Players Released, Transfers & Loans 2020-2021

[daddycool]

Burton have signed. Johnny Smith from Bristol city ,,excellent winger

[part time pete]

Burton have signed. Johnny Smith from Bristol city ,,excellent winger

Does this mean they have a wide man free to let go now.

[yorkshire stag]

Burton have signed. Johnny Smith from Bristol city ,,excellent winger

Does this mean they have a wide man free to let go now.

i’d very surprised if the Akins deal doesn't happen now

[bellwhiff]

Burton have signed. Johnny Smith from Bristol city ,,excellent winger

Does this mean they have a wide man free to let go now.

i’d very surprised if the Akins deal doesn't happen now

Do you think we need a wide man?

You’ve not really said.

[yorkshire stag]

Burton have signed. Johnny Smith from Bristol city ,,excellent winger

Does this mean they have a wide man free to let go now.

i’d very surprised if the Akins deal doesn't happen now

Do you think we need a wide man?

You’ve not really said.

watch n learn Gripper lad, watch n learn

[Kernow]

Hope Monday is not a damp squib, hoping for movement in and out.

[Sammythestag]

Agreed. I think we would be leaving ourselves short if we didn’t sign at least one striker/winger with currently only having Reid & an injury-plagued Maynard up top and a make shift winger in Charsley on the right.

[I am Spartacus]

This deadline day will be anticlimactic in relation to previous years. Thankfully the salary cap budget that clubs in league one and two has signed up for is bringing a reality check back to football.

Players sat on a big wage won’t be able to move clubs in the hope of being paid up and getting a similar amount elsewhere and clubs, as you would expect most are near the cap limits, won’t be able to throw money around to attract players. This new found financial responsibility means that clubs strategy will no longer be similar to ‘playing a game of brag with borrowed money’ more like ‘chase the ace where you all have the same amount to lose’.

This summer the impact will be more keenly felt by players than ever in league one and two. With pay days for players with their best years behind them or taking a chance on injury prone players a thing of the past.

Having said that, a 20 to 25 goals a season striker pulling on an Amber jersey from 1st February would be welcomed.

[ParisStag]

Don't mind what we do tbh. We're winning and moving up the table and it's summer that really counts. Clough will have us up there next season no matter who he signs this week.

[MTFCMusings]

Agreed. I think we would be leaving ourselves short if we didn’t sign at least one striker/winger with currently only having Reid & an injury-plagued Maynard up top and a make shift winger in Charsley on the right.

Maynard’s had one injury, hardly injury plagued.

[Sammythestag]

Agreed. I think we would be leaving ourselves short if we didn’t sign at least one striker/winger with currently only having Reid & an injury-plagued Maynard up top and a make shift winger in Charsley on the right.

Maynard’s had one injury, hardly injury plagued.

Which one injury do you remember then? The dead leg that kept him out for 2 weeks or the hamstring tweak that followed?

[Rob]

This deadline day will be anticlimactic in relation to previous years. Thankfully the salary cap budget that clubs in league one and two has signed up for is bringing a reality check back to football.

Players sat on a big wage won’t be able to move clubs in the hope of being paid up and getting a similar amount elsewhere and clubs, as you would expect most are near the cap limits, won’t be able to throw money around to attract players. This new found financial responsibility means that clubs strategy will no longer be similar to ‘playing a game of brag with borrowed money’ more like ‘chase the ace where you all have the same amount to lose’.

This summer the impact will be more keenly felt by players than ever in league one and two. With pay days for players with their best years behind them or taking a chance on injury prone players a thing of the past.

Having said that, a 20 to 25 goals a season striker pulling on an Amber jersey from 1st February would be welcomed.

I agree with most of that but how do you know that most clubs are near the salary cap limit?

My guess would be that isn't the case.

[MTFCMusings]

Agreed. I think we would be leaving ourselves short if we didn’t sign at least one striker/winger with currently only having Reid & an injury-plagued Maynard up top and a make shift winger in Charsley on the right.

Maynard’s had one injury, hardly injury plagued.

Which one injury do you remember then? The dead leg that kept him out for 2 weeks or the hamstring tweak that followed?

Forgot about the dead leg, apologies. He only missed one game with that though.

I would say a dead leg cannot be attributed to a player being injury plagued. It’s an impact injury so could’ve happened to anyone regardless of fitness/age.

[yorkshire stag]

i do worry if Maynards still got the desire to play for us, the more i listen to Cloughie the more i don’t think he feels Nicky is his first choice striker, hope i’m wrong i just don’t think he has what he wants from his forward

[MTFCMusings]

i do worry if Maynards still got the desire to play for us, the more i listen to Cloughie the more i don’t think he feels Nicky is his first choice striker, hope i’m wrong i just don’t think he has what he wants from his forward

The bigger worry is that he can’t do what Reid does.

[Conker]

i do worry if Maynards still got the desire to play for us, the more i listen to Cloughie the more i don’t think he feels Nicky is his first choice striker, hope i’m wrong i just don’t think he has what he wants from his forward

The bigger worry is that he can’t do what Reid does.

But he can do the most important job for a striker much better than Reid.

