Please read what I am saying. We were in the PL for 4 years - not 7 - and in those 4 years would not have got anywhere near £300m. You only have to look at the wage bill and other costs clearly set out in the audited accounts to see where the money went. You don't have to be an accountant to work that out.
Again please read what I said. I said Maddison had no experience before in this league. I said Pritchard had no Championship experience until he went to Brentford - where he set their season alight. I said Bamford had no experience of this league until he went to Boro and nearly got them promoted. Naismith had plenty of experience and cost a lot of money but has not been good for us thereby making the point that keen talented youngsters on loan from the big Clubs can be more use in this league than experienced expensive purchases. No guarantees but no need to write the kid off.
How far are we off the playoffs? How far off relegation are we? Is our recent form relegation or play off form? Perhaps you can let us know a few examples of DECENT Championship players available within our new wage structure. I think you are being over pessimistic.
Are people really convinced by the London Evening Standard rumour that Spurs are going to bid £20m for Maddison 'according to a report'? Report is blog journo's speak for 'I've got a deadline due'. I also can't get that excited about Marriott who has had a really good season so far in League One, but his record before that is indifferent in even lower leagues. We're like to only get one striker in to replace CJ, so I'd prefer less of a gamble really.
I'm not sure of any DECENT players (with the exception of Marriott) who might want to come to CR With the POSSIBLE sale of JM I think most of us will be pessimistic!!
It's about fitting in, playing style and limited budget. If there's someone more suitable you could put forward I'd be pleased to know who. We clearly can't afford a 'proven' striker at this level, so youth, freebie, German or a league 1 or 2 player always presents a gamble and a risk. But I don't see an alternative available to us, given the ever increasing tightening of purse strings and dwindling wage budgets? edit - Can I just say that I love this January transfer window - if nothing else it breathes life, passion, diversity and banter into a forum that has been known to slumber at times. Please say it will never "slam shut" so we have live threads all year long?
For OCF: Serious question: How much does it cost to run the club for a year not counting players wages?
I have no idea - I'm not in the know nor purport to be. Players wages will be the biggest overhead so apart from those there would be the other costs most other businesses acquire such as utilities, staff wages and other staffing costs, insurance, business rates, VAT, consumables, ER contributions on Pensions and NI, costs of sales and marketing, etc, etc.
I'm ok about Marcus Edwards as a temporary replacement for Pritchard, but we now need a RB to replace Martin and a winger to replace Wildschut as well as a striker to replace CJ. We'll only have about a third of any fees received for those leaving because fees are paid in installments so money will be tight. As you say, new players have to fit the approach here and that's difficult to predict. It could be Marriot, but I suspect the price would be too high. A loan could be the answer, or perhaps a player like Mata from the continent at a more reasonable price but it's hard to predict at this stage.
I didn't ask you were we spent it I merely questioned how much Sky/BT money including parachute payments did we receive over the last 7 years? this barring a miracle being our last season receiving any Prem money.
I would suggest a 23 year old Lg1 striker who has scored 20 plus goals already would be pretty low risk compared to some of our other signings
Camjam and Russ officially gone. Along with Wildschut and Pritchard. 1 inexperienced loan midfielder in.
Unlike us to sell a load of first teamers first, then panic late in the window, miss out on all transfer targets and even fail on deadline day emergency loan targets. That's not happened over and over and over, has it. It's almost like we have come so far with every window and learned so many key lessons on how a football club should work. Expect a couple more signings for the under 23's, and maybe 1 or 2 4th division German players at ACM. Playing the rest of the Season without a single striker at the club.
Yes. Build the club on loans! So we have a committed core who want to play for this club and the supporters!
