I don't get this £8-10m loss in League One as a justification to spend.
According to this article (albeit 2 years old) "The average pre-tax deficit for the 19 clubs has so far been a smidgen over £20million" (not all accounts were submitted at the time). There is every chance that getting promoted would = greater costs (wages to be competitive). https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4457610/2023/04/28/championship-finances-broken/
Hence I don't get the argument that you spend money now to save money next year
To be clear, I absolutely want us to get promoted and out of this shit league, but should be done sustainably and with an eye for future squad growth (for which we did pretty well last Jan with Ramsey and Small joining)
Don't care anymore. We all know what we need but we wont get them. Will be more moving deckchairs with a couple of players leaving (on loan- no one wants our dross) being replaced with the usual inept PL loanees or players at the twilight of their careers.
Highlight this post & re-visit again in February.
Posted this on the 1st page of this thread.
For once.....just for once, I'd like to be wrong and to be eating humble 🥧 at 11pm tonight.
I don’t think it can be a good window unless we get someone to replace Gillesphey. We can’t keep relying on a defender that is makes mistakes as constantly as he does.
Not sure what I swore more at when watching the highlights on Saturday. Gillesphey’s disaster of trying to bring the ball down…or the commentator saying it was “an uncharacteristic error from Gillesphey” 🤦🏻♂️🫣🤬🤬
Funny you pick out his one and only mistake yet fail to mention the two tackles he made first half that stopped goalscoring chances … plus in past few weeks Jones and Mitchell have also made errors that resulted in goals yet don’t see anything said about them !!
Gillesphey has played consistently well since the return of Lloyd Jones and would have got my man of the match on Saturday had it not been for that mistake. Ramsay was culpable for not closing and showing the forward wide, not inside for the first, but no one wants to criticise him. If Gillesphey heads it up into the air, do they score maybe, maybe not. Overall the team played well against a strong physical side.
I don't get this £8-10m loss in League One as a justification to spend.
According to this article (albeit 2 years old) "The average pre-tax deficit for the 19 clubs has so far been a smidgen over £20million" (not all accounts were submitted at the time). There is every chance that getting promoted would = greater costs (wages to be competitive). https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4457610/2023/04/28/championship-finances-broken/
Hence I don't get the argument that you spend money now to save money next year
To be clear, I absolutely want us to get promoted and out of this shit league, but should be done sustainably and with an eye for future squad growth (for which we did pretty well last Jan with Ramsey and Small joining)
It is not sustainable to lose £8-10m in this division once the billionaires get bored of us.
They didn't buy us to keep us in this division.. The goal is to get us to top half Championship. They may potentially do this by adding some quality in this window - next season there is only one thing certain if we stay in League 1 - we will lose another £8-10m.
Tbf Owen Dale is one of those names you felt was destined to sign for Charlton at some point in their career. A bit like a Jayden Stockley or Jake Forster-Caskey.
How quick is Dale? Presumably he'd be an alternative wingback/winger option on the right so we're not so reliant on Small. He'd have to be bloody quick for that to be worthwhile though as he's not typically a wingback and he'd be going on the outside which would affect our current inverted wingers plan, though I understand he's not bad with his left. Could be being brought in to go up front and pull wide to the left and cut in, though he feels more like an alternative to Small than TC by the sounds of things. Having said that, we sat through half a season of Charlie Kirk being thrown in as a striker so anything's possible. Dale also made his debut coming on as a sub for Charlie Kirk at Crewe, so that will warm people to him..
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According to this article (albeit 2 years old) "The average pre-tax deficit for the 19 clubs has so far been a smidgen over £20million" (not all accounts were submitted at the time). There is every chance that getting promoted would = greater costs (wages to be competitive). https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4457610/2023/04/28/championship-finances-broken/
Hence I don't get the argument that you spend money now to save money next year
To be clear, I absolutely want us to get promoted and out of this shit league, but should be done sustainably and with an eye for future squad growth (for which we did pretty well last Jan with Ramsey and Small joining)
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If this is true, I think this is a really nice pick up.
(Prepares for him to be as shite as Charlie Kirk)
Don't know enough about his work rate/defending to know if he fits in a Jones side.
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They didn't buy us to keep us in this division.. The goal is to get us to top half Championship. They may potentially do this by adding some quality in this window - next season there is only one thing certain if we stay in League 1 - we will lose another £8-10m.
FM suggests he’s mainly a winger but played WB and up front, but given he’s not a natural defender like Small I think he’d be an alternative to TC.
https://youtu.be/KxZG6THPA0A?feature=shared