Do we need cover?

[blunstone]

Our compact, lean and mean first team squad is being greatly reduced in numbers by early season injuries. Too many of them!

Do we need to get in one or two 'match-by-match' players who haven't found a club yet or, better still, a couple of loans, to see us through the next few weeks?

The transfer window closes next week.

 

[ladbroke]

Sounds obvious doesnt it? But will it actually happen?

 

[The H]

nah.... we probably need a CM though.

 

[Brentford Bob]

As long as anyone we bring in will play for free then go for it.

 

[Claire]

i think i worked out we only have about 16/17 fit players at the moment lol

 

[Brain-dead Bee]

i think i worked out we only have about 16/17 fit players at the moment lol

I think it was 15 yesterday and a couple got knocks in the match.. those travelling to Scunthorpe should take their boots.

Seems obvious that we need cover, but we can't afford it unless some kind soul takes Fitz or Willock off our hands (or a Prem club let us have a promising kid for next to nothing).

Speaking of Fitz, how many more injuries do we need before he makes the 16?

 

[ladbroke]

That i would like to know

 

[flowerpower bee]

our bits and pieces team might have just got away with it last night against the reserve team of a club in a lower division but i am very concerned
about the lack of experienced in central midfield

somebody wrote that thomas did the work of two men at swindon.
that can't continue. what if he gets injured or suspended?
(he's already had a couple of cards). we'll be down to kids.
before long someone will take us apart and we will start losing

given that there's no money, surely the only realistic option is for
leroy to make use of his contacts at fulham and west ham
and look to bring in somebody from their reserves at their expense

surely it's better for a premiership club to have their young players playing
combative division one football than a football combination
afternoon kickabout?

 

[bigmac]

Is Michael Standing still looking for a club? Can't believe we didn't take him when he was willing to play for free.

 

[blunstone]

tell me if i'm wrong, but i believe clubs borrowing players pay most, if not all, of the wages?

 

[Downbeat Bee]

If we can get a club to pay their player's wages we could do with a couple of loans in sharpish

 

[hanworthbee]

stick Fitz on the bench he cant be injured

 

[mhead bee]

Our compact, lean and mean first team squad is being greatly reduced in numbers by early season injuries. Too many of them!

Do we need to get in one or two 'match-by-match' players who haven't found a club yet or, better still, a couple of loans, to see us through the next few weeks?

The transfer window closes next week.

Yes we do. It seems apparant that there is no more money left in the pot but with so many player out injured from a very small squad we could start to get desperate.

Loans seem to be the only way forward if we can somehow get someone for free from a premiership side.

 

[jlove]

From the BBC:

[Gillingham] Brentford boss [Ronnie Jepson] Leroy Rosenior will step up his efforts to bring in a striker in the final week of the transfer window.

That need was thrown into sharp focus as the [Gills] Bees struggled to break down [Millwall] Swindon in their 2-[1]2 Carling Cup [loss]draw.

"Everybody's after a striker and if it's within the budget then great - but we can't go out and buy people.

"Me and my staff have been all over the country, phoning every manager in the Championship and Premiership, but we'll have to keep looking," [Jepson]Rosenior said.

"We'll just have to see what's about and maybe do a bit of begging and borrowing and use the loan system.

"We're looking for all sorts to improve us."

 

[Guildford Bee]

From the BBC:

[Gillingham] Brentford boss [Ronnie Jepson] Leroy Rosenior will step up his efforts to bring in a striker in the final week of the transfer window.

That need was thrown into sharp focus as the [Gills] Bees struggled to break down [Millwall] Swindon in their 2-[1]2 Carling Cup [loss]draw.

"Everybody's after a striker and if it's within the budget then great - but we can't go out and buy people.

"Me and my staff have been all over the country, phoning every manager in the Championship and Premiership, but we'll have to keep looking," [Jepson]Rosenior said.

"We'll just have to see what's about and maybe do a bit of begging and borrowing and use the loan system.

"We're looking for all sorts to improve us."

I know we sold a lot of players to Gillingham years ago but wasn't aware we had become one and the same team.

 

[Raybfc123]

I'd rather play with 10 men than have Fitz on the pitch...

Come to think of it thats exactly what it's like wen he has played.

 

[maddogging]

I'd rather play with 10 men than have Fitz on the pitch...

Come to think of it thats exactly what it's like wen he has played.

 

[magicbees]

Can we still sign people on loan after next weeks transfer deadline, or are all transfers on hold until January.

 

[Bush Tuckerman]

From the BBC:

[Gillingham] Brentford boss [Ronnie Jepson] Leroy Rosenior will step up his efforts to bring in a striker in the final week of the transfer window.

That need was thrown into sharp focus as the [Gills] Bees struggled to break down [Millwall] Swindon in their 2-[1]2 Carling Cup [loss]draw.

"Everybody's after a striker and if it's within the budget then great - but we can't go out and buy people.

"Me and my staff have been all over the country, phoning every manager in the Championship and Premiership, but we'll have to keep looking," [Jepson]Rosenior said.

"We'll just have to see what's about and maybe do a bit of begging and borrowing and use the loan system.

"We're looking for all sorts to improve us."

I know its the Bank Holiday weekend but I could have sworn I wasn't drunk yet???