The Squad 2021-22

[Rockford's Love Child]

Duffy has been released. No great surprise there.

 

[ONIGP]

Duffy has been released. No great surprise there.

He has perhaps disappointed me more than any other of this season's signings. He had obviously worked on his fitness and I expected him to be stand-out at L2 level. Not to be.

 

[bigmart]

Waste of a wage after a lot of time getting hom to sign

 

[Sparky]

From the little I saw he clearly had good technician ability but his legs had gone.

Warrington Town for him next perhaps

 

[aldoes mustache]

and Hawkes staying the two youngsters on the wings wow gonna be fun

 

[bigmart]

We are linked with another Rangers youngster on loan Stephen Kelly a midfielder, don't think we really need another midfielder and we currently have 5 players on loan so sumbody would miss out each week.

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

From the little I saw he clearly had good technician ability but his legs had gone.

Agree completely. No way he fitted our pressing game.

 

[Sparky]

We are linked with another Rangers youngster on loan Stephen Kelly a midfielder, don't think we really need another midfielder and we currently have 5 players on loan so sumbody would miss out each week.

That sounds strange unless OConnor was being recalled or someone like Watson was going to be sold. Celtic are actually looking to offload players so will be interesting if OConnor has a future there (same with Doohan)

 

[bring back the cowshed!]

We are linked with another Rangers youngster on loan Stephen Kelly a midfielder, don't think we really need another midfielder and we currently have 5 players on loan so sumbody would miss out each week.

It must be part of a cunning plan to get Rangers and Celtic into the English leagues by the back door.

Seriously, this guy could be a good signing. He may be young but he played 25 games on loan for Ross County in the SPL last year. If we can establish good relations with the likes of Rangers, Celtic and Liverpool - and look after their players, then we will have access to some good young talent. We may even be able to pick some of them up at the end of their contracts. I think this may be part of Mark's long-term thinking.

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

Micky hinted in his pre-match interview that we have reasonable money to spend, even if players don't move out of the club, and suggested that we are looking at permanent signings, not just loans.

 

[bigmart]

Micky hinted in his pre-match interview that we have reasonable money to spend, even if players don't move out of the club, and suggested that we are looking at permanent signings, not just loans.

I wouldn't be surprised if we tried to sign 1 or 2 from the National League

 

[aldoes mustache]

Well thats good to hear we need some permanent deals to be done, let us just hope we get a decent striker through the door

 

[Boz]

Re Duffy, he had improved his fitness from pre-season but wasn't able to force his way into the team.

It is good the noises from Micky about possibly bringing in players on a permanent basis. We have a full compliment of loans already so that's the way to go.

 

[ADD]

and Hawkes staying the two youngsters on the wings wow gonna be fun

Has that been confirmed AM?

 

[bigmart]

Has that been confirmed AM?

Micky said in interview he hadn't heard anything from Sunderland as yet

 

[ADD]

Micky said in interview he hadn't heard anything from Sunderland as yet

Aah ok thanks - unfortunately Sunderland have already said they will take their time deciding so not 100% certain he will stay yet. May well depend on how their COVID situation goes over next couple of weeks goes I suppose.... hopefully well!

 

[ONIGP]

Aah ok thanks - unfortunately Sunderland have already said they will take their time deciding so not 100% certain he will stay yet. May well depend on how their COVID situation goes over next couple of weeks goes I suppose.... hopefully well!

It's interesting that Sunderland have loaned out striker Will Harris to Barrow yesterday for the remainder of the season. That may be good news in terms of their intentions with Hawkes.

 

[Sparky]

Josh Hawkes recalled. Not a surprise given the rumours. The only hope is that it’s temporary until Sunderland overcome any Covid issues. They’ve said they’ll send him back if he doesn’t play. Jack Diamond recalled from Harrogate also.

At least we have Mcpake but unsure how fit he is. Without hawkes we need pace

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

Hawkes has been recalled by Sunderland. A big blow that, although we now have McPake.

Hopefully he will return later in the month.

 

[Sparky]

From the Sunderland website:

SAFC have received EFL approval for Patterson, Diamond and Hawkes to resume their respective loan spells later this month.