Player recruitment / Transfer windows

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I was curious about our player recruitment over the last half-a-dozen windows so thought I’d knock up a list of all of our signings. I think it makes for interesting reading.

JANUARY 2023 (Manager: Gareth Ainsworth / Sporting Director: Pete Couhig)

Permanent:
Declan Skura (undisclosed fee)
Jordan Willis

Loans:
Harvey Cartwright
Chem Campbell

SUMMER 2023 (Manager: Matt Bloomfield / Head of Player Recruitment: Scott Mitchell)

Permanent:
Franco Ravizzoli
Laurie Shala
Richard Keogh
Joe Low (undisclosed fee)
Kane Vincent-Young
Taylor Clark
Luke Leahy (undisclosed fee)
Kieran Sadlier
Lyle Taylor* (signed short-term deal in November)

Loans:
Harry Boyes
Kian Breckin
Killian Phillips
Freddie Potts
Dale Taylor

JANUARY 2024 (Manager: Matt Bloomfield / Head of Player Recruitment: Scott Mitchell)

Permanent:
Nathan Shepperd
Matt Butcher
Beryly Lubala
Richard Kone

Loans:
Saxon Earley
Nigel Lonwijk
Chem Campbell
Gideon Kodua

SUMMER 2024 (Manager: Matt Bloomfield / Head of Player Recruitment: Scott Mitchell)

Permanent:
Shamal George (undisclosed fee)
Alex Hartridge
Daniel Harvie
Jack Matton (undisclosed fee)
Tyreeq Bakinson
Jaiden Bartolo (undisclosed fee)
Fred Onyedinma
Brody Peart
Daniel Udoh

Loans:
Nathan Bishop
Caleb Taylor
Cameron Humphreys
Gideon Kodua
Aaron Morley

JANUARY 2025 (Manager: None / Head of Player Recruitment: Dan Rice)

Permanent:
Will Norris
Fin Back (undisclosed fee)
Anders Hagelskjaer (undisclosed fee)
Adam Reach
James Berry (undisclosed fee)
Ryan Cole
Alex Lowry (undisclosed fee)
Magnus Westergaard (undisclosed fee)

Loans:
Sonny Bradley
Caleb Taylor
Xavier Simons

SUMMER 2025 (so far)
(Head coach: Mike Dodds / Director of Football Strategy & Data Intelligence: Tom Stockwell)

Permanent
Mikki van Sas (undisclosed fee)
Stuart Moore
Taylor Allen (undisclosed fee)
Dan Casey
Connor Taylor (undisclosed fee)
Caolan Boyd-Munce
Ewan Henderson (undisclosed fee)
Jamie Mullins (undisclosed fee)
Armando Junior Quitirna (undisclosed fee)
James Tilley
Bradley Fink (undisclosed fee)

Loans:
George Abbott

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arguable Dodds signings most impressive

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Far too early to know, which renders the comparison pointless. You’d hope at least some of them come good surely.

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On paper - yes. But we all know that this doesn’t necessarily make a good team.

It even happens in family life, on paper, my wife and I were a great team. We made two new signings (our two sons) - and now we are fucked!

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Our goal keeping recruitment and selections over the last few seasons seems to have been a mixture of an absolute shambles, mixed in with some terrible luck. I was a fan of Max but a combination of the goal at Barnsley, a red card and question marks over his distribution led to him losing his place. In came Rav for the second half of the season. We finally got Nathan Bishop in, but he breaks his ankle after 2 games, so Rav regains his spot, again doing a pretty good job. Shamal is signed as cover, but never really gets a look in and gets injured. With the team flying high, it is decided that we need a new keeper in Norris, who never convinces. This season we sign a new keeper in Van Sas to replace Norris, but he makes key errors in 2 of his first 3 games. I think this chronology is correct, but so much has been going on. We now need to give Van Sas some time to establish himself so that we can actually get some stability in a key position.

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