Not so sure it is nonsense, I think he is someone we would go for, not seen anything about 60 million bids, that would be nonsense but Nketiah is worth about 20 million I would guess, so why would we offer 60 million
That's ridiculous, I hope they drop like a stone now. Look what happened when Birmingham sacked Eustace when they were just outside the play offs earlier in the season.
That is absolutely crazy. He’s had a whole year less than McKenna to work with them and they missed out on the play offs by the finest of margins.
You need to stay off NewsNow, it will break your heart. It’s a cesspit of fake rumours, follow someone like Fabrizio Romano on Twitter and if he reports it get excited
A BIG Shout out to my local team Crawley Town who beat MK Dons last night 3-0 in the first leg of the League 2 Play-Offs My son works for the Crawley Town Football Foundation and does wonderful work in the community and for grassroots football all over West Sussex.
Wages would be a massive stumbling block on both. Not for me. I trust our scouting network have already got players lined up that are both within our budget and wage structure. Random question - the club normally release a “town in 5” video after a win. Last season, after exeter, we got a “town in 25”. Nothing yet since Saturday - anyone know if it’s coming?
Website hasn't even posted the Christchurch Park footage yet but the end of season dinner is available
Good for him Warky! My son is on management board of Top Baller, a community football coaching, support game. He also supports Pompey, so we had double celebrations, and I live in West Sussex too. Howza!
I am resisting comments and the annual ritual speculation and totally trust our Club management, scouts et al to do the job and get us ready as can be by August. It will be an exciting learning curve and cant wait to see the fixtures!
Both talented players, but I'm seeing £60 million quoted for the two of them. SIXTY MILLION?! I know we've been outside the Premier League for a couple of decades, but that's an absolutely ridiculous number for the two of them. Nketiah isn't up to standards for a team chasing the title, but he might be decent for us (certainly gives us a different dimension as a pacey forward). Smith-Rowe has bags of ability, but he has been crocked for the last couple of years, so he's potentially on the decline. I'd maybe entertain a loan move for one of them, possibly Smith-Rowe, as a low risk, high reward type deal. But I wouldn't be spaffing £60 million on them both. Best to prioritise defence first in my opinion. As others have said, this is not even paper talk but unsubstantiated social media gossip. So I'm taking it with a lorry load of salt.
You'd go from every neutral fans favourite team to most hated in an instant Seriously that is quite cheap, you should see some of the crap we signed for between £25m and £40m - Remember Rutter cost us £40m and although he is decent at this level he isn't worth half that. I would imagine you won't do any business in the PL from a buying point of view, as a newly promoted team it just doesn't happen due to the inflated prices.
I expect Ashton and KMc have been working for months on a Plan A and Plan B depending on which Division we are in.They'll then go about the business without any fuss or distractions and we are best off ignoring the unfounded rumours and white noise.No doubt those they do sign will be fully vetted to fit in with our style and culture.I trust this regime 100% to do the best to make us a decent Prem side.
Exactly, the thing is, I smile to myself because I could have been reading the Leeds forum three years ago, our big return, big money signings and links left right and center to various players, the thought that our excellent scouts will have lined up that gem of a find. They will have a plan A and a plan B, honestly, we all do it and it's not until you are back in the PL you realise it really has been ruined by money. We did uncover Gnonto for £3m but that was a rarity. Agents run it all now, if you find a player, his agent will go around a dozen other clubs saying "Ipswich and McKenna want to sign this player". If your scouts find someone another scout will also be going in, despite what you think, newly promoted clubs are not an attraction, nearly all signings will be a gamble and it has to be a gamble with the possibility of relegation in mind. Wage wise you will be competing with those in a far better position, even teams like Brighton are so far ahead of those who are promoted We beat Ipswich and Leicester home and away, if we get promoted through the playoffs, most of our fans are expecting a fight at the foot of the table. We have half a dozen player who will have to return from loan who we will no doubt sell, the likes of Harrison at Everton, Marc Roca, Aaronson, Wober and Llorente. Despite those funds we know we haven't the funds to really compete, we all dream though. Do I want promotion YES but it's not the joy you hope it will be
