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How many signings? (1 Viewer)

  • Thread starter Ccfcisparks
  • Start date Jun 24, 2023
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Jun 24, 2023
  • #1
Before now and start of the season?

I’ll go for 4.
 
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SeaSeeEffCee

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  • Jun 24, 2023
  • #2
I’d hope for at least double that
 
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AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Jun 24, 2023
  • #3
Ccfcisparks said:
Before now and start of the season?

I’ll go for 4.
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7 players at least
 
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Kingokings204

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  • Jun 24, 2023
  • #4
Got to be around 8 give or take I would Imagine.
 
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Finham

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  • Jun 24, 2023
  • #5
8 for me. Probably just wishful thinking!
 

Robinshio

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  • Jun 24, 2023
  • #6
Including loans
1 keeper
5 defenders
1 midfielder
3 strikers
 

ccfc1234

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  • Jun 24, 2023
  • #7
Depends if your talking permanent or including loans. I would expect 3 or 4 to come in on a permanent basis (more if anyone else leaves) and 2 or 3 loans.
 

TomRad85

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  • Jun 24, 2023
  • #8
8 ish, plus Hamer

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Samo

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  • Jun 24, 2023
  • #9
TomRad85 said:
8 ish, plus Hamer

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Yup, if its 4, we are truly fucked.
 
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JimmyHillsbeard

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  • Jun 24, 2023
  • #10
Need to replace from last years squad (which seemed paper thin at times when we had 2 goalkeepers and Josh Reid on the bench)

Dabo
Rose
McNally
Doyle
Norton-Cuffy
Wilson-Esbrand (will accept that Da Silva fills this one place)
Maguire
Walker
Waghorn

And probably
Hamer
Gyökeres

That’s a deficiency of up to 11 players just to have the numbers from last year (I’m not including Hillsner or Dacosta, or Kelly who I presume will re-sign).

Don’t care if there are a few loans (which are likely to get completed towards the end of august) but we need bodies before the start of the season just to keep afloat.
 

slowpoke

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  • Jun 24, 2023
  • #11
Hamer plus another 5/6
 

shmmeee

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  • Jun 24, 2023
  • #12
Bare minimum: 3 CB, 1 RWB, 1 ST and Hamer

I’d hope we have a couple more in though.
 

San Francisco

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  • Jun 24, 2023
  • #13
We need about 10-12 including loans to not be threadbare like last season.
 
Last edited: Jun 29, 2023
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slowpoke

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  • Jun 24, 2023
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We need a complete defence apart from the lad from Bristol, another keeper, at least one more midfielder and a striker maybe two and others to make the squad strength stronger. So I’d say about 10 by the end of August.
 

Greggs

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  • Jun 24, 2023
  • #15
Fucking hell, we have a current squad of about 10. We need to sign at least 12 - 15 first team quality players,.
 
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Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Jun 24, 2023
  • #16
At least ten
 

stupot07

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  • Jun 24, 2023
  • #17
JimmyHillsbeard said:
Need to replace from last years squad (which seemed paper thin at times when we had 2 goalkeepers and Josh Reid on the bench)

Dabo
Rose
McNally
Doyle
Norton-Cuffy
Wilson-Esbrand (will accept that Da Silva fills this one place)
Maguire
Walker
Waghorn

And probably
Hamer
Gyökeres

That’s a deficiency of up to 11 players just to have the numbers from last year (I’m not including Hillsner or Dacosta, or Kelly who I presume will re-sign).

Don’t care if there are a few loans (which are likely to get completed towards the end of august) but we need bodies before the start of the season just to keep afloat.
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You forgot Panzo

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SkyblueTexan

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  • Jun 24, 2023
  • #18
So far we’ve only signed a 5ft 4in player who’s slower than Dabo according to Dabo himself. We need at least 10 more quality players to make up the numbers for the ones we’ve lost. The way things look at at the moment MR and AV may need to play few minutes themselves. Glad they extended their contracts.
 

Alkhen

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  • Jun 24, 2023
  • #19
Not panicing yet. I'm sure we'll get some through the door next week.

Being in the playoffs meant we are 2 weeks behind most other teams. Especially as we didn't know what league we'd be in. I'm hoping the Vik money will open the flood gates. Also if Gus signs I have a feeling it would see our pulling power move up a level in terms of targets.

Dasilva is a good start
 
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skyblue025

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  • Jun 25, 2023
  • #20
Pre season starts a week Monday and we currently have enough players in the squad for a 6 a side game if one of the 3 keepers plays outfield. I'd be hoping for 4 or 5 announced before they come back to at least give us a base to build from.
 

Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Jun 25, 2023
  • #21
SkyblueTexan said:
So far we’ve only signed a 5ft 4in player who’s slower than Dabo according to Dabo himself. We need at least 10 more quality players to make up the numbers for the ones we’ve lost. The way things look at at the moment MR and AV may need to play few minutes themselves. Glad they extended their contracts.
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He might be slower but you would hope he has more end product than Dabo who created pretty much nothing.
 
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SBAndy

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  • Jun 25, 2023
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skyblue025 said:
Pre season starts a week Monday and we currently have enough players in the squad for a 6 a side game if one of the 3 keepers plays outfield. I'd be hoping for 4 or 5 announced before they come back to at least give us a base to build from.
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Mad ain’t it. And there’s actual talk of 4 signings. Maybe it’s Doug’s latest fundraising attempt - pay for a place In the starting lineup.
 
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Martin180

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  • Jun 25, 2023
  • #23
Just a question regarding released players

I was always under the impression that contracts ran until the end of June ??

Happy to be proven wrong
 

slowpoke

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  • Jun 25, 2023
  • #24
Martin180 said:
Just a question regarding released players

I was always under the impression that contracts ran until the end of June ??

Happy to be proven wrong
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They do
 

SkyblueTexan

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  • Jun 25, 2023
  • #25
Terry Gibson's perm said:
He might be slower but you would hope he has more end product than Dabo who created pretty much nothing.
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Fingers crossed! Hope he's as good as another tiny player (i.e. Terry Gibson)
 
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Voice_of_Reason

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  • Jun 25, 2023
  • #26
slowpoke said:
They do
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And a lot of players are still on holiday
 
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Speedie's Head

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  • Jun 25, 2023
  • #27
Terry Gibson's perm said:
He might be slower but you would hope he has more end product than Dabo who created pretty much nothing.
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Dabo might have been thinking of himself pre-crocked of course.
 
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COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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  • Jun 25, 2023
  • #28
Terry Gibson's perm said:
At least ten
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Yeah, need at least 2 players in every position.
 
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DrPoolittle

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  • Jun 25, 2023
  • #29
I would hope the club signs about 8 players, with 5 or 6 of them ready for first XI action.

But the problem is integrating that many new players. Both Villa and Forest have struggled recently through signing too many players.

Ideally, a team that was within one penalty kick of promotion would keep the squad intact and just add one or two players. But that isn’t the case for CCFC.

Risky times
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Jun 25, 2023
  • #30
We need to sign a minimum of 2 first team strikers, at the moment we only have Godden.
 
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Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Jun 25, 2023
  • #31
Sick Boy said:
We need to sign a minimum of 2 first team strikers, at the moment we only have Godden.
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We have to spread the games and goals better we won’t get another like Vik who stays fit for virtually every game, we need theee centre backs and a right wing back badly.
 

SBAndy

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  • Jun 25, 2023
  • #32
DrPoolittle said:
I would hope the club signs about 8 players, with 5 or 6 of them ready for first XI action.

But the problem is integrating that many new players. Both Villa and Forest have struggled recently through signing too many players.

Ideally, a team that was within one penalty kick of promotion would keep the squad intact and just add one or two players. But that isn’t the case for CCFC.

Risky times
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In fairness, Forest signed about 37 players.
 

shmmeee

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  • Jun 25, 2023
  • #33
We need two in almost every position, assuming we’re keeping the same formation we could get away with five CBs, three AMs and three ST so a squad of 21.

Currently we’ve got:

2 GK
1 RWB
2 LWB
1 CB
4 DM
3 AM
2 ST

Assuming we lose Vik that’s 7 minimum, and we might want to replace the likes of Burroughs, Kelly, and Moore with more quality and O’Hare won’t be back for some time so probably need an AM there too.
 

Sick Boy

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  • Jun 26, 2023
  • #34
shmmeee said:
We need two in almost every position, assuming we’re keeping the same formation we could get away with five CBs, three AMs and three ST so a squad of 21.

Currently we’ve got:

2 GK
1 RWB
2 LWB
1 CB
4 DM
3 AM
2 ST

Assuming we lose Vik that’s 7 minimum, and we might want to replace the likes of Burroughs, Kelly, and Moore with more quality and O’Hare won’t be back for some time so probably need an AM there too.
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Godden is injured half the time and Tavares needs to go out on loan - we will need 2 at least.
 

Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Jun 26, 2023
  • #35
SkyblueTexan said:
So far we’ve only signed a 5ft 4in player who’s slower than Dabo according to Dabo himself
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Think the second part was tongue in cheek, and Dabo said he was a quality player.
 
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