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Conor Chaplin - Signing Confirmed (Finally!) (16 Viewers)

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Terry_dactyl

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  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #736
vow said:
I don't buy that I'm afraid, unless Pompey are thinking of selling Pitman? Which I doubt.
Eisa should be looking to go to a club where he's first choice and don't believe he would be ahead of Pitman even for over £1M.
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My scouts tell me that pitman, while scoring some goals, is a bit slow. Maybe Eisa is seen as an improvement on him.
 

Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #737
Terry_dactyl said:
My scouts tell me that pitman, while scoring some goals, is a bit slow. Maybe Eisa is seen as an improvement on him.
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And maybe Pitman has a short hand.
 
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Pete in Portugal

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #738
Otis said:
And maybe Pitman has a short hand.
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COAT! =>
 
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harvey098

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #739
Mcbean said:
No its a fail I am not sure Geoff Foster could interview her without dribbling and saying nothing
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He does that anyway!
 
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CCFC_Charlie

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #740
14 days left of the transfer window and we still don't have a striker capable of scoring goals. Absolutely suicidal to let McNulty go without having a replacement lined up. Will cost us.
 
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Garryb80

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #741
CCFC_Charlie said:
14 days left of the transfer window and we still don't have a striker capable of scoring goals. Absolutely suicidal to let McNulty go without having a replacement lined up. Will cost us.
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How do you know we dont have a replacement lined up?
 
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Magwitch

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #742
CCFC_Charlie said:
14 days left of the transfer window and we still don't have a striker capable of scoring goals. Absolutely suicidal to let McNulty go without having a replacement lined up. Will cost us.
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Harold Wilson said a week is a long time in politics, a fortnight is an age in football. Lots of water to flow under the bridge yet !
 

Greggs

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #743
Magwitch said:
Harold Wilson said a week is a long time in politics, a fortnight is an age in football. Lots of water to flow under the bridge yet !
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thought it was meant to be announced last monday?
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #744
Greggs said:
thought it was meant to be announced last monday?
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Who said that?
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #745
CCFC_Charlie said:
14 days left of the transfer window and we still don't have a striker capable of scoring goals. Absolutely suicidal to let McNulty go without having a replacement lined up. Will cost us.
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Not really, better to have let him go early and got the money in the bank. Far worse would have been to hold on to an unhappy player who wanted away and been forced to sell late in the window. I am sure Robins is working behind the scenes to get a replacement in.
 

Captain Dart

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #746
Terry_dactyl said:
My scouts tell me that pitman, while scoring some goals, is a bit slow. Maybe Eisa is seen as an improvement on him.
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I thought the idea was that Eisa can play wide to compliment Pitman playing through the middle.
 

Alkhen

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #747
CCFC_Charlie said:
14 days left of the transfer window and we still don't have a striker capable of scoring goals. Absolutely suicidal to let McNulty go without having a replacement lined up. Will cost us.
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calm down dear
 

Greggs

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #748
Nick said:
Who said that?
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magwitch
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #749
Greggs said:
magwitch
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He also said McNulty wanted to go to Rangers as his family are massive fans.

Take that how you will.
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #750
Nick said:
He also said McNulty wanted to go to Rangers as his family are massive fans.

Take that how you will.
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Rangers and Reading both begin with “R” and have blue and white on their kit.

I can see where the confusion was
 
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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #751
Captain Dart said:
I thought the idea was that Eisa can play wide to compliment Pitman playing through the middle.
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Yes, he will shout out from across the wing 'well played. Brett' (I think you meant complement)
Feel free to invent a dislike button for me, Captain !
 
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Greggs

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  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #752
Nick said:
He also said McNulty wanted to go to Rangers as his family are massive fans.

Take that how you will.
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I think he's a bored/lonely Nottingham County fan
 
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Magwitch

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #753
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Greggs said:
thought it was meant to be announced last monday?
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My informant was correct there was a signing last Monday, just not Chaplin
 

Greggs

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #754
Magwitch said:
T

My informant was correct there was a signing last Monday, just not Chaplin
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Nick

Administrator
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #755
Magwitch said:
T

My informant was correct there was a signing last Monday, just not Chaplin
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Who was it?
 

Moff

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #756
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
You're right, Turnbull was quality.

Anything more you can say?
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Yep I was referring to Robins signings not Mowbray's, I already knew how shit Mowbrays were.

Anything more you can say?
 
