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

[Snowy]

This is correct, I heard any of the good work that Tom and team have put in has been well and truly ripped apart by the latest embargo that we were in ..

So are we under an Embargo?

 

[londonblue]

Has to be Kelly but I imagine we have major EFL competition for him.

Are you making a cheeky prediction?

 

[JAL]

So are we under an Embargo?

We were, not since Tuesday when we celebrated the lifting with the signing of Fonguck.

 

[Paulie Walnuts]

If I were in his shoes I'd pick the club who would pay me on time, and didn't have a crooked owner.

 

[Snowy]

We were, not since Tuesday when we celebrated the lifting with the signing of Fonguck.

So why do people keep mentioning it? I know some peoples glasses are almost empty and keep banging on about an Embargo, but we have slowly compiled a very decent squad so far and looks like further additions are possible.

 

[Texas Eslan]

Don't be surprised if some other ITK have stopped their info or slowed it down due to other threads.

Why? I mean no disrespect to anyone when I say this but on anonymous forums you will get ‘keyboard warriors’, trolls and even simply differences of opinions. If a couple of people doubted what they were being told then it’s to be expected but to then go silent seems a little excessive.

 

[tommy tucker]

IS Kelly team he one that is holding out for a six figure sum .Cant see us paying that kind of mone .And someone stated why would he sign for a club who does not honer its players wages .To my knolage all player are payed up to date .

 

[Petejames]

IS Kelly team he one that is holding out for a six figure sum .Cant see us paying that kind of mone .And someone stated why would he sign for a club who does not honer its players wages .To my knolage all player are payed up to date .

I think it’s Maidenhead that won’t entertain us not Josh Kelly himself

 

[Medway Blue]

So why do people keep mentioning it? I know some peoples glasses are almost empty and keep banging on about an Embargo, but we have slowly compiled a very decent squad so far and looks like further additions are possible.

People keep mentioning it because the fact that we were under one has affected the club's recruitment in the last week or so, even if we are now out of it. It had seemed as though the club's reputation in football circles was slowly being improved but other clubs will have heard that we were under one and it may have made them think twice about doing business with us. "Are we going to get our money?". It's not exactly like we don't have a history of missing payments of transfer fee installments or of loan fees. It's yet another indication that certain people will work hard to improve the club's image but it's often one step forwards, two steps back and the club will never fully recover its reputation or get a clean slate until Ron Martin is out of the picture.

 

[JAL]

So why do people keep mentioning it? I know some peoples glasses are almost empty and keep banging on about an Embargo, but we have slowly compiled a very decent squad so far and looks like further additions are possible.

Because it's still a consistent issue with the club, why else would it not be mentioned? Every few months we seem to be under an embargo so it's always going to be apart of the conversation until we actually start to pay our taxes on time consistently.

Why? I mean no disrespect to anyone when I say this but on anonymous forums you will get ‘keyboard warriors’, trolls and even simply differences of opinions. If a couple of people doubted what they were being told then it’s to be expected but to then go silent seems a little excessive.

Because people get fed up of it, imagine posting information you know is more than likely true, then people, whether they're trolls or not, it will get annoying constantly being questioned and told you're wrong.

 

[hlane17]

If we needed any more proof it's Kelly on our radar, here it is from a relative of his.

 

[flangejackrabbit]

IS Kelly team he one that is holding out for a six figure sum .Cant see us paying that kind of mone .And someone stated why would he sign for a club who does not honer its players wages .To my knolage all player are payed up to date .

I think that was Umerah where the club were holding out for six figures?

 

[Ricey]

We thought Mooney was a statement signing but if we pulled this one off too it would be an excellent window.

Get Wreh in and a CB loan or perm and I think we have a real fighting chance of going up.

 

[henry18]

I think that was Umerah where the club were holding out for six figures?

We were never interested in Umerah

 

[danbowen]

From reading threads on here recently anyone would think we are the only team who ever have an embargo and only team that struggle financially over the summer months.

From what I understand the players have been paid every month for quite some time now and although it is not good enough it is usually a small handful of people who get paid late from time to time.

Players want to play for us as much as anyone disagrees. Mussa clearly wanted to come to us and I believe Josh Kelly also wants to come here especially with one of his relatives commenting and liking a lot of southend fans posts on social media. I doubt this would be going on if there wasn’t a very good chance of him coming here.

So in a nutshell - not paying all staff on time is not great and not acceptable but we are a big club at this level, we play good attractive football, have fantastic support and a bright future regardless of what some people may say.

 

[JAL]

From reading threads on here recently anyone would think we are the only team who ever have an embargo and only team that struggle financially over the summer months.

From what I understand the players have been paid every month for quite some time now and although it is not good enough it is usually a small handful of people who get paid late from time to time.

Players want to play for us as much as anyone disagrees. Mussa clearly wanted to come to us and I believe Josh Kelly also wants to come here especially with one of his relatives commenting and liking a lot of southend fans posts on social media. I doubt this would be going on if there wasn’t a very good chance of him coming here.

So in a nutshell - not paying all staff on time is not great and not acceptable but we are a big club at this level, we play good attractive football, have fantastic support and a bright future regardless of what some people may say.

A few ITKs have confirmed quite a few times there has not been issues paying playing staff, just non-playing.

 

[londonblue]

From reading threads on here recently anyone would think we are the only team who ever have an embargo and only team that struggle financially over the summer months.

From what I understand the players have been paid every month for quite some time now and although it is not good enough it is usually a small handful of people who get paid late from time to time.

Players want to play for us as much as anyone disagrees. Mussa clearly wanted to come to us and I believe Josh Kelly also wants to come here especially with one of his relatives commenting and liking a lot of southend fans posts on social media. I doubt this would be going on if there wasn’t a very good chance of him coming here.

So in a nutshell - not paying all staff on time is not great and not acceptable but we are a big club at this level, we play good attractive football, have fantastic support and a bright future regardless of what some people may say.

Indeed. I've mentioned on here how it works, at least in the EFL where clubs continually fail to pay each other, but don't report each other to the EFL until the day before payment hits their accounts. That way everyone is continually in and out of an embargo even if it is only for a day or two at a time, and when the transfer window is closed it makes no difference.

However, things have moved on, and for us it has also moved backwards, so those rules and conventions may have changed and the NL rules may be different.

Don't forget we have also taken that to an extreme. We were under an embargo for almost a full year at one point. I don't think any other club has been that bad.

So, yes, other clubs have financial difficulties but we seem to be the worst serial offenders. That won't change any time soon because the person who ultimately runs the club hasn't changed.

 

[Snowy]

People keep mentioning it because the fact that we were under one has affected the club's recruitment in the last week or so, even if we are now out of it. It had seemed as though the club's reputation in football circles was slowly being improved but other clubs will have heard that we were under one and it may have made them think twice about doing business with us. "Are we going to get our money?". It's not exactly like we don't have a history of missing payments of transfer fee installments or of loan fees. It's yet another indication that certain people will work hard to improve the club's image but it's often one step forwards, two steps back and the club will never fully recover its reputation or get a clean slate until Ron Martin is out of the picture.

It all ends up back with Ron sadly.

 

[shrimperjon]

We were never interested in Umerah

Hi mate, ive followed your comments with interest, much like Boy Wonder and use you as a reliable source. A few on here including Magnum (not digging at him) have said that the kelly deal is off or he is going elsewhere. Are you able to shed any light on this matter?

 

[shrimperjon]

If I were in his shoes I'd pick the club who would pay me on time, and didn't have a crooked owner.

Hasnt stopped other joining