How do you rate our January transfer window?

Depth was very much needed though, i am fully expecting a few to drop with injuries with the way we play in the next few months.

Most will be bit part players i expect.

Allows McEntee to go back to being a centre back as well.

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Should be sound enough and hopefully they all kick on, the only thing I would’ve liked is an experienced, physical player in midfield, we get overrun at times and young heads drop

I thought we might secure 1 more fresh face on deadline day. I didn’t expect 3 but I’m pleased 1 was an experienced striker.

I think with the sheer quantity of players we now have, MS and the coaching staff’s main challenge will be helping the newcomers integrate with the team and getting them to familiarise themselves with their team-mates and how they play, so that squad rotation works as seamlessly as possible.

They have done a great job of building a resilient team this season, often showing signs of a finely tuned machine but with the loss of Lowe and Jamma (temporarily) we have shown signs of being under par and lacking our usual confidence.

Let’s get back to winning ways, show our ruthlessness and rebuild that nice wide gap at the top again.

EDIT - in the not so distant past, we’d have probably been hoping we could hang on to the likes of Barrett, Williams and Jellis but a L1 club offering up maybe £150k for a pair of those three would have been a done deal pre-Trivela.

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From those that scored the window I make that a net promoter score of 45 which is pretty decent.

Absolutely spot on, just would have liked an experienced head in the middle of the park just to get us through sticky games

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We’re top of the league. MS has built a squad so we can stay there.
We have to trust that he knows what he’s doing now and the types of players he’s bringing in to the club.
I think it’s smart to bring in these young players on loan, a trial period of a few months that could turn into permanent signings in the summer.
Draper would have been nice, but I would never have dealings with Lincoln again. We have to show the rest of the league that we won’t be messed around by anyone.
Thank you Nathan for all you did during your stay here, you were fantastic! I will watch as you progress rapidly through the leagues with my best wishes.
A lot of us have underestimated Sadler and the job he’s done here, we forget about his backroom staff and the tireless work they’ve done. Trivela have also been a vital cog in the wheel, they’ve done everything they promised to do.
Over all it’s an 8/10 for me.

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https://www.saddlers.co.uk/news/2025/february/06/saddlers--exclusive---january-2025-transfer-window-update-with-ben-sadler---ben-boycott/

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Can’t see it, not a subscriber to saddlers+.

Agree - pre-trivela we would have probably lost those 3. Up to the last gap signing of Ellis Harrison I would have given it 7/10 but that takes in up to 9/10 for me. Hugely encouraged by these new owners.

I’m struggling to get on tbh, if tried ‘forgot password’ awaiting a code to be emailed to no avail

Fantastic update and very transparent with how things went. Confirmed we offered club record transfer deals for players but were turned down by their parent clubs. Great to see. Great we refused approaches for our players too.
It’s all over now…onto the last 18 games.
Up them fudging Saddlers

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It’s encouraging that we attempted to break our transfer record, must of been the Draper offer.

It’s ok, you don’t need to be a subscriber, it’s there for free accounts too.

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I have had the same issue about password reset. I also emailed the generic email address they provide for enquiries ([email protected]) and have not heard back on that either. No idea what the solution is to this.

What did they say as I can’t get the video to work

I had similar issues. With password reset in the end I re registered with different email .very frustrating .

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Mightily impressed with Ben Sadler for someone so young in that role hope we can hang on to him if I was Ben I would certainly be thinking director status in the Trivela org .

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One more thing on the video update.
Ben Sadler is a class act.
Honest and upfront.
We’re in good hands on a day to day basis with Ben.

UTS

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Just that all the backroom staff worked really hard on signings, we missed out on a few (offered record breaking transfer fee) no names where mentioned. Ben Boycott says January is a loans market rather than a buying market, and that bigger clubs are taking notice that we are a good place to send there young players to develop.

then just said all the team are focused on the remaining 18 games to get us to our goal.

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Since fixed the issue, instead of going down the ‘forgot password’ route if you register as a new account with your email it will work. Believe since the new website update you had to register as a new account even though we previously held an account on the old system. Hope this helps anyone

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