Transfer news.

[sportsman10]

I notice a lot of clubs getting in early with signing up players for the new season  

But it seems to be very quiet among the parkway and  the Cornish teams. 

in-fact I have not even seen a retained list of players for parkway so have no idea of the squad  , pre season games look very mediocre with no argyle and only 1 game at home  maybe the budget is vastly reduced this season and there are no  players coming in . ? 

 

[rocky170267]

30 minutes ago, sportsman10 said:

I notice a lot of clubs getting in early with signing up players for the new season  

But it seems to be very quiet among the parkway and  the Cornish teams. 

in-fact I have not even seen a retained list of players for parkway so have no idea of the squad  , pre season games look very mediocre with no argyle and only 1 game at home  maybe the budget is vastly reduced this season and there are no  players coming in . ? 

 

Firstly, you can’t sign any players yet, and people are entitled to have a few weeks off. There is no rush as I’m sure conversations are happening in the background. Teams don’t like to show their hand too early.

[Ian Pethick]

2 hours ago, sportsman10 said:

I notice a lot of clubs getting in early with signing up players for the new season  

But it seems to be very quiet among the parkway and  the Cornish teams. 

in-fact I have not even seen a retained list of players for parkway so have no idea of the squad  , pre season games look very mediocre with no argyle and only 1 game at home  maybe the budget is vastly reduced this season and there are no  players coming in . ? 

 

A few teams at Southern Prem and NLS level are making "announcements" regarding players, but pretty sure the transfer/registration window doesn't open until July 1st. See that Willand have made a load of these this evening, River Allen being amongst them.

New manager and new era both on and off the pitch at Parkway (see that they  are also looking to bring in a new directors and a finance director), so a bit of patience is required. Impressed with the interviews that Chris McPhee has given so far, excited to see what the squad will look like come August. Regardless of who the opposition is (beyond the obviously financial gain,not always sure how beneficial high profile friendlies are) , a strong and constructive pre season will be essential.

 

[sportsman10]

River Allen seems to have a new club every season.  Guess Willand have a bit of cash to flash around. 

[Ian Pethick]

5 minutes ago, sportsman10 said:

River Allen seems to have a new club every season.  Guess Willand have a bit of cash to flash around. 

You old cynic. Pretty sure River Allen has always admired Willand and dreamt of one day playing for them. 🙄

[sportsman10]

23 minutes ago, Ian Pethick said:

You old cynic. Pretty sure River Allen has always admired Willand and dreamt of one day playing for them. 🙄

😂Seems most of last season  Tiverton team had the Same dream 

[tfenlon]

8 hours ago, sportsman10 said:

I notice a lot of clubs getting in early with signing up players for the new season  

But it seems to be very quiet among the parkway and  the Cornish teams. 

in-fact I have not even seen a retained list of players for parkway so have no idea of the squad  , pre season games look very mediocre with no argyle and only 1 game at home  maybe the budget is vastly reduced this season and there are no  players coming in . ? 

 

On the Argyle friendly front, I'm told that they weren't particularly happy with certain 'robust' challenges in last year's game and that Parkway aren't particularly concerned with losing the game, as both pre-match and on the day organisation cause more headaches than it's worth.

[Ian Pethick]

11 hours ago, tfenlon said:

On the Argyle friendly front, I'm told that they weren't particularly happy with certain 'robust' challenges in last year's game and that Parkway aren't particularly concerned with losing the game, as both pre-match and on the day organisation cause more headaches than it's worth.

"The annual pre season friendly is massively important to our club and helps the club to continue to grow.” - Mark Russell, Parkway Chair, October 2020

Bit of a change from that to, "more of a headache than it's worth."

 

I did read comments on PASOTI (Argyle fans forums) referencing some of the challenges meted out by Parkway players on their youngsters . No idea if this would have driven their thinking, but Argyle are by far the senior club here and will always do what's right for them.

[hedgerow]

That’s why argyle last one season in the old south west league. They did not like the way their players were treated on the pitch, too physical for them 

[sportsman10]

Well it’s confirmed Toby down has left parkway. Just  Announced as a Taunton signing. 

[Ian Pethick]

Great signing for Taunton, a very accomplished centre back at step 3 level.

Several players announced this week,they seem to be wasting no time in rebuilding under a new manager (and, it's rumoured,new external investment).

 

[rocky170267]

Pretty obvious who the new manager will be then I guess

[Ian Pethick]

39 minutes ago, rocky170267 said:

Pretty obvious who the new manager will be then I guess

Taunton appointed Richard Luffman ( Cribbs boss) a couple of weeks ago.

