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Post by Gag_N_Bone_Man (Destabiliser) on Nov 6, 2024 15:51:54 GMT 1
We've said it before but this next window is surely make or break for him? After the Alfie May and Joe Taylor issues, if he does not have a list of 5 strikers ranked in order of preference that we can pursue in January, he wants sacking. And as for the distrust mentioned on here, the Ladapo signing is a great example of why. To try and tell us they were watching him all summer is clearly bollocks, and there is no way Ladapo was a signing based on data. He was a body signed in desperation - a Hail Mary that has not paid off (except for him, with a 2 year deal) For the record, here's what MC said at the time: “Freddie is a player we have been monitoring all summer, and once his contractual status with Ipswich Town was concluded, we acted swiftly to bring him to the Club." He wants sacking either way off the back of the Ladapo signing. He's either been honest and kept tabs on him all summer and brought him in thinking hes a good striker, which is good enough for a sacking.. Or he's lied and it's a desperate risk to get a striker in, in which case he also needs sacking for. totally agree. He's either a total mug or is taking us all for total mugs. Never trust a fat, bald, beardy man |
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Post by kjf on Nov 6, 2024 15:55:52 GMT 1
The only way he is going to leave if we offer him free da Sandros for life
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Post by detox on Nov 6, 2024 15:57:24 GMT 1
so to sum up, KN hasn't actually spent anything on new players (net of ins and outs) but is spending plenty on Moor and Breitenreiter compensation payments ? and Warnock ? Why is he reluctant to part with money...I thought this was a new era ?
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Post by runner76 on Nov 6, 2024 16:17:34 GMT 1
so to sum up, KN hasn't actually spent anything on new players (net of ins and outs) but is spending plenty on Moor and Breitenreiter compensation payments ? and Warnock ? Why is he reluctant to part with money...I thought this was a new era ? I imagine most his spending is on the actual club / business and infrastructure.... |
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Post by Gag_N_Bone_Man (Destabiliser) on Nov 6, 2024 17:23:52 GMT 1
so to sum up, KN hasn't actually spent anything on new players (net of ins and outs) but is spending plenty on Moor and Breitenreiter compensation payments ? and Warnock ? Why is he reluctant to part with money...I thought this was a new era ? I imagine most his spending is on the actual club / business and infrastructure.... yep, as well as the covering the reduction in revenue that came with relegation. In his interview with Oggy after the last home game, he made it clear he'd be spending in the next window. I suspect Taylor will be our main target. Hopefully get him in on day 1. |
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Post by mosher on Nov 6, 2024 17:37:24 GMT 1
I imagine most his spending is on the actual club / business and infrastructure.... yep, as well as the covering the reduction in revenue that came with relegation. In his interview with Oggy after the last home game, he made it clear he'd be spending in the next window. I suspect Taylor will be our main target. Hopefully get him in on day 1. I've posted it many times, but it's practically unheard of for a club to retain ALL "civilian" staff when relegated. If for nothing else I give KN kudos for that, whether he's to blame for relegation** or not! ** not wholly, it was a culmination of DH cost cutting, PH being skint, DH taking back over with no passion to finance, then compounded by KN & Cartwright's mishandling of King Colin imo |
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Post by runner76 on Nov 6, 2024 23:58:55 GMT 1
I imagine most his spending is on the actual club / business and infrastructure.... yep, as well as the covering the reduction in revenue that came with relegation. In his interview with Oggy after the last home game, he made it clear he'd be spending in the next window. I suspect Taylor will be our main target. Hopefully get him in on day 1. Seemed like Taylor was a done deal I thought….just waiting for he window….. Imagine a few outs as well, but we need a player or two who can proper control and change a game….. |
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Post by ram on Nov 7, 2024 10:54:18 GMT 1
Taylor is a 5th choice striker at a club 1 division above us.That club obviously thinks he is not a championship striker,why do we?
