Squad for 2025-2026

[morganb]

Amankwah is not travelling with the squad to Ireland

I take it then that Morell is? Presuming Amankwah is obsolete now after signing Burns.

Both Burns (1st half) and Amankwah (2nd half) played against Gillingham so perhaps not...

[morganb]

Amankwah is not travelling with the squad to Ireland

Shame seemed to be doing well, is there another centre back associated or are we likely to stick with Strickland as back up?

Stickland is definitely considered part of the first team now by the club (so no longer Academy and not going out on loan) but I'm sure other CBs have also been rumoured this summer

[Brogue]

Brogue mentioned this last week. People speculating that it could be Scott Banks or Oladapo Afolayan, both at St Pauli. I'm sure there's a St Pauli fan on HNA, but can't remember his username.

Banks is 23 and not a striker, he plays primarily as a winger (previously with Dundee United and then Palace) which would seem to be rather supported by his cr@p (for a striker) scoring rate of something like 1 in every 12 games. Oladapo is 4 years older and previously with West Ham and Bolton, plays as a winger or a striker and is about 1 in every 5. Both are British so shouldn’t be an issue getting either cleared (assuming the target is one of them of course).

I got his name The Bundesliga 2 player is Daniel Kyerewaa

This is done, except for visa and international clearance which can take up to 2 weeks apparently.

[Brogue]

Banks is 23 and not a striker, he plays primarily as a winger (previously with Dundee United and then Palace) which would seem to be rather supported by his cr@p (for a striker) scoring rate of something like 1 in every 12 games. Oladapo is 4 years older and previously with West Ham and Bolton, plays as a winger or a striker and is about 1 in every 5. Both are British so shouldn’t be an issue getting either cleared (assuming the target is one of them of course).

I got his name The Bundesliga 2 player is Daniel Kyerewaa

This is done, except for visa and international clearance which can take up to 2 weeks apparently.

Although..: saying that. I’ve just been sent this

[Sutekh]

I got his name The Bundesliga 2 player is Daniel Kyerewaa

This is done, except for visa and international clearance which can take up to 2 weeks apparently.

Although..: saying that. I’ve just been sent this

2 weeks + about 10 years waiting for the FL to say yes. WiFi signed last week apparently and here we are still waiting for confirmation of that

[Crowbar6753]

Bowler should be an excellent player at this level, not sure if he is left or right wing but should give us an extra dimension up top and a significant upgrade on big kelvin or Chem Campbell.
Would like to see a big unit of a forward added as a plan B as a target man for these crosses into the box, someone like Jimmy Quinn or Dave Kitson.
Things are coming along nicely and growing more and more confident and the season draws close.

[Hound]

Noise on Twitter about both Bowler and Kamari Doyle (loan) both being close to confirmation

Would use up another loan spot if Doyle joins but potentially a good strong signing

[mikey_1871]

Think Doyle would be an excellent signing. Was impressed by him against us last season, and would have that throwback 2010s vibe of signing players that play well against us!

[WestYorksRoyal]

Can Doyle play out wide? We're well stocked for central progressive midfielders.

[Snowflake Royal]

Who is Doyle?

[Hound]

I’m not convinced Knibbs will still be here in a months time

Even if he is, i think Doyle would certainly be useful. Just need another proper striker really and maybe a dm and I’d say we’re there

[Hound]

Who is Doyle?

Kamara Doyle, Brighton youngster whose had 2 loans in div1 last couple of years

[morganb]

Noise on Twitter about both Bowler and Kamari Doyle (loan) both being close to confirmation

Would use up another loan spot if Doyle joins but potentially a good strong signing

One of HNA's resident ITKs

has not mentioned Kamari Doyle for a while (KD has his own dedicated thread) so not sure how true the Twitter chatter is

[Sutekh]

Who is Doyle?

[Sutekh]

Another week almost gone and another week of no announcements despite WiFi having signed last week. FL really pulling their finger out on expediting these approvals, still they’ve got until the end of the month I suppose.

[morganb]

Who is Doyle?

If only we'd got him last season then we'd have had:

Bodin and Doyle

[Linden Jones' Tash]

Another week almost gone and another week of no announcements despite WiFi having signed last week. FL really pulling their finger out on expediting these approvals, still they’ve got until the end of the month I suppose.

Are you sure it's the FL...

And not that Couhig wants to abseil into the centre circle on Saturday from a Harrier Jump Jet with 4 new signings in tow, fireworks & the Reading Jets Cheerleaders (all grown up now)....?