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Post by Big Jock on Jan 30, 2018 18:27:41 GMT
I know this will go down like a lead balloon, and I will admit to playing devil's advocate, but: This January we have picked up 10 points from 4 games, meaning that we are now in the top half of the table. We have 4 home matches out of 6 in February and there's a pretty good chance we'll be all but safe by the end of the month if we continue to play as we have. Everyone knows it's hard to get value in the January window. It's hard to argue with the view that we are not ready as a club to be promoted. With all these things considered, would it really be a disaster if we made no more signings? I love what this squad and manager continues to achieve, and unless the player available is sure to make a difference and won't break the bank, maybe waiting until the summer is no bad thing? Now if Luke had listened ta his uncle like yous considering he'd still be fixing those boring moisture vaporators on th South Ridge! ....on second thoughts he'd still have both his hands!
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Post by cj on Jan 30, 2018 18:38:59 GMT
DC said that he wont look at signing loans until the last week of the window IF he hasn't got the permanent deals sorted. He said loan deals will be easy to get as there are so many available to him. Well obviously we are in the last week of this window. DC still has permanent deals in his sights hence no signs of loans yet.
DC wants a CB, DCM and a winger so putting 2 and 2 together, I am guessing 2 will be permanent and 1 will be a loan, if he gets the 3 positions covered. I am also sure that if for whatever reason these 2 permanent deals break down, DC got 2 or 3 loans up his sleeve ready to join us by 11pm tomorrow.
If we don't then questions need to be asked why. Its all good going for permanent deals and I personally would rather us go for these deals. But back up plans MUST be in place from the loan market. I believe this to be the case if the loan market is as easy as DC claims to be.
So lets all chill and look forward to a busy 28 hours ahead of us.
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 30, 2018 19:02:36 GMT
I know this will go down like a lead balloon, and I will admit to playing devil's advocate, but: This January we have picked up 10 points from 4 games, meaning that we are now in the top half of the table. We have 4 home matches out of 6 in February and there's a pretty good chance we'll be all but safe by the end of the month if we continue to play as we have. Everyone knows it's hard to get value in the January window. It's hard to argue with the view that we are not ready as a club to be promoted. With all these things considered, would it really be a disaster if we made no more signings? I love what this squad and manager continues to achieve, and unless the player available is sure to make a difference and won't break the bank, maybe waiting until the summer is no bad thing? But if we can keep this run going fans will keep turning up each week, attendances for Saturday and at Oxford look like they'll be impressive, however, go on another losing run and attendances will drop and then fans won't being rush to renew their s/t's in the summer.
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Post by paulpirate on Jan 30, 2018 19:07:09 GMT
I know this will go down like a lead balloon, and I will admit to playing devil's advocate, but: This January we have picked up 10 points from 4 games, meaning that we are now in the top half of the table. We have 4 home matches out of 6 in February and there's a pretty good chance we'll be all but safe by the end of the month if we continue to play as we have. Everyone knows it's hard to get value in the January window. It's hard to argue with the view that we are not ready as a club to be promoted. With all these things considered, would it really be a disaster if we made no more signings? I love what this squad and manager continues to achieve, and unless the player available is sure to make a difference and won't break the bank, maybe waiting until the summer is no bad thing? But if we can keep this run going fans will keep turning up each week, attendances for Saturday and at Oxford look like they'll be impressive, however, go on another losing run and attendances will drop and then fans won't being rush to renew their s/t's in the summer. im not renewing my season tkt unless we get a top 6 budget
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Post by socrates on Jan 30, 2018 19:13:43 GMT
I know this will go down like a lead balloon, and I will admit to playing devil's advocate, but: This January we have picked up 10 points from 4 games, meaning that we are now in the top half of the table. We have 4 home matches out of 6 in February and there's a pretty good chance we'll be all but safe by the end of the month if we continue to play as we have. Everyone knows it's hard to get value in the January window. It's hard to argue with the view that we are not ready as a club to be promoted. With all these things considered, would it really be a disaster if we made no more signings? I love what this squad and manager continues to achieve, and unless the player available is sure to make a difference and won't break the bank, maybe waiting until the summer is no bad thing? Exactly how I feel. I’d be very happy if we signed a couple more tomorrow but if we don’t I think we’ve still got a squad capable of beating last seasons points tally.
