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the rumpo kid

the rumpo kid

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SlowerThanPlatt said:
Then other clubs will put the money up for him! At the moment despite all the speculation, it appears his best and only offer is from Sporting
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Totally agree. They will out bid scp , just very surprised someone thinks johnsons that good? He's ok young but nothing special.
 
Hobo

Hobo

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Matt smith said:
Expect mediocrity then, if none of player sales go into the team we’ll be in a relegation battle

‘Join the journey’ DK said

having said that, getting the infrastructure right is important

after a great season last year, this summer will prove what he’s about, can’t say I’m confident
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January is a terrible window to do decent business in. Plus we have a lot of rebuilding to do. So for me I will judge over two summer transfer windows not one.
 
shmmeee

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TomRad85 said:
£4/5 million would be a bit shit in my opinion, with anomaly of selling a player for £20 million. I think even SISU may have given 4 or 5 back from 20.
Unless of course we get a lot of freebies on decent wages.

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Ive said before i think we need £10m spending. But if we spend £7/8m I won’t spit my dummy unless both Hamer and Vik go. Anything less than £5m and keeping Hamer will be a serious disappointment for me.
 
TomRad85

TomRad85

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shmmeee said:
Ive said before i think we need £10m spending. But if we spend £7/8m I won’t spit my dummy unless both Hamer and Vik go. Anything less than £5m and keeping Hamer will be a serious disappointment for me.
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Agree

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KenilworthSkyBlue

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TomRad85 said:
£4/5 million would be a bit shit in my opinion, with anomaly of selling a player for £20 million. I think even SISU may have given 4 or 5 back from 20.
Unless of course we get a lot of freebies on decent wages.

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I find it difficult to believe the club will be reinvesting more than a quarter of Vik's fee back into the playing squad. As mentioned there's Brighton's sell on to account for, operational and infrastructural costs to cover and the EFL loan to repay.

If Hamer is also sold then I'd like to think most of the fee will be injected back into replenishing the squad, but it will likely be staggered over several windows.
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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slowpoke said:
Thought we had no debt, would that have included the EFL loan.
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I'd imagine it's a case of he claimed the club was debt free with the honourable intention of it being paid off.

But I'm inclined to think DK would've waited to pay that off upon conclusion of a big sale given it's not due until next summer from memory.
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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Skyblue_CP said:
No chance are we going to be spending anywhere near 3.5m mate
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I think we'd go to about £4m for a proven striker, presuming we get c. £20m for Vik. We might spread the net and buy 2 or 3, and maybe get a loan but losing so many goals we have to be looking at serious targets rather than taking a punt.

We've got to replace Waghorn and Walker as well.
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue said:
The biggest gap the club are going to have to fill is the hike in rent. Judging by some of the comments from those within the club I'd imagine it is extortionate and the commercial deal - i.e. F&B/parking etc. is somewhere in between of less than great to practically non-existent.
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Well that's a cheerful thought. Not to worry though, as who needs to think about the stadium before buying a football club!
 
Sky_Blue_Dreamer

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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Skyblue_CP said:
That 20m won’t be going into transfer fees, or very little anyway, training ground upgrades, CBS pitch etc and wages for free’s is much more likely. None of it is coming out of Doug’s pocket.
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He needs to strike a balance.

Of course the infrastructure needs massive improvement, but at the same time you can't totally neglect the team at it's expense. That is, after all, the product you're selling so it has to at least be of a half decent standard now. Failure to provide that will see all that infrastructure potentially going to waste as revenue goes down due to poor play/results.

A squirrel doesn't stash nuts for the winter if it's starving, as it might not get to winter if it doesn't eat now..
 
baldy

baldy

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Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
He needs to strike a balance.

Of course the infrastructure needs massive improvement, but at the same time you can't totally neglect the team at it's expense. That is, after all, the product you're selling so it has to at least be of a half decent standard now. Failure to provide that will see all that infrastructure potentially going to waste as revenue goes down due to poor play/results.

