....transfer deadline day and no tweets from Jon Palmer today, his last one retweeting a call for minor league pre season friendlies ?
Are we not in the game today ? What is our position ? Loans only ?
Does not bode well....
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JP's reporting has been a bit hit and miss this summer which may reflect a desire not to let cat out of the bag. Question then is who is he working for ?
Our transfer strategy this summer has been very poor. Would love to play Gary and the board at a game of poker.
Our transfer strategy this summer has been very poor. Would love to play Gary and the board at a game of poker.
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Can he replace a proven 25 league goal scoring striker?Shade wrote:Manny Smith, Wrexham defender. Keep up...Nesty wrote:Smith ?
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I will be absolutely amazed and shocked if players are not signed today. They are needed as a matter of urgency after what I have seen in pre season and last Saturday!
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Difficult choice for the board: do we splurge the Mo money on deadline day signings of proven class, effectively leaving us in a worse place financially in two years after the money runs out and we have high earners on the books, or) do we save the money but risk being a weak attacking force unable to challenge this season (or worse).MittonRobin wrote:I will be absolutely amazed and shocked if players are not signed today. They are needed as a matter of urgency after what I have seen in pre season and last Saturday!
Either way, both worse options than keeping Mo would have been. There had to be a plan in place if and when Mo went to avoid the scenario we are in today - but appears not to have been! (Unless GJ has kept his plans secret from the mole/JP).
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EXACTLY !!Robin wrote:We don't need to spend even half of the Mo fee though, just need a couple of players total say £400k.
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And the wages to attract a player of that value to us rather than a higher division or bigger side.Robin wrote:We don't need to spend even half of the Mo fee though, just need a couple of players total say £400k.
That £400k fee soon becomes £150k a year in wages and bonuses, and then even more wages to keep hold of him if he does well and threatens to leave on a fee.
Like a horse. I could go out tomorrow and buy a horse but the ongoing costs would bankrupt me in a couple of years.
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For a couple of players?Robin wrote:I'm not talking about a £400k, I said total, £200k fee £100k wages for a season.
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In 9 months we could be the richest club in the National League
Truly dreadful transfer strategy from management and board. Out flanked. Not how you manage things ; too last minute when others have us over a barrel
Truly dreadful transfer strategy from management and board. Out flanked. Not how you manage things ; too last minute when others have us over a barrel
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Frustrating when it was us in command of the most in demand asset; Mo. We had the whip hand but relinquished it meekly and paid the price.solihullkev wrote:In 9 months we could be the richest club in the National League
Truly dreadful transfer strategy from management and board. Out flanked. Not how you manage things ; too last minute when others have us over a barrel
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JP has reported that someone has joined Longlevens from Evesham but no conclusion on any other business for CTFC ! I do maintain JP has been below his usual high standards this summer - Mo transfer another case in point.
Technically our transfer window is not over until the end of August.
We can still loan a player in until then with the view to it being a permanent deal in January. That can be agreed before January too.
It is not therefore the be all and end all of our season today.
It will however be later this month
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We can still loan a player in until then with the view to it being a permanent deal in January. That can be agreed before January too.
It is not therefore the be all and end all of our season today.
It will however be later this month
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Here come the loans again. I wonder which team we will go to for the players...!
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Lee will be showing the training ground and reserve game DVDs for Gary to pick from after Sunday dinner this weekend.Rulistening wrote:Here come the loans again. I wonder which team we will go to for the players...!
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See i think he just puts 10 names into a hat and Gary gets to draw 3 out, and that decides the yearly loansRegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:Lee will be showing the training ground and reserve game DVDs for Gary to pick from after Sunday dinner this weekend.Rulistening wrote:Here come the loans again. I wonder which team we will go to for the players...!
Ffs what do you want him to say if there's nothing to report?solihullkev wrote:JP has reported that someone has joined Longlevens from Evesham but no conclusion on any other business for CTFC ! I do maintain JP has been below his usual high standards this summer - Mo transfer another case in point.
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Quite. Better for journalists to stay silent than print tattle and guff.CTFCfan99 wrote:Ffs what do you want him to say if there's nothing to report?solihullkev wrote:JP has reported that someone has joined Longlevens from Evesham but no conclusion on any other business for CTFC ! I do maintain JP has been below his usual high standards this summer - Mo transfer another case in point.
(Luckily the same doesn’t apply to football forum posters!)
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....wasn't JP at Bristol watching that magnificent century by Cockbain as GCCC thrashed Middlesex - I was! .
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.but not surprised at inaction over last couple of days - better to avoid 'knee-jerk' reactions.
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.but not surprised at inaction over last couple of days - better to avoid 'knee-jerk' reactions.
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What a knock. Quarters in touching distance.theidlerich wrote:....wasn't JP at Bristol watching that magnificent century by Cockbain as GCCC thrashed Middlesex - I was! .
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.but not surprised at inaction over last couple of days - better to avoid 'knee-jerk' reactions.