Excited and worried by transfers

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Working class pride

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• Aug 29, 2015

• #41

If the club is to start to go back to the late 70's and even try to start to reach its potential then it cannot just rely on its large support. With the playing side (for once) doing its part then this club can start to achieve and the club might start to be what it should be, a top flight club, looking to win the odd cup. If that happens however, then they will need to expand the ground, as a club that gets 30,000 for a Championship bottom of the table game against Fulham will need a much larger capacity for a half decent side in the top flight.

 

Triggaaar

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• Aug 29, 2015

• #42

Rookie said:

Not worried about over spending, Bloom and Barber obviously know their figures. Kinda disappointed this spree wasn't done when Oscar was the manager though .

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Stat Brother said:

Or last season when instead we paid through the nose to watch a bunch of loanees, freebies and cheapskates.

It's not as if any extra money has come in, this Summer.

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Perhaps Bloom/Barber wanted their manager to see what team they had, and also learn the division before they were given a shed load to spend. Given how it turned out for Sami, do we really wish he had been given millions to spend, which could now mean we're stuck with too many players on high wages?

Oscar got us to the playoffs with what he had, and I'm sure he'd have been given plenty to spend had he stayed. Hughton has had months to assess the players before this summer's spending spree.

 

Chicken Run

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• Aug 29, 2015

• #43

Stat Brother said:

It's not as if any extra money has come in, this Summer.

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And your sure about that are you…

 

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Hampster Gull

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• Aug 29, 2015

• #44

Hope there is still a team cohessiveness after all of this. Teams go up that work as one

 

Stat Brother

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• Aug 29, 2015

• #45

Chicken Run said:

And your sure about that are you…

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Well other than staying up bonuses and not having to pay any goal and win bonuses, from last season yeah I think we can be pretty sure.

The club only had one asset left to sell, and committed to pooh loads of extra cash to him, instead of trading in.



I do have to admit my hearts not really in it, t'is just a bit of summer devil's advocate.
The original thread had more than a hint of fishing about it, although as with all good fishing trips there were elements of truth.

Had I not been so adamantly informed by Pravda that the 2 budgets would be comparable, with just year on year increases, once 'everything else' was taken into account, I'd have given up weeks ago.

 

durrington gull

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• Aug 29, 2015

• #46

ditchy said:

It is that ambition by signing these players which ,I think ,has kept Dunk here .

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I wouldn't be at all surprised if Dunk left in January if he's not playing despite the new contract

 

Acker79

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• Aug 29, 2015

• #47

I am surprised there haven't been more threads like this, given all the comments last summer and before with people talking about how great it was we weren't out paying massive fees to compete leaving us with expensive players.

I think it is something that we need to keep aware of, not in any sense that we can control what the club do with their budget, but more when we criticise other clubs for their spending.

One thing I have noticed since Burke has gone is that we seem to be signing players to longer contracts. I imagine part of that is perhaps more confidence in talent spotting, but the other side of that is instead of spreading, say, 1.5m over a two year contract, we can spread it over three or four, giving us more money to play with in the budget.

 

JBizzleBeard

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• Aug 29, 2015

• #48

I have complete and utter faith in Bloom and I think the OP needs to also. I don't think we're over stretching in the slightest.

 

TSB

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Jul 7, 2003

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• Aug 29, 2015

• #49

Acker79 said:

One thing I have noticed since Burke has gone is that we seem to be signing players to longer contracts. I imagine part of that is perhaps more confidence in talent spotting, but the other side of that is instead of spreading, say, 1.5m over a two year contract, we can spread it over three or four, giving us more money to play with in the budget.

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I think that's a big point. Derby have also done this. It also increases their re-sale value of course.

 

John Bumlick

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• Aug 29, 2015

• #50

DarrenFreemansPerm said:

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that reminds me of something...