Striker Update (6 Viewers)
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Kingokings204
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So we won't be ready for Wigan then in my opinion. I see why he his saying but he seems to have given up until clubs come back off their tours. By then it's Wigan at home.
Not great imo
Not great imo
CCFC_Charlie
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Extremely disappointing news given how tricky a start we have. Could easily be well off the pace before we've even got a squad together.
IrishSkyBlue
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if we lose our next 2 friendly's be serious pressure to get new players in i know his hands are tied because of sisu but wont give us confidence going into the wigan game.
Samo
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Rubbish. This has nothing to do with SISU, he has a budget and he is choosing to wait for the players he wants. Get a grip man.
lifelongcityfan
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i have confidence in mowbray and am not despairing yet. However, we have the same shit every year...trying hard, no stones unturned etc etc
Kingokings204
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I don't think it's all sisu. We can blame mowbray sometimes he ain't without some blame.
This seems to be tony mowbrays choice and if we lose our opening 5 games in August then that would be mowbrays fault not sisu.
kg82
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Come on, you should know what happens by now!
chiefdave
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I must be reading a different article to you lot. The one I can see on the CT site says no new striker before the Cambridge friendly on Tuesday but he is 'pretty confident' in making a signing before the first game of the season.
Nowhere do i see a mention of starting the season without a striker or SISU going back on any promises they've made to him.
If anything things are looking more positive than when he spoke about this before. He was saying we wouldn't be signing a striker and would have to get them in on loan which would mean they most likely wouldn't be here for the first new games of the season, now he seems positive that we will have someone in earlier.
Nowhere do i see a mention of starting the season without a striker or SISU going back on any promises they've made to him.
If anything things are looking more positive than when he spoke about this before. He was saying we wouldn't be signing a striker and would have to get them in on loan which would mean they most likely wouldn't be here for the first new games of the season, now he seems positive that we will have someone in earlier.
LJC_CCFC
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You clearly haven't got your negativity glasses on Dave.
chiefdave
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He's publicly stated that he'd rather wait and get the right player at the right price than rush into things or pay over the odds. Maybe people are expecting too much, for me a season with a comfortable top half finish will be a big improvement. So long as I can see us progressing I'll be happy. I'd rather build for a promotion push next season than rush into things and mess it up.
chinamans view
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The striker he is after is not a free agent then, he must wait until the club they are with at present say he can leave, That's what TM is really saying.
ccfcway
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Not convinced of that.
I would happily snap your hands off if you offered me the play offs in 2020.
IrishSkyBlue
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true he has a budget but its so bad look how long its taking to get players
mrtrench
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Why do you need to blame anyone for him being confident of having two or three lined up to join before the Wigan game? Is 'blame' your favourite word at the moment? Mine is 'onanism'.
Grendel
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Why does that mean it's "soooo bad"?
mrtrench
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Yep, that's SISU for you.
chiefdave
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We've told he had a budget in the top 8 in the league. Jan from the trust has confirmed the trust were shown documents from the FL showing this to be true. TM has said he will not rush into signings and would rather wait than overspend to make best use of the budget he has.
We've also paid a fee for a player and TM has said we may also pay a fee for other players.
The likes of Reda and Ricketts won't be bargain basement players in terms of wages in this division.
How have you come to the conclusion that he has a bad budget?
simonregis
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Many on here wanted Turgey to sign. Many want the youngsters to have a go. So we do have strikers. We need more I agree but the ones we have should be given a chance
chiefdave
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The problem with the likes of Maddison is expecting them to play all season but I don't think it would be a problem for him to play 3 or 4 games at the start of the season before a loan striker comes in.
ccfcway
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who are these "many" that want the youngsters to have a go. All I can see is a lot of people correctly saying we need to be cautious with G Thomas, Maddison etc and not put too much expectation on their shoulders too early on.
How many games in would it be before people would be critising Thomas if he started as a 1st choice striker this season. We cant, won't and shouldn't be relying on them this season.
The odd start, sub appearance etc and go from there.
IrishSkyBlue
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if it wasnt so bad he would have a better wage budget to get in better players faster can offer more money
Grendel
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He's got a top 8 budget. He is refusing to sign the first thing that moves. Guess you got really excited when we jumped in offering Malaga and Edjuingele long deals.
IrishSkyBlue
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I never said that, ya top 8 budget and fair dues for holding out what im saying is he cant compete with teams like wigan for transfers when a top player is available early in the window, i think 80% of people knew malaga and edge would be rubbish when they were signed inc myself smart ass.
Grendel
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Wigan have a £30 million plus budget - FFS
chiefdave
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I can imagine the same people moaning about the budget would be up in arms if, when the accounts get files, we're made a loss of over £25m due to overspending on the player budget.
ccfcway
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"HAD"
It was about £30m in 2013-14. Least season it was nearer £20m, and will be a LOT less than that this season
SkyBlue_Bear83
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That's Mowbrays choice, maybe we should have signed Shaun Miller and Josh Mcquoid instead? Mowbray is a much cleverer man than his predecessor and he won't panic sign players to make up the numbers or feel pressured into signing players just to appease the fans.
Getting in quality attacking players is much more difficult than getting quality defensive players so its no surprise it is taking longer.
I suspect by the time Wigan match comes we will have signed Lamieras, one permanent striker and maybe a permanent winger. Any other additions will likely be loans which won't come probably until a few weeks after the season has began.