Stickied Transfer Rumours 2024/25

[Mr Scooty]

Andy Coughlin in a wrestling match
yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah he's not great.

I reckon he could do a job for you at Barrow though. Perfectly capable of functioning as inadequate backup.

 

[Steve_Wafc]

Only a few names I recognise: Coughlin always seemed okay, but must surely be only an option as back up?

If you have aspirations for the play offs, then Coughlin is nowhere near good enough, not even as a back up. He's got hands made of sugar glass, he's poor at judging crosses and he has the most bizarre kicking style where he spins it off the side of his boot into orbit and falls way short of the halfway line sometimes.

 

[chipmunx]

Only a few names I recognise: Coughlin always seemed okay, but must surely be only an option as back up? Norburn is decent, but again, can't see him as first choice, Fenwick did okay for Hartlepool and I think we were linked with him in January.
I think McFarlane is a teenager from Australia, and Hamilton has been at Stockport, Holden at Gateshead, and a couple released by Cheltenham in there too.

McFarlane is central coast mariners youth league player i think

 

[GTFCfish]

Coughlin is nowhere near good enough. He's got hands made of sugar glass, he's poor at judging crosses and he has the most bizarre kicking style where he spins it off the side of his boot into orbit and falls way short of the halfway line sometimes.

But apart from that........

 

[Steve_Wafc]

But apart from that........

..he's the best keeper in the league

 

[Mr Scooty]

I do remember wanting Coughlin to stay to be our number two. Although I think that's possibly because he's a scouser and, for as long as I've watched Wrexham, we've done better with Liverpool accents in our team.

Mills making Sean Newton captain and bringing in Anthony Barry and John Rooney plus Rutherford from up the Wirral pleases me greatly.

 

[Blue Lion]

Barrow AFC: Andy Coughlin, Glenn Belezika, Darren Holden, Abu Sonogo, Julian Barton, Brad Beatson, Zack Kotwica, Oliver Norburn, Liam Molesworth, Scott Fenwick, Omari Sterling-James.

Substitutes (all used): Patrick Udoh, Tommy Raheem, Dan MacFarlane, Henoc Mukendi, Danny Uchechi, Matty Hamilton.

that's todays trialists

There's a couple more players I can try to shed some light on. Glenn Belezika played at right back for Buxton last year. The main thing I remember about him from last season was the brainless red card he picked up in an FA Cup game so he could have a bit of a problem with his discipline. Abou Sanogo is as far as I know still at Northwich. He's a big centre forward, decent in the air from what I can remember. He scored against us in the Cheshire Cup final a couple of years ago. Neither of them are Conference standard players.

 

[Chris FGR]

Barrow AFC: Andy Coughlin, Glenn Belezika, Darren Holden, Abu Sonogo, Julian Barton, Brad Beatson, Zack Kotwica, Oliver Norburn, Liam Molesworth, Scott Fenwick, Omari Sterling-James.

Substitutes (all used): Patrick Udoh, Tommy Raheem, Dan MacFarlane, Henoc Mukendi, Danny Uchechi, Matty Hamilton.

that's todays trialists

So basically your game yesterday was a load of random blokes up against another load of random blokes. Who the fuck would pay to watch that?

 

[Imp in Branston]

So basically your game yesterday was a load of random blokes up against another load of random blokes. Who the fuck would pay to watch that?

More importantly, were there any really tall players? You know at least six foot plus?

Normal players =

Barrow players wish list =

 

[Boz]

I do remember wanting Coughlin to stay to be our number two. Although I think that's possibly because he's a scouser and, for as long as I've watched Wrexham, we've done better with Liverpool accents in our team.

Mills making Sean Newton captain and bringing in Anthony Barry and John Rooney plus Rutherford from up the Wirral pleases me greatly.

Hadn't realised he was one of ours until you mentioned it, born in Moreton.

I don't think Rovers have a single Wirral lad in the squad now, a sad state of affairs.

 

[Monkey Tennis]

So basically your game yesterday was a load of random blokes up against another load of random blokes. Who the fuck would pay to watch that?

Well that's the main gripe with that fixture, but it's not really part of the proper pre-season - it's always seemed more like a game for the local amateurs to play together and a local club to get some bar takings.

 

[Bluandwite]

I do remember wanting Coughlin to stay to be our number two. Although I think that's possibly because he's a scouser and, for as long as I've watched Wrexham, we've done better with Liverpool accents in our team.

Mills making Sean Newton captain and bringing in Anthony Barry and John Rooney plus Rutherford from up the Wirral pleases me greatly.

Four ex Chester players there, so are you still confident?

 

[iesty wfc]

unconfirmed reports that we have Shaun Harrad and ex Cambridge Goalie Chris Dunn on trial with us

the Dunn signing would be a bit weird - we are apparently after a GK coach / back up keeper, yet he is 3 years younger than Shwan Jalal who everyone assumed would be No. 1

 

[Mr Scooty]

Four ex Chester players there, so are you still confident?

