Stickied League 1 Transfer Rumours/Confirmed Transfers 2023/24

[masi51]

I'd imagine there is some sort of pay-off involved with that one.

Not a chance of a pay-off. Maybe the fact he has been offered a 3 year deal though i would be amazed if it was as lucrative as his present deal swung it for him.
He is a Dublin lad and that would also have swayed him away............Good luck to him

 

[Tea Towel]

Lewis Wing will be going back to Boro.

That doesn’t surprise me, Wilder will want to have a look at him and to put it kindly, he’s been fucking garbage.

 

[Si Robin]

Paperwork on a new signing going through for tomorrow apparently, however I have no idea who it might be.

 

[Marked Ox]

Lewis Wing will be going back to Boro.

That doesn’t surprise me, Wilder will want to have a look at him and to put it kindly, he’s been fucking garbage.

Where are all your Centre backs and are you expecting the club to look to sign new ones?

 

[Millerbri]

Lewis Wing will be going back to Boro.

That doesn’t surprise me, Wilder will want to have a look at him and to put it kindly, he’s been fucking garbage.

He was outstanding for us last season and Warne wanted him to come back but we don't pay £10 grand a week.
He obviously thought Wednesday were a better prospect for promotion than us anyway, judging by his comments at the time.

It's hard to understand why he has been so poor, but reading their forum it seemed Boro fans were always divided on him.
Maybe it was a purple patch with us or maybe Moore hasn't quite worked out how to use him.

Warne has said there will be no incomings unless we sell someone, but I wouldn't want him back now anyway because we signed Olllie Rathbone, who is a far better player.

Wilder might get a tune out of him, he has a habit of getting more from less.

 

[MatthewArgyle]

Preston want to sign Ryan Hardie from us.

 

[Tea Towel]

Where are all your Centre backs and are you expecting the club to look to sign new ones?

They are literally all injured which makes it all the more baffling Moore has persisted with 3 at the back. We only started the season with 4, one being Sam Hutchinson who has never been able to stay fit. Dunkley also went off in the first half last night. Lewis Gibson I assume will go back to Everton which will free up a loan space to get one in.

He was outstanding for us last season and Warne wanted him to come back but we don't pay £10 grand a week.
He obviously thought Wednesday were a better prospect for promotion than us anyway, judging by his comments at the time.

It's hard to understand why he has been so poor, but reading their forum it seemed Boro fans were always divided on him.
Maybe it was a purple patch with us or maybe Moore hasn't quite worked out how to use him.

Warne has said there will be no incomings unless we sell someone, but I wouldn't want him back now anyway because we signed Olllie Rathbone, who is a far better player.

Wilder might get a tune out of him, he has a habit of getting more from less.

I think the main reason most of us were so excited by the Wing signing is the reaction from a lot of your fans. I genuinely can’t think of one game this season when I’ve thought “Wing played well”. I have been reading some of the Boro fans comments too, one said how he’d give a 3/10 most weeks with the odd 8/10 thrown in but we only ever seemed to get the 3’s.

 

[Millerbri]

They are literally all injured which makes it all the more baffling Moore has persisted with 3 at the back. We only started the season with 4, one being Sam Hutchinson who has never been able to stay fit. Dunkley also went off in the first half last night. Lewis Gibson I assume will go back to Everton which will free up a loan space to get one in.



I think the main reason most of us were so excited by the Wing signing is the reaction from a lot of your fans. I genuinely can’t think of one game this season when I’ve thought “Wing played well”. I have been reading some of the Boro fans comments too, one said how he’d give a 3/10 most weeks with the odd 8/10 thrown in but we only ever seemed to get the 3’s.

Apparently Wilder isn't recalling him now because Boro have been able to postpone their game at the Blades.

 

[WhiteRussian]

Watters going back to Cardiff, they have recalled him. That's a blow to us but we still have decent strikers so unless we get injury problems we should manage OK.

