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Post by brodie81 on Sept 1, 2024 14:45:04 GMT 1
So bojan isn't fit Healey now injured Phillips don't know where he is but he's not in our squad. We're short of forwards You don't know where Phillips is? Crikey. I know he's on loan at sac town but I don't know if he's on his way back.
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Post by bells ringing :) on Sept 1, 2024 14:48:52 GMT 1
is this window a story of Nagle not having as deep a pockets as he thought he had ?
Did he think it would be cheap t oget players ? Is he not willing to put the money in required ? Did we expect to sell mroe players but didn't ?
asking justasksmithies, is nagle as wealthy as we were led to believe? is he even a billionaire , is he willing to back the club properly ? he has talked about the deal for the stadium, yet this still has not being resolved ?
As thus far the summer window was a lot of talk, yet very little actually happened.
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Post by leyburnterrier on Sept 1, 2024 14:58:11 GMT 1
is this window a story of Nagle not having as deep a pockets as he thought he had ? Did he think it would be cheap t oget players ? Is he not willing to put the money in required ? Did we expect to sell mroe players but didn't ? asking justasksmithies, is nagle as wealthy as we were led to believe? is he even a billionaire , is he willing to back the club properly ? he has talked about the deal for the stadium, yet this still has not being resolved ? As thus far the summer window was a lot of talk, yet very little actually happened. 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦
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Post by runner76 on Sept 1, 2024 14:58:45 GMT 1
is this window a story of Nagle not having as deep a pockets as he thought he had ? Did he think it would be cheap t oget players ? Is he not willing to put the money in required ? Did we expect to sell mroe players but didn't ? asking justasksmithies, is nagle as wealthy as we were led to believe? is he even a billionaire , is he willing to back the club properly ? he has talked about the deal for the stadium, yet this still has not being resolved ? As thus far the summer window was a lot of talk, yet very little actually happened. Very little happened aside offloading some players we were happy to get rid of and pretty much rebuilding midfield …..and adding a decent new lad in defence…..and an exciting loan up top……oh, and starting to overhaul the stadium….yeah, very little….
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Post by bells ringing :) on Sept 1, 2024 15:06:03 GMT 1
is this window a story of Nagle not having as deep a pockets as he thought he had ? Did he think it would be cheap t oget players ? Is he not willing to put the money in required ? Did we expect to sell mroe players but didn't ? asking justasksmithies, is nagle as wealthy as we were led to believe? is he even a billionaire , is he willing to back the club properly ? he has talked about the deal for the stadium, yet this still has not being resolved ? As thus far the summer window was a lot of talk, yet very little actually happened. Very little happened aside offloading some players we were happy to get rid of and pretty much rebuilding midfield …..and adding a decent new lad in defence…..and an exciting loan up top……oh, and starting to overhaul the stadium….yeah, very little…. rebuilt a mid did we ? hogg starts very week still ? we were promised an overhaul which did not happen. There are still players here that should have gone yet did not and we paid for 2 players, sold one and the rest were loans or freebies. We are still having to try and get injury prone players through and classing them as part of the squad is daft , as a lot of our players are so injury prone they are hardly ever fit to be selected for more than a game.
we still don't really have a squad
Forget the balker injury for a second
Kasmu- injury prone Healey - couldn't even come on yesterday , he is that injury prone Ward- injury prone Hogg- often has quite a number of games per season injured Kane - came in has hardly played, then done his groin - typical town Spencer - out for a fair period of time - we had no recongised centre half on the bench yesterday Bojan - will that lad ever be fit? Evans - will get plenty of bans, as he can't help but get booked every game Turton and Ruffels - come back from long term inuries and god i does it show
The squad needed more and Nagle knows it but is trying to do it as cheap as chips it seems.
