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Post by stuart1974 on Jan 10, 2018 20:04:40 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? I probably wouldn't be quite so critical, but I do think he failed for whatever reason to get the last piece or two of the jigsaw. Had he signed the defensive midfielder and left sided midfielder he stated he wanted then I think he would have set up the team differently. It would have stopped the defence from being so exposed and supported the front line. Maybe even TN would have made a better fist of things.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2018 20:17:17 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. Massively unfair on Higgs- do you really think he was trying to send us to the wall? He was a fan of the club, the current mob are not, no matter how much Wael might try and convince us otherwise. And I'm not trying to say Wael is a bad guy there, but his affinity with us is entirely circumstantial. Personally I would love to have Bristol Rovers owners be locals again. Or at least some significant local representation at board level.
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Post by countygroundhotel on Jan 10, 2018 20:17:39 GMT
I think there will be at least one signing tomorrow. I'm certain that there will be at least one signing tomorrow, I'm not certain though that any of them will be for Bristol Rovers
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2018 20:29:51 GMT
Apparently the Jordanian dinar has a bad exchange rate at the moment so his isn’t that right time for investment 😜
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2018 20:33:59 GMT
We need a huge sign “DESPERATELY IN NEED OF JOD!” 😂🤪
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Post by contradiction on Jan 10, 2018 21:12:33 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! Total nonsense Liverpool are - 1 in the window, clearly they have no connections when it comes to new signings. Bleeding obvious aint it. I'm glad we all know now and can stop waiting for anyone to sign
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Post by axegas on Jan 10, 2018 21:20:16 GMT
Apparently the Jordanian dinar has a bad exchange rate at the moment so his isn’t that right time for investment 😜 Weaker pound though Should make Stadium/Player/Training Ground investment more affordable.
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 10, 2018 21:30:53 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. Massively unfair on Higgs- do you really think he was trying to send us to the wall? He was a fan of the club, the current mob are not, no matter how much Wael might try and convince us otherwise. And I'm not trying to say Wael is a bad guy there, but his affinity with us is entirely circumstantial. Personally I would love to have Bristol Rovers owners be locals again. Or at least some significant local representation at board level. I'd love to know what NH's plan was to pay off the wonga loan if he hadn't convinced the ALQ's to take us over, I guess either admin or sell the Mem, as I can't see he could afford to pay it off himself. I'd sooner local owners but nobody seems interested in investing in the club.
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Post by aghast on Jan 10, 2018 21:34:14 GMT
Massively unfair on Higgs- do you really think he was trying to send us to the wall? He was a fan of the club, the current mob are not, no matter how much Wael might try and convince us otherwise. And I'm not trying to say Wael is a bad guy there, but his affinity with us is entirely circumstantial. Personally I would love to have Bristol Rovers owners be locals again. Or at least some significant local representation at board level. I'd love to know what NH's plan was to pay off the wonga loan if he hadn't convinced the ALQ's to take us over, I guess either admin or sell the Mem, as I can't see he could afford to pay it off himself. I'd sooner local owners but nobody seems interested in investing in the club. As Wael himself said, there were nine other competitors to buy us, so no problem there. Who were they, though?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2018 0:52:13 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? The other thing thats changed is were in league 1 competing with blackburn,charlton,mk dons,peterbro,sheff utd,millwall,bolton etc. In other words backing the manager with money is more expensive than it was before.
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Post by stuart1974 on Jan 11, 2018 2:14:39 GMT
I'd love to know what NH's plan was to pay off the wonga loan if he hadn't convinced the ALQ's to take us over, I guess either admin or sell the Mem, as I can't see he could afford to pay it off himself. I'd sooner local owners but nobody seems interested in investing in the club. As Wael himself said, there were nine other competitors to buy us, so no problem there. Who were they, though? If there were better suitors then why did NH sell to the al-Qadis?
