Rumours Rumours

We have suffered through the last two transfer windows, as penance for all the excitement CP gave us the summer before last.

southamptonaddick said:

Danny Addick said:

It's a shame because you can see what a LITTLE bit of money gets you - Wordworth, Ritchie, Judge are all excellent players at this level.

When you say this level, what level are you talking about?

As they are all in League 1.

Ok would be rather than are. Picking the young cream of league 1 is a far more Powel-like thing to do than go for old pros (ahem, Fuller).

Another transfer-window washout. Boo.

I think out of Ritchie, Wordsworth and Judge I'd prefer the latter.
Shame we're skint!

It's about putting a plaster too small to cover the whole cut or stoping a leaking tap be being happy with it dripping large

You see right now it's a mil a month because we are still covering costs that were haemorrhaging

Now we have a sustained loss but one that should we slowly build and carry on in a forward momentum we will be come more of an investment package


Right now we are a team that's just been promoted

That's all

I don't want us to spend 1 bean and finish just above the drop zone but far enough away so we don't panic

kentaddick said:

LargeAddick said:

kentaddick said:

Maybe we'll just do a Crewe and live and die by our youth setup.

Yeah cause we have blooded loads of youngsters over the last couple of seasons.

We've invested a lot in the academy, my comment was a bit of a joke but the long term objective of the owners is to develop both our own youngsters and young up and coming players.

When did the owners ever say that?

LargeAddick said:

I am concerned about this. If we have no money now then where will it come from in the summer? If we have none then then how are we going to get to the PL? If we don't get to the PL in the next couple of seasons we are f**ked. In the meantime MS will stil be pumping in 1m to cover ever increasing losses. Really worried. Unless TJ et al just don't want to trust CP with any money and that leads me to just one conclusion, one that I don't really want to contemplate.

This exactly bothers me too. It's a simplistic but I would say pretty spot on analysis of where we are. Worried.

Bolderhumphreyreid said:

RUMOURS thread.

Rumours Rumours thread.

kentaddick said:

LargeAddick said:

kentaddick said:

Maybe we'll just do a Crewe and live and die by our youth setup.

Yeah cause we have blooded loads of youngsters over the last couple of seasons.

We've invested a lot in the academy, my comment was a bit of a joke but the long term objective of the owners is to develop both our own youngsters and young up and coming players.

Hit the nail there Kenty. There's something in this. Managing to get a man like Paul Hart,who incidently was being touted for prem management jobs, to take it on was a real coup.
I don't think we're skint. Will always be money to keep things ticking along. This is a money making exercise.

buckshee said:

Peterborough chairman had just said on twitter that they have accepted multiple bids for Boyd and its up to the player now.

He's a Palace fan. Lets not kid ourselves about where he is going.

Plaaayer said:

I'm confused, are we actually allowed to say there's no money now or is it still taboo?

If there is one of those Sunderland style banned notices on your seat at the next home game then we'll all have our answer.

What time does the transfer window close. What's all this about Wordsworth? What happened to the Noone rumour?

Oggy Red said:

Surely there's a limit to the number of loanees each club can sign?

I believe you can sign as many as you like but can only have 5 in the match squad.

ShootersHillGuru said:

carly burn said:

kentaddick said:

LargeAddick said:

kentaddick said:

Maybe we'll just do a Crewe and live and die by our youth setup.

Yeah cause we have blooded loads of youngsters over the last couple of seasons.

We've invested a lot in the academy, my comment was a bit of a joke but the long term objective of the owners is to develop both our own youngsters and young up and coming players.

Hit the nail there Kenty. There's something in this. Managing to get a man like Paul Hart,who incidently was being touted for prem management jobs, to take it on was a real coup.
I don't think we're skint. Will always be money to keep things ticking along. This is a money making exercise.

If I was losing 8 million a year my bank manager would I suspect consider that skint.

But if you could still service the debt you'd still be on his Christmas card list.