Alex Pike Joins on Loan

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[RegencyCheltenhamSpa]

Welcome. Providing competition in the full-back positions. Good to see.

[Reliant Robin]

Welcome Alex Pike !

Wonder what his nickname will be as he joins the caravan of love that is CTFC?

[Robin]

Sounds like some competition/cover at the back which is just what we need with Pars moving on. Now hopefully we can get Winchester in and a big target man later in the month and we should be set.

[everyman]

Welcome Alex Pike !

Wonder what his nickname will be as he joins the caravan of love that is CTFC?

" DONT TELL HIM PIKE " ???

[horlickfanclub]

We need a left back now.

[paperboy]

We need a left back now.

Don't you like Cranston then Horlick?

[paperboy]

at 5' 9" it looks as if he'll be viewed as a full or wing back.

Will be interesting to see if he gets in ahead of Barts on Saturday (if he's still here of course)

[Si Robin]

It doesn't actually state which side he plays on, are we just assuming he's a right-sided player or has anyone seen him play before?

EDIT - Just checked myself and appears he's seen as a right-back for West Ham.

https://www.whufc.com/teams/development ... /alex-pike

[Robin]

This signing probably doesn't bode well for Dickie coming back at the end of the month unless Barts moves on.

[Si Robin]

JP has tweeted someone else will be leaving today.

[Shade]

Looks like Barthram's out again then.

[Robin]

I hope it's not Barthram leaving, I'd imagine more Downes, AMS, or Wright.

[Shade]

It would be genuinely amazed if it's Downes or Wright, and surprised if it's AMS after Tuesday's performance.

We need at least one experienced old pro at the back, even if it's just to act as cheerleader (but I expect him to start in the middle of a three on Saturday).

More likely to be either Barts or Hall (to get fitness for the rest of the season) or maybe even Munns if he's fed up of being on the bench.

[FOD_Wyman_2010]

Amari it is. Joining Pars at York.

Their strategy is to cherry pick the champions then.

[Shade]

Good strategy for them to take. Kind of explains why Amari didn't celebrate as much as I'd have expected him to on Tuesday night, given it was his first goal from open play for nearly 16 months.

[Robin]

Amari makes sense although he's done well in recent games I'm not convinced he's the answer and if Diego is better then it makes sense for him to move on with four strikers ahead of him and a target man being talked about as coming in.

Amari and Pars good conference players just not up to it in league two on a consistent basis in my eyes.

[Hubert Parry]

Amari makes sense although he's done well in recent games I'm not convinced he's the answer and if Diego is better then it makes sense for him to move on with four strikers ahead of him and a target man being talked about as coming in.

I have only heard you talk about this.

[Shade]

I think Amari would be up to it if he was fully fit for a good few months and got a run of games going. To me he actually has looked like he's nearing that now. I wouldn't be too surprised if he comes back to us after his loan, having had a good few months at York.

I thought exactly the same, Hubert

[Shade]

Going back to Pike, I note that he can play 'anywhere across the back four' and played at left-back in his last game.

[Robin]

Amari makes sense although he's done well in recent games I'm not convinced he's the answer and if Diego is better then it makes sense for him to move on with four strikers ahead of him and a target man being talked about as coming in.

I have only heard you talk about this.

I assume you don't watch James Young's interview with GJ then Hubert, it's been mention several times along with the phase the missing golf club in the bag.

[Johnsons Red Army]

Welcome to CTFC, Alex .

[baggy89]

Didn't two players move to York in January 2015?

Just saying...

[RegencyCheltenhamSpa]

Didn't two players move to York in January 2015?

Just saying...

Indeed, and it helped them then and let's hope it does so now. Be a shame to see a nice club in a lovely city get relegated out of the Conference. Hopefully this can be the start of a return to the League.

[Red Duke]

Listening to GJ's interview, he said that AP was lined up to sign for a league 1 club but the Manager lost his job. Anyone any ideas which club he was initially going to?

[RegencyCheltenhamSpa]

Listening to GJ's interview, he said that AP was lined up to sign for a league 1 club but the Manager lost his job. Anyone any ideas which club he was initially going to?

