Cauley Woodrow linked with Ipswich

I'd like us to keep Cauley and for him to be played to his strengths and to focus on putting the ball in the net. But he's our highest earner, even if there are any clauses that may limit his salary on relegation.

If Wednesday were the only club who came in with a reasonable offer and pay him what he wanted, I think we just have to make our peace that such a thing is likely to happen, unless we've got our heads above water from other player sales and cuts.

 

Is it just me that sees players like this as a huge risk? He had an unreal season last year and is a good age at 25 but his goal record is terrible other than last year which was great. Due to last season he will have eyes on him meaning there is more competition for his signature and you'd have to over pay possibly on wages. This for a striker who last season scored 24 in 27 which is insane, the season before in the same league for the same team he got 1 in 15. The two seasons prior to this also in L2 he score a total of 3 goals in 35 games.

Same with Alfie May who many are wanting Duff to bring with him. We would have to pay a fee for him which would be hyped due to last season for what is really a striker with a below average record over 6 EFL seasons followed by one good season.

 

Are they able to pay fees again at the moment? They were not allowed to last season were they due to sanctions I think so that could rule them out maybe.

 

Who knows. At the minute it's just paper talk. Let's just see what materialises and what other players we receive actual offers for.

 

No idea, good strikers are hard to come by, and the proven ones are very expensive. It is just a difficult position to recruit.

I do like the look of Tyreece Simpson who is available from Ipswich, not proven at all and young but has lots of potential and sell on value, probably rather go him over a Telford but thats just me.

 

We need to shift some of our forwards off our wage bill before we worry too much about getting more in. From his media interview, it seems Duff wants to carry on with a back 3 and ideally a 3-5-2 but didn't seem to rule out 3-4-3 either.

So you'd think 5-6 forwards is more than enough.

Woodrow, Morris, Leya Iseka, Schmidt, Oulare (supposedly loaned out already), Cole, Schmidt, Aitchison. Marsh, Bremang, Thompson. Thats a lot of forwards. Plus Oduor and Thomas might get a look in if we couldn't get rid if Duff went with a front 3 rather than 2.

 

I wasn't saying we need to go get some, I was replying to the post about getting rid of Cauley for Telford as an easy direct swap and pointing out the risks. My preference would be to keep Cauley and Morris with Aitchison and Cole/Marsh as back up and get rid of Schmidt and Iseka if possible while loaning out some of the younger ones like Bremang.

If we do lose Cauley though, then I would hope to see a new one come in to replace him.

 

It's really difficult isn't it? The players we'll be able to offload for a possible fee are the better ones who we'd likely want to keep. I think the only way we'll get rid of Schmidt before his contract lapses is to pay him off and we can't really afford to do that. Iseka has a bit of quality, but like so many, his effort levels collapsed and he just didn't get involved. I've a feeling we signed him on a 4 year contract so unless Duff thinks we can get something out of him, we really need to find a way of moving him on.

I'd really like to see us keep Morris, but I just can't see that. He will surely have attracted admiring glances being out top scorer last season in one of the worst attacking teams I can recall.

 

So tricky, I actually think we are more likely to keep Morris than Woodrow due to his injury record, Morris is the main striker I want us to keep too. Hopefully some team overseas in Austria would want Schmidt even for a tiny fee just so we can get rid. We seem to be able to find him loan moves each season so clubs are somewhat interested. Hopefully Iseka's reputation from playing at some fairly big clubs will enable us to shift him on. Swear I saw he was linked to a team in Turkey recently but might be a load of rubbish. His brother does play in Turkey though so if true I am sure he would be interested in that move.

 

I wouldn't be suprised if he brought a new captain in, bearing in mind Luke Vardy's comment that he had a leadership group of players that he made him part of. Our present group of players hasn't really got what you would call a leader amongst them, one that that shouts and directs operations on field.

 

I think it will be a case of the bigger picture. If we can get decent fees for Styles and Helik (who I think are the most likely to be offskis) that puts us in a better position to be a bit more discerning.

If we're struggling to move anyone on of significance, it may well be a case of a nominal fee, or even a free is attractive just to get a big wage off the books. And if no fee was involved, I wouldn't be surprised to see championship sides sniffing.

Well just have to be patient and see who comes sniffing.

 

I would hope we can keep one of cauley and morris for next season. We should be able to get a decent fee for morris if there is interest with woodrow it will be more getting him off the wage bill as any fee we get 50% will go to fulham.

 

I'd love to keep both, but I'll be pleasantly surprised if we start the season with either of them.

 

Sign him and they could field Cauley, Kayden Jackson and Chappers up front.

 

The only stick he got was on social media including this site. At no stage did I ever see him get the flack whilst on the pitch, (the odd shout yes). . In comparison to several others with boos ringing in their ears.
I hope he stays (I believe he has a love for the club and its fans. and has been a great ambassador) . If not. Go to the highest bidder. not too fussed who. More things to worry about than him facing us. One player does not make a team.

 

Hate to say it but is Barnsley to Portsmouth or Ipswich a move to a bigger club? Yes, I know who that leaves..........

 

From the player perspective all depends on the wages ,signing on fee length of contract.

 

Fully agree, I just hope we don't have any gone to a big club, ambition, blah, blah if he goes to one of those clubs. It'll be purely for the money, which is fine if you're upfront about it