Comings & Goings

[OnlyOneTugay]

I'd say that knocks the Ripley move on the head.
Anyway this lad's 28 and is likely to have reached as high a level as he is going to get to. Unfair to judge before I've seen him properly but some of the posts read like he might be a ditherer. Good on shots etc but the longer the time that he has to think the likelier he will be to make a cock up. The lower leagues are full of those types.
Oh well we are what we are (or maybe even what we were) and the likes of Tim Flowers and Brad Freidal can be consigned to the dim and distant memory banks for the time being.

Yep we are what we are , or maybe back to what we were , but when we were what we were , we did sign a certain Sir Roger Jones

 

[Wilpshire Blue]

Looks like Sunderland fans are starting to realise that Steele might not be Sir Roger Jones

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport...ut-to-forget-in-heavy-celtic-defeat-1-8677599

 

[Marlow Rover]

Loan Incoming - Harry Chapman from Middlesbrough.

I know absolutely nothing about him except that he's 19, from Hartlepool and is a winger.

Two league one promotions in a row by the looks of things.

Chapman signed his first professional contract with Championship club Middlesbrough in January 2015.[3] Chapman played for Boro during the 2015–16 UEFA Youth League, contributing eight assists and three goals in six games – more assists than any other player in the competition.[4] On 26 February 2016, he joined League One side Barnsley until the end of the 2015–16 season; "Tykes" manager Paul Heckingbottom said that the club were lucky to sign Chapman.[5][6] He made his debut in the Football League the following day, coming on for Lloyd Isgrove 73 minutes into a 2–1 win over Crewe Alexandra at Gresty Road.[7] He scored his first senior goal on 5 March, in a 3–1 victory over Walsall at the Bescot Stadium.[8] On 3 April, Chapman was a late substitute as Barnsley won the 2016 Football League Trophy Final.[9] Chapman was in the squad that won the 2016 Football League play-offs at Wembley Stadium on 29 May.

He scored his first goal for Sheffield United in a 1–0 win over Bristol Rovers on 27 September 2016.[10] Harry then went on to score the first hat-trick of his professional career in a 6-0 FA Cup win against Leyton Orient. However, in November 2016 he picked up an injury that would lead him to the end of his loan spell with the Blades in January 2017. It was agreed on 31 January 2017 that his loan spell would be renewed and he would rejoin the Blades upon his rehabilitation.

 

[Alan]

I believe he is a winger and he comes with a good reputation.

 

[Marlow Rover]

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.u...arry_Chapman_as_ninth_summer_signing/?ref=rss

Looks like Mowbray isn't happy with the squad yet. The pressure will be on even more if the Sheffield clubs get their way and steal our defensive pairing.

Questions for all......

- Are you happy with the business Mowbray has done this summer?
- Signing you are most excited about
- Signing you are least excited (pessimistic) about
- If we had one more signing (position wise) which one would you look to fill and why.

 

[Marlow Rover]

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2017/august/rovers-sign-world-cup-winner/

 

[chor808]

Never heard of Chapman but looks good on youtube.com. Is that how you judge a player just watching youtube?

Anyway seems like we are getting targetted signing this season which is the direct opposite of the coil mates rates last year.

- Are you happy with the business Mowbray has done this summer? Yes however time will tell, I had never heard of many of the signings however trust TM more than another manager we have had in the last umteen years.
- Signing you are most excited about - Dak
- Signing you are least excited (pessimistic) about - none really.
- If we had one more signing (position wise) which one would you look to fill and why. - I will leave that to the manager he gets paid for that I don't

 

[Vinjay]

Mentioned a few days ago all clubs are different when it comes to sending out players on loan but Mowbray's experience and contacts may be an advantage. OK they aren't a Premier League club anymore but Mowbray's contacts there most likely helped.

 

[Drog]

Mentioned a few days ago all clubs are different when it comes to sending out players on loan but Mowbray's experience and contacts may be an advantage. OK they aren't a Premier League club anymore but Mowbray's contacts there most likely helped.

Indeed but if Chapman is as promising as that article reads how come Boro are letting him leave?

 

[Victor_Kruger]

I can't say what I think of his signings as I've never heard of them!

 

[Marlow Rover]

Indeed but if Chapman is as promising as that article reads how come Boro are letting him leave?

Sometimes managers can make mistakes OR simply not fancy a player. We've signed loads of players on the cheap and they've turned out to be a steal - Tugay, Friedel, RSC, Samba, Nelsen more recently Cairney and Gestede - I'm sure I've missed loads there.

He knows and has played in League One and it sounds like he was very unlucky last season at Sheff United when injury ruled him out for the second half of the season.

I think this is a shrewd signing.

 

[dingles staying down]

Indeed but if Chapman is as promising as that article reads how come Boro are letting him leave?

or why they leading the chase for Connor Mahonney for so long? Hopefully the new lad will prove that theory wrong

 

[Wilpshire Blue]

Another bid officially made for Lenihan. Can't see it being long before this one happens

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...ew-bid-for-blackburn-defender-darragh-lenihan

 

[Drog]

I'll keep my powder dry on the guessing games cos it all depends what mood the venkys are in.

 

[Wilpshire Blue]

I think our start to the season will be a factor.

If last week was a one-off and we win the next three in a row, then all well and good.
if, however, we continue to struggle what would you, as a Mulgrew or Lenihan think?

Chance to play in the league above or carry on here with what might look like a struggle ahead of you.

 

[Wilpshire Blue]

New midfielder in next couple of days?

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.u...lder_to_his_squad_before_the_weekend/?ref=mac

 

[Drog]

I rather hoped Tomlinson might step up to the plate this season.

 

[Wilpshire Blue]

Me too - perhaps there's someone else on the move out that we aren't yet aware of and Tomlinson will still be part of the plans.

I hope the new midfielder is a bone-crunching, enforcer-type as we desperately need one and have for some time.

 

[Drog]

I agree but such is modern football that those lads miss a lot of matches these days.

 

[Alan]

Another midfielder? I would have thought that another striker and a centre half would have been the priority.