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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 12:27:16 GMT
Seriously though, without two new strikers we will struggle to finish in the top six.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 12:28:00 GMT
Seriously though, without two new strikers we will struggle to finish in the top six. We will struggle to stay out the bottom six IMO
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Post by baggins on Jul 14, 2017 12:42:26 GMT
Seriously though, without two new strikers we will struggle to finish in the top six. We will struggle to stay out the bottom six IMO Nah.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 12:45:05 GMT
Seriously though, without two new strikers we will struggle to finish in the top six. We will struggle to stay out the bottom six IMO Totally agree with this ... and I just don't get it that we could gambling with the very prospect. Last January we were told that business isn't done now as prices are inflated (not when we were selling though). Now in the summer we were told 10 exciting names in the door, prices have surprised us,but we are holding some funds for the January window when we hope to make a push. Oh well ... tune in next week for more false dawns and hope!
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Post by pirate on Jul 14, 2017 12:55:29 GMT
We will struggle to stay out the bottom six IMO Totally agree with this ... and I just don't get it that we could gambling with the very prospect. Last January we were told that business isn't done now as prices are inflated (not when we were selling though). Now in the summer we were told 10 exciting names in the door, prices have surprised us,but we are holding some funds for the January window when we hope to make a push. Oh well ... tune in next week for more false dawns and hope! Fair points. Inflated prices in January, Surprised by prices/wages in the summer window, saving back money for January. Hmmm.
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Post by baggins on Jul 14, 2017 12:58:04 GMT
We will struggle to stay out the bottom six IMO Totally agree with this ... and I just don't get it that we could gambling with the very prospect. Last January we were told that business isn't done now as prices are inflated (not when we were selling though). Now in the summer we were told 10 exciting names in the door, prices have surprised us,but we are holding some funds for the January window when we hope to make a push. Oh well ... tune in next week for more false dawns and hope! Have a little faith, window not shut yet.
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Post by Gas_Quarters on Jul 14, 2017 13:05:40 GMT
We will struggle to stay out the bottom six IMO Totally agree with this ... and I just don't get it that we could gambling with the very prospect. Last January we were told that business isn't done now as prices are inflated (not when we were selling though). Now in the summer we were told 10 exciting names in the door, prices have surprised us,but we are holding some funds for the January window when we hope to make a push. Oh well ... tune in next week for more false dawns and hope! This is the problem with football these days and I'm glad DC doesn't follow the trend. Too many clubs are competing against eachother and just give into agents demands out of desperation to sign a player. This is why the majority of football clubs are in debt and why so many football clubs go into administration. That's the method we used a few years ago. We had our business sorted early in the Summer because we gave into what agents demanded and look where that got us. Would you rather we were still like that than where we are now? If we still had it your way and just got our cheque book out as soon as someone asked us to, I don't think we'd have a football club to support any more because we'd have gone out of existence.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 13:19:50 GMT
Totally agree with this ... and I just don't get it that we could gambling with the very prospect. Last January we were told that business isn't done now as prices are inflated (not when we were selling though). Now in the summer we were told 10 exciting names in the door, prices have surprised us,but we are holding some funds for the January window when we hope to make a push. Oh well ... tune in next week for more false dawns and hope! This is the problem with football these days and I'm glad DC doesn't follow the trend. Too many clubs are competing against eachother and just give into agents demands out of desperation to sign a player. This is why the majority of football clubs are in debt and why so many football clubs go into administration. That's the method we used a few years ago. We had our business sorted early in the Summer because we gave into what agents demanded and look where that got us. Would you rather we were still like that than where we are now? If we still had it your way and just got our cheque book out as soon as someone asked us to, I don't think we'd have a football club to support any more because we'd have gone out of existence. If we don't sign two strikers and a CB we could well be going backwards PDQ - up to now with the season only three weeks away we have filled just two positions in the team. Three 'critical' positions need to be filled. The last thing we want is to be playing catch up at the end of August with desperation signings. There seems to have been lots of money spent on support staff (part of his budget?) but very little on the team.
