Conor Chaplin - Signing Confirmed (Finally!) (16 Viewers)

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Terry_dactyl

Terry_dactyl

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vow said:
I don't buy that I'm afraid, unless Pompey are thinking of selling Pitman? Which I doubt.
Eisa should be looking to go to a club where he's first choice and don't believe he would be ahead of Pitman even for over £1M.
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My scouts tell me that pitman, while scoring some goals, is a bit slow. Maybe Eisa is seen as an improvement on him.
 
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CCFC_Charlie

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14 days left of the transfer window and we still don't have a striker capable of scoring goals. Absolutely suicidal to let McNulty go without having a replacement lined up. Will cost us.
 
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Magwitch

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CCFC_Charlie said:
14 days left of the transfer window and we still don't have a striker capable of scoring goals. Absolutely suicidal to let McNulty go without having a replacement lined up. Will cost us.
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Harold Wilson said a week is a long time in politics, a fortnight is an age in football. Lots of water to flow under the bridge yet !
 
Greggs

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Magwitch said:
Harold Wilson said a week is a long time in politics, a fortnight is an age in football. Lots of water to flow under the bridge yet !
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thought it was meant to be announced last monday?
 
fernandopartridge

fernandopartridge

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CCFC_Charlie said:
14 days left of the transfer window and we still don't have a striker capable of scoring goals. Absolutely suicidal to let McNulty go without having a replacement lined up. Will cost us.
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Not really, better to have let him go early and got the money in the bank. Far worse would have been to hold on to an unhappy player who wanted away and been forced to sell late in the window. I am sure Robins is working behind the scenes to get a replacement in.
 
Captain Dart

Captain Dart

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Terry_dactyl said:
My scouts tell me that pitman, while scoring some goals, is a bit slow. Maybe Eisa is seen as an improvement on him.
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I thought the idea was that Eisa can play wide to compliment Pitman playing through the middle.
 
Greggs

Greggs

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Magwitch said:
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My informant was correct there was a signing last Monday, just not Chaplin
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mark82

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vow said:
I don't buy that I'm afraid, unless Pompey are thinking of selling Pitman? Which I doubt.
Eisa should be looking to go to a club where he's first choice and don't believe he would be ahead of Pitman even for over £1M.
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Then Pompey obviously have way too much money.
 
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SkyBlueCRJ

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Nick said:
How is it embarrassing at our end? It's Jackett who is running to the papers every 5 minutes to try and do his business in public. It's exactly the same as what McNulty's agent was doing with the press in Reading. The Telegraph have then just repeated it at this end and hammered it every 5 minutes. The same as it was McGoldrick a couple of weeks ago.

As far as I'm aware there's been no mention at all from this side?
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It's a matter of personal opinion Nick so you don't have to agree with me. But Portsmouth have had our pants down for two weeks now and have clearly dictated proceedings. At the end of the day that's football as in most cases clubs in the lower reaches of the EFL have to wait on their primary targets. But my issue is, why didn't Robins have a more realistic target lined up in the first place? Furthermore, why is it that Portsmouth have the sense to hold out on the Chaplin sale until a replacement is brought in, yet we could barely hold out for a week on the McNulty scenario. Yes, agents can accelerate and engineer a move but they can't break a contract. Again that's football but it seems like a never ending conveyer belt of deja vu for us.

Robins has been fantastic in the window so far but this time I think he's made a mistake, which will become clear if we fail to sign Chaplin. But I reiterate, great if we get Chaplin, but either way MR would do well not to make a repeat of this as it's far too risky reckless for my liking, especially because of the situation we currently find ourselves in - without a goalscoring striker.
 
Sky Blue Harry H

Sky Blue Harry H

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Portsmouth local rag now saying less optimistic re: Eisa, so Chaplin may have to stay. It's a bit like trying to buy a house and the chain collapsing when someone pulls out. Probably Plan B, and I'm not unduly concerned.
 
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SkyBlueCRJ

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skyblueelephant76 said:
To be fair to Robins we don't actually know how he is conducting his transfer business as he doesn't mouth off in the press like lots of the others do.
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No we don't, which I like, but I think we can safely say the Chaplin link is obviously a credible rumour given how much it's being talked about. What we do know is that he's taking his time about it. Two weeks left though so as I said I'm not worried. Just don't like the scenario as a whole.
 
Nick

Nick

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JamesCCFC said:
It's a matter of personal opinion Nick so you don't have to agree with me. But Portsmouth have had our pants down for two weeks now and have clearly dictated proceedings. At the end of the day that's football as in most cases clubs in the lower reaches of the EFL have to wait on their primary targets. But my issue is, why didn't Robins have a more realistic target lined up in the first place? Furthermore, why is it that Portsmouth have the sense to hold out on the Chaplin sale until a replacement is brought in, yet we could barely hold out for a week on the McNulty scenario. Yes, agents can accelerate and engineer a move but they can't break a contract. Again that's football but it seems like a never ending conveyer belt of deja vu for us.

Robins has been fantastic in the window so far but this time I think he's made a mistake, which will become clear if we fail to sign Chaplin. But I reiterate, great if we get Chaplin, but either way MR would do well not to make a repeat of this as it's far too risky reckless for my liking, especially because of the situation we currently find ourselves in - without a goalscoring striker.
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Portsmouth would let him go tomorrow if we offered more money wouldn't they?

Like I said, they are the ones giving updates twice a day to the media.

It's not robins in the paper every day
 
no_loyalty

no_loyalty

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Sky Blue Harry H said:
Portsmouth local rag now saying less optimistic re: Eisa, so Chaplin may have to stay. It's a bit like trying to buy a house and the chain collapsing when someone pulls out. Probably Plan B, and I'm not unduly concerned.
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I read somewhere that West Brom and Brentford are also interested in Eisa
 
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