Villageman Posted Thursday at 06:47 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 06:47 PM West Ham sacked their manager early January so it is not really a surprise to have loan players return. New manager would want all players available. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted Thursday at 08:19 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 08:19 PM 5 hours ago, weeyin said: Keepers seem to be the exception to the general transfer/loan rules, in as much as you can sign them on emergency loan if you don't have cover. Aye, but then you end up with the likes of Aaron Chapman... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunderwell Posted Thursday at 08:22 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 08:22 PM Since we've spoken about lower league players and keepers. I'd be in the hunt for Dabrowski in the summer. I think he can play at a higher level. Out of contract in June. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted Thursday at 11:39 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 11:39 PM Luke Armstrong incoming? https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/24881049.reports-carlisle-uniteds-luke-armstrong-set-motherwell/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewelllfan Posted Thursday at 11:49 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 11:49 PM Might be reading into it to much but the blurb on balcombe on the website suggests he's coming in and starting straight away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewelllfan Posted Thursday at 11:50 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 11:50 PM 10 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said: Luke Armstrong incoming? https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/24881049.reports-carlisle-uniteds-luke-armstrong-set-motherwell/ Can only hope he does well for us but signing a guy who can't get in the squad of 24th in League 2 feels underwhelming. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clackscat Posted yesterday at 12:09 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 12:09 AM 16 minutes ago, thewelllfan said: Can only hope he does well for us but signing a guy who can't get in the squad of 24th in League 2 feels underwhelming. It does indeed, but I understand there are reasons for that, and Carlisle are a club in complete disarray. Suppose we should remember we got Louis Moult from a club in non league and he was meant to be back up to Wes Fletcher, and look what happened, sometimes a player fits, lets hope so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizoxy Posted yesterday at 12:38 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 12:38 AM We've signed non league players that have come good, and EPL players that have been dugmeat, so no guarantees either way. Hopefully he can offer something, at least until AP is back, and possibly be an option alongside him. Hopefully a midfielder is next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirParkCornerExile Posted 20 hours ago Report Share Posted 20 hours ago 8 hours ago, thewelllfan said: Can only hope he does well for us but signing a guy who can't get in the squad of 24th in League 2 feels underwhelming. He will score fuck all with the game plans employed by SK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted 18 hours ago Report Share Posted 18 hours ago 1 hour ago, FirParkCornerExile said: He will score fuck all with the game plans employed by SK Not fussed how many he scores. If he can hold the ball up, bring others into play and get us up the pitch it will be an improvement to what we have been seeing recently. Obviously the odd goal here and there would help, but I dont think thats why we are signing him. We beed a foil for Stama when he comes back. A Bowman for our Moult so to speak. If he can do that we will have won a watch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan Posted 17 hours ago Report Share Posted 17 hours ago Luke Armstrong joins on loan. Can anyone recall the last time we had a 30-man (not including players out on loan) first team squad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellfan91 Posted 17 hours ago Report Share Posted 17 hours ago 8 minutes ago, wellfan said: Luke Armstrong joins on loan. Can anyone recall the last time we had a 30-man (not including players out on loan) first team squad? Hammell's squad that SK inherited couldn't have been far off it - remember Casey and Butcher wearing number 52 and 66 for instance...we had players like Crankshaw etc who only played 1 or 2 games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirParkCornerExile Posted 16 hours ago Report Share Posted 16 hours ago 18 minutes ago, wellfan said: Luke Armstrong joins on loan. Can anyone recall the last time we had a 30-man (not including players out on loan) first team squad? and we still can still only string 1 good 90 mins in two months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellgirl Posted 16 hours ago Report Share Posted 16 hours ago Welcome Luke. My brother just told me that he almost signed for Wrexham - and that he's a better player than his wiki