Connor Wickham - possible short-term deal?

[splott parker]

He'd want a good few quid though Matt, he won't play for peanuts, obviously thinks he can get a decent move.
Even £10k a week is big for us at the minute if he gets crocked.
Might be worth it if he was willing to take a low wage though, just to prove himself.

Would any club pay him 10 grand a week with his glass body? You wouldn’t have thought he’s calling the shots on terms.

[blue matt]

He'd want a good few quid though Matt, he won't play for peanuts, obviously thinks he can get a decent move.
Even £10k a week is big for us at the minute if he gets crocked.
Might be worth it if he was willing to take a low wage though, just to prove himself.

even at 10 K a week, its only £150 k ( ish ) till the end of the season, a few goals from him might keep us up, its only Vinnie's Money, its worth the risk to me

[logic]

If he signs and puts in as much effort as he did at Forest Green then we'll be even further up the Creek. I'm not sure he offers anything we haven't already got.

9 goals in 18 games for a struggling side, albeit further down the league.

Of the strikers he'd be in competition with for a place,

Robinson 6
Harris 3
Etete 1

I'd suggest he's a better short term option than Harris or Etete.

[logic]

An extremely injury-prone player who scored six goals in League One this season for the team who are rock bottom of that division, and who last played a game two months ago.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it has indeed come to this.

A player who would be signed as a short term, cheap backup to Kaba (who prior to the Luton game hadn't played in two months), providing a physicality we don't have in other strikers.

A sicknote who has scored more this season than any of our strikers and only 1 less than Robinson, Harris and Etete combined.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it's a cheap, sensible option. Works out? Could help us stay up, could end up with a longer deal. If we get relegated? No compo as his deal expires, he along with Lamouchi won't be here next season.

[Des Parrot]

He'd want a good few quid though Matt, he won't play for peanuts, obviously thinks he can get a decent move.
Even £10k a week is big for us at the minute if he gets crocked.
Might be worth it if he was willing to take a low wage though, just to prove himself.

He’s out of a job,waning zip. Why would we pay him 4 or 5x what Forest Green paid?

[Ninja]

He’s out of a job,waning zip. Why would we pay him 4 or 5x what Forest Green paid?

Hopefully we won't, that's the point.
He seems to be holding out for more than most clubs are willing to chance, clearly.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Hopefully we won't, that's the point.
He seems to be holding out for more than most clubs are willing to chance, clearly.

The point is he might be better than what we've got, which is about the most damning comment you can make about our summer recruitment.

[GL1Blue]

9 goals in 18 games for a struggling side, albeit further down the league.

Of the strikers he'd be in competition with for a place,

Robinson 6
Harris 3
Etete 1

I'd suggest he's a better short term option than Harris or Etete.

He scored 6 in 16 games in the League for them, similar return to Robinson. Is there space for them both in our side, I'm not sure and I'd certainly rather Robinson over Wickham.
We need people who will defend from the front, Wickham certainly didn't do that for Forest Green.
Forest Green have thrown money around in this latest transfer window, I doubt that money would have been an issue if they wanted Wickham to stay until the end of the season. Purely a guess but I would have thought that they didn't want him to stay on and it doesn't seem he's had loads of offers from other clubs.
Saying that if he signed and scored a few goals I'd be more than happy!

[Des Parrot]

Forest Green have thrown money around in this latest transfer window, I doubt that money would have been an issue if they wanted Wickham to stay until the end of the season. Purely a guess but I would have thought that they didn't want him to stay on!

Appearance or minutes based clause that they didn’t want to invoke I read. (GoL I think)

[Ninja]

The point is he might be better than what we've got, which is about the most damning comment you can make about our summer recruitment.

It speaks volumes.
I could rant at this point about good players not wanting to come, lack of investment, and above all that, the embargo mess which also screwed us.
I'll refrain though. I can't be arsed dealing with snipers who can't accept the harsh reality of the situation.

[The Lone Gunman]

9 goals in 18 games for a struggling side, albeit further down the league.

It’s 20 games. Two of those goals came against South Shields. Another was scored against Alvechurch.

[GL1Blue]

Appearance or minutes based clause that they didn’t want to invoke I read. (GoL I think)

That makes sense then.

[goats]

An extremely injury-prone player who scored six goals in League One this season for the team who are rock bottom of that division, and who last played a game two months ago.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it has indeed come to this.

Could this be the guy that fires us up to the PL for the 10 year stint Tan was on about in a recent interview…..

[Organ Morgan.]

Hes worth a gamble.

That's easy for you to say; you don't have to find the dough.

Because he's employing a small army of lawyers, Vinnie's down to his last quadrillion Malaysian ringgits and only has a small state pension to supplement his pile.

