danielcufc
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Favourite CUFC match: Peterborough 1, Cambridge 5 London Road 3.1.1989
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Post by danielcufc on Aug 29, 2024 9:52:56 GMT
So, window shuts at 11pm tomorrow. What do people think is the most likely outcome? A) Signing at 5pm today B) Signing at 1pm tomorrow C) Signing at 10pm tomorrow D) Sign a free agent after 11pm tomorrow E) No signing I'm going........ B, personally I think that D is and will remain a possibilty regardless. I think that we will sign someone by 1pm tomorrow as we don't tend to do deadline evening annoucments (George Thomas apart).
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joe77
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Post by joe77 on Aug 29, 2024 10:12:00 GMT
So, window shuts at 11pm tomorrow. What do people think is the most likely outcome? A) Signing at 5pm today B) Signing at 1pm tomorrow C) Signing at 10pm tomorrow D) Sign a free agent after 11pm tomorrow E) No signing I'm going........ B, personally I think that D is and will remain a possibilty regardless. I think that we will sign someone by 1pm tomorrow as we don't tend to do deadline evening annoucments (George Thomas apart). I agree that option D will probably remain on the table. Especially if they don't do any additional business before the deadline. The club hasn't historically wanted to sign free agents outside of a window but it may be different now, given that their recruitment strategy doesn't seem to depend on a player being immediately ready to play. I'd imagine the deadline day when we signed George Thomas was pretty frantic. IIRC, the club had been promising an attacking signing all that month, I can only assume that multiple targets were missed out on and Thomas became a free agent that day and they managed to snap him up. I think that tomorrow may well be just as frantic and perhaps a bit of a lottery as to whether they get anything over the line.
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Post by El Goodo on Aug 29, 2024 10:13:42 GMT
We'd been after Thomas for a bit before that & the only reason it didn't happen earlier is because he needed to sort his contract termination. He only "became a free agent" because we wanted to sign him.
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joe77
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Post by joe77 on Aug 29, 2024 10:34:06 GMT
We'd been after Thomas for a bit before that & the only reason it didn't happen earlier is because he needed to sort his contract termination. He only "became a free agent" because we wanted to sign him. Thanks for the clarification, Ben Strang! 🤪😂😎
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Tom Shaw's Fist of Rage
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Post by Tom Shaw's Fist of Rage on Aug 29, 2024 10:34:45 GMT
We could do a Leeds and tell everyone to stay up until the deadline only to sell Lavery.
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danielcufc
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Favourite CUFC player: Dion Dublin
Favourite CUFC match: Peterborough 1, Cambridge 5 London Road 3.1.1989
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Post by danielcufc on Aug 29, 2024 11:49:26 GMT
Clutching at Straws, but the social media team haven't put anything out since yesterday. Not even a Carabo ad! Hopefully they are busy doing player interviews and photo's
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martinjohn
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Post by martinjohn on Aug 29, 2024 12:14:16 GMT
This Beatles song (if you can call it that), completely encapsultes the emotionally rollercoaster of this transfer window.
Finally, Revolution 9 now makes sense.
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Post by headersontarget on Aug 29, 2024 12:17:53 GMT
Clutching at Straws, but the social media team haven't put anything out since yesterday. Not even a Carabo ad! Hopefully they are busy doing player interviews and photo's Who is Straws? Can he play upfront?
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Post by zx10racer22 on Aug 29, 2024 12:32:03 GMT
We could do with another striker, because if Lavery gets injured (which he has a history for) then we're suddenly quite light up front.
But whoever we sign is only going to back-up. We're not going to get a striker who is going to be as good as Lavery or take his starting spot.
Maybe next summer we can have Mullin back, once he's surplus to requirements at Hollywood FC.
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Post by El Goodo on Aug 29, 2024 12:35:17 GMT
I think we've planned to play 2 up top a lot.
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imp566
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Post by imp566 on Aug 29, 2024 13:18:06 GMT
We could do with another striker, because if Lavery gets injured (which he has a history for) then we're suddenly quite light up front. But whoever we sign is only going to back-up. We're not going to get a striker who is going to be as good as Lavery or take his starting spot. Maybe next summer we can have Mullin back, once he's surplus to requirements at Hollywood FC.Now that is clutching at straws!
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Post by Mark Peters’ Bonce of Power on Aug 29, 2024 13:23:34 GMT
* Pullin at straws.
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Brophypants
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Post by Brophypants on Aug 29, 2024 13:24:15 GMT
It would be a great story for his grandkids to be Mullin over.
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danielcufc
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Favourite CUFC player: Dion Dublin
Favourite CUFC match: Peterborough 1, Cambridge 5 London Road 3.1.1989
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Post by danielcufc on Aug 29, 2024 14:38:22 GMT
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Post by flouncingarburyboy on Aug 29, 2024 14:43:49 GMT
Well we’ve gone from Dan clutching at straws to Monk (not) counting chickens ….that’s got to be progress hasn’t it?
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