Hate the rec Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 2 hours ago, Carlisle1921 said: Haven announcing another signing tomorrow, i wish we would announce one soon, its been ages since our last one and our squad is still far too small It's McGoff marra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrake9 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 2 hours ago, DavidM said: Are there 5 loan players coming ? Yes, Caine and 4 from Huddersfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havenhater Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Caine a years loan? 3 from Huddersfield if we require them? Pretty good that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Town Army Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Would be nice If we could get a couple of our own permanent signings in before any loans (Which we will probably only see once the season has started) I believe the trialists we have been looking at will play next week, along with the lads who only started training this week, so we may be a bit off the pace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrake9 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 1 hour ago, havenhater said: Caine a years loan? 3 from Huddersfield if we require them? Pretty good that I was told it was 4? I wouldn't say it's "pretty good"..... I'd prefer our own squad for us to build on and not rely on loans every year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonTown Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I would say it is pretty good. There is a budget. A budget which is limited. We have crowds that do not allow us to run a reserve team, a squad of 30 etc. I think the board have done a magnificent job in attracting good quality Cumbrian players and adding some quality experience from out of the county. What is the alternative. Put the club at risk by signing players we cannot afford. I think it is pretty smart by the board. If crowds increase then i am sure we will have mid season signings like Les indicated recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrake9 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 24 minutes ago, LondonTown said: I would say it is pretty good. There is a budget. A budget which is limited. We have crowds that do not allow us to run a reserve team, a squad of 30 etc. I think the board have done a magnificent job in attracting good quality Cumbrian players and adding some quality experience from out of the county. What is the alternative. Put the club at risk by signing players we cannot afford. I think it is pretty smart by the board. If crowds increase then i am sure we will have mid season signings like Les indicated recently. How can it be good only having a squad of 16/17 of Town players! Are you for real!!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havenhater Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 We will have 23/24 once next few weeks are sorted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
townie88 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Is there a running list of signed up players? The quality of loans last year was very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
townie88 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Off top of my head. Fieldhouse, Mellor, rooke, hambley, Litherland, Miller, singkleton, K Maudling, Doran, Forber, Wilkes, Dawson, Curwen, Penky, Barnes, G Maudling, Scholey Have I missed anyone? That's 17. Rather light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brookie Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 6 minutes ago, townie88 said: Off top of my head. Fieldhouse, Mellor, rooke, hambley, Litherland, Miller, singkleton, K Maudling, Doran, Forber, Wilkes, Dawson, Curwen, Penky, Barnes, G Maudling, Scholey Have I missed anyone? That's 17. Rather light. Olstrum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkw Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 There's 19 on the 1st page of this topic. 22-23 is ideal, so we aren't far off with a couple more signings and some loans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Town utd Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Need a bigger squad to start the friendlys, never mind the season.short term loans are not the way forward,12 month loans ok. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanMac Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 1 hour ago, LondonTown said: I would say it is pretty good. There is a budget. A budget which is limited. We have crowds that do not allow us to run a reserve team, a squad of 30 etc. I think the board have done a magnificent job in attracting good quality Cumbrian players and adding some quality experience from out of the county. What is the alternative. Put the club at risk by signing players we cannot afford. I think it is pretty smart by the board. If crowds increase then i am sure we will have mid season signings like Les indicated recently. I agree. I don’t think any team in this league will be running with a big squad. Loans and dr will play a part for most clubs. In an ideal world you’d want a reserve team but that ain’t gonna happen as even super league don’t seem to be able to manage that. The fact you have to run with only 10 home fixtures isn’t good for revenue and what’s the point of having players signed on who become quickly fed up at little or no game time. I think the way that the town are bringing youngsters into train is a good way to show them what is required for the step up to the semi pro game and it will hopefully bear fruit in the years to come. I certainly won’t be disappointed if the standard of loanees match those from last year because no one could say that we didn’t benefit from them, they gave their all for the shirt and obviously led to Tylar signing this year. Until such times we are in a position to run a reserve team or develop an academy, which will only come with significant investment, I can’t see things changing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voodooguru Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Has anyone noticed the face transplant on one of the photos of training on facebook? Obviously at least one more to announce... The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but thats the way to bet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Town Army Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 48 minutes ago, townie88 said: Off top of my head. Fieldhouse, Mellor, rooke, hambley, Litherland, Miller, singkleton, K Maudling, Doran, Forber, Wilkes, Dawson, Curwen, Penky, Barnes, G Maudling, Scholey Have I missed anyone? That's 17. Rather light. Tickle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlisle1921 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 8 minutes ago, The Voodooguru said: Has anyone noticed the face transplant on one of the photos of training on facebook? Obviously at least one more to announce... Yeah i noticed the wilkes head stuck over someone elses, that must mean they are recognisable, whether thats because they are local or famous we'll have to wait and see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Town Army Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Probably a couple of trialists will come in for friendlys, then it'll be loans and a permanent signing or 2, Leon did say we could be signing lads into Jan/Feb didn't he? Nothing to much to worry about if we can get them all training Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Some of the things said on here are way off the mark. The board have said that they will not overstretch. That's greta news for a start. Leon has said that there were mistakes made last year early recruitment wise. BARLA lads don't want to sign. We have a squad that is mostly Cumbria on decent length contracts. The quality of loans from Huddersfield has been outstanding. Any loans probably won't be sorted until after the friendly. Haven are announcing McGoff tomorrow. If we were announcing him I'd be nervous 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
townie88 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Town Army said: Tickle Christ. As if I missed him and Olstrum off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cl1998 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) 6 minutes ago, townie88 said: Christ. As if I missed him and Olstrum off. We will be sound lots of work going on Edited January 4, 2019 by Cl1998 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 the quote by charlton on mcgoff is a corker 'he's not the most skilful of players but....' 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onreport Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 12 hours ago, The Voodooguru said: Has anyone noticed the face transplant on one of the photos of training on facebook? Obviously at least one more to announce... Same guy is on last photo stood next to Leon, guy with a beard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onreport Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 (edited) 35 minutes ago, GentlemanJim said: the quote by charlton on mcgoff is a corker 'he's not the most skilful of players but....' He will fit into charlo,s standard game plan, up the middle and see what happens (unless of course he has changed, but doubt it) Edited January 5, 2019 by Onreport 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieTownie Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 15 hours ago, Town Army said: Would be nice If we could get a couple of our own permanent signings in before any loans (Which we will probably only see once the season has started) I believe the trialists we have been looking at will play next week, along with the lads who only started training this week, so we may be a bit off the pace. I hope they don’t. It would be a stupid move after we lost last season. If we lose the Ike game the momentum shifts to Haven and the attendance for the first league game reduces (and revenue) in an instant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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