 

[Dinmiru]

I remember when Sarc left there were rumours going around that Doyle wanted out. Do you think this has been festering since, and this is the upshot? And as a result of two unhappy people leaving that the team is now settled, or is there still unhappiness?

Well it's no secret Doyle & Sarce became close in the short time they played together for us seeing as they was the two marquee signings in L2 both coming with big reputations aswell as multiple promotions out of the league we were in at the time. Saying that Doyler goes way back with Evatt since their Chesterfield days when Evatt was captain & Doyle was in his prime. Pretty sure Evatts wife & Doyler's wife are very close too so hard to see Doyler throwing a paddy. Nobody really knows what happened but Doyler has been very professional from the day he joined & it didn't change after Sarce left. He didn't have a pre season due to having covid which hasn't helped him playing catch up & he's been under firing massively in front of goal to say the least. Probably just comes down to he's done what he came to do which is get us up, if 3 years is on the table back home for a fairytale ending then it all makes sense & he'll probably bag for fun over there. Dion Charles also waiting in the wings to become our main striker meaning Doyle's minutes would be reduced, we're definitely lacking leaders though with them two left/leaving. We had an unreal January last season though in terms of recruitment so it's just about trusting Evatt & the process.

 

[masi51]

Well it's no secret Doyle & Sarce became close in the short time they played together for us seeing as they was the two marquee signings in L2 both coming with big reputations aswell as multiple promotions out of the league we were in at the time. Saying that Doyler goes way back with Evatt since their Chesterfield days when Evatt was captain & Doyle was in his prime. Pretty sure Evatts wife & Doyler's wife are very close too so hard to see Doyler throwing a paddy. Nobody really knows what happened but Doyler has been very professional from the day he joined & it didn't change after Sarce left. He didn't have a pre season due to having covid which hasn't helped him playing catch up & he's been under firing massively in front of goal to say the least. Probably just comes down to he's done what he came to do which is get us up, if 3 years is on the table back home for a fairytale ending then it all makes sense & he'll probably bag for fun over there. Dion Charles also waiting in the wings to become our main striker meaning Doyle's minutes would be reduced, we're definitely lacking leaders though with them two left/leaving. We had an unreal January last season though in terms of recruitment so it's just about trusting Evatt & the process.

About sums my thoughts up !!

 

[masi51]

Dions a Wanderer.............Confirmed 3 1/2 year deal. Undisclosed 6 figure fee

 

[LancashireTrotters]

Doyle isn’t good enough now at this level. Makes sense to get rid, free up his wages and invest in another forward who can perform in L1.

Charles is an excellent signing, another striker will do nicely now.

Elsewhere, we’re bringing in full back Marlon Fossey from Fulham. Another position we need much needed improvement.

 

[Crewelad87]

A few twitter pages linking Mandron to Wigan this month. Hes out of contract in the summer.

He was brilliant last season but really hasnt hit them heights this year. Infact he's played 2nd fiddle to 37 year old Chris Porter most of the time.

 

[Luke Imp]

Morgan Whittaker, finally, joins on loan. Bit of a weird year or so for him, Swansea bought him for £700k a year ago under Steve Cooper but Russell Martin doesn't seem to fancy him despite fans thinking he's worth a go in their side.

 

[DippyDon]

Morgan Whittaker, finally, joins on loan. Bit of a weird year or so for him, Swansea bought him for £700k a year ago under Steve Cooper but Russell Martin doesn't seem to fancy him despite fans thinking he's worth a go in their side.

It sounds like half of your team now is filled with people that Russell Martin doesn’t fancy.

 

[Luke Imp]

It sounds like half of your team now is filled with people that Russell Martin doesn’t fancy.

If he had the McGrandles of this season, then I can understand why he let him leave, although I'm inclined to give him some leeway because it's been a right patch up first half of the season for us. Walsh, as you lot said, spends 50% of his time injured, which is a huge shame because a fully fit Walsh is a Championship defender IMO, he's absolute Rolls-Royce at L1 level.