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Post by Sparrow on Sept 1, 2024 15:33:26 GMT 1
Very little happened aside offloading some players we were happy to get rid of and pretty much rebuilding midfield …..and adding a decent new lad in defence…..and an exciting loan up top……oh, and starting to overhaul the stadium….yeah, very little…. rebuilt a mid did we ? hogg starts very week still ? we were promised an overhaul which did not happen. There are still players here that should have gone yet did not and we paid for 2 players, sold one and the rest were loans or freebies. We are still having to try and get injury prone players through and classing them as part of the squad is daft , as a lot of our players are so injury prone they are hardly ever fit to be selected for more than a game.
we still don't really have a squad
Forget the balker injury for a second Kasmu- injury prone Healey - couldn't even come on yesterday , he is that injury prone Ward- injury prone Hogg- often has quite a number of games per season injured Kane - came in has hardly played, then done his groin - typical town Spencer - out for a fair period of time - we had no recongised centre half on the bench yesterday Bojan - will that lad ever be fit? Evans - will get plenty of bans, as he can't help but get booked every game Turton and Ruffels - come back from long term inuries and god i does it show The squad needed more and Nagle knows it but is trying to do it as cheap as chips it seems.
7 players brought in is certainly not trying to do it cheap as chips. The 2 lads coming in on free transfers will both have got decent signing on fees and as established players at this level will be on decent wages We signed 2 for decent league 1 transfer fees in Sorensen and Evan, plus signing on fees, plus both on good league 1 wages We will have had to pay loan fees for the 3 lads we’ve signed on loan. The 2 from Wolves have both been out on loan before so won’t have been cheap. And I don’t think Marshal will either. All 3 will be on decent wages which we’ll be paying a good chunk of. Plus you can add Agents fees to all 7 of those. When you tot it all up, we’ll have invested/spent a decent amount of money for a club that’s just been relegated from the championship and thus had its budgets massively slashed. Who are the players here that should have gone - that other clubs would have wanted. The only bit i agree on is Hogg. We should have got a replacement for him, no way should he be starting matches
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Post by Next Manager coming soon on Sept 1, 2024 15:41:17 GMT 1
Aaron Connolly might be worth a look. Currently a Free Agent having left Hull in the summer. 24 years of Age. 8 goals in 28 appearances last season in the Championship. Started 13 of those. Not sold on this idea. He’s renowned for having a terrible attitude coupled with not lots of output. Hes had 6 clubs I think aged 24 which says a lot. Only scored maybe 15 goals in over 100 games too. I know we need someone but not sure someone with a bad attitude (allegedly) who would probs thing he was better than us is the way forward
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Post by kimbo999 on Sept 1, 2024 16:18:10 GMT 1
All these folks saying nagle not putting money up we spent over somewhere near 3m on strikers in Jan that were no where near good or fit enough for what they were needed for He was willing to spend near another 1m to get may and whatever for Taylor plus all the other outlays It's the people spending the money and making decisions/recruiting players that are some of the issue anyone could have done due diligence and known Healey was injury prone and neither him or bojan were fit enough to come in to do what was needed last season We are hoping they become 1-fit enough to play 2- are actually good enough Hoping there is a decent free we could take for a season.
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Post by goodbet on Sept 1, 2024 16:25:13 GMT 1
rebuilt a mid did we ? hogg starts very week still ? we were promised an overhaul which did not happen. There are still players here that should have gone yet did not and we paid for 2 players, sold one and the rest were loans or freebies. We are still having to try and get injury prone players through and classing them as part of the squad is daft , as a lot of our players are so injury prone they are hardly ever fit to be selected for more than a game.
we still don't really have a squad
Forget the balker injury for a second Kasmu- injury prone Healey - couldn't even come on yesterday , he is that injury prone Ward- injury prone Hogg- often has quite a number of games per season injured Kane - came in has hardly played, then done his groin - typical town Spencer - out for a fair period of time - we had no recongised centre half on the bench yesterday Bojan - will that lad ever be fit? Evans - will get plenty of bans, as he can't help but get booked every game Turton and Ruffels - come back from long term inuries and god i does it show The squad needed more and Nagle knows it but is trying to do it as cheap as chips it seems.
