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    Players who are going nowhere this month

    Posted by Nick NBH on 4/1/2026, 11:29:31

    Yates
    Wells
    Naismith
    Saville

      Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

      Posted by Music Critic on 4/1/2026, 11:33:08, in reply to "Players who are going nowhere this month"

      They've gone nowhere all season, so what's new?

        Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

        Posted by TheDunstableWindsock on 4/1/2026, 15:37:18, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

        🤣🤣🤣🤣

        Shot!

          Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

          Posted by RADSB on 4/1/2026, 11:36:56, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

          Another 2.5 years of Baptiste too....


          Mr J.C. Lomax having been called upon to give his opinion upon the proposed formation of a Town Club, said he was most emphatically in favour of a proposed Luton Town Football Club - 11th April 1885

            Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

            Posted by Zobra The Greek on 4/1/2026, 15:19:25, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

            Don’t be wilfully stupid .
            You really think we gave him a four year contract?

              Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

              Posted by Music Critic on 4/1/2026, 16:23:14, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

              Please enlighten us, then, instead of throwing insults

              What is his deal?

              To be honest, 3 years, 4 years - who gives a fuck? He's been another farcical signing by our recruitment team and by 2020 and him being given anything over a 12-month deal is, to use your word, stupid

                Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                Posted by RADSB on 4/1/2026, 15:55:44, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                Don't be even more stupid by just sniping. Back your comment up with facts please.


                Mr J.C. Lomax having been called upon to give his opinion upon the proposed formation of a Town Club, said he was most emphatically in favour of a proposed Luton Town Football Club - 11th April 1885

                Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                Posted by Fishing Hat on 4/1/2026, 11:42:44, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                How the hell do we get ourselves into these situations ?

                  Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                  Posted by Music Critic on 4/1/2026, 11:42:13, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                  Someone needs firing for that blunder. A one year deal/gamble would have been fine and if Baptiste didn't like it, well, sign someone else

                  In May 2024, club reps said to expect PHYSICALLY ROBUST signings in summer 2024 due to injuries costing us our prem place. We then signed Walsh and Baptiste

                    Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                    Posted by Nick NBH on 4/1/2026, 11:40:09, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                    1.5 years with a years option i thought?

                      Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                      Posted by The Outsider on 4/1/2026, 17:46:29, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"
                      VIP

                      No idea what the actual contract length is but it would be very unusual for a summer signing to have a contract ending in mid-season other than a short-term six month signing.

                        Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                        Posted by RADSB on 4/1/2026, 11:45:33, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                        I only found one outlet that said 4 years so you could be right. An example of how 2024 and 2025's recruitment kept making us worse and worse. No changes in the recruitment set up so let's see what 2026 brings.


                        Mr J.C. Lomax having been called upon to give his opinion upon the proposed formation of a Town Club, said he was most emphatically in favour of a proposed Luton Town Football Club - 11th April 1885

                          Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                          Posted by MG on 4/1/2026, 11:54:42, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                          So one outlet out of the many mentioned 4 years and you've taken it as carte blanche to have a pop about it?

                            Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                            Posted by RADSB on 4/1/2026, 11:58:53, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                            No, many outlets didn't say the length of the contract. The only one I found that did, said 4 years.


                            Mr J.C. Lomax having been called upon to give his opinion upon the proposed formation of a Town Club, said he was most emphatically in favour of a proposed Luton Town Football Club - 11th April 1885

                              Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                              Posted by Music Critic on 4/1/2026, 12:03:22, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                              The fact we don't really know is another example of the club's wonderful 'transparency' - which was one of the cornerstones of the original 2020 bid document

                                Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                Posted by MG on 4/1/2026, 12:04:44, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                Agreed there but taking "worst case" all the time won't get us to any kind of reasonable summation of what has gone on.

                                  Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                  Posted by RADSB on 4/1/2026, 15:58:48, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                  We need to be reminded of the worst case scenario as a marker - the best case scenario is not far away and that's the point.


