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slowpoke

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #491
mark82 said:
Seeking new investment maybe?
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Mike Ashley still looking to invest in someone apparently.
 

skyblueeyesrevisited

Well-Known Member
  • May 7, 2022
  • #492
Dunkin Donuts?
 
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Tomh111

Well-Known Member
  • May 7, 2022
  • #493
The clamour for fans to bet the house on January signings is so shirt sighted.

The financial gambling is what put us into league 2.

If we had spent a chunk of money hoping we went up, then the player doesn't perform or gets injured. We are in the same position as now, but financially unstable. With the added caveat that January signings are famously tough tk get right.

Teams over pay out of desperation and players have little time to bed into a side and adapt to a new way of playing.

Incremental gains every summer is what has got us to this point and I am happy to stick with that plan.
 
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better days

Well-Known Member
  • May 7, 2022
  • #494
Tomh111 said:
The clamour for fans to bet the house on January signings is so shirt sighted.

The financial gambling is what put us into league 2.

If we had spent a chunk of money hoping we went up, then the player doesn't perform or gets injured. We are in the same position as now, but financially unstable. With the added caveat that January signings are famously tough tk get right.

Teams over pay out of desperation and players have little time to bed into a side and adapt to a new way of playing.

Incremental gains every summer is what has got us to this point and I am happy to stick with that plan.
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This
 
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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • May 7, 2022
  • #495
Tomh111 said:
The clamour for fans to bet the house on January signings is so shirt sighted.

The financial gambling is what put us into league 2.

If we had spent a chunk of money hoping we went up, then the player doesn't perform or gets injured. We are in the same position as now, but financially unstable. With the added caveat that January signings are famously tough tk get right.

Teams over pay out of desperation and players have little time to bed into a side and adapt to a new way of playing.

Incremental gains every summer is what has got us to this point and I am happy to stick with that plan.
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We made fewer signings than the season before in January, so it’s hardly unprecedented.

I’d argue it wasn’t overspending that fucked us previously as much as poor management at the top plus the collapse of ITV digital.
 
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Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • May 7, 2022
  • #496
Tomh111 said:
The clamour for fans to bet the house on January signings is so shirt sighted.

The financial gambling is what put us into league 2.

If we had spent a chunk of money hoping we went up, then the player doesn't perform or gets injured. We are in the same position as now, but financially unstable. With the added caveat that January signings are famously tough tk get right.

Teams over pay out of desperation and players have little time to bed into a side and adapt to a new way of playing.

Incremental gains every summer is what has got us to this point and I am happy to stick with that plan.
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This doesn’t really make sense

If the club anyway wants to sign championship players those players will want higher wages

I would not be surprised if our wage bill anyway is over the revenue we achieve

You are really just saying the owners should be non reactive so even if relegation threatened should not act

We ended up in a mess because of numerous factors mainly to do with the idiot McGinnity selling everything that moved and getting a subsequent shafting over the ricoh deal nothing whatsoever to do with January transfer dealings
 
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Frostie

Well-Known Member
  • May 7, 2022
  • #497
Grendel said:
This doesn’t really make sense

If the club anyway wants to sign championship players those players will want higher wages

I would not be surprised if our wage bill anyway is over the revenue we achieve

You are really just saying the owners should be non reactive so even if relegation threatened should not act

We ended up in a mess because of numerous factors mainly to do with the idiot McGinnity selling everything that moved and getting a subsequent shafting over the ricoh deal nothing whatsoever to do with January transfer dealings
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Think both statements have a lot of truth to them.

I'd have liked to see us add 1 or 2 in January for sure but it really is a volatile window & the rewards rarely match the outlays. We don't know who was available & at what cost.
Have other teams kicked on significantly off the back of January signings that didn't cost millions?

Couldn't agree more with you on McGinnity. Whilst Richardson (rightly) gets a lot of stick, McGinnity was utterly clueless.
The sacking of Black for Reid because he hadn't heard of the players Black wanted to sign & let Reid then throw huge money at shit like Sherwood who couldn't even pass a medical says a lot.
 
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long way home

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #498
Id prefer 3 quality players that fit into the group than 7 players on hope that a couple stick. We have enough development players of our own to work with this summer.
 

larry_david

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #499
Elliot Anderson who we have kind of been linked with, 1 goal 2 assists today as Bristol rovers win 7-0!
 

SlowerThanPlatt

Well-Known Member
  • May 7, 2022
  • #500
Grendel said:
This doesn’t really make sense

If the club anyway wants to sign championship players those players will want higher wages

I would not be surprised if our wage bill anyway is over the revenue we achieve

You are really just saying the owners should be non reactive so even if relegation threatened should not act

We ended up in a mess because of numerous factors mainly to do with the idiot McGinnity selling everything that moved and getting a subsequent shafting over the ricoh deal nothing whatsoever to do with January transfer dealings
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The other issue is “incremental gains” - there comes a point as with every club you cannot feasibly progress any further. Are we close to that? Next season will tell
 

The Philosopher

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #501
larry_david said:
Elliot Anderson who we have kind of been linked with, 1 goal 2 assists today as Bristol rovers win 7-0!
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Also got them auto promotion to L1. Means he’s less easy to pry away / cheap. Double edged sword that.
 
