🎯Summer 2025 Transfer Targets and Rumours

[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...58956822790238

[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.

[SmiffyPie]

Like every other player that isn't getting the service in the right areas he was "found out". Surprises me that people continue making these unconsidered remarks even though we have been garbage for the last six months.

[BCnotts18]

Apparently we're after a Carlisle striker too.

https://x.com/FootballLeagueW/status...47631916765284

[Mud Pie]

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.

I thought that too, more so since he came back from concussion, but then that was about the time all the other wheels started falling off so definitely not lumping it all on him.

[slack_pie]

So many negative comments about Jatta here and on X. The replies to that X post about Bolton being interested are embarrassing. He was the second top scorer in L2 despite being out with concussion for a while. He was almost unplayable at times in the first part of the season. Yes, he went off the boil and seemed to lose confidence, but then the entire side was underperforming.

I hope he stays and rediscovers his best form with us. He clearly cares and puts a shift in most games, unlike Eli Sam, who he's been bizarrely compared to.

[LaxtonLad]

His best form was when he first came to ua and played where he was happiest but that was before Maynard told him how he should...