Wednesday set sights on promotion to PL.

operationpig said:

Wednesday looks set for a 10m transfer budget, not including wages.

Of course you are .. #tinpot

operationpig said:

paulie8290 said:

Lots of talk no action
lets see shall we
go a feeling you will be left red faced at the end of the season with some of these comments

I'm not expecting promotion because all of this has come late on and Stuart Gray has to prove himself, however If he is allowed 10 million quid just for transfers excluding wages then I very much doubt we'll be near the bottom three, unless things go drastically wrong.

Hope for the best, expect the worst, OP

operationpig said:

paulie8290 said:

Lots of talk no action
lets see shall we
go a feeling you will be left red faced at the end of the season with some of these comments

I'm not expecting promotion because all of this has come late on and Stuart Gray has to prove himself, however If he is allowed 10 million quid just for transfers excluding wages then I very much doubt we'll be near the bottom three, unless things go drastically wrong.

Nothing like hedging your bets lol
It'll all go right unless it goes wrong!
Tell you what, a tenner says that out of you lot, us and Huddersfield (who all came up together) we will finish highest.
People on here know that I talk up our direction after the takeover but I think we might finish 10th - 14th

operationpig said:

bobmunro said:

operationpig said:

paulie8290 said:

Lots of talk no action
lets see shall we
go a feeling you will be left red faced at the end of the season with some of these comments

I'm not expecting promotion because all of this has come late on and Stuart Gray has to prove himself, however If he is allowed 10 million quid just for transfers excluding wages then I very much doubt we'll be near the bottom three, unless things go drastically wrong.

Hope for the best, expect the worst, OP

Things are looking up bobby boy.

Looking up indeed.

As the great Oscar Wilde said - 'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars'.

operationpig said:

May I ask why you are so confident of, first of all finishing above us, and having a half decent season next year?

We've been asking him the same for the last two months...

operationpig said:

May I ask why you are so confident of, first of all finishing above us, and having a half decent season next year?

Because we just spent just over £2 million on a chanpions league player

operationpig said:

May I ask why you are so confident of, first of all finishing above us, and having a half decent season next year?

As you're not taking the bet, you must be kinda worried he's right.

MSE7 said:

Wendy's going down

Never realised that you and Miss Piggy were so close. Ooohaah Misses.

Here's a few reasons why I'm confident that my tenner is safe:
1) After 6 months our new owner is familiar with the club and the Championship. He has made his choice of manager whereas you are saying your guy has to prove himself. By definition we are 6 months ahead of you on the curve.

2) Like yourselves(I think) we have just released many players who helped us get out of League 1 and then stay up. Our first two signings this summer are rumoured to be worth in excess of €5m between them. c.4 more players are being approached. So maybe we add £7-8m of value to our squad? Unlike yourselves this process is already in train and targets identified.

3) Like Watford we enjoy a link with a successful club in Europe and thus we enjoy access to a pan European scouting network as well as players moving between network clubs without agents hiking contracts or stalling things / creating auctions. Thank you for your kind offer re. COG but not really required given that our owner deals with the likes of Batshuayi who he has just sold to Marseille for €6M

4) We finished the season with 16 games gaining 24 points ~ mid-table form. A handful of the key players from that run have elected not to sign up but we are looking for replacements right now. Most of the players are in long term contracts or just signed extensions - As well as new signings, our six Academy first teamers will be a year older and that makes a big difference in strength and experience to a teenager / player in their early 20s.

5) We have several million "spare capacity" on FFP and the owner has his chequebook out - this will really make a difference especially in the January window when the going gets tough. The owner is decisive, if a tad ruthless - he won't land every transfer target but he will land a fair few.

So that's my case for optimism. The bookies disagree and many on here are worried because today we don't have a complete squad. Some think we need four more players and others maybe six or eight. I'd go with four more decent quality signings and I believe the club will secure them. We won't know for sure until end September how this newly rebuilt squad plays but right now we have a younger, better squad than we did before with announcements every week of player signings.

sam3110 said:

http://www.euronews.com/sport/2572616-rc-lens-promotion-on-hold-for-financial-reasons/

Interesting....

10 million euros ! Pah. A trifling sum to the massives.

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So monsieur Pig how about that tenner or are you just happy pushing the lol button? Or are you waiting for me to give you odds once our new signings arrive for training next week? Someone posted on here that there are a couple more signings coming in next week - just waiting for accommodation to be sorted - takes a bit longer down here!

seriously_red said:

So monsieur Pig how about that tenner or are you just happy pushing the lol button? Or are you waiting for me to give you odds once our new signings arrive for training next week? Someone posted on here that there are a couple more signings coming in next week - just waiting for accommodation to be sorted - takes a bit longer down here!

Come on piggy, put your money where your snout is.