Transfer Embargo

who's getting carried away, or did you not react the context again as usual?

 

Last year is repeating, we might not be lucky to survive this time if we repeat same mistake.

 

I said it last year, I will say it again. Turkey is great for warm winter camp, not for summer. They need an altitude camp.

 

If it means that by January, we are free to do what we need to do ( and be in a better position financially) and with a manager who has been in this position of no funds before, I'm optimistic that we could be in a better position than last Christmas. I've been out cutting the hedge all morning up a ladder.. (dont plant laurels anyone ) 2 cans of Red Bull and a Lucozade sport, so I might be a bit delirious. BTW only 32 degrees in Turkey rising to 34 for the next week...

 

So have we had the 3 window restriction reduced or something?

Oh, thought not.

 

Don't check your heart rate with that amount of caffeine for the next few hours, or you might need admitting to hospital...

 

Ive had a bet in the 2nd at Newmarket... it might peak during that....

 

I’m aware of that, but if he’s is supposedly a priority, then surely we’d have him already, or at the very least not be putting him on the back burner.
I doubt he’s coming anyway, we’ll end up with a Turkish connection player who was always the “No 1 target!”

 

I don't think we have been putting him on the back burner. A few who tend to know reckon we upped our offer in the last couple of days.

He'll sign for who he wants when he wants. No club can force his hand, but our recent issues won't have made us any more attractive.

And that aside, it's not the first time a name like this has been dangled early in a window for it not to materialise.

Tbh I'm sceptical (have been from the start) that any strong likelihood he'd come here was anything much more than smoke and mirrors.

Always gonna be interest from more attractive clubs.

 

In our situation, I think it's a big positive that Sergej plans to adapt tactics etc to our teams strengths and what we have available. Not expecting a great start but might just make things a little more comfortable while we ride things out.

 

Don't think he'll have a choice, will he?

 

Brussels?

That's my donkey...

 

Hoping so.....

 

Fair enough, but I was referring to professional clubs within the county - North Yorkshire also has York City and Harrogate Town as well as Boro. Cumbria has Carlisle and Barrow, while Kent has Ebbsfleet and Maidstone United who are both professional (for now). Norfolk is a good example, but then Norwich have done exactly what we should have done which is develop a youth system of high quality with the PL money they got, which allowed them to reach category 1 status.

For whatever reason, City have been needlessly specific in what they were looking for with younger players, which has meant we've probably missed out on a fair few.

 

Be better than the sh!te they are currently selling.

 

Spot on

 

Mike Phelan did it with only 7 players, so anything is possible.

 

Didn't last long though did it?

 

Since you mention Simons I've got to say it again: it's just so careless that we discard solid, reliable and cheap players like him as if we can do so much better when the reality is that for one reason or another we repeatedly fail to build a team of players better than that and we always end up relying on that sort of player time and time again once the season gets going. We shouldn't need to sign a load of midfielders to bulk out the squad, we had a perfectly decent young player on a reasonable wage who would've done that job. All of that applies to Jacob too.

I know I'm repeating this point all summer but I find the unearned arrogance of our approach to player trading so frustrating.

 

Not say this won’t with this manager and a lower league though.