Here's another wild take to get 20 LOLs or whatever. If Leaburn had stayed fit, Appleton would still be our coach now. This is no claim for Appleton being any good, btw, but Leaburn's one of the biggest difference-makes we've had in a very long time and there'd have been more games like Wigan away where he basically destroyed them for 75 minutes. Basically, a chea-
If he hadn’t got injured in the first place then Holden would probably still be our manager. His plan all along was 3-5-2 with Leaburn and May up front. Was really hoping we’d finally get to see it now with Jones, oh well
As per The Udders forum; "Heard May will be on 11k a week at Birmingham, can’t compete with that, should have gotten the deal over the line sooner"... Sounds like a good offer from Brum...if true...🤷♂️
Once we'd accepted an offer from him his mind was made up to leave so it was clearly then going to be about money. Short career and all that. If he can pick up half a million a year for a couple of years he goes a long way towards securing his future I guess.
Accepted an offer from him, or for him?
One letter (then rearranged) can make quite a difference here!
We received an offer For him. My mistake.
Give us some good news @Swisdom we need some good signings in now , you must know something.
All I know is I'm going to have a new neighbour.
Deathly silent on the rumour front. The club have worked hard to keep everything under wraps. I know we were keen on Etete, Ahadme, Davies. We did look at Lolos formerly of Crawley but we went off him fairly quickly. There's a trialist over from Mount Pleasant apparently but no idea who that is And one other mystery player who has a lot of rave reviews but who is very raw at the moment. I'm sworn to secrecy on him so as not to jeopardise anything but I wouldn't think he's necessarily lined up as a starter just yet anyway.
Call me cynical, but that is the most Charlton transfer rumour mill possible.
I am going to assume, we went off him because Bolton were interested and he would rather have gone there? That's usually what happens unless it's outside football reasons I.e. they want to live nearer family.
A trialist from Mount Pleasant, who let's be honest, likely won't be good enough to make an immediate impact, and then a mystery player that won't start, when we already have talented players that shouldn't quite be starting anyway, along with selling our best player.
Just have to laugh sometimes.
The signings so far have all come from nowhere so nothing to say there aren’t a few more up the sleeve.
the “other player” - if he joins - might settle really quickly and go straight into the team. He’s an unknown quantity at this time but I’ve heard good stuff about him so he could be a real coup
No they haven't? We'd known about Mannion, Mitchell and Edwards for weeks before they were announced officially.
You then contradict yourself in your second paragraph, because you've heard good things about the unknown quantity, who would also be a real coup to sign. Which one is it? 😂
Before signing for us those guys were not on anyone’s radar. I only knew about Berry because Alfie told me at the end of the season because he was pissed off) That one aside we’re keeping stuff in house until it’s done. Nathan confirmed this last week.
I don’t just watch football from league 1, I talk to football people all over the world every day and I do my own research. This guy is raw but is very highly thought of where he currently plays. He could be a load of turnip or he could rip teams to shreds. We just don’t know right now. So there’s no contradiction. hes not known here, but I’m told he is very exciting and very good and the limited footage I’ve seen suggests potential. If we sign him we’ll see for ourselves but he could be a coup. A bit of a low risk punt
All four (Mitchell included) were linked with us, even if only in the SLP a while before the club announced them.
It wouldn’t surprise anyone if we signed any of Godden, Etete, Ahadme or Davies.
No doubt they’ll be working on potentially signing players not named yet, but I doubt there will be many signings this summer where we don’t hear rumours some time before they’re confirmed. It’s what’s happened with every signing so far.
But were all four linked after they were signed but not announced by the club? We dont & won’t know as I say Berry was highly likely to be coming to us in late April but we had to wait for the season to end, then holidays to be taken etc and it was finally announced some time later but I’m pretty sure it was buttoned up well in advance of the announcement ( hence the out-of-date berries in his announcement)
The names often get leaked once it’s effectively a done deal - it’s not a scoop. i dont know why it happens this way - presumably all a part of the poker matches these clubs try to play and not show their hand too early.
