Transfer Embargo

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What’s gonna happen

  • Temporary blip

  • Complete ****ing collapse

  • It’ll all be ok

  • Relegation


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I think we have enough in defence if we get a left-back on loan but that’s about it. Our midfield is a mess as we might not be able to register Puerta and Laalaoui, Alzate looks likely to leave, Zambrano isn’t signing and wasn’t available until November anyway and Matazo has an ACL injury and is out until December at the earliest.

Don't worry, we've got 50 grand Regan Slater :emoticon-0112-wonde
 
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I think we have enough in defence if we get a left-back on loan but that’s about it. Our midfield is a mess as we might not be able to register Puerta and Laalaoui, Alzate looks likely to leave, Zambrano isn’t signing and wasn’t available until November anyway and Matazo has an ACL injury and is out until December at the earliest.

If we do have financial problems I also suspect Hughes and Pandur (as our two most saleable assets) would be getting looked at by other clubs.
 
If we do have financial problems I also suspect Hughes and Pandur (as our two most saleable assets) would be getting looked at by other clubs.

It seems to be cash flow that's our issue. Would making a big sale even help that? Unclear.
 
It seems to be cash flow that's our issue. Would making a big sale even help that? Unclear.

I guess it depends on whether we’d get the money up front or not. There might come a time when we need a quick injection of cash so end up selling someone on the cheap.

Hope not and there is something else we are waiting to filter through.
 
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Have you ever played football? or any contact team sport?

I was called everything under the sun and had handbags every game.

Just get on with it.
As this thread is about the transfer embargo, could we not have a separate thread for the racism apologists?
 
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i know this has probably been discussed but i zone out on financial discussion usually as i have to do all that at home and football supposed to be an escape,, ha , but where has all the Money gone from sales like Greaves, Philogene, etc
i know we spunked a lot of wages on people like Sinik, Giles, etc....but really that Much? how much were the loan fees we payed for the likes of Delap and Carvalho,
 
I suspect that if we get a significant offer for any player, they'll be gone, I don't think we've got much option.

I wouldn't bank on any reduction in the penalty either.

Unfortunately, other clubs will know we are strapped for cash and will make silly offers for the player they want. We won't get market value in this scenario
 
i know this has probably been discussed but i zone out on financial discussion usually as i have to do all that at home and football supposed to be an escape,, ha , but where has all the Money gone from sales like Greaves, Philogene, etc
i know we spunked a lot of wages on people like Sinik, Giles, etc....but really that Much? how much were the loan fees we payed for the likes of Delap and Carvalho,

That's one of the maddest things about all this; on the face of it we haven't even spent all that much. Our accounts for the 23/24 season when we supposedly spent a lot showed that our wage and amortisation costs were less than a few teams who finished below us. We didn't spend top 6 money.

We don't have the figures for last season yet, those might be the bad ones. We bought a lot of players late on in the window, probably out of desperation as we'd completely failed to build a squad over the summer. But as you say, you'd think those were financed by the big sales we made.
 
We are getting relegated

There will be people that will try to spin this as a positive, as if we can bounce straight back like last time and slingshot our way back up to the top of the champ. As opposed to the reality of getting mired there for years like Bolton, Huddersfield, Reading, Wigan, et al.
 
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