Chanka Zimba to Northampton (loan) - Official

https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news...rthampton-town

https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/s...dition-3517083

https://www.ntfc.co.uk/news/2022/january/chanka_zimba/

Been on the cards for several days but now done. Looks like a good move. :thumbup:

Good luck Chanka!

Hopefully he gets plenty of game time.

Looking at their squad they have 3 other centre forwards

Benny Ashley-Seal - a 23 year old who has been on the bench a bit - scored 1 goal

Danny Rose (not that one) - a 28 year old who has 1 goal from 11 games + 9 sub appearances


and

Kion Etete a 20 uear old loanee from Spurs who has 3 league goals from 18 games

they don't seem to be that prolific, and they seem to vary between 4-4-2 with rose and Etete up front and 4-2-3-1 with Etete up front alone.

Hopefully he can break into the team and show what he can do.

Etete has been recalled from his loan by Spurs and sent on loan to Cheltenham instead - doing a Man Utd with Laird with the Jacks.

I think Zimba will play quite a bit as they have very few options up front - hope he does well

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Originally Posted by binman

Etete has been recalled from his loan by Spurs and sent on loan to Cheltenham instead - doing a Man Utd with Laird with the Jacks.

I think Zimba will play quite a bit as they have very few options up front - hope he does well

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in that case with Etete being recalled i expect he'll play a fair bit - the only down side is they don't seem to score many as a team.

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Originally Posted by Rjk

in that case with Etete being recalled i expect he'll play a fair bit - the only down side is they don't seem to score many as a team.

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The question I'd ask is can he become better at what he wasn't good at, the first half he played for us where he lost the ball etc.

I hope some thought has gone into where we are sending them out on loan and we aren't just letting them go to the first club that puts an offer in.

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Originally Posted by dembethewarrior

The question I'd ask is can he become better at what he wasn't good at, the first half he played for us where he lost the ball etc.

I hope some thought has gone into where we are sending them out on loan and we aren't just letting them go to the first club that puts an offer in.

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well it's better than Weston Super Mare, and it seems as though he'll get an opportunity to play plenty of games, so it's better than nothing.
You do wonder why Spurs felt the need to pull their guy out of there though.