Stickied League 2 Transfer Rumours/Confirmed Transfers 2024/25

[EnglishRed]

Hey no hatred on my part. Having spent half a decade in the NL, faced down regional football and nearly lost our club, supporters trust ownership etc, there is some parallels. I'm happy for and even a bit jealous of the success they've had. We all know what it's like to have a shit club in the lower leagues. I just always found the 'what an underdog story' line hard to swallow as Parky dives into his pit of expensive signings like scrooge mcduck. It's success found with money, but more power to them for it.

Oh yeah it's complete nonsense. The Americans love it though.

It was interesting to hear a lot of US Bournemouth fans last weekend who started following them after a documentary was aired in the US. They seemed to want to follow plucky little teams punching above their odds (ignore Bournemouths billionaire owner). The EFL should heavily market itself over there, because one thing the Football league isn't short of is historically down on their luck teams from crappy towns.

 

[EnglishRed]

Hated you since the early 90s because you were horrid. Still do because you still are x

Back in the 90s we mostly just hated Robbie Savage, Wrexhams most unfavourite son. The preening prick.

 

[dedwardp]

dedwardp I've been told we're trying to buy Noah Chilvers off you, saw he hasn't featured in pre season for you so far and Robbie Cowling has said in the local press he's playing hard ball with clubs who want him.

Also someone on our forum reckons you're gonna take George Moncur off us, but I don't think that one is true.

He was linked with Cambridge last week too. His contract is up and he clearly has no interest in renewing, so he hasn't turned up to any pre-season training either. I guess it just down to whoever is willing to either agree the compensation we'd want or pay whatever a tribunal is likely to set - he has been with us since he was nine, played around 200 first team games and been subject to transfer offers in the past so I'd hope a tribunal would set a decent fee.

Chilvers has his moments but, particularly last season, looked to have lost his way somewhat and became a bit of a scapegoat with the fans - he was regularly jeered and when he was subbed often cheered off etc, so it's probably no surprise if he isn't interested in staying.

Hopefully a fresh start somewhere will see him reach his potential as there's a real player in there if he can get his head up and see the game around him better. He's great at carrying the ball up the pitch and scoring the occasional screamer (got one at Orient the season before last actually) but that's all he seems to be interested in.

 

[Si Robin]

Be a decent signing that I think.

Possibly - we're more likely to end up with Ryan Bowman though I imagine. We've only been linked with him every summer since I can remember...

 

[Indian Dan]

Charlie, bless him, is a bit of a cart horse these days.

 

[saddler78]

https://www.saddlers.co.uk/news/2024/july/23/albert-adomah-signs-for-the-saddlers--/

 

[F!RTHY]

https://www.saddlers.co.uk/news/2024/july/23/albert-adomah-signs-for-the-saddlers--/

Didn’t think he was still playing. He must be about 53.

 

[kieran_vale]

Not a bad thing to add one or two players of that age/experience to a squad especially if the rest are pretty young. Remember Adomah being some player when he was at Barnet. While back mind.

 

[lordofthepies]

Back in the 90s we mostly just hated Robbie Savage, Wrexhams most unfavourite son. The preening prick.

We've found common ground!

 

[Indian Dan]

Wanker John McGinley. Hated by every Swindon fan.

 

[クレイグ]

Wanker John McGinley. Hated by every Swindon fan.

We paid 625k for the fat knacker and he was shite.

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

He was Super at one time.

 

[SF_]

Ha, I see those poor fuckers Salford have ended up with Ben Woodburn.

 

[masi51]

Anyone for popcorn?

At 2.10am Normal people are asleep

 

[クレイグ]

Bit of a strange way to tell people you pulled an all-nighter.

 

[masi51]

Wanker John McGinley. Hated by every Swindon fan.

Say it has it is dont let things fester on your mind for 35 years

 

[クレイグ]

Ol' poppadom hands Sam Hornby joins Walsall.

 

[masi51]

We paid 625k for the fat knacker and he was shite.

we paid 100k for him and Brannigan, best business the club ever did

 

[クレイグ]

we paid 100k for him and Brannigan, best business the club ever did

Didn't get twenty games out of him. Career seemed to be over when he left you.

 

[EnglishRed]

Ha, I see those poor fuckers Salford have ended up with Ben Woodburn.

His slide to part time football continues. What a waste of a talent.

 

[DearneValleyRover]

Must be the first time we’ve never had A.Trialist in pre-season, we are giving Hull a good game at the moment

 

[DearneValleyRover]

Cracking first half 2-0 up and well deserved we look fit and playing a very high press with good pace

 

[saddler78]

Ol' poppadom hands Sam Hornby joins Walsall.

He wont play though been signed as back up.

 

[saddler78]

No idea where its come from but Matt Smith is being mentioned as a possible for us.

 

[SF_]

His slide to part time football continues. What a waste of a talent.

Talent? His main problem is he's got the body of an 8yr old but he's also not very good at anything. He actually doesn't lack effort and professionalism, he's just shit. Not like wasters like Josh Harrop.

Only reason he got a Championship gig is because our twat of a manager did him a massive favour. Stole a living for two years.

 

[Boz]

Think Charlie Kirk was a triallist at our BCD win at Preston yesterday. Any thoughts, Crewe fans, his second coming didn;t seem to work too well with you?

 

[GTFCfish]

At 2.10am Normal people are asleep

Or working night shifts.

 

[JJ1990]

Think Charlie Kirk was a triallist at our BCD win at Preston yesterday. Any thoughts, Crewe fans, his second coming didn;t seem to work too well with you?

He was lauded on his return in January. But because he wasn't the Charlie Kirk of his peak, fans went off him, which I found bizarre given he was clearly nowhere near match fit and coming into a group he didn't know midway through the season and trying to bed in.

He was a bit disappointing, but he still had 3 nearly assists on goals against Notts County, Morecambe and Colchester and could have bagged a couple of goals as well. But they never showed up in the stats column.

Honestly, I'd have kept him over Chris Long any day of the week and I genuinely think with a proper run, he could return to what he was in his peak years. Use him on the left wing and he could easily be a 15 G/A player.

But, he could also be on the slide down into non-league irrelevance if his next move doesn't work.

 

[chief]

Newport fans, what's Will Evans like?

 

[Si Robin]

Possibly - we're more likely to end up with Ryan Bowman though I imagine. We've only been linked with him every summer since I can remember...

It's Ryan Bowman....