🎯Summer 2025 Transfer Targets and Rumours

[DaveSmithRules]

Various websites are linking us with Tyrese Fornah.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrese_Fornah

I'd be happy with that signing. He looked good against us for Salford and has over 100 league appearances at age of 25. The kind of unit of a defensive midfielder weneed and must have local roots having been at Forest and Derby.

Would be only our second ever Sierra Leone player after Dumbaya I think...

[Elite_Pie]

Various websites are linking us with Tyrese Fornah.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrese_Fornah

I'd be happy with that signing. He looked good against us for Salford and has over 100 league appearances at age of 25. The kind of unit of a defensive midfielder weneed and must have local roots having been at Forest and Derby.

Would be only our second ever Sierra Leone player after Dumbaya I think...

The downside is that like Jatta he could be called up for the Africa Cup of Nations.

[tied_up_in_notts]

The downside is that like Jatta he could be called up for the Africa Cup of Nations.

But if we sign a third one we can get games postponed

[Elite_Pie]

But if we sign a third one we can get games postponed

That's what bothers me. Instead of 3pm Saturday we would have more 7:45 Tuesday games.

And if it clashed with the scum, we wouldn't even get that.

[MagpieMeltdown]

That's what bothers me. Instead of 3pm Saturday we would have more 7:45 Tuesday games.

And if it clashed with the scum, we wouldn't even get that.

I wouldnt worry.

Neither Gambia, Guinea or Sierra Leone have qualified for the next AFCON, due to start in December.

[Med Pie]

Jarvis is talented yes but he will frustrate fans at times too as he is a touch lightweight and gives the ball away cheaply but in saying that it?s the price you pay for playing wingers generally they are an inconsistent breed.

I?d prefer us to play a back four moving forward but we need to get the players to do it Bedeau at left back is a no no for me he is a CB who can play there if need be you don?t go up or have success with stop gaps.

As someone who played at a good standard on the wing and in wide midfield, I can tell you that generally the two, limiting factors which affect the performance of a winger are the quality of the full back he's up against and the quality of the service they get. Wingers though, have to abe able to cross a ball, consistently well and some, just can't.

[i961pie]

As someone who played at a good standard on the wing and in wide midfield, I can tell you that generally the two, limiting factors which affect the performance of a winger are the quality of the full back he's up against and the quality of the service they get. Wingers though, have to abe able to cross a ball, consistently well and some, just can't.

Especially when they are played on the wrong wing leaving them to cross with their weaker foot.

[matt_magpie]

Especially when they are played on the wrong wing leaving them to cross with their weaker foot.

How many wingers in the premier league are crossing the ball from wide positions now? Saka seen as probably the best plays inverted, Salah who plays pretty wide (inverted) Antony Gordon plays inverted.
Rightly or wrongly the positions changed and they?re expected now to cut in and shoot, deliver low drilled crosses from closer and it?s probably proven somewhere by data is more effective than swinging in long crosses. JJ actually started the season pretty well on the right and looked a threat.
The WBs this season under SM were deeper and unfortunately not up to standard most of the season, I think that was the bigger issue regarding their attacking output than anything else, but it?s all opinions and for me obviously depends on the individuals ability with both feet.

[kill_the_drum]

Especially when they are played on the wrong wing leaving them to cross with their weaker foot.

It doesn?t leave them to cross with the wrong foot, it allows them to cut inside.
You then have defenders overlapping who give you the option to cross.
The Doncaster game we played Jones on the left and Gordon right and created nothing. Neither could get round the full backs and we had nobody of Crowleys ability to play the quick 1-2?s to get them in behind.
The Wimbledon home game we played Jones right and Austin/Jarvis left with Macari in for Rod who had the legs to overlap.
Virtually every chance came from cutting inside. The three Grant chances and Jones hitting the post.

[Carlton_Pie]

Various websites are linking us with Tyrese Fornah.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrese_Fornah

I'd be happy with that signing. He looked good against us for Salford and has over 100 league appearances at age of 25. The kind of unit of a defensive midfielder weneed and must have local roots having been at Forest and Derby.

Would be only our second ever Sierra Leone player after Dumbaya I think...

He's not really a defensive midfielder, more one that surges forward and gets around the pitch. Exactly what we need

[magpie_mania]

It doesn?t leave them to cross with the wrong foot, it allows them to cut inside.
You then have defenders overlapping who give you the option to cross.
The Doncaster game we played Jones on the left and Gordon right and created nothing. Neither could get round the full backs and we had nobody of Crowleys ability to play the quick 1-2?s to get them in behind.
The Wimbledon home game we played Jones right and Austin/Jarvis left with Macari in for Rod who had the legs to overlap.
Virtually every chance came from cutting inside. The three Grant chances and Jones hitting the post.

It would be interesting to see how many of Jones's goals and assists came from the right, and how many from the left.

[kill_the_drum]

It would be interesting to see how many of Jones's goals and assists came from the right, and how many from the left.

The most would be down the left as that?s where he?s played the most games. I remember seeing his stats prior to getting injured and he was pro-rata on a better goals/assists ratio than the season before and had been playing on the right.
If you?ve got someone with the ability of Jones, I like the thought of mixing it up through games. But it depends on who is on the receiving end. Jones is obviously going to score less on the left but he could put the ball on a plate to someone as deadly as Langstaff.

[BCnotts18]

Jatta is apparently a target for Bolton.

https://x.com/FootballLeagueW/status/1928458956822790238

[Mud Pie]

Jatta is apparently a target for Bolton.

https://x.com/FootballLeagueW/status...58956822790238

I thought L2 central defenders worked him out a bit this season. Shame really because I don't think SM did.

He's going to be an interesting one to watch. Loads of physical potential, but potentially a bit of smart man management needed cuz I'm not sure his head is consistently 'there'.

= probably worth keeping if we get the 'right' manager in, but it depends on the offer. It was worrying quite how badly his form dropped off a cliff.

[BCnotts18]

I thought L2 central defenders worked him out a bit this season. Shame really because I don't think SM did.

He's going to be an interesting one to watch. Loads of physical potential, but potentially a bit of smart man management needed cuz I'm not sure his head is consistently 'there'.

= probably worth keeping if we get the 'right' manager in, but it depends on the offer. It was worrying quite how badly his form dropped off a cliff.

He did seem to struggle consistently against the better League Two defences, but particularly in the second half of the season we rarely played to his strengths and his form subsequently nosedived; but then so did the form of the majority of the rest of the squad since January.

He reminds me of Eli Sam in a way, he looks physically dominant, but when up against genuinely physical players, he's left lacking. It will be interesting to see him as part of a genuine front three, or front two next season, if he stays around of course.