Of course, three from when you were in the football league too I think. The best one of those four is Rooney though. Not much chance of him upping his game and scoring a wonder goal against us in the bubble derby when he's sat on our bench. A masterstroke from Mills that signing.

 

[EnglishRed]

Only a few names I recognise: Coughlin always seemed okay, but must surely be only an option as back up? Norburn is decent, but again, can't see him as first choice, Fenwick did okay for Hartlepool and I think we were linked with him in January.
I think McFarlane is a teenager from Australia, and Hamilton has been at Stockport, Holden at Gateshead, and a couple released by Cheltenham in there too.

Coughlin is rubbish

 

[Railway Blue]

Hadn't realised he was one of ours until you mentioned it, born in Moreton.

I don't think Rovers have a single Wirral lad in the squad now, a sad state of affairs.

Nice lad Rutherford. I used to go to Total Fitness, Prenton when I worked at St Cath's and would often see him training there around the time he broke into the Chester team. Would have a chat with him in the steam room. He only left Chester because of Mad Terry.

 

[StanLee]

Glenn Belezika signed for us from Oldham in the summer of 2014.

Good for comedy moments but otherwise a total liability and was shipped off to Northern Ireland before too long.

 

[Bluandwite]

Nice lad Rutherford. I used to go to Total Fitness, Prenton when I worked at St Cath's and would often see him training there around the time he broke into the Chester team. Would have a chat with him in the steam room. He only left Chester because of Mad Terry.

Rutherford was here during Vaughan's reign?

 

[Aber gas]

Talk to me about Moses Emmanuel. Apparently we're interested in him.

 

[Aber gas]

And Akinola too.

 

[Luke Imp]

Akinola has 1 year left on his contract at Braintree and they rejected a 6-figure sum for him in January.

Emmanuel is out of contract. We were apparently interested and whilst it wasn't flatly denied by Cowley, he gave the impression that he wouldn't move from London because he's got a young family.

Similar players, though, from what I've read/seen.

 

[Aber gas]

Akinola has 1 year left on his contract at Braintree and they rejected a 6-figure sum for him in January.

Emmanuel is out of contract. We were apparently interested and whilst it wasn't flatly denied by Cowley, he gave the impression that he wouldn't move from London because he's got a young family.

Similar players, though, from what I've read/seen.

Thanks for that. Nothing concrete yet but I certainly wouldn't mind either of them as a cheapish punt.

 

[FrankTheTank]

Kurtis Guthrie off to Colchester for a fee. Ok player, capable of scoring double figures in L2 as he matures I reckon, though maybe not in his first year. Good in the air, gets fouled a lot and has a really hot girlfriend, which I think contributes to the fact he thinks he's too good for this level and has a bit of a stroppy teenager act.

 

[Alty Pieman]

Kurtis Guthrie off to Colchester for a fee. Ok player, capable of scoring double figures in L2 as he matures I reckon, though maybe not in his first year. Good in the air, gets fouled a lot and has a really hot girlfriend, which I think contributes to the fact he thinks he's too good for this level and has a bit of a stroppy teenager act.

Surely not, how could he possibly leave swampy and the football god Cooper ?

 

[Imp in Branston]

Rumour is we have at least one striker training with us this week, someone supposedly young and did well in this league last season for a play off chasing side. Johnny Margetts is the rumour going about on banter, though I have no idea how reliable this is, or if Margetts is any good, he seems to have had a lot of clubs in a short space of time whilst still scoring goals?

 

[GodsGift]

Rumour is we have at least one striker training with us this week, someone supposedly young and did well in this league last season for a play off chasing side. Johnny Margetts is the rumour going about on banter, though I have no idea how reliable this is, or if Margetts is any good, he seems to have had a lot of clubs in a short space of time whilst still scoring goals?

Margetts would make sense. He's from Doncaster, played for Hull as a kid and had loan spells at Gainsborough.

 

[Imp in Branston]

Yes, but also he has played more recently at several teams in the NW, Tranmere (obv after signing) Stockport, Altrincham, Southport.

 

[dedwardp]

Kurtis Guthrie off to Colchester for a fee. Ok player, capable of scoring double figures in L2 as he matures I reckon, though maybe not in his first year. Good in the air, gets fouled a lot and has a really hot girlfriend, which I think contributes to the fact he thinks he's too good for this level and has a bit of a stroppy teenager act.

I see he's over six foot, would he be more of a target man or out a bit wider? We tend to play a bit of a 4-2-3-1, so forwards often find themselves out wide in the three if they aren't the main focal point up top.

 

[Luke Imp]

Margetts wouldn't be the worst signing in the world. I was disappointed we didn't have a sniff on his release from Hull, and after his good spell at Trinity.

 

[Chris FGR]

I see he's over six foot, would he be more of a target man or out a bit wider? We tend to play a bit of a 4-2-3-1, so forwards often find themselves out wide in the three if they aren't the main focal point up top.

He can play wide, but he's better through the middle especially in a front 2. Bit gangly and awkward, on his day he can be a handful.

Good in the air, so if you get decent crosses in he should score a few. Will also win you a lot of free kicks.