7 players brought in is certainly not trying to do it cheap as chips. The 2 lads coming in on free transfers will both have got decent signing on fees and as established players at this level will be on decent wages We signed 2 for decent league 1 transfer fees in Sorensen and Evan, plus signing on fees, plus both on good league 1 wages We will have had to pay loan fees for the 3 lads we’ve signed on loan. The 2 from Wolves have both been out on loan before so won’t have been cheap. And I don’t think Marshal will either. All 3 will be on decent wages which we’ll be paying a good chunk of. Plus you can add Agents fees to all 7 of those. When you tot it all up, we’ll have invested/spent a decent amount of money for a club that’s just been relegated from the championship and thus had its budgets massively slashed. Who are the players here that should have gone - that other clubs would have wanted. The only bit i agree on is Hogg. We should have got a replacement for him, no way should he be starting matches If fees we brought in more money than we spent on players that much we all know. We have brought in more players in midfield that can't pass the ball and don't seem able to run around a lot. So more of the same as we had last season. The young loan players, although it is early days for them look promising and we have a wing back that looks good but had a difficult time yesterday because he ended up playing more of a fullback role. The money spent in January was spent on players that find it difficult to to get or keep fit and were of no help in trying to keep us up last season. Last summer's window was all spent before we could sign a striker back in 2023. Not the best transfer history for the new owners.
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Post by Sparrow on Sept 1, 2024 16:30:38 GMT 1
Aaron Connolly might be worth a look. Currently a Free Agent having left Hull in the summer. 24 years of Age. 8 goals in 28 appearances last season in the Championship. Started 13 of those. Not sold on this idea. He’s renowned for having a terrible attitude coupled with not lots of output. Hes had 6 clubs I think aged 24 which says a lot. Only scored maybe 15 goals in over 100 games too. I know we need someone but not sure someone with a bad attitude (allegedly) who would probs thing he was better than us is the way forward To be honest I'd never heard of him before I had a look at who was available on a free and googled him a bit Didn't know anything about his attitude and agree with you wholeheartedly if true. Although, at 24 and a free agent might just make him grow up a bit. However, in terms of his goals per game ratio 5 goals in 2207 mins in the Premier league. A goal every 5 PL games essentially aged 19 - 21. That's about 8 goals in a full season - Similar record to Mounie 12 championship goals in 2,735 mins. A goal every 2.5 Championship games Aged 21 - 24. That's about 19 goals in a full season - A far far better return than any of our strikers have ever managed. And we're looking for a striker that could score 20 or so goals in League 1. Worth a punt on a 1 year deal???
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Post by Sparrow on Sept 1, 2024 16:46:23 GMT 1
7 players brought in is certainly not trying to do it cheap as chips. The 2 lads coming in on free transfers will both have got decent signing on fees and as established players at this level will be on decent wages We signed 2 for decent league 1 transfer fees in Sorensen and Evan, plus signing on fees, plus both on good league 1 wages We will have had to pay loan fees for the 3 lads we’ve signed on loan. The 2 from Wolves have both been out on loan before so won’t have been cheap. And I don’t think Marshal will either. All 3 will be on decent wages which we’ll be paying a good chunk of. Plus you can add Agents fees to all 7 of those. When you tot it all up, we’ll have invested/spent a decent amount of money for a club that’s just been relegated from the championship and thus had its budgets massively slashed. Who are the players here that should have gone - that other clubs would have wanted. The only bit i agree on is Hogg. We should have got a replacement for him, no way should he be starting matches If fees we brought in more money than we spent on players that much we all know. We have brought in more players in midfield that can't pass the ball and don't seem able to run around a lot. So more of the same as we had last season. The young loan players, although it is early days for them look promising and we have a wing back that looks good but had a difficult time yesterday because he ended up playing more of a fullback role. The money spent in January was spent on players that find it difficult to to get or keep fit and were of no help in trying to keep us up last season. Last summer's window was all spent before we could sign a striker back in 2023. Not the best transfer history for the new owners. We've brought in 3 Central Midfielders. Kane is easily one of the best passes off the ball in League 1. Evans was Bristol Rovers Player of the Season last season, no way he wins that if his passing & distribution is crap. And Hodge, you and I