Transfer targets

[tottenham541]

6 signings sounds okay to me - 1 or 2 central defenders perhaps and 3 strikers plus a different type of midfielder who can twist and turn with the ball.

sounds good to me, get signings done Mr brown:smile:

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

Panic not everyone, I've run several simulations (i.e. played FIFA 15 a few times) with the following line up:

Bentley
White Laing Barrett Coker
Worrall Leonard Bobby Reid Banton
Cassidy Robinson
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Comfortably beat Chesterfield 4-0 (Reid, Cassidy, Robinson x2), Sheffield United 4-1 (Robinson, Cassidy, Weston x2) & Col Ewe 3-0 (Robinson, Banton, Leonard).

So all we need to do is sign Laing, Bobby Reid, Banton, Cassidy and Robinson. There you go Brown, easy! :winking:

What happens when you put Bolger in for Laing?

 

[Firestorm]

Panic not everyone, I've run several simulations (i.e. played FIFA 15 a few times) with the following line up:

Bentley
White Laing Barrett Coker
Worrall Leonard Bobby Reid Banton
Cassidy Robinson
​

Comfortably beat Chesterfield 4-0 (Reid, Cassidy, Robinson x2), Sheffield United 4-1 (Robinson, Cassidy, Weston x2) & Col Ewe 3-0 (Robinson, Banton, Leonard).

So all we need to do is sign Laing, Bobby Reid, Banton, Cassidy and Robinson. There you go Brown, easy! :winking:

Too late, we released Banton today, I thought he was a defender as well....

 

[amsemp]

What happens when you put Bolger in for Laing?

I believe the Playstation spontaneously combusts.

 

[Ricey]

Too late, we released Banton today, I thought he was a defender as well....

I think he means sign Jason Banton who was released by Plymouth.

 

[hollis long legs]

Became Southend's all time highest top scorer when I signed him on FM. Class class class.

Be nice to have a McAlinden back in the team

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

I believe the Playstation spontaneously combusts.

Oh. Is that a good thing though or a bad thing?

 

[dannypav]

6 signings sounds okay to me - 1 or 2 central defenders perhaps and 3 strikers plus a different type of midfielder who can twist and turn with the ball.

Chubby Checker would have been perfect !

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

Chubby Checker would have been perfect !

Perhaps we can get Bill Haley instead ................:nope:

 

[RHB]

Perhaps we can get Bill Haley instead ................:nope:

No comet...!

 

[RHB]

If I read the Echo correctly, PB is not back from his hols until Monday. I think we could be in for a long wait before new player news comes our way. Maybe we will know more on the management team's intentions next week?

 

[Barry.C]

I wonder where we will sit in League 1 in terms of salaries we pay and whether we will drop into the bottom half of payers? That will affect our capacity to bring people in other than the aged , young kids stepping up, or players on loan?
Looking at 3 different sources the average pay at League 1 level seems to step up to between £1700 - £2500 from £1300 - £1,500 in league 2. Other sources suggests £67, 850 instead of £49,600 , although both figures seem high? Where's Shaun Goater when you need him? and Cambridge must have come up with some offer to BBBC?
Joking aside 25 players on just £ 300 more than what we normally pay would be an extra £7500 p.week? Food for thought or carp figures, not sure!

 

[Firestorm]

I wonder where we will sit in League 1 in terms of salaries we pay and whether we will drop into the bottom half of payers? That will affect our capacity to bring people in other than the aged , young kids stepping up, or players on loan?
Looking at 3 different sources the average pay at League 1 level seems to step up to between £1700 - £2500 from £1300 - £1,500 in league 2. Other sources suggests £67, 850 instead of £49,600 , although both figures seem high? Where's Shaun Goater when you need him? and Cambridge must have come up with some offer to BBBC?
Joking aside 25 players on just £ 300 more than what we normally pay would be an extra £7500 p.week? Food for thought or carp figures, not sure!

Which comes in at 150k per match which would mean requiring gates bigger than our capacity to maintain the current status quo of losing a million a year....

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

I wonder where we will sit in League 1 in terms of salaries we pay and whether we will drop into the bottom half of payers? That will affect our capacity to bring people in other than the aged , young kids stepping up, or players on loan?
Looking at 3 different sources the average pay at League 1 level seems to step up to between £1700 - £2500 from £1300 - £1,500 in league 2. Other sources suggests £67, 850 instead of £49,600 , although both figures seem high? Where's Shaun Goater when you need him? and Cambridge must have come up with some offer to BBBC?
Joking aside 25 players on just £ 300 more than what we normally pay would be an extra £7500 p.week? Food for thought or carp figures, not sure!

That's from 2006

I'm not sure how much room we'll have for increasing the wage bill anyway as there's still a wage cap of 60% of turnover.

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

Just because some teams pay their players more does not necessarily mean that they get better players for their money.

Or perhaps they do over the long run but there are other factors such as players developing and (dare I say it) having a good manager can make so much difference. Season after season there are examples of a manager getting the right group of players together and they perform far above expectations.

 

[Barry.C]

Reading Barry Corrs more detailed account and Phil Browns latest musings it does confirm we are slug like when it comes to getting any deals done. However Clean sheets says we are now looking at 5 forwards including Joe Pigott, I hope it's not just staring at picture cards and we actually manage to get on and do something relatively soon?

 

[DTS]

Reading Barry Corrs more detailed account and Phil Browns latest musings it does confirm we are slug like when it comes to getting any deals done. However Clean sheets says we are now looking at 5 forwards including Joe Pigott, I hope it's not just staring at picture cards and we actually manage to get on and do something relatively soon?

To me it only confirms we were not fussed about Corr. He moved fast to secure Lenny, Bentley and Hurst who we saw as key well before we got to this stage.

I am confused why we let Timlin run down as we have but as I said and I was told by someone that speak to Phil almost weekly we weren't convinced BBBC could cut it at L1 hence why we made not that much effort to keep him by his own admission.

Had we released him then it would have been bad PR. We made him a token offer and he said no thanks. Think you will find this might be the case with a couple of the others that are in the same boat.

 

[Barry.C]

Spine of the 3 sources of players salaries comes from 2014 survey of 400 players

 

[Ricey]

Aaron McLean released by Bradford.

 

[manor15]

Interesting that Barrett says in the Echo that he's had offers from other clubs, would be wrong to see him go elsewhere before retiring after coming back. Suppose they'll be L2 but still frustrating that the club aren't moving quicker.