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Post by Gas_Quarters on Jul 14, 2017 13:31:17 GMT
This is the problem with football these days and I'm glad DC doesn't follow the trend. Too many clubs are competing against eachother and just give into agents demands out of desperation to sign a player. This is why the majority of football clubs are in debt and why so many football clubs go into administration. That's the method we used a few years ago. We had our business sorted early in the Summer because we gave into what agents demanded and look where that got us. Would you rather we were still like that than where we are now? If we still had it your way and just got our cheque book out as soon as someone asked us to, I don't think we'd have a football club to support any more because we'd have gone out of existence. If we don't sign two strikers and a CB we could well be going backwards PDQ - up to now with the season only three weeks away we have filled just two positions in the team. Three 'critical' positions need to be filled. The last thing we want is to be playing catch up at the end of August with desperation signings. There seems to have been lots of money spent on support staff (part of his budget?) but very little on the team. Who are the three key positions? I don't understand what all the panic is about because I am confident that we will still make signings and I don't think we have a bad side as it is. If it was the worst possible case scenario and we didn't sign any more players, then with the current squad we could well line up like this on the first day of the season: Slocombe/Smith Leadbitter Lockyer Burn/J.Clarke Brown Lines O.Clarke Bodin Sercombe Moore Gaffney Whilst I agree that isn't good enough for top 6, I think its good enough for mid table. That is the core of what our side was last season and with the addition of a quality striker to that so we can play two up top, I'm not too unhappy with that side. UTG!
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Post by pirate on Jul 14, 2017 13:39:45 GMT
If we don't sign two strikers and a CB we could well be going backwards PDQ - up to now with the season only three weeks away we have filled just two positions in the team. Three 'critical' positions need to be filled. The last thing we want is to be playing catch up at the end of August with desperation signings. There seems to have been lots of money spent on support staff (part of his budget?) but very little on the team. Who are the three key positions? I don't understand what all the panic is about because I am confident that we will still make signings and I don't think we have a bad side as it is. If it was the worst possible case scenario and we didn't sign any more players, then with the current squad we could well line up like this on the first day of the season: Slocombe/Smith Leadbitter Lockyer Burn/J.Clarke Brown Lines O.Clarke Bodin Sercombe Moore Gaffney Whilst I agree that isn't good enough for top 6, I think its good enough for mid table. That is the core of what our side was last season and with the addition of a quality striker to that so we can play two up top, I'm not too unhappy with that side. UTG! Other sides have strengthened considerably, if you stand still in this game you soon get left behind. Our defence conceded the same amount or worse than three relegated sides last season. Moore struggled to make any tangible impact with only 2 goals and 2 assists. Gaffney was hardly prolific. As things stand it could be argued our side is weaker than the one that finished the season.