I believe Nathan when he said the players we have gone for were wanted by other clubs and I’m sure there are others - but the fact is 4 (so far) chose to come to us so I’d like to think we aren’t regarded as a complete basket case just yet
I'm very confident I'd heard of our interest in at least 3 of the 4 (maybe not Mannion) weeks before they were announced. I find it unlikely we announced the signings weeks later.
I'm also 100% certain that the vast majority of players are also wanted by other clubs. Nearly all players sign a contract somewhere, they are nearly all wanted.
As per The Udders forum; "Heard May will be on 11k a week at Birmingham, can’t compete with that, should have gotten the deal over the line sooner"... Sounds like a good offer from Brum...if true...🤷♂️
Once we'd accepted an offer from him his mind was made up to leave so it was clearly then going to be about money. Short career and all that. If he can pick up half a million a year for a couple of years he goes a long way towards securing his future I guess.
Accepted an offer from him, or for him?
One letter (then rearranged) can make quite a difference here!
We received an offer For him. My mistake.
Give us some good news @Swisdom we need some good signings in now , you must know something.
All I know is I'm going to have a new neighbour.
Deathly silent on the rumour front. The club have worked hard to keep everything under wraps. I know we were keen on Etete, Ahadme, Davies. We did look at Lolos formerly of Crawley but we went off him fairly quickly. There's a trialist over from Mount Pleasant apparently but no idea who that is And one other mystery player who has a lot of rave reviews but who is very raw at the moment. I'm sworn to secrecy on him so as not to jeopardise anything but I wouldn't think he's necessarily lined up as a starter just yet anyway.
Call me cynical, but that is the most Charlton transfer rumour mill possible.
I am going to assume, we went off him because Bolton were interested and he would rather have gone there? That's usually what happens unless it's outside football reasons I.e. they want to live nearer family.
A trialist from Mount Pleasant, who let's be honest, likely won't be good enough to make an immediate impact, and then a mystery player that won't start, when we already have talented players that shouldn't quite be starting anyway, along with selling our best player.
Just have to laugh sometimes.
The signings so far have all come from nowhere so nothing to say there aren’t a few more up the sleeve.
the “other player” - if he joins - might settle really quickly and go straight into the team. He’s an unknown quantity at this time but I’ve heard good stuff about him so he could be a real coup
No they haven't? We'd known about Mannion, Mitchell and Edwards for weeks before they were announced officially.
You then contradict yourself in your second paragraph, because you've heard good things about the unknown quantity, who would also be a real coup to sign. Which one is it? 😂
Before signing for us those guys were not on anyone’s radar. I only knew about Berry because Alfie told me at the end of the season because he was pissed off) That one aside we’re keeping stuff in house until it’s done. Nathan confirmed this last week.
I don’t just watch football from league 1, I talk to football people all over the world every day and I do my own research. This guy is raw but is very highly thought of where he currently plays. He could be a load of turnip or he could rip teams to shreds. We just don’t know right now. So there’s no contradiction. hes not known here, but I’m told he is very exciting and very good and the limited footage I’ve seen suggests potential. If we sign him we’ll see for ourselves but he could be a coup. A bit of a low risk punt
I know you obviously want to keep this Incognito for obvious reasons but you have me curious now but the way you make this player sound so obscure so, all I ask if possible, is this a domestic player or a foreign player?
He's most likely from Mount Pleasant and may or may not be good enough in a few years time. (Hope I'm wrong).
As per The Udders forum; "Heard May will be on 11k a week at Birmingham, can’t compete with that, should have gotten the deal over the line sooner"... Sounds like a good offer from Brum...if true...🤷♂️
Once we'd accepted an offer from him his mind was made up to leave so it was clearly then going to be about money. Short career and all that. If he can pick up half a million a year for a couple of years he goes a long way towards securing his future I guess.
Accepted an offer from him, or for him?
