Andros Townsend.

[CrosspoolClarets]

Could be a naive error by us. Not just getting us experience and proven quality, but stops a rival too. He also said he was happy being a squad player so really he opened the door wide for us.

[ClaretsPadiham]

Can see it now Andros Townsend waiting at the gates of Cherry Fold whilst the mums of the Stoops estate share roll ups still dressed in Pyjamas.

[warksclaret]

Seems a decent guy, but we just did not need another wide man competing with Odobert, Koleosho, Larsen, Zarouury, Benson, Redmond, JBG

[Claretnick]

Seems a decent guy, but we just did not need another wide man competing with Odobert, Koleosho, Larsen, Zarouury, Benson, Redmond, JBG

Hmm seeing that 3 on the list are out injured and another seemingly out of favour maybe VK made a mistake reneging on the deal.
Hope it doesn't bite us on the arse now he has signed with a relegation rival..
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[Claretmisterg]

Good luck to the lad (except against us). Would have preferred to have seen him at the turf following his performances in pre-season but can’t blame him now for taking whatever deal he can get.

[Jakubclaret]

There must be a reason why not 1 club anywhere in the world hasn't signed him.

No reason sometimes things just take time it was always the waiting game.

[boatshed bill]

Hmm seeing that 3 on the list are out injured and another seemingly out of favour maybe VK made a mistake reneging on the deal.

If only we had a crystal ball, eh?

[Claretnick]

If only we had a crystal ball, eh?

Yeah if only...

[4midable]

Hes no better than what we have
Redmond level

[Jakubclaret]

Footballing wise yes but Townsend wouldn't have been saddled with a 2 year if the worst was to happen probably about a year.

[JR1882]

We have 4 wingers who can’t get a start so it’s irrelevant to us.

[BobSykes]

Could be a naive error by us. Not just getting us experience and proven quality, but stops a rival too. He also said he was happy being a squad player so really he opened the door wide for us.

And thus another ingredient in this horse sh1t sandwich of a season has perhaps been added to the mix....

[Jakubclaret]

We have 4 wingers who can’t get a start so it’s irrelevant to us.

Depends which way you look at that IF he has any sort of meaningful impact at Luton to our detriment it could end up being relevant, granted it's a big IF but with football strange things can & are known to happen.

[boatshed bill]

Depends which way you look at that IF he has any sort of meaningful impact at Luton to our detriment it could end up being relevant, granted it's a big IF but with football strange things can & are known to happen.

I have to say i'm not too concerned about what, if any, affect Townsend may have on our season

[CrosspoolClarets]

And thus another ingredient in this horse sh1t sandwich of a season has perhaps been added to the mix....

I actually think we are doing OK, despite the potential mistake highlighted in my post you quoted.

So far it is just young defenders not coping with the top 8 elite. Whether they can cope with the other 11 clubs will determine our season. I suspect they will do it OK.

[Carwin261]

Can’t believe people are talking about Townsend ,let’s bring Lennon and Stephen’s back it’s obviously a big mistake playing promising 19 yrs olds we could have JBG ,Cork ,Lennon,Stephens ,Jay Rod and Townsend we’d have at least 15 points by now.

[Jakubclaret]

I have to say i'm not too concerned about what, if any, affect Townsend may have on our season

I'm not myself hence a big IF but it's not impossible that he could have to some sort of degree & that being the slim possibility if would make things far from irrelevant, it's an unusual scenario with us passing up on a opportunity & him going to another relegation candidate.

[TheFamilyCat]

Nailed on top bins screamer at Turf Moor

He'll be crocked by then.

[boatshed bill]

I'm not myself hence a big IF but it's not impossible that he could have to some sort of degree & that being the slim possibility if would make things far from irrelevant, it's an unusual scenario with us passing up on a opportunity & him going to another relegation candidate.

So, by that logic we should:
A Identify our main relegation candidates.
B. Check on who they might sign (free agents in particular)
C. Gazump those relegation candidates and sign their targets ahead of them.

I may be senile, but I'm not that daft

[Wokingclaret]

So, by that logic we should:
A Identify our main relegation candidates.
B. Check on who they might sign (free agents in particular)
C. Gazump those relegation candidates and sign their targets ahead of them.