Poole has been generally solid if unspectacular. I think there's more to come because whoever has been playing in front of him has been generally poor.

 

[DippyDon]

If he had the McGrandles of this season, then I can understand why he let him leave, although I'm inclined to give him some leeway because it's been a right patch up first half of the season for us. Walsh, as you lot said, spends 50% of his time injured, which is a huge shame because a fully fit Walsh is a Championship defender IMO, he's absolute Rolls-Royce at L1 level.

Poole has been generally solid if unspectacular. I think there's more to come because whoever has been playing in front of him has been generally poor.

Fully agree with all of that bar McGrandles from memory, with him he was genuinely excellent but left completely out of the blue when I thought he was going on to be a key player, which just makes me feel like Russ didn’t fancy him long term as well as us needing the money.

 

[Dinmiru]

Surprised if we're not in for Crowley who's confirmed out the door at Cheltenham, we desperately needed to replace Sarce to begin with but Sheehan doing his ACL has made us even more desperate in need of a playmaker. Today we played with a midfield consisting of a striker Delfouneso playing as a box to box midfielder along with Johnston who's a centre back playing alongside him in the middle of the park, need bodies in quick

 

[masi51]

Surprised if we're not in for Crowley who's confirmed out the door at Cheltenham, we desperately needed to replace Sarce to begin with but Sheehan doing his ACL has made us even more desperate in need of a playmaker. Today we played with a midfield consisting of a striker Delfouneso playing as a box to box midfielder along with Johnston who's a centre back playing alongside him in the middle of the park, need bodies in quick

Got bodies in......Darcy,Charles,Amaechi and maybe Jones and Tutte will give us more options.
I expect Evatt will have brought a minimum 2/3 players when we next play against Hartlepool in the pie and peas trophy

 

[Si Robin]

Surprised if we're not in for Crowley who's confirmed out the door at Cheltenham, we desperately needed to replace Sarce to begin with but Sheehan doing his ACL has made us even more desperate in need of a playmaker. Today we played with a midfield consisting of a striker Delfouneso playing as a box to box midfielder along with Johnston who's a centre back playing alongside him in the middle of the park, need bodies in quick

As good as he is on the ball, and he is bloody class with it at his feet, there is no end product there. He holds onto it for too long and never shoots when in good positions.

I think our fans' responses to him not signing a new deal tell you all you need to know about him. We're much happier with Callum Wright being back.

 

[gary]

Looks like we may be trying to repeat last seasons January transfer window
Looks like Charles is wrapped up and in for Hartigan Wimbledon,Sadlier Rotherham and a attacking midfielder unnamed on loan as well as extending Amaechi loan from Hamburg who is now fully fit

I can't really see Hartigan leaving us in January to be honest.

 

[SF_]

Preston want to sign Ryan Hardie from us.

I'm hoping that's just a lazy link with no substance.

I only saw it on some crappy rumour site.

 

[Luke Imp]

Fully agree with all of that bar McGrandles from memory, with him he was genuinely excellent but left completely out of the blue when I thought he was going on to be a key player, which just makes me feel like Russ didn’t fancy him long term as well as us needing the money.

He's today been linked with Championship Clubs, Hibs and Aberdeen but the article comes across as a bit of agent talk given that he's out of contract in the summer.

 

[K-Win]

Looks like we're in the same old situation where we can't bring anyone in until one or more of our high wage earners depart (e.g. John Marquis, Ellis Harrison, Paul Downing, Michael Jacobs). All four have been told that they won't be offered a new contract in the summer.

Shrewsbury's interest in Harrison ended when they signed Bristol City's Janneh on loan on Saturday. Donny are supposedly interested in bringing Marquis back to try to stave off relegation. Personally, I'd like to keep Jacobs but the Cowleys don't share that opinion. It's unlikely that anyone will come close to offering Downing similar wages than he's on, so will probably be just released in the summer or paid off somehow.