One letter (then rearranged) can make quite a difference here!
We received an offer For him. My mistake.
Give us some good news @Swisdom we need some good signings in now , you must know something.
All I know is I'm going to have a new neighbour.
Deathly silent on the rumour front. The club have worked hard to keep everything under wraps. I know we were keen on Etete, Ahadme, Davies. We did look at Lolos formerly of Crawley but we went off him fairly quickly. There's a trialist over from Mount Pleasant apparently but no idea who that is And one other mystery player who has a lot of rave reviews but who is very raw at the moment. I'm sworn to secrecy on him so as not to jeopardise anything but I wouldn't think he's necessarily lined up as a starter just yet anyway.
Call me cynical, but that is the most Charlton transfer rumour mill possible.
I am going to assume, we went off him because Bolton were interested and he would rather have gone there? That's usually what happens unless it's outside football reasons I.e. they want to live nearer family.
A trialist from Mount Pleasant, who let's be honest, likely won't be good enough to make an immediate impact, and then a mystery player that won't start, when we already have talented players that shouldn't quite be starting anyway, along with selling our best player.
Just have to laugh sometimes.
The signings so far have all come from nowhere so nothing to say there aren’t a few more up the sleeve.
the “other player” - if he joins - might settle really quickly and go straight into the team. He’s an unknown quantity at this time but I’ve heard good stuff about him so he could be a real coup
No they haven't? We'd known about Mannion, Mitchell and Edwards for weeks before they were announced officially.
You then contradict yourself in your second paragraph, because you've heard good things about the unknown quantity, who would also be a real coup to sign. Which one is it? 😂
Before signing for us those guys were not on anyone’s radar. I only knew about Berry because Alfie told me at the end of the season because he was pissed off) That one aside we’re keeping stuff in house until it’s done. Nathan confirmed this last week.
I don’t just watch football from league 1, I talk to football people all over the world every day and I do my own research. This guy is raw but is very highly thought of where he currently plays. He could be a load of turnip or he could rip teams to shreds. We just don’t know right now. So there’s no contradiction. hes not known here, but I’m told he is very exciting and very good and the limited footage I’ve seen suggests potential. If we sign him we’ll see for ourselves but he could be a coup. A bit of a low risk punt
I know you obviously want to keep this Incognito for obvious reasons but you have me curious now but the way you make this player sound so obscure so, all I ask if possible, is this a domestic player or a foreign player?
He's most likely from Mount Pleasant and may or may not be good enough in a few years time. (Hope I'm wrong).
I read it as one guy on trial from the Jamacian post office and another, different player who could be a turnip but might a diamond.
As per The Udders forum; "Heard May will be on 11k a week at Birmingham, can’t compete with that, should have gotten the deal over the line sooner"... Sounds like a good offer from Brum...if true...🤷♂️
Once we'd accepted an offer from him his mind was made up to leave so it was clearly then going to be about money. Short career and all that. If he can pick up half a million a year for a couple of years he goes a long way towards securing his future I guess.
Accepted an offer from him, or for him?
One letter (then rearranged) can make quite a difference here!
We received an offer For him. My mistake.
Give us some good news @Swisdom we need some good signings in now , you must know something.
All I know is I'm going to have a new neighbour.
Deathly silent on the rumour front. The club have worked hard to keep everything under wraps. I know we were keen on Etete, Ahadme, Davies. We did look at Lolos formerly of Crawley but we went off him fairly quickly. There's a trialist over from Mount Pleasant apparently but no idea who that is And one other mystery player who has a lot of rave reviews but who is very raw at the moment. I'm sworn to secrecy on him so as not to jeopardise anything but I wouldn't think he's necessarily lined up as a starter just yet anyway.
Call me cynical, but that is the most Charlton transfer rumour mill possible.
I am going to assume, we went off him because Bolton were interested and he would rather have gone there? That's usually what happens unless it's outside football reasons I.e. they want to live nearer family.
