Guest MK_Hatter Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 Rumours are flying around Luton that one of our best players was pulled out of training to discuss terms with Bristol City and did not return. It sounds like it's a midfielder or forward. Anyone heard any rumours down your neck of the woods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanut Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 Havnt heard anything down here, and after the purchase of Goodfellow I would be supprised if we got anyone else in the next few days. As for ex-luton player Tony Thorpe, I bet you(edit "r glad you") got rid of him, he wouldnt have been training, just sat around doing bugger all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinnionForEngland Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 He's been with QUEENS PARK RANGERS for some considerable length of time now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MK_Hatter Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 My thoughts are if you need a pacey attacking midfielder then it's Adrian Forbes or centre forward then Steve Howard. The rumours all state it's not a defender and these are the only two players that I can see anyone paying for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 Both are very good players. Had it been ex loan player McSheffery I would also have been delighted. As we are the only one's others see spending at the moment we will be linked with many lower league players, mainly by their agents and therefore the press!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MK_Hatter Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 We are up ###### street as in receivership and the takeover that was supposed to go through this week looks to have gone t1ts up! So it looks like we need to sell the crown jewels just to survive! Would be gutted if either of those players was sold after the way we lost Judas Thorpe to QPR (on sky one minute pledging his future then donig the off 48 hours later)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 Come off it, you knew what he was like before you signed him, why do you think he went back to yourselves in the first place!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider red Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 I doubt it , no offence but i cant see any of your players getting in to our first 11 maybe howard would get on the bench but unless its for a very small fee i cant see it happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N1 Jim Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 Well the obvious shout is Steve Robinson who was on loan with us for the end of season before last. 29yr old whom Luton bought from Preston for £50000 after that loan spell. Midfielder who did command a £375000 fee earlier in his career. Been ever present this yr for Luton. Looked ok for us if unspectacular in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leadman Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 i think it must be mccsheffrey, though i hear forbes is a decent player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomBCFCUK Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 mcsheffrey is now with the coventry team and playing for there 1st team so i doubt it will be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider red Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 i think it must be mccsheffrey, though i hear forbes is a decent player I dont think so mate , mcsheffery has started the last two games for coventry , although it would be fantastic if it was him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DukeCoxer Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 Not sure we should be looking at other players should we?? were building such an enourmous squad at the mo, with so many very good players stuck in the oblivion of footbal which is our reserves!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gater2 Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 Not sure we should be looking at other players should we?? were building such an enourmous squad at the mo, with so many very good players stuck in the oblivion of footbal which is our reserves!! True we'd need to get rid of a few players in this transfer window if we want to sign any more players i.e. Matthews and... there's no one else obvious (of 'sellable' age) who can't potentially play a part for us this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 I think if this transfer talk is clear we could see the non-renewal of players contracts at the end of the year and Wilson maybe having a clear out. Not sure but i think the players whose contracts are up at the end of the season are: Carey Release Amankwaah Keep Bell Release Hill Keep Clist Release Tinnion Keep Stowell Coach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 http://members2.boardhost.com/www.lutonfc....msg/320055.html Rumour could have some weight to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 Rumours are flying around Luton that one of our best players was pulled out of training to discuss terms with Bristol City and did not return. It sounds like it's a midfielder or forward. Anyone heard any rumours down your neck of the woods? I wouldn't be at all surprised. When the present round of transfer talk began in December, Danny was intimating from the start that it was players, plural, that we were looking for, be it loan or permanent. A winger and midfielder were always on the cards. With Wilkshire away for several more games we need a midfielder now. If a bargain is available due to Luton's financial situation it would make sense to snap him up. As for squad size as mentioned elsewhere in the thread, our "massive squad" is vastly exaggerrated. When we were last relegated from the First we had 39 pros. on the books. By my reckoning we are now down to mid-20's after 3 years of cut-backs and the majority of them are youngsters. Hopefully it's the impressive, attacking midfielder Forbes that City are after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 He's been with QUEENS PARK RANGERS for some considerable length of time now? He said ex luton if you would have read it properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinnionForEngland Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 Too quick to jump the gun and you've made yourself look an idiot Taz. I was telling Peanut Thorpe is with QPR because he stated he thought he was still with Luton. Some people will stop at nothing to