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Post by markczgas on Jan 4, 2018 13:46:37 GMT
I thought it was a typical SH interview - nothing positive, nothing pro-active and an interview which allows him to roll out some excuses/explanations that amount to pretty much nothing instead of ...... right this is a blow for the club and we are going to do this , this and this to make sure we are up and running ........etc etc ......
It's words of resignation followed by more words resignation ( I don't mean just this interview ), a sense of plodding on. Blow the BRFC trumpet for christ's sake man !!
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Post by peterhooper57 on Jan 4, 2018 13:47:26 GMT
Who do you believe? Hamer saying no talks have taken place with DC over transfer targets. DC has being saying for a few weeks 4 were coming in, then more recently 2/3 were coming in, the whole thing is a joke, what we do know is B.B. has gone, and we have not even begun talking about targets. Ffs
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Post by Langford Gas on Jan 4, 2018 13:49:08 GMT
but he avoided saying that the fee received would be re-invested in its entirety !
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 4, 2018 13:56:39 GMT
Who do you believe? Hamer saying no talks have taken place with DC over transfer targets. DC has being saying for a few weeks 4 were coming in, then more recently 2/3 were coming in, the whole thing is a joke, what we do know is B.B. has gone, and we have not even begun talking about targets. Ffs DC said in the summer he gave a list of 30 players to SH and seemingly left him to get on and sign 10 or so of them, now SH is saying it's all down to DC who he brings in! Plus it sounds like we've known for weeks BB was definitely leaving so why didn't we have targets lined up. Why can't Rovers ever be run like a professional outfit instead of a non league set up.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jan 4, 2018 14:15:25 GMT
Who do you believe? Hamer saying no talks have taken place with DC over transfer targets. DC has being saying for a few weeks 4 were coming in, then more recently 2/3 were coming in, the whole thing is a joke, what we do know is B.B. has gone, and we have not even begun talking about targets. Ffs He didn't say no talks had taken place with DC. Do you seriously believe they have not met and discussed transfer targets yet??
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Post by Raj Gas on Jan 4, 2018 14:26:13 GMT
Billy decided very quickly that Preston was his next stop (and good luck to him) but until this happens the club wouldn't make any concrete decisions on buying players. In an ideal world we would have the funds to go out and buy someone we want before he went because now clubs/players will be looking for more money from us.
Football is a strange industry and running a club is not like most businesses we work for, I thought it was a very straight forward interview and didn't read anything in to it. In fact we have had a successon of managers (i.e. Trolls,John Ward and DC) who have been given money in the past but were always cautious about spending their budgets and now we are talking about paying out on transfer fees which is not something BRFC is really used to doing.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Jan 4, 2018 14:32:41 GMT
Time to unleash super Byron, league 1 ain't ready for this. Nor is my heart!
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Post by Bourne End Gas on Jan 4, 2018 15:01:44 GMT
Why do we always roll out Hamer without giving him a brief of what he should /shouldn’t say ? Pretty sure he has said earlier in the season that we won’t sign anyone in January as he felt this was a bad month do business? Please don’t tell me that he thought B.B would sign a new contract and we would mange Until the end of season with what we already have
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Post by Raj Gas on Jan 4, 2018 15:07:43 GMT
Why do we always roll out Hamer without giving him a brief of what he should /shouldn’t say ? Pretty sure he has said earlier in the season that we won’t sign anyone in January as he felt this was a bad month do business? Please don’t tell me that he thought B.B would sign a new contract and we would mange Until the end of season with what we already have BB has made a point about playing in the Championship and had we been in the top 6 and looking likely to go up he probably would have stayed, until the summer at least. Our better players know now that we are a long way off that and if they want that opportunity and the bigger wages then they will move clubs, that I am afraid is a fact of life as these days there is not much loyalty in football.
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Post by I Voted For Kodos on Jan 4, 2018 15:35:07 GMT
For me, the revelation of that interview was that it was Ellis who recommended Bodin to the club in the first place. If we've run out of ex-Salisbury players to sign, maybe Ellis has a few more former Wales u21 contacts to use.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2018 15:42:54 GMT
An improvement on the Radio Bristol interview earlier, but not exactly reassuring. Didn't answer the question about full use for DC of the BB transfer fee. Football is business, and people running businesses usually assess risks, assign probabilities to these risks happening, and then plan for these outcomes. According to the Chairman, BB was clearly off two months ago. Thats a >90% probability outcome in my book. Why then talk in the future tense about planning transfer targets? The football club has got to sort out its messaging to fans, and that starts from the top - the owners.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Jan 4, 2018 15:46:34 GMT
For me, the revelation of that interview was that it was Ellis who recommended Bodin to the club in the first place. If we've run out of ex-Salisbury players to sign, maybe Ellis has a few more former Wales u21 contacts to use. Ellis for chief scout?