suggests Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spit_It_Out Posted 16 hours ago Report Share Posted 16 hours ago Good luck to the guy if he can muster some shots(doesn't even need to be on goal)within the first 60 mins then it's a win! However that all depends on playing a system where he has the chance to do so. Best of luck to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted 16 hours ago Report Share Posted 16 hours ago 42 minutes ago, wellfan said: Luke Armstrong joins on loan. Can anyone recall the last time we had a 30-man (not including players out on loan) first team squad? Some going for a club with such a tiny teeny shoestring budget eh? But that said welcome on board to Luke Armstrong, hope he can provide a positive impact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirParkCornerExile Posted 16 hours ago Report Share Posted 16 hours ago 42 minutes ago, MJC said: Some going for a club with such a tiny teeny shoestring budget eh? But that said welcome on board to Luke Armstrong, hope he can provide a positive impact. Kilmarnock, Fleetwood and Burton were all apparently in for him... we are running an enormous first team squad. Mind you I wouldn't imagine we wont be keeping more than 1 or 2 of those permanent deal who are out of contract in the summer. Well I'd hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsince75 Posted 16 hours ago Report Share Posted 16 hours ago 1 hour ago, wellfan said: Luke Armstrong joins on loan. Can anyone recall the last time we had a 30-man (not including players out on loan) first team squad? not that only had 3 -4 midfielders that you could pick from - no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizoxy Posted 15 hours ago Report Share Posted 15 hours ago Out of this huge squad, how many fit players are being left out of the match day squad each week? Thankfully 8 of the squad are loans, and a few coming out of contract, so we should be able to clean things up in the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan Posted 15 hours ago Report Share Posted 15 hours ago This massive squad will quickly eat into the Bair money. It’s not sustainable and can’t happen again next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizoxy Posted 15 hours ago Report Share Posted 15 hours ago 29 minutes ago, wellfan said: This massive squad will quickly eat into the Bair money. It’s not sustainable and can’t happen again next season. If we have to deal with the same number and frequency of injuries next season we have serious problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan Posted 15 hours ago Report Share Posted 15 hours ago 2 minutes ago, fizoxy said: If we have to deal with the same number and frequency of injuries next season we have serious problems. A good start would be to stop signing injury prone players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted 15 hours ago Report Share Posted 15 hours ago 2 hours ago, wellfan said: Luke Armstrong joins on loan. Can anyone recall the last time we had a 30-man (not including players out on loan) first team squad? There are options to trim the squad. The likes of Callachan could be mutualled surely? The loans for Tavares or even Watt could be terminated presumably? Could Ebiye and Koutroumbis be loaned out? If Jordan McGhee signs this month could Davor be loaned out or mutualled? Not all of these options would be feasible of course but there are possibilities. SK did hint at one or two moving out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted 14 hours ago Report Share Posted 14 hours ago 3 hours ago, joewarkfanclub said: Not fussed how many he scores. If he can hold the ball up, bring others into play and get us up the pitch it will be an improvement to what we have been seeing recently. Obviously the odd goal here and there would help, but I dont think thats why we are signing him. We beed a foil for Stama when he comes back. A Bowman for our Moult so to speak. If he can do that we will have won a watch. Thats exactly it for me. We badly need someone up front to compete physically with the Jack Sanders of the world, hold the ball up and bring others like Vale, Stama or Manwhanise (if he's played close enough) into play. Thats what we've missed and a physical target man was a must last summer. I have no idea why one wasn't signed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirParkCornerExile Posted 14 hours ago Report Share Posted 14 hours ago 10 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said: Thats exactly it for me. We badly need someone up front to compete physically with the Jack Sanders of the world, hold the ball up and bring others like Vale, Stama or Manwhanise (if he's played close enough) into play. Thats what we've missed and a physical target man was a must last summer. I have no idea why one wasn't signed. I get that point completely but even if we get that hold up player we have a shocking midfield that will try and feed off it. I would like to see SK try and strengthen the midfield and certainly move on some of the players you mention in another post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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