I think Cov fans are so relieved to see the back of SISU (well 85% of SISU has gone). As this transfer window is proving (2 in and 2 out - with the 2 both playing in recent games) with a wafer thin squad he's not got much spare cash (very happy to be proven wrong) and a stadium deal to be negotiated with a canny billionaire businessman - what does he think he can achieve.
I suspect however, without this takeover it would have been none in, some out... and very much worse players (from our perspective) to have go out than Kane and Waghorn.
Any stadium deal wouldn’t have involved £25million cash nothing like it, would have been like a mortgage/business loan but would have valued the club higher for certain, whoever it was who asked where the £25million offered for the stadium was going he’s a prat.
Alan Nixon reported that we wanted a scout from Wimbledon. Another poster suggested it was Jamie Johnson and that his availability to join would be after this transfer window.
Nope. He said a few times about knocking on the door of the playoffs, mid table and above.
Yes I recognise that the capital investment in the stadium is totally different to what might be spent on the playing squad but it did try to give the impression that we have funds !! but I interpreted it as an attempt to derail the Ashley stadium purchase, it wasn't a serious offer
Then getting through that door.
I doubt that the £25m was cash? More likely £5 million and then loans/ investors. Which may well be how most businesses acquire property.
Exactly, both Doug & MR in all their comms are managing expectation levels. MR has continued with the messaging of "incremental improvements". They obviously want us, as the fan base, to not get too excited and expect big changes in the short term.
Yes, everything is so vague it does feel that way
Let’s all just pack in then.
This is where I am, he seems like a middle man, I've seen nothing to suggest the club will be funded any differently to the last few years, "meet the new boss".
A strategy consisting of redecorating ryton, isn't going to move the club massively forward
I'm not expecting him to spend that but we all know it wasn't a real offer.
The timing of his arrival, his generic 'on the fence' soundbytes, even that he is flying solo on this and not brought in anyone from his other businesses to help him. If Boddy hasn't been sacked off for someone better at the end of the season, once Doug has brought himself up to speed that'll be another clue. It all smacks of keeping things ticking over while something bigger goes on behind the scenes.
I think if there is an issue it would be that it looks like he's going to throw £0 at the squad just like his predecessors.
Of course, but just going off both what the chairman and manager are saying and our transfer activity so far.
CU has 25k plus students… and that’s just in Cov not their London Yorkshire or polish campus’ there must be huge potential for casual walk up.
More likely. Big Mike ain't coming
He did say in his interview he'd pay for the right players, but wouldn't spunk with gay abandon.
I never meant it when I said 'these chinos ain't big enough for the both of us'. I take it back
