Haven't we usually got a few in by now? (2 Viewers)

Saddlebrains · Jun 7, 2021

I certainly remember summer 2017 there was a signing a week from mid May.

2018 also bar the long winded Chaplin saga

2019 I'm pretty sure we had Dabo and Fadz in early doors.

I'm not panicking, and I know the football landscape is completely different this summer, but I'm starting to feel that its a bit too quiet from the club and not like MR. He likes to get them early as we all know.

Weve not even heard of any outgoings (bar the released lot)

Any of our actual insiders like @better days or @Mr Panda heard anything at all?

better days · Jun 7, 2021

Saddlebrains said:
I certainly remember summer 2017 there was a signing a week from mid May.

2018 also bar the long winded Chaplin saga

2019 I'm pretty sure we had Dabo and Fadz in early doors.

I'm not panicking, and I know the football landscape is completely different this summer, but I'm starting to feel that its a bit too quiet from the club and not like MR. He likes to get them early as we all know.

Weve not even heard of any outgoings (bar the released lot)

Any of our actual insiders like @better days or @Mr Panda heard anything at all?

As you say this is a season unlike any other
You probably noticed that a lot of our current players' contracts were quietly extended last year but were only announced at the same time at the end of the season
It's more than possible that talks with players to come in are at advanced stages or maybe even agreed
But with our playing staff on furlough it's likely that any new contracts will start in July when we start pre-season and the club have to start paying wages again

SkyblueDad · Jun 7, 2021

Who has ?

KenilworthSkyBlue · Jun 7, 2021

The marketplace in the Championship is more competitive than ever now that everyone is effectively fishing from the same pool.

It's not going to be an easy window for Robins. We were able to bring in players relatively quickly in League One as we were an attractive club to join.

Given our budgetary constraints we're now far less of an attractive proposition which means we're more likely to miss out on our Plan A and potentially even Plan B targets. So, to state the obvious it's going to take longer to bring players in.

Also there will be a slight dip in the market in terms of the willingness of clubs to offer significant wages. So, free agents especially may want to hold out for the best possible deal.

Players/management may of course still be on holiday so there's that too.

I suspect we're probably relatively close to signing a couple though so we shouldn't be too concerned.

SkyblueDad · Jun 7, 2021

Well I don’t think we are unattractive prospect. All clubs outside the prem are pissing in the same pot as us we don’t know if our budget are lower than others and if it is it doesn’t matter it’s all about MR strengthening in the right areas and getting them to gel and play, he’ll do that.

MAFF · Jun 7, 2021

i know it's still early and i know I'm just paranoid but i'm gonna say it anyway...the silence on transfers so far reminds me of the 16/17 pre season.....

ccfc_Tom · Jun 7, 2021

IMissMAF said:
i know it's still early and i know I'm just paranoid but i'm gonna say it anyway...the silence on transfers so far reminds me of the 16/17 pre season.....

Luckily we have a better squad than that season

CDK · Jun 7, 2021

Well think we are a big draw to players with the club's history ,what the club has achieved in the last 5 years under robins,the stadium in Coventry. Of still think we are a big draw.

SlowerThanPlatt · Jun 7, 2021

CDK said:
Well think we are a big draw to players with the club's history ,what the club has achieved in the last 5 years under robins,the stadium in Coventry. Of still think we are a big draw.

Just a small thing missing, money.

skybluesam66 · Jun 7, 2021

IMissMAF said:
i know it's still early and i know I'm just paranoid but i'm gonna say it anyway...the silence on transfers so far reminds me of the 16/17 pre season.....

1 week after the play offs finished and please remind me of all of the other signings in our division

SlowerThanPlatt · Jun 7, 2021

IMissMAF said:
i know it's still early and i know I'm just paranoid but i'm gonna say it anyway...the silence on transfers so far reminds me of the 16/17 pre season.....

I would hope if the likes of James make it clear they don’t want to sign we don’t keep pursuing them, like Mr Mowbray.

Evo1883 · Jun 7, 2021

I can only think of Huddersfield who have started making signings a plenty .

If in 2 weeks we've done nothing I will start to get a bit worried

KenilworthSkyBlue · Jun 7, 2021

CDK said:
Well think we are a big draw to players with the club's history ,what the club has achieved in the last 5 years under robins,the stadium in Coventry. Of still think we are a big draw.

Do you honestly believe we'd pip a higher paying club to a player because he likes the look of the Ricoh?

Nick · Jun 7, 2021

Not sure why people are shitting themselves already.

skybluesam66 · Jun 7, 2021

SlowerThanPlatt said:
Just a small thing missing, money.

Net debt per accounts was around £25m
Blackburn Rovers £150m
Stoke City £170m
And if you are telling me that real estate in Blackburn or Stoke is worth anything more than £25m for a Football ground
so yes we dont have a pot to piss in, but then who does ?

Tommo1993 · Jun 7, 2021

Really don’t understand the lack of patience. Window not even open yet and some people make it sound like we’re the only team to have not signed anyone yet. Chill.