A squirrel doesn't stash nuts for the winter if it's starving, as it might not get to winter if it doesn't eat now..
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Cantona eat your heart out
 
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Pusb1

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I can predict what is going to happen now.

We are going to go into a week before the season still needing 7-8 players due to the quantity we need to fill a team.

Our first few games we will play a makeshift team with Mark Robins saying new signings are 'Immanent', and have a poor start because of this.

We'll then make about 4 panic loan signings on the last day of the transfer window who will take some time to get up to speed. All of whom will be 18-19 year olds with no prior experience anywhere.

tends to be our transfer policy recently - i really hope we can get some things sorted early to put my doubts to ease!
 
AFCCOVENTRY

AFCCOVENTRY

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Pusb1 said:
I can predict what is going to happen now.

We are going to go into a week before the season still needing 7-8 players due to the quantity we need to fill a team.

Our first few games we will play a makeshift team with Mark Robins saying new signings are 'Immanent', and have a poor start because of this.

We'll then make about 4 panic loan signings on the last day of the transfer window who will take some time to get up to speed. All of whom will be 18-19 year olds with no prior experience anywhere.

tends to be our transfer policy recently - i really hope we can get some things sorted early to put my doubts to ease!
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They’ve been planning for this window for a long time knowing a churn is coming. Have some faith.
 
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Hobo said:
January is a terrible window to do decent business in. Plus we have a lot of rebuilding to do. So for me I will judge over two summer transfer windows not one.
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We brought in a defender when we had few, we brought in wing backs who (taking aside whether we think they were good or not!) came from clubs with a pedigree, and one came with experience in this division.

January wasn't a bad window for us tbf!
 
hill83

hill83

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Pusb1 said:
I can predict what is going to happen now.

We are going to go into a week before the season still needing 7-8 players due to the quantity we need to fill a team.

Our first few games we will play a makeshift team with Mark Robins saying new signings are 'Immanent', and have a poor start because of this.

We'll then make about 4 panic loan signings on the last day of the transfer window who will take some time to get up to speed. All of whom will be 18-19 year olds with no prior experience anywhere.

tends to be our transfer policy recently - i really hope we can get some things sorted early to put my doubts to ease!
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Day 2 of a 79 day transfer window.
 
Balli001

Balli001

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Pusb1 said:
I can predict what is going to happen now.

We are going to go into a week before the season still needing 7-8 players due to the quantity we need to fill a team.

Our first few games we will play a makeshift team with Mark Robins saying new signings are 'Immanent', and have a poor start because of this.

We'll then make about 4 panic loan signings on the last day of the transfer window who will take some time to get up to speed. All of whom will be 18-19 year olds with no prior experience anywhere.

tends to be our transfer policy recently - i really hope we can get some things sorted early to put my doubts to ease!
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Our recent transfer policy, even on a lower budget, during the summer has seen most of our signings done in July.
 
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Balli001 said:
Our recent transfer policy, even on a lower budget, during the summer has seen most of our signings done in July.
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Yeah it was a clue that something was off last season, when no bugger turned up for pre-season training. Up until that point Robins had got the players he wanted in relatively early.
 
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long way home

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When do the players report back to Ryton? because im my opinion we need the bulk of our new recruits in the door in and around that day. Im sure we will get a few nearer the start of the season but we need a least 7 1st team players in and around working with the group and coaches.
 
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long way home said:
When do the players report back to Ryton? because im my opinion we need the bulk of our new recruits in the door in and around that day. Im sure we will get a few nearer the start of the season but we need a least 7 1st team players in and around working with the group and coaches.
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July 1st for fitness, July 3rd for full. First friendly, July 18th?
 
NortonSkyBlue

NortonSkyBlue

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long way home said:
When do the players report back to Ryton? because im my opinion we need the bulk of our new recruits in the door in and around that day. Im sure we will get a few nearer the start of the season but we need a least 7 1st team players in and around working with the group and coaches.
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Sorry but your opinion is irrelevant. Yes it’s not ideal but the transfer window is still open after the season starts and some players may be available that were not at the opening of the window.
 
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