                                  Mr J.C. Lomax having been called upon to give his opinion upon the proposed formation of a Town Club, said he was most emphatically in favour of a proposed Luton Town Football Club - 11th April 1885

                                    Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                    Posted by MG on 4/1/2026, 16:17:22, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                    Hmm, I think we get reminded of the worst case frequently enough . . .

                                      Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                      Posted by RADSB on 4/1/2026, 16:27:53, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                      We need to be. Been a fan for 61 years and this is the worst it's ever been. Transparency is a cornerstone of the club yet that has been sorely lacking. We had a token generic apology "sorry", no explanation, no accountability, no changes to the recrutiment team just more of the same, no plan for the future announced. So repeating the gripe is natural when there's no closure (in any part of life.) Not sure I'll see such an opportunity like that again so I'm not happy.


                                      Mr J.C. Lomax having been called upon to give his opinion upon the proposed formation of a Town Club, said he was most emphatically in favour of a proposed Luton Town Football Club - 11th April 1885

                                        Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                        Posted by MG on 4/1/2026, 18:03:12, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                        Oh come one, we really don't need people constantly banging on about it.

                                        We all get it.

                                          Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                          Posted by bbb on 4/1/2026, 18:23:26, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"
                                          WUM 2

                                          Is there a list of things we should discuss on here then?

                                            Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                            Posted by MG on 4/1/2026, 19:00:33, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                            Did you even see the point as it flew over your head?

                                              Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                              Posted by bbb on 4/1/2026, 19:04:13, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"
                                              WUM 2

                                              I asked you to prove their weren't plenty of Americans happy with trump. You haven't. No need to do your usual snide comments. It's OK. No one is judging your failure.

                                                Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                                Posted by MG on 4/1/2026, 19:14:28, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                                There's a good reason no-one is judging my "failure" . . .

                                                And you made the original statement, what facts do you have if the polls that Trump himself used to claim how popular he was are now, somehow, suddenly, no longer valid . . .

                                                And seriously, do you actually understand the things he is doing?

                                                  Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                                  Posted by bbb on 4/1/2026, 19:37:49, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"
                                                  WUM 2

                                                  And there you go again, finishing your post with the standard snide and smarmy remark. You really do show your true colours when you get called out for making yourself look silly.
                                                  You've had plenty of time to prove that Trump doesn't have 'plenty' supporting him. It's perfectly fine that you've not been able to. No need to get all angry. Get yourself a nice Werthers Original and calm yourself down lad.

                                                    Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                                    Posted by MG on 4/1/2026, 22:07:29, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                                    You made a stupid statement, you can't back it up, just deal with it rather than wriggling so embarrassingly.

                                                    The only thing I'm curious about is that crumps tells me you're a decent bloke. If that's the case, and I'm still clinging on to that remote possibility for reasons I don't understand, why be so pathetic on here?

                                                      Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                                      Posted by bbb on 4/1/2026, 23:26:06, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"
                                                      WUM 2

                                                      You really should read this thread over if that's what you honestly believe.🤣🤣

                                                      And I'm more than decent. There are several on here that will vouch for that.
                                                      But if someone wants to treat me like a cunt, I'll show them a cunt.

                                                        Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                                        Posted by MG on 5/1/2026, 0:08:18, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                                        You act the cunt anyway, as you have said yourself so you're fooling nobody.

                                                        As for re-reading the thread, I'd suggest you do that yourself but probably better to find someone who can somehow explain it to you. Tell them I wish them the very best of luck with that.

                                                          Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                                          Posted by bbb on 5/1/2026, 7:26:08, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"
                                                          WUM 2

                                                          You were asked to prove a comment. You didn't/couldn't.
                                                          It really is that simple.
                                                          Let's just leave it there.

                                            Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                            Posted by RADSB on 4/1/2026, 18:15:39, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                            Back at you with the "oh come on" - it was the club who made transparency their cornerstone so if they dealt with my gripes then I wouldn't need to repeat it.


                                            Mr J.C. Lomax having been called upon to give his opinion upon the proposed formation of a Town Club, said he was most emphatically in favour of a proposed Luton Town Football Club - 11th April 1885

                                              Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                              Posted by MG on 4/1/2026, 19:01:52, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                              You don't need to repeat it constantly if those who you are making the point to already get it do you?