SlowerThanPlatt · Jun 7, 2021

slowpoke said:
Well I don’t think we are unattractive prospect. All clubs outside the prem are pissing in the same pot as us we don’t know if our budget are lower than others and if it is it doesn’t matter it’s all about MR strengthening in the right areas and getting them to gel and play, he’ll do that.

What? All clubs outside the Premier League aren’t in the same pot, Coventry and WBA won’t be targeting the same players.

AOM · Jun 7, 2021

Plus we'll probably be waiting for most of our targets to come back from the Euro finals

Saddlebrains · Jun 7, 2021

Nick said:
Not sure why people are shitting themselves already.

For me its just out of the ordinary for Robins is all. We all know, and hes made public many a time his preference for doing business early doors to integrate the players.

Not once since he rejoined have we gone heading into mid June since MR returned, without a signing.

Thats all im saying, I'm not panicking just find it strange

hill83 · Jun 7, 2021

Nothing was done until July last year wasn’t it?

SlowerThanPlatt · Jun 7, 2021

skybluesam66 said:
Net debt per accounts was around £25m
Blackburn Rovers £150m
Stoke City £170m
And if you are telling me that real estate in Blackburn or Stoke is worth anything more than £25m for a Football ground
so yes we dont have a pot to piss in, but then who does ?

Sorry, I don’t understand what point you’re making here. Blackburn and Stoke will be paying higher wages than us regardless of debt.

lifeskyblue · Jun 7, 2021

I think waiting a bit longer this close season without signing players might be an advantage. There will be plenty of players on offer and the price may drop. The skill will be in picking the right moment: too early and price/wages will be high; too late and somebody else will have bagged them.
We should be an attractive bet with premier league loans as we have a reasonable record in developing players.

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Nick · Jun 7, 2021

hill83 said:
Nothing was done until July last year wasn’t it?

Hamer on the 3rd July.

Evo1883 · Jun 7, 2021

Nick said:
Hamer on the 3rd July.

Was that the first signing ? Fuck me il chill out then

Nick · Jun 7, 2021

Saddlebrains said:
For me its just out of the ordinary for Robins is all. We all know, and hes made public many a time his preference for doing business early doors to integrate the players.

Not once since he rejoined have we gone heading into mid June since MR returned, without a signing.

Thats all im saying, I'm not panicking just find it strange

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Saddlebrains · Jun 7, 2021

Nick said:
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Ah fair shout, i was getting Fadz confused, he was early doors but the season before

hill83 · Jun 7, 2021

Nick said:
2020–21 Coventry City F.C. season - Wikipedia

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That’s correct for last year I think, but that’s officially the date they were signed and not announced. The year before shows Dabo signing 1st July but was actually announced 5th June.

Still though. Relax.

Grendel · Jun 7, 2021

skybluesam66 said:
Net debt per accounts was around £25m
Blackburn Rovers £150m
Stoke City £170m
And if you are telling me that real estate in Blackburn or Stoke is worth anything more than £25m for a Football ground
so yes we dont have a pot to piss in, but then who does ?

Stoke lost £18 million in reality the rest was amortisation of player values.

They have already pumped in interest free loans and the only concern in the accounts is to be able to sign Premier league players to challenge promotion

You are clueless

Jesse Carver · Jun 7, 2021

Saddlebrains said:
For me its just out of the ordinary for Robins is all. We all know, and hes made public many a time his preference for doing business early doors to integrate the players.

Not once since he rejoined have we gone heading into mid June since MR returned, without a signing.

Thats all im saying, I'm not panicking just find it strange

Aren't they still on holiday for another few weeks? Wouldn't be able to integrate new signings without the rest of the squad being there.

Liquid Gold · Jun 7, 2021

Robins was all in on Aguero, he was shocked when he signed for some Spanish backwater rather than play in the actual famous sky blues.

fatso · Jun 7, 2021

A lot of players will be under contract till 30th June, so I wouldn't expect much to happen before then.
Also loans wont be released until just before the new season starts, even if they've already been agreed. So keep calm peeps, and enjoy watching England make a fuck up of the Euros.

Skyblue_CP · Jun 7, 2021

The season was on hold and we didnt know we were even promoted last year until June 9th so we still signed Hamer quicker than what we have done so far this window.

skybluesam66 · Jun 7, 2021

Grendel said:
Stoke lost £18 million in reality the rest was amortisation of player values.

They have already pumped in interest free loans and the only concern in the accounts is to be able to sign Premier league players to challenge promotion

You are clueless

are you still here ? Such a nice person, so glad you only have any relevance in your own mind

mark82 · Jun 7, 2021

Saddlebrains said:
Ah fair shout, i was getting Fadz confused, he was early doors but the season before

McFadzean was 9th May the year before. There were a couple in May, most in June. I wouldn't worry at the moment. Maybe there could be something on Wednesday when the window opens (no info by the way). Hamer was done quite a while before it was announced last year though so could be that some are done/close but waiting for window to open to announce, or for people to be available for photo shoots.

SkyblueDad · Jun 7, 2021

SlowerThanPlatt said:
What? All clubs outside the Premier League aren’t in the same pot, Coventry and WBA won’t be targeting the same players.

I think West Brom do have finance issues more than you think,

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