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Post by isitjustme on Nov 7, 2024 11:15:56 GMT 1
Taylor is a 5th choice striker at a club 1 division above us.That club obviously thinks he is not a championship striker,why do we? Keep hearing 5th choice. Maybe he's better than 5th, just doesn't fit their playing style. Just a thought.... |
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Post by incognito on Nov 7, 2024 11:50:45 GMT 1
Taylor is a 5th choice striker at a club 1 division above us.That club obviously thinks he is not a championship striker,why do we? Keep hearing 5th choice. Maybe he's better than 5th, just doesn't fit their playing style. Just a thought.... This has been doing the rounds in Bedfordshire for the last couple of months (from Luton Outlaws): |
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Post by townarentbest on Nov 7, 2024 12:04:11 GMT 1
yep, as well as the covering the reduction in revenue that came with relegation. In his interview with Oggy after the last home game, he made it clear he'd be spending in the next window. I suspect Taylor will be our main target. Hopefully get him in on day 1. I've posted it many times, but it's practically unheard of for a club to retain ALL "civilian" staff when relegated. If for nothing else I give KN kudos for that, whether he's to blame for relegation** or not! ** not wholly, it was a culmination of DH cost cutting, PH being skint, DH taking back over with no passion to finance, then compounded by KN & Cartwright's mishandling of King Colin imo Where do you get this info? Is it something that has been said?? Obviously the latest accounts show no movement in staff figures year on year, but that only covers the period up to the end of the last Championship season. |
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Post by colnevalleyblue on Nov 7, 2024 12:04:59 GMT 1
Keep hearing 5th choice. Maybe he's better than 5th, just doesn't fit their playing style. Just a thought.... This has been doing the rounds in Bedfordshire for the last couple of months (from Luton Outlaws): Either that or he's had a bust up with the manager and is now in the bomb squad. From Nagle's comments he was here for a medical and Town wanted to do the deal but Luton pulled the plug at the eleventh hour. Can't see what advantage it's had for Luton, especially now he's not even making their bench. Town knee jerked presumably to try and appease the fans and Nagle (who several times has talked about how much he likes lots of strikers) and brought in Freddie Ladapo on a 2 year deal, Ladapo has made zero impact so far. January is an inflated transfer market but considering Taylor's done nothing for the last few months and is rotting away in Luton's reserves maybe we've got some bargaining power, although I'm not sure what available funds other league 1 teams have at their disposal, maybe they'll take a punt. |
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Post by mosher on Nov 7, 2024 12:11:05 GMT 1
I've posted it many times, but it's practically unheard of for a club to retain ALL "civilian" staff when relegated. If for nothing else I give KN kudos for that, whether he's to blame for relegation** or not! ** not wholly, it was a culmination of DH cost cutting, PH being skint, DH taking back over with no passion to finance, then compounded by KN & Cartwright's mishandling of King Colin imo Where do you get this info? Is it something that has been said?? Obviously the latest accounts show no movement in staff figures year on year, but that only covers the period up to the end of the last Championship season. Was widely reported at the time that all staff would be retained** I think Maynardblue even liked a post saying so, but that may be alcohol/green induced memory sabotage. ** Tried finding the Unexamined article I read about it to no avail |
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Post by townarentbest on Nov 7, 2024 12:42:02 GMT 1
Where do you get this info? Is it something that has been said?? Obviously the latest accounts show no movement in staff figures year on year, but that only covers the period up to the end of the last Championship season. Was widely reported at the time that all staff would be retained** I think Maynardblue even liked a post saying so, but that may be alcohol/green induced memory sabotage. ** Tried finding the Unexamined article I read about it to no avail Obviously despite what might have been said, we as a minimum lost the operations director / club secretary, with as far as I'm aware no hint of who their role has been taken on by (possibly subsumed into DTS's role now?). |
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Post by mosher on Nov 7, 2024 14:30:54 GMT 1
Was widely reported at the time that all staff would be retained** I think Maynardblue even liked a post saying so, but that may be alcohol/green induced memory sabotage. ** Tried finding the Unexamined article I read about it to no avail Obviously despite what might have been said, we as a minimum lost the operations director / club secretary, with as far as I'm aware no hint of who their role has been taken on by (possibly subsumed into DTS's role now?). Ann Hough? That was nothing to do with relegation/cost cutting though was it? |
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Post by townarentbest on Nov 7, 2024 14:45:20 GMT 1
Obviously despite what might have been said, we as a minimum lost the operations director / club secretary, with as far as I'm aware no hint of who their role has been taken on by (possibly subsumed into DTS's role now?). Ann Hough? That was nothing to do with relegation/cost cutting though was it? Who knows what drove her to leaving - which could have been down to any number of reasons. More significantly in my mind is that a new/replacement person who wasn't already here seemingly hasn't come in to take on that role - so it was a headcount reduction. |
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Post by gledholt terrier on Nov 7, 2024 14:48:03 GMT 1
Ann Hough? That was nothing to do with relegation/cost cutting though was it? Who knows what drove her to leaving - which could have been down to any number of reasons. More significantly in my mind is that a new/replacement person who wasn't already here seemingly hasn't come in to take on that role - so it was a headcount reduction. Global brand man didn’t directly replace but it’s +1 on headcount. |
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Post by runner76 on Nov 7, 2024 15:09:43 GMT 1
