League 2 signings and rumours for the upcoming season.

[Crozzer]

Why do we need a replacement for Smith?

We don't, need cover for injury and suspension.  Smith gets the brunt of opposing teams' dark arts every game.  

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

We don’t as far as I’m aware. Just hypothetically if you did want to bring in like for like cover for a target man, they’re a decent match in how they play.

I assume Drinan will be the Smith cover if we ever need it but they’re more far apart in their style.

OK, cover rather than replacement, fair enough...

[Peter Venkman]

Crawley set to continue buying non league players as they did fairly successfully for their promotion push 2 years ago by signing Danny Cashman a 24 year old striker from Worthing on a free. He scored 15 goals in the National South last season.

Harrogate sign 28 year old ex Derby wonderkid Mason Bennett from Millwall.

Walsall sign 22 year old defender Mason Hancock from Aidrie.

Oldham sign Cheltenhams 33 year old midfielder Tom Pett.

Chesterfield sign winger 23 year old Dilan Markanday from Blackburn Rovers.

2 of Barrows best players Kian Spence and Dean Campbell leave the club.

Fleetwood sign Suttons 28 year old striker Will Davies who scored 18 goals for Sutton last season.

Managerless Notts County have signed 32 year old midfielder Oliver Norburn from Blackpool and 27 year old Afghanistan international forward Maziar Kouhyar from York City.

Newport County have signed 25 year old Wales international midfielder Matt Smith following his exit from St Johnstone.

Barrow sign 25 year old midfielder Rekeem Harper from Port Vale.

Paul Mullin looks set to sign for MKD from Wrexham.

[UTR]

Crawley set to continue buying non league players as they did fairly successfully for their promotion push 2 years ago by signing Danny Cashman a 24 year old striker from Worthing on a free. He scored 15 goals in the National South last season.

Walsall sign 22 year old defender Mason Hancock from Aidrie.

Oldham sign Cheltenhams 33 year old midfielder Tom Pett.

Chesterfield sign winger 23 year old Dilan Markanday from Blackburn Rovers.

2 of Barrows best players Kian Spence and Dean Campbell leave the club.

Fleetwood sign Suttons 28 year old striker Will Davies who scored 18 goals for Sutton last season.

Managerless Notts County have signed 32 year old midfielder Oliver Norburn from Blackpool and 27 year old Afghanistan international forward Maziar Kouhyar from York City.

Newport County have signed 25 year old Wales international midfielder Matt Smith following his exit from St Johnstone.

Barrow sign 25 year old midfielder Rekeem Harper from Port Vale.

Paul Mullin looks set to sign for MKD from Wrexham.

Would be some going if MK got Mullin but Wigan is the latest rumoured destination on X. Wonder if they still have McGoldrick int their sights.

[Batch]

Still don't see mullin more than a useful league 2 player tbh.

I liked him when here, would have kept him, didn't cry when he left. Nothing has changed.

[Peter Venkman]

Would be some going if MK got Mullin but Wigan is the latest rumoured destination on X. Wonder if they still have McGoldrick int their sights.

McGoldrick is still number 1 target for MKD yes, link up with his old manager Paul Warne.

[Peter Venkman]

Still don't see mullin more than a useful league 2 player tbh.

I liked him when here, would have kept him, didn't cry when he left. Nothing has changed.

I agree, very overrated player, solid L2 at best.

[No Longer Posh Red]

Still don't see mullin more than a useful league 2 player tbh.

I liked him when here, would have kept him, didn't cry when he left. Nothing has changed.

I liked him, a horrible little fucker who seemed to be a pain in the arse to play against, but the championship definitely above his level

[Kinky Tom]

To be fair, in his last two L2 seasons he's played 84 and scored 56.  That's a silly amount of goals so he's definitely done something right since leaving us. 

Would I have predicted how prolific he'd become?  Not a chance, I thought he'd trundle along at 10 - 15 goals a season, but to say he's overrated at this level given those numbers seems a bit harsh now.

Without having seen a player at close quaters join us, with similar numbers in our division, we'd be calling it a coup, no question about that.

Probably a great signing from a merch point of view too with him being a star in the US.

[Wobbly Bob]

Paul Mullin. Faultless in Deadpool & Wolverine.

Stats would indicate that upper end of L1 might be the ceiling.
Excellent signing at L2 level.

[Jimmy Quinn]

I can’t see him dropping down to league 2 with his impressive scoring record.

[DV]

Mullin reminds me a bit of Glatzel - in the sense he’s a central striker we played wider.

Always thought we’d have got more out of him if we’d played him centrally.

No idea where he has operated post Swindon mind you.

[Jimmy Quinn]

I reckon he would be good alongside Smith in a 442

[Wobbly Bob]

Could be mistaken but his (Glatzels) best efforts in the "we all love Glatzel" end of first season extended cameo appeared to come from a wide striking position?

In the cold light of sobriety he seems much better suited to anything other than a central striking position.
The stats would appear to support a very promising role as an assistor.

I'm delighted to have him back on board.

A lack of sobriety may have put this in the wrong thread.
If in doubt blame DV.

"We all agreeee ahh that Glatzel is better than Mullin."

[DV]

I reckon he would be good alongside Smith in a 442

I concur but not something we could do last season with the players we had.
No wingers - plus no one really plays 442 anymore but think a Smith / Glatzel partnership would prove fruitful