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Swindon agree deal for Ferry and Caddis


By EWING GRAHAME
SWINDON Town last night agreed a fee of £350,000 with Celtic for midfielder Simon Ferry and full-back Paul Caddis.

Caddis, 22, made 24 appearances for the first team at Parkhead, making his home debut when he marked Ronaldinho when Barcelona came to Glasgow in the last 16 of the Champions League in February, 2008. He also had a spell on loan with Dundee United last year.

Ferry, also 22, has been at Parkhead since 2005 but injuries saw him sidelined for nearly three years.

He failed to make the first team but spent last season on loan at Swindon, making 46 appearances for them, including the League One play-off final defeat to Millwall at Wembley.

They'll join former Celts Scott Cuthbert and Jon-Paul McGovern at the County Ground.

Swindon had earlier seen a second bid for the pair rejected.

Here's the link:

http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Swindon-agree-deal-for-Ferry.6445798.jp

If it is true i am a very happy bunny.

get in!

I hope that is right.

A left winger next please Danny

This is very good news...whatever other positions need strengthening.  We know all about Ferry and how important he was last season, and I confidently predict that Caddis will become a star.

Firstly I hope this is true.

Secondly I hope there is no issues with personal terms.

At this moment in time does that mean Caddis right and JPM left?

could be dave, jp could do a pretty decent job on the left i reckon, he doesnt beat his man too often so would be cracking cutting back inside.

with the addition of ferry and caddis this means we can play so many more systems and have some decent ball players ultimatley on the bench to come on and change a game

A five man midfield with douglas guarding the back4 and caddis, ferry, prutton, mcgovern, could be our away from home strategy with austin as the lone striker

Again, if this is true I think we are a ST and CB away from being as good as last season

 :D :beers: hopefully this will be confirmed tommorrow morning

Encouraging words, I imagine personal terms would have been discussed already so if the two could could kindly fast track their decisions that would be lovely.

BBC Radio Swindon have confirmed Paul Caddis & Simon Ferry expected to sign for us over the weekend and both will play a part in the Nottingham Forest Home again  8)

Wooooooo!

Great bit of work done by the club bringing these two to swindon  8)

BBC Radio revealed we put in a bid for Matt Ritchie yesterday but now we get Ferry & Caddis i don't know how much of a priority this will be now.

This makes me all anxious. I want to see scarves. I was thinking last night, that if we were to get Matt Richie as well, we'd be so close to a very versatile and complete team.

GK: Lukas, Smith
LB: Rose, Richie, KLF, Caddis
CB: Cuthbert, Morrison, LJF, Evans (looks bare)
RB: Amankwaah, Caddis, Cuthbert
LM: O'Brien, Richie, Ball, Timlin, Caddis, JPM, Bodin
CM: Dougie, Ferry, Prutton, Timlin, JPM, Richie, Caddis
RM: JPM, Caddis, Ball, Prutton
ST: Austin, Peri, Ball, Bodin

We'll be able to cover lots of positions with a quite small squad. It does Look like we need a striker and a centre half, or if we aren't trying to get Richie, a left midfielder as well.

Who is KLF, has he arrived in a tardis whilst I wasn't looking?

LJF, only cooler.

Samdy likes this

8)

KLF  :toocool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaQW7e8DfKY

Ony problem is we have to deal with a certain administrator though

 :nod:

Won't believe it until I see it on a site you can trust.

BBC? Pah! It's all about the Adver.

They have it too.........

It must be a done deal then. I'm going out to get Ferry's face tattooed on my back.

So do I ...

http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/news/headlines/8298679.Town_confirm_Caddis_and_Ferry_set_to_sign/

Wouldn't have thought Portsmouth would want to sell him - they're down to 14 senior players as it is and still trying to offload 2 or 3 of those. Richie is one of the few they can afford to keep and Cotterill's already in abject despair after a disastrous pre-season tour of the US.

Scarf over the head, until then it's just talk :)

I may get his name on my shirt.

Will be Ferry across the jersey.

 :D

Great move to bring him in. Our midfield will have some terrific movement with him, JP, Prutton and Douglas combined.  Ferry and the Spacemakers, if you will.

is it too early? EIEIEIEO............. ;)

Just need another Striker now and we are sorted!!!!

we dont need another striker we have austin pericard and ball.

Yep agree Mex.

I think another Striker "would be nice" but I dont think its essential.

If we had injuries we could just loan someone

I guess the need for a striker comes down to how much faith you have in Perricard, and the fact Ball is an unknown and may not even play up front.

Personally I'd see how it went. Perricard needs to be given a chance.

Agree.

Re: Ball i think Caddis signing could make him less likley to fature on the wing, Caddis could play RM with JPM going left.

