Who do we need (Summer 2026)

[Ric Flair]

Just now, Tommy G said:

Wareham scored a decent amount in a struggling side and knows the league. 

As i've said, we have absolutely no height in this side and Wareham and Chaplin make matters even worse. Likewise a lack of pace.

[moore_94]

8 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

As i've said, we have absolutely no height in this side and Wareham and Chaplin make matters even worse. Likewise a lack of pace.

Seems like Wareham is actually decent aerially - looks like he is quite similar to Fatawu in that although he is short he has a pretty good leap on him

 

5 of his 22 goals last season were headers

 

Edited Monday at 12:22 by moore_94

[Ric Flair]

25 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Seems like Wareham is actually decent aerially - looks like he is quite similar to Fatawu in that although he is short he has a pretty good leap on him

 

5 of his 22 goals last season were headers

 

Yeah this has been mentioned and in isolation might not be an issue but collectively we are at risk of being bullied by inferior teams in size and physicality. That's where I think we're going to be vulnerable.

 

If we could get some height and pace in to this side it'll stand us up much better.

[SB87_LCFC]

39 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

Wareham scored a decent amount in a struggling side and knows the league. 

Would be nice to see us think outside the box, At his age too I think it would be a good step. Like Ballard he is being coveted by Bristol City, but the logisitics of that move (Much like Tolaj) could be a deciding factor 

 

I think hed be the sort to get the crowd going as well 

[Manwell Pablo]

On 18/06/2026 at 23:07, Ric Flair said:

Keeping an eye on this lad. They had high hopes for him at Goteborg but moved to Osters and started the new season very well.

 

Would cost less than £1m in that league.

 

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/linus-carlstrand/profil/spieler/1016056

 

 

 

It's funny you should say that. Sorry for the late reply I've only just seen it. 

 

I actually went to Gothenberg in late May and watched them play and I was impressed by him, I think, is he like a 10 sort of player? I could well be getting mixed up here but it does look like him, he was their stand out player. 

 

I mean the whole thing got a bit distracting when 18,000 people started plotting the refs death on 75 odd minutes. 

 

Edit: right he's striker, I'll actually do some research and see if it was him and try and remember the game. 

 

Edit: Edit: He doesn't even play for Gothenburg amazing, yeah it was a midfielder, David Kruze I was thinking of but he does look like him.

 

Most pointless post ever btw. 

Edited Monday at 13:01 by Manwell Pablo

[Ric Flair]

28 minutes ago, Manwell Pablo said:

 

It's funny you should say that. Sorry for the late reply I've only just seen it. 

 

I actually went to Gothenberg in late May and watched them play and I was impressed by him, I think, is he like a 10 sort of player? I could well be getting mixed up here but it does look like him, he was their stand out player. 

 

I mean the whole thing got a bit distracting when 18,000 people started plotting the refs death on 75 odd minutes. 

 

Edit: right he's striker, I'll actually do some research and see if it was him and try and remember the game. 

 

Edit: Edit: He doesn't even play for Gothenburg amazing, yeah it was a midfielder, David Kruze I was thinking of but he does look like him.

 

Most pointless post ever btw. 

You might have unearthed a new diamond pal!

[Manwell Pablo]

14 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

You might have unearthed a new diamond pal!

If I have it’s pretty safe to say Rudkin won’t sign him. 
 

Too busy trying to sign shot strikers who can’t even pass a medical. 

[coolhandfox]

1 hour ago, Ric Flair said:

Yeah this has been mentioned and in isolation might not be an issue but collectively we are at risk of being bullied by inferior teams in size and physicality. That's where I think we're going to be vulnerable.

 

If we could get some height and pace in to this side it'll stand us up much better.

The majority of team are going to sit back and try and hit us on the break or catch us at set pieces.

 

We need two dominant CB and a decent size CF, unless we bring in a physically dominant DCM.

[Ric Flair]

Just go and sign Danny Ormerod before some League One or Two club get him for £350k and sell him to the Championship for 30 times that a year later.

[kingfox]

8 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

If we could get some height

 

6 hours ago, coolhandfox said:

a decent size CF

 

[moore_94]

Mamadou Jobe - 23 year old centre back at Cambridge United who finished 3rd and got promoted from League Two last season

 

Only has 1 year left on his contract

[moore_94]

Been looking through players who are 23 or under and have only 1 year left on their contracts:

 

Centre back:

Ethan Pye (23) - Stockport County

Mamadou Jobe (23) - Cambridge United

Finley Burns (23) - Man City (loan at Reading last season)

 

Centre Mid:

Charlie Savage (23) - Reading

Charlie Webster (22) - Burton Albion

 

Left Wing:

Adrian Blake (21) - FC Utrecht

 

Striker:

Emre Tezgel (20) - Stoke City (loan at Crewe last season)

Jayden Wareham (23) - Exeter City

[Bluearmyfox28]

GK - Storlarczyk, Vietes, McCarthy.

 

RB - Aluko, Hamza, Joseph.

CB - Souttar, Nelson, Faes, Okoli, Wilson-Brown, Gray.

LB - Thomas, New signing, Joseph.

 

Holding Mid - Skipp, Hamza, Braybrooke.

Attacking Mid - Chaplin, BDCR, Alves, Braybrooke, Page.

RW - New signing, Alves, Carr

ST - 2x new signing, Otchere

LW - Mavididi, New signing, Alves.

 

Gives you a good perspective of the areas they’ll be looking to recruit and the positions they’ll need to get rid of some players prior signing additional players. Not saying this is what I want but what we currently have / have space for.

 

[Chief Keef]

24 minutes ago, Bluearmyfox28 said:

GK - Storlarczyk, Vietes, McCarthy.

 

RB - Aluko, Hamza, Joseph.

CB - Souttar, Nelson, Faes, Okoli, Wilson-Brown, Gray.

LB - Thomas, New signing, Joseph.

 

Holding Mid - Skipp, Hamza, Braybrooke.

Attacking Mid - Chaplin, BDCR, Alves, Braybrooke, Page.

RW - New signing, Alves, Carr

ST - 2x new signing, Otchere

LW - Mavididi, New signing, Alves.

 

Gives you a good perspective of the areas they’ll be looking to recruit and the positions they’ll need to get rid of some players prior signing additional players. Not saying this is what I want but what we currently have / have space for.

 

Midfield looks a bit lightweight for the division. Essential that we can move Skipp on and sign a couple of midfielders that add some quality and physicality. Nassim Zoukit would’ve been my first choice but he’s gone to Thun so maybe that was always unlikely. Hoping the Martin connect could tempt Smallbone to drop a division, Giovanni Haag another free agent who ticks the boxes we need.