Stickied League 1 Transfer Rumours/Confirmed Transfers 2023/24

[leedsvaliant]

Nothing at all wrong in that, by the way i am not giving it Billy big bollocks, just the way i see it
For what its worth Bolton at this moment are far weaker than last season when we finished 5th.....Not been impressed with our signing thus far bar our keeper.
Cogley, Forrester i hope will be eased in and Nlundulu is not a starter.
We have already lost George Johnston for the season

You'll make enough decent signings between now and the transfer deadline to be top 6. You're kind of in the position that we want to be in a few years, where we could virtually afford to have the pick of the better players at this level. Unfortunately at the moment we're having to allocate our budget accordingly, which this year has identified that goalkeeper and defence were our weakest areas. Unfortunately, it seems like we can't now make that budget stretch to a half decent striker.

 

[masi51]

You'll make enough decent signings between now and the transfer deadline to be top 6. You're kind of in the position that we want to be in a few years, where we could virtually afford to have the pick of the better players at this level. Unfortunately at the moment we're having to allocate our budget accordingly, which this year has identified that goalkeeper and defence were our weakest areas. Unfortunately, it seems like we can't now make that budget stretch to a half decent striker.

Evatt says he wants another 5 in and they will all be fees, says we have moved on as a club
Raised 2m diluted shares, 4.5m Bond scheme to be spent on the stadium, training ground and Player investment.
7 figure fee for the Stadium name. Other sponsorship including back and front of strips have again brought substantial sums into the club
Hotel, Darts/Snooker tournaments and two Pink concerts have added more to the coffers over the summer.
The club at long last is being run on a sound footing.

 

[HutchECFC]

Let’s hope we have cover behind him then as it sounds as if he is better going forward than backwards.

And even that, he’s not great at

 

[denzel ecfc]

Let’s hope we have cover behind him then as it sounds as if he is better going forward than backwards.

Just don't expect him to put in a cross at the end of all the jinking

 

[denzel ecfc]

I know you have lost a decentish keeper in Blackman, your three best players in Key, Collins and Brown
Please tell me who you have replaced those 4 with

We have Rankine, Harper and Trevitt, and hopefully Tom Carroll. We've just signed Sinisalo who looks as good as Blackman. We have kept hold of Nombe and Mitchell. And there should be a few more to come.

 

[Bartonyellow]

Just don't expect him to put in a cross at the end of all the jinking

Perhaps he won’t be a first team regular- we have signed many players and some we thought were leaving are not. So he might be an impact player after an hour running at a tired defence. Who knows.
We have enough cover to not rely on him if he turns out to be average at best.

 

[Floreat Salopia]

I'd be more worried about your management then your squad

Oh I am a sceptical about the whole new ‘advanced football board’ and Matty Taylor as would anyone be. Taylor’s record at Walsall was piss poor but I take it wasn’t all Taylor’s fault according to Walsall fans, they blame Jamie Fullarton more than anything. Mickey Moore comes across as a bit egotistical but he has got Cheltenham overachieving year on year with their budget so luck would have it you’d think he’d do a good job with an even bigger budget at his disposal.

99% of Salop fans were disappointed that Steve Cotterill left but it’s done now and we have to move on. The main core of players he’s signed that are still here from the past few seasons should easily see us save. It would take Taylor quite something to get relegated with this squad, my elderly Grandmother could manage us to atleast 20th place baring we don’t lose anybody else of our starting 11.

 

[masi51]

We have Rankine, Harper and Trevitt, and hopefully Tom Carroll. We've just signed Sinisalo who looks as good as Blackman. We have kept hold of Nombe and Mitchell. And there should be a few more to come.

The three mentioned are big risks, young lads with potential nothing more...You look like you have a decent keeper Nombe is quality, but i think you are not as strong as last season

 

[SVH]

we weren't told anything that we weren't already saying ourselves.

one cambridge fan basically made up that vale fans were on about a playoff push and everyone jumped on it. pretty sure every vale fan said mid table was the aim and top half would be a fantastic achievement. Maybe that changed in december when we were flirting with the playoffs before the implosion.

it'll be exactly the same for us this season. I'd snap your hand off for 12th right now but think it'll be a failure if we are in a relegation battle given the signings so far. If we don't sign another half decent striker or two...that could change.