I know this is very sad, but I honestly havent been this excited about two signings for years. Ferry was superb last season, his run for Ward goal against Charlton said everything about him in my opinion. And I have heard nothing but good things about Caddis from a Celtic supporting colleague.

Two players of a decent quality actually want to come to the town, can see what we're trying to do and want to be a part of it. Its a refreshing change from those who want to sit in the stands and collect their money every week. After several years of dross we finally seem to be able to attract good players, Douglas, Lucas, Prutton, Cuthbert, now these two. Can you imagine that under Malpas or King?!!!

(I am now praying they both sign and the deal doesnt fall through becuase their wages demands are too high!!! Then I will look very silly indeed).

Roll on the 7th is what I say!!!!

Could be. I think Caddis will start right back myself.

Good to have choices though!


Its good news isn't it. Mind you last time I was excited about a double signing was Thorpe and Cureton....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/8849942.stm

Do we think this could have been the final nail in their coffin?

Make sure it's that way round.

Excellent !

I think we will use Caddis as a winger. Amankwaah had a very good season last year and would be harsh on him to sudden lose his place in the team.

We are probably in need of another winger more so than a full back, so at a guess Caddis right wing and JPM left - although that takes out the Amankwaah/JPM partnership which was really good last season. Unless he sticks Caddis left.

We will see.

Centre Back now please Wilson and we're almost set.

Should just say I agree with that, it was more based on Derby nicking his place at the back end of last season.

Darby only came in because Amankwaah was injured and he did a decent job so kept his place and/or Liverpool 'expected' him to play a certain % of games.

I remember a match report from an opposition fan (cant remember which team).

The report went along the lines of "Their right back is one big mother fucking scary black muvva who scared the shit out of our full backs all day with his big muvva fucking black scary running"

I like Manks, and his big black muvva running.

manky could play centre back he is a big muvva

Ummm, last time Manks ventured in the the middle, he ended up bulletting in a header! Full back only thanks.

was a good finish mind, maybe we should consider him upfront  8)

Two fantastic signings, Danny does know how to pull of a good transfer!

Has it happened yet?Nothing on OS.

No not yet. Everyone seems to think it has though. Approach with caution until official confirmation.

BBC Radio Swindon said they'll sign over the weekend so we won't see any scarfs above heads etc probably until Mon / Tue

I hope not - they are becoming our precious feeder club

Fantastic signings if the deal is really done.


Danny did recently say he was still trying to get Darby back in on loan again.

I get the impression Caddis is more full back than winger but then why would Danny still be after Darby if he has got Caddis? Unless he is just keeping his options open. With Caddis being able to play anywhere down the side, manks as an attacking fullback option, JPM as a wide man or central midfielder, and potentially darby as another more defensive right full back, I would be VERY happy with those 4 - a lot of strength in depth.

Im more worried about the left - Rose sounds good, Lecs seems to finally be confirmed as CB (thank goodness), Kennedy still has some work to do but I think is a good squad/back-up player.  Then further up the pitch we have sicknote...I mean O'Brien, and then possibly Ball if he doesn't play up top.  Other than that we are weak at left mid so I think we need to bring someone else in. Danny Ward would be perfect, but I really cant see it happening?

If we can get a CB and a left winger in then I think we'd have a serious title contending squad, the only concern being how long we give Pericard to prove he can score and not just create before we look to get a loan striker in (that is unless Bodin is up to the step up?)

i dont think we will see another left winger because we have o'brien DW has said ball can play there and so can bodin and JPM so i cant see it happening

We are short upfront regardless of whether Ball plays upfront or on the wing...We could do with another striker..Didnt Wilson say he wanted an experienced striker a few weeks back?? We only have Austin, Pericard & Ball...You could say Bodin too but he might not be ready.

I think we really do need to get a striker in soon because if Ball ends up on the wing and Pericard does not perform then it wont be very good unless Wilson moves Ball upfront if Pericard doesn't get some form??

I want Pericard to come good this season but incase he doesnt we need other options.

Delighted with the signings of Ferry & Caddis though providing they go through.

we only had 1 striker this time last year, i dont see what the panic is about we still have a month to bring someone in

I think we've signed Caddis as a winger.

We have Amankwaah, Thompson, Rose, Kennedy and LJF as full backs.

Caddis can play there but I think we will see him and JPM as the wingers.

I also have a feeling Ball will be too good to not play upfront. I do think it will be him and Austin.

Without wishing to flog a dead horse we still need a top quality experienced defensive leader to replace my avatar.

That's so unlike you as well...

As far as a striker goes, that french/togolese player is playing tomorrow, might be he's ok yet.

Surely Lesci's going to play as a CH?

Yes, but he can cover as full back, hence he is last on the list.