[rocky170267]

19 hours ago, Ian Pethick said:

Taunton appointed Richard Luffman ( Cribbs boss) a couple of weeks ago.

Sorry, I didn’t see that news

[sportsman10]

Tom purrington has announced he left Plymouth Parkway.  2 key players gone.  him and Toby Down probably 2 of the better ones in the squad.  Hopefully some decent replacements lined to.  
also rumoured the keeper might be off that will be a blow. 

[Ian Pethick]

19 hours ago, sportsman10 said:

Tom purrington has announced he left Plymouth Parkway.  2 key players gone.  him and Toby Down probably 2 of the better ones in the squad.  Hopefully some decent replacements lined to.  
also rumoured the keeper might be off that will be a blow. 

Always enjoy looking back on the comments made when these players sign. From Parkway website around 12 months ago;

" he looks to make the city his home once again for years to come." 

Purrington is now set to move to his 5th club in 5 seasons... 🙄

[sportsman10]

We’ll just seen the parkway retained list. 
 

Adam parkes and Reece Thompson leaving. 
 

parkes is a massive loss.  Not sure  how  you replace him. He pretty much kept parkway up. And loosing Reece but keeping Matt wright is also odd one.    
 

no mention of jack bray Evans or Ryan lane anyway 

only 8 retained and squad of 18 needed. Will be a busy recruitment process. 
 

 

 

[Ian Pethick]

12 minutes ago, sportsman10 said:

We’ll just seen the parkway retained list. 
 

Adam parkes and Reece Thompson leaving. 
 

parkes is a massive loss.  Not sure  how  you replace him. He pretty much kept parkway up. And loosing Reece but keeping Matt wright is also odd one.    
 

no mention of jack bray Evans or Ryan lane anyway 

only 8 retained and squad of 18 needed. Will be a busy recruitment process. 
 

 

 

No mention of Cameron Sangster either. Regarding Ryan Lane, after his ACL injury last season it will be a surprise if he plays much before the end of next season.

Will be a pre season at Parkway. After the debacle of last summers signings and announcements, hopefully the recruitment will be a bit more measured and low key.

[sportsman10]

Also Alex Cairo.  Guess they haven’t agreed to stay.
 A decent keeper.  2 centre backs. a left back 
a least 1 creative midfielder and  2 top strikers needed all ready.  Don’t envy that job. 

[Both Sides of the Tamar]

9 hours ago, sportsman10 said:

We’ll just seen the parkway retained list. 
 

Adam parkes and Reece Thompson leaving. 
 

parkes is a massive loss.  Not sure  how  you replace him. He pretty much kept parkway up. And loosing Reece but keeping Matt wright is also odd one.    
 

no mention of jack bray Evans or Ryan lane anyway 

only 8 retained and squad of 18 needed. Will be a busy recruitment process. 
 

 

 

Matt Wright being retained a strange on. Offers very little and scoring record / goal threat is really poor. 

[Ian Pethick]

14 hours ago, Both Sides of the Tamar said:

Matt Wright being retained a strange on. Offers very little and scoring record / goal threat is really poor. 

Not always a given that because players appear on retained lists, they actually start the season with the club. Tom Bath was an example of this from last summer.

We'll see a lot of new faces and trialists in pre season for Parkway as Chris McPhee shapes the new look squad. Patience is the key here I would think.

[Southwest football fan]

10 hours ago, Ian Pethick said:

Not always a given that because players appear on retained lists, they actually start the season with the club. Tom Bath was an example of this from last summer.

We'll see a lot of new faces and trialists in pre season for Parkway as Chris McPhee shapes the new look squad. Patience is the key here I would think.

Can't wait to see these amateur teams putting trialist on the team sheet rather than their actual names 🤦 

[tfenlon]

On 05/06/2024 at 19:58, Southwest football fan said:

Can't wait to see these amateur teams putting trialist on the team sheet rather than their actual names 🤦 

And then accidentally leaking their own trialists on twitter, mentioning no names Alex Cairo

[Ian Pethick]

8 minutes ago, tfenlon said:

And then accidentally leaking their own trialists on twitter, mentioning no names Alex Cairo

Remember that. Parkway assistant Karl Curtis talking in a swiftly edited post match interview about Alex Cairo's goal in a PSF v Taunton, when he was officially "A.Trialist."

On the subject of trialists, anybody want to make a prediction as to how many clubs Orlando Anker will appear for in pre season?