Nonsense. You thought the league wasn't much a different to league two in terms of quality and Wilson was going to scare the life out of the league one defences.

It's a marathon and not a sprint so overall you you should be content with where you finished up but the second season syndrome will certainly test yourselves and Exeter.

 

[leedsvaliant]

Nonsense. You thought the league wasn't much a different to league two in terms of quality and Wilson was going to scare the life out of the league one defences.

It's a marathon and not a sprint so overall you you should be content with where you finished up but the second season syndrome will certainly test yourselves and Exeter.

I actually don't think there is that much difference in terms of general play. The difference is generally that the wealthier sides can afford one or two game changers.

The way it was described to us before we came up was that it was like the Premier league mark 2 and that we might as well not bother turning up for 50% of the matches.

There's no hiding that we had a very poor second half to the season. There are various mitigating circumstances to this but in the first half of the season we were 2 points off the playoffs, with virtually our league 2 team.

I think we were all pretty consistent that we would finish in the bottom half, perhaps a bit lower than we anticipated but we never suggested a top 10 finish.

 

[Valeite]

Our team for this season is looking stronger than last season apart from the strikers. I actually, unlike most Vale fans have never thought James Wilson was all that good, he is never fit enough but I do rate Ellis Harrison, he needs someone to shoulder some of the burden.

 

[Pompeyblueboy]

Sorry too interupt the Vale forum but has anybody heard of this fella?

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/portsmouth-boss-lauds-arrival-of-prolific-norwich-city-teen-marksman-chased-by-premier-league-brentford-and-reading-4224425

 

[valefan16]

Our team for this season is looking stronger than last season apart from the strikers. I actually, unlike most Vale fans have never thought James Wilson was all that good, he is never fit enough but I do rate Ellis Harrison, he needs someone to shoulder some of the burden.

Last year was pretty much league two players in league one except Ellis and Ojo really, we needed to add more league one players which we’ve done with the likes of Grant, Ripley and Sang for instance.

Strikers are key though, I don’t expect us to concede 70 plus goals like last season due to the big improvements we’ve made in that area but it’s key now to find the goals to ensure it’s not curing one problem by creating another (I.e little goal threat).

 

[The Terminator]

Centre Back Taylor Moore apparently on our target list.

 

[K-Win]

I cannot believe some of the Port Vale fans are still, STILL banging on that we were telling them this was some sort of amazing superleague last summer. For the last time - NOBODY SAID THIS!!!! IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEADS AND FOR SOME REASON, YOU CANNOT SHIFT IT!!!!

We're all well aware that this is League One and we are all here because that is where we currently belong. All we said was that there was a big jump from the top of League Two to the top of League One. This is true, particularly last season with the likes of Ipswich, Sheffield Wednesday and Derby with their outsized budgets. And so it proved. Yes, you may have been doing OK come Christmas, but then you faded. First team players either got injured or ran out of steam and couldn't be adequately replaced, because your budget couldn't sustain it as well as those other clubs at the top.

No (or few) people said you would struggle to stay up. There isn't much of a gap between the top of League Two and the bottom half of League One. For what it's worth you may well push on this season as the division doesn't look as strong as the last two seasons.

Anyway. Rant over (but please stop the "everyone said that this league was full of mini Barcelonas" nonsense. It's getting tiresome)

 

[Floreat Salopia]

Centre Back Taylor Moore apparently on our target list.

He seems to have be in East London a fair bit this last week going off his Instagram stories. I’m hoping he comes back to us but I can’t see it happening. He would be a really good signing for the O’s.

 

[SVH]

I actually don't think there is that much difference in terms of general play. The difference is generally that the wealthier sides can afford one or two game changers.

The way it was described to us before we came up was that it was like the Premier league mark 2 and that we might as well not bother turning up for 50% of the matches.

There's no hiding that we had a very poor second half to the season. There are various mitigating circumstances to this but in the first half of the season we were 2 points off the playoffs, with virtually our league 2 team.

I think we were all pretty consistent that we would finish in the bottom half, perhaps a bit lower than we anticipated but we never suggested a top 10 finish.

Momentum does that for you from a promotion season but second season syndrome will be the concern for you this year. We lost Paul Mullin and still kicked on but struggled the following season.

