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Post by knowall on Jan 10, 2018 13:36:16 GMT
GGMI, For me far too many loan signings have rarely made appearances and obviously there have been far more loan signings than permanent ones.He had far more connections when we were in the Conference and was abloe to sign players then who have proved to be good enough to go forward to League 2 and are good enough for mid table League 1. I am far from convinced that he has the knowledge of players who are capable of taking the club forward now. I very much hope he proves me wrong in this window and hopefully signs two or three before the weekend. Which loan signings would you suggest deserved more game time? It seems to me that unlike some managers DC prefers loan players to be 'back up' rather than first choice - although Lumley and Sweeney last season became first choice and successful.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jan 10, 2018 13:36:17 GMT
GGMI, For me far too many loan signings have rarely made appearances and obviously there have been far more loan signings than permanent ones.He had far more connections when we were in the Conference and was abloe to sign players then who have proved to be good enough to go forward to League 2 and are good enough for mid table League 1. I am far from convinced that he has the knowledge of players who are capable of taking the club forward now. I very much hope he proves me wrong in this window and hopefully signs two or three before the weekend. I think he has always used loanees sparsely though. He likes to have a tight knit squad and look after them first and foremost. He is still a young manager so he will have less connections than someone more experienced. He shouldn't be doing on his own anyway though, which it seems too much like he is at the moment. There should be scouts going out and finding players with potential, bringing them to DC so DC can then make his own judgements, find out more about their attitude/character etc before making a judgement. The thing is it's no good having a good knowledge of players above as we won't have the budget for them. His knowledge of lower/non league is good and I trust him to get good value for money. The only real exceptions in the past year were Burn and Nichols. I do feel like you have this strange bias towards criticising Darrell, Steve. You're so critical of him considering he has gained 2 promotions with us. Most of us thought Nichols was a decent signing during the summer. In fairness, other than Lumley haven't most of us thought DCs signings were ok. I can't remember any on here questioning many signings without the benefit of hindsight.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jan 10, 2018 13:39:26 GMT
Well here we are a week into the transfer window and not a sniff of anything happening other than selling our best players surely DC had in mind before the window opened who he wanted to sign don't leave it until the last few hours please give us some hope Your not allowed to have your worries or opinions on here... You just have to say in dc we trust ! Because that’s all you get back and it’s nothing to do with him it’s down to the backing he gets We have had 2 owners in DCs time. He had great success under the first and less so under the second One of the things Higgs did was back his managers with money. (Some would say too much so!) So it's not illogical to assume that the thing that's changed is the backing he's had right?
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Jan 10, 2018 13:46:22 GMT
Your not allowed to have your worries or opinions on here... You just have to say in dc we trust ! Because that’s all you get back and it’s nothing to do with him it’s down to the backing he gets We have had 2 owners in DCs time. He had great success under the first and less so under the second One of the things Higgs did was back his managers with money. (Some would say too much so!) So it's not illogical to assume that the thing that's changed is the backing he's had right? Except he's had more money under Dwane than under Higgs.
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Post by pirate on Jan 10, 2018 13:53:48 GMT
"We're still in the bottom six for the salaries we pay players," said Clarke
"We have to raise our salaries if we're going to keep our better players, I'm afraid. But the realistic thing is we are where we are as a football club."
"I feel for our supporters," he said. "I don't mind saying openly that the only reason I'm here now is for the supporters.
"We're a backs-to-the-walls club and it looks like it's continuing at the minute"
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 10, 2018 13:58:27 GMT
We have had 2 owners in DCs time. He had great success under the first and less so under the second One of the things Higgs did was back his managers with money. (Some would say too much so!) So it's not illogical to assume that the thing that's changed is the backing he's had right? Except he's had more money under Dwane than under Higgs. ALQ's funded Parts £80K, Burn £40K(?), Sercs £150K, Nichols £300K, how much did NH give PB/MM/JW/DC? Possilby just Gaffney's fee but I was told ALQ's refunded him that transfer fee as part of the takeover deal. For all DC's whinging he gets decent backing for a club at our level.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Jan 10, 2018 13:58:48 GMT
Well here we are a week into the transfer window and not a sniff of anything happening other than selling our best players surely DC had in mind before the window opened who he wanted to sign don't leave it until the last few hours please give us some hope Your not allowed to have your worries or opinions on here... You just have to say in dc we trust ! Because that’s all you get back and it’s nothing to do with him it’s down to the backing he gets He's not perfect and of course he can be questioned on somethings. However some seem to question him too much and show a lack of respect for his achievements.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Jan 10, 2018 14:00:38 GMT
Except he's had more money under Dwane than under Higgs. ALQ's funded Parts £80K, Burn £40K(?), Sercs £150K, Nichols £300K, how much did NH give PB/MM/JW/DC? Possilby just Gaffney's fee but I was told ALQ's refunded him that transfer fee as part of the takeover deal. For all DC's whinging he gets decent backing for a club at our level. That's still less money than we have received back. So is it great backing for a club at our level? Especially nowadays where the bar has been raised.