have a pop, and STILL get it wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucksred Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 Adrian forbes would be a good un for City scores goals, and might be a potential replacement for Tin-man once he decides to retire. Luton, considering they are in receivership, and cant get new blood are doing brilliantly, potential play off place, and they have at times been above City, so to say their players wouldnt get into our team, I would suggest is a trifle dismissive. Contrast the pay and conditions at both clubs, and these guys must be motivated, so one of them who moves would shake most teams up, because they know the tought end, unlike most of our team. gotta say though, I aint been asked by the half dozen or so Luton fans I work with about this so I cant see it, Forbes would be an asset though, albeit another raw one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 Could this be Matthew Spring? He always has a good game when I see him, a more reliable Doc type player maybe it was his excellent pass that put McSheffrey in for his goal against us. According to the transfer site there is some doubt about his contract. I don't know if it means they don't know or if he is on a monthly one, :Confused13: :Confused13: :Confused13: but it could mean we get him for a sign on fee and wages instead of a transfer fee. Football transfers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Boy Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 I think if this transfer talk is clear we could see the non-renewal of players contracts at the end of the year and Wilson maybe having a clear out. Not sure but i think the players whose contracts are up at the end of the season are: Carey Release Amankwaah Keep Bell Release Hill Keep Clist Release Tinnion Keep Stowell Coach There's 16 out of contract including 4 Academy/Reserve Players, Ayinsah, Harley & Loxton are three and I posted the full list on here a week or so ago. It also includes Peacock and the Brown brothers. The Luton Player? Mathew Spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Boy Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 On the Forbes subject, my only concern would be his poor fitness record. Ala Matthews he has only recently returned from a season or so out and also had fitness problems at Norwich. Looking at our team, I still think it's Mathew Spring, if anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucksred Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 speaking to Luton fans, it seems Robinson, and Chris Coyle appear to be favorites. Spring is injured, they reckon Howard is a Peacock clone (dont even go there Danny Boy), but there is nothing on their site http://www.lutonfc.com/ apart from speculation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave L Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 but there is nothing on their site http://www.lutonfc.com/ apart from speculation. Bit like this one really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedUn Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 I posted the full list on here a week or so ago. Wonder where you got that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antman Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 Carey Release Amankwaah Keep Bell Release Hill Keep Clist Release Tinnion Keep Stowell Coach Welease woger!! No but seriously CAREY!!!!, I wouldn't invite him home for tea, but he's a good defender and still quite young. and are you one of the Bell haters? because despite his rotund appearance, he's a good passer of the ball and we need some experience in the side when all the rest are 19! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Boy Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 Wonder where you got that? From your link old chap and very good it is too! I'm not over keen on Steve Robinson who's OK but not any better than what we've got. Haven't heard much about Coyle On the basis of a 4-4-2 formation, when LW's back-if Tinnion, Clist & TD/JB are all fit, we should be OK. If we go up, then LW's the only one I'm cinfident about in a central midfield role in Div 1 and that's when it's handy to have players out of contract for a bit of a clearout. I think we'd need 2-3 good players just to stay up and 4-7 if we want to compete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 Too quick to jump the gun and you've made yourself look an idiot Taz. I was telling Peanut Thorpe is with QPR because he stated he thought he was still with Luton. Some people will stop at nothing to have a pop, and STILL get it wrong. Ok. Please show me in this quote where it says that Peanut thought that Thorpe was still with Luton: Havnt heard anything down here, and after the purchase of Goodfellow I would be supprised if we got anyone else in the next few days. As for ex-luton player Tony Thorpe, I bet you(edit "r glad you") got rid of him, he wouldnt have been training, just sat around doing bugger all. Yes I admit that I can see that the original post has been edited, after not picking up on this last night (was late and had had a few). However as I'm sure you can see the above quote states ex-luton player Tony Thorpe. Perhaps if Peanut had originally stated that he thought that Thorpe was still with Luton, however then edited the post as he was corrected, then wouldn't it have been an idea to also edit your post as well? So then, am I still an idiot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cider_Army Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 Who needs the comedy channel when you two and numerous others fly off the handle at each other! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 Who needs the comedy channel when you two and numerous others fly off the handle at each other! Yep, why pay all that cash for Sky when you have the forum Am I correct though? If I've completely lost the plot then I will apologise, however I fail to see how I am wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 Back to the top for Mr Tanner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mickey Bells left foot Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 i agree with you taz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 Seems to be dropping down the page slightly, just want to make sure that you don't miss it Duncan. Just need to know if I've misread your comments? Let me know yeh, cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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