Skyblue_CP
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Southampton don’t need a minimum of 12 new signings, their main priority is to keep players in the building and walk top 2 next season.
Southampton don’t need a minimum of 12 new signings, their main priority is to keep players in the building and walk top 2 next season.A quarter of the Championship haven't signed anyone yet including Southampton and we've signed a player.
I'd guess a lot of those were loans we'd not be able to afford so I don't know if that's a fair comparison. The only loans we had which played much were defenders. Feel like a loan fee / wages for an attacking player good enough to start in a promotion chasing club in this league isn't one we could afford, esp. not more than one. It's dead money if you don't go up.Loans are a critical part of life in the Championship.
Burnley won the league and had 6 loans. Sheff Utd had 4, Middlesbrough had 6.
And a lot of those were some of the best players in those teams.
He’ll be tryingCan any ITKs tell us why Robins isn’t bringing onboard players with the revenue freed from the salary commitments to the outgoing players AND the money available from season ticket sales?
Or has Citizen Doug said Robins can’t have coin till Vik is sold?
Might not see anything from Vik fee!He’ll be trying
He’ll be trying
Can any ITKs tell us why Robins isn’t bringing onboard players with the revenue freed from the salary commitments to the outgoing players AND the money available from season ticket sales?
Or has Citizen Doug said Robins can’t have coin till Vik is sold?
Maguire and the 2 wing backs we got in Jan must have cost a few quid though?Doug doesn't have any money. That's why he's waiting for Vik to be sold before giving Robins a budget.
Doug doesn't have any money. That's why he's waiting for Vik to be sold before giving Robins a budget.
I agree. Most of our best players in recent years have been loan players and we have benefitted enormously from their contributions. Imagine if we hadn't loaned players like Gyokeres, O'Hare, Doyle and McNally. Didn't Sheaf also start as a loan?Loans are a critical part of life in the Championship.
Burnley won the league and had 6 loans. Sheff Utd had 4, Middlesbrough had 6.
And a lot of those were some of the best players in those teams.
If that were true, what would have happened if, for example, Vik had broken his leg? Are you suggesting we would have released 11 players and signed none?
By no money I don't literally mean penniless. More he doesn't have anywhere near the funds to realise his ambitions.
We'd have been fucked, yes.
so, where did you actually go for all those months?no signings today.
Your talking bollocks mate.
Half of those 11 were loans. The rest were deadwood needing to be moved on anyway. If Vik broke his leg and didn't get sold said players would've been replaced with more deadwood Hilsner/Kastaneer types and loans, not the multi-million pound players we need to compete.
Doubtful Doug has enough to be consistently challenging the top 6 as he promised.So we do have some money then
By no money I don't literally mean penniless. More he doesn't have anywhere near the funds to realise his ambitions.
So we do have some money then
Why on earth did he buy the club then?Doubtful Doug has enough to be consistently challenging the top 6 as he promised.
We’re literally no better off than when we had SISU.
Who knows.Why on earth did he buy the club then?
That’s the million $ question, and why i don’t trust the man. He has no experience within football and has bought a football club with no assetsWhy on earth did he buy the club then?
That’s the million $ question, and why i don’t trust the man. He has no experience within football and has bought a football club with no assets
Why on earth did he buy the club then?
Tidying up for a bigger buyer is the only explanation that makes sense.Yeah I get the worry, but, unless he's tidying up the club for a bigger buyer, why come in and make promises about top six finishes if he's got no money and it will only lead to unrest? Do we really know how wealthy he is? Does anyone really know that about anyone?
Doubtful Doug has enough to be consistently challenging the top 6 as he promised.
We’re literally no better off than when we had SISU.
2bh it’s mirroring the SISU Window. The few we were successful in we bought players in earlier.Fundamentally we can't really make a proper assessment on that until the end of the window.
The lack of activity bar signing one player is obviously frustrating given the rebuild required but it's premature to be speculating without really anything to go on.
Can any ITKs tell us why Robins isn’t bringing onboard players with the revenue freed from the salary commitments to the outgoing players AND the money available from season ticket sales?
Or has Citizen Doug said Robins can’t have coin till Vik is sold?
I've thought the same myself, however I believe that players whose contracts run out on 30th June, still get paid for the month of July (unless they find new employment elsewhere). I'm sure I didn't make that up and it's standard practise!Can any ITKs tell us why Robins isn’t bringing onboard players with the revenue freed from the salary commitments to the outgoing players AND the money available from season ticket sales?
Or has Citizen Doug said Robins can’t have coin till Vik is sold?
Doubtful Doug has enough to be consistently challenging the top 6 as he promised.
We’re literally no better off than when we had SISU.
Im not asking for millions - im asking to compete with the top 6. Doug said this is what he aims to do.I assume with this statement you are referring to the budget sense, not an overall sense.
As soon as Doug arrived, him and Robins have stated that things would continue to be done incrementally and they wouldn't spend X millions on players.
It's no surprise really.
Im not asking for millions - im asking to compete with the top 6. Doug said this is what he aims to do.
we have a licence agreement for 5 years (sounds similar)
in league two and the winning league one season, we got our work done early. We need 11/12 players to be in and in settled by August 5th. We go to Portugal next week. It’ll be 17th by the time they return to Ryton so I’d guess not much will be done before then.
it seems as though we’re waiting for Gyokeres to go before we do anything, and we seem to be holding out for more money which is fine - but if we don’t buy pro-actively then we’re just wasting time
we don’t have a kit or a kit sponsor and he’s clearly overestimated the pull of the corporate offerings.
Im not asking for millions - im asking to compete with the top 6. Doug said this is what he aims to do.
we have a licence agreement for 5 years (sounds similar)
in league two and the winning league one season, we got our work done early. We need 11/12 players to be in and in settled by August 5th. We go to Portugal next week. It’ll be 17th by the time they return to Ryton so I’d guess not much will be done before then.
it seems as though we’re waiting for Gyokeres to go before we do anything, and we seem to be holding out for more money which is fine - but if we don’t buy pro-actively then we’re just wasting time
we don’t have a kit or a kit sponsor and he’s clearly overestimated the pull of the corporate offerings.
Having our own players which we then sell on for a profit so we can continue to strengthen is a much better alternative to gambling on loans every year that make us nothing financially, yes.
There is one asset, the training ground.That’s the million $ question, and why i don’t trust the man. He has no experience within football and has bought a football club with no assets
Which isn’t worth much in the grand scheme of things - it’s got permission for housing on the provision that the training ground is replacedThere is one asset, the training ground.
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