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Post by alvestongas on Jan 10, 2018 14:28:59 GMT
I may be wrong but it is just my feeling that our Manager does not have connections when it comes to new signings. Most of his signings have been highly questionable as regards number of appearances they have made whilst here. Steve that truly is nonsense!
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jan 10, 2018 14:45:10 GMT
Except he's had more money under Dwane than under Higgs. ALQ's funded Parts £80K, Burn £40K(?), Sercs £150K, Nichols £300K, how much did NH give PB/MM/JW/DC? Possilby just Gaffney's fee but I was told ALQ's refunded him that transfer fee as part of the takeover deal. For all DC's whinging he gets decent backing for a club at our level. So the conclusion is that DC f**ked up in the summer?
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Post by socrates on Jan 10, 2018 15:20:50 GMT
Your not allowed to have your worries or opinions on here... You just have to say in dc we trust ! Because that’s all you get back and it’s nothing to do with him it’s down to the backing he gets He's not perfect and of course he can be questioned on somethings. However some seem to question him too much and show a lack of respect for his achievements. Agreed. Saying he doesn’t sign good players totally undermines the fact that we’re now two divisions higher than we were in his first transfer window in the space of three years. It’s a rediculous thing to say.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Jan 10, 2018 15:25:54 GMT
He's not perfect and of course he can be questioned on somethings. However some seem to question him too much and show a lack of respect for his achievements. Agreed. Saying he doesn’t sign good players totally undermines the fact that we’re now two divisions higher than we were in his first transfer window in the space of three years. It’s a rediculous thing to say. In DC we trust eh Socrates!
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Post by socrates on Jan 10, 2018 15:52:56 GMT
Agreed. Saying he doesn’t sign good players totally undermines the fact that we’re now two divisions higher than we were in his first transfer window in the space of three years. It’s a rediculous thing to say. In DC we trust eh Socrates! I don’t trust him to get everything right. I wouldn’t trust anyone on the planet to get everything right. But has he worked wonders at BRFC ? Yes he has.
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 10, 2018 16:05:44 GMT
ALQ's funded Parts £80K, Burn £40K(?), Sercs £150K, Nichols £300K, how much did NH give PB/MM/JW/DC? Possilby just Gaffney's fee but I was told ALQ's refunded him that transfer fee as part of the takeover deal. For all DC's whinging he gets decent backing for a club at our level. That's still less money than we have received back. So is it great backing for a club at our level? Especially nowadays where the bar has been raised. I bet the Posh & Oxford manager have got nowhere near the money they received and I doubt NH handed over the £750K to PT he got when we sold Lambert. If somebody had posted on here last May that they hoped DC had a £500K+ transfer kitty we'd have thought they'd lost the plot.
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 10, 2018 16:07:32 GMT
ALQ's funded Parts £80K, Burn £40K(?), Sercs £150K, Nichols £300K, how much did NH give PB/MM/JW/DC? Possilby just Gaffney's fee but I was told ALQ's refunded him that transfer fee as part of the takeover deal. For all DC's whinging he gets decent backing for a club at our level. So the conclusion is that DC f**ked up in the summer? With hindsight TN looks a poor signing for the money but you never know he might come good. Burn just a strange one!
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Post by 2nd May 1990 on Jan 10, 2018 17:37:59 GMT
I don't get the criticism of DC's transfers either..
Obviously almost all of DC's signings were excellent when we got relegated to the conference.
Since then he has signed Bodin, Gaffney, James Clarke, Partington, Menayese, Broadbent, Smith and Slocombe for practically peanuts.
Loans of Lumley and Sweeney were critical last January.
Obviously we have examples of bad free signings and loans too, but percentage wise, I think he's done well and on the whole, when signings haven't worked, he has got rid. (Moore being an exception).
The only big money he has spent has been on Sercombe (big success) and Nichols (so far, not good)
Plus with better judgement and perhaps a little luck we would have made millions from Taylor and Bodin. Our failure to do so cannot be pinned on DC.
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Post by stevek192 on Jan 10, 2018 19:41:59 GMT
It is a subject to which everybody is entitled to their opinion and at this present time I will stick with mine. The two promotions are now at least a season in the past and DC now has to step up and take the club forward. it is very disappointing that we are now just three days from the next game and still nothing and i would question whether Darrell sets his sights too high when he draws up his lists. So far in January we are -1 in players and the club needs to get their fingers out.For all my criticisms of Steve Lansdown at least he has put his money where his mouth is and made every attempt to take the club forward both on and off the field. Our owners are far ,far less convincing even proportional to their wealth. evolution took the world millions of years so perhaps they will be true to their word!
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Post by pirate on Jan 10, 2018 19:52:55 GMT
I think there will be at least one signing tomorrow.
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Post by gasify on Jan 10, 2018 19:54:32 GMT
I think there will be at least one signing tomorrow. Oh, you tease.
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 10, 2018 20:00:54 GMT
Lansdown's a billionaire so what's the point of comparing the ALQ's to him when they appear to now be "just" wealthy millionaires, they can't help the fact they are not as wealthy as Lansdown. At least they've kept the club afloat when NH seems to have been doing his best to send us under.
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