SkyblueDad
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Mike Ashley still looking to invest in someone apparently.
Transfer Shouts (5 Viewers)
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skyblueeyesrevisited
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Dunkin Donuts?
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.
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.
better days
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This
shmmeee
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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.
Grendel
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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
Frostie
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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.
long way home
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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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Elliot Anderson who we have kind of been linked with, 1 goal 2 assists today as Bristol rovers win 7-0!
SlowerThanPlatt
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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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Also got them auto promotion to L1. Means he’s less easy to pry away / cheap. Double edged sword that.
We are miles from the finished article
SlowerThanPlatt
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He is on loan from Newcastle?
You can’t spend what you don’t have.
mark82
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Scunthorpe played a team full of kids. Northampton must be pretty pissed off.
Brighton Sky Blue
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Scunthorpe have been doing that all season.
SkyblueDad
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JCH best player today and a must to be signed permanently MR mentioned three signings are imminent wonder if he’s one of them.
SlowerThanPlatt
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He only scored one goal
cc84cov
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Not sure if you didn’t know this but JCH left us a long time ago
larry_david
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And yet they refused to play Billson so we brought him back
WGABSOOS
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He got injured in his first game which hardly helped
higgs
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larry_david
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Ffs, losing out to Stoke for signings now
Great_Expectations
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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.
skyblueelephant76
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The same one that was playing for Bristol against Huddersfield this afternoon?
TwistAndShoutCCFC1987
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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)
Frankly_Mr_Shankly
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Stick to sausage rolls mate
Greggs
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Sorry, I meant Liam Walsh.
PUSB-We_are_going_up
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Greggs
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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.
Sky Blue Harry H
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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.