Northampton.

Would like to think it was Gillingham and appointing Pennock made him run a mile, but it was The Cobblers.

[Nesty]

Could someone put a list of the january signings and whether they are loans or permanents please ?

[Robin]

Ins
Diego (Striker - on loan from Bristol City)
Manny (Centre half - on loan from Brentford)
Will Boyle (Centre half - free transfer from Huddersfield)
Scott Brown (Keeper - on loan from Wycombe)
Alex Pike (Utility player/Right back - on loan from West Ham)
Carl Winchester (Attacking midfielder - free transfer from Oldham)

[RegencyCheltenhamSpa]

Could someone put a list of the january signings and whether they are loans or permanents please ?

12 January

Premier League

Tom Cleverley [Everton - Watford] Loan

Morgan Schneiderlin [Man Utd - Everton] £20m rising to £24m

English Football League

Jake Carroll [Hartlepool - Cambridge] Undisclosed

Matt Crooks [Rangers - Scunthorpe] Loan

Neal Eardley [Hibernian - Northampton] Free

Alex Gilliead [Newcastle - Bradford] Loan

George Glendon [Manchester City - Fleetwood] Undisclosed

Eoghan O'Connell [Celtic - Walsall] Loan

Luciano Narsingh [PSV Eindhoven - Swansea] Undisclosed

Alex Pike [West Ham - Cheltenham] Loan

Ivan Toney [Newcastle - Scunthorpe] Loan

Hayden White [Peterborough - Mansfield] Loan

Carl Winchester [Oldham - Cheltenham] Free

Scottish Premiership

Kouassi Eboue [FC Krasnodar - Celtic] Undisclosed

Jon Toral [Arsenal - Rangers] Loan

Kouassi Eboue [FC Krasnodar - Celtic] Undisclosed

International

Sebastian Polter [QPR - Union Berlin] Undisclosed

11 January

English Football League

Charlie Colkett [Chelsea - Swindon] Loan

Fankaty Dabo [Chelsea - Swindon] Loan

Chris Eagles [Accrington - Port Vale] Free

Islam Feruz [Chelsea - Swindon] Loan

Craig Gardner [West Brom - Birmingham] Loan

Callum Guy [Derby - Port Vale] Loan

International

Sandro [QPR - Antalyaspor] Undisclosed

10 January

Premier League

Cohen Bramall [Hednesford Town - Arsenal] £40,000

English Football League

Ben Gladwin [QPR - Swindon] Loan

Kazenga LuaLua [Brighton - QPR] Loan

Scottish Premiership

David Bates [Raith Rovers - Rangers] Undisclosed

9 January

English Football League

Will Boyle [Huddersfield - Cheltenham] Free

Scott Brown [Wycombe - Cheltenham] Loan

Nathan Byrne [Wigan - Charlton] Loan

Pablo Hernandez [Al-Arabi - Leeds] Undisclosed

Tiago Ilori [Liverpool - Reading] Undisclosed

David Nugent [Middlesbrough - Derby] Undisclosed

Scottish Premiership

Aaron Hughes [Unattached - Hearts]

Emerson Hyndman [Bournemouth - Rangers] Loan

Sean Longstaff [Newcastle - Kilmarnock] Loan

Cal Roberts [Newcastle - Kilmarnock] Loan

Lennard Sowah [Hamilton - Hearts]

