Out of Contract Championship Players (2 Viewers)

Terry Gibson's perm · Mar 9, 2021

Magwitch1 said:
Will our financial restraints be any worse than others for the coming season, income will still be restricted for all clubs.

I can see the average wage being considerably lower next year and a lot shorter contracts throughout the league

mark82 · Mar 9, 2021

Key one on that list to sign up is Liam Kelly.

Sky Blue Pete · Mar 9, 2021

mark82 said:
Key one on that list to sign up is Liam Kelly.

Do you not think we can do better? I feel really bad suggesting it of course

SBT · Mar 9, 2021

PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
Stockdale please

The backup keeper for the worst team in the league?

Marty · Mar 9, 2021

Conor Hourihane will probably be available again, most likely out of our budget but a midfield containing James, Hamer, O'Hare and Hourihane isn't going to be far from the play offs.

Saddlebrains · Mar 9, 2021

There's loads of decent players on that list.

I laugh when people on here say 'yea journeyman, yea shit don't want them anywhere near'

Yet there's been almost unanimous agreement on here that 1 or 2 proven championship players have been the main thing we lacked this season.

Mind boggling

Legia Sky Blue · Mar 9, 2021

shmmeee said:
Only McFadz was in his 30s, Marosi was 25 when we brought him in, Godden and Kelly 28 I think.

You've misunderstood. I'm saying you can expect more of the same. McFadzean was an exception to the rule, and there is a chance one old hand might be brought in I guess, but generally the club will stick with its policy of buying younger, cheaper players. Given that our whole team should have benefited from this year's Championship experience, by definition the need to bring in Championship experienced players is much lessened anyhow.

procdoc · Mar 9, 2021

Saddlebrains said:
There's loads of decent players on that list.

I laugh when people on here say 'yea journeyman, yea shit don't want them anywhere near'

Yet there's been almost unanimous agreement on here that 1 or 2 proven championship players have been the main thing we lacked this season.

Mind boggling

I agree, a lot of the players on that list would improve the squad.

Magwitch1 · Mar 9, 2021

It’s a big chance to bridge the gap relatively cheaply, I think if we added two or three experienced quality players to our squad plus another striker we can become a decent top ten team and if we do that top six beckons

Sky Blue Pete · Mar 9, 2021

Magwitch1 said:
It’s a big chance to bridge the gap relatively cheaply, I think if we added two or three experienced quality players to our squad plus another striker we can become a decent top ten team and if we do that top six beckons

Sounds easy

fernandopartridge · Mar 9, 2021

Saddlebrains said:
There's loads of decent players on that list.

I laugh when people on here say 'yea journeyman, yea shit don't want them anywhere near'

Yet there's been almost unanimous agreement on here that 1 or 2 proven championship players have been the main thing we lacked this season.

Mind boggling

Our biggest problem this season is lack of goals and that's mostly down to not having the two first choice strikers available at any one time. We have addressed pretty much our defensive problems to an extent bar the odd mistake and penalty concession.

We haven't looked like we're lacking in "proven Championship players" aside from maybe putting the ball in the net.

That said, would look at Nyland from Norwich (though imagine his wage demand would be too high).

SBAndy · Mar 9, 2021

fernandopartridge said:
That said, would look at Nyland from Norwich (though imagine his wage demand would be too high).

He’s 2nd choice there at best, having been released by Villa and being without a club until Jan. I’d genuinely be hopeful we could offer something worth considering.

Gibbo · Mar 9, 2021

We will need a few from the end of contract list, it is after all how we acquired the following (and I stand to be corrected),

Marosi, McFadz, Allen, Dabo, O'Hare, Pask, Rose, Kelly and Wilson*

It was noticable that last summer we got nobody that way, whereas the nucleus of the promotion side came from out of contract players. If we are getting OOC players, better they are from the Championship

The other source would be sell Hamer or O'Hare and buy top performing players in League 1.

* Someone, probably Grendel, will chip in now and say Wilson cost us a chip butty, or Dabo a dutch bagel, so doesn't strictly speaking count as a free, or similar.

edgy · Mar 9, 2021

Thinking of priority positions:

Yuri Riberio (LB) - 24, good experience pedigree and would add potential value.
Matt Penney (LB) - 23, not as much pedigree but had played championship football for a few seasons. Again would add potential value.
Emiliano Marcondes (AM) - 26, bit part player for Brentford, but still getting game time.
Britt Assombalonga (CF) - 28, probably too expensive but is a bit out of favour at Boro. Very experienced and would still be an improvement

Really no idea on what we can afford or what these types of players would demand.

Saddlebrains · Mar 9, 2021

For me Jon Toral and Jamie Paterson would be fantastic signings on a free.

If we could bin off our current attacking mid options of Kastaneer Jobello and Shipley and replace with them two, that would be some business.