have no idea whatsoever if he can pass a ball or not, unless you are an avid watcher of Man City Academy, Wolves U21's and QPR, so that's just bollox. Sorenson had a tough game yesterday, but he's been really good in every other game. He will have the odd bad game, he's a league 1 player, they all will. Miller has been really really good. Marshall has 2 goals in 275 minutes of football, which is an excellent start for such a young lad. If he'd come through our academy everyone would be raving about him, rather than saying we can't rely on a kid. Last summers window was crap. January was good on paper, but didn't work out. No one could have realistically and honestly predicted that Balker, Bojan and Healy would hardly play. Whilst we didn't get a second striker this summer, the window was definitely a good one
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Post by E4b on Sept 1, 2024 17:12:25 GMT 1
When was the picture taken? If it was yesterday then isn’t it just a case of Wardy acting in a correct and friendly manner? Or should he have kicked the living sh1t out of him for being a rival supporter? Tell me, I’m curious? Hahahaha you're nothing if not predictable. So you think it's 'correct' for a Town player to be pictured wearing the shirt of the team we've just lost to with a massive smile on your face do you? I wonder if you'd be saying the same thing if it was any other player. Erm why would he need to 'kick the living shit' out of anyone? Here's a novel idea, maybe he could just not wear the shirt? Also, stop calling him 'Wardy' like he's your best mate, it's cringe beyond cringe. I must say, I'm starting to suspect that this creepy Danny Ward obsession of yours is just an epic bit of WUM-mery, if so then fair fucking play, that's some dedication to the joke. Hahahahaha, not biting are we? Nibble away sunshine 🤫 P.S Ever heard of photoshop? 🤫
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Post by The Sheriff Strikes Back on Sept 1, 2024 17:22:14 GMT 1
Hahahaha you're nothing if not predictable. So you think it's 'correct' for a Town player to be pictured wearing the shirt of the team we've just lost to with a massive smile on your face do you? I wonder if you'd be saying the same thing if it was any other player. Erm why would he need to 'kick the living shit' out of anyone? Here's a novel idea, maybe he could just not wear the shirt? Also, stop calling him 'Wardy' like he's your best mate, it's cringe beyond cringe. I must say, I'm starting to suspect that this creepy Danny Ward obsession of yours is just an epic bit of WUM-mery, if so then fair fucking play, that's some dedication to the joke. Hahahahaha, not biting are we? Nibble away sunshine 🤫 P.S Ever heard of photoshop? 🤫 Are you gonna answer the questions? And yes I have, and no it's not.
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Post by goodbet on Sept 1, 2024 17:33:46 GMT 1
If fees we brought in more money than we spent on players that much we all know. We have brought in more players in midfield that can't pass the ball and don't seem able to run around a lot. So more of the same as we had last season. The young loan players, although it is early days for them look promising and we have a wing back that looks good but had a difficult time yesterday because he ended up playing more of a fullback role. The money spent in January was spent on players that find it difficult to to get or keep fit and were of no help in trying to keep us up last season. Last summer's window was all spent before we could sign a striker back in 2023. Not the best transfer history for the new owners. We've brought in 3 Central Midfielders. Kane is easily one of the best passes off the ball in League 1. But for some reason can't get a starting berthEvans was Bristol Rovers Player of the Season last season, no way he wins that if his passing & distribution is crap. Comments based on what we have seen not on last season And Hodge, you and I have no idea whatsoever if he can pass a ball or not, unless you are an avid watcher of Man City Academy, Wolves U21's and QPR, so that's just bollox Look at what I wrote about the loan signings and not make things up. Sorenson had a tough game yesterday, but he's been really good in every other game. He will have the odd bad game, he's a league 1 player, they all will. So we agree on SorensonMiller has been really really good. We can't agree on everythingMarshall has 2 goals in 275 minutes of football, which is an excellent start for such a young lad. If he'd come through our academy everyone would be raving about him, rather than saying we can't rely on a kid. Again see what I wrote about the loan signingsLast summers window was crap. I agreeJanuary was good on paper, but didn't work out. No one could have realistically and honestly predicted that Balker, Bojan and Healy would hardly play. I don't think that anyone thought that they would be this bad, but it was very poor and looks like it will be some time before we are likely any benefit from these signingsWhilst we didn't get a second striker this summer, the window was definitely a good one better than the last two anyway There is more than one way to look at things.