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Post by tommym9 on Jan 30, 2018 19:21:05 GMT
I know this will go down like a lead balloon, and I will admit to playing devil's advocate, but: This January we have picked up 10 points from 4 games, meaning that we are now in the top half of the table. We have 4 home matches out of 6 in February and there's a pretty good chance we'll be all but safe by the end of the month if we continue to play as we have. Everyone knows it's hard to get value in the January window. It's hard to argue with the view that we are not ready as a club to be promoted. With all these things considered, would it really be a disaster if we made no more signings? I love what this squad and manager continues to achieve, and unless the player available is sure to make a difference and won't break the bank, maybe waiting until the summer is no bad thing? But if we can keep this run going fans will keep turning up each week, attendances for Saturday and at Oxford look like they'll be impressive, however, go on another losing run and attendances will drop and then fans won't being rush to renew their s/t's in the summer. Could someone do the maths to figure out how much attendances fluctuate between good and bad runs? I'd be surprised if we had that many fans that only turn up when we're winning.
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Post by paulpirate on Jan 30, 2018 19:23:13 GMT
I know this will go down like a lead balloon, and I will admit to playing devil's advocate, but: This January we have picked up 10 points from 4 games, meaning that we are now in the top half of the table. We have 4 home matches out of 6 in February and there's a pretty good chance we'll be all but safe by the end of the month if we continue to play as we have. Everyone knows it's hard to get value in the January window. It's hard to argue with the view that we are not ready as a club to be promoted. With all these things considered, would it really be a disaster if we made no more signings? I love what this squad and manager continues to achieve, and unless the player available is sure to make a difference and won't break the bank, maybe waiting until the summer is no bad thing? Exactly how I feel. I’d be very happy if we signed a couple more tomorrow but if we don’t I think we’ve still got a squad capable of beating last seasons points tally. there will be an excuse in the summer too though there always is
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Post by lastminutewinner on Jan 30, 2018 19:25:19 GMT
I know this will go down like a lead balloon, and I will admit to playing devil's advocate, but: This January we have picked up 10 points from 4 games, meaning that we are now in the top half of the table. We have 4 home matches out of 6 in February and there's a pretty good chance we'll be all but safe by the end of the month if we continue to play as we have. Everyone knows it's hard to get value in the January window. It's hard to argue with the view that we are not ready as a club to be promoted. With all these things considered, would it really be a disaster if we made no more signings? I love what this squad and manager continues to achieve, and unless the player available is sure to make a difference and won't break the bank, maybe waiting until the summer is no bad thing? Equally, a couple of good quality signings could get us into the play offs?
Exactly, apart from Wigan there are no special teams in this league.
We bottled it last January by not replacing snake and relying on Luke James, then hardly scored for a month.
No offence to the Aldershot lad but Billy leaving has reduced the quality of the side and even when he was here we still needed a few more players.
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Post by oldtoteender on Jan 30, 2018 19:26:16 GMT
But surely signing any players in Jan window is not just for rest of this season it is about building for next season as well, i am sure i've heard it mention that it is just as difficult/pricey in the summer.
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Post by lastminutewinner on Jan 30, 2018 19:34:01 GMT
But surely signing any players in Jan window is not just for rest of this season it is about building for next season as well, i am sure i've heard it mention that it is just as difficult/pricey in the summer.
Yeah its funny people say January is hard to find bargains but yet we have let 2 of our best players go in the last 2 Jan windows for a song.
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Post by socrates on Jan 30, 2018 19:36:13 GMT
Exactly how I feel. I’d be very happy if we signed a couple more tomorrow but if we don’t I think we’ve still got a squad capable of beating last seasons points tally. there will be an excuse in the summer too though there always is We signed some good players in the summer , and the summer before that and the summer before that. Back to back promotions and then 10th backs that up, so what do you mean exactly ?
