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  • Thread starter We'll_live_and_die
  • Start date May 15, 2023
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Hobo

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,721
Saddlebrains said:
Kitchings done
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Do they know half the fan base has voted against it?
 
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TomRad85

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,722
fatso said:
Exactly, the arseholes are making themselves known.

We were never going to hang on to Hamer and Vik, but we have an owner who's invested far more of the money received back into the squad than any other, while refusing to panic buy or get ripped off.

And although the squad is smaller, and without its 2 stars, we are undoubtedly better overall, with fewer loans, and more players who can actually compete for starts.

What's the point of a big squad when you end up carrying non playing options like:-

Walker, Waghorn, Reid, Hilsner, Dacosta, Kane, Rose, Dinanga, and Maguire.

And we still have money left to target whatever is needed for a final push in January!
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You've accused us of getting ripped off haven't you? You thought we'd been ripped off for Bobby Thomas (absolute bargain) for sure.
 

SHUNT31

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,723
TomRad85 said:
Can't be bothered to go over same arguments again tbh but the idea that literally every single player out there that is capable of coming in and doing well in our midfield is out of our price range is nonsense. If we are now 7 players short of what Robins originally wanted i think its fair to say we've dropped the ball a bit...
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Something must of changed. He wouldn’t come out publicly and say he wants X amount more to then only bring in 1.
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,724
£5m too much on Kitching.
 

Balli001

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,725
Ccfcisparks said:
£5m too much on Kitching.
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Andy Turner saying it isnt as high as that
 

TomRad85

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,726
SHUNT31 said:
Something must of changed. He wouldn’t come out publicly and say he wants X amount more to then only bring in 1.
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It was a bizarre thing to say tbh, i'm still unsure why he did it.
 

WestEndAgro

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,727
Can't be true, their owners said no one is leaving.
 

TomRad85

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,728
Balli001 said:
Andy Turner saying it isnt as high as that
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Thank God, i wouldn't want us to spend any more than 4 million on a new boo boy
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,729
£5m is a great deal for Kitching
 
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SkyBlueSam01

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,730
Waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh
 

Boicey

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,731
TomRad85 said:
Kitching better hit the ground running as he was written off by many whilst watching a random Barnsley game, the earliest writing off of a signing yet.
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I personally am beyond excitement signing an unpopular arsey defender from league 1 Barnsley.
Not excited as you mind.
 
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SBT

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,732
Can tell that not many people on here know how to handle a negotiation like Doug - sometimes you have to walk away, and sometimes you have to spend £8 million on Barnsley’s backup centre-half, this is just business at the end of the day.
 
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Balli001

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,733
TomRad85 said:
Thank God, i wouldn't want us to spend any more than 4 million on a new boy boy
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We could potentially pay that again for Brekalo in January and it wouldnt be a bad long term investment at all
 
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Deity

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,734
TomRad85 said:
It was a bizarre thing to say tbh, i'm still unsure why he did it.
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He was putting pressure on Doug and Austin. Every manager does it:
 
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SkyBlueMatt

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,735
Ccfcisparks said:
£5m too much on Kitching.
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Ccfcisparks said:
£5m is a great deal for Kitching
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TomRad85

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,736
Boicey said:
I personally am beyond excitement signing an unpopular arsey defender from league 1 Barnsley.
Not excited as you mind.
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speaking of bizarre things to say
 

covcity4life

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,737
14m on kitching is a crazy fee that I have just made up.
 
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Happy_Martian

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,738
coop said:
Why sign kitchin for 5 million surely we could of got mcnally for that.
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Hadn't McNally's and Doyle's loan choices been made before we sold Hamer ? We were trying beforehand and can't say I heard anything else after Gus left. So it could all have been down to timing. We never had the cash at the time they were available.
 

shmmeee

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,739
SeaSeeEffCee said:
Robins spent all of the run in last season complaining about how small our squad was and now we have an even smaller squad lol
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In terms of actually usable players I’m not sure we do TBH.
 
