Stickied League 1 Transfer Rumours/Confirmed Transfers 2024/25

[Devon_Lad]

Sonny Cox will go out on loan again this season, I expect. He’s got bags of potential and has developed physically but DL has been smoking something if he thinks they’d walk into any L1 team, let alone Championship.

Pond will also go out on loan to get games as there’s at least 4 CBs ahead of him at present. One day, both could well play higher than L1 but they’re nowhere near ready.

There's a good chance both Cheick and Stubbs will be moving up into the Championship in January (if not before)

So to say Pond won't be near our match day squad at all this season after his absolutely solid pre-season thus far, is a bit of a stretch.

Cox will start the season with us I expect.

 

[ProfessorGreen]

Bali Mumba confirmed on loan until the end of the season, bringing us up to a 23 man squad. A striker (Morgan Whittaker?) and we’re set.

Loving the look of our squad. Looks like we've added some quality and excitement. Law expected to go out on loan to L2. (Exeter could do a lot worse than have him for the season!)

A striker please and that should be us.

 

[Moomin]

There's a good chance both Cheick and Stubbs will be moving up into the Championship in January (if not before)

So to say Pond won't be near our match day squad at all this season after his absolutely solid pre-season thus far, is a bit of a stretch.

Cox will start the season with us I expect.

Wouldn’t say there’s a good chance Diabate and Stubbs will get Championship moves at all. Cheick is still learning his trade, despite a very good start to his career and Stubbs’ knee problem will be a cause or concern for other clubs.

Pond is talented yes, and has had a good pre season but hasn’t yet made his league debut, so you can’t say he could walk into any team in the league above as he’s not currently walking into our team!

Cox could well stay in our first team squad this season, especially with the new sub rule, but he’s clearly still developing. If he realised his potential then he’ll make us a lot of money some day, for sure.

 

[SF_]

Jordan Storey was on loan at Bideford in 2016, Tiverton & Dorchester in 2017, did 6 months with us and then walked straight into Championship side Preston. He's not a mark on Alfie Pond.

He didn't walk anywhere, he's still shit.

 

[leedsvaliant]

Loving the look of our squad. Looks like we've added some quality and excitement. Law expected to go out on loan to L2. (Exeter could do a lot worse than have him for the season!)

A striker please and that should be us.

I think Plymouth are dark horses for the automatic spots. Always a difficult place to go and seem to have recruited well.

 

[Devon_Lad]

Wouldn’t say there’s a good chance Diabate and Stubbs will get Championship moves at all. Cheick is still learning his trade, despite a very good start to his career and Stubbs’ knee problem will be a cause or concern for other clubs.

Pond is talented yes, and has had a good pre season but hasn’t yet made his league debut, so you can’t say he could walk into any team in the league above as he’s not currently walking into our team!

Cox could well stay in our first team squad this season, especially with the new sub rule, but he’s clearly still developing. If he realised his potential then he’ll make us a lot of money some day, for sure.

As opposed to Storey who would have had less experience than Cheick if he moves later in the year? Weird thing to say. He's been much better than Storey was for us as well thus far. Stubbs' knee problem may put some clubs off, but when fit he's more than good enough for a Championship club and he could quite easily get that move.

He didn't walk anywhere, he's still shit.

Pretty sure he played regularly as soon as he joined you.

 

[Devon_Lad]

Loving the look of our squad. Looks like we've added some quality and excitement. Law expected to go out on loan to L2. (Exeter could do a lot worse than have him for the season!)

A striker please and that should be us.

He wouldn't get into our team.

 

[Moomin]

As opposed to Storey who would have had less experience than Cheick if he moves later in the year? Weird thing to say. He's been much better than Storey was for us as well thus far. Stubbs' knee problem may put some clubs off, but when fit he's more than good enough for a Championship club and he could quite easily get that move.

Pretty sure he played regularly as soon as he joined you.

Someone may come in for Cheick, of course that’s possible as he’s made an excellent start to his career, but the fact remains that currently, Alfie Pond is behind Cheick, Stubbs, Sweeney, Hartridge and Grounds in the pecking order. He may force his way in at some point this season and I hope he does but I reckon he’ll be loaned out till Christmas initially to gain more experience.

 

[Devon_Lad]

Someone may come in for Cheick, of course that’s possible as he’s made an excellent start to his career, but the fact remains that currently, Alfie Pond is behind Cheick, Stubbs, Sweeney, Hartridge and Grounds in the pecking order. He may force his way in at some point this season and I hope he does but I reckon he’ll be loaned out till Christmas initially to gain more experience.

Pond plays more central than Sweeney - If CB was the choice, Pond is certainly ahead of him. Grounds too. Hartridge is injury prone and he himself may even get picked up by someone this year. Pond will almost certainly feature this season, and he would certainly walk into Championship sides. Our defence is strong and probably Championship quality anyway, it's probably the strongest part of our squad.

 

[Moomin]

Pond plays more central than Sweeney - If CB was the choice, Pond is certainly ahead of him. Grounds too. Hartridge is injury prone and he himself may even get picked up by someone this year. Pond will almost certainly feature this season, and he would certainly walk into Championship sides. Our defence is strong and probably Championship quality anyway, it's probably the strongest part of our squad.

