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CCFCBat

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #841
Liquid Gold said:
Because, just like our U23s going out, the parent club wants them to develop in the mens game over the U23s.
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Doesn’t mean they are cheap


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SeaSeeEffCee

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #842
Oh well, at least we can look forward to the tweets from opposition fans telling us we’re the best team they’ve faced all season after they’ve just beaten us for the next few months. That’s the real reason we all do this.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #843
CCFCBat said:
Doesn’t mean they are cheap


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How much do you reckon we're paying towards Maatsen's wages?
 
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Sky_Blue_Bob

Active Member
  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #844
Leamington Pete said:
Heard a whisper. Might need a stiff drink before I put it on here
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Any danger of a bit more info?
 

Greggs

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #845
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Must be the only team in the league who's written off the season in January
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We've over achieved, not many would have placed us where we are. Stick or Gamble on an inevitable mid table finish? Robins will know we don't have much hope of making the play-offs, saving some capital until the summer when he can hopefully get his real targets and strengthen us long term may be a better idea.
 
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oldfiver

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #846
shmmeee said:
Was it in L2 due to horrific mismanagement and lack of appropriate investment from our owners?
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The start of mismanagement goes back well before SISU as you well know
 
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CovLad94

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #847
Andy Turner has said business is done, Dacosta going out that is all, no incomings
 

Greggs

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #848
Sky_Blue_Bob said:
Any danger of a bit more info?
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the drink he had must have been too stiff
 
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shmmeee

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #849
oldfiver said:
The start of mismanagement goes back well before SISU as you well know
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And if previous management were still in a decision making capacity at the club that would have some relevance to the discussion of right now.
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #850
CCFCBat said:
Doesn’t mean they are cheap


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They're obviously cheaper than a permanent option though. We're asking for one like that because asking for a permanent option and we get accused of wanting to be the next Derby.
 

Perryccfc

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #851
Liquid Gold said:
Serious question. What are we going to do if COH gets injured?
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I don’t disagree we’re short, especially if/when he inevitably picks up a knock. But spending money we don’t have on an U23 is really really not the answer to our prayers.

As I said I’m not against signing players, I’m updating this site and Twitter in the hope I see a rumour, a whisper, anything. What I am against is people verging on WW3 if it doesn’t happen. It’s ridiculous.
 
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Grendel

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #852
Sky Blue Pete said:
Go back further and why these owners had the chance to buy us I was getting at and they then spent what they didn’t make then turned tap off
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They didn’t spend what they didn’t have - they’ve “lost” I think around £12 million since 2007 and have now made accumulated loans to recover it. They’ve lost 40 years of a lease - not bought the lease with the funds they had and have been utterly shambolic.
 
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Liquid Gold

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #853
Perryccfc said:
I don’t disagree we’re short, especially if/when he inevitably picks up a knock. But spending money we don’t have on an U23 is really really not the answer to our prayers.

As I said I’m not against signing players, I’m updating this site and Twitter in the hope I see a rumour, a whisper, anything. What I am against is people verging on WW3 if it doesn’t happen. It’s ridiculous.
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We do have the money, we're giving it to our owners.
 
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Briles

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #854
Liquid Gold said:
Because, just like our U23s going out, the parent club wants them to develop in the mens game over the U23s.
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If we want promotion we haven't got time to be developing a prem teams u23 player for the remaining 3 months of the season (likely with a minimum game clause)The team we have got us where we are. Think positive.
 

SeaSeeEffCee

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #855
Greggs said:
We've over achieved, not many would have placed us where we are. Stick or Gamble on an inevitable mid table finish? Robins will know we don't have much hope of making the play-offs, saving some capital until the summer when he can hopefully get his real targets and strengthen us long term may be a better idea.
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Win our games in hand and we’re literally in the play-offs. Robins would have to be quite the defeatist to think we’ve got no chance, and if so can he come out and say it publically so we all know there is no point bothering for the last few months of the season?
 

TwistAndShoutCCFC1987

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #856
CovLad94 said:
Andy Turner has said business is done, Dacosta going out that is all, no incomings
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He’s probably right but andy turner in general knows fuck all
 
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oldfiver

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #857
Greggs said:
We've over achieved, not many would have placed us where we are. Stick or Gamble on an inevitable mid table finish? Robins will know we don't have much hope of making the play-offs, saving some capital until the summer when he can hopefully get his real targets and strengthen us long term may be a better idea.
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We are a victim of over performing success. No one expected the good start - or it could be a slow start from the others
 

Tommo1993

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #858
eastwoodsdustman said:
Well I for one will be wetting my bed tonight if there are no incoming players by 11pm.
I hope theres a few on here that will join my protest.
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Cool. What’s your address?
 
