BoyWonder2
2025, the year of the Shrimpers ⭐🦐
What I will say, back on the topic of signings, is that the new article from CP with Maher about new signings is a positive sign.
With managers, you have some who love talking to the media, and drip feeding bits of information, such as PB, and some managers play their cards very close to their chase and only “provide” stories when something is happening, ala Maher. Also, MM wasn’t a fan of the media side of things either, whether that was in general or because it was his first shot at league football with us I don’t know.
Managers have a duty with press conferences in the build up to games, and then post match, but other than that they can remain silent. Maher won’t come out and say we are close to signing a striker, who played in league one last season, for example. PB would give that bit of information we as fans love because we can try and guess the player in question.
I’m led to believe, we are close on three players, not the loanees. Two have been mentioned on here, and won’t be too difficult to guess, but I’m not sure on the third player, but I’m working on it. I believe they are at different stages of “close”, so I don’t think we will do an Aldershot and announce 8 in a day for example.
Also, worth noting with Aldershot for example, these 8 signings they made, can have been made at completely different times over the summer, but the Club have choose to announce them all together. I’ve not looked at the players they’ve signed, but I’m assuming all free agents. Technically, a free agent is still being paid by their “club” until the end of June, and new deals with Clubs start on the 1st July. If they don’t find a new Club, they do get an extra months wages too.
What you tend to find, is the players who come from elsewhere and are taking a drop in wages to sign for us, will agree everything, but not put pen to paper with a new club until they have taken the last of their “higher” wages. Which, when you think about it, makes perfect sense.
With managers, you have some who love talking to the media, and drip feeding bits of information, such as PB, and some managers play their cards very close to their chase and only “provide” stories when something is happening, ala Maher. Also, MM wasn’t a fan of the media side of things either, whether that was in general or because it was his first shot at league football with us I don’t know.
Managers have a duty with press conferences in the build up to games, and then post match, but other than that they can remain silent. Maher won’t come out and say we are close to signing a striker, who played in league one last season, for example. PB would give that bit of information we as fans love because we can try and guess the player in question.
I’m led to believe, we are close on three players, not the loanees. Two have been mentioned on here, and won’t be too difficult to guess, but I’m not sure on the third player, but I’m working on it. I believe they are at different stages of “close”, so I don’t think we will do an Aldershot and announce 8 in a day for example.
Also, worth noting with Aldershot for example, these 8 signings they made, can have been made at completely different times over the summer, but the Club have choose to announce them all together. I’ve not looked at the players they’ve signed, but I’m assuming all free agents. Technically, a free agent is still being paid by their “club” until the end of June, and new deals with Clubs start on the 1st July. If they don’t find a new Club, they do get an extra months wages too.
What you tend to find, is the players who come from elsewhere and are taking a drop in wages to sign for us, will agree everything, but not put pen to paper with a new club until they have taken the last of their “higher” wages. Which, when you think about it, makes perfect sense.
