Baring in mind how well we are doing now..... how much money should the club make available to Brendan to use as and when to give us a great chance of staying up and for him to take the club forward........I would say a minimum of £10 - £15 million is a tidy sum for a few players that we need....
I don't think we necessarily need to spend large sums of money, as we have a great nuclease of players, but some quality loan signings from Chelsea, or Arsenal would not go amiss, in my view! If we don't see Bodde next month, then I don't think we ever will, as he could well be like a new signing.............. please log in to view this image
agree dragon but the club needs to show Brendan that he has that sum available should he need it. The sum is not vast for a premiership side and it will show Brendan that the club has aspirations that match or goes a long way to match his own.....
I agree up to a point, but in the new year we like most clubs will suffer the injury and suspension plague that always occurs at that time of year,and i feel we will need to bring in some experience to bolster the undoubted talent we have here, weather it be loan or transfer and if it is transfer then i hope Huw bites the bullet and makes available some of the money that has been awarded us for that purpose
"i hope Huw bites the bullet and makes available some of the money that has been awarded us for that purpose" - Before the season even began, Huw, the board, and Brendan would have been all aware exactly how much money was available for transfers. It's called budgeting. I would imagine that Brendan was then left with the decisions on when and who to splash the available transfer budget on. Money will be spent in January IF the budget allows for it, and IF the signing will strengthen the team. Spending money that we do not have is never, and will never, be an issue. The club must always come first, even if that means dropping back to the championship or even league 1 (not that I believe for one minute that that will happen this season.) You can be sure that at least two estimated budgets for next season are already in place, each dependent on which league we find ourselves in come May. It is not rocket science to be able to live within your quantifiable means, but the extreme pressures and expectations of football appear to make many, many owners, chairmen, managers, and fans forget that without sustainablity, you will inevitably be left with nothing.
Don't expect anyone to break the bank juster bolster the squad if we need to and if it means spending (within reason) so be it
I reckon we'll spend about 1.5mil. Absolutely maximum 2.5 but I don't see it. We're 10th in the Premiership, we don't need to spend any money! Why change what's working? As usual, if someone comes up who is blatantly going to improve the team, who is available at a good price, then we should look at them, but we're never going to spend big.
Where do you fellas need to strengthen? I suppose wide left if we come and take Sinclair off you, and cb if we take Williams.
we wont need to spend a great deal, we'll have situ available then, and perhaps that lad from chelsea(midfielder), just cover if we have any injuries.
blackpool admits now that they made a big mistake in thinking because they were up to 8th at one point that they did not need to spend to strengthen in the January to give them the best possible chance of staying up, and to think we will spend just £1.5 -£2 million are living back in the lower leagues and another thing it is Morgan who holds the purse strings and has been since the middle of last season...We Definitely need 2 or 3 players as we don't want to be let down with players not good enough if and when players get injured.....a few on here seem to think we have no money and are no better than the lower leagues when going for players........We are doing great in the premiership and we want to stay here....you cant do that with peanuts....
Blackpool probably did make the mistake of not strengthening enough to stay up, but that is because from the start of the season they had put themselves in a position, at least financially, where it was very important that they didn't get relegated. You only have to look at the amount of transfers in and out of Blackpool since they got relegated to see that. They overstretched a little bit, and it didn't work out, so they have to restructure their players' wages to remain stable in the championship. I don't believe we have the same problem with wages, and I actually think we would keep a large proportion of the squad if we were to go down, because we have been so prudent with wage packets. To give us any kind of guarantee of staying up, I think we would realistically need to spend £20 million plus, based on what other teams have spent in recent years, and that is a gamble that is not worth taking. With Bodde, Situ and possibly ?McCeachran? coming in January, I reckon we'll get one more player at most, and I wouldn't imagine we will break our transfer record again unless it is someone who is prepared to play within our wage structure. I would rather see us get relegated and maintain this philosophy, than risk the longevity of the club on a few big name players
I think we need two perhaps three players in January. Need a central midfielder Gower not good enough, I know we have Kemmy but need as good if not better for competition and if injuries happen. Would like Bodde to be that person, but we will have to wait and see on that front and we have been waiting a long old time. Centre back, if Situ does eventually sign then I think were covered. Might like to see another Striker not convince with our options of Moore & Lita should Graham get injured. I don't think we need to send vast amounts of money I'd say around 4m might be enough.
All the club need to give him is the backing that if he feels he needs to strengthen then he can, he knows how the club is run and is happy with this situayion. Just cover the bases with the odd signing and I think its happy days. Its look at sunderland & stoke with all their signings for this year
We are so lucky Rangel has never had a serious injury...He is pretty much in the team constantly, and therefor we have never had proper cover for him there. Tate has come in on the odd occasion as has Jazz...But I think Tate is best at CB
As said by a couple of fellow jacks above, a few loan players will make a big difference. If we could buy an established CB in January (as defenders IMHO seem to be cheaper than attacking players) and get 1 or 2 loan players in. Fringpong from Arsenal and McCeachran will bolster our attacking options in midfield, they will play out of thier skins to try and impress AW and AVB for next season. Would be great to get another striker in to, but , I dont think our way of playing relys on an out and out striker, our strikers now seem to be very hard workers, rather than the traditional goal hanging merchants. Once again it remains a fine balance. Do we go for it and bancrupt ourselves if it all goes tits up? Or do it the clever way (the Swansea way) and keep within our budget and use the premiership cash to grow as a club? Id rather become a yo-yo club, with solid foundations than becoming a one hit wonder, spending everything, for that one moment of glory.
Out of the money we are guaranteed this season See's us close to £100 million mark that is ours whether we go down or not. The most important thing is we stay in the premiership and that will cost money, £10- £15 million at bucks disposal is not a lot in today's market. I'm not saying here that we should spend the whole £15 million at all but it gives brendan a fixed sum that he can use if he thinks he needs too. We need to show we mean business and you cant do that without a significant budget in the pot........we are not a poor club quite the reverse and its there for to give us the best chance possible to remain and get stronger in the premiership where the money and prestige is...
There is no way on earth we will spend £10m-£15m on transfers, we have that player from Chelsea on loan probably , we have those two we have signed and was blocked by FIFA , I can't see us spending any money to be honest unless we have injuries between now and then.
