Let's just look at where other clubs have been shopping ...

[pommpey]

shall we ... ?

Millwall -
Jordan Archer (GK) from Liverpool (free)
Steve Morison (CF) from Leeds (undisc)

Wigan -
Don Daniels (CB) from WBA (free)
Michael Jacobs (LM) from Wolves (free)

Blackpool (skint beyond reasoning) -
Colin Doyle (GK) from Birmingham (free)

Swindon -
Kevin Steward (RB) from Liverpool (loan)
Brandon Ormonde (LB) from Arsenal (free)
Lawrence Vigouroux (GK) from Liverpool (loan)
Jordan Williams (DM) from Liverpool (loan)
Jordan Turnbull (CB) from Scumpton (loan)

Blades -
Billy Bladey (CF) from Dirties (undisc)
Connor Sammon (CF) from Derby (loan)

Chesterfield -
Sylvan E-Blake (CF) from PNE (free)
Alex Cairns (GK) from Leeds (free)

Bradford -
Greg Leigh (LB) from Man City (free)
Paul Anderson (RW) from Ipswich (free)
Josh Morris (LM) from Blackburn (free)

Peterborough -
Alex Davey (CB) from Chelsea (loan)
S Coulibaly (RW) from Bari (free)

Fleetwood -
L De la Verde (LW) from Fulham (free)
A Bell (LB) from Birmingham (free)

Barnsley -
Ryan Williams (AM) from Fulham (£140k)
Ben Pearson (CM) from Man U (loan)
Joe Rothwell (CM) from Man U (loan)
Callum Evans (LB) from Man U (free)
Nick Townsend (GK) from Birmingham (loan)
Dan Crowley (AM) from Arenal (loan)

G*llin*ha* -
Max Ehmer (CB) from QPR (free)
Brad Garmston (LB) from WBA (free)

Donny Rovers -
Dany N'Guessan (LW) from AE Larisa (free)
T Stuckmann (GK) from PNE (free)

Walsall -
Neil Etheridge (GK) from Charlton (free)
J Demetriou (RB) from A Famagusta (undisc)

Oldham -
David Dunn (AM) from Blackburn (free)
George Green (AM) from Everton (free)
Jake Cassidy (CF) from Wolves (free)
Gavin Gunning (CB) from Birmingham (free)
David Conel (GK) from Swansea (free)

Scunthorpe -
Scott Laird (LB) from PNE (free)
Isaac Assenso (DM) from Leeds (free)
Jack King (DM) from PNE (free)
Jamie Ness (CM) from Stoke (free)
Tom Hopper (CF) from Leicester (free)
Scott Wiseman (RB) from PNE (free)

Coventry -
Chris Eagles (RW) from Charlton (free)
Buben Lameiras (LM) from Spurs (free)
Sam Ricketts (RB) from Wolves (free)

Port Vale -
Remie Streete (CB) from Newcastle (free)
Jak Alnwick (GK) from Newcastle (free)

Colchester -
Darren Ambrose (LM) from Ipswich (free)
Kieran Bailey (AM) from WHU (free)

Crewe A -
Ben Nugent (CB) from Cardiff (free)

Burton -
Tom Naylor (CB) from Derby (free)
Callum Reilley (CM) from Birmingham (free)


That's just a quick scan of who has come in on frees and loans (and one or two discloseds) from teams above us in the past 15/16 season on transfermarkt.co.uk

I know some of you might say 'fuck siging that cunt' or 'is that *** *** who has spent six years on the treatment table?' but back at you I give you Cuvellier, Wallace, Coutts and Kennedy.

Okay - they are players deemed to be surplus and not good enough. But they have been acquired, trained with and most often played with teams currently above our standard. Is that not logical progression or do we have to troll lower leagues and the like for playing staff all the time? Where is the 'Invetsment' in that?

Clear to see where the ambiton lies, isn't it?

pommpey

 

[Houso]

We do need to be looking above, but throwing out the names of 2-bob wet-behind-the-ears youth players coming from the Premier League proves nothing.

What I see is that we've signed two strikers who would have garnered interest from every team in this division, not to mention some in the division above. Steve Evans would have fucking loved Billy at the NYS. We also signed a lower Premier Division quality right back last season too for over a million, not to mention big wages for players like Coutts.

The problem is not WHO we've signed, it's what we haven't signed. Namely, 2 or 3 central defenders that every fucker has known that we've needed for the past season plus.

And on the note of signing from the league above, we've got perhaps the most exciting (permanent) young player in the division. And last season he was playing at Ilkeston!

