Transfer News and Gossip Summer/Autumn Transfer Targets/Rumours Thread 2022

[rararblue]

Just reckon we are waiting for all salaries to be paid, up to date, before we announce the new signings.
Wouldn't seem right introducing new employees without this.
Would be bad for 'team spirit' throughout the club, otherwise.

 

[Jai]

Loads of rubbish when they get 1’5k or less at home, they have to pay their staffs much as they pay their players.

They're minted. For a club with 5,000 gates we are extremely poor. At this level, no football club makes money, it's all about what your owner has in his/her bank balance. Solihull's has very deep pockets. Ours has a pocketful of IoUs and a crumpled Wispa wrapper.

 

[Jai]

No thanks.

It was traumatic enough when Dru didn’t rock up at St Andrew’s on the first day of the season and we all know what happened next……..

True. What a buzzkill that was.

 

[RHB]

Southend needs to sign players like Joe sbarra if they going to have any chance of getting out of this league...

Any reason for those words of wisdom @Nonleague_expert? Are you privy to our coaching team's prefered players list?

 

[Murkey_Mouse]

Just reckon we are waiting for all salaries to be paid, up to date, before we announce the new signings.
Wouldn't seem right introducing new employees without this.
Would be bad for 'team spirit' throughout the club, otherwise.

Well they want an successful club, where new players that make an big difference in tickets sales & cup run mean they get paid on time

 

[JAL]

Well they want an successful club, where new players that make an big difference in tickets sales & cup run mean they get paid on time

You do say some very random things on here, don't ya?

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Southend needs to sign players like Joe sbarra if they going to have any chance of getting out of this league...

Hi Joe, welcome to Shrimperzone - are you on the verge of signing for us then?

 

[CanveyCastle]

They're minted. For a club with 5,000 gates we are extremely poor. At this level, no football club makes money, it's all about what your owner has in his/her bank balance. Solihull's has very deep pockets. Ours has a pocketful of IoUs and a crumpled Wispa wrapper.

and several Summonses and Court Letters.

 

[Pak Power]

They're minted. For a club with 5,000 gates we are extremely poor. At this level, no football club makes money, it's all about what your owner has in his/her bank balance. Solihull's has very deep pockets. Ours has a pocketful of IoUs and a crumpled Wispa wrapper.

I thought there was a wage cap? It should mean there is more of a level playing field with regard salaries.

We all know there are ways round it, but it shouldn't now make a difference how wealthy a chairman/woman is?

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

Sky would be all over this

The sky is over all of us, isn't it? I can see it now - just up there, all day, every day.

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

True. What a buzzkill that was.

Anyone remember that first game of the season when a new player called Paynter suddenly appeared? He went on to have quite a career - that surprised me quite a bit.

 

[danbowen]

 

[Jai]

I thought there was a wage cap? It should mean there is more of a level playing field with regard salaries.

We all know there are ways round it, but it shouldn't now make a difference how wealthy a chairman/woman is?

I'm not sure what the situation is with the proposed salary cap. There certainly isn't one in place at the moment, but I know the NL are talking about imposing one. Sbarra will be on big money, he wasn't short of Football League admirers.

 

[Jai]

Well they want an successful club, where new players that make an big difference in tickets sales & cup run mean they get paid on time

Who, or what, is a "cup run"?

 

[Sunnyshrimper]

Anyone remember that first game of the season when a new player called Paynter suddenly appeared? He went on to have quite a career - that surprised me quite a bit.

Remember it well, he took a shot from about 35 yards out wide by the West Family exclosure. I thought he’s just nervous, he must be a youth team player I hadn’t heard of. Then saw we’d paid Hull a rumoured 200- 300k for him. Never looked capable or fully fit for Blues but as you say went on to have a very respectable career in the football league without ever being too prolific

 

[sufc4life21]

I thought there was a wage cap? It should mean there is more of a level playing field with regard salaries.

We all know there are ways round it, but it shouldn't now make a difference how wealthy a chairman/woman is?

There are ways round a salary cap for big money clubs to get a player to sign instead of signing for poorer money club.

 

[sufc4life21]

Approaching 2pm and still no announcement..... staff gone on strike or something.

 

[JAL]

The silence is definitely defeating, I'm not an embargo raver but time is definitely going quickly with no word of anything.

 

[Murkey_Mouse]

Who, or what, is a "cup run"?

We keep getting knocked out in earlier round since 2015, I don’t remember us making good cup runs. For example, we got knocked out by MK Dons at home, then they play Liverpool, which deny us an potential 500k.

 

[overseas shrimper]

I thought there was a wage cap? It should mean there is more of a level playing field with regard salaries.

We all know there are ways round it, but it shouldn't now make a difference how wealthy a chairman/woman is?

You're kind of contradicting yourself, aren't you.