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Post by allan 1958 (OAF-WROY)(SSLFF) on Sept 1, 2024 17:40:05 GMT 1
Jesus you are a born moaner we have enough strikers who will do the job till we find the right man the manager and club actually want. Support the club and stop acting like a spoilt brat. You think supporting the club is accepting everything you are told and being happy with it, tut. I don't normally respond to someone who resorts to schoolground level responses (pissy pants, moaner and spoiled brat) and as we can see you can't come up with a better response can you. Are you still at school? I'm not and he is right
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Post by allan 1958 (OAF-WROY)(SSLFF) on Sept 1, 2024 17:40:50 GMT 1
is this window a story of Nagle not having as deep a pockets as he thought he had ? Did he think it would be cheap t oget players ? Is he not willing to put the money in required ? Did we expect to sell mroe players but didn't ? asking justasksmithies, is nagle as wealthy as we were led to believe? is he even a billionaire , is he willing to back the club properly ? he has talked about the deal for the stadium, yet this still has not being resolved ? As thus far the summer window was a lot of talk, yet very little actually happened. Ffs
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Post by arry11 on Sept 1, 2024 17:48:08 GMT 1
is this window a story of Nagle not having as deep a pockets as he thought he had ? Did he think it would be cheap t oget players ? Is he not willing to put the money in required ? Did we expect to sell mroe players but didn't ? asking justasksmithies, is nagle as wealthy as we were led to believe? is he even a billionaire , is he willing to back the club properly ? he has talked about the deal for the stadium, yet this still has not being resolved ? As thus far the summer window was a lot of talk, yet very little actually happened. 7 Players through the door this summer + the 3 in January what are you on.
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Post by terriersyndrome on Sept 1, 2024 17:55:03 GMT 1
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Post by stevehtfc on Sept 1, 2024 18:01:26 GMT 1
Maybe go back in for him in January Bring Phillips back as cover give him his chance. If he doesn't cut it go back in for Taylor and let Phillips go on loan
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Post by Sparrow on Sept 1, 2024 18:51:59 GMT 1
We've brought in 3 Central Midfielders. Kane is easily one of the best passes off the ball in League 1. But for some reason can't get a starting berthEvans was Bristol Rovers Player of the Season last season, no way he wins that if his passing & distribution is crap. Comments based on what we have seen not on last season And Hodge, you and I have no idea whatsoever if he can pass a ball or not, unless you are an avid watcher of Man City Academy, Wolves U21's and QPR, so that's just bollox Look at what I wrote about the loan signings and not make things up. Sorenson had a tough game yesterday, but he's been really good in every other game. He will have the odd bad game, he's a league 1 player, they all will. So we agree on SorensonMiller has been really really good. We can't agree on everythingMarshall has 2 goals in 275 minutes of football, which is an excellent start for such a young lad. If he'd come through our academy everyone would be raving about him, rather than saying we can't rely on a kid. Again see what I wrote about the loan signingsLast summers window was crap. I agreeJanuary was good on paper, but didn't work out. No one could have realistically and honestly predicted that Balker, Bojan and Healy would hardly play. I don't think that anyone thought that they would be this bad, but it was very poor and looks like it will be some time before we are likely any benefit from these signingsWhilst we didn't get a second striker this summer, the window was definitely a good one better than the last two anyway There is more than one way to look at things. Duff explained when we signed Kane that he was behind pretty much everyone else fitness wise. So no great surprise he didn't start. Pushed hard to get up to fitness and then get's a niggle. Surely though you'd agree that based on his career so far, it's a good signing for a League 1 team? Your writing off Evans based on a handful of games, but then saying the 3 loan signings look good, when 1 has played less than 90 minutes and another less than 30 mins. So it seems your basing your view on what they've done previously at their previous clubs??? Why not offer the same to Evans? If you're not basing it one what Hodge and Lonwijk have done last season / previously, then what are you basing your opinion on that they are good signing? You disagree that Miller has been really really good? So do you not rate him as a pretty decent League 1 standard wing back? How could this window have been better in your opinion. Not been arse, just wanting to understand what would have made it a good window in your opinion
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Post by crux on Sept 1, 2024 18:52:37 GMT 1
Maybe go back in for him in January Bring Phillips back as cover give him his chance. If he doesn't cut it go back in for Taylor and let Phillips go on loan Does anyone know what the story is with Phillips' loan, seeing as the windows don't match between us and the USA? I think their season finishes in November, but if and when he returns can we play him before 1st January?