                                              Or are you actually my wife posting on a fake account? Then I would understand.

                                                Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                                Posted by RADSB on 4/1/2026, 19:08:11, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"



                                                Seriously though, some don't get it/ refuse to get it for reasons known only to themselves. The lack of transparency creates a vacuum and here we are.


                                                Mr J.C. Lomax having been called upon to give his opinion upon the proposed formation of a Town Club, said he was most emphatically in favour of a proposed Luton Town Football Club - 11th April 1885

                                                  Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                                  Posted by MG on 4/1/2026, 19:15:45, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                                  Well there I agree and don't worry I currently feel extremely nervous about our club, something I hoped I wouldn't feel again!

                                      Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                      Posted by Zobra The Greek on 4/1/2026, 15:21:00, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                      Love that we’re not even playing today and people are behaving like we’ve lost the game.

                              Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                              Posted by Music Critic on 4/1/2026, 11:54:24, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                              Ogbene and Barkley aside, summer 2023 was pretty average, too

                              Chong, Andersen, Giles, Brown, Lakonga were either not good enough or, shock/horror, injury-prone... or both

                              Kabore and Kaminski were ok but were never going to stop us getting relegated

                                Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                Posted by MG on 4/1/2026, 11:55:44, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                I think you have to count Lakonga as a quality signing though.

                                Unless he did have a history of being injury-prone?

                                  Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                  Posted by Sandgrounder on 4/1/2026, 13:53:30, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                  You only get 2 PL loans. A newly promoted team can’t use one of them on a player with an injury history. Overall you’d have to say it wasn’t a successful signing. If we’d got a full season out of our second PL loan we may have stayed up

                                    Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                    Posted by MG on 4/1/2026, 14:41:28, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                    Yes so if RB had got a bad injury in his first game you would have said that was a "bad" signing?

                                    Probably many would.

                                    I think, at the time of signing, he would have to be rated as a good option. What happens afterwards is not predictable.

                                      Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                      Posted by Sandgrounder on 4/1/2026, 16:18:16, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                      Barkley didn’t take up a precious PL loan spot.

                                      I can see why we signed Lokonga, but I maintain that you can’t take that sort of risk with one of your PL loan spots. Judged at the end of the PL season, the Lokonga signing was absolutely not a success given the number of games he was unavailable for.

                                        Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                        Posted by MG on 4/1/2026, 18:04:27, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                        Because he had one injury you would have said that at the time?

                                        Really?

                                          Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                          Posted by Music Critic on 4/1/2026, 16:40:52, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                          Yep. He made 17 appearances. I don't know how many were starts and how many were from the bench

                                          17 games out of 38 is a poor return

                                      Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                      Posted by Music Critic on 4/1/2026, 11:58:29, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                      I think he did have previous injury history

                                      Yes, agreed, when he played he was very good. But I don't think he played more than 20 games as a starter or a sub. We needed more than that, especially with Nakamba's career effectively ending halfway through that season

                                        Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                        Posted by MG on 4/1/2026, 12:03:56, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                        Yes, but no-one could have predicted how small Nakamba's contribution would be that season.

                                        I'd certainly say that Lakonga was a good piece of recruitment.

                                          Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                          Posted by Music Critic on 4/1/2026, 12:12:10, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                          https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/nurnberg-vs-arsenal-fc-team-news-lokonga-b1093431.html

                                          I found the above story re Lokonga. He was injured during the same summer we signed him

                                          If he'd played more he would have been a good piece of recruitment. The fact he didn't make more than 20 appearances suggests that it wasn't

                                          No-one could have predicted Nakamba's demise but, again, his injury record was not great at Villa so perhaps we should have planned for the worst. The fact a replacement for him wasn't signed in January 2024 was a big failure

                                            Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                            Posted by Caught Jester on 4/1/2026, 13:55:38, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                            Playing pretty regularly for HSV Hamburg now I think (Lakonga)….

                                              Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                              Posted by MG on 4/1/2026, 12:32:54, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                              Hmm, that's not exactly showing him as injury prone.