A trialist from Mount Pleasant, who let's be honest, likely won't be good enough to make an immediate impact, and then a mystery player that won't start, when we already have talented players that shouldn't quite be starting anyway, along with selling our best player.
Just have to laugh sometimes.
The signings so far have all come from nowhere so nothing to say there aren’t a few more up the sleeve.
the “other player” - if he joins - might settle really quickly and go straight into the team. He’s an unknown quantity at this time but I’ve heard good stuff about him so he could be a real coup
No they haven't? We'd known about Mannion, Mitchell and Edwards for weeks before they were announced officially.
You then contradict yourself in your second paragraph, because you've heard good things about the unknown quantity, who would also be a real coup to sign. Which one is it? 😂
Before signing for us those guys were not on anyone’s radar. I only knew about Berry because Alfie told me at the end of the season because he was pissed off) That one aside we’re keeping stuff in house until it’s done. Nathan confirmed this last week.
I don’t just watch football from league 1, I talk to football people all over the world every day and I do my own research. This guy is raw but is very highly thought of where he currently plays. He could be a load of turnip or he could rip teams to shreds. We just don’t know right now. So there’s no contradiction. hes not known here, but I’m told he is very exciting and very good and the limited footage I’ve seen suggests potential. If we sign him we’ll see for ourselves but he could be a coup. A bit of a low risk punt
I know you obviously want to keep this Incognito for obvious reasons but you have me curious now but the way you make this player sound so obscure so, all I ask if possible, is this a domestic player or a foreign player?
He's most likely from Mount Pleasant and may or may not be good enough in a few years time. (Hope I'm wrong).
I read it as one guy on trial from the Jamacian post office and another, different player who could be a turnip but might a diamond.
One thing that’s a little concerning is we seem to be waiting for May to be sold before bringing in Ahadme/whoever. Aren’t we suppose to have a decent budget regardless of whatever Birmingham hand over for May?
2 weeks into the window and while it’s not the fastest start to a window the level of panic is unbelievable. Mitchell and Berry look like cracking signings, Edwards and Mannion, could yet turn out to be great. Nobody wants to see the top scorer go but it’s going to happen. Move on and hope we get the deals done that we need
One thing that’s a little concerning is we seem to be waiting for May to be sold before bringing in Ahadme/whoever. Aren’t we suppose to have a decent budget regardless of whatever Birmingham hand over for May?
Looks more like we are further away in negotiations than brum are with May, but we won't let him go without getting someone in, which sounds sensible to me
One thing that’s a little concerning is we seem to be waiting for May to be sold before bringing in Ahadme/whoever. Aren’t we suppose to have a decent budget regardless of whatever Birmingham hand over for May?
Looks more like we are further away in negotiations than brum are with May, but we won't let him go without getting someone in, which sounds sensible to me
There is a saying, usually now misquoted by among others Andy Scott, that the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The proof is NOT in the effing pudding.
The proof ie the test, isn't in the process of making or baking the cake but in its final use, ie when it is consumed.
Right now the cake is still being mixed. Four new ingredients, players, have been added and some other ingredients discarded. But the mix isn't finished and more ingredients are being sought.
The baker has done well at other bakeries but he has yet to prove himself fully at the La Vallee Patisserie.
Right now, the cake mix doesn't look right and certainly not ready to eat but there is still some more cooking to be done.
Come 10 August we can all tuck into the first slice and see how it has turned out. Till then, it's too early to say it has or hasn't risen.
(this metaphor is now going for a lie down in a dark room)
2 weeks into the window and while it’s not the fastest start to a window the level of panic is unbelievable. Mitchell and Berry look like cracking signings, Edwards and Mannion, could yet turn out to be great. Nobody wants to see the top scorer go but it’s going to happen. Move on and hope we get the deals done that we need
Don’t think it’s panic but when your manager says on numerous occasions that he wants his squad in place for the start of pre season, maybe just one or two off that, then we are a million miles from that and to boot have now just sold May. I’m not panicking yet but I’m mightily concerned.