Obviously despite what might have been said, we as a minimum lost the operations director / club secretary, with as far as I'm aware no hint of who their role has been taken on by (possibly subsumed into DTS's role now?). Ann Hough? That was nothing to do with relegation/cost cutting though was it? was when she was revealed as Maynardblue |
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Post by Tim Nice But Dim on Nov 7, 2024 16:29:07 GMT 1
This has been doing the rounds in Bedfordshire for the last couple of months (from Luton Outlaws): Either that or he's had a bust up with the manager and is now in the bomb squad. From Nagle's comments he was here for a medical and Town wanted to do the deal but Luton pulled the plug at the eleventh hour. Can't see what advantage it's had for Luton, especially now he's not even making their bench. Town knee jerked presumably to try and appease the fans and Nagle (who several times has talked about how much he likes lots of strikers) and brought in Freddie Ladapo on a 2 year deal, Ladapo has made zero impact so far. January is an inflated transfer market but considering Taylor's done nothing for the last few months and is rotting away in Luton's reserves maybe we've got some bargaining power, although I'm not sure what available funds other league 1 teams have at their disposal, maybe they'll take a punt. Gordon Bennett, we gave Ladapo a 2 year deal i only thought he was here on loan. |
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Post by themanfromatlantis on Nov 7, 2024 16:47:02 GMT 1
Keep hearing 5th choice. Maybe he's better than 5th, just doesn't fit their playing style. Just a thought.... This has been doing the rounds in Bedfordshire for the last couple of months (from Luton Outlaws): I won’t believe it until it appears on RAF Luton… |
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Post by ram on Nov 8, 2024 10:33:00 GMT 1
Taylor is a 5th choice striker at a club 1 division above us.That club obviously thinks he is not a championship striker,why do we? Keep hearing 5th choice. Maybe he's better than 5th, just doesn't fit their playing style. Just a thought.... In that case why did they not sell him to us in the transfer window |
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Post by dumbo on Nov 8, 2024 11:38:59 GMT 1
Who knows what drove her to leaving - which could have been down to any number of reasons. More significantly in my mind is that a new/replacement person who wasn't already here seemingly hasn't come in to take on that role - so it was a headcount reduction. Global brand man didn’t directly replace but it’s +1 on headcount. Dominic Notarfrancesco. Also recently added Rupert Campbell as well. +2 |
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Post by isitjustme on Nov 8, 2024 12:15:41 GMT 1
Keep hearing 5th choice. Maybe he's better than 5th, just doesn't fit their playing style. Just a thought.... In that case why did they not sell him to us in the transfer window Fair point. But even a player that doesn't fit the preferred playing style, still has a use in an injury situation. They obviously want 5 strikers, but couldn't get their 5th who does suit the playing style. |
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Post by Sparrow on Nov 8, 2024 13:04:19 GMT 1
Global brand man didn’t directly replace but it’s +1 on headcount. Dominic Notarfrancesco. Also recently added Rupert Campbell as well. +2 Plus Paul Reeves as Chief Revenue officer. Plus a number of additional first team scouts and analysts and others in the player recruitment team |
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Post by mosher on Nov 8, 2024 14:23:30 GMT 1
Dominic Notarfrancesco. Also recently added Rupert Campbell as well. +2 Plus Paul Reeves as Chief Revenue officer. Plus a number of additional first team scouts and analysts and others in the player recruitment team Can't be true, KN hasn't invested anything.  |
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Post by goodbet on Nov 8, 2024 15:34:58 GMT 1
Plus Paul Reeves as Chief Revenue officer. Plus a number of additional first team scouts and analysts and others in the player recruitment team Can't be true, KN hasn't invested anything. Cartwright wasted it all  |
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Post by HuddsTerrier on Nov 8, 2024 15:37:27 GMT 1
I think the biggest challenge off the field has been the whole shared Stadium business. This has been a "thing" since the 90's
It may be circumstantial but you have to credit Nagle and Edwards as the two who have got a deal done by the looks
So whatever changes KN made behind the scene to his top team. The simple fact that the football club is now getting full control of the Stadium is quite the achievement and something the previous owners and there senior leadership teams simple weren't able to achieve
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Post by townarentbest on Nov 8, 2024 16:21:46 GMT 1
I think the biggest challenge off the field has been the whole shared Stadium business. This has been a "thing" since the 90's It may be circumstantial but you have to credit Nagle and Edwards as the two who have got a deal done by the looks So whatever changes KN made behind the scene to his top team. The simple fact that the football club is now getting full control of the Stadium is quite the achievement and something the previous owners and there senior leadership teams simple weren't able to achieve Has this happened now? |
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Post by runner76 on Nov 8, 2024 16:27:40 GMT 1
If it doesn't happen, I blame Cartwright
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Post by royrace on Nov 8, 2024 16:35:41 GMT 1
Either that or he's had a bust up with the manager and is now in the bomb squad. From Nagle's comments he was here for a medical and Town wanted to do the deal but Luton pulled the plug at the eleventh hour. Can't see what advantage it's had for Luton, especially now he's not even making their bench. Town knee jerked presumably to try and appease the fans and Nagle (who several times has talked about how much he likes lots of strikers) and brought in Freddie Ladapo on a 2 year deal, Ladapo has made zero impact so far. January is an inflated transfer market but considering Taylor's done nothing for the last few months and is rotting away in Luton's reserves maybe we've got some bargaining power, although I'm not sure what available funds other league 1 teams have at their disposal, maybe they'll take a punt. Gordon Bennett, we gave Ladapo a 2 year deal i only thought he was here on loan. Competition from national League sides so we had to deal the deal with a two year contract. |
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