                                              If you think there were a number of players that would have been likely to do much more for us that we could reasonably be expected to have signed then fair enough.

                                              Personally the fact that he then went to clubs of the stature of Sevilla and Hamburger SV suggests that in his case it was a decent effort by the recruitment team.

                                                Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                                Posted by Music Critic on 4/1/2026, 12:40:02, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                                We signed him knowing he had had a fairly significant muscle injury earlier in the summer in which we signed him

                                                Not saying he wasn't worth a gamble if we had had one or two more options in the CDM role but to call him a success or some kind of coup for the recruitment team, having only made 17 appearances for us, is a real stretch

                                                But, let's say that Lakonga was a good piece of recruitment - that still only makes 3 genuinely good signings in the summer of 2023. Only 2 proved to be an indisputable success. Not a good strike rate

                                                So, I make the transfer window of summer 2023 a failure to add to the last 4

                                                  Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                                  Posted by MG on 4/1/2026, 12:46:03, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                                  Look, I get it, you think the recruitment team is a shitshow etc but Lokonga was as I said "a good signing". I'm not suggesting he was some kind of "coup" but he was one of the few players that looked comfortable at the level.

                                                  Just trying to be a little bit even handed here.

                                                  Just out of interest though . . . given that we were pretty much shopping for almost all of our players from the ones that just about no-one else wanted even as a backup for their team what would you see as a decent strike rate?

                                                    Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                                    Posted by Music Critic on 4/1/2026, 13:08:19, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                                    ...given that we were pretty much shopping for almost all of our players from the ones that just about no-one else wanted even as a backup for their team what would you see as a decent strike rate?


                                                    I mean, putting it like that, makes us sound really shit. Were we, as club, really that desperate? A club that was THE story of English football that summer?

                                                    But, let's say we were, I'm judging it on what those signings did in the C'ship too as I'd have expected us to have signed players in summer 2023 that, in the event of relegation, could help us bounce back or make a good attempt at it. Or have decent re-sale value. The players we signed in summer 2023 and retained for the 24-25 season flopped, whether through injury, not being good enough or a combo of those things. So, bearing in mind they flopped in Division 2, shows just how poor those signings were for Division 1. I thought we might have been able to do better

                                                      Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                                      Posted by MG on 4/1/2026, 13:28:28, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                                      No, it doesn't make us sound really shit, putting all the emotion aside, plainly and simply we did not have the financial muscle to tempt players away that other teams would have made an offer for.

                                                      That's just simple truth isn't it?

                                                      You tell a young player you can play in an almost certain relegation battle for Luton at Kenilworth Road or just about any other team for more money in a more modern stadium that's x times the size and a better chance of staying up etc etc etc.

                                                      And that's before you even think about the fees that might be required / offered.

                                                    Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                                    Posted by J in C on 4/1/2026, 12:54:22, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"
                                                    WUM

                                                    I think the recruitment team were never the problem The problem is the players are not out there to recruit .
                                                    The attraction of signing for us isnt great as it once was .

                                                    We need to build from within


                                                    Reards


                                                    To wilt is to fade to grey

                                                      Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                                      Posted by Trevor on 4/1/2026, 13:41:01, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                                      You missed the 't' out.


                                                      The truth is simple. If it was complicated, everyone would understand it.

                                      Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                      Posted by Nick NBH on 4/1/2026, 11:49:13, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                      "I've had a lot of injuries during my career, but I feel like I've passed that now and hopefully I can just look forward to doing great things in the Luton shirt."

                                        Re: Players who are going nowhere this month

                                        Posted by RADSB on 4/1/2026, 11:52:48, in reply to "Re: Players who are going nowhere this month"

                                        We all called it on here, in the pubs etc but the recruitment team blundered on General Melchitt-esque - just because the last 15 signings have been shite the 16th is bound to work.


                                        Mr J.C. Lomax having been called upon to give his opinion upon the proposed formation of a Town Club, said he was most emphatically in favour of a proposed Luton Town Football Club - 11th April 1885

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