[sportsman10]

The lad scarff who suddenly quit on Tavistock hasn’t appeared on any teams social media as a signing yet.  
Maybe parkway or Ivybridge would be my guess for him. 

[Ian Pethick]

Reece Thomson announced on Helston Twitter as agreeing to join them.

[Ian Pethick]

Will Sullivan joins Helston from Millbrook. Described by Steve Massey as, "one the most exciting players I've seen."

Son of Martyn Sullivan, who I remember as a teenage full back for Liskeard in the mid 90's. I do feel old sometimes..

[Ian Pethick]

On 08/06/2024 at 15:15, sportsman10 said:

The lad scarff who suddenly quit on Tavistock hasn’t appeared on any teams social media as a signing yet.  
Maybe parkway or Ivybridge would be my guess for him. 

Understand he was effectively sacked by Tavistock, was told Stuart Henderson lost patience with his continual foul play and aggressive behaviour on the pitch. 

Despite him having a stated ambition of wanting to play higher than step 4 football, would think he has a lot to work on before the likes of Parkway (or even Truro) would be interested. Both Sides Of The Tamar has posted on this subject previously.

 

[Ian Pethick]

George Newton also now announced as joining Helston from St Blazey. Believe he's very highly rated, but does seem to have moved clubs several times already even this early in his career. 

Pressure will be on him and Reece Thomson to replace the goals of Ricky Shepherd and Curtis Damerell.

[Mike Odgers]

53 minutes ago, Ian Pethick said:

George Newton also now announced as joining Helston from St Blazey. Believe he's very highly rated, but does seem to have moved clubs several times already even this early in his career. 

Pressure will be on him and Reece Thomson to replace the goals of Ricky Shepherd and Curtis Damerell.

8 goals from 29 appearances for Blazey -according to 'Full Time'

[sportsman10]

Would not class Reece Thompson or Newton as the sort of strikers bagging you loads of goals.  

[Followallfootball]

Good players but not sure there natural goalscorers to replace shepherd Damerall and Wilson , all 3 pretty much give you 20 plus a season !! 

[sportsman10]

Still nothing coming from Plymouth Parkway regarding players in. ( need at least 7 -8 going on the retained  list.
 All the teams around them seem to have strengthened and most players returning to pre season in a week or so . 
I guess it will be a team sheet full of“trialist “ to look fwd too   .  Very strange from a club that was often so pro social media to not have a maquee signing .  
Also no round are way documentary this time about last season  . Would have definitely  been interesting to see that . 

[Ian Pethick]

1 hour ago, sportsman10 said:

Still nothing coming from Plymouth Parkway regarding players in. ( need at least 7 -8 going on the retained  list.
 All the teams around them seem to have strengthened and most players returning to pre season in a week or so . 
I guess it will be a team sheet full of“trialist “ to look fwd too   .  Very strange from a club that was often so pro social media to not have a maquee signing .  
Also no round are way documentary this time about last season  . Would have definitely  been interesting to see that . 

I'm quite relaxed about this. Rather the club went about their pre season business quietly, efficiently and without fanfare. Far better this in my opinion than last summers big announcements, slick videos and glossy interviews with new signings who, for the most part, were complete blow outs.  Believe as well that the transfer and registration window hasn't actually opened yet, and that any new players announced are just agreements not signings.

Patience will very much be the key for Parkway fans. It is going to be a very different looking side come August, and supporters will also see a different style of management under Chris McPhee and Lee Peacock. Not clear as well if Matt Godfree and Stuart Dudley will remain as part of the coaching staff .

I would also love to see Round Our Way come back one day. It was certainly a very candid, warts and all, look behind the scenes of a non league club. Believe though that the person who spent many, many hours capturing and editing the footage and content as part of his university studies, now has a full time job so cannot commit to doing this any longer.

[Dave Deacon]

On 10/06/2024 at 20:39, Mike Odgers said:

8 goals from 29 appearances for Blazey -according to 'Full Time'

Although I think St Blazey may have around 14 goals unallocated on the WL results list! 

[Ian Pethick]

Ryan Brett becomes Chris McPhee's first signing for Parkway as he starts to revamp the squad. 

Plymouth based ,very experienced at this level and above, can play in several positions, looks to me like a decent addition. Hopefully can have the same sort of impact that Shane White did when he joined from Truro last season.

[Luke Gibbons]

Superb signing!

[sportsman10]

38 minutes ago, Ian Pethick said:

Ryan Brett becomes Chris McPhee's first signing for Parkway as he starts to revamp the squad. 

