Stickied League 1 Transfer Rumours/Confirmed Transfers 2024/25

[Agombar stool]

With Twine and Palmer recalled that's a much better first 11 and bench. We definitely needed to do something to save this awful season so fair play we have acted quickly.

 

[Crewelad87]

A lot of speculation on Twitter linking Perry Ng to Cardiff. He’s out of contract in the summer so I say get what we can for him, he’s been suspended for the last 6 games and we haven’t lost in that time. If we can get a 6 figure fee plus on a sell on clause I’d take that.

 

[masi51]

Signed Declan John lwb from Swansea on loan until the end of the season....Third player who has turned down Swindon this season for Bolton joining Doyle and Isgrove.
We will be back for Twine in the Summer

 

[Indian Dan]

What bollocks you spout. We were never in for John - that was twitter bollocks. Doyle didn’t turn us down either - we just weren’t mad enough to offer a 3 year contract on big money - good job too, as he’s bumbling along at your lot.

Isgrove hung on as long as he could trying to squeeze a better deal out of us - which we didn’t. He’s hardly pulling up trees, either.

All in all - decisions turned out correct.

Twine will be looking up not down.

 

[masi51]

What bollocks you spout. We were never in for John - that was twitter bollocks. Doyle didn’t turn us down either - we just weren’t mad enough to offer a 3 year contract on big money - good job too, as he’s bumbling along at your lot.

Isgrove hung on as long as he could trying to squeeze a better deal out of us - which we didn’t. He’s hardly pulling up trees, either.

All in all - decisions turned out correct.

Twine will be looking up not down.

Seems well documented on Swindon forum that you was after John
Seen it posted on this forum as well, but dont spoil the truth......Doyle is 1 in 2 in the league, but again spin the truth

 

[masi51]

Dion Donahue left Swindon Town by mutual consent hoping for a contract at Bolton but i dont think we was interested.
Is the keeper Kovar who you had on loan from Manchester United any good.......Think he is one of the keepers we are looking at

 

[DearneValleyRover]

Signed Declan John lwb from Swansea on loan until the end of the season....Third player who has turned down Swindon this season for Bolton joining Doyle and Isgrove.
We will be back for Twine in the Summer

You would think given how shite you are doing this season you would want to drive them back to Swindon rather than boast about getting them, oh isn’t this the second season of that 3 year loan your new owners gave you? Mmm better break the bairns out

 

[masi51]

You would think given how shite you are doing this season you would want to drive them back to Swindon rather than boast about getting them, oh isn’t this the second season of that 3 year loan your new owners gave you? Mmm better break the bairns out

players who you wanted to play against could not drive maybe they should of turned up at your place on skateboards


Please tell me how you get a 3 year loan to yourself??

 

[Agombar stool]

Dion Donahue left Swindon Town by mutual consent hoping for a contract at Bolton but i dont think we was interested.
Is the keeper Kovar who you had on loan from Manchester United any good.......Think he is one of the keepers we are looking at

To be honest I think Kovar was thrown into first team football way too early. He's clearly a confident fella with the ball at his feet but his decision making, control of the box as well as how easily he was beaten at his near post at times suggests he is too green for first team football yet. I have a feeling he will make a decent keeper in time but at the moment I wouldn't be confident with him in nets.

Surprised you aren't interested in Donohue, was always a solid performer at league 1 and was great in league 2.

 

[Indian Dan]

Dion Donahue left Swindon Town by mutual consent hoping for a contract at Bolton but i dont think we was interested.
Is the keeper Kovar who you had on loan from Manchester United any good.......Think he is one of the keepers we are looking at

I hope you sign him. I really, really do!

 

[Indian Dan]

players who you wanted to play against could not drive maybe they should of turned up at your place on skateboards


Please tell me how you get a 3 year loan to yourself??

Ummmm. Owners loan money to the club - usually at exorbitant interest rates for a set period of time. It’s the classic way for owners to screw money out of any club.

 

[Indian Dan]

Seems well documented on Swindon forum that you was after John
Seen it posted on this forum as well, but dont spoil the truth......Doyle is 1 in 2 in the league, but again spin the truth

Ah. The truth of a football forum. Doyle was supposed to be firing you to the top of the league - not to remain down amongst the dead men.

 

[masi51]

Ummmm. Owners loan money to the club - usually at exorbitant interest rates for a set period of time. It’s the classic way for owners to screw money out of any club.

yes we had that with previous owners but the club has not loaned any money from the current owners.
They had to pay 35% of money owed to creditors on takeover and had until this August this year to pay all outstanding monies.

This is NOT against the football club.
This is to buy/own the club.

 

[masi51]

Ah. The truth of a football forum. Doyle was supposed to be firing you to the top of the league - not to remain down amongst the dead men.

Without Doyles goals this season we may have been looking at exiting the league.
So i guess what we are paying him is turning out to be a bargain.

 

[DearneValleyRover]

players who you wanted to play against could not drive maybe they should of turned up at your place on skateboards


Please tell me how you get a 3 year loan to yourself??

Things really do go way above your head don’t they

 

[shoddycollins]

Crewe and Accy fans, what's Offrande Zanzala like?

 

[Crewelad87]

Crewe and Accy fans, what's Offrande Zanzala like?

To be honest no idea. Clearly wasn’t fancied by our management and didn’t fit into our formation/style. I think he only played one league game that being the one game this season we’ve been soundly beaten at Portsmouth.

