Crusoe

11 minutes ago, Careca9 said:

Don’t u have to have a min number of players in squad who have to have been home grown. As in uk based??

Need to name 7 Home Grown players in your team sheet for all league games.

Home Grown means a player registered with any English or Welsh club "for a period, continuous or not of three seasons or 36 months prior to his 21 birthday (or the end of the season during which he turns 21)".

So to be picky, they don't have to be British, but yeah, basically they have to have spend 3 years in the youth system of an English or Welsh club.

Just now, deyres42 said:

No chance Vera doesn't start and no chance it is 4-4-2.

I know. Wishful thinking.

1 minute ago, b0ndl1ne said:

He seems like a good lad to be fair. Switched on, doing a degree  and has his own S&C coach back in his home country and looks a bit of a beast in the gym.

Was topping the Burton fitness tests last pre-season.

 

A flicker of a bright spark in this abject pre season

Yes, he could be decent. I don't mind us taking a punt on a genuine prospect recovering from injury - just wish we had a few more ready-to-go players.

Woods

Mills

SOMEONE ANYONE PLEASE

Hamer

Stott

Fage

Missilou

Sylla

Nepomuceno

Wilson

Segbe Azankpo

Think it’s unlikely more strikers will come in. On paper we have four plus O’Grady, although none fill me with hope.

I reckon we will get one more defender in, even assuming Egert signs. The number 5 shirt hasn’t been assigned.

Didn't the club announce that Vera had been released, then rejoined later?

I mean, I don't count him as a new signing, but I thought they had announced him as leaving.

20 minutes ago, oafcshuck said:

 

Whose the 8?

Woods, Zabret, Iacovitti, Mills, Kokos, Azankpo, Wilson and they seem to be including Vera.

Jack Ruddy to Ross County.

Dundalk are demanding a six-figure fee before they'll sell Cameron Dummigan to Grimsby Town. Even if they only get five figures, it makes me think we shouldn't have let him go.

This year’s listening so far:

7 minutes ago, Bristolatic said:

Who are Allen, Baker, Hackett and Gaskell in the fishul report? Mr & Mrs Trialist's family featured a lot.

Yoofs.

https://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/2018/april/26042018-academy-intake/

https://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/2019/may/10052019-scholars/

Moimbe heads for the MLS with Minnesota United.

14 minutes ago, latics22 said:

We start winning, people wont be interested in the FLG. Big problem with the plan, they then plan to sell to someone who can take the club forward. Who is this knight in shining armour, that corney couldn't find? Admittedly a whole club is a more attractive proposition. 

I can’t quite believe it, but I agree with pretty much all of this. First time for everything!

58 minutes ago, Bristolatic said:

There hasn't been any announcement from the club, in the same way that we've heard nowt official about De la Paz, Benteke, O'Grady and those who appear to be no longer with us. I think it's safe to say they've all gone. In the case of MP and CM, did they fall or were they pushed? I know which way I'm leaning.

Slight aside, but I don't think O'Grady and Coke have left yet. Sure we'll hear about those if only from the clubs that pick them up.

Gavin Gunning joins non-league moneybags Billericay Town.

I'm a bit wary of relying on third party sites, but Transfermarkt have a reasonable reputation and list him as having signed for us on a one-year deal starting 2 July.

I think his contract expired on 30 June, then he was away with Benin for the AFCON tournament.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/desire-segbe-azankpo/profil/spieler/310770

According to this Slovakian site, he's signed for us:

https://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/168367/senica-vstupuje-do-sezony-so-snahou-nadviazat-na-zaver-uplynulej

Occasional Benin international, decent (if not spectacular) goalscoring record (40 goals in 118 games) but mostly at a questionable level.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Désiré_Segbé_Azankpo

Also, they’re not wearing names on these shirts. I wouldn’t read too much into the numbers yet. 

2 minutes ago, Lee Sinnott said:

PS Another coaching member of staff has been sacked too...

I'm amazed there are any left to sack.

Unless of course LB or BB have already been forced to walk the plank.

7 minutes ago, Bristolatic said:

Looking at the Morocco videos, it looks like we might have a goalkeeping coach. Any idea who he is and when he arrived. Also, unless I've missed it, what's happened to Mick Priest? Sacked? Walked out? Sometimes, this club of ours is like a training ground for MI5.

Youth team goalkeeping coach. Gregory Hartley. Dunno if he's been permanently or temporarily promoted.

Edit: he started out in City's academy, played and coached in the US for a few years, mixed with non-league appearances for, I think Atherton, Colne and Salford.

So has Giles Coke appeared in any of the pre-season tour photos or videos?

I'm kind of hoping that his absence is for the same reason as O'Grady's.

I reckon Woods will be number one, but even if not Iversen and Ripley hardly had extended first team runs when we picked them up.

Signed for Swansea back when they were in the Premier League, apparently WBA and Sporting Lisbon were after him back then.

Slovenian goalkeeper formerly at Swansea.

Not sure if loan or permanent.

Club tweeted a teaser photo of a signing, you can read his name on the document.

I knew the collective brains on here would think of more!