We've got as much ambition and spending power as anyone in this league. We've just been fucking idiotic how we've wielded it.

 

[Barney]

I agree to a certain extent but I think the most effective recruitment policy would be to pick the best from the league we are in. That way you're almost securing promotion for yourselves. If we go for any championship players, if they want to join us then the likelihood is that they are either un-proven or out of favour, both questionable status'.

 

[Rodley]

Not sure what the point is, it's either PL youth players or established Champ players, which we've signed this season and the last few. Looks like another is on his way to us as well.

 

[pommpey]

Not sure what the point is, it's either PL youth players or established Champ players, which we've signed this season and the last few. Looks like another is on his way to us as well.

"Okay - they are players deemed to be surplus and not good enough. But they have been acquired, trained with and most often played with teams currently above our standard. Is that not logical progression or do we have to troll lower leagues and the like for playing staff all the time? Where is the 'Invetsment' in that?

Clear to see where the ambiton lies, isn't it?"

Is my point. There's quite a few decent aqcusitions in amongst that lot. Chris Eagles and Ben Nugent just two of them.

pommpey

 

[Rodley]

"Okay - they are players deemed to be surplus and not good enough. But they have been acquired, trained with and most often played with teams currently above our standard. Is that not logical progression or do we have to troll lower leagues and the like for playing staff all the time? Where is the 'Invetsment' in that?

Clear to see where the ambiton lies, isn't it?"

Is my point. There's quite a few decent aqcusitions in amongst that lot. Chris Eagles and Ben Nugent just two of them.

pommpey

I remain to be convinced regarding those two.

I think the vast majority of our signings have come from the Championship have they not? And we've signed an absolute bucket load of players this last 3 seasons.

For me we're two players away from being an auto side, despite one poor result.

 

[Large Mendonca]

Pommpey - i give you "Michael Twiss" and "John Cofie"

 

[pommpey]

I remain to be convinced regarding those two.

I think the vast majority of our signings have come from the Championship have they not? And we've signed an absolute bucket load of players this last 3 seasons.

For me we're two players away from being an auto side, despite one poor result.

Eagles - a flair player who is far better than Baxter ever dreamt he was

Nugent - solid defender

pommpey

 

[pommpey]

Pommpey - i give you "Michael Twiss" and "John Cofie"

And at the moment, I'd take both of them. Wouldn't you?

pommpey

 

[Large Mendonca]

And at the moment, I'd take both of them. Wouldn't you?

pommpey

Nope

Get the gist of your post though, that other League One clubs are hunting in the premiership supermarket, where we tend not to......

 

[robbiez666]

I think we've been shopping in the right places to a large degree, it's just that those we've signed aren't in the positions we really need to fill as a priority.

We have a number of players who don't really fit into any formation well in this league.

There's also the elephant in the room of hardly ever signing foreign players.

Recruitment at this level needs to be a mix of experienced pros who can take us up and young loanees who at pace and spark.

 

[bladesman3]

Nope

Get the gist of your post though, that other League One clubs are hunting in the premiership supermarket, where we tend not to......

John Egan at Gillingham.....Chelsea player....looked good to me...

 

[Bladesman]

To be fair I thought Scunthorpe were going to be the dark horses based on their signings and they lost to Burton at the weekend.

Not sure what to make of the opening day now I have looked at some of the other results in our league.

 

[maidmarion]

We've just signed Dvaid Edgar on loan.....

 

[Rodley]

Eagles - a flair player who is far better than Baxter ever dreamt he was

Nugent - solid defender

pommpey

Nugent who presumably weighed up his numerous options at Champ and L1 level and signed for Crewe?

Eagles is shite and past it.

 

[pommpey]

Nugent who presumably weighed up his numerous options at Champ and L1 level and signed for Crewe?

Eagles is shite and past it.

Take it we make Nugent an offer? I say this because at the moment we have McEverly and Collins as our vanguard at the back.

pommpey

 

[AlienBlade]

Take it we make Nugent an offer? I say this because at the moment we have McEverly and Collins as our vanguard at the back.

pommpey

I cant see anywhere on Coventry site that Eagles has signed for them... so I wonder if any of the rest of your information is any good.... he is still down on skysports as being unassigned...

as for Nugent... he has played 23 league one games for a team who finished 24th in league one... having conceded 75 goals... if that's you ideal of SOLID.... jeez... we're in trouble...

