If I’m understanding it correctly. Buying players in the summer, when they cleverly done the finances month early to hold of Scott’s sale gives us three years plus being well below 39m rolling debt. Start year with a positive and go for it.
If that’s the case why didn’t they just say that, I think you’re wrong by the way, if it had of been the case they’d have been shouting it from the roof tops.
He did that, look at the players that came through. A few quality additions last summer could’ve made all the difference. It’s pretty much agreed by everyone Nige wanted to use some of the Scott money last summer, the debate is more around whether he should’ve been given it or not.
The Scott money was a transfer figure not the wage restriction required at the time..Scott’s wages would have been low so not much of a saving
Yeah that would be a great idea. Let’s shout it from the rooftops so every agent knows about it. Even Nige said that the prices will go up once they know what sort of money we have.
We’d sold Scott everyone knew we had money, we still have it, are you suggesting we can never spend any of it because everyone knows we have it?. We needed a couple of quality players, failing to buy them led in part to the situation we’re in now, not spending has costs involved, if were relegated because we failed to invest last season that’ll cost us much more in the long run.
So we announce we lost 22m later after the sales. Plus a years a long time in football agents minds probably. I don’t know but just throwing up scenarios.
Weren’t we restricted through FFP rules? I thought we were already under investigation. I might be wrong
I believe The Semenyo sale ensured we didn’t fall foul of FFP, even without we probably would’ve just about been ok. I know you read OTIB, there are several posters that go through our books with a fine tooth comb, I’m sure you know who they are. Check them out.
I didn’t think it worked that way.. The likes of Scott & Semenyo would have been on a relatively low wage so wouldn’t have really affected FFP.. it’s irrelevant what you sell them for..
What did i say at the very beginning we need a big 9 a kieffer moore type player-if we had we would not be in the mess we are at present. Still six points above relegation zone after last night -which is good -10 games left thirty points to play for. I see over on other forums people are genuinely saying we could get drawn into this relegation scrap with some saying our last game of the season against Stoke could be the decider who goes down.
Our problem goes deeper than not having a big number 9, our problem imo its SL, BT, and LM. All are out of their depth in their present role, LM may be ok without the other two but I doubt it. If we had to get rid of Nige, ( I’m not convinced we did), then an inexperienced, unproven L1 manager wasn’t the answer.
If you are talking about position in the championship table.. then Nige wasn’t the answer either.. Surely you should give LM a chance, hardly been in the job
I don’t agree as he has been rebuilding so league position was secondary really, we had the foundations of a decent team under Nige, but that’s water under the bridge. My point is If we HAD to get rid of Nige LM wasn’t the answer, the results since his appointment have proven that. My wider point is the problem imo is with the people that appointed him, unless they are changed we’ll keep making the same mistakes.
But it’s with the same players that Nige had, how was it going to change overnight? I believe LM’s made them look a better team and is trying to play good football. But he needs time to allow him to bring in better players that foot the bill.. The 4 games lost have been very tight margins and could have gone either way.. Do you remember the very very long period of time UNDER Nige when we couldn’t win at home?? How many times we took a lead, sat on it with negative football and lost? Blimey, anyone would think it was all rosy under Nige!! It wasn’t and was given benefit of the doubt on many occasions.. I think the fans and board should get behind this up and coming coach as I believe he could well be the answer.
I’m moving the argument on from Nige, we will never agree, we’ve done the subject to death. I’ve not seen anything from LM to back up your confidence in him, and don’t feel his record does either. To allow him to spend big over the summer, would, in my view be a massive gamble. However to get rid of him would just leave the same people in charge of picking his replacement and therein lies the problem. SL imo needs to step in, send JL back to Barbados, or wherever it was, and either put BT back to being head of the academy (or whatever his role was previously), or sack him. Then employ proper people as Chairman and CEO, then do proper due diligence, get rid of Liam and replace him with someone with experience and knowledge. I believe there’s a guy in Clevedon/Nailsea that would fit the bill nicely
Never gonna happen.......you are dreaming.. In the meantime we should back our coach and see where it takes us....The last manager with experience and knowledge had best part of 3 years and didn't progress
Obviously my last sentence was tongue in cheek, if we stay as we are with the same people in charge I seriously believe we’ll end up back playing the Gas. SL has invested too much to let that happen, he’s looking to sell, he’ll have no chance of that if we go down. I believe he will act if it starts to look likely