I may be senile, but I'm not that daft

Haven't they done that to us

[Jakubclaret]

So, by that logic we should:
A Identify our main relegation candidates.
B. Check on who they might sign (free agents in particular)
C. Gazump those relegation candidates and sign their targets ahead of them.

I may be senile, but I'm not that daft

It's happened & the chances are it won't come back to bite us on the arse that's top & bottom.

[JimmyRobbo]

Concentrate on our own growth.

Finished.

Good luck, elsewhere..

[boatshed bill]

It's happened & the chances are it won't come back to bite us on the arse that's top & bottom.

TBF it's the least of our worries.
All that needs to happen is that VK gets our chaps on the right track and we'll be well safe by Easter

[Cheshireclaret]

Classic example of 'player envy'. Nobody really cared that we didn't sign him, given the number of players we have in his position, and yes he had a great pre-season for us and yes, he (apparently) told his daughter she was going to school in Burnley.

But my word, at no point this season have I thought 'bloody hell, if only Andros Townsend could come on and turn this game' and by the same token I don't think I'd have given two shiny shites had he come on for any of the opposition.

As an example, Adebayo caused me concern last season. And this. Rightly so. He's just signed for someone on 11th October. Good luck to him.

[CrosspoolClarets]

Classic example of 'player envy'. Nobody really cared that we didn't sign him, given the number of players we have in his position, and yes he had a great pre-season for us and yes, he (apparently) told his daughter she was going to school in Burnley.

But my word, at no point this season have I thought 'bloody hell, if only Andros Townsend could come on and turn this game' and by the same token I don't think I'd have given two shiny shites had he come on for any of the opposition.

As an example, Adebayo caused me concern last season. And this. Rightly so. He's just signed for someone on 11th October. Good luck to him.

Not sure anyone on here has said we should definitely have signed him, for my part I pondered if it will prove to be a mistake.

But…..despite all our wingers most of them play on the left and are right footed. We have struggled on the right side and players like Koleosho look like a fish out of water there and Tresor does a bit too.

We only have JBG and Manuel as left footed wingers and they are often crocked. Brun Larson is right footed but the way he hit that winner at Luton, ok, his left is very good too but I suspect isn’t fit for 90 yet as we are cautious about his long term injuries. But Townsend is known as a two footed player who can track back and could have solved that problem on the right.

So there is logic there, that’s all I am saying. But I can also see the logic not doing it too.

[Clive 1960]

Good luck to the lad hope it works out for him , just a shame how things didn't work out for him here after the offer of a contract, but that is life.

[claretonthecoast1882]

No reason sometimes things just take time it was always the waiting game.

So that's what any club had an interest in him were doing. They have signed him for about 10 weeks up to now and they have no game for almost the first 2 weeks.

No wonder you seem to struggle as much as you do

[Nori1958]

Classic example of 'player envy'. Nobody really cared that we didn't sign him, given the number of players we have in his position, and yes he had a great pre-season for us and yes, he (apparently) told his daughter she was going to school in Burnley.

But my word, at no point this season have I thought 'bloody hell, if only Andros Townsend could come on and turn this game' and by the same token I don't think I'd have given two shiny shites had he come on for any of the opposition.

As an example, Adebayo caused me concern last season. And this. Rightly so. He's just signed for someone on 11th October. Good luck to him.

Why would he have told his daughter she was going to school in Burnley?
He wouldn't have had to move house had he signed

[Jakubclaret]

So that's what any club had an interest in him were doing. They have signed him for about 10 weeks up to now and they have no game for almost the first 2 weeks.

No wonder you seem to struggle as much as you do

He’s found himself a club that’s top & bottom, he’s actually done better than I thought he’d do staying in the top flight, it was a question of when, he’s ideal for Luton a low risk short term signing who can offer experience.

[warksclaret]

Hmm seeing that 3 on the list are out injured and another seemingly out of favour maybe VK made a mistake reneging on the deal.
Hope it doesn't bite us on the arse now he has signed with a relegation rival..
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See your point, but it still leaves us four fit widemen for two positions, and as we saw at Luton we played just one wide man (plus Foster/ Amdouni). Our bigger problems are full backs-just two who can play in this league: central strikers just Foster;central midfield just four including Cork for three positions. Now we understand Al Dakhill, Beyer and Ekdal all injured. So for me letting Townsend go is not a big issue