 

[Slim Man]

The vast majority of that list are shite

 

[pommpey]

I cant see anywhere on Coventry site that Eagles has signed for them... so I wonder if any of the rest of your information is any good.... he is still down on skysports as being unassigned...

as for Nugent... he has played 23 league one games for a team who finished 24th in league one... having conceded 75 goals... if that's you ideal of SOLID.... jeez... we're in trouble...

Whereas, sitting at the back of Sheffield United's defence ...

(fill in the rest)

pommpey

 

[pommpey]

The vast majority of that list are shite

Aaaand ... down at Bramall Lane, our galacticos are in training. Today's new concept: Defending.

pommpey

 

[Slim Man]

Aaaand ... down at Bramall Lane, our galacticos are in training. Today's new concept: Defending.

pommpey

Yes, ours are shit
But they are no better

I can name 4 on that list I'd take, and that's being very kind.

 

[pommpey]

Yes, ours are shit
But they are no better

I can name 4 on that list I'd take, and that's being very kind.

I agree - some are bobbar. However, some are fucking astute acquisitions.

Every season we remain in this division thickens the glue that keeps us here.

"Mate, Nigel Adkins is on the phone."

"Who? Where is he now?"

"Sheff United."

"Fuck that."

pommpey

 

[Slim Man]

I agree - some are bobbar. However, some are fucking astute acquisitions.

Every season we remain in this division thickens the glue that keeps us here.

"Mate, Nigel Adkins is on the phone."

"Who? Where is he now?"

"Sheff United."

"Fuck that."

pommpey

Jacobs, Leigh/Laird, Anderson and Pearson would have been good signings for us
None of the others for me mate, sorry

Don't think we've had a bad summer, just Nigel has been blinded by a good pre season - as have most of us in fairness.

 

[Trigger Blade]

John Egan at Gillingham.....Chelsea player....looked good to me...

Eh? He was at Sunderland and we even had him on loan for one game and he didn't look great that night at Walsall

Chris Eagles was without a club for a good part of last season after Bolton let him go, not sure he's a shining example of the kind of shopping we need to do.

 

[BushBlade]

Don't know owt about most of them so no idea if they've signed quality or shit.

It's worth bearing in mind NA has to manage upwards as well as downwards and it may be the simpletons who run the club didn't appreciate our need for defenders until Saturday. Or thought they could save a few quid by signing them late and not having to pay for them during the pre-season.

 

[pommpey]

it may be the simpletons who run the club didn't appreciate our need for defenders until Saturday.

Tchya?

Collins = Six foot of immobile tactical shortcomings. He couldn't defend Gok Wan on a charge of 'not really being gay but just in it for the tits'

McEveley = Every time he's near the ball, people in the crowd start crying

Kennedy = Actually has a part time job in the club shop and is drawing incapacity benefit

McGahey = Actually left Sheffield United by mutal consent in 2012. Nobody asked, so they didn't say owt.

pommpey

 

[BushBlade]

Tchya?

Collins = Six foot of immobile tactical shortcomings. He couldn't defend Gok Wan on a charge of 'not really being gay but just in it for the tits'

McEveley = Every time he's near the ball, people in the crowd start crying

Kennedy = Actually has a part time job in the club shop and is drawing incapacity benefit

McGahey = Actually left Sheffield United by mutal consent in 2012. Nobody asked, so they didn't say owt.

pommpey

tchya? Is that an acronym or just a noise?

 

[pommpey]

tchya? Is that an acronym or just a noise?

"Tchya!"

As in, "Tchya! And monkeys might fly outta my butt!"

Wayne's World 1991

pommpey

 

[FleaPitBlade]

That list just serves to highlight a point I was going to make that nowhere has a centre half been signed that we could and should have gazumped.

So we wait, and low and behold, we've just signed a CB who's pedigree is thrice every other on that list. (I say pedigree because I can't say I've seen him play).

Sometimes a bit of patience is a virtue. Usually a chain of 3 or 4 signings is needed further up the pecking order for decent players to be available to a league one club. A lack of a new CB has resulted in a apanking at the weekend but I'd rather wait and take that one on the chin than spend a season watching mediocrity because we were too desperate to wait for the right men.

 

[metalblade]

From that list I'd have been in for Stuckmann gotta still be better than Howard or long and Jake Cassidy might be a good signing for Oldham Ok he didn't do a lot at Wolves but he scored loads for Tranmere when they were high up in league one. I don't know enough about the young uns from the premiership to comment but for every Twiss or Notman other teams seem to find better like Benik Afobe.