Clive Walker
Stand Or Fall
Sold in Jan 14
Liam Bridcutt
Ashley Barnes
Adam El Abd
Released in the Summer (contracted)
Peter Brezovan,
Will Hoskins,
Tomasz Kuszczak,
Andrea Orlandi,
David Lopez
David Rodriguez
Matt Upson
Released in the Summer (loan)
Keith Andrews
Jesse Lingard
Stephen Ward
Sold in Summer 14
Leonardo Ulloa
Will Buckley (potential)
Bought in Jan 14
Dale Stephens
Bought in Summer 14
David Stockdale
Aaron Hughes
Nzuzi Toko
Chris O’Grady
Im trying to get some perspective on where the club is going on the pitch.
Can my fellow NSCers please confirm the list of players included are factually accurate and perhaps add in the value of players bought and sold?
15 players out since Jan with only 5 coming in. Is this correct?
Our wage bill must be dramatically lower than it was before the Jan window now. We made money on the sale of Bridcutt, Barnes and even El Abd. We had a competitive budget before Sami was appointed, then the subsequent sale of Ulloa (£8m) which was not in the plans of the club. In addition to this the potential sale of Buckley (£2.5-3m assumed).
Thus far, we have spent say £2m this summer.
This leaves us with plenty of money to spend on transfers without falling foul of FFP, not to mention some breathing room on wages.
From what we are being told we need to stay patient as only quality will be added to the squad (question mark arises with McCourt) and that this will happen by the time the window closes. I am as concerned as the rest of you but feel we need to trust the