Tom Naylor

**spireitematt** · 21-06-2023, 22:12

Tom Naylor has signed on a 3 year deal on a free from Wigan Athletic. This is a very very good signing for us and one which will help us in our bid for promotion back to the football league. He played nearly every game for Wigan last season in the Championship.

We need a striker, goalkeeper and I reckon another centre-back.

Devongone · 22-06-2023, 12:08

(21-06-2023, 22:12)spireitematt Wrote: Tom Naylor has signed on a 3 year deal on a free from Wigan Athletic. This is a very very good signing for us and one which will help us in our bid for promotion back to the football league. He played nearly every game for Wigan last season in the Championship.

We need a striker, goalkeeper and I reckon another centre-back.

It worries me a bit that Cookie tends to sign players he already knows ...... especially when they are over thirty and we give them a three year deal.

I'm wondering why you think we need another centre back, just having signed Naylor? I appear to be the only one who wants to ditch our captain ..... or is Naylor the new captain in waiting?

After that Wembley experience I would have thought we'd be ensuring that this season our defence got to play in front of a real keeper.

**spireitematt** · 22-06-2023, 18:27

You're right Dev. We don't need another centre-back, I didn't realise he can play centre back as well as a defensive midfielder.

Dancingwilldoit · (This post was last modified: 22-06-2023, 21:35 by Dancingwilldoit.)

You can add Will Grigg to the list as well.
If I understand right Dallas has signed, is in training with the club and will be announced soon.

Naylor never played for Cook so he doesn't know him. He joined Portsmouth after Cook left and Joined Wigan after Cook left.

Devongone · 23-06-2023, 13:21

Don't know whether it is better or worse that Naylor didn't play under Cookie; so he's just going on what his old Wigan contacts tell him then? Naylor sounds a good signing, but where will we play him? You might have him, Banks, Jones and Oldaker competing for one spot in midfield and if he goes in at centre back who is on the bench forever?

I'd be happy-ish with Grigg and Dallas, but my preference would be for at least one younger model.

GOALKEEPER NEEDED - minimum height 6' 2", athletic, capable on crosses, kicks well, strong personality, wants regular game time in order to progress. Maximum age 25.

**spireitematt** · 24-06-2023, 19:05

Dev I think you're worrying unnecessarily. When Jack Lester signed for us back in 2007 he was around 31 and he did extremely well with us. Naylor and Grigg are good signing's especially at our level. Grigg could easily get 15-20 goals in this league.

I also think you'll be pleased to know Dev is the club have offered professional contracts to not one, not two but FOUR! YES FOUR! academy players. Alexander Duhameau, George Wilkinson, Sam Hooper and Archie White. Duhameau, Hooper and White will all be going on loan to Matlock for the forthcoming season.

Devongone · 27-06-2023, 10:07

I like us giving contracts to our youngsters. I don't like the fact that we then have nothing to do with them other than for Matlock to develop them. We simply have to have a team in place to develop such players. Luckily for the last couple of seasons Matlock have been very competitive, but the general history of our Matlock loans has been that it is either a road to nowhere or away from the Spireites to find first team football.

By the way Jacob Hazel is having a nice tournament time in the international squad of St Kitts and Nevis.

If we were grabbing a Wigan reject I might have been happier with Tendayi Darikwa who I would have played at left back (largely to annoy our friend Dancing).

Also I think our Prediction League should continue. We need something like that to hold us together and I haven't got a better idea. It seems to work well.

Dancingwilldoit · 27-06-2023, 13:59

Yes Dev dancing would have been a tad upset.
However not complaining about the signing of Tyrer on loan from Everton. Thanks Mr Dyche.

**spireitematt** · 27-06-2023, 20:23

Jordan Ibe is in Portugal training with the team. He would be too good for the division if we sign him. I noticed Daniel Johnson has been released by Preston, would you take him back? Cook also says 3-4 will be moving on.

Devongone · (This post was last modified: 30-06-2023, 10:59 by Devongone.)

Preston must be insane releasing Daniel Johnson. We should have broken the bank to sign him when we had him on loan from Villa. Would I sign him? Obviously, but we'd have to decide on players to leave the club temporarily or permanently to make way wouldn't we?

It is rare that a player is too good to make a positive difference to a team. Mullin is too good for Wrexham, but he works so hard and wants to win so much for the club you can bet he'll get 25+goals again for them in EFL2.

Players who think they are far too good are the ones to avoid. If they really want to play they'll raise the level of the rest of the team.

Jordan Ibe certainly has masses of ability. Yes he should be better than National League. But his career is a history of failing to fulfil promise. He'd be a fair gamble, but would he be a better bet than a younger lad on our books, who we got from Matlock? Ibe needs us to resurrect his career even more than we need him - discuss .....

Forgot to say Harry Tyrer appears to match my criteria for a first choice keeper. My only worry is that Everton's first choice keeper is a crackpot and their owner appears to be of a similar frame of mind. As ever Sean Dyche appears to have tried his hardest for us.