Stickied League 2 Transfer Rumours/Confirmed Transfers 2024/25

[Soup Ladle]

2 signings for us so far. Ryan Schofield (GK) and Callum Cooke (AM) in positions that we needed some cover so that's good.

Derek has said we've got 2 more loans potentially to come in, one has to be a striker or or else we're buggered.

Cooke was never the fittest with us, 6 months out the game and had one good display in 4 in the NL so I wouldn't be pinning much hope on him.

 

[lordofthepies]

Unless Knight-Lebel is going back to Bristol City, and I've seen nothing to suggest the situation has changed since Liam Manning said last week he wasn't being recalled, this would be a very odd move indeed.

JKL's recall period ends on Monday and I don't think they're going to recall him.

 

[TrinidadsNumberOne]

I think Connor O'Riordan is coming back on loan from Blackburn. He was fantastic when he was our player but is year at Blackburn has involved 6 months of not playing and then a disastrous loan at Cambridge. As good as he is, I'm not sure we need him, and I don't know if he'll be first choice, but I think Blackburn are very keen on him returning to us so I doubt we're contributing much to his wages.

The recall point has also passed for Filip Marschall and Max Conway, so both will be with us for the season, which is excellent news as they've both been superb.

Lack of depth cost us dear last season and he's an upgrade on Connolly who we probably won't see again until at least mid-March. I'm all for it and he'll be a threat for us from set pieces too. And if we were to go up you'd have to assume we'd probably sign him on loan again. I'm not a fan of signing ex players usually but this one is a no brainer.

Club are also in talks with an unnamed League One holding midfielder out of contract in May. God knows who that'd be but thats our #1 priority position to strengthen this window as Thomas is likely out until 2026. Losing Joe White and replacing him with powderpuff Josh Austerfield was a big factor in our decline last season so we need a ball winning midfielder to give us the depth and quality we need to sustain a promotion push.

 

[Chief Rocka]

Cooke was never the fittest with us, 6 months out the game and had one good display in 4 in the NL so I wouldn't be pinning much hope on him.

Said it before, if Cooke was as good as he thinks he is he'd be a quality player, he just isn't, reality is he's fat, slow and lazy, he occasionally plays a killer ball or knocks in a freekick but he'll do your head in.

 

[lordofthepies]

Said it before, if Cooke was as good as he thinks he is he'd be a quality player, he just isn't, reality is he's fat, slow and lazy, he occasionally plays a killer ball or knocks in a freekick but he'll do your head in.

Cooke was excellent when we had him on loan from Middlesbrough and I think we were all disappointed that he didn't sign for us when he moved on from Boro. It's still a surprise that his career has only really gone downhill since.

 

[JJ1990]

Lack of depth cost us dear last season and he's an upgrade on Connolly who we probably won't see again until at least mid-March. I'm all for it and he'll be a threat for us from set pieces too. And if we were to go up you'd have to assume we'd probably sign him on loan again. I'm not a fan of signing ex players usually but this one is a no brainer.

Club are also in talks with an unnamed League One holding midfielder out of contract in May. God knows who that'd be but thats our #1 priority position to strengthen this window as Thomas is likely out until 2026. Losing Joe White and replacing him with powderpuff Josh Austerfield was a big factor in our decline last season so we need a ball winning midfielder to give us the depth and quality we need to sustain a promotion push.

You sure about Conor Thomas? All the indications are that his knee injury isn't as serious as first thought. Lunt said today he's having the brace off his knee, which to me doesn't suggest he's out for another 12 months.

 

[lordofthepies]

You sure about Conor Thomas? All the indications are that his knee injury isn't as serious as first thought. Lunt said today he's having the brace off his knee, which to me doesn't suggest he's out for another 12 months.

I think he was probably exaggerating for effect.

 

[Son of Cod]

The other side supposedly interested in are our owners’ other club in Denmark. Hope we get involved, who doesn’t want a random man from the Faroe Islands.

Oh is that Viborg? Didn't realise they owned them as well. Had heard they were also interested. He seems to suggest that there's a Norwegian club in for him too.

 

[Si Robin]

You sure about Conor Thomas? All the indications are that his knee injury isn't as serious as first thought. Lunt said today he's having the brace off his knee, which to me doesn't suggest he's out for another 12 months.

How has Conor been at Crewe? I was gutted when we let him go and it took a long time for us to replace him.

His injury record was getting worse though so it made sense at the time.

 

[lordofthepies]

How has Conor been at Crewe? I was gutted when we let him go and it took a long time for us to replace him.

His injury record was getting worse though so it made sense at the time.

He's a funny one, he was mostly fairly rubbish in his first season (except for a few games where he played as an emergency centre back) and I think most Alex fans would have happily got rid at the end of last season. I think he was quietly excellent last year though, when he's got good attacking players ahead of him, you really see what he can do. He's one of those players where you really notice his absence when he's not there. Unfortunately, he misses a lot of games through injury though, he was just about to return from injury the other week when he picked up another injury in training.

 

[Kauto Star]

Rumours are that Joe Hugill of Man United will be January signing number 9.

Also linked with us too apparently

 

[hellogregory]

Also linked with us too apparently

For a loanee looking for an experience, it’s a no brainer if choice between Bradford or the sunken ship.

 

[Carver]

For a loanee looking for an experience, it’s a no brainer if choice between Bradford or the sunken ship.

Well if you're so sure of us going down then why don't you just hide away somewhere like you did last season?

 

[hellogregory]

Well if you're so sure of us going down then why don't you just hide away somewhere like you did last season?

Because I want to see some positive signs ahead of our National League campaign. I want to see at least some hints of the losing culture starting to be wiped out from the team to show that we can actually make a go of it in the league below next season. Something we saw nothing of in the second half of last season, hence the hangover.

 

[FiRTHYY]

Rumours are that Joe Hugill of Man United will be January signing number 9.

I reckon your agent fees will top £500k this season.

Small price to pay for league status, mind.