Would the gillingham chairman sell to us? I know beggars can’t be choosers but their chairman hates us. I reckon he would hold out for a £50k lower offer rather than sell to us
From all accounts they are hard up for cash so beggars can't be choosers......
We can put a cheeky low offer in all we want, the situation we've put ourselves into is who's more desperate, Gillingham for cash or us for half decent players. This was the risk off thinking we can find major bargains at the end of the window, we might but we might not.
We made the remainder of the window a mini January, clubs and agents will see our league position, read the quotes from Adkins about needing help, going to be a lot of who blinks first. Can the club's needing money hold off until January more so than us...
Wave a million in front of them and take Dempsey and Tucker 😬
Yes, it's a very different situation if we had a decent squad already, were nicely in the top 6 and any additions were "nice to haves" rather than "we're desperate"
Would the gillingham chairman sell to us? I know beggars can’t be choosers but their chairman hates us. I reckon he would hold out for a £50k lower offer rather than sell to us
He loves his Club more and is a business man at the end of the day.
I’d be very tempted to try and get Dempsey and Tucker and loan them the likes of Deji, Vennings or our Dempsey. Unlikely I know but I hope if we add that some of the U23’s get some time elsewhere.
Forest were said to be interested in Dempsey earlier in the window and said to have been quoted £750k Also rumours that Evans is threatening to leave as deeply unchuffed. Obviously won’t unless offered another job, but does suggest that all is not well in their camp.
If Evans goes the lunch bill at their training ground will half.
Forest were said to be interested in Dempsey earlier in the window and said to have been quoted £750k Also rumours that Evans is threatening to leave as deeply unchuffed. Obviously won’t unless offered another job, but does suggest that all is not well in their camp.
If Evans goes the lunch bill at their training ground will half.
Forest were said to be interested in Dempsey earlier in the window and said to have been quoted £750k Also rumours that Evans is threatening to leave as deeply unchuffed. Obviously won’t unless offered another job, but does suggest that all is not well in their camp.
If Evans goes the lunch bill at their training ground will half.
Usual suspects on Twitter complaining the clubs skint and TS has given us no budget because our opening offer for Dempsey was only £200k
Well, they're not wrong in a way. What's wrong with bunging down £500k & say take it or leave it. No haggling, just do the deal. Its not like we can be choosy now is it.
So your telling us you would pay £500k for something you can purchase for less, if you are my 2001 reg Ford focus is up for sale it is a bargain and I only want £40k for it.
We won't be the only ones in for Dempsey or Lowery. Just hope while we're negotiating, someone doesn't just swoop in and meet the asking price .
No one has swooped in and met the asking price yet, and nor will they.
If one accepts the figures originally quoted, the price has dropped over £250k during this window. Down from £750k to £500k. The big spenders in this division have finished feeding in the trough. We are getting down to decision time now. Gillingham have released this information, and have no doubt done so to see if they can drum up another bidder. At £200k they may well spike some interest. That’s life.
We won't be the only ones in for Dempsey or Lowery. Just hope while we're negotiating, someone doesn't just swoop in and meet the asking price .
No one has swooped in and met the asking price yet, and nor will they.
If one accepts the figures originally quoted, the price has dropped over £250k during this window. Down from £750k to £500k. The big spenders in this division have finished feeding in the trough. We are getting down to decision time now. Gillingham have released this information, and have no doubt done so to see if they can drum up another bidder. At £200k they may well spike some interest. That’s life.
I'm sure we're not the only club to have thought "let's wait to the end of the window and get a good deal" all it'll take is an Oxford or a championship club looking for a cheap punt bidding 50k more than us and we lose out at the death.
We won't be the only ones in for Dempsey or Lowery. Just hope while we're negotiating, someone doesn't just swoop in and meet the asking price .
Presumably why we're going for both - only expecting to get one or the other. But we might actually benefit from other clubs having done more business - they MIGHT have enough already that they don't need these guys, or have already used their own budget.
We won't be the only ones in for Dempsey or Lowery. Just hope while we're negotiating, someone doesn't just swoop in and meet the asking price .
No one has swooped in and met the asking price yet, and nor will they.
If one accepts the figures originally quoted, the price has dropped over £250k during this window. Down from £750k to £500k. The big spenders in this division have finished feeding in the trough. We are getting down to decision time now. Gillingham have released this information, and have no doubt done so to see if they can drum up another bidder. At £200k they may well spike some interest. That’s life.
I'm sure we're not the only club to have thought "let's wait to the end of the window and get a good deal" all it'll take is an Oxford or a championship club looking for a cheap punt bidding 50k more than us and we lose out at the death.
Championship clubs had been linked to Dempsey in January. And he's from up north as well, so it's not as if he has strong ties to Kent/London
If the plan has been to wait until the end of the window someone has balls of steel. If it works and we get our targets then it is a very shrewd move. If it doesnt work and we end up scrapping the barrel then it will be disastrous. Fine lines indeed
We won't be the only ones in for Dempsey or Lowery. Just hope while we're negotiating, someone doesn't just swoop in and meet the asking price .
Presumably why we're going for both - only expecting to get one or the other. But we might actually benefit from other clubs having done more business - they MIGHT have enough already that they don't need these guys, or have already used their own budget.
(I am aware this is hopelessly optimistic.)
Not hopelessly optimistic, probably hopeless but it may just work, a cunning plan that you may have just stumbled onto our strategy all the time, just wait and they will all come to us in the end,..roll on tomorrow..open the floodgates
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It depresses me more as we don't look like scoring a single goal these days 😂
The big spenders in this division have finished feeding in the trough. We are getting down to decision time now. Gillingham have released this information, and have no doubt done so to see if they can drum up another bidder. At £200k they may well spike some interest. That’s life.
I'm sure we're not the only club to have thought "let's wait to the end of the window and get a good deal" all it'll take is an Oxford or a championship club looking for a cheap punt bidding 50k more than us and we lose out at the death.
(I am aware this is hopelessly optimistic.)