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Magwitch

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #757
Nick said:
Who was it?
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Super Mac Macallum
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #758
Magwitch said:
Super Mac Macallum
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Have you got a link?
 

mark82

Super Moderator
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #759
vow said:
I don't buy that I'm afraid, unless Pompey are thinking of selling Pitman? Which I doubt.
Eisa should be looking to go to a club where he's first choice and don't believe he would be ahead of Pitman even for over £1M.
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Then Pompey obviously have way too much money.
 

Mcbean

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #760
Charlie Chaplin ?
 
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SkyBlueCRJ

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #761
Nick said:
How is it embarrassing at our end? It's Jackett who is running to the papers every 5 minutes to try and do his business in public. It's exactly the same as what McNulty's agent was doing with the press in Reading. The Telegraph have then just repeated it at this end and hammered it every 5 minutes. The same as it was McGoldrick a couple of weeks ago.

As far as I'm aware there's been no mention at all from this side?
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It's a matter of personal opinion Nick so you don't have to agree with me. But Portsmouth have had our pants down for two weeks now and have clearly dictated proceedings. At the end of the day that's football as in most cases clubs in the lower reaches of the EFL have to wait on their primary targets. But my issue is, why didn't Robins have a more realistic target lined up in the first place? Furthermore, why is it that Portsmouth have the sense to hold out on the Chaplin sale until a replacement is brought in, yet we could barely hold out for a week on the McNulty scenario. Yes, agents can accelerate and engineer a move but they can't break a contract. Again that's football but it seems like a never ending conveyer belt of deja vu for us.

Robins has been fantastic in the window so far but this time I think he's made a mistake, which will become clear if we fail to sign Chaplin. But I reiterate, great if we get Chaplin, but either way MR would do well not to make a repeat of this as it's far too risky reckless for my liking, especially because of the situation we currently find ourselves in - without a goalscoring striker.
 
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Sky Blue Harry H

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #762
Portsmouth local rag now saying less optimistic re: Eisa, so Chaplin may have to stay. It's a bit like trying to buy a house and the chain collapsing when someone pulls out. Probably Plan B, and I'm not unduly concerned.
 
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SkyBlueCRJ

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #763
skyblueelephant76 said:
To be fair to Robins we don't actually know how he is conducting his transfer business as he doesn't mouth off in the press like lots of the others do.
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No we don't, which I like, but I think we can safely say the Chaplin link is obviously a credible rumour given how much it's being talked about. What we do know is that he's taking his time about it. Two weeks left though so as I said I'm not worried. Just don't like the scenario as a whole.
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #764
Moff said:
Yep I was referring to Robins signings not Mowbray's, I already knew how shit Mowbrays were.

Anything more you can say?
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Be a bit more clearer in future
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #765
JamesCCFC said:
It's a matter of personal opinion Nick so you don't have to agree with me. But Portsmouth have had our pants down for two weeks now and have clearly dictated proceedings. At the end of the day that's football as in most cases clubs in the lower reaches of the EFL have to wait on their primary targets. But my issue is, why didn't Robins have a more realistic target lined up in the first place? Furthermore, why is it that Portsmouth have the sense to hold out on the Chaplin sale until a replacement is brought in, yet we could barely hold out for a week on the McNulty scenario. Yes, agents can accelerate and engineer a move but they can't break a contract. Again that's football but it seems like a never ending conveyer belt of deja vu for us.

Robins has been fantastic in the window so far but this time I think he's made a mistake, which will become clear if we fail to sign Chaplin. But I reiterate, great if we get Chaplin, but either way MR would do well not to make a repeat of this as it's far too risky reckless for my liking, especially because of the situation we currently find ourselves in - without a goalscoring striker.
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Portsmouth would let him go tomorrow if we offered more money wouldn't they?

Like I said, they are the ones giving updates twice a day to the media.

It's not robins in the paper every day
 
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no_loyalty

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #766
Sky Blue Harry H said:
Portsmouth local rag now saying less optimistic re: Eisa, so Chaplin may have to stay. It's a bit like trying to buy a house and the chain collapsing when someone pulls out. Probably Plan B, and I'm not unduly concerned.
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I read somewhere that West Brom and Brentford are also interested in Eisa
 

Moff

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #767
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Be a bit more clearer in future
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No problem
 
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Terry_dactyl

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #768
Has he signed yet?
 

eastwoodsdustman

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #769
We need to give pompey and the player a deadline and try to force it. If not move on and chose another target
 

Sky Blue Pete

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • #770
Club haven’t confirmed their interested
 
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