Transfer Rumours Jan 2018 City Transfer Thread

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Chazz Rheinhold said:
And that's exactly what the Allams have said.
They aren't going to put their money in as a plaything for our enjoyment. We need a budget for a team with a small stadium and a small crowd. We we won't fill it until we're back in the pl with new owners.
But those owners are either going to put us into debt to do it or a local with more money than sense will spend his fortune.
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I guess you are right Chaz. It all will seem a bit deja vu when it happens again.
 
originallambrettaman said:
Click on this and read the thread, an interesting insight from Meyler...

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Listening to the podcast he did last week it is clear that he has had some great times here and I am sure the situation we are in is getting the players down as well. I don't believe they go out their with the intention of playing badly. Hard as it is we are just gonna have to get behind this team and try and create a positive atmosphere though it is really difficult without winning goals. Hope we win on Saturday and turn a corner.
 
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Stockholm Tiger said:
Even if you had to spend all that money to do it? (and then not be certain)

Wouldn't you just be tempted to pocket what you already had.....
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I know what you mean, by doing it the Allam way they will get a big pay day but only once. We will end up so far from the gravy train the only way back will be a super rich buyer willing to invest loads and sadly there will be many more attractive clubs to buy.
A reasonably well run club should be able to stay there or there about's and make a bit each year, even if a Premier league club gets relegated with the parachute payments they should be streets ahead of the championship teams. The gap is ever widening and the Allams have put us on the wrong side.
 
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juleskaren said:
Listening to the podcast he did last week it is clear that he has had some great times here and I am sure the situation we are in is getting the players down as well. I don't believe they go out their with the intention of playing badly. Hard as it is we are just gonna have to get behind this team and try and create a positive atmosphere though it is really difficult without winning goals. Hope we win on Saturday and turn a corner.
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It's a tough one because the team needs support and yet the animosity towards the owners needs to be stepped up. Unfortunately, the two are mutually exclusive.
 
balkan tiger said:
I know what you mean, by doing it the Allam way they will get a big pay day but only once. We will end up so far from the gravy train the only way back will be a super rich buyer willing to invest loads and sadly there will be many more attractive clubs to buy.
A reasonably well run club should be able to stay there or there about's and make a bit each year, even if a Premier league club gets relegated with the parachute payments they should be streets ahead of the championship teams. The gap is ever widening and the Allams have put us on the wrong side.
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I've always advocated that the best value for money in football is the management. Getting in a good manager (and paying them to reflect their ability) will typically produce better results with a cheap team than a worse manager will produce with an expensively assembled team.
 
Mr Bob said:
In no way related to what Ehab might or might not do.

I was thinking earlier whilst I was work... dangerous yes... But if you were in charge would you have spent this season or tried to see it out with as little outlay as possible?

Record signing still on (most likely) £30/40k per week out all year. Second record signing and star striker on similar wage injured for the majority of the season straight away. Star defender injured for most the season. On top of all the other niggles we came down with (Keane, can't remember who else)

That's a lot of money and talent tied up and not available. I think I'd have saved the cash for a sunny day.
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Given the money received in the summer, it clearly made sense to reinvest that early and in areas we needed it, like defence. I also would have gone about offering new deals to Huddlestone and the like a lot earlier to ensure some consistency.
 
armchairfan said:
Bowen could get a bad injury and miss out on his payday, so if allowed I think he would have left. Ultimately though it's all up to Ehab, if he could he would probably have let Dawson, Bowen and maybe one or two others go. I think Dawson and Bowen are the kind of players who will give their all still, though messing around with Dawson's head wasn't very clever.
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Everyone uses this line (was used to excuse snoddy moving to west ham) but it's a bit silly. If everyone only acts on the assumption of the worst case scenario they're going to make a lot of rash, silly decisions, as happened to snoddy.
 
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