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Post by paulpirate on Jan 28, 2019 22:29:24 GMT
I just find it a bit strange that with Chris Hargreaves now involved with the first team that we are looking to shed the better development squad players. I fully expected him to back these players in and push for them to make the first team now that he's involved at that level. We did win the league with the development squad last year after all. I also get that we now need to trim the squad but with Broadbent leaving isn't that the time to tell someone like Rollin that this is his big chance to force his way into the first team? We've got a Wales international who gets called away, an older guy playing next to him who won't be here forever and could get injured - and you are the next in line Rollin. If you take your chance you could force your way into the first team here. But we've just sent him out on loan instead and said we'll get some other cover. I just do not understand where this is going. he wants to play games,maybe the man coming in is happy to sit on the bench as cover? He must be sh**e if he is
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Post by aforce on Jan 28, 2019 22:41:45 GMT
My biggest concern of all when gc was appointed was his ability to bring players in. He’s only ever been a coach and it’s obvious by his many (meetings with players) that he can’t convince anyone to sign for us. And also gc is so thrilled to be our manager he wouldn’t dare upset the board and demand finances for players etc. We’re on a hiding to nothing. Enjoy what’s left of league one as we are going down for a few years
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Post by hungdrawnandquarters on Jan 28, 2019 22:42:09 GMT
No it's not. The club is losing money every year and the owners have told us often enough it has to be a self sustaining business. I would imagine it won't be long before we're operating a small squad like the Twerton days. Until we start making a profit I can't see how things will be changing. How many league one club's make a profit though?? I don't have a clue but have a suspicion that hardly any if any at all do. Maybe I'm wrong, anyone have the figures on this?
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Post by aforce on Jan 28, 2019 22:42:44 GMT
I just find it a bit strange that with Chris Hargreaves now involved with the first team that we are looking to shed the better development squad players. I fully expected him to back these players in and push for them to make the first team now that he's involved at that level. We did win the league with the development squad last year after all. I also get that we now need to trim the squad but with Broadbent leaving isn't that the time to tell someone like Rollin that this is his big chance to force his way into the first team? We've got a Wales international who gets called away, an older guy playing next to him who won't be here forever and could get injured - and you are the next in line Rollin. If you take your chance you could force your way into the first team here. But we've just sent him out on loan instead and said we'll get some other cover. I just do not understand where this is going. he wants to play games,maybe the man coming in is happy to sit on the bench as cover? He must be sh**e if he is Laughed out loud to this
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Post by hungdrawnandquarters on Jan 28, 2019 23:05:00 GMT
No it's not. The club is losing money every year and the owners have told us often enough it has to be a self sustaining business. I would imagine it won't be long before we're operating a small squad like the Twerton days. Until we start making a profit I can't see how things will be changing. How many league one club's make a profit though?? I don't have a clue but have a suspicion that hardly any if any at all do. Maybe I'm wrong, anyone have the figures on this? Ok answered my own question, found an article, apparently in 2015/2016 only four league one clubs recorded a profit. Thing I don't get is the AQs have forked out unnecessary cash on all these extra executive level staff positions etc, and have done absolutely nothing to increase revenue as far as I can see. How do they propose we are going to make the club sustainable and "evolve" as they put it. I'm not saying I could do better but it seems they don't really have a clue about what they are doing. We're basically going fester in league two with odd seasons in league one and if unlucky the conference. They really do need to sell up.
