Transfer rumours

[Ian]

Studying while hes playing for us like that Irish winger whos name has escaped me did a good few years back (Billy?). Otherwise I just can't see what our argument to the Home Office will be.

Billy Woods, the Irish legend. :roll:

 

[drwhoman]

Transfers

Agree re Raven. He chose Carlile over us last time and has now been let go by them. Not a big endorsement. As regards Mahon, I am pleased he and the club have parted on an amicable basis although there will have been a financial sweetener of some sort. Partial payment of his final year or something - anyway I am sure we will have saved some money. As regards our Brazilian friend - who knows! I cannot believe that the issue has not been fully investigated. If not, then it only confirms what one or two contributors have said about the quality of management. I just hope there are no forged documents floating around!

 

[bring back the cowshed!]

Enoch Showunmi

Not worth starting a brand new thread, but I notice the BBC are saying we have turned down three bids from Notts County for Enoch. The last was over £100,000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/default.stm

I'm pleased we haven't just taken the money. I don't know how much Enoch is worth, but replacing him would not be easy. It shows we need to look after our key players and not let their contracts run down.

 

[SonkORLY?]

They're stupid for leaving it this late. Think we would have sold at the start of the summer.

 

[Sparky]

Apparently they have offered to treble his wages - so you couldnt blame him for going with only a year left on his contract, but as Sonko says, he is a vital player for us coz of the style Les plays

 

[SonkORLY?]

Apparently they have offered to treble his wages - so you couldnt blame him for going with only a year left on his contract, but as Sonko says, he is a vital player for us coz of the style Les plays

I don't know so much - he's huge but can you remember him scoring more than one or two headers? or winning many flick-ons?

I just think we'll struggle to replace with like-for-like on such short notice, and we don't have many options up front as it is.

 

[SonkORLY?]

We've turned down 125k...

 

[Ian]

Yep. We don't want to be selling our best players, and considering we have lost Jennings and Cresswell, I'm glad they rejected the offers. We loose Enoch, we really would struggle up front and to replace him.

 

[roverstillidie]

There's nothing to gain from selling Enoch as we have money from Jennings and Creswell. Plus money gained from selling Enoch would be spent on a (probably inferior) replacement.

 

[SonkORLY?]

Well, he's not that good. It's not as if his £125k market value will be retained beyond his contract as he'll leave at the end of the season, so it's money now or nothing next summer really. Will Enoch being here, one way or another, help the club turnover an extra £125k? Not really.

I would be very tempted to sell provided we had some sort of replacement lined up on a 2 year contract, but it's a little late in the day for that now.

 

[bigmart]

Enoch is central to the system we play but if we were to offer him a contract and he doesnt sign it then we need to sell him

 

[SonkORLY?]

Enoch is central to the system we play but if we were to offer him a contract and he doesnt sign it then we need to sell him

No way he'll sign. And in what way is he central to the system we play? Other than in that he literally plays through the centre...

 

[bigmart]

he is central because we only play 1 up front and that man needs to be big stong mobile aand able to put himself about to good effect

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

I agree with Mart. If Enoch went, there is no way the 4-5-1 formation could function properly, and, rightly or wrongly, we don't have a plan B in place. Tyriaki could play on his own up front, but almost certainly would not score enough goals, and it is difficult to see where else in the side the goals would come from.

Selling Enoch now without an equivalent replacement in place could be the difference between mid table security and relegation, and if we went down the club would certainly lose more than £125k.

 

[drwhoman]

nick wood

On a point of information - Nick Wood has signed a short term contract with Mansfield in the Conference.

 

[SonkORLY?]

His height is a rather deceiving trait, he wins nothing in the air. He'd be almost exactly the same player if he were 6 foot tall. He's quick and he puts himself about, and chips in with a few goals without being prolific.

He's an important player obviously but unless he signs a new contract he isn't worth £125k to us as an asset imo...

 

[Boz]

If Notts County had offered us £125K at the start of pre-season, then it would have been worth taking, but arguably that point has passed now. The value of Enoch's goals last season in keeping us up, if repeated, would outweigh any financial gain from the sale. However presumably there are still some decent strikers without any club, who could come in and do a job, once match-fit

 

[Ian]

Whilst my opinion of Enoch differs from SonkORLY's, I certainly agree with this:

No way he'll sign

I think once his contract is up, he'll be moving on leaving us with the inevitable dilemma. How do we replace him with similar quality when we aren't prepared to spend money on players? We might be thinking too far ahead at the moment but I do think that time will come.

I worry more because of the recent activity in this area. Even with the sale of Jennings, if all we can do is bring in a non-league striker and a guy who plays 6-a-side in Brazil, we might have a huge problem ahead.

 

[bring back the cowshed!]

I stick by my opinion we are right not to sell without an adequate replacement. It would also have a bad effect on morale. My only concern is if Enoch turns out to be another ITM and spends half a season whinging. But I think he's more intelligent than that. It will be interesting to see how he plays at Meadow Lane next week.

I predict he might move on in January (but maybe not to Notts County) after Les has had a chance to find a replacement.

 

[SonkORLY?]

The value of Enoch's goals last season in keeping us up, if repeated, would outweigh any financial gain from the sale.

11 league goals? We're hardly talking Hume, Haworth, Dadi, Greenacre calibre here...he's just a competent league one striker. Don't get me wrong, I think he's good, but there are so many more like him. £125k is quite a lot for a player of his ability who is free to leave at the end of the year.