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Post by terriersyndrome on Aug 31, 2024 11:15:41 GMT 1
whats the crack with radulovic when is he going to be back? Duff said "about 6 weeks" that was 3 weeks ago. He missed chunks of pre-season aswell which puts him further behind fitness wise.
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Post by nickhtafc82 on Aug 31, 2024 11:18:37 GMT 1
whats the crack with radulovic when is he going to be back? Duff said "about 6 weeks" that was 3 weeks ago. He missed chunks of pre-season aswell which puts him further behind fitness wise. Hes been training on the grass for a while now given what Duff said, but as you say, he'll be way behind on fitness.
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Post by Terriersmad on Aug 31, 2024 11:37:11 GMT 1
I was trying to say that the transfer fee being 'diluted' over the length of contract, probably won't get them in 'financial bother' as suggested. Without exception, all transfer fees at every club are paid over a term. It isn't the transfer fees that will put them in breach, it's the wage bill. True to a point - when a club spends £30m in a window at this level, even allowing for fees paid over time, it represents an increase in spending of squillions (precisely). Like bringing in 15 free transfers on £10,000 per week, even before wages come in - probably nearer to 15 players on £20,000 a week over the whole window. Pure increase.
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Post by Is It Eidur Gudjohnsen on Aug 31, 2024 12:15:07 GMT 1
Duff said "about 6 weeks" that was 3 weeks ago. He missed chunks of pre-season aswell which puts him further behind fitness wise. Hes been training on the grass for a while now given what Duff said, but as you say, he'll be way behind on fitness. When fit to play he will pick up another knock after 4 games
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Post by redshadow on Aug 31, 2024 12:25:00 GMT 1
Hopefully one element of this long fiesty transfer window for kn is that it has brought it home big time how much he will have to invest on quality strikers as and when this club do eventually have a promotion or promotions to there name.He is obviously a canny business man without question to be where he is.but english football is an area he has little knowledge of and it shows.titivating a old warn out sports stadium is one thing but its the team you put out and how it performs ranks far and away main focus .Another poor season and he wont have any leeway with supporters at all .end of. Walkin a tightrope kn.
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Post by Headless Chicken on Aug 31, 2024 12:57:27 GMT 1
Well that’s that. It could prove costly come the end of the season as we’ve already seen that Koroma can’t hit a barn door, Healey missing a strikers 1v1 already and yet to get off the mark and his injury concerns, Ward couldn’t score in a brothel rarely fit, Marshall looks promising but can’t put all our faith in an unproven young lad, Bojan never fit made of glass. Putting faith in this strikeforce that couldn’t cut it in the championship and ultimately got us relegated. And Nagle sugarcoating them saying he has faith in them is not on, any injuries up top and we’re extremely short. Harratt going yes he was pony but he’s featured this season played minutes and replaced him with nobody. The fact is this club has such a small mentality and make do with what we’ve got attitude, too many fans are happy clappers enjoying just being able to participate, they wouldn’t mind finishing outside the play offs this year that’s what makes our club and fan base a shambles, the standards are so low. It’s paramount that we go back up first time of asking. Piss off
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Post by Headless Chicken on Aug 31, 2024 13:07:10 GMT 1
Defo embarrassing some of the chat on here - I like some of the posters and chat but does make you think about leaving DATM - shame if good folk do so. Hopefully, and what I would say to KN and DC is that with forums and social media, the toxic, abusive, name-calling folk are a vocal minority of the overall fan base. Lots of great Town fans too. For me, of course Taylor would have been an exciting addition, but that’s football. The club have had a brilliant few months on and off the pitch and not just incomings but clearing out some of the toxic characters and deadwood too. Loads of promising signings and most importantly we have kept our best players - which shows bottle and intent for a League one club. Keeping Nicholls, Helik and Spencer is huge. If you look at the squad, we have some of the strongest players for their position in the league. Good strikers are the hardest players to get in football - every team wants a goalscorer. Two players in League one scored 20+ goals last season and only 5 players scored sixteen or more. I think over the pitch we have enough firepower at this level to do well. And whether people like it or not, the fact is over the last two windows we have signed 3 strikers so have 100% been active and tried for a 4th. Window closed so we know what we have is staying and Healey, Bojan and Marshall etc could come good. Who knows. If not, and we are in a decent position in the league in Jan, no reason we won’t go out and strengthen then for a final push for promotion. Personally, I’d much rather we are progressive and work the way we have these last 3 months than go crazy like Birmingham have. Well done to the club and all involved - I am excited for the weeks and months ahead. UTT Mate, don't get too despondent. I find that when you meet people on here you don't actually have that dissimilar views when you get to chat, rather it's just some are crap are making their point, in writing, and come across far more whiney than they really are.
