Confimred - Chem Campbell

[WestYorksRoyal]

When talking about the exodus, I do question which players scream "sign me" to Championship clubs. Bindon. That is all.

But the likes of Wing, Smith and Knibbs could strengthen a team like Bolton or Blackpool, and that may be appealing to them given our situation.

[Snowflake Royal]

When talking about the exodus, I do question which players scream "sign me" to Championship clubs. Bindon. That is all.

But the likes of Wing, Smith and Knibbs could strengthen a team like Bolton or Blackpool, and that may be appealing to them given our situation.

Good luck to then finding the cash. Blackpool don't seem to have paid a fee in the summer and Bolton did spend a big wedge, but only one player.

L1 teams (Birmingham and Wrexham apart) largely don't have the cash to pay out hundreds of k.

[Clyde1998]

By my count, assuming there isn’t any age exclusion, we have well over30 players with at least 1 senior appearance in the League, FA Cup, League Cup or League Trophy.

1 Button
2 Pereira
3 Boyce-Clarke
4 Norcott
5 Yiadom
6 Abrefa
7 Ahmed
8 Dorsett
9 Garcia
10 Bindon
11 Mbengue
12 Dean
13 Holzman
14 Kanu
15 Stickland
16 Clarke
17 Osho
18 Craig
19 Rushesha
20 Senga
21 Spencer
22 Wellens
23 Wing
24 Elliott
25 Savage
26 Sackey
27 Knibbs
28 Camara
29 Akande
30 Tuma
31 Ehibhatiomhan
32 Smith
33 Wareham

I had a look myself and found 37 - adding John Clarke; Boyd Beacroft; Jeremiah Okine-Peters; Joe Barough. We've given debuts to ten players this season.

Worth pointing out when we signed Campbell, we had 34 players matching that criteria - whether the rule's been changed to only include league matches or now requires a minimum number of appearances may be a factor.

Had Clarke in at 16.

My interpretation of Campbell's signing was we persuaded the FL that there was ambiguity in their communication about whether we could sign a replacement for Azeez.

I think the deal went through because we argued we wouldn't have let Azeez go if we couldn’t make a signing, it's a net cost reduction, we've been paying on time and the takeover is all but complete.

Well, the takeover fell apart, and the misunderstanding can no longer apply, so I think we'll find it very hard to bring anyone in to replace him. I think there's a small chance we get to extend.

On the other hand, I don't see us selling more than 2 players who've played regularly. I know a lot of people expect a mass exodus, but I don't.

Although, I think that exodus is much more likely in the summer when contracts run out, unless we have solid extension clauses.

Most of our players aren't super attractive for a fee to Champ clubs. But a lot are well worth a punt for a free to Champ or L1 clubs in the summer.

Sorry, the additional player was John Ryan - who played in the League of Ireland before coming here.

[Clyde1998]

Campbell's loan has officially expired.

[Mr Angry]

Campbell's loan has officially expired.

That was always on the cards sadly.

Thanks for your time here Chem, and good luck for the rest of your carear.

[Sutekh]

Campbell's loan has officially expired.

That was always on the cards sadly.

Thanks for your time here Chem, and good luck for the rest of your carear.

Club is in negotiations with the FL and Wolves to extend for the rest of the season. They've got more or less 2 weeks until the next league game so something final should be known by then.

[Hound]

I very much doubt Wolves are a blocker at all to this

Agree I can’t see us losing too many in Jan - dependent on how urgent our cash flow issues are

Bindon likely. Savage possible

Otherwise unless we need a fire sale and end up selling of the likes Knibbs for 100k or so then don’t see many others moving on.

[WestYorksRoyal]

I expect Reading, Wolves and the player are all keen to extend. The negotiations will be with the EFL.

[Snowflake Royal]

I very much doubt Wolves are a blocker at all to this

Agree I can’t see us losing too many in Jan - dependent on how urgent our cash flow issues are

Bindon likely. Savage possible

Otherwise unless we need a fire sale and end up selling of the likes Knibbs for 100k or so then don’t see many others moving on.

I also wouldn't expect Wolves to wait long for us, could easily send him out to another L1 club to develop rather than wait on us.

Cambridge could certainly use his goals and assists.

[traff]

Not in the Wolves squad for their game tonight, despite naming kids on the bench with no first team experience.
Suggests they will be loaning him out again, suspect they don't want to limit the options around the three clubs in a season rule.
Hope we can get him back, has improved as the season has gone on and we need bodies!

[AthleticoSpizz]

Yep, would be delighted for him to see our season out.

[Royal Ginger]

He’s done well for us, on his day he’s running rings round League One defences, If I were Wolves I’d want to try him out somewhere he’s likely to get game time in the Championship.

[WestYorksRoyal]

He’s done well for us, on his day he’s running rings round League One defences, If I were Wolves I’d want to try him out somewhere he’s likely to get game time in the Championship.

I don't think he's ready for that level. He's pretty inconsistent and having a full season with us where he can really hit his stride would benefit him.

Louie Barry has been recalled to go out on loan to the Championship, and he is a long way ahead of Campbell in terms of development.

[Royal Ginger]

You may well be right. Time will tell.

[Hiram K Hackenbacker]

You may well be right. Time will tell.

I agree

[stealthpapes]

I can’t work out if Louie Barry is the next Grealish or the next Bannan.

Either way, Campbell is not quite at same level. Hope he comes back, wish him all the best if he does not.

[Snowflake Royal]

I can’t work out if Louie Barry is the next Grealish or the next Bannan.

Either way, Campbell is not quite at same level. Hope he comes back, wish him all the best if he does not.

Don't quite get Campbell. He mostly doesn't look that good to me. But he scores goals and gets assists fairly consistently.

He's like an anti-L1 winger. Normally you'd expect them to look incredible world beaters one day, and barely able to kick another. But to me he looks just consistently tidy, but without a lot of flair.

Effective, is I guess how I'd describe him. Which isn’t a typical wonger description.

[Clyde1998]

I can’t work out if Louie Barry is the next Grealish or the next Bannan.

Either way, Campbell is not quite at same level. Hope he comes back, wish him all the best if he does not.

Don't quite get Campbell. He mostly doesn't look that good to me. But he scores goals and gets assists fairly consistently.

He's like an anti-L1 winger. Normally you'd expect them to look incredible world beaters one day, and barely able to kick another. But to me he looks just consistently tidy, but without a lot of flair.

Effective, is I guess how I'd describe him. Which isn’t a typical wonger description.

A lot of wingers are very hit and miss. I don't know if that's because what they're in the team to do, create chances, is highly dependent on the players around them - knowing what sort of ball to expect, thinking they can beat players, confidence they can spot runs, etc. This is without being potentially isolated out on the wing.

He's very effective at what he was in the team to do, score and create chances, and may simply be the sort of player that just works well within our system. He's similar to Femi Azeez (perhaps to be expected as he was the direct replacement) in his style of player and that he can do basically nothing throughout the game and then have a moment of magic. Arguably, he's been more consistent than Azeez - once he bedded into the team.

I'm not sure he'll become anything more than a lower level Championship player, as he's now twenty-two, and doesn't appear to have that additional level to rise to.

Would be fantastic if we could get him back on loan until the end of the season, but fully expecting us not to be able to do so.

[WestYorksRoyal]

Confirmed he's here for the remainder of the season. Great news, and fair play to the EFL for pragmatism.

[Crusader Royal]

Confirmed he's here for the remainder of the season. Great news, and fair play to the EFL for pragmatism.

Suggests loan back for Bindon if he is sold would probably be ok’d as well….