Plymouth based ,very experienced at this level and above, can play in several positions, looks to me like a decent addition. Hopefully can have the same sort of impact that Shane White did when he joined from Truro last season.

Decent player not sure of his age ? But him Matt wright and Shane white do offer a lot of   Experience now.  add Mikey Williams as well maybe parkway want a core of older players.  
don’t think he ever really got going at Truro seem to be on the bench a lot. Maybe dropping down he will find his form.  Good to get a player through the door. 

[Ian Pethick]

Adam Parkes joins Taunton, heard rumours that Ed Palmer may be next.

They must have found a lot of money from somewhere (or somebody). Remember last season they had winding up orders against them, transfer embargoes imposed and couldn't pay wages.

[sportsman10]

2 hours ago, Ian Pethick said:

Adam Parkes joins Taunton, heard rumours that Ed Palmer may be next.

They must have found a lot of money from somewhere (or somebody). Remember last season they had winding up orders against them, transfer embargoes imposed and couldn't pay wages.

I thought Taunton were concentrating more on local based players and were not going down the money route. Or that was certainly the impression at the Q@A session. They must be favourites to go back up. Building a very good team the lad the signed from bath was  Player of year and people shocked ti see him drop down a league. 

[Both Sides of the Tamar]

On 14/06/2024 at 12:07, sportsman10 said:

Decent player not sure of his age ? But him Matt wright and Shane white do offer a lot of   Experience now.  add Mikey Williams as well maybe parkway want a core of older players.  
don’t think he ever really got going at Truro seem to be on the bench a lot. Maybe dropping down he will find his form.  Good to get a player through the door. 

Will do a job but pretty unremarkable last season at TCFC. Not a signing to get excited about PPFC fans!

[Jeremy Wade]

Heard a rumour that Liskeard pair Max Gilbert & Harry Bell are in talks with Falmouth Town.   Any truth at all?

Personally think they would be very good signings

JW

[Ian Pethick]

Heard that both Carlo Garside and River Allen were in the bag for Tavistock before Willand nipped in with better offers. Stuart Henderson now having to look elsewhere,  Ruben Kane from SWPL Liskeard (good player as he is at step 6) isn't of the same calibre as Allen and Garside.

[FootballChat]

On 17/06/2024 at 10:51, Jeremy Wade said:

Heard a rumour that Liskeard pair Max Gilbert & Harry Bell are in talks with Falmouth Town.   Any truth at all?

Personally think they would be very good signings

JW

Max picking up a 10 game ban for homophobic language won't help his cause.

[Town Fan]

53 minutes ago, FootballChat said:

Max picking up a 10 game ban for homophobic language won't help his cause.

Didn't know that, doesn't help make football more inclusive, very sad.

[Jeremy Wade]

Kai Cornish moves to Falmouth Town from Helston Ath, Confirmed on Twitter (X)

JW

[The Town Man]

47 minutes ago, Jeremy Wade said:

Kai Cornish moves to Falmouth Town from Helston Ath, Confirmed on Twitter (X)

JW

Interesting signing.  Good local player.  I wonder if Helston will have a reset this year and recruit mainly Devon or East Cornwall based players given the travelling.  Also the training in Saltash is probably not very appealing to West Cornwall based players.

[mattelot]

1 hour ago, The Town Man said:

Interesting signing.  Good local player.  I wonder if Helston will have a reset this year and recruit mainly Devon or East Cornwall based players given the travelling.  Also the training in Saltash is probably not very appealing to West Cornwall based players.

Times like this we need Le Boss back on the forum,although I'd wager he's  still keeping an eye on it as a guest.

[Railwayman in Exile]

Didn't start many games, was mainly used as a sub and only started playing when one of the front three was missing towards the end of the season.

Whenever I saw him, never had a bad game on the occasions I saw him, always thought he was a decent player, maybe a little unlucky, could have been a regular elsewhere.

Should do well at Falmouth.

[Jeremy Wade]

4 hours ago, The Town Man said:

Interesting signing.  Good local player.  I wonder if Helston will have a reset this year and recruit mainly Devon or East Cornwall based players given the travelling.  Also the training in Saltash is probably not very appealing to West Cornwall based players.

Fair & good point.  Think you maybe right with the East Cornwall/English players coming in.

Would also be interesting how the only "local" lad Harris Jewell gets on!  to be perfectly honest, id like to see him follow Mr Cornish to Bickland Park.

JW