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Post by Ross83 on Aug 31, 2024 13:25:02 GMT 1
Healey dropping out in warmup again is the perfectly timed example, to the board, of why a striker option should have been addressed. Shocking.
We now have a winger and an inexperienced striker leading the line with a 33yo Ward as the saviour from the bench and on recent showing it doesn't look like we'll be seeing many goals contributed from midfield.
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Post by allan 1958 (OAF-WROY)(SSLFF) on Aug 31, 2024 13:32:32 GMT 1
Well that’s that. It could prove costly come the end of the season as we’ve already seen that Koroma can’t hit a barn door, Healey missing a strikers 1v1 already and yet to get off the mark and his injury concerns, Ward couldn’t score in a brothel rarely fit, Marshall looks promising but can’t put all our faith in an unproven young lad, Bojan never fit made of glass. Putting faith in this strikeforce that couldn’t cut it in the championship and ultimately got us relegated. And Nagle sugarcoating them saying he has faith in them is not on, any injuries up top and we’re extremely short. Harratt going yes he was pony but he’s featured this season played minutes and replaced him with nobody. The fact is this club has such a small mentality and make do with what we’ve got attitude, too many fans are happy clappers enjoying just being able to participate, they wouldn’t mind finishing outside the play offs this year that’s what makes our club and fan base a shambles, the standards are so low. It’s paramount that we go back up first time of asking. Piss off Nicely put, economic with wordage
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Post by teesdaleterrier on Aug 31, 2024 14:45:22 GMT 1
If they aren't immediately scoring the free agent market for a striker then I'll be absolutely astounded. The Healey situation plus the lack of getting the striker sorted during the window means they surely have to look at that option now.
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Post by pilks123 on Aug 31, 2024 14:58:03 GMT 1
If they aren't immediately scoring the free agent market for a striker then I'll be absolutely astounded. The Healey situation plus the lack of getting the striker sorted during the window means they surely have to look at that option now. I'd be in two minds recalling Phillips from Sacramento. Can't be worse than the situation we find ourselves in one day after the window closes.
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Post by tepidterrier on Aug 31, 2024 14:59:41 GMT 1
If they aren't immediately scoring the free agent market for a striker then I'll be absolutely astounded. The Healey situation plus the lack of getting the striker sorted during the window means they surely have to look at that option now. Harratt going as well makes me think we'll be doing that. Not that he was ever going to be good enough, but he was getting off the bench fairly regularly this season. Ipswich have just released Freddie Ladapo who has a good record at this level. Others have mentioned Lucas Joao, but he was last seen in Qatar and has never played below Championship, so my instincts are that he won't come to us. Famara Diedhiou would be good, but possibly in the same ballpark as Joao. Connor Wickham and Mo Eisa could fit the bill more realistically. Not the best selection but it's what's available til January.
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Post by iangreaves on Aug 31, 2024 15:02:32 GMT 1
Healey injured yet again and Ward red card. We seem to be running out out strikers.
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Post by goodbet on Aug 31, 2024 15:25:49 GMT 1
I hope that the club has been accessing all options and I hope that the boss is happy. From a fans point of view how can we tell? Would he tell us if he wasn't? What the hell do you think the club can do if they are trying which they have been doing. THAT was trying.
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Post by goodbet on Aug 31, 2024 15:31:56 GMT 1
I hope that the club has been accessing all options and I hope that the boss is happy. From a fans point of view how can we tell? Would he tell us if he wasn't? We are not meant to know, we have no right to know. we wouldn't want 14000 in the room all negotiatingtrsnsfer agreements. Leave it to the people on big money. Well we could guess from the lack of noise coming out of the club and hey presto. We have needed a striker for years and we made an apparent attempt at the start of the window and put all our eggs in one basket and then nothing. After January you would have thought we would have tried harder, but nothing.
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Post by ruggedivy on Aug 31, 2024 15:35:11 GMT 1
Alfie May scores again...