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Post by Topper Gas on Jul 14, 2017 13:40:04 GMT
Totally agree with this ... and I just don't get it that we could gambling with the very prospect. Last January we were told that business isn't done now as prices are inflated (not when we were selling though). Now in the summer we were told 10 exciting names in the door, prices have surprised us,but we are holding some funds for the January window when we hope to make a push. Oh well ... tune in next week for more false dawns and hope! This is the problem with football these days and I'm glad DC doesn't follow the trend. Too many clubs are competing against eachother and just give into agents demands out of desperation to sign a player. This is why the majority of football clubs are in debt and why so many football clubs go into administration. That's the method we used a few years ago. We had our business sorted early in the Summer because we gave into what agents demanded and look where that got us. Would you rather we were still like that than where we are now? If we still had it your way and just got our cheque book out as soon as someone asked us to, I don't think we'd have a football club to support any more because we'd have gone out of existence. We're £10m in debt and losing £1m p.a. so hardly have the perfect financial model ourselves? Regardless why talk of a top 6 budget if DC's not going to spend, which seems to have been the problem last summer.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 13:47:45 GMT
If we don't sign two strikers and a CB we could well be going backwards PDQ - up to now with the season only three weeks away we have filled just two positions in the team. Three 'critical' positions need to be filled. The last thing we want is to be playing catch up at the end of August with desperation signings. There seems to have been lots of money spent on support staff (part of his budget?) but very little on the team. Who are the three key positions? I don't understand what all the panic is about because I am confident that we will still make signings and I don't think we have a bad side as it is. If it was the worst possible case scenario and we didn't sign any more players, then with the current squad we could well line up like this on the first day of the season: Slocombe/Smith Leadbitter Lockyer Burn/J.Clarke Brown Lines O.Clarke Bodin Sercombe Moore Gaffney Whilst I agree that isn't good enough for top 6, I think its good enough for mid table. That is the core of what our side was last season and with the addition of a quality striker to that so we can play two up top, I'm not too unhappy with that side. UTG! Heaven help us if Gaffney is leading the line ... and Moore is starting the game. Sadly this line up is what I am now expecting and with it more first day disappointment. Wouldn't be so frustrating if we had been told ... actually finding more support for DC and backroom is our priority and this summer we don,t actually have much money to spend on players so lump it. You were the guy back in June who was so excited about the 6 or 7 signings that had to be due in early July ... your first day squad certainly lacks much to get excited about and would confirm the playing side of the club has gone dramatically backwards in comparison to some very averagely supported yet progressive L1 Clubs. It would also ask the question for me just how much money is on the table to spend or do we have a set up that simply cannot get players through the door.
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Post by grayraydon on Jul 14, 2017 13:50:02 GMT
This is the problem with football these days and I'm glad DC doesn't follow the trend. Too many clubs are competing against eachother and just give into agents demands out of desperation to sign a player. This is why the majority of football clubs are in debt and why so many football clubs go into administration. That's the method we used a few years ago. We had our business sorted early in the Summer because we gave into what agents demanded and look where that got us. Would you rather we were still like that than where we are now? If we still had it your way and just got our cheque book out as soon as someone asked us to, I don't think we'd have a football club to support any more because we'd have gone out of existence. We're £10m in debt and losing £1m p.a. so hardly have the perfect financial model ourselves? Regardless why talk of a top 6 budget if DC's not going to spend, which seems to have been the problem last summer. FFS! How do you know DC hasn't got 7 x 500k bids in? you don't! How do you know we aren't currently discussing wages with any amount of players? you don't! You don't know if DC is going to spend or not or as I say if he's about to spend the whole lot, nobody does, just have a little patience.
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Post by Gas_Quarters on Jul 14, 2017 13:51:46 GMT
Who are the three key positions? I don't understand what all the panic is about because I am confident that we will still make signings and I don't think we have a bad side as it is. If it was the worst possible case scenario and we didn't sign any more players, then with the current squad we could well line up like this on the first day of the season: Slocombe/Smith Leadbitter Lockyer Burn/J.Clarke Brown Lines O.Clarke Bodin Sercombe Moore Gaffney Whilst I agree that isn't good enough for top 6, I think its good enough for mid table. That is the core of what our side was last season and with the addition of a quality striker to that so we can play two up top, I'm not too unhappy with that side. UTG! Heaven help us if Gaffney is leading the line ... and Moore is starting the game. Sadly this line up is what I am now expecting and with it more first day disappointment. Wouldn't be so frustrating if we had been told ... actually finding more support for DC and backroom is our priority and this summer we don,t actually have much money to spend on players so lump it. You were the guy back in June who was so excited about the 6 or 7 signings that had to be due in early July ... your first day squad certainly lacks much to get excited about and would confirm the playing side of the club has gone dramatically backwards in comparison to some very averagely supported yet progressive L1 Clubs. It would also ask the question for me just how much money is on the table to spend or do we have a set up that simply cannot get players through the door. I said this would be the side AT THE VERY WORST. The opening day is still three weeks away, and I think there is more chance of me winning euromillions than there is of Rovers not making another signing between now and then.