You seem to be suggesting the mid table clubs in this division are no different in terms of quality/general play from league two? So to put that into context you are saying Port Vale are as shit as say Barrow.

 

[SVH]

Someone on our message board linking us with Sean Raggett.

 

[nelsonpfc]

Someone on our message board linking us with Sean Raggett.

He's been linked with Gillingham aswell. Year left on this contract. We really want Dishon Bernard, but don't have anymore space for a CB. Not the most comfortable on the ball, but balance that with his whole hearted performances and heading

 

[valefan16]

Momentum does that for you from a promotion season but second season syndrome will be the concern for you this year. We lost Paul Mullin and still kicked on but struggled the following season.

You seem to be suggesting the mid table clubs in this division are no different in terms of quality/general play from league two? So to put that into context you are saying Port Vale are as shit as say Barrow.

I’m hoping our slump was our version of second season syndrome and hence then the large clear out but it’s something we need to be wary off.

To be fair Barrow sign anymore of our ex players they will be! For what it’s worth whilst general play may be similar my view on the difference is clear; punished more for any errors at the back and punished if not clinical at the front far more than in League Two. The difference clearly is in both boxes.

 

[Si Robin]

Liam Smith set to sign today. Seems to have impressed whilst on trial.

 

[91SPP]

There is a delay with Jordan Rhodes, but it sounds like a deal is all agreed but Huddersfield are trying for a replacement forward. It looks like we've signed Charlie Lindsay from Rangers too - highly rated young prospect initially into our under 21 side.

Everything else has gone quiet.

 

[Marked Ox]

There is a delay with Jordan Rhodes, but it sounds like a deal is all agreed but Huddersfield are trying for a replacement forward. It looks like we've signed Charlie Lindsay from Rangers too - highly rated young prospect initially into our under 21 side.

Everything else has gone quiet.

Is any young player ever not 'highly rated'? It seems to be a standard term for media for young player coming through Academies or being transferred.

Not a dig at what you've said.

 

[BRFC_Gas]

Is any young player ever not 'highly rated'? It seems to be a standard term for media for young player coming through Academies or being transferred.

Not a dig at what you've said.

We had one last season who has captained Liverpool's youth teams and plays for England U20s. Cant get much more highly rated than that for a young kid and he struggled massively in L1.
Charlie Colkett was another 'highly rated' captain from Chelsea who flopped for us.
On the flip side we had Elliot Anderson in L2 who was phenomenal and last season was on Newcastle's bench all season.
Until they are chucked into the men's game its difficult to tell how much of a learning curve they face, hence us lower league folk are the test centres.

 

[Moomin]

We had one last season who has captained Liverpool's youth teams and plays for England U20s. Cant get much more highly rated than that for a young kid and he struggled massively in L1.
Charlie Colkett was another 'highly rated' captain from Chelsea who flopped for us.
On the flip side we had Elliot Anderson in L2 who was phenomenal and last season was on Newcastle's bench all season.
Until they are chucked into the men's game its difficult to tell how much of a learning curve they face, hence us lower league folk are the test centres.

Agree. We signed Joe White from Newcastle who had just signed a new deal for them and was said to be held in high regard by Eddie Howe. He showed flashes but ultimately really struggled to nail down a place in our team.

This season we’ve brought in three premier legacies loans so far, all of whom have excelled in either u20s or B teams, but time will tell if they’re ready for the harshness of EFL football.

 

[valefan16]

We signed Thierry Small who’s massively rated on loan then Liam McCarron who’d even had a Prem appearance for Leeds the season before… less said about those the better!

 

[LancashireTrotters]

Signed Zac Ashworth, young full-back from West Brom.

Was on loan at Burton second half of last season.

 

[HutchECFC]

Tom Carroll confirmed on a one-year deal.

Lovely little signing, that

 

[denzel ecfc]

Tom Carroll confirmed on one year deal. Things coming together nicely

 

[masi51]

Signed Zac Ashworth, young full-back from West Brom.

Was on loan at Burton second half of last season.

Another underwhelming signing....Average at best. Yes i get that he is only on loan because Johnston is out all season, but i doubt we will see Johnston in a Bolton top again......Will at least give the lad a chance