Well we’ll certainly find out how good our defence is this season. Sadly, I don’t see us being anywhere near as stingy with the quality most L1 clubs have in attack and as for Pond walking into a championship team, I think you’re way off or joking.

 

[Tea Towel]

Pond plays more central than Sweeney - If CB was the choice, Pond is certainly ahead of him. Grounds too. Hartridge is injury prone and he himself may even get picked up by someone this year. Pond will almost certainly feature this season, and he would certainly walk into Championship sides. Our defence is strong and probably Championship quality anyway, it's probably the strongest part of our squad.

When was the last time you were in the Championship? I’m not sure you know how good the standard is these days.

Looking at your squad:

Caprice - always played non-league or League 2.

Sparkes - never played above League 2.

Stubbs - couldn’t get in Fleetwoods side.

Grounds - seen plenty of him over the years. Shite.

Sweeney - again, never played above League 2.

The rest are only kids but if they aren’t getting a game over those above, then you can safely say they aren’t Championship standard (yet) either.

 

[CTFCfan99]

We've re-signed Taylor Perry on loan from Wolves for the season. Started last season really well before a season-ending injury around October, if he can get back to the form he showed before that then this will be a great bit of business.

 

[WhiteRussian]

What's the loanees rule? 5 in the first team squad or 5 in a match day team and any number in the squad.?

 

[LeonTheGreen]

What's the loanees rule? 5 in the first team squad or 5 in a match day team and any number in the squad.?

I’ve always thought it was 5 in match day squad

 

[Luke Imp]

Yeah 5 in a match day squad and something tells me 8 in the whole squad?

 

[Luke Imp]

Plymouth quietly going about their business nicely IMO.

 

[Luke Imp]

As above, really. He had a shaky first 5 or 6 games here but was fine after that and ended up being a good loan signing and an excellent shot stopper. Question marks here over the command of his area as well, which is a little surprising given his height (6'6"?), he's a big unit for his age. But we didn't have any particularly aerially dominant CB's so it was probably highlighted more.

Just to add to this now Griffiths has been confirmed to Pompey, the way Cowley likes his CB's to be i.e. being able to head a ball, I don't think he's necessarily need to be too aerially dominant anyway. His GK's here were mainly Farman and Vickers and they weren't exactly dominating their areas but we had the likes of Raggett, Waterfall, Wharton, Shackell and Bostwick who would get their head to most things in our box.

 

[SF_]

Pretty sure he played regularly as soon as he joined you.

Not really, he was just phased in like we do with anyone, he did play far more than he should have though, as we were shite that season. Either way, he's no barometer of Championship quality.

 

[91SPP]

Agreed you need a player or two in your squad/team who are over the 30 mark, but for me its your signings since you came out of administration that can be questioned. You have signed 6/7 of these players on good terms. [no problem with me on that if they come within the EFL embargo set out for you]
Ours got set at 4k only three seasons back.........have they doubled in that time????????
Ipswich tried to buy the league last season it was never going to work, but it could this season because those players are at the right age and have 12 months now playing together and will have formed partnerships on the field. Ipswich have not repeated last pre-season spending because they basically have no need as the players they bought are in the mid 20s
Derby have a pile of promising young players and a pile of 30 plus players and nothing in between that is why in my opinion your transfer policy is awful.
You touched on Kieran Lee. Model pro who keeps himself fit
Time and injuries will restrict Lee to 20/30 games this season despite looking after himself. Evatt will manage him ie rest him in the midweek games etc. Can you do that with half your squad

We’re restricted to 60% of our revenue - £8m wage bill. The players we’re signing are one or two year contracts so we’re aren’t gambling. We will need promotion in order to keep our top young players, plus if you’re planning to build a championship squad in league one then you’re going to have a tough time of it.

Kwaku Oduroh has just signed a two year deal and will be part of the first team. Man City’s u23 right back.

 

[Si Robin]

We've re-signed Taylor Perry on loan from Wolves for the season. Started last season really well before a season-ending injury around October, if he can get back to the form he showed before that then this will be a great bit of business.

Agreed, this is an excellent signing. A great replacement for Callum Wright if he can stay fit. That injury was a nasty one though, and that's why he's been allowed to come to us rather than a team higher up in my opinion.

 

[masi51]

We’re restricted to 60% of our revenue - £8m wage bill. The players we’re signing are one or two year contracts so we’re aren’t gambling. We will need promotion in order to keep our top young players, plus if you’re planning to build a championship squad in league one then you’re going to have a tough time of it.

Kwaku Oduroh has just signed a two year deal and will be part of the first team. Man City’s u23 right back.

Dont understand that logic at all.....And yes you are gambling
You go up and you wont have much movement to bring younger championship class players in
Your ageing squad will hold you back.
Yes you can build a championship squad in lge1.......I think Ipswich, Bolton, Shef Wed certainly can
Those teams all have 5/6 players who can step upto the championship and would recruit 4/5 more in the pre season following promotion.
No i dont think any of the teams mentioned would bother the top 6 the following year but each have the structure to build year on year.


