January Transfers and Rumours

[Fosse69]

5 minutes ago, MBE said:

That’s a very romantic notion predicated on a new owner having the funds required to be successful to get into Champ. 

Football doesn’t work like that.

Will  stand a better chance if coming into improved infrastructure and development. But once in the Championship more income to fund the higher wages

[JoeB2]

20 minutes ago, MBE said:

That’s a very romantic notion predicated on a new owner having the funds required to be successful to get into Champ. 

Football doesn’t work like that.

Football doesn't work like that in that a new owner won't have the funds, or football doesn't work like that in that having more funds won't get us into the Championship?

[MBE]

7 minutes ago, JoeB2 said:

Football doesn't work like that in that a new owner won't have the funds, or football doesn't work like that in that having more funds won't get us into the Championship?

The romance of Carol selling, making a nice return on profit for herself and family then attending as a fan watching the club move on to better things. 
 

[JoeB2]

7 minutes ago, MBE said:

The romance of Carol selling, making a nice return on profit for herself and family then attending as a fan watching the club move on to better things. 
 

I don't think she'll ever make a profit on us - she'd have to sell for £10m+.

[mr.hobblesworth]

Chris Conn-Clark got another couple for Alty today. That's 10 this season from midfield. Only 22 too.

[mr.hobblesworth]

 

 

 

[jeffers]

We could do with signing Lady Luck in January, if she had been about yesterday we could easily have scored 5 / 6

[fuzzyvalefan]

I thought yesterday if we had a natural poacher in that team it could have been 6 or 7. Lee Hughes instantly sprang to mind, or Leon Constantine

[JoeB2]

A thread by a lower league Twitter lad on some potential targets. Tolaj is a lovely shout: 

 

[werstayinup]

On 16/12/2023 at 11:10, JoeB2 said:

I think, considering both the cost of forwards and the recruitment team's record on signing them, there's a solid argument to focus on Garrity as our forward this year and put some proper money into an athletic, durable LWB. Taking a risk on overpaying for another Loft is one I'm not comfortable with. We're not going up this season and I don't think we'll go down, so I'm not sure of the worth of committing 150k a year to a forward bought in panic when history suggests he has a good chance of being naff.

We're stuck with Loft for another season (unless anyone is daft enough to take on his wages), but otherwise it's a clean sweep of forwards in the summer.

Spend the next 6 months hammering the non-league, Irish, and U23 leagues to find Dion Charles/ Colby Bishop/Clarke-Harris before the big clubs. Don't spend the next year whining about how we can't compete with teams with 3x the fanbase, and wonder why they beat us to striker targets. Get ahead of the game instead of signing journeymen lower league strikers with questionable scoring and fitness records.

Spending all summer chasing clearly over-ambitious targets, inevitably missing out on them, whining about it, starting the season with no strikers, then panic signing a finished James Wilson and Ryan Loft is up there with Flitcroft's very worst offences. He's done some decent stuff (especially in 21/22) but he had an absolute horror show there.

Totally agree,there are certainly players playing in the national league and irish premier that clubs will be scouting,I would hope that we scout these markets and not just the under 23's of clubs

[Conrad]

On 16/12/2023 at 09:55, MBE said:

I don’t see why we would extend Wilson.

Well he is a bit short.

[JRC]

10 hours ago, JoeB2 said:

A thread by a lower league Twitter lad on some potential targets. Tolaj is a lovely shout: 

 

Longelo and Tommy Leigh at Accrington are both good League 1 players.  Tommy Leigh is in the last 6 months of his contract and was available in the summer for 200k. Can play as a striker or as a 10. 

[LancyTony]

On 16/12/2023 at 12:30, JoeB2 said:

I don't think she'll ever make a profit on us - she'd have to sell for £10m+.

So you're assuming L1 is our level, now? Because if we got back to the Championship, the value  of the  Vale would increase, especially if we did a Rudgie and stayed there for a while!

[Warren]

8 hours ago, LancyTony said:

So you're assuming L1 is our level, now? Because if we got back to the Championship, the value  of the  Vale would increase, especially if we did a Rudgie and stayed there for a while!

Only Ripley, Blaster and Devine are good enough to play at Championship level by say next season. Two on loan to us. So only Ripley. 

We can't get there from here. Radical improvement in attendances and off field income needed to get to and remain in the Championship. 

[valeparklife]

Luke Armstrong to Carlisle.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67730546

I believe this was who we were after for £150k in the summer, but Harrogate wanted £500k!