 

[shoddycollins]

To be honest no idea. Clearly wasn’t fancied by our management and didn’t fit into our formation/style. I think he only played one league game that being the one game this season we’ve been soundly beaten at Portsmouth.

What is your formation/style this season?

 

[dannyc5]

433 same as last season if you remember us at all.

 

[masi51]

Things really do go way above your head don’t they

yes....please explain

You CANNOT loan, borrow money against a club to pay Administrators off.
All money invested by our owners was to pay for the club to come out of Administration.
We have not paid fees for either agents or players in nearly three years.
This years Salaries have been covered by 8k season tickets
So please tell me otherwise

 

[shoddycollins]

433 same as last season if you remember us at all.

hmm... so do we, but then Zanzale is being brought in as a backup striker (initially at least) so he won't necessarily be used in the system we start matches playing.

We have a front three with Lewis Alessandra as a sort of false 9, flanked by two forwards in Omari Patrick and JJ Kayode who have strength and pace. They vary a bit in their qualities, Patrick is more one who goes past people and has a good shot on him, Kayode is a bit more wily (pun intended), good in the air and holds it up better where Alessandra acts as a focal point.

What we're lacking is someone who is clinical in those games where we're creating a lot of chances but not putting them away. We're not exactly struggling to score but our front three (four if you include Toure but he's yet to score) have only managed 14 between them and other players we've tried up front haven't managed to score. There's been a few games where strikers have missed glaring opportunities that could have changed the result so we could do with having that option.

We seem to get one-on-one with the opposition keeper every couple of games but have yet to score from such an opportunity.

 

[lordofthepies]

hmm... so do we, but then Zanzale is being brought in as a backup striker (initially at least) so he won't necessarily be used in the system we start matches playing.

We have a front three with Lewis Alessandra as a sort of false 9, flanked by two forwards in Omari Patrick and JJ Kayode who have strength and pace. They vary a bit in their qualities, Patrick is more one who goes past people and has a good shot on him, Kayode is a bit more wily (pun intended), good in the air and holds it up better where Alessandra acts as a focal point.

What we're lacking is someone who is clinical in those games where we're creating a lot of chances but not putting them away. We're not exactly struggling to score but our front three (four if you include Toure but he's yet to score) have only managed 14 between them and other players we've tried up front haven't managed to score. There's been a few games where strikers have missed glaring opportunities that could have changed the result so we could do with having that option.

We seem to get one-on-one with the opposition keeper every couple of games but have yet to score from such an opportunity.

Beech's comments seem to suggest that he sees Zanzala fitting your style better than he did ours. He's been a bit unlucky as he signed before Porter signed his new contract and Mandron joined us so he's not quite had the he would have expected. He's got some good attributes and his attitude seems good so hope he does well.

 

[DearneValleyRover]

yes....please explain

You CANNOT loan, borrow money against a club to pay Administrators off.
All money invested by our owners was to pay for the club to come out of Administration.
We have not paid fees for either agents or players in nearly three years.
This years Salaries have been covered by 8k season tickets
So please tell me otherwise

It might have something to do with your new owners coming out and stating that they have put £30m into the club as a loan that will have to be repayed in 3 years, an interview with them on Sky at the time of the takeover.

 

[masi51]

yes....please explain

It might have something to do with your new owners coming out and stating that they have put £30m into the club as a loan that will have to be repayed in 3 years, an interview with them on Sky at the time of the take over

And how do you think a club in lge 2 can pay 30m in 3 years
why do we need 30m ?

 

[DearneValleyRover]

And how do you think a club in lge 2 can pay 30m in 3 years
why do we need 30m ?

No idea on both, your new owners stated it not me, I can only go on that
Actually I’ve just been informed I’m incorrect it was a £40m loan your new owners took out against the club when they took over

 

[masi51]

No idea on both, your new owners stated it not me, I can only go on that
Actually I’ve just been informed I’m incorrect it was a £40m loan your new owners took out against the club when they took over

Owners you say???????????


name them

40m now.......any advance on 40m

 

[Indian Dan]

So when your owners paid whatever it was to the admins - £30-40m, I have no idea - who got that money? I doubt any amount would be gifted. So whatever amount it was, surely your owners expect to get repaid.

 

[shoddycollins]

Owners you say???????????


name them

40m now.......any advance on 40m

I see your 40m and raise you 50m + a signed photo of Sam Allardyce

 

[DearneValleyRover]

Owners you say???????????


name them

40m now.......any advance on 40m

Why would I be able to name them? When they took over there was an interview with them on Sky, the question of funding came up and they stated they had taken a loan out against the club, I thought it was £30m but I’ve been told today it was £40m. It was obviously asked how that could be paid back given Bolton’s previous regime of spending what they don’t have and the answer was they expected to be in the championship within 3 years and this would cover the investment, their words not mine, on TV. I personally couldn’t give a monkeys as it’s not my club that yet again has a huge debt hanging over it. Good luck because your not getting into the Championship in the timescale set.

 

[masi51]

So when your owners paid whatever it was to the admins - £30-40m, I have no idea - who got that money? I doubt any amount would be gifted. So whatever amount it was, surely your owners expect to get repaid.

when they paid the money circa 26m which was 35p in the pound to creditors.
They then got to own a Training ground,Hotel, Stadium, Car parks etc.....They became owners of said business
Just like 91 other owners.
They will then have to run that business how they see fit.......They can only recoup there outlay once they re sell the club.
What is difficult to understand about that