January Transfers and Rumours

[Guppys left peg]

1 minute ago, Packmoor_vale said:

Dan gore passed a medical??? 
Do loans signing have medicals??
Anyone hearing this

Would have thought a medical for anyone is standard practice whether loan or permanent. Not doing one would be the kind of thing would have done under Smurthwaite. Not sure about him specifically other than the report yesterday in the Telegraph that we were interested in loaning him.

[Guppys left peg]

1 minute ago, darren1810 said:

To be fair Warren they are a division above and the gulf was huge. 

Yeah it was hardly Uche in exclusive company there. We were just ridiculously outmatched front to back.

[Shropshire_Valiant]

58 minutes ago, Walka003 said:

 

 

We've got a long way to go in this window for it to be successful, we currently have three fit options in the middle, 4 if you include Walters who has looked way below par the last few games he's played. On top of that we haven't yet backed up Grant properly, we're still forced to endure Massey at rwb, and still have only one real goalscorer. A lot of these were flagged as priorities by flicks in his interview with baggers. Tick tock.

I'm also guessing we'll see Cass leave the club at some point, given Crosby eluded to it in on of his post match interviews.

 

Totally agree I think a striker and left back/wing back were the 2 positions we needed before we had loanees go back and injuries in midfield.

[Nippy Naylor]

39 minutes ago, Warren said:

The Uche perspective only goes so far. Middlesbrough's centre halves thought he was very handleable. 

To be fair the middlesbro game the vale kept passing it back so no wonder they could handle uche he hardly saw the ball

[Packmoor_vale]

2 minutes ago, Guppys left peg said:

Would have thought a medical for anyone is standard practice whether loan or permanent. Not doing one would be the kind of thing would have done under Smurthwaite. Not sure about him specifically other than the report yesterday in the Telegraph that we were interested in loaning him.

Was not sure mate as when these loans get injured they go back to there clubs anyway obviously can understand giving them a contract 

I’m not sure about this one myself only if it’s not announced today it won’t be true 

 

[TJHValiant]

11 minutes ago, darren1810 said:

To be fair Warren they are a division above and the gulf was huge. 

Plus Boro outplayed Chelsea in the first leg of the semi and have a deserved lead. 

[Trumpingtonvale]

37 minutes ago, Warren said:

The Uche perspective only goes so far. Middlesbrough's centre halves thought he was very handleable. 

I’ve only really seen Dunkley at Shrewsbury get close to ‘handling’ Uche single-handedly.  Most if not all other L1/L2 teams have ended up having to at least double-up on him, just in case he creates opportunities/chances because of his unpredictable ‘style’. Our challenge, as a team, has been maximising those opportunities/chances when they occur.

[JRC]

7 minutes ago, Packmoor_vale said:

Was not sure mate as when these loans get injured they go back to there clubs anyway obviously can understand giving them a contract 

I’m not sure about this one myself only if it’s not announced today it won’t be true 

 

Once someone is playing for a club they come under the club's insurance.  The medical is a requirement of the insurance company. 

[Valiiant]

 

I've given the manager and club a fair bit of stick this season. I feel at least some of that is fully justified. But signings like Arblaster, Devine, Williams and hopefully Gore only shows the progress of the club, even if they're only loanees.

[Shropshire_Valiant]

13 minutes ago, Trumpingtonvale said:

I’ve only really seen Dunkley at Shrewsbury get close to ‘handling’ Uche single-handedly.  Most if not all other L1/L2 teams have ended up having to at least double-up on him, just in case he creates opportunities/chances because of his unpredictable ‘style’. Our challenge, as a team, has been maximising those opportunities/chances when they occur.

Tbf Dunkley is a good centre half at this level, always rated him I'm a little surprised he's not done a bit more with his career i.e. played Championship for longer.  Without him Shrewsbury would be firmly in the poop this season as they don't score many to start with and without him would be worse in defence.

[efsb]

Sky Sports reporting interest in Uche:

[Guppys left peg]

1 minute ago, efsb said:

Sky Sports reporting interest in Uche:

Unless we have someone lined up immediately that would be very foolish to allow him to leave especially when he’s just started to strike up an understanding with Willo.

[Emile]

2 minutes ago, efsb said:

Sky Sports reporting interest in Uche:

Surely we are only letting him go if we have a replacement lined up. We've already lost one striker that needs replacing 

[PVFC764]

3 minutes ago, efsb said:

Sky Sports reporting interest in Uche:

If he goes we will miss his off the ball work he is putting in now match fit.  Hopefully we will keep him for the 2nd half of the season - if not we could be struggling.

[Vtid]

1 hour ago, Warren said:

The Uche perspective only goes so far. Middlesbrough's centre halves thought he was very handleable. 

In the whole of the 13 mins he played? And it was backs to the walls stuff 

Edited January 18 by Vtid