Daniel Harvie signs from MK
Don't think anyone has put this up yet, surprisingly.
Left-back who has played a decent number of games over the last four years.
Signs for an undisclosed fee.
Scored against us the season before last.
Sounds like a good signing, should allow Luke to play more games in midfield.
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the discussion is all shoved into the Rumour Mill thread.
But yes, it's fair he gets his own thread, if for no other reason than it heads off militant pedantry (an attribute rarely seen on the Gasroom) that, "if <Player X> has actually signed, then it's no longer a rumour, is it? GET THIS TALK OUT OF THE RUMOUR THREAD".
Etc.
Haven't looked at the Rumour Mill thread for ages. Up to 1.4K posts unread now.
The more it builds up, the less likely I am to go back into it.
Suppose I could just go straight into the recent posts, but I'd probably then start working my way backwards, just for context. Not worth it.
Delighted with this one. Allows Luke to push forward into midfield so almost feels like two signings in one. Wouldn’t be surprised if we got another LB in on loan (Earley?) to cover/rotate, unless Hartridge is also seen as a genuine LB option. Squad shaping up nicely now.
Really pleased with this one. Liked him when he’s played against us. Always a threat. Covers a hell of a lot of ground. Can’t wait for the season to start!
Quite hard to get excited about signing a left back, but this seems like excellent business. And it means Luke can play further forward.
If we are signing Udoh then we might only need a wide forward and we’ll be set.
Signing JJ was a big boost for us at the time IIRC
If Harvie goes on to become one of our greatest ever I’ll pretend to have known it all along.
He was training in number 28, which is interesting as I would have thought he would have been straight into 3 as JJ's presumptive replacement. Now I am intrigued to see who gets that number!
Scottish fullbacks on both sides now, and if he is anything like Grimmer, it will be a fun period!
On another note, I like the type of profile of pickups we have made so far - reputable talents, but we are clearly not losing all sense of reason and trying to make it rain.
With the rumoured signing of Udoh where else do you think we need to strengthen. A creative midfielder? Can't see that beyond development players we need that many through the door now.
I'd agree with that. A kind of creative fulcrum/10 type talent, but besides that it is really depth and cover. We have done good business early (assuming we get Udoh through the door too) and it may possibly mostly be loanees now after one or two more permanents?
Leahy could possibly be moving to the number 10 role I suppose with Lubala and Bakinson too in competition. If the Udoh rumour is true I don’t see any more coming in other than a couple of loans. Kodua would be lovely
With all the attacking players coming in I'm hoping we are looking at a Vokes +1 partnership upfront with Sam playing the hold up guy. We have tons of athleticism to join in for his flicks and layoffs.
Anyone got a link to Dan’s first interview?
That number might be meaningless. I'm sure I saw Vokesey in a number 6 outfit a week or so ago!
Dan's first interview - Wycombe Wanderers (wwfc.com) if you have Wanderers TV.
NEW SIGNING | Dan Harvie (youtube.com) for a portion of the interview if you don't.
I very much hope you're right as I think we would see the best of Vokes again in a front 2, but Bloomfield seems to be largely allergic to playing that way.
Ah cheers! That makes sense, I suppose - put him in whichever higher number is available and make the final call nearer the start of the season when all of the business is complete.
After all, we gave Breckin the 8 no questions asked at the start of last season, and that did not go well!
Signing (and rumoured to be signing) the players we have and with Kone playing a single striker doesn't seem doable. Or the bench is going to be pretty attacking
Muted reaction from the franchise customers, I put it down to the grapes not being so sweet around the ASDA/IKea development.
Thank you @Shev
Was the photo upside-down?