either.

It’s terrible PR, it’s unprofessional and it looks tinpot, I imagine that’s how other clubs we do business with look at it too. If Kevin Nagle was Italian he’d be considered a lunatic, just like that idiot at Leeds United a few years ago who spoke publicly far too often on subjects he knew nothing about.

I’m frustrated we didn’t land Taylor but shit happens. I’m far more bothered about the way my football club and those connected with it operate and right now it’s very unimpressive. You have a communications team, use them.

I like the Chairman’s Diary stuff that they do, but think they should talk less about the first team squad & transfers and more about other stuff, such as exactly how the club is developing commercially and what the plans are going forward. More about the Academy and what the plans are there, such as are we looking for further academy facilities so that we can run Development Centres, Emerging Talent squads etc.

I’m not saying don’t talk about the first team squad and transfers at all. Naturally you’ve got to touch on those, but talk more in-depth on other stuff.

His twitter posts the other day were poorly judged in my view.

What i think would be really good content would be an a series of individual in-depth interviews, maybe 1 a week, with Mark Cartwright, Lee Maybury, Adam Mahoney Tom Sutton and James Beck as these are the 5 people that essentially head up and lead First Team Recruitment, Scouting and Analysis.

That would/could/should give fans a real insight into exactly how player recruitment and transfers work

They have a media team at Town, people paid to manage the clubs media output. As you said, having interviews and content with people involved in that department would be great but it’s done through the clubs media team where it’s a controlled environment.

The way he and Carmichael Dave are going about it, isnt right.

[runner76]

Chairman having a spat with some dickheads on Twitter is pretty amusing IMO.

[crux]

Sept 1, 2024 22:44:27 GMT 1 Christ in Shades (art) said:

Sept 1, 2024 20:57:40 GMT 1 Dan said:

Joe Taylor is usually called up for Wales Under 21's so chances are even if we'd signed him, we'd have been in the same situation for Tuesday.

It's a joke of a competition these days, stick the B team out.

You can't stick the B Team out, even if we wanted to, we'll get fined.

We can afford it, we've got the striker funds doing nothing 😉🤣

[upthetown]

The thing is… whilst we absolutely do need reinforcements up front, I don’t think it would have made that much difference at Rotherham as we couldn’t string two passes together.

[Tinpot]

Sept 1, 2024 23:11:46 GMT 1 Richard1986 said:

Sept 1, 2024 11:08:35 GMT 1 Tinpot said:

Nope. You can still sign free agents but that's it now until the window opens again in January.

Incidentally, I'd be making enquiries about Ladapo who has just left Ipswich.

Very very poor.

We were free to sign 5-6 U21(?) players on loan and they wouldn’t even have counted toward squad limit, as I understand it but I’m a bit behind with squad registration rules.

Unless the rules have changed, players on loan from other clubs count towards your squad limit regardless of age.

So Callum Marshall counts, but Tom Iorpenda doesn't.

[tepidterrier]

Sept 1, 2024 20:23:07 GMT 1 Amigo said:

Hogan and Ladapo got 3 goals in 57 games last season between them. (Ladapo 1 in 14 in league 1 the rest all championship).

Even Ward has got 8 in his last 57 games.

Are they really worth a call when they're no better than what we have?

Wouldn't touch Hogan with a ten foot pole, he's not had a good season for 8 years and is permacrocked.

Ladapo's stats hide the truth a bit, many of his appearances the last couple of years have been off the bench. He's proven himself at this level comparatively recently, and is the type of player that we could do with. Better than the other realistic free agent options imo.

[tepidterrier]

Sept 1, 2024 13:45:53 GMT 1 ben1987 said:

Sept 1, 2024 10:13:40 GMT 1 goodbet said:

As a businessman Nagle should be astute, so how long will he keep taking what Cartwright must be spinning him before he decides to check what is happening via alternative sources?

We started off in the Championship and now KN seems to think we have enough up front with the current players and is expecting us to bounce back this year. It seems to me that unless something changes quickly Cartwrights time will be up this season.

I know I’m fully in the minority on this subject and I’m not going to back down on it but….

The chairman needs to rein it in on social media as does his mate. Football matters, transfer windows, recruitment etc just shouldn’t be discussed openly on social media, especially during. The Joe Taylor saga was no secret but why on earth is the chairman and his mate embroiling themselves in arguments on Twitter with fans? That 📝 emoji from Dave, totally unnecessary. It could well be misinterpreted by fans who saw it but why even go there? If I was Michael Duff I’d be livid, I also imagine that head of communications isn’t happy (albeit what can he do?) either.

It’s terrible PR, it’s unprofessional and it looks tinpot, I imagine that’s how other clubs we do business with look at it too. If Kevin Nagle was Italian he’d be considered a lunatic, just like that idiot at Leeds United a few years ago who spoke publicly far too often on subjects he knew nothing about.

I’m frustrated we didn’t land Taylor but shit happens. I’m far more bothered about the way my football club and those connected with it operate and right now it’s very unimpressive. You have a communications team, use them.

This is spot on. We've collectively been going through it as fans the last few years. So I don't like it when the owner decides to hold individual fans to account on a public forum when they express justified frustration. He either doesn't understand the power dynamic going on, or he gets off on it.

[Scott Chegg]

Sept 2, 2024 8:40:43 GMT 1 runner76 said:

Chairman having a spat with some dickheads on Twitter is pretty amusing IMO.

It's not. It's excruciatingly naff.

[Captainslapper]

You'll always have fans tantruming and whinging on twitter etc because we havent got what they think we should have...which is always more and better.
Id agree Nagle needs to reign in these spats with them. Just give a statement to ALL the fans if you want to make a point or explain something and leave it at that.

[cyberman]

Sept 2, 2024 11:22:16 GMT 1 Scott Chegg said:

Sept 2, 2024 8:40:43 GMT 1 runner76 said:

Chairman having a spat with some dickheads on Twitter is pretty amusing IMO.

It's not. It's excruciatingly naff.

Link ?

[crux]

Sept 2, 2024 10:28:26 GMT 1 Tinpot said:

Sept 1, 2024 23:11:46 GMT 1 Richard1986 said:

Very very poor.

We were free to sign 5-6 U21(?) players on loan and they wouldn’t even have counted toward squad limit, as I understand it but I’m a bit behind with squad registration rules.

Unless the rules have changed, players on loan from other clubs count towards your squad limit regardless of age.

So Callum Marshall counts, but Tom Iorpenda doesn't.

They do in the Championship, but not in League One (or two). Goalkeepers or ANY U21's aren't included in the squad of 22, even if they are on loan from another club

[Tinpot]

Sept 2, 2024 19:17:38 GMT 1 crux said:

Sept 2, 2024 10:28:26 GMT 1 Tinpot said:

Unless the rules have changed, players on loan from other clubs count towards your squad limit regardless of age.

So Callum Marshall counts, but Tom Iorpenda doesn't.

They do in the Championship, but not in League One (or two). Goalkeepers or ANY U21's aren't included in the squad of 22, even if they are on loan from another club

I stand corrected.

[Million Dollar Babies]

You've got to laugh about it or you'll cry but it's crazy how we've got six strikers at the club currently and Koroma (a winger) is probably the best one. Maybe Healey is but we know he's hardly going to feature.

In the last two games we've seen strikers for the opposition who are far better than what we have. It's absolutely unforgivable that we found ourselves in a position where we had to give a 2 year contract to Ladapo who is clearly well past his best. Someone has to be facing the sack for incompetence surely