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Post by stuart1974 on Jan 11, 2018 2:43:16 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? The other thing thats changed is were in league 1 competing with blackburn,charlton,mk dons,peterbro,sheff utd,millwall,bolton etc. In other words backing the manager with money is more expensive than it was before. The way I see it, is that football in (very) broad financial terms is divided into the following: Big 6/7 - the Man Citys of the world spending tens of millions on single players The Premiership yo-yo teams - the remaining teams plus the top 8 or so Championship teams who spend tens of millions on the squad. The middle ranking teams who spend a couple of million or more on the odd few players mixed with cheaper players. Generally covering most of the Championship and the top 8 or so of League 1. The lower ranking teams - encompassing most of League 1, League 2 and some of the National League where the odd few players in each team will cost 5 or 6 figures. As I said, very broad terms and there are probably even more sub-divisions. But the point is that until we have the right infrastructure for financing further investment (or a rich sugar daddy) it will be difficult to move from being at the top end of the lower ranking teams and break into the middle ranking category but a modest amount plus a very good manger would see a team from the National League to League 1. The challenge is to stay there and then move up again.
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Post by pirate on Jan 11, 2018 13:42:57 GMT
I think there will be at least one signing tomorrow.
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Post by Marshy on Jan 11, 2018 19:18:11 GMT
I think there will be at least one signing tomorrow. Alright GGMI calm down.
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Post by pirate on Jan 11, 2018 19:19:27 GMT
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Post by mehewmagic on Jan 11, 2018 22:00:19 GMT
Be nice to be linked to a player, hey maybe even miss out on a player, something, anything... We've been linked to Joe 90. Missed out. Eusebio turned us down. Deal for new paint scheme still an option. Feel better? 😂
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Post by midlandgas213 on Jan 15, 2018 13:33:55 GMT
ok now 2 weeks in and we have 1 player sold and 1 player purchased plus a few out on loan so this is a start and IQ looks good on paper and what we have heard hope he gets a decent run out on Saturday after being with the squad for longer , would also like to see his initiation lol.
So lets hope over the coming days we can see some more action in the transfer market and some communication from the club UTG
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 15, 2018 13:43:55 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? The other thing thats changed is were in league 1 competing with blackburn,charlton,mk dons,peterbro,sheff utd,millwall,bolton etc. In other words backing the manager with money is more expensive than it was before. But isn't there always the Bolton's etc of this world in Div 1? Next season we could have Birmingham & Sunderland plus Luton in Div 1, whilst it might be a struggle to compete with the top 6 I can't see the likes of Rochdale Oldham & Bury etc are suddenly spending a fortune on players wages. Regardless how the hell are we ever going to compete in the Championship if we are even struggling to compete in Div 1, wage wise.
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Post by contradiction on Jan 15, 2018 14:31:24 GMT
ok now 2 weeks in and we have 1 player sold and 1 player purchased plus a few out on loan so this is a start and IQ looks good on paper and what we have heard hope he gets a decent run out on Saturday after being with the squad for longer , would also like to see his initiation lol. So lets hope over the coming days we can see some more action in the transfer market and some communication from the club UTG Seek to save yourself time by exploring if this post can be automated every Monday morning for the next 3 weeks
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Post by pirate on Jan 15, 2018 14:58:08 GMT
The other thing thats changed is were in league 1 competing with blackburn,charlton,mk dons,peterbro,sheff utd,millwall,bolton etc. In other words backing the manager with money is more expensive than it was before. But isn't there always the Bolton's etc of this world in Div 1? Next season we could have Birmingham & Sunderland plus Luton in Div 1, whilst it might be a struggle to compete with the top 6 I can't see the likes of Rochdale Oldham & Bury etc are suddenly spending a fortune on players wages. Regardless how the hell are we ever going to compete in the Championship if we are even struggling to compete in Div 1, wage wise. Bury are reportedly paying a fortune on a few of their players (Beckford, Maguire etc) and Oldham just signed Ben Pringle who was rumoured to be on a good wage at Preston, they also got Queensy Menig on a loan from the French top flight and are about to receive investment from a Moroccan businessman.
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