Freddie Woodman [Newcastle - Kilmarnock] Loan

International

Jay Simpson [Leyton Orient - Philadelphia Union] Undisclosed

8 January

Scottish Premiership

Alim Ozturk [Hearts - Boluspor] Free

7 January

English Football League

Craig Davies [Wigan - Scunthorpe] Undisclosed

Dominic Gape [Southampton - Wycombe] Free

Jakob Haugaard [Stoke - Wigan] Loan

Ryan Loft [Tottenham - Stevenage] Loan

Harry Toffolo [Norwich - Scunthorpe] Loan

6 January

Premier League

Markus Henriksen [AZ Alkmaar - Hull] Undisclosed

English Football League

Izzy Brown [Chelsea - Huddersfield] Loan

Reece Brown [Sheffield United - Bury] Free

Cameron Burgess [Fulham - Bury] Loan

Lawson D'Ath [Northampton - Luton] Undisclosed

Kevin Foley [Charlton - Coventry] Free

Morgan Fox [Charlton - Sheffield Wednesday] Undisclosed

Greg Halford [Rotherham - Cardiff] Undisclosed

Ibrahim Meite [Harrow Borough - Cardiff] Undisclosed

Taylor Moore [Bristol City - Bury] Loan

Luke Murphy [Leeds - Burton] Loan

Lewis Page [West Ham - Charlton] Undisclosed

Craig Reid [Gloucester City - Newport] Undisclosed

Bailey Wright [Preston - Bristol City] Undisclosed

International

Pedro Chirivella [Liverpool - Go Ahead Eagles] Loan

John Mikel Obi [Chelsea - Tianjin TEDA] Undisclosed

5 January

Premier League

Ademola Lookman [Charlton - Everton] £11m

Wilfred Ndidi [Genk - Leicester] Reported £15m

English Football League

Nathan Blissett [Torquay - Plymouth] £15,000

Julien de Sart [Middlesbrough - Derby] Loan

Jake Forster-Caskey [Brighton - Charlton] Undisclosed

Gavin Gunning [Greenock Morton - Grimsby] Free

Sam Johnstone [Manchester United - Aston Villa] Loan

Alex Jones [Birmingham - Bradford] Undisclosed

Sean Kavanagh [Fulham - Hartlepool] Loan

Freddie Ladapo [Crystal Palace - Shrewsbury] Loan

David Pipe [Eastleigh - Newport] Loan

Alex Rodman [Notts County - Shrewsbury] Undisclosed

International

Tomas Mejias [Middlesbrough - Rayo Vallecano] Loan

4 January

Premier League

Rudy Gestede [Aston Villa - Middlesbrough] Undisclosed

Lee Grant [Derby - Stoke] £1.3m

English Football League

Milan Djuric [Cesena - Bristol City] Undisclosed

Jens Hegeler [Hertha Berlin - Bristol City] Undisclosed

Sid Nelson [Millwall - Newport] Loan

Mark O'Brien [Luton - Newport] Loan

Alex Reid [Rushall - Fleetwood] Undisclosed

Jakub Sokolik [Unattached - Plymouth]

Luke Varney [Ipswich - Burton] Free

Scottish Premiership

Dean Ebbe [Unattached - Inverness]

International

Adalberto Penaranda [Watford - Malaga] Loan

3 January

English Football League

Dominic Ball [Rotherham - Peterborough] Loan

Samir Carruthers [MK Dons - Sheffield United] Undisclosed

Keith Keane [Cambridge - Rochdale] Free

International

Julian Draxler [Wolfsburg - Paris St-Germain] Reported £35.5m

Tomas Rincon [Genoa - Juventus] £6.8m

Axel Witsel [Zenit St Petersburg - Tianjin Quanjian] Undisclosed

2 January

Premier League

Joey Barton [Unattached - Burnley]

English Football League

Ben Davies [Preston - Fleetwood] Loan

Conor Grant [Everton - Doncaster] Loan

International

Ryan Babel [Unattached - Besiktas]

1 January

English Football League

Stuart Beavon [Burton - Coventry] Free

Nathan Clarke [Bradford - Coventry] Free

Diego De Girolamo [Bristol City - Cheltenham] Loan

Jonathan Edwards [Hull - Accrington] Loan

Jaanai Gordon [West Ham - Newport] Loan

Jack Mackreth [Macclesfield - Bury] Undisclosed

Alfie May [Hythe - Doncaster] Undisclosed

Aristote Nsiala [Hartlepool - Shrewsbury] Undisclosed

Emmanuel Onariase [Brentford - Cheltenham] Loan

Callum Reilly [Burton - Coventry] Loan

Harvey Rodgers [Hull - Accrington] Loan

Martin Samuelsen [West Ham - Peterborough] Loan

Marvin Sordell [Coventry - Burton] Free

Aaron Williams [Peterborough - Newport] Undisclosed

[Johnsons Red Army]

I like RCS' answer better .