[Mr Soul '68]

An extremely injury-prone player who scored six goals in League One this season for the team who are rock bottom of that division, and who last played a game two months ago.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it has indeed come to this.

This signing, if indeed it does happen, takes me back to he dreadful years of Hibbert's 'Reign of Terror'. Signing other teams, always historically poorer than us, more-or-less cast-offs. Wickham might still be wanted by FGR, but they are currently bottom of League 1. Sadly, with Tan at the helm this I feel, is the shape of things to come

[Organ Morgan.]

Reign of Terror.

[logic]

He scored 6 in 16 games in the League for them, similar return to Robinson. Is there space for them both in our side, I'm not sure and I'd certainly rather Robinson over Wickham.
We need people who will defend from the front, Wickham certainly didn't do that for Forest Green.
Forest Green have thrown money around in this latest transfer window, I doubt that money would have been an issue if they wanted Wickham to stay until the end of the season. Purely a guess but I would have thought that they didn't want him to stay on and it doesn't seem he's had loads of offers from other clubs.
Saying that if he signed and scored a few goals I'd be more than happy!

Who says Wickham over Robinson? If signed, he'd be backup to Kaba.
Forest Green may have thrown money around, but if Wickham had already been speaking to other sides higher up the ladder, who knows?

As Blue Matt said, they wanted to keep him, he walked way from an extension.

[life on mars]

play and pay contract okay for bench

[jon1959]

play and pay contract okay for bench

Pay as you play contracts are mainly an urban myth - popularised by keyboard managers on message boards.

Where they do exist (e.g. Andy Carroll at Newcastle and Reading) there is always a low basic wage as well.

The EFL has not yet adopted the zero hours 'gig' economy that has leached into other parts.

[stan butler]

It speaks volumes.
I could rant at this point about good players not wanting to come, lack of investment, and above all that, the embargo mess which also screwed us.
I'll refrain though. I can't be arsed dealing with snipers who can't accept the harsh reality of the situation.

Snipers? Not many use that word but i know another who likes to use it hhmmmm

[stan butler]

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...-move-26178589

Cardiff City are deciding whether to offer free agent striker Connor Wickham a contract with the club, WalesOnline has learned.

Wickham, 29, left League One side Forest Green Rovers last month after his short-term deal came to an end. The striker had interest from a number of teams last summer and even had a trial at Reading before joining the Gloucestershire-based side.

Wickham was keen to get games under his belt after years of being ravaged by injury hell. In his 20 games in all competitions for Forest Green this term, he scored nine goals. Now he is understood to be looking for a new challenge.

It is understood first-team coach Dean Whitehead helped to bring the former Premier League striker into the building before Sabri Lamouchi was appointed Bluebirds manager.

The player underwent rehabilitation with the Cardiff physios with a view to training with the Bluebirds, however that now appears unlikely as the club would be liable for any potential injuries caused should he suffer any while training with the team.

The centre-forward's injury record is clearly a concern for Cardiff, with a short-term contract likely to be the only way this deal gets over the line. He has played more than 20 league games in a single season only once since the 2013/14 campaign.

However, it all hinges on Lamouchi's assessment of the player. Cardiff are desperate for extra firepower in the squad and managed to bring in only one striker on deadline day in the form of Midtjylland front-man Sory Kaba.

Whether the Frenchman feels he has enough goals in the squad with Kaba, Callum Robinson, Kion Etete, Mark Harris and Isaak Davies as his forward options remains to be seen.

Wickham has 69 career goals to his name, during spells with big clubs including Leeds United, Sunderland, Ipswich Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Crystal Palace, which would put him behind only Robinson in the list of goals scored in the current Bluebirds setup.

But while Lamouchi has not ruled out the possibility of bringing in more players on free transfers, he did allude to the lack of match fitness as being a potential issue.

Wickham's last game for Forest Green was almost two months ago, a 1-0 win over Cheltenham Town in League One. Given he was rehabilitating an injury when he arrived at Cardiff, too, how much longer until he would be realistically match fit? That could prove the ultimate stumbling block.

If he's on low wages and can score a few to gain us some points then it's worth a risk..

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

If he's on low wages and can score a few to gain us some points then it's worth a risk..

Can he walk 5 paces ?

He's in

[stan butler]

Can he walk 5 paces ?

He's in

Bamba and Hoilet etc were free's they did well

[stan butler]

Can he walk 5 paces ?

He's in

I won't mind if he just stands upfront aslong has he scores a few goals

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

I won't mind if he just stands upfront aslong has he scores a few goals

I can do that and won't even ask for a wage