The Lounge

[Windlesham Don]

Agree with Pete’s disappointment should Roos be the new keeper. However, the rumour now it seems may have been a wind up – I certainly hope so.

If Jake leaves then we must get more than the rumoured £150k, otherwise it would be a disaster IMO. We could never replace our playmaker for that money (no matter how woeful he is in front of goal).

As Rob suggested, we may be reaching a key moment in NA’s tenure at the club…

[Singapore Don]

If Reeves goes, I’ll be worried. He was out only ever present last season, won the most MOTMs, and was in everyone’s top three players of the season. He doesn’t score, but he’s been a crucial engine for the team. We’d miss him hugely. Even more so given that we’ve also parted with the similar motor machine of Dannie Bulman. Those two were the powerhouse of the team, and without both there’s a big rebuilding job to do. Dean Parrett will be a more regular starter, and that will be welcome. But Alfie Egan is not quite ready for a season of regular starts and needs bulking up anyway. Tom Soares – well, we can only pray he’s a 100 times better than the non existent rambling oddity he was after joining us in January. Yep, if Reeves goes we’ll need a replacement feisty, gritty midfield replacement. Trouble is it’s hard to see who’d be better than Reeves for the paltry rumoured £150k. Big gamble…

[Devon Womble]

Well, I wasn’t 100% about Tom Elliot but I am 100% about Jake Reeves. We simply don’t have anyone else of his calibre As a playmaker he was pivotal (as stated by others here.) What with throwing out Shea, (still one of NA’s worst ever decisions in my opinion), right now I think we are up that rather smelly creek.
They say things come home to roost, well they certainly have for NA. He spent so much shilly shallying around last year failing to expose our proven youngsters to some League One football that they, and the club, appear to have gained far less from our academy than we should have done… and for that I squarely blame NA.

All NA has said about next season is that it will be tougher than ever, and he wants players who can deal with that, and yet, while he’s been looking out the window for players he thinks can, many of those most of us think already could, have been poached out the back door.
Unless he can walk on water, which I’ve always doubted, I give NA till Xmas.

[Windlesham Don]

So Dom Poleon has gone to Bradford City. A shame, but nothing really to worry about as he was only a fringe player towards the end of the season.

So over to you, Rob – is Reeves still on the way out or was it journalistic crossed wires that had Jake leaving for a paltry £150k – I would be happy if we’ve got that for Dom…

[Singapore Don]

I’m actually very disappointed and a little worried about Poleon going. I don’t think NA ever really backed him as a first choice striker, and that may have affected his form. But he still managed 8 goals in 19 League starts, a pretty good return! He did offer that threat of pace and wizardry which none of our current stock of forwards, including the new boys, really offer. Pace is the one thing we’re really lacking now in our team, in midfield or up front. Maybe this is the opportunity for Jayden Antwi to step up to the plate and get some first team experience and prove himself. He is definitely an exciting lightning quick young threat; maybe he’s the Poleon substitute?

I’m really intrigued to know how much we got for Poleon given he had a year left on his contract. I hope we got a good price since he’s still only 23 and got a great deal of promise. We’ve yet to see the best of him I’m sure, but Bradford will now get that.

[Windlesham Don]

£75k was the rumour. Sounds about right to me.

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