Transfer News and Gossip Transfer Rumours Thread 2024/2025.

[Smiffy]

It wouldn't have mattered anyway with the kind of wages the top teams offer we are simply out-of their league as far as that is concerned.

There are still teams trying to buy their way out of this league and I fear there always will be so where does that leave us?

Our only hope is that our recruitment is better than everyone else’s. I guess this is what they’re going to attempt with the new data driven approach. As you say, we aren’t going to compete with at least 3 or 4 other clubs when it comes to outlay and wages. So we need to think outside the box.

The difficult thing for some to grasp and come to terms with, is how a club with nearly 7,000 through the gate most weeks (over 3x the league average) cannot compete at the top end of the NL when it comes to transfers and therefore on the pitch as well. But that is the reality Thanks to the hangover of the last decade of mismanagement and it ****es me off massively. We should be steamrolling all in this league when it comes to financial and general clout. But, it’s where we are now, regrettably.

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

Would be interesting to know the results if you threw pre southend freddy eastwood, stan collymore or shaun goater through the data analysis....

And Brett Angel - you only to see how he couldn't run normally to see that he was a complete waste of time ......... oh, hang on .......

 

[leeblue]

The owners are not going to 'splash out' this window....loans and freebies maybe.
They have spent on off the field stuff...and summer will be the player recruitment spend.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Some ws you say were dubious, however you are not one of them. When we got him you said:

I suggest you read my post more carefully.

I say it’s big but I don’t say it is big for good reasons. I say it’s spending a lot of our wage budget on a player who doesn’t fit into our style of play.

 

[Jay_SUFC]

Our only hope is that our recruitment is better than everyone else’s. I guess this is what they’re going to attempt with the new data driven approach. As you say, we aren’t going to compete with at least 3 or 4 other clubs when it comes to outlay and wages. So we need to think outside the box.

The difficult thing for some to grasp and come to terms with, is how a club with nearly 7,000 through the gate most weeks (over 3x the league average) cannot compete at the top end of the NL when it comes to transfers and therefore on the pitch as well. But that is the reality Thanks to the hangover of the last decade of mismanagement and it ****es me off massively. We should be steamrolling all in this league when it comes to financial and general clout. But, it’s where we are now, regrettably.

It's not just recruitment though. It's getting the best out of the players you have.

There are a number of teams that do well, without spending a fortune on players.

 

[Jack_23]

The owners are not going to 'splash out' this window....loans and freebies maybe.
They have spent on off the field stuff...and summer will be the player recruitment spend.

No one’s expecting us to splash the cash . All we want is for the team be given a chance to compete 2nd half of the season with stuff still to play for . Absolute bonkers if we are writing this season off already. And not the attitude I want at my club. Some ITK’s have said that consortium were ready to spend undisclosed fees on 2/3 players . Yet now it’s waiting till the summer

 

[Strykr]

Our only hope is that our recruitment is better than everyone else’s. I guess this is what they’re going to attempt with the new data driven approach. As you say, we aren’t going to compete with at least 3 or 4 other clubs when it comes to outlay and wages. So we need to think outside the box.

The difficult thing for some to grasp and come to terms with, is how a club with nearly 7,000 through the gate most weeks (over 3x the league average) cannot compete at the top end of the NL when it comes to transfers and therefore on the pitch as well. But that is the reality Thanks to the hangover of the last decade of mismanagement and it ****es me off massively. We should be steamrolling all in this league when it comes to financial and general clout. But, it’s where we are now, regrettably.

Indeed,

So the questions are

1.how long will it take us to recover, if ever?
2. Will the support stand for mid table non league dull football
3. Will most of us (if hopefully still here) be 70+ years old before we see some success....

 

[Smiffy]

It's not just recruitment though. It's getting the best out of the players you have.

There are a number of teams that do well, without spending a fortune on players.

Agreed. But if you are constantly recruiting your 4th, 5th and 10th choice targets for the first XI. Then it’s going to be almost impossible to mount a promotion charge, even if you are squeezing everything out of them.

This summer however, we must be recruiting our first choice targets. No excuses. COSU need to show some clout early doors, to keep the masses interested enough to part with another £400+ and the attendances high.

 

[JB Shrimper]

I suggest you read my post more carefully.

I say it’s big but I don’t say it is big for good reasons. I say it’s spending a lot of our wage budget on a player who doesn’t fit into our style of play.

Okay I've read it again and at no point have you said this is a signing that you are wary of. Just how big it is in many ways. I mean unless there is small print in there that the human eye can't see, you said this was a big signing, but feel free to try and twist it how you would like if that makes you sleep better at night.

 

[Cricko]

Agreed. But if you are constantly recruiting your 4th, 5th and 10th choice targets for the first XI. Then it’s going to be almost impossible to mount a promotion charge, even if you are squeezing everything out of them.

This summer however, we must be recruiting our first choice targets. No excuses. COSU need to show some clout early doors, to keep the masses interested enough to part with another £400+ and the attendances high.

There is also the factor like Cardwell that if we do manage to get a decent player that we make sure the contract is very much in our favour and not lose him because of a clause set early.

 

[Grayson]

Okay I've read it again and at no point have you said this is a signing that you are wary of. Just how big it is in many ways. I mean unless there is small print in there that the human eye can't see, you said this was a big signing, but feel free to try and twist it how you would like if that makes you sleep better at night.

It was quite obviously commenting on how much of a gamble the signing was.

 

[JB Shrimper]

It was quite obviously commenting on how much of a gamble the signing was.

Not clear at all. It was just advising how.much of a statement of intent it was. It was purposely ambiguously worded so that either outcome he could claim to be right.

 

[Tommy2holes]

Agreed. But if you are constantly recruiting your 4th, 5th and 10th choice targets for the first XI. Then it’s going to be almost impossible to mount a promotion charge, even if you are squeezing everything out of them.

This summer however, we must be recruiting our first choice targets. No excuses. COSU need to show some clout early doors, to keep the masses interested enough to part with another £400+ and the attendances high.

Signing first choice depends on wages. If other clubs with better finances come in then, our first choices choose elsewhere.