I am not anti Derby chuffed that you survived because i know how it feels
Great club............... Just dont understand your transfer policy

 

[SVH]

When was the last time you were in the Championship? I’m not sure you know how good the standard is these days.

Looking at your squad:

Caprice - always played non-league or League 2.

Sparkes - never played above League 2.

Stubbs - couldn’t get in Fleetwoods side.

Grounds - seen plenty of him over the years. Shite.

Sweeney - again, never played above League 2.

The rest are only kids but if they aren’t getting a game over those above, then you can safely say they aren’t Championship standard (yet) either.

I’ve seen a lot of Exeter over the last 4 or so years and Caprice will definitely struggle at this level and I’d also say Sweeney would too. He’s always been awful at our place and can also see him getting found out at this level.

 

[91SPP]

Dont understand that logic at all.....And yes you are gambling
You go up and you wont have much movement to bring younger championship class players in
Your ageing squad will hold you back.
Yes you can build a championship squad in lge1.......I think Ipswich, Bolton, Shef Wed certainly can
Those teams all have 5/6 players who can step upto the championship and would recruit 4/5 more in the pre season following promotion.
No i dont think any of the teams mentioned would bother the top 6 the following year but each have the structure to build year on year.


I am not anti Derby chuffed that you survived because i know how it feels
Great club............... Just dont understand your transfer policy

If we go up this season, we will have a much bigger revenue to bring in more players. The contracts the older players are signing are within our league one budget. In the Championship, who knows.

Curtis Davies was by far and away our best player last season, at 36/37, so there could be plenty life in the old boys yet.

We need promotion this season to stand any chance of keeping Bird, Knight, Bielik and Sibley. Our squad was mostly teenage academy players, so experienced free signings within our budget makes a lot of sense. No they don’t have resale value, but we’ve paid nothing for them anyway so that’s no concern in reality.

 

[Moomin]

I’ve seen a lot of Exeter over the last 4 or so years and Caprice will definitely struggle at this level and I’d also say Sweeney would too. He’s always been awful at our place and can also see him getting found out at this level.

I agree that Caprice is limited and he’s someone who isn’t going to excel at this level. He’s got pace and is pretty good defending one to one but not sure that’s enough.

Sweeney is an odd one. He had his best ever season for us last year. A real leader and he knuckled down to get himself as fit as he’s ever been. But I suspect his lack of pace and mobility will be a target for a lot of teams. But he’s earnt his chance at playing higher so we’ve got to give him the opportunity to see if he can step up.

I’m pretty confident we’ll be fine this coming season as we’ve some good players, we’re a very fit squad and Taylor gets the best out of them. Hopefully we can bring in some good signings in the next week to bolster things too.

 

[masi51]

If we go up this season, we will have a much bigger revenue to bring in more players. The contracts the older players are signing are within our league one budget. In the Championship, who knows.

Curtis Davies was by far and away our best player last season, at 36/37, so there could be plenty life in the old boys yet.

We need promotion this season to stand any chance of keeping Bird, Knight, Bielik and Sibley. Our squad was mostly teenage academy players, so experienced free signings within our budget makes a lot of sense. No they don’t have resale value, but we’ve paid nothing for them anyway so that’s no concern in reality.

we will agree to disagree..............good luck this season

 

[DippyDon]

Only 7 years after it SHOULD have happened, Will Grigg finally signs for MK permanently

 

[WhiteRussian]

Only 7 years after it SHOULD have happened, Will Grigg finally signs for MK permanently

I know they say you should never go back, but he has never let us down, Chuffed at this,

Edited to add, Sunderland aren't very complementary of him (or us)

 

[BarrieOwl]

If we go up this season, we will have a much bigger revenue to bring in more players. The contracts the older players are signing are within our league one budget. In the Championship, who knows.

Curtis Davies was by far and away our best player last season, at 36/37, so there could be plenty life in the old boys yet.

We need promotion this season to stand any chance of keeping Bird, Knight, Bielik and Sibley. Our squad was mostly teenage academy players, so experienced free signings within our budget makes a lot of sense. No they don’t have resale value, but we’ve paid nothing for them anyway so that’s no concern in reality.

Hope you get battered every week

 

[91SPP]

The first name we’ve been linked with tied to another club is Ali Koiki of Northampton. He’s well liked by their fans and will cost a fee, which makes me think someone will be moved out soon enough - Knight or Bielik would be my guess - as to comply with our business plan.

Never seen the guy play, but he’s a tall full back. Looks quick, strong and good in the tackle. Prototypical full back, but obviously still developing.

 

[kieran_vale]

The first name we’ve been linked with tied to another club is Ali Koiki of Northampton. He’s well liked by their fans and will cost a fee, which makes me think someone will be moved out soon enough - Knight or Bielik would be my guess - as to comply with our business plan.

Never seen the guy play, but he’s a tall full back. Looks quick, strong and good in the tackle. Prototypical full back, but obviously still developing.

I thought Derby weren’t allowed to pay fees?

Can’t remember anything of him when he played against Vale but as a general rule you wouldn’t go far wrong signing any defensive player from Northampton. As a group they were the best in L2 by a distance.