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Liquid Gold

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #859
Briles said:
If we want promotion we haven't got time to be developing a prem teams u23 player for the remaining 3 months of the season (likely with a minimum game clause)The team we have got us where we are. Think positive.
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Developing Callum O'Hare really fucked our chances in L1.
 
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rexo87

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #860
Its not even a case of if Ohare gets injured. We have 1 player for 2 positions

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Grendel

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #861
Perryccfc said:
So according to this thread, we’re after an unproven, prolific, AM with a lethal eye for goal and is good enough to displace COH and best of all, costs fuck all!

Fuck me there must a conveyor belt somewhere with these boys just waiting to be snapped up.

Your pathetic passive aggressive remarks about lack of ambition are clouding a basic understanding of football.
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You have a basic lack of understanding of the cold calculating way hedge funds operate with the companies they own
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #862
Greggs said:
We've over achieved, not many would have placed us where we are. Stick or Gamble on an inevitable mid table finish? Robins will know we don't have much hope of making the play-offs, saving some capital until the summer when he can hopefully get his real targets and strengthen us long term may be a better idea.
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My reaction isn't based so much on the general sentiment but on the amount of extra money some people think others want to be provided. We have all the look of a side that is within touching distance of actually making a serious tilt for the top 6-get there or not, it puts bums on seats, generates excitement and makes better use of an exceptional manager.

Any extra money made, the owners help themselves in multi million pound interest payments. They're not fit for purpose.
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #863
Grendel said:
We disappeared from the championship and league one as we pulled the plug on expenditure and prepared for relegation
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Back further
 

CCFCBat

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #864
Liquid Gold said:
They're obviously cheaper than a permanent option though. We're asking for one like that because asking for a permanent option and we get accused of wanting to be the next Derby.
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Why are they obviously cheaper, do you know that that’s a fact. Will they be cheaper than Jamie Allen for example or Dom Hyam


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oldfiver

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #865
shmmeee said:
And if previous management were still in a decision making capacity at the club that would have some relevance to the discussion of right now.
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Of course it has relevance - the biggest curse on this club has been the Arena.
 
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Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #866
oldfiver said:
The start of mismanagement goes back well before SISU as you well know
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It does but also it was the point any emotional interest in the club vanished
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #867
oldfiver said:
We are a victim of over performing success. No one expected the good start - or it could be a slow start from the others
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That start has kept us away from a relegation battle
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #868
CCFCBat said:
Why are they obviously cheaper, do you know that that’s a fact. Will they be cheaper than Jamie Allen for example or Dom Hyam


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Signings made for the youth team in L2 and the squad in L1 are comparable to a small outlay to actually have a shot at the championship playoffs.
 
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usskyblue

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #869
 
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Jamesimus

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #870
SeaSeeEffCee said:
Oh well, at least we can look forward to the tweets from opposition fans telling us we’re the best team they’ve faced all season after they’ve just beaten us for the next few months. That’s the real reason we all do this.
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I genuinely enjoy that, please don't let that be taken away from me.
 

Grendel

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #871
Sky Blue Pete said:
Back further
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they spent no money the net spend versus transfers and loans and accumulated debt is negative
 
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oldfiver

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  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #872
Brighton Sky Blue said:
That start has kept us away from a relegation battle
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And?
How does that detract from my observation?
 

Briles

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #873
Liquid Gold said:
Developing Callum O'Hare really fucked our chances in L1.
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We signed him on loan in the summer. Not January.
 

Perryccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #874
Liquid Gold said:
We do have the money, we're giving it to our owners.
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Abramovich and Mansour aside, which club isn’t doing this? If you think this is anything other than a business to 95% of owners then you’re in the wrong sport.
 

Greggs

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 31, 2022
  • #875
shmmeee said:
Surely when you’ve got a setup that’s getting more bang for your Buck is exactly when you throw money?
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Not really how investment works in my opinion. Throwing short term money at something that is already performing above market value makes little sense - as the outcome is likely to be the same (slim chance of playoffs - big chance of midtable). We're getting good bang for our buck at the moment, throwing more money at it takes away some of the 'bang'. I've had a beer after muay thai training so might be chatting shit
 
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