Almost 6pm on the transfer deadline day and currently one in and none out. Reece Wabara joined yesterday on loan til the end of the season from Manchester City after a spell at Oldham.
It also sounds like we’ve managed to keep hold of Tom Ince, Matt Phillips and Alex Baptiste. So even if we don’t bring any players in, it could be seen as a successful transfer window if nobody leaves. If we have no new faces we should have enough to stay up this season, but pushing for the playoff is a long way off.
One player that might leave is Kevin Phillips, with Hull and Palace looking to sign the veteran, however that might depend on what happens with DJ Campbell, who might move to Hull or Blackburn Rovers.
If it’s anything like previous transfer deadline days we’ll be making some late signings.
A good transfer deadline last Friday which saw us hold onto our players, there may have been some late bids but Matt Phillips and Tom Ince were going nowhere, they actually were on the bus to Leicester great timing!
We did however do a little business to bring in two on Friday and a further new face today. Lets have a look at the new recruits.
Nathan Eccleston
21-year-old Nathan Geoffrey Junior Eccleston (unlucky with the middle names there) came from Liverpool where he was unable to make an impact. He made a handful of appearances at Liverpool after moving from Bury as a youth player, (he’s a Manc not a Scouser) but never was able to get a regular place in the squad never mind in the team.
It’s behind you Nathan
He has some League One experience with three loan spells at Huddersfield, Charlton and Rochdale, a total of 37 appearances with 5 goals.
He seems a bit of a player, but that’s a reference to off the fieldactivities. Anyway here’s hoping he’ll be able to make an impact, he’s on a contract till the end of the season with the option of a further year.
Nathan Delfouneso
Another Nathan, but this time Delfouneso or the ’The Fonz’. He’s had plenty of chances at Villa notching up 31 appearances and a couple of goals (one against us in the 3-2 defeat at Villa). He’s also had time on loan in the Championship with the Dingles down the road and Leicester. Seen somewhat as a similar player to Gabby Agbonlahor Nathan has had to wait for a run in the first team. He’s still in the plans long-term at Villa with another two years on his contract, that was signed a year ago and since then with a new manager at Villa (they try a new one one every year) it seems he’s not going to feature for Villa again this year considering he’s on a year-long loan at the Seaside.
It looks like he’s be either playing the forward role or on the wing, his spell at Leicester he featured on the wing. He’s certainly got the attributes to do well at Bloomfield but just have to see if he gets a chance with Ince, GTF, Phillips X2 ahead of him in the pecking order at the moment. Let’s hope for some Happy Days at Bloomfield Road for the ‘The Fonz’.
Kirk Broadfoot
Today Kirk Broadfoot was confirmed as a Pool player, being a free agent he was able to sign after the deadline on Friday. He’s one of the many from the Rangers exodus but admitted that he nearly signed for the Pool a couple of years ago.
It’s good to see some defensive cover to come in considering the two Nathans are forwards and the rest of our signing this summer have appeared to be midfielders. He’s generally played at center half for Rangers, but has been known to play at right back.
It’s tomorrow, a lot might happen, nothing much could happen but if something does happen it’s going to involve one of the below.
Matt Phillips
As we know Phillips handed in a transfer request the day before the opening of the season. Interest has come from Cardiff in the past, however they have signed Noone from Brighton and look to be signing Maynard from West Ham. Swansea have also shown interest, and with Scott Sinclair possible going to Manchester City there is a slot, but the Swans have signed Pablo Hernandez a winger from Spain today so might have filled the gap already.
Oyston and Ollie have both stated there’s no need to sell Phillips, and he’ll be staying
Verdict: Stay
Tom Ince
A super start to the season and lots of interest from various clubs, however his Dad wants him to stay and Tom has said the same. Not much chance of a move unless some crazy money is offered. Some offers might have come in.
Verdict: Stay
DJ Campbell
DJ could be back for a third spell at the club he’s not going to feature at QPR, Huddersfield and Bristol City are interested. Coming back to the Pool doesn’t look on the cards as DJ is apparently looking for similar wages to his last spell e.g. Premier League wages. It’s unlikely he’ll be biting at Blackpool badge anytime soon.
Verdict: Going to another Championship Club
Charlie Adam
Brendan Rodgers doesn’t look like he wants Charlie Adam, a possible move back to the seaside could be on, however it would look like a step back for the midfielder and no chance of keeping the same wage. He was at Bloomfield Road last weekend watching the win over Ipswich. However a £4 deal to Stoke looks on the cards.
Verdict: Going to Stoke to play long balls
Stephen Dobbie
Apparently fees have been agreed, but wages were a problem, Celtic and Middlesbrough are also interested parties. We’ve had a few instances of signing players after great loan spells Wes, Charlie, DJ and Dobbie could be another depending on his flexibility on wages. The possible departure of Scott Sinclair could also have a knock-on effect.
Verdict: Moving on but loan again? Maybe to Bloomfield Road.
Three new faces today with only four days to go till the opener against Millwall. James Caton who’s only 18, I’m guessing the plan is to be in the development squad. He did grab a goal in the friendly against Everton and with only GTF fit at the moment he maybe nearer to the first team that you would think. If your down with the kids then he’s on twitter @James_Caton94.
The second is a 22-year-old Spaniard Alberto Noguera, who was on trial with us during the week in Portugal. He’s another midfielder taking our count to 15, I think. He’s also on twitter - @NogueraAlberto.