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Post by southmeadgas on Jan 4, 2018 16:20:32 GMT
Who do you believe? Hamer saying no talks have taken place with DC over transfer targets. DC has being saying for a few weeks 4 were coming in, then more recently 2/3 were coming in, the whole thing is a joke, what we do know is B.B. has gone, and we have not even begun talking about targets. Ffs But he never said that did he... If I said I was gonna have a poo this afternoon, does that mean I've never had a poo before?
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Post by aghast on Jan 4, 2018 16:21:18 GMT
I thought it was another reasonable interview from SH, myself. He said all he could without revealing too much.
What's he supposed to say? DC has been given a big fat cheque to sign whoever he wants in January?
At which point the minimum asking price for players rockets up whenever Bristol Rovers are on the line asking about players.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2018 16:25:05 GMT
I'm sorry but why is Hamer sitting down with DC on the 4th of January to discuss transfer targets etc? Shouldn't this have been done a month ago?! Absolutely, Proper Prior Planning Prevents water Poor Performance...should have had a list of targets ready and waiting to move on...
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Post by matealotblue on Jan 4, 2018 16:26:41 GMT
Who do you believe? Hamer saying no talks have taken place with DC over transfer targets. DC has being saying for a few weeks 4 were coming in, then more recently 2/3 were coming in, the whole thing is a joke, what we do know is B.B. has gone, and we have not even begun talking about targets. Ffs But he never said that did he... If I said I was gonna have a poo this afternoon, does that mean I've never had a poo before? Well....what’s the answer to that one then🤪
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Post by markczgas on Jan 4, 2018 16:34:46 GMT
Billy decided very quickly that Preston was his next stop (and good luck to him) but until this happens the club wouldn't make any concrete decisions on buying players. In an ideal world we would have the funds to go out and buy someone we want before he went because now clubs/players will be looking for more money from us. Football is a strange industry and running a club is not like most businesses we work for, I thought it was a very straight forward interview and didn't read anything in to it. In fact we have had a successon of managers (i.e. Trolls,John Ward and DC) who have been given money in the past but were always cautious about spending their budgets and now we are talking about paying out on transfer fees which is not something BRFC is really used to doing. I agree with what you say here, are you happy with the reported sale fee for Billy ?
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Post by matealotblue on Jan 4, 2018 16:34:57 GMT
I'm sorry but why is Hamer sitting down with DC on the 4th of January to discuss transfer targets etc? Shouldn't this have been done a month ago?! Absolutely, Proper Prior Planning Prevents water Poor Performance...should have had a list of targets ready and waiting to move on... But as we don’t know the content of that discussion it’s a bit difficult to make any hard and fast conclusions. Might be discussing replies from previously agreed targets....who knows?
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Post by peterparker on Jan 4, 2018 16:36:36 GMT
I'm sorry but why is Hamer sitting down with DC on the 4th of January to discuss transfer targets etc? Shouldn't this have been done a month ago?! Absolutely, Proper Prior Planning Prevents water Poor Performance...should have had a list of targets ready and waiting to move on... Again though, maybe they have.
He is hardly going to go straight on the radio or the website saying we have tabled offers for unnamed players and unnamed clubs
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Post by markczgas on Jan 4, 2018 16:38:23 GMT
An improvement on the Radio Bristol interview earlier, but not exactly reassuring. Didn't answer the question about full use for DC of the BB transfer fee. Football is business, and people running businesses usually assess risks, assign probabilities to these risks happening, and then plan for these outcomes. According to the Chairman, BB was clearly off two months ago. Thats a >90% probability outcome in my book. Why then talk in the future tense about planning transfer targets? The football club has got to sort out its messaging to fans, and that starts from the top - the owners. messaging no doubt and hopefully some actions with it - we've lost 2 great L1 players in a year - for prices that must seem like absolute bargains by the buying clubs - that also hurts me, personally. We need to see good quality players coming in now 9loan or preferably permanent or I fear crowds are really going to drop now and going into next season (even if it's L1 again).
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