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Deity

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #502
SlowerThanPlatt said:
The other issue is “incremental gains” - there comes a point as with every club you cannot feasibly progress any further. Are we close to that? Next season will tell
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We are miles from the finished article
 

SlowerThanPlatt

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #503
The Philosopher said:
Also got them auto promotion to L1. Means he’s less easy to pry away / cheap. Double edged sword that.
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He is on loan from Newcastle?
 
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SAJ

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #504
Deity said:
We didn’t need to spend £5m in January. 1or 2 more loans could have made the difference.
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You can’t spend what you don’t have.
 
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mark82

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #505
larry_david said:
Elliot Anderson who we have kind of been linked with, 1 goal 2 assists today as Bristol rovers win 7-0!
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Scunthorpe played a team full of kids. Northampton must be pretty pissed off.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #506
mark82 said:
Scunthorpe played a team full of kids. Northampton must be pretty pissed off.
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Scunthorpe have been doing that all season.
 
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Deity

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #507
SAJ said:
You can’t spend what you don’t have.
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Sisu had the funds.
 

slowpoke

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #508
JCH best player today and a must to be signed permanently MR mentioned three signings are imminent wonder if he’s one of them.
 
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SlowerThanPlatt

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #509
slowpoke said:
JCH best player today
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He only scored one goal
 
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cc84cov

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #510
slowpoke said:
JCH best player today and a must to be signed permanently MR mentioned three signings are imminent wonder if he’s one of them.
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Not sure if you didn’t know this but JCH left us a long time ago
 
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larry_david

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #511
mark82 said:
Scunthorpe played a team full of kids. Northampton must be pretty pissed off.
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And yet they refused to play Billson so we brought him back
 

WGABSOOS

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #512
larry_david said:
And yet they refused to play Billson so we brought him back
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He got injured in his first game which hardly helped
 
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Greggs

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #513
Matty James at today's game apparently.
 
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higgs

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #514
Greggs said:
Matty James at today's game apparently.
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Interesting

Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
 

larry_david

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #515
Greggs said:
Matty James at today's game apparently.
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Ffs, losing out to Stoke for signings now
 
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SBAndy

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #516
Antony Evans from Bristol Rovers? Appreciate it’s a leap but seems he was one of the standout performers in L2 and has a good pedigree.
 

Great_Expectations

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #517
Greggs said:
Matty James at today's game apparently.
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No thanks. Big fan of his when he was here, but for the wages he would demand, plus his poor injury history, he isn’t worth it.

Even more importantly, Sheaf is a similar style of player (keeps things simple, recycles the ball, ball player, composed etc) and I wouldn’t want anyone stopping his development.
 
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skyblueelephant76

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #518
Greggs said:
Matty James at today's game apparently.
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The same one that was playing for Bristol against Huddersfield this afternoon?
 
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TwistAndShoutCCFC1987

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #519
Great_Expectations said:
No thanks. Big fan of his when he was here, but for the wages he would demand, plus his poor injury history, he isn’t worth it.

Even more importantly, Sheaf is a similar style of player (keeps things simple, recycles the ball, ball player, composed etc) and I wouldn’t want anyone stopping his development.
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Even more importantly , He was playing a football match 100+ miles away and the rumour came from greggs (who is unreliable at the best of times)
 
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Frankly_Mr_Shankly

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  • May 7, 2022
  • #520
Greggs said:
Matty James at today's game apparently.
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Stick to sausage rolls mate
 
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rexo87

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  • May 8, 2022
  • #521
mark82 said:
Scunthorpe played a team full of kids. Northampton must be pretty pissed off.
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Their keeper looked about 5 foot 6


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Greggs

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  • May 8, 2022
  • #522
skyblueelephant76 said:
The same one that was playing for Bristol against Huddersfield this afternoon?
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Sorry, I meant Liam Walsh.
 
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PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • May 8, 2022
  • #523
Greggs said:
Sorry, I meant Liam Walsh.
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Greggs

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  • May 8, 2022
  • #524
TwistAndShoutCCFC1987 said:
Even more importantly , He was playing a football match 100+ miles away and the rumour came from greggs (who is unreliable at the best of times)
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I think you'll find i'm never late to an appointment, not had a day off work in 47 years and if you lend me something i will return it to you in the same condition as i received it.
 
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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • May 8, 2022
  • #525
I'd still love Walsh back if he is injury free - think he would suit our style of football. I'd like to see if we could get hold of Cameron Archer (returning to Villa from PNE), whether that be a signing or on loan.
 
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