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Post by peterparker on Jul 14, 2017 13:56:28 GMT
who knows, maybe it's the chance for Broom, Ellington etc to get a chance and step-up
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Post by Gastafari on Jul 14, 2017 15:55:02 GMT
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Post by singupgas on Jul 14, 2017 16:00:36 GMT
Now if we brought him in and dare I say it lambo then I think we Would Have a dangerous attack. I would be please.
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Post by 2nd May 1990 on Jul 15, 2017 6:39:41 GMT
Yes, that is odd. Here let me give you £100k for LJ. No thanks, we're giving him away for free. We didn't bid for James on his own. We bid for James and Nichols. I think the bid might have been a bit lower for the two of them than if we were bidding for just Nichols, as I think we might have been thinking they just wanted James off the books and so by not having to pay the final year of his contract they would have saved money. As it is, FGR took him on a free so County were right not to accept our bid. They'll probably get more for Nichols now if they do sell him. I don't think signing James was ever the priority for DC.
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Post by stevek192 on Jul 15, 2017 7:11:36 GMT
To my way of thinking we are just a goalkeeper and one midfielder nearer a better team.DC says we now have two players for each position- well that is in name only. To improve the team to top 6 material we need the following Goalkeepers Smith. Slocombe RB Leadbitter. Partington RCB Lockyer Burn LCB New Player New Player LB Brown Arsenal Youngster RMF Bodin New Player CMF Lines New Player CMF Sercombe New Player LMF New Player New Player CF New Player Gaffney CF New Player Harrison I am not convinced that Sinclair, Ollie Clarke, James Clarke, Ryan Broom or Byron Moore are good enough to obtain a top 6 finish but all would be OK as cover as a mid table team..We urgently need two starters up front and preferably a third to make 5 strikers.. We have no cover whatsoever if Bodin happened to be injured at the start and the same can be said for LMF and LCB. We now have no real pace i.e. Wingers other than Byron Moore who last season was just not up to the standard required. Personally the standard of Player coming in I would like to see is. CB Pierre from Wycombe and Sonny Bradley from Plymouth CF Tom Nichols from Peterborough,Matt Godden from Stevenage,Paddy Madden from Scunny Winger not sure. CMF not sure but definitely a minimum of 4 or 5 BEFORE the opening match.
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Post by Marshy on Jul 15, 2017 7:15:53 GMT
To my way of thinking we are just a goalkeeper and one midfielder nearer a better team.DC says we now have two players for each position- well that is in name only. To improve the team to top 6 material we need the following Goalkeepers Smith. Slocombe RB Leadbitter. Partington RCB Lockyer Burn LCB New Player New Player LB Brown Arsenal Youngster RMF Bodin New Player CMF Lines New Player CMF Sercombe New Player LMF New Player New Player CF New Player Gaffney CF New Player Harrison I am not convinced that Sinclair, Ollie Clarke, James Clarke, Ryan Broom or Byron Moore are good enough to obtain a top 6 finish but all would be OK as cover as a mid table team..We urgently need two starters up front and preferably a third to make 5 strikers.. We have no cover whatsoever if Bodin happened to be injured at the start and the same can be said for LMF and LCB. We now have no real pace i.e. Wingers other than Byron Moore who last season was just not up to the standard required. Personally the standard of Player coming in I would like to see is. CB Pierre from Wycombe and Sonny Bradley from Plymouth CF Tom Nichols from Peterborough,Matt Godden from Stevenage,Paddy Madden from Scunny Winger not sure. CMF not sure but definitely a minimum of 4 or 5 BEFORE the opening match. Sorry Steve I don't agree with you over Ollie Clarke, he was outstanding last year. In fact if he continues in the same vain of form we will have job to keep hold of him in the January transfer window.
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