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Post by Towner47 on Sept 1, 2024 19:59:40 GMT 1
If his loan ends in Nivember then surely it means he just come back to us ?and be eligible to play ,
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Post by stevehtfc on Sept 1, 2024 20:31:25 GMT 1
If his loan ends in Nivember then surely it means he just come back to us ?and be eligible to play , If there's room in 26man squad he is eligible I would of thought. Harratt and Jones leaving makes space End of November the loan finishes unless they've a recall option. Nagle got asked on twitter about him he said it's upto Duff and Cartwright.
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Post by arry11 on Sept 1, 2024 20:34:51 GMT 1
If his loan ends in Nivember then surely it means he just come back to us ?and be eligible to play , I would think not since he can't be registered till January with us. Just guessing.
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Post by bells ringing :) on Sept 1, 2024 21:09:32 GMT 1
rebuilt a mid did we ? hogg starts very week still ? we were promised an overhaul which did not happen. There are still players here that should have gone yet did not and we paid for 2 players, sold one and the rest were loans or freebies. We are still having to try and get injury prone players through and classing them as part of the squad is daft , as a lot of our players are so injury prone they are hardly ever fit to be selected for more than a game.
we still don't really have a squad
Forget the balker injury for a second Kasmu- injury prone Healey - couldn't even come on yesterday , he is that injury prone Ward- injury prone Hogg- often has quite a number of games per season injured Kane - came in has hardly played, then done his groin - typical town Spencer - out for a fair period of time - we had no recongised centre half on the bench yesterday Bojan - will that lad ever be fit? Evans - will get plenty of bans, as he can't help but get booked every game Turton and Ruffels - come back from long term inuries and god i does it show The squad needed more and Nagle knows it but is trying to do it as cheap as chips it seems.
7 players brought in is certainly not trying to do it cheap as chips. The 2 lads coming in on free transfers will both have got decent signing on fees and as established players at this level will be on decent wages We signed 2 for decent league 1 transfer fees in Sorensen and Evan, plus signing on fees, plus both on good league 1 wages We will have had to pay loan fees for the 3 lads we’ve signed on loan. The 2 from Wolves have both been out on loan before so won’t have been cheap. And I don’t think Marshal will either. All 3 will be on decent wages which we’ll be paying a good chunk of. Plus you can add Agents fees to all 7 of those. When you tot it all up, we’ll have invested/spent a decent amount of money for a club that’s just been relegated from the championship and thus had its budgets massively slashed. Who are the players here that should have gone - that other clubs would have wanted. The only bit i agree on is Hogg. We should have got a replacement for him, no way should he be starting matches the overall point i am making, is we have not done enough to change the losers mentaility of the squad. Yesterday proved it , in a difficult game we got buillied and domanited . We yet again are far too easy to play against, most of thie squad are used to losing and it needed a wholsale change and it didn't get it. the squad needed an enema and it didn't get it .