We have seen in the last four/five seasons what impact late recruitment can have. We need to hit the ground running and to do that the squad needs pre season to gel and take onboard what NJ wants to do. League One is going to be a lot tougher than it was last year and seemingly a few teams are willing to spend relatively big (Brum, Hudds, Bolton to name three) and we are already starting from a very low base. I trust NJ but I’m not sure I trust the SMT/Owners to back him sufficiently.
2 weeks into the window and while it’s not the fastest start to a window the level of panic is unbelievable. Mitchell and Berry look like cracking signings, Edwards and Mannion, could yet turn out to be great. Nobody wants to see the top scorer go but it’s going to happen. Move on and hope we get the deals done that we need
Don’t think it’s panic but when your manager says on numerous occasions that he wants his squad in place for the start of pre season, maybe just one or two off that, then we are a million miles from that and to boot have now just sold May. I’m not panicking yet but I’m mightily concerned.
We have seen in the last four/five seasons what impact late recruitment can have. We need to hit the ground running and to do that the squad needs pre season to gel and take onboard what NJ wants to do. League One is going to be a lot tougher than it was last year and seemingly a few teams are willing to spend relatively big (Brum, Hudds, Bolton to name three) and we are already starting from a very low base. I trust NJ but I’m not sure I trust the SMT/Owners to back him sufficiently.
We’re not a million miles away, we want 5 signings I’m guessing 6 with May going , there’s still 2 months to go of the window and over a month until the first game.
2 weeks into the window and while it’s not the fastest start to a window the level of panic is unbelievable. Mitchell and Berry look like cracking signings, Edwards and Mannion, could yet turn out to be great. Nobody wants to see the top scorer go but it’s going to happen. Move on and hope we get the deals done that we need
2 weeks into the window and while it’s not the fastest start to a window the level of panic is unbelievable. Mitchell and Berry look like cracking signings, Edwards and Mannion, could yet turn out to be great. Nobody wants to see the top scorer go but it’s going to happen. Move on and hope we get the deals done that we need
I'm in a weird place where I take little confidence in our actual signings, who seem far from standout - the only confidence I'm taking is that Jones is our manager and will make us more than the sum of our parts.
(Just had flashbacks to Nigel Adkins using "more than the sum of our parts" in his end-of-window transfer spiel).
We've lost our best players and we were already shit. It was implied we had an impressive budget. Apart from Berry, the signings seems solid but don't make you stand up and take notice.
Heaven hope Jones still has his mojo because I really feel like, as it stands, this season could go either way.
2 weeks into the window and while it’s not the fastest start to a window the level of panic is unbelievable. Mitchell and Berry look like cracking signings, Edwards and Mannion, could yet turn out to be great. Nobody wants to see the top scorer go but it’s going to happen. Move on and hope we get the deals done that we need
Don’t think it’s panic but when your manager says on numerous occasions that he wants his squad in place for the start of pre season, maybe just one or two off that, then we are a million miles from that and to boot have now just sold May. I’m not panicking yet but I’m mightily concerned.
We have seen in the last four/five seasons what impact late recruitment can have. We need to hit the ground running and to do that the squad needs pre season to gel and take onboard what NJ wants to do. League One is going to be a lot tougher than it was last year and seemingly a few teams are willing to spend relatively big (Brum, Hudds, Bolton to name three) and we are already starting from a very low base. I trust NJ but I’m not sure I trust the SMT/Owners to back him sufficiently.
We’re not a million miles away, we want 5 signings I’m guessing 6 with May going , there’s still 2 months to go of the window and over a month until the first game.
Which is fine until you factor in NJ saying he wanted his squad sorted for the start of pre season training, bar maybe one or two. How’s that going? We need at least six signings, of which at least four in my opinion need to be starters, getting them in late July/early August isn’t going to cut it.
