Charlie Raglan Signs on Loan from Oxford

[jk77]

Panic signing.

[Smugsy]

Good signing. He won't be fully fit but he's played plenty of games at a higher level so he should be able to help us.

[TJHValiant]

The reality is we are bringing back a player who is another Smurf freebie on loan who has barely played any football all year and could never get a single first team appearance 5 years ago....

 

Chesterfield and Oxford are mediocre clubs, yet the best we can manage are their unwanted players or those in need of fitness.

 

To make things worse we have other players who could do the role already on our books so once the guy leaves like many other loans they leave us again with an inexperienced team with no players..

[robf]

Sounds like a good signing for me too.

 

Just a minor point - think that means we have five loan players now which is the maximum allowed in a matchday squad so unless we "do a Michael Brown" and have more loan players than we can include, I think that is it for loan moves. I guess if a second defender comes it would need to be a transfer or a free agent move.

[dun 4]

Oxford sacked their manager 2 weeks ago.

[PV1973]

The reality is we are bringing back a player who is another Smurf freebie on loan who has barely played any football all year and could never get a single first team appearance 5 years ago....

So since he was released, as a kid, hes not improved in that time? His league appearance record suggests he probably has.

 

Chesterfield and Oxford are mediocre clubs, yet the best we can manage are their unwanted players or those in need of fitness.

This sums up the attitude of more of our fans I think. Some seem to think we're better than we are and you read some of the comments on here and social media about players and performances and some people seem to be expecting premier league quality week in week out. On a matchday a player makes a bad pass or goes backwards to keep it and is slaughtered by the crowd, at times we are terrible as fans. We're near the bottom of league 2. What are people expecting? Oxford fans are p*ssed off that they are loaning their players to us because we are a lower league club thats been on a downward spiral for nearly 2 years.

[Samwelo]

The reality is we are bringing back a player who is another Smurf freebie on loan who has barely played any football all year and could never get a single first team appearance 5 years ago....

 

Chesterfield and Oxford are mediocre clubs, yet the best we can manage are their unwanted players or those in need of fitness.

 

To make things worse we have other players who could do the role already on our books so once the guy leaves like many other loans they leave us again with an inexperienced team with no players..

 

Does any of that matter if he is a decent player? I think not.

[Rampant Zebra]

he is not a like for like replacement for either of the departing defenders though (nmentioning no names) He may have more league appearances than Jules but will take some time to reach match fitness after such a long injury lay off.

[PV1993]

The reality is we are bringing back a player who is another Smurf freebie on loan who has barely played any football all year and could never get a single first team appearance 5 years ago....

 

Chesterfield and Oxford are mediocre clubs, yet the best we can manage are their unwanted players or those in need of fitness.

 

To make things worse we have other players who could do the role already on our books so once the guy leaves like many other loans they leave us again with an inexperienced team with no players..

 

Different player but the question still stands as people (probably you) said the same when he came...

 

Had Jules have stayed with Reading rather than searching for first team football at Shrews, and we'd have signed him from them instead - would you question the signing?

 

Where a player comes from doesn't matter one jot. Sodje came from Darlington and was brilliant. Stobbs came from Wednesday and looked poor when he got game time.

 

Who cares where players come from?! We're 18th in L2, that's the reality of the situation unfortunately.

[Samwelo]

he is not a like for like replacement for either of the departing defenders though (nmentioning no names) He may have more league appearances than Jules but will take some time to reach match fitness after such a long injury lay off.

 

Why is he not like for like with Anderson?

[Rampant Zebra]

Anderson was match fit.... And 4 inches taller

[WalterJ]

Why is he not like for like with Anderson?

 

He is better than Anderson! Anderson was a lumper/stopper who did a reasonable job but will never be higher than our division. Attack the ball yes pass it no chance.

 

 

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[valiant_593]

Good signing. He's looked decent when I've seen him play. good replacement for Anderson.

[Ben]

Panic signing.

 

Its the only ones we can have so don't knock it Aspo is doing his best under duress

[Rampant Zebra]

I hope no-one is knocking Aspo, he is doing a fantastic job in very difficult circumstances I think.