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 29, 2019 2:23:46 GMT
We seem to be shifting out players, especially younger players that are appropriate cover for others. If we have long term injuries in defence or suspensions our cover is diminished. I think that we are cutting it too thin and unless something major happens in the next few days we are at real risk of relegation. Other clubs have invested and made money from cup runs etc but we are standing still. There is no point having a head of recruitment because nobody wants to come to us. I have concerns that GC has no real contacts and think he is pandering to the board and shifting out players. Everything smacks of being on the cheap! Hope I am wrong but the board have appointed a 'yes' man and I fear that may come back to bite us! UTG Yes I hope you are wrong as well but feel that you are being a bit unfair on GC. Just because he may have a different point of view regarding the squad size doesn’t mean he is a “yes man.” He will have his own opinions and istr him saying from the moment he came in that the first team squad was too big and he would like to make it smaller. Yes we are all frustrated at the inaction of the board or whoever is in charge of recruitment but to demean GC and calling him a “yes man” is doing that, is a bit unfair imo. Recruitment has been poor over five windows, too much mediocrity coming in leading to an oversized un-balanced squad, pretty sure that’s not the fault of GC, but he seems to be copping the blame for it. A squad of about 20 with development squad members making it up to 22/23 would seem a better size. We have had too big a squad with too many mediocre players who haven’t been better or the equal of players who have gone. It’s now GCs job to resolve that and it will take more than this window to do it imo. UTG!
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Post by Captain Jayho on Jan 29, 2019 5:01:18 GMT
I just find it a bit strange that with Chris Hargreaves now involved with the first team that we are looking to shed the better development squad players. I fully expected him to back these players in and push for them to make the first team now that he's involved at that level. We did win the league with the development squad last year after all. I also get that we now need to trim the squad but with Broadbent leaving isn't that the time to tell someone like Rollin that this is his big chance to force his way into the first team? We've got a Wales international who gets called away, an older guy playing next to him who won't be here forever and could get injured - and you are the next in line Rollin. If you take your chance you could force your way into the first team here. But we've just sent him out on loan instead and said we'll get some other cover. I just do not understand where this is going. he wants to play games,maybe the man coming in is happy to sit on the bench as cover? He must be sh**e if he is But that's the point - surely he now has a chance to force his way into the first team now that Broadbent is no longer above him in the pecking order. If he's not up for the challenge then why don't we just sell him now instead of sending him out on loan (and then selling him after his loan - which is what will happen). Seems totally pointless.
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Post by paulpirate on Jan 29, 2019 6:41:39 GMT
he wants to play games,maybe the man coming in is happy to sit on the bench as cover? He must be sh**e if he is But that's the point - surely he now has a chance to force his way into the first team now that Broadbent is no longer above him in the pecking order. If he's not up for the challenge then why don't we just sell him now instead of sending him out on loan (and then selling him after his loan - which is what will happen). Seems totally pointless. when we sell Lockyer for 100k in the summer he can slot straight in then
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Post by Captain Jayho on Jan 29, 2019 7:24:29 GMT
But that's the point - surely he now has a chance to force his way into the first team now that Broadbent is no longer above him in the pecking order. If he's not up for the challenge then why don't we just sell him now instead of sending him out on loan (and then selling him after his loan - which is what will happen). Seems totally pointless. when we sell Lockyer for 100k in the summer he can slot straight in then Fair point, Lockenbauer will be straight off to DC's new club when he gets his first transfer window I'd have thought!
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Post by aforce on Jan 29, 2019 7:36:00 GMT
when we sell Lockyer for 100k in the summer he can slot straight in then Fair point, Lockenbauer will be straight off to DC's new club when he gets his first transfer window I'd have thought! Hopefully with Tom Nichols for 350k
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Post by William Wilson on Jan 29, 2019 7:52:36 GMT
Fair point, Lockenbauer will be straight off to DC's new club when he gets his first transfer window I'd have thought! Hopefully with Tom Nichols for 350k It`s our only hope, as far as I can see. DC gets a new job as a manager this afternoon, and immediately buys Nichols, Payne, Bennett and Mathews, and we immediately reinvest the money in real footballers.
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 29, 2019 8:20:26 GMT
Hopefully with Tom Nichols for 350k It`s our only hope, as far as I can see. DC gets a new job as a manager this afternoon, and immediately buys Nichols, Payne, Bennett and Mathews, and we immediately reinvest the money in real footballers. More likely he wouldn't touch them with a barge pole!
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Post by Thatslife on Jan 29, 2019 9:29:22 GMT
Not worried by loaning players out to get game time because I feel sure that the loan agreement will have a recall clause if we need that player for whatever reason.
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