2 weeks into the window and while it’s not the fastest start to a window the level of panic is unbelievable. Mitchell and Berry look like cracking signings, Edwards and Mannion, could yet turn out to be great. Nobody wants to see the top scorer go but it’s going to happen. Move on and hope we get the deals done that we need
Don’t think it’s panic but when your manager says on numerous occasions that he wants his squad in place for the start of pre season, maybe just one or two off that, then we are a million miles from that and to boot have now just sold May. I’m not panicking yet but I’m mightily concerned.
We have seen in the last four/five seasons what impact late recruitment can have. We need to hit the ground running and to do that the squad needs pre season to gel and take onboard what NJ wants to do. League One is going to be a lot tougher than it was last year and seemingly a few teams are willing to spend relatively big (Brum, Hudds, Bolton to name three) and we are already starting from a very low base. I trust NJ but I’m not sure I trust the SMT/Owners to back him sufficiently.
We’re not a million miles away, we want 5 signings I’m guessing 6 with May going , there’s still 2 months to go of the window and over a month until the first game.
Which is fine until you factor in NJ saying he wanted his squad sorted for the start of pre season training, bar maybe one or two. How’s that going? We need at least six signings, of which at least four in my opinion need to be starters, getting them in late July/early August isn’t going to cut it.
This is where I am. I was hoping we’d see at least a couple of signings this week but I’m not confident we will. Things can change quickly though, we can only wait and see.
2 weeks into the window and while it’s not the fastest start to a window the level of panic is unbelievable. Mitchell and Berry look like cracking signings, Edwards and Mannion, could yet turn out to be great. Nobody wants to see the top scorer go but it’s going to happen. Move on and hope we get the deals done that we need
Don’t think it’s panic but when your manager says on numerous occasions that he wants his squad in place for the start of pre season, maybe just one or two off that, then we are a million miles from that and to boot have now just sold May. I’m not panicking yet but I’m mightily concerned.
We have seen in the last four/five seasons what impact late recruitment can have. We need to hit the ground running and to do that the squad needs pre season to gel and take onboard what NJ wants to do. League One is going to be a lot tougher than it was last year and seemingly a few teams are willing to spend relatively big (Brum, Hudds, Bolton to name three) and we are already starting from a very low base. I trust NJ but I’m not sure I trust the SMT/Owners to back him sufficiently.
We’re not a million miles away, we want 5 signings I’m guessing 6 with May going , there’s still 2 months to go of the window and over a month until the first game.
Which is fine until you factor in NJ saying he wanted his squad sorted for the start of pre season training, bar maybe one or two. How’s that going? We need at least six signings, of which at least four in my opinion need to be starters, getting them in late July/early August isn’t going to cut it.
I’d imagine we’ll get 2/3 this week especially as May is leaving which only leaves us needing 2/3, which is what I mean by saying we’re not a million miles away. Which would give Jones the majority of the squad sorted as he had said.
Call this cope or whatever but May is not a 'guaranteed' 20-goal striker. Three seasons running doesn't 'guarantee' a fourth. Also, he just isn't our best player (Leaburn probably is)
Plus what people are not seeing is he can’t score 20 goals if he not in the team
Ronnie's decided to end me I see
Whatever you 2 do together in your spare time is a matter for you
Call this cope or whatever but May is not a 'guaranteed' 20-goal striker. Three seasons running doesn't 'guarantee' a fourth. Also, he just isn't our best player (Leaburn probably is)
Plus what people are not seeing is he can’t score 20 goals if he not in the team
Ronnie's decided to end me I see
Whatever you 2 do together in your spare time is a matter for you
As per The Udders forum; "Heard May will be on 11k a week at Birmingham, can’t compete with that, should have gotten the deal over the line sooner"... Sounds like a good offer from Brum...if true...🤷♂️
Once we'd accepted an offer from him his mind was made up to leave so it was clearly then going to be about money. Short career and all that. If he can pick up half a million a year for a couple of years he goes a long way towards securing his future I guess.
Accepted an offer from him, or for him?