[bear 73]

Chasing playoffs would be folly, Clough will not sign players just to have them sitting on the bench, and having games in hand is not helpful , we can see the top clubs moving away,
but we still maintain a 11 point cushion, a 20 goal striker will not be coming, its like putting your eggs in one basket, Gordan and Mclaughlin can play down the wings, and Sinclaire.
He is happy with midfield, and comfortable, with the strikers, and Defence, he has a 20 first team squad, and will bring academy players in if necessary.
We will not be held to ransom, trying to climb a mountain, it certainly was a big call, letting Cook and Menayese go, Sun and Mon could be interesting

[stagone1959]

i do worry if Maynards still got the desire to play for us, the more i listen to Cloughie the more i don’t think he feels Nicky is his first choice striker, hope i’m wrong i just don’t think he has what he wants from his forward

I aint worried at all,end of his contract can't come soon enough for me.

[MTFCMusings]

i do worry if Maynards still got the desire to play for us, the more i listen to Cloughie the more i don’t think he feels Nicky is his first choice striker, hope i’m wrong i just don’t think he has what he wants from his forward

The bigger worry is that he can’t do what Reid does.

But he can do the most important job for a striker much better than Reid.

Based on last season yes.

But this season Reid has a slightly better open play goals per minute than Maynard.

[julianshatnasty]

This deadline day will be anticlimactic in relation to previous years. Thankfully the salary cap budget that clubs in league one and two has signed up for is bringing a reality check back to football.

Players sat on a big wage won’t be able to move clubs in the hope of being paid up and getting a similar amount elsewhere and clubs, as you would expect most are near the cap limits, won’t be able to throw money around to attract players. This new found financial responsibility means that clubs strategy will no longer be similar to ‘playing a game of brag with borrowed money’ more like ‘chase the ace where you all have the same amount to lose’.

This summer the impact will be more keenly felt by players than ever in league one and two. With pay days for players with their best years behind them or taking a chance on injury prone players a thing of the past.

Having said that, a 20 to 25 goals a season striker pulling on an Amber jersey from 1st February would be welcomed.

That striker was Maynard. He's already here. He scored goals the first year when we were utter crap and then this year we didn't want to pay his wages and he didn't want to play for us.
He eventually signed cos we couldn't get a replacement and no one else wanted him is how I read it. So this year he hasn't worked hard enough for successive managers and Cloughs pressing from the front doesn't seem to suit him. The same situation remains, no one else seems to want him so he sits here picking up a wage no more useful to us than Butcher et al from the previous era.

Hands seem to be tied on this one until we can move him on, which seems to be the summer. Genuinely don't know what the solution is to this for the rest of the season cos he's currently a waste of a squad number.

[bellwhiff]

I’d be very surprised if Cook wasn’t replaced

[Torrystag]

Dont think our nige will dissapoint us glad to be back on here

[I am Spartacus]

This deadline day will be anticlimactic in relation to previous years. Thankfully the salary cap budget that clubs in league one and two has signed up for is bringing a reality check back to football.

Players sat on a big wage won’t be able to move clubs in the hope of being paid up and getting a similar amount elsewhere and clubs, as you would expect most are near the cap limits, won’t be able to throw money around to attract players. This new found financial responsibility means that clubs strategy will no longer be similar to ‘playing a game of brag with borrowed money’ more like ‘chase the ace where you all have the same amount to lose’.

This summer the impact will be more keenly felt by players than ever in league one and two. With pay days for players with their best years behind them or taking a chance on injury prone players a thing of the past.

Having said that, a 20 to 25 goals a season striker pulling on an Amber jersey from 1st February would be welcomed.

I agree with most of that but how do you know that most clubs are near the salary cap limit?

My guess would be that isn't the case.

The lack of transfer activity points towards this. If a side has a an amount of underspent budget, sooner than now would have been the time to use it and steal a march on the other sides. The league this season is tighter than normally so and any money spent now should result in advantage gained or improvement.

What is the thinking behind your case?

[I am Spartacus]

This deadline day will be anticlimactic in relation to previous years. Thankfully the salary cap budget that clubs in league one and two has signed up for is bringing a reality check back to football.

Players sat on a big wage won’t be able to move clubs in the hope of being paid up and getting a similar amount elsewhere and clubs, as you would expect most are near the cap limits, won’t be able to throw money around to attract players. This new found financial responsibility means that clubs strategy will no longer be similar to ‘playing a game of brag with borrowed money’ more like ‘chase the ace where you all have the same amount to lose’.

This summer the impact will be more keenly felt by players than ever in league one and two. With pay days for players with their best years behind them or taking a chance on injury prone players a thing of the past.

Having said that, a 20 to 25 goals a season striker pulling on an Amber jersey from 1st February would be welcomed.

That striker was Maynard. He's already here. He scored goals the first year when we were utter crap and then this year we didn't want to pay his wages and he didn't want to play for us.
He eventually signed cos we couldn't get a replacement and no one else wanted him is how I read it. So this year he hasn't worked hard enough for successive managers and Cloughs pressing from the front doesn't seem to suit him. The same situation remains, no one else seems to want him so he sits here picking up a wage no more useful to us than Butcher et al from the previous era.

Hands seem to be tied on this one until we can move him on, which seems to be the summer. Genuinely don't know what the solution is to this for the rest of the season cos he's currently a waste of a squad number.

I agree Julian. Hopefully, from the end of this season onwards we have a better strategy in the transfer market.

[Tippy Tappy Football]

"Exeter City can confirm that midfielder Nicky Law will leave the club on January 31 to pursue an exciting playing and coaching opportunity with USL club Indy Eleven in the United States. Nicky was one of manager Matt Taylor’s first signings at the club, joining in the summer of 2018 and quickly became a fan favourite after scoring on his debut against Carlisle United. He has gone on to make over 100 appearances in red and white, scoring 20 goals and providing numerous assists and was pivotal in the Grecians reaching the play-off final last season."