We're still interested in Cheltenham's Will Boyle and an as-yet unnamed striker.

Loan-wise, we've cleared one spot by returning Gassan Ahadme to Norwich. Had an amazing pre-season for us, scoring goals for fun. Turned out he was a rabbit in the headlights as soon as the real footy started. The other loanees should hopefully be retained - Mahlon Romeo and Gavin Bazunu (both excellent), George Hirst (eventually came good) and Miguel Azeez (starting to get more involved).

 

[DearneValleyRover]

Looks like we're in the same old situation where we can't bring anyone in until one or more of our high wage earners depart (e.g. John Marquis, Ellis Harrison, Paul Downing, Michael Jacobs). All four have been told that they won't be offered a new contract in the summer.

Shrewsbury's interest in Harrison ended when they signed Bristol City's Janneh on loan on Saturday. Donny are supposedly interested in bringing Marquis back to try to stave off relegation. Personally, I'd like to keep Jacobs but the Cowleys don't share that opinion. It's unlikely that anyone will come close to offering Downing similar wages than he's on, so will probably be just released in the summer or paid off somehow.

We're still interested in Cheltenham's Will Boyle and an as-yet unnamed striker.

Loan-wise, we've cleared one spot by returning Gassan Ahadme to Norwich. Had an amazing pre-season for us, scoring goals for fun. Turned out he was a rabbit in the headlights as soon as the real footy started. The other loanees should hopefully be retained - Mahlon Romeo and Gavin Bazunu (both excellent), George Hirst (eventually came good) and Miguel Azeez (starting to get more involved).

Both Downing and Marquis’ wages are beyond what we can offer so unless you are prepared to supplement some of them they won’t be coming to us.

 

[K-Win]

Both Downing and Marquis’ wages are beyond what we can offer so unless you are prepared to supplement some of them they won’t be coming to us.

Well, I don't think I'm in a position to contribute personally, but there are chances that the club might be. I'm pretty sure that there have been several conversations of that ilk.

I can understand wanting Marquis, but Downing? Regularly injured and has the turning circle of the Titanic these days. Desperate times I guess.

 

[GEORGE]

Looks like we're in the same old situation where we can't bring anyone in until one or more of our high wage earners depart (e.g. John Marquis, Ellis Harrison, Paul Downing, Michael Jacobs). All four have been told that they won't be offered a new contract in the summer.

Shrewsbury's interest in Harrison ended when they signed Bristol City's Janneh on loan on Saturday. Donny are supposedly interested in bringing Marquis back to try to stave off relegation. Personally, I'd like to keep Jacobs but the Cowleys don't share that opinion. It's unlikely that anyone will come close to offering Downing similar wages than he's on, so will probably be just released in the summer or paid off somehow.

We're still interested in Cheltenham's Will Boyle and an as-yet unnamed striker.

Loan-wise, we've cleared one spot by returning Gassan Ahadme to Norwich. Had an amazing pre-season for us, scoring goals for fun. Turned out he was a rabbit in the headlights as soon as the real footy started. The other loanees should hopefully be retained - Mahlon Romeo and Gavin Bazunu (both excellent), George Hirst (eventually came good) and Miguel Azeez (starting to get more involved).

I wonder if Ellis will return to Rovers ?

 

[DearneValleyRover]

Well, I don't think I'm in a position to contribute personally, but there are chances that the club might be. I'm pretty sure that there have been several conversations of that ilk.

I can understand wanting Marquis, but Downing? Regularly injured and has the turning circle of the Titanic these days. Desperate times I guess.

It’s leadership at the back that we are lacking someone to organise the defence, we have pacey players just no one to tell them where to be

 

[K-Win]

It’s leadership at the back that we are lacking someone to organise the defence, we have pacey players just no one to tell them where to be

Downing might fit the bill then, if there are quick defenders around him.