One letter (then rearranged) can make quite a difference here!
We received an offer For him. My mistake.
Give us some good news @Swisdom we need some good signings in now , you must know something.
All I know is I'm going to have a new neighbour.
Deathly silent on the rumour front. The club have worked hard to keep everything under wraps. I know we were keen on Etete, Ahadme, Davies. We did look at Lolos formerly of Crawley but we went off him fairly quickly. There's a trialist over from Mount Pleasant apparently but no idea who that is And one other mystery player who has a lot of rave reviews but who is very raw at the moment. I'm sworn to secrecy on him so as not to jeopardise anything but I wouldn't think he's necessarily lined up as a starter just yet anyway.
Call me cynical, but that is the most Charlton transfer rumour mill possible.
I am going to assume, we went off him because Bolton were interested and he would rather have gone there? That's usually what happens unless it's outside football reasons I.e. they want to live nearer family.
A trialist from Mount Pleasant, who let's be honest, likely won't be good enough to make an immediate impact, and then a mystery player that won't start, when we already have talented players that shouldn't quite be starting anyway, along with selling our best player.
Just have to laugh sometimes.
The signings so far have all come from nowhere so nothing to say there aren’t a few more up the sleeve.
the “other player” - if he joins - might settle really quickly and go straight into the team. He’s an unknown quantity at this time but I’ve heard good stuff about him so he could be a real coup
so we’ve lost cbt, Dobbo and May now - small has the potential to be as exciting as cbt and hasn’t refused to play for us yet or feigned injury.
We’ve brought in a player from West Ham’s academy who is a lot younger than Dobbo. Just because he doesn’t smash into tackle like Dobbo did doesn’t necessarily make him less effective. weve also brought in a guy who was a premier league player 3 months ago - how many league 1 teams will be saying that this year. Like Berry is A real leader of men. Alex Mitchell was massively popular and important for Lincoln last year and should fit in nicely with a bit of steel and serial threat.
It’s not all doom and gloom - yes we need some attackers but maybe, just maybe, the club know this and are working on it!
Maybe all will be revealed when the unknown quantity gets a run out at Dartford this weekend.
I’m sure every manager would love all their signings done and dusted before pre season starts. Maybe NJ was a bit naive to actually come out and state it or maybe he actually believed it was possible….we’ll never know. Pretty sure though there’s masses going on behind the scenes to get bodies in (and not just squad players)
the fact now is that pre season has started and the squad isn’t all there, all the posts constantly fucking banging on about Jones stating he wanted all his business done by now are really boring…
I’m confident we’ll see 3/4 first XI starters walk through the door over the next few weeks
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I'm also 100% certain that the vast majority of players are also wanted by other clubs.
Nearly all players sign a contract somewhere, they are nearly all wanted.
(Hope I'm wrong).
Mitchell and Berry look like cracking signings, Edwards and Mannion, could yet turn out to be great.
Nobody wants to see the top scorer go but it’s going to happen.
Move on and hope we get the deals done that we need
We have seen in the last four/five seasons what impact late recruitment can have. We need to hit the ground running and to do that the squad needs pre season to gel and take onboard what NJ wants to do. League One is going to be a lot tougher than it was last year and seemingly a few teams are willing to spend relatively big (Brum, Hudds, Bolton to name three) and we are already starting from a very low base. I trust NJ but I’m not sure I trust the SMT/Owners to back him sufficiently.
(Just had flashbacks to Nigel Adkins using "more than the sum of our parts" in his end-of-window transfer spiel).
We've lost our best players and we were already shit. It was implied we had an impressive budget. Apart from Berry, the signings seems solid but don't make you stand up and take notice.
Heaven hope Jones still has his mojo because I really feel like, as it stands, this season could go either way.
the fact now is that pre season has started and the squad isn’t all there, all the posts constantly fucking banging on about Jones stating he wanted all his business done by now are really boring…
I’m confident we’ll see 3/4 first XI starters walk through the door over the next few weeks