Oakley-Boothe gone permanently.

Such a weird signing in the first place. He seemed to be here for the entire summer and didn’t really impress at all in pre season games so it seemed like the trial was coming to an end and then all of a sudden was given a 2+1. We’ve probably got off quite lucky that he’s agreed to terminate his contract as we could have been stuck paying his wages for another 18 months
 
If Dale goes I make that a squad of 22:

Grimshaw
O’Donnell
Chapman
Ekpiteta
Pennington
Connolly
Husband
Gabriel
Lyons
Coulson
Norburn
Morgan
Virtue
Carey
Finnigan
Hamilton
Dembele
Lavery
Rhodes
Beesley
Kouassi
Joseph

Surely at least one more in before the deadline?
 
Athers said:
If Dale goes I make that a squad of 22:

Grimshaw
O’Donnell
Chapman
Ekpiteta
Pennington
Connolly
Husband
Gabriel
Lyons
Coulson
Norburn
Morgan
Virtue
Carey
Finnigan
Hamilton
Dembele
Lavery
Rhodes
Beesley
Kouassi
Joseph

Surely at least one more in before the deadline?
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Keepers don't count so it is a squad of 19 out of 22 and 2 of the players are 20 or under
 
Athers said:
If Dale goes I make that a squad of 22:

Grimshaw
O’Donnell
Chapman
Ekpiteta
Pennington
Connolly
Husband
Gabriel
Lyons
Coulson
Norburn
Morgan
Virtue
Carey
Finnigan
Hamilton
Dembele
Lavery
Rhodes
Beesley
Kouassi
Joseph

Surely at least one more in before the deadline?
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A couple of those don’t count towards the squad registration limits - so there’s deffiniteky room for 1 or 2 more
 
Grayth said:
Come on AVFTT, get him slagged and be sure to catastrophise about our transfer policy in the process.
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Oh come on @Grayth - he was awful - I’m not part of the D&G Brigade but let’s not think he was any better than he was.
I call it the Joe Nuttall mentality where you can’t say a player is crap because it makes you negative and mean even though he clearly is crap!
 
Athers said:
If Dale goes I make that a squad of 22:

Grimshaw
O’Donnell
Chapman
Ekpiteta
Pennington
Connolly
Husband
Gabriel
Lyons
Coulson
Norburn
Morgan
Virtue
Carey
Finnigan
Hamilton
Dembele
Lavery
Rhodes
Beesley
Kouassi
Joseph

Surely at least one more in before the deadline?
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That's not taking into account that goal keepers don't count towards the cap and neither do u21 players so we have room for 3/4 more in reality. I doubt that we get that many in, I'm just saying we have that sort of space.
 
Dougall said:
Oh come on @Grayth - he was awful - I’m not part of the D&G Brigade but let’s not think he was any better than he was.
I call it the Joe Nuttall mentality where you can’t say a player is crap because it makes you negative and mean even though he clearly is crap!
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agree 👍. he was dog shit but good luck to him in the future
 
WeMightScrapeADraw said:
The worst 45 mins of football I’ve ever seen a Blackpool player have at Fleetwood away. Hopeless.
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Oxford away he wasn't to good either.

Had a couple of decent performances in the EFL Trophy but apart from that we move on.

This might come as a surprise to some not everyone a clubs signs works out.
 
Always felt like he didn't want to be here and didn't want to put in the "hard miles" to force his way into the team
 
Technically OK but seemed way too lazy. Should have had his contract terminated for that 1st half display at Fleetwood. Maybe Portugal will suit him more but he's not a player I think we'll miss.
 
Jaffa_The_Hut said:
You have to ask yourself why he was signed in the first place when clearly no better than what we already had.
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Sometimes you take a gamble on a player with some talent there, but can you get it out of them and do they have the attitude and application.

I guess he fell short on some of those in the eyes of the manager and we had others lined up to improve the squad.
 
JJpool said:
Sometimes you take a gamble on a player with some talent there, but can you get it out of them and do they have the attitude and application.

I guess he fell short on some of those in the eyes of the manager and we had others lined up to improve the squad.
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I agree but I remember when he came here many fans doubted he’d ever make it into the first team as a regular.

Just 43 appearance many as substitute in a career spanning 6 years tells you all you need to know.

He’s 24 years old in a couple of weeks time so he should have pushed on a lot further in his career and he hasn't.
 
Jaffa_The_Hut said:
I agree but I remember when he came here many fans doubted he’d ever make it into the first team as a regular.

Just 43 appearance many as substitute in a career spanning 6 years tells you all you need to know.

He’s 24 years old in a couple of weeks time so he should have pushed on a lot further in his career and he hasn't.
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Yeah but we aren't privy to all that goes on and in the absence of other options he may have been an available calculated gamble to see what NC can do with him.

It didn't work out for whatever reasons and he's moved on, next.
 
I always got the impression he wanted to play within 10yds of himself, his game might suit over there. Maybe
the rough and tumble of our league did'nt appeal.
 
Brett&Murphs. said:
Was just a squad filler and now we hopefully have better so makes sense.
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He is another who did not like the physical side of the game. Unless a player is an absolute world beater, a team cannot carry someone who is not prepared to tackle and go in where it hurts!
 
Albert Ross said:
We lost nothing, except 8 months wages.
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With no playing or sub bonuses to pay.

Might be a rocky few years ahead to balance the books, but hopefully the club doesn’t need to liquidate due to the 8 month deficit of a squad players wages…🙏🤞🏻
 
Mike_BFC said:
With no playing or sub bonuses to pay.

Might be a rocky few years ahead to balance the books, but hopefully the club doesn’t need to liquidate due to the 8 month deficit of a squad players wages…🙏🤞🏻
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If it’s such a trivial amount give Simon a ring and offer to pay the wages yourself. I’m sure he would be willing to accept.
 
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