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Post by arry11 on Sept 1, 2024 21:55:55 GMT 1
7 players brought in is certainly not trying to do it cheap as chips. The 2 lads coming in on free transfers will both have got decent signing on fees and as established players at this level will be on decent wages We signed 2 for decent league 1 transfer fees in Sorensen and Evan, plus signing on fees, plus both on good league 1 wages We will have had to pay loan fees for the 3 lads we’ve signed on loan. The 2 from Wolves have both been out on loan before so won’t have been cheap. And I don’t think Marshal will either. All 3 will be on decent wages which we’ll be paying a good chunk of. Plus you can add Agents fees to all 7 of those. When you tot it all up, we’ll have invested/spent a decent amount of money for a club that’s just been relegated from the championship and thus had its budgets massively slashed. Who are the players here that should have gone - that other clubs would have wanted. The only bit i agree on is Hogg. We should have got a replacement for him, no way should he be starting matches the overall point i am making, is we have not done enough to change the losers mentaility of the squad. Yesterday proved it , in a difficult game we got buillied and domanited . We yet again are far too easy to play against, most of thie squad are used to losing and it needed a wholsale change and it didn't get it. the squad needed an enema and it didn't get it . Bringing in 7 is pretty much a good amount of players we had won 3 on the bounce so thats a improvement lets judge them when we get players back and a few more games under the belt.
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Post by bells ringing :) on Sept 1, 2024 22:00:26 GMT 1
the overall point i am making, is we have not done enough to change the losers mentaility of the squad. Yesterday proved it , in a difficult game we got buillied and domanited . We yet again are far too easy to play against, most of thie squad are used to losing and it needed a wholsale change and it didn't get it. the squad needed an enema and it didn't get it . Bringing in 7 is pretty much a good amount of players we had won 3 on the bounce so thats a improvement lets judge them when we get players back and a few more games under the belt. Saturday was a huge warning shot across the bows for me, alarm bells should be ringing big time. There yet again seems to be very little character when the going gets tough. After yesterday i would be shocked if we got promoted, there just isn't the IT factor there . When the going gets tough we fold, same as last year. The club did not act like they should in the summer and we are going to pay for it. A promotion winning team do not ever play like we did yesterday, the mentaility the character yet again is not there. O wait it is there if teams make it easy, if they don't we fold.
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Post by arry11 on Sept 1, 2024 22:06:06 GMT 1
Bringing in 7 is pretty much a good amount of players we had won 3 on the bounce so thats a improvement lets judge them when we get players back and a few more games under the belt. Saturday was a huge warning shot across the bows for me, alarm bells should be ringing big time. There yet again seems to be very little character when the going gets tough. After yesterday i would be shocked if we got promoted, there just isn't the IT factor there . When the going gets tough we fold, same as last year. The club did not act like they should in the summer and we are going to pay for it. A promotion winning team do not ever play like we did yesterday, the mentaility the character yet again is not there. O wait it is there if teams make it easy, if they don't we fold. I have seen some crap played from every promotion side we have had and this league can be tough.
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Post by bells ringing :) on Sept 1, 2024 22:11:47 GMT 1
Saturday was a huge warning shot across the bows for me, alarm bells should be ringing big time. There yet again seems to be very little character when the going gets tough. After yesterday i would be shocked if we got promoted, there just isn't the IT factor there . When the going gets tough we fold, same as last year. The club did not act like they should in the summer and we are going to pay for it. A promotion winning team do not ever play like we did yesterday, the mentaility the character yet again is not there. O wait it is there if teams make it easy, if they don't we fold. I have seen some crap played from every promotion side we have had and this league can be tough. what 3 crap preformances on the trot now ? and yesterday was shocking even before ward got stupidly sent off. I am not even talking about the preformance i am talking about grit i am talking about determination to not get beat. I saw very little of this yesterday , we were slack and very slack at that and even at the end Rotherham's winner was so slack it was not even funny to watch. This group will not get us where we want to be, they are not going to do the right things enough to get enough points and in quite a lot of the tough games they will get beat. Unless teams are utter garbage or miss chances we can't get the job done it seems. we have played "well" thus far for what 30 minutes against peterbrough , the rest has being utter dross.
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