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Post by midlandgas213 on Jan 30, 2018 19:53:25 GMT
Knowing how we do things the 2 signings will be Ellis's and gaffney going late tomorrow with no time to replace them
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Post by 2nd May 1990 on Jan 30, 2018 20:13:48 GMT
I know this will go down like a lead balloon, and I will admit to playing devil's advocate, but: This January we have picked up 10 points from 4 games, meaning that we are now in the top half of the table. We have 4 home matches out of 6 in February and there's a pretty good chance we'll be all but safe by the end of the month if we continue to play as we have. Everyone knows it's hard to get value in the January window. It's hard to argue with the view that we are not ready as a club to be promoted. With all these things considered, would it really be a disaster if we made no more signings? I love what this squad and manager continues to achieve, and unless the player available is sure to make a difference and won't break the bank, maybe waiting until the summer is no bad thing? Okay come on admit It, how much is Hamer paying you? Well put it this way, I haven't seen any of it yet!
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Post by markczgas on Jan 30, 2018 20:16:01 GMT
DC said that he wont look at signing loans until the last week of the window IF he hasn't got the permanent deals sorted. He said loan deals will be easy to get as there are so many available to him. Well obviously we are in the last week of this window. DC still has permanent deals in his sights hence no signs of loans yet. DC wants a CB, DCM and a winger so putting 2 and 2 together, I am guessing 2 will be permanent and 1 will be a loan, if he gets the 3 positions covered. I am also sure that if for whatever reason these 2 permanent deals break down, DC got 2 or 3 loans up his sleeve ready to join us by 11pm tomorrow. If we don't then questions need to be asked why. Its all good going for permanent deals and I personally would rather us go for these deals. But back up plans MUST be in place from the loan market. I believe this to be the case if the loan market is as easy as DC claims to be. So lets all chill and look forward to a busy 28 hours ahead of us. No-one can argue with this - makes perfect sense - let's start chilling (or not) !
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Post by paulpirate on Jan 30, 2018 20:17:31 GMT
there will be an excuse in the summer too though there always is We signed some good players in the summer , and the summer before that and the summer before that. Back to back promotions and then 10th backs that up, so what do you mean exactly ? we got rid of some good players too,we haven’t made the team better and not a lot to show for losing our best players
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Post by knowall on Jan 30, 2018 20:25:24 GMT
But if we can keep this run going fans will keep turning up each week, attendances for Saturday and at Oxford look like they'll be impressive, however, go on another losing run and attendances will drop and then fans won't being rush to renew their s/t's in the summer. im not renewing my season tkt unless we get a top 6 budget hooray - room for a real supporter then
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Post by knowall on Jan 30, 2018 20:26:31 GMT
We signed some good players in the summer , and the summer before that and the summer before that. Back to back promotions and then 10th backs that up, so what do you mean exactly ? we got rid of some good players too,we haven’t made the team better and not a lot to show for losing our best players your opinion - but certainly not mine
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Post by bluestone on Jan 30, 2018 20:26:46 GMT
We signed some good players in the summer , and the summer before that and the summer before that. Back to back promotions and then 10th backs that up, so what do you mean exactly ? we got rid of some good players too,we haven’t made the team better and not a lot to show for losing our best players End of Jan 2016/17 season - Played 29 games, Points=42. End of Jan 2017/18 season - Played 29 games, Points=39. 3 points difference despite all the changes. Not that much in it by my reckoning with plenty of games still to go.
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Post by paulpirate on Jan 30, 2018 20:34:04 GMT
im not renewing my season tkt unless we get a top 6 budget hooray - room for a real supporter then it was a joke,and didn’t ask for your opinion
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Post by socrates on Jan 30, 2018 20:57:43 GMT
We signed some good players in the summer , and the summer before that and the summer before that. Back to back promotions and then 10th backs that up, so what do you mean exactly ? we got rid of some good players too,we haven’t made the team better and not a lot to show for losing our best players I think the fact that our league position has improved year on year shows exactly that we have made the team better. Will we finish on more points this season than last ? Maybe, we’ll see.
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