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Post by Yorkie on Aug 31, 2024 15:36:08 GMT 1
Sadly Ward will take all the money this club has sadly forked out on him til next summer (I get it’s not his fault he got a new deal). I would be utterly non shocked if he picks up a training injury shortly after the window closes and we get no time frame on it until he suddenly pops back up around Christmas. Here’s hoping Taylor signs and then we just got 2 from 4 of Taylor, Koroma, Healey, Marshall from here on out Is it really necessary to recycle your & others bad attitudes to a player?! Yes, fuck him
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Post by hoggy1975 on Aug 31, 2024 15:36:46 GMT 1
Alfie May scores again... We dont create enough chances for him to finish anyway
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Post by melbourneterrier on Aug 31, 2024 15:37:02 GMT 1
Alfie May scores again... So? At some point we need to let that one go. There's no way we'd be spending the way that Birmingham have, and we were very close to signing it.
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Post by buxtonboys101 on Aug 31, 2024 15:40:12 GMT 1
In a way that was coming. In fact, three ways. One we concede a penalty yet cannot get one at home. Two Ward is now out for a minimum of three games and then will struggle to stay fit in between and so might be an even longer time out. Therefore struggling to field a forward as the ‘injury twins’ are out as well for God knows how long just when the window closes with Town not buying an adequate replacement. Three we are down to ten men and cannot keep the ball out of the net.
Is this the end of Town’s promotion push or will we quickly recover at Bolton?
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Post by buxtonboys101 on Aug 31, 2024 15:41:20 GMT 1
PS May has scored for Brum again …
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Post by hoggy1975 on Aug 31, 2024 15:43:02 GMT 1
PS May has scored for Brum again … We going to say this shit every week? He will score 20 plus for them but we didn’t want to match his wages. 20k would have been stupid. Let’s just move on or we will just constantly moan every week when he scores.
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Post by rockwall on Aug 31, 2024 15:43:10 GMT 1
If they aren't immediately scoring the free agent market for a striker then I'll be absolutely astounded. The Healey situation plus the lack of getting the striker sorted during the window means they surely have to look at that option now. There's a reason why these players haven't got a club yet.
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Post by ruggedivy on Aug 31, 2024 15:47:56 GMT 1
PS May has scored for Brum again … We going to say this shit every week? He will score 20 plus for them but we didn’t want to match his wages. 20k would have been stupid. Let’s just move on or we will just constantly moan every week when he scores. Why is 20k stupid. The market decides what's someone is worth. He was our primary target and we missed him.
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Post by ruggedivy on Aug 31, 2024 15:49:07 GMT 1
Alfie May scores again... So? At some point we need to let that one go. There's no way we'd be spending the way that Birmingham have, and we were very close to signing it. Why? We needed a striker and the club didn't deliver. Are you happy to accept the failure of the board?
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Post by mids on Aug 31, 2024 15:51:28 GMT 1
We going to say this shit every week? He will score 20 plus for them but we didn’t want to match his wages. 20k would have been stupid. Let’s just move on or we will just constantly moan every week when he scores. Why is 20k stupid. The market decides what's someone is worth. He was our primary target and we missed him. Because he'd immediately be on twice as much as anyone else. That doesn't help team bonding...just division. Fair enough if he was Messi...but not for a lower leagues journeyman...albeit a goalscorer recently
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Post by The Sheriff Strikes Back on Aug 31, 2024 15:56:06 GMT 1
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Post by ruggedivy on Aug 31, 2024 15:56:15 GMT 1
Why is 20k stupid. The market decides what's someone is worth. He was our primary target and we missed him. Because he'd immediately be on twice as much as anyone else. That doesn't help team bonding...just division. Fair enough if he was Messi...but not for a lower leagues journeyman...albeit a goalscorer recently Ahh team bonding. The key to any promotion side.. Let's agree to disagree!
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Post by The Sheriff Strikes Back on Aug 31, 2024 15:58:08 GMT 1
Wonder how his stalker-in-chief on here will explain this one?
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Post by Detective Boyle on Aug 31, 2024 15:59:05 GMT 1
Why is 20k stupid. The market decides what's someone is worth. He was our primary target and we missed him. Because he'd immediately be on twice as much as anyone else. That doesn't help team bonding...just division. Fair enough if he was Messi...but not for a lower leagues journeyman...albeit a goalscorer recently That’s a small time mentality. This is professional football. If everyone is on the same money, we won’t get anywhere as we won’t attract the best footballers we can to the club. It’s absolutely right that Alfie May should be on double what Olly Turton is.
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