Last but not least we’ve brought in Adda Djeziri who’s played under Ollie before at Leicester. An Algerian-Dane he’s also spent time in England for Portsmouth but according to his stats he’s never really made it in England. He’s since been back to Denmark playing for a selection of clubs.
He’s not on twitter but there’s a nice video of him playing for Pompy.
At the moment nothing that really set the heart racing but it looks like we might be close to signing Stephen Dobbie who would be our marquee signing for the summer. If not I’m sure everything will go smoothly on the opening day! Most importantly my ticket arrived!
No blogs recently due to a few changes and there’s been plenty of change at Bloomfield Road with some ins and outs. I’ve moved to the capital which means the opening game of the season against Millwall is a local match for me with the New Den only 5 miles down the road.
Meanwhile at Bloomfield Road, Keith Southern departed after 10 years at the club and it sounds like he had a good sent off in the friendly against Everton. A great servant for the club but with Ollie style changing it’s not a surprise that he’s moved on.
We’ve then go on to sign a trio of midfielders Scott Robertson, Tiago Gomes and Isaiah Osbourne bringing our total of midfielders to 13, how many of them to start?
However going into the start of the season we have one fit center forward GTF, with KP out for a couple of weeks. It’s looks like we had a cheeky chat with DJ again but it seems he’s upped his wage demands so we’ll be looking at a last minute deal to sign another forward. Michael Owen anyone?
It’s less than one month till the opening fixture of the Championship season against Millwall and as ever we are leaving it late to make any signings. So far we’ve only added young right-back Jake Caprice to our squad. While other clubs are getting prepared we seem to be lacking in bringing in new faces which never breads confidence into us fans, but it’s not had too much of a negative affect on us in previous seasons, so is there any reason to panic now?
We haven’t lost to many “first team” players from the end of last season apart from Stephen Dobbie who still may come back if a fee agreed with Swansea and Dobbie can agree terms.
As for the rest of the Championship it’s a mixed bag. Only two other teams have made less signing so far, Watford and Nottingham Forest. Yes, that’s Watford who only appointed Gianfranco Zola as manager this week and Forest who don’t have a manager. All other teams have made two or more additions.
On average each team has made 3 signing each, Sheffield Wednesday have been busiest with 7 new recruits.
So any reason to panic? The loan system has always been good to us, Premier League teams don’t announce their squad list for a while (not a clue on the date) and we generally haven’t made loan signings until after the season starts. We’ve always been late to sign players generally so it looks like much of the same old style!
In a poll on the site a while ago you voted that we need 4 more players, so three more to go!
As it seems with most summer transfer activity at Bloomfield Road we always seem to pick up one or two out of contract players. You can have a look at some out of contract players at the PFA website http://www.thepfa.com/transferlist. He’s the pick of the bunch, it was hard not to select Sir Brett who is listed.
Goal Keeper
Adriano Basso – Hull
Benjamin Alnwick – Tottenham
Steven Simonsen – Sheff United
Marcus Hahnemann – Wolves
Brad Guzan – Villa
Joe Lewis – Peterborough
Right Back
Paul Quinn – Ex Cardiff
Jose Bosingwa – Chelsea
Michel Salgado – Blackburn
Left Back
Lee Naylor – Cardiff
Gary Borrowdale – QPR
Paul Robinson – Bolton
Nicholas Shorey – WBA
Centre Back
Paul Scharner – WBA
Daniel Gabbidon – QPR
Peter Ramage – QPR
Carlos Cuellar – Villa
Danny Shittu – QPR
Right Midfield
Lloyd Sam – Leeds
Centre Midfield
James Harper – Hull
Simon Gillett – Doncaster
Paul Green – Derby
Daniel Murphy – Fulham
Danny Guthrie – Newcastle
Jamal Campbell-Ryce – Bristol
Thomas Soares – Stoke
Sean Davis – Bolton
Nigel Reo-Coker – Aston Villa
Left – Midfield
Lee Cook – QPR
Forward
Steven Davies – Derby
Andy Johnson – Fulham
Aaron Wilbraham – Norwich
Michael Owen – Manchester United
Ivan Klasnic – Bolton
James Hayter – Doncaster
So from that you could grab a decent starting 11 for the championship, only problem is the average age of the team, plenty of experience.
Best XI?
Brad Guzan – Villa
Paul Robinson – Bolton
Paul Scharner – WBA
Carlos Cuellar – Villa
Michel Salgado – Blackburn
Lloyd Sam – Leeds
Daniel Murphy – Fulham
Nigel Reo-Coker – Aston Villa
Lee Cook – QPR
Andy Johnson – Fulham
Michael Owen – Manchester United
There was never any doubt that DJ Campbell was going to sign, it was like Wes all over again, we were always going to get him it just took a little time to secure the deal.
Looking over his stats from the two loan spells 20 goals in 38 games which pretty decent. All that remains is where to play him? we played with four attacking players last week, could we have five?
So transfer deadline day and we have started well with one in already, Matt Phillips from Wycombe. We’ve paid £325,000 for the winger with that possible rising to £700,000, there’s also a sell on fee. Only 19 Phillips has played 78 times for Wycombe scoring 8 goals, he’s also played for England under 19′s 5 times scoring 2 including this last minute goal against France.
He made his debut a few months after his 17th Birthday and in his time at Wycombe won two ‘Young Player of the Year’ awards at the end of the season as well as the League Two ‘Apprentice of the Year’.
He looks like another good young player to add to the squad with a raving review from Steve Claridge.
It’s behind you Nathan
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