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Covcraig@bury

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,740
Ccfcisparks said:
Ones left footed the other right footed.
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I was two footed , never played much . The man in black didn’t like me for some reason . Cost me a lot of money when I didn’t play
 

TwistAndShoutCCFC1987

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,741
Saddlebrains said:
Kitchings done
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Does that mean we now have time to move onto trying to get a cm? Maybe a pl loan?
 

fatso

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,742
TomRad85 said:
You've accused us of getting ripped off haven't you? You thought we'd been ripped off for Bobby Thomas (absolute bargain) for sure.
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I said £2m was a lot of money for a player who'd never played at championship level.
I stand by that, which is maybe why no one else paid it.

He's been great so far, but like I won't write a player off after 4 games, I also won't get too carried away after 4 games.

As someone once said, the season is a marathon, not a sprint.
 
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Ooh Ah

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,743
procdoc said:
Kitching is a class act. Was made Barnsley captain at only 23 years of age. He’s clearly got quality attributes and under our management he will only get better
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Also releases Lati to DM (current international), 4 in total. Assuming Ayari is a 10, will mean greater connection front and back needed from WB's (looks hopeful), and AM (Ayari plus O'Hare) than last year. Then two up front. Palmer may struggle, still hoping for Bastien loan.
 
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Greggs

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,744
Ccfcisparks said:
Unfortunately replacing someone like Gyo man for man is extremely tough and out of our budget.
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How much did we pay for him?
 

mmttww

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,745
Happy_Martian said:
Aren't opinions allowed on the forum any more ?
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No. Never have been either. Pipe down.

 
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SkyBlueMatt

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,746
Ooh Ah said:
Also releases Lati to DM (current international), 4 in total. Assuming Ayari is a 10, will mean greater connection front and back needed from WB's (looks hopeful), and AM (Ayari plus O'Hare) than last year. Then two up front. Palmer may struggle, still hoping for Bastien loan.
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Schweinsteigers legs have gone, why are we looking at 39 year olds?!?! F*ck sake, what is this club coming to.
 
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Chris1987

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,747
Too many losing their shit . A midfield player on loan then it's been a decent day in my opinion.
 
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skybluecam

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,748
SHUNT31 said:
Not so sure he will but we will see. Even then, as good as he might be, we should not be relying on a 19 year old loanee as a replacement for a £12m player.
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It's where he's played in most of his career appearances so far.

Ayari himself is a £5m player, which is probably the upper end of what we'd have spend on a replacement anyway.
 
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Martw

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,749
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Chris1987 said:
Too many losing their shit . A midfield player on loan then it's been a decent day in my opinion.
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wouldnt argue with this but there’s nothing to suggest another one after Kitching presuming he is joining
 

TomRad85

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,750
Chris1987 said:
Too many losing their shit . A midfield player on loan then it's been a decent day in my opinion.
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If we pull the LCB we've been after all summer and a decent midfielder preferably on perm but even on loan, then yes would be an ok days work.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,751
coop said:
Why sign kitchin for 5 million surely we could of got mcnally for that.
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McNally isn’t left footed
 
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shmmeee

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,752
Greggs said:
How much did we pay for him?
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I do agree that we could have spread some of the cash around. Id rather three Vik or Gus type signings than one £5m personally.
 
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TomRad85

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,753
shmmeee said:
McNally isn’t left footed
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Also he'd only ever played L1 before he came to us i believe. Who's to say Kitching isn't better?
 

Saddlebrains

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,754
Ccfcisparks said:
£5m too much on Kitching.
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2.5 up front, 20% sell on im told
 
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slowpoke

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,755
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Then the plan would be to move Lati into midfield if needed.
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Lati ahead of McFadz, Thomas and Binks would
Greggs said:
still doesn't make sense. 2 players to do the job of 1 in a squad? I get it that Gyo was impressive, but i'd just like a man for man replacement rather than combining 2 and hoping they will both be half of the player........
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Have you got a spare 20 million quid then.
 
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