(05-06-2022, 09:31 AM)Theyak2 Wrote: Anyone else think the 10t of June will be as quiet as it is today?

(05-06-2022, 11:36 AM)Pedalo_menders Wrote: All of our best players were loans. We have zero strikers and the only one who said he wanted to stay we were complacent with. We also don't seem fussed about keeping our only creative midfielder either.

It is a mess. There is a huge amount of work to do and they have had a long timw to get their ducks in a row for this season.

So when the CEO say that they have been doing deals but that we won't hear about them until June 10th, I wait patiently to call bullshit. It is a mess behind the scenes, it has to be, to be in the state we are in after 5 years of ownership.

(05-06-2022, 11:48 AM)Pompeyg100 Wrote:

(05-06-2022, 11:36 AM)Pedalo_menders Wrote: All of our best players were loans. We have zero strikers and the only one who said he wanted to stay we were complacent with. We also don't seem fussed about keeping our only creative midfielder either.

It is a mess. There is a huge amount of work to do and they have had a long timw to get their ducks in a row for this season.

So when the CEO say that they have been doing deals but that we won't hear about them until June 10th, I wait patiently to call bullshit. It is a mess behind the scenes, it has to be, to be in the state we are in after 5 years of ownership.

But you don’t have any clue what is being done do you?

(05-06-2022, 12:58 PM)scumslayer Wrote:

(05-06-2022, 11:48 AM)Pompeyg100 Wrote:

(05-06-2022, 11:36 AM)Pedalo_menders Wrote: All of our best players were loans. We have zero strikers and the only one who said he wanted to stay we were complacent with. We also don't seem fussed about keeping our only creative midfielder either.

It is a mess. There is a huge amount of work to do and they have had a long timw to get their ducks in a row for this season.

So when the CEO say that they have been doing deals but that we won't hear about them until June 10th, I wait patiently to call bullshit. It is a mess behind the scenes, it has to be, to be in the state we are in after 5 years of ownership.

But you don’t have any clue what is being done do you?

Nor do they

(05-06-2022, 02:59 PM)scumslayer Wrote: Hi Eric

(05-06-2022, 06:12 PM)scumslayer Wrote: I'm glad you agree

(05-06-2022, 10:28 PM)blueandwight Wrote: Surely there's an undertone to all this or, put more accurately 'the elephant in the room'. The Eisners won't spend the money; when squeezed they'll spend some money but not enough. Even though they own one of the most famous clubs in the land they really don't get football (or soccer) in this country and it's importance to the city and the immediate area. They won't invest the type of money to build a squad for a promotion challenge especially when you are starting off off from such a low basepoint signified by the  fact that we haven't got a single striker on the books. I just want see us compete with our peers at this level (Bolton, Plymouth, Sheffield W, Ipswich etc) in terms of the overall playing budget rather than getting knocked back by smaller clubs that offer a better opportunity to potential players than sick old man on th esouth coast. But fair enough let's wait and see,

(06-06-2022, 06:51 AM)Pompeyg100 Wrote:

(05-06-2022, 10:28 PM)blueandwight Wrote: Surely there's an undertone to all this or, put more accurately 'the elephant in the room'. The Eisners won't spend the money; when squeezed they'll spend some money but not enough. Even though they own one of the most famous clubs in the land they really don't get football (or soccer) in this country and it's importance to the city and the immediate area. They won't invest the type of money to build a squad for a promotion challenge especially when you are starting off off from such a low basepoint signified by the  fact that we haven't got a single striker on the books. I just want see us compete with our peers at this level (Bolton, Plymouth, Sheffield W, Ipswich etc) in terms of the overall playing budget rather than getting knocked back by smaller clubs that offer a better opportunity to potential players than sick old man on th esouth coast. But fair enough let's wait and see,

The problem is that money spent doesn’t equal success.

(05-06-2022, 10:28 PM)blueandwight Wrote: Surely there's an undertone to all this or, put more accurately 'the elephant in the room'. The Eisners won't spend the money; when squeezed they'll spend some money but not enough. Even though they own one of the most famous clubs in the land they really don't get football (or soccer) in this country and it's importance to the city and the immediate area. They won't invest the type of money to build a squad for a promotion challenge especially when you are starting off off from such a low basepoint signified by the  fact that we haven't got a single striker on the books. I just want see us compete with our peers at this level (Bolton, Plymouth, Sheffield W, Ipswich etc) in terms of the overall playing budget rather than getting knocked back by smaller clubs that offer a better opportunity to potential players than sick old man on th esouth coast. But fair enough let's wait and see,

(06-06-2022, 09:14 AM)DeepBlue Wrote: Looking into my crystal ball I foresee much bedwetting over the striker situation whilst we wait and get Hirst at the last minute.

(06-06-2022, 12:25 PM)Pedalo_menders Wrote:

(06-06-2022, 09:14 AM)DeepBlue Wrote: Looking into my crystal ball I foresee much bedwetting over the striker situation whilst we wait and get Hirst at the last minute.

It’s not just the striker situation though (you are aware that we need 3 of them at least). We need to sign another 8-10 players.

I’ll hold it in until the end of the week and then it’ll be down to the laundrette for me. 

(06-06-2022, 12:35 PM)bluetagagain Wrote: What will be will be. It’ll all come down to wages. I’d like to see O’Brien sign, pick up a decent L2 or non league striker and take a championship/ premiership loanee .