Assombolonga would be a gret shout but think wages would be an issue, hence my earlier shout of Jaydon Stockley or James Collins

shmmeee · Mar 9, 2021

Gibbo said:
We will need a few from the end of contract list, it is after all how we acquired the following (and I stand to be corrected),

Marosi, McFadz, Allen, Dabo, O'Hare, Pask, Rose, Kelly and Wilson*

It was noticable that last summer we got nobody that way, whereas the nucleus of the promotion side came from out of contract players. If we are getting OOC players, better they are from the Championship

The other source would be sell Hamer or O'Hare and buy top performing players in League 1.

* Someone, probably Grendel, will chip in now and say Wilson cost us a chip butty, or Dabo a dutch bagel, so doesn't strictly speaking count as a free, or similar.

Allen was an undisclosed fee.

Gibbo · Mar 9, 2021

shmmeee said:
Allen was an undisclosed fee.

Did any of Jobello, Costa or Hilssner cost anything? Or were they free?
Kasta had a fee iirc

stupot07 · Mar 9, 2021

Gibbo said:
Did any of Jobello, Costa or Hilssner cost anything? Or were they free?
Kasta had a fee iirc

Dacosta was free but we paid for Hilssner and Jobello

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Gibbo · Mar 9, 2021

stupot07 said:
Dacosta was free but we paid for Hilssner and Jobello

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Thanks

So as far as I can make out then, there are 29 players with a prospect of being in the squad for a match, the most marginal being Bapaga and Eccles. That includes Kasta, Mason and Drysdale who I appreciate are out on loan.

Of those 29 there are 10, including Jobello, who came as 'Out of contract' with their previous club - 34% (39% if you exclude the three loan outs). On that basis the list of Championship players out of contract should interest us a lot.

There must be a good experienced central defender and smart creative midfielder in that list somewhere.

speedie87 · Mar 9, 2021

Get Walsh and Patterson in!

PUSB-We_are_going_up · Mar 9, 2021

SBT said:
The backup keeper for the worst team in the league?

The keeper which kept a clean sheet in every game he has played for us

PUSB-We_are_going_up · Mar 9, 2021

Terry Gibson's perm said:
Are they dicks when they are in your team though or do they become experienced old pros?

Smith and Penney tried to injure Dabo and Penney did injure Dabo

shmmeee · Mar 9, 2021

Gibbo said:
Thanks

So as far as I can make out then, there are 29 players with a prospect of being in the squad for a match, the most marginal being Bapaga and Eccles. That includes Kasta, Mason and Drysdale who I appreciate are out on loan.

Of those 29 there are 10, including Jobello, who came as 'Out of contract' with their previous club - 34% (39% if you exclude the three loan outs). On that basis the list of Championship players out of contract should interest us a lot.

There must be a good experienced central defender and smart creative midfielder in that list somewhere.

The issue will be wages. Can we afford to bump the wage bill up enough to bring in Championshop experience used to a decent wage? One thing to Nick a couple of frees off third place in L1 (even if they were Ogogo and Brown), quite another to do it in this league.

Terry Gibson's perm · Mar 9, 2021

PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
Smith and Penney tried to injure Dabo and Penney did injure Dabo

Wise would have been as a disgusting character until he signed for us.

Sky Blue Pete · Mar 9, 2021

shmmeee said:
The issue will be wages. Can we afford to bump the wage bill up enough to bring in Championshop experience used to a decent wage? One thing to Nick a couple of frees off third place in L1 (even if they were Ogogo and Brown), quite another to do it in this league.

Would love to know budget and the difference it would make selling 10000 season tickets for next season

SBT · Mar 9, 2021

PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
The keeper which kept a clean sheet in every game he has played for us

Stephen Hughes is still available and would cost less

skyblue025 · Mar 10, 2021

Assombalonga is on a rumoured 40k a week so you count him out.

cc84cov · Mar 10, 2021

I think if we stay up we will sign Liam walsh

Magwitch1 · Mar 10, 2021

He won’t be on his next contract be lucky to get £10k

Gibbo · Mar 10, 2021

a number of these, for all their previous wages, will have poor negotiating positions viz-a-viz a club wanting their services - mainly because of their age. So wages are a problem, but not insurmountable in many cases. The strikers will be expensive, but we should look elsewhere for a couple of those

Gibbo · Mar 10, 2021

Magwitch has sort of made my point

no_loyalty · Mar 10, 2021

cc84cov said:
I think if we stay up we will sign Liam walsh

Walsh is now back from injury, he played the full 90 minutes for Bristol City U23’s yesterday.

Magwitch1 · Mar 10, 2021

no_loyalty said:
Walsh is now back from injury, he played the full 90 minutes for Bristol City U23’s yesterday.

I would be okay with him we know he can play and if a freebie why not,

no_loyalty · Mar 10, 2021

Magwitch1 said:
I would be okay with him we know he can play and if a freebie why not,

I would love us to sign Walsh, but if he is back playing Pearson might offer him a new deal, or has he already turned down their contract offer?

shmmeee · Mar 10, 2021

no_loyalty said:
I would love us to sign Walsh, but if he is back playing Pearson might offer him a new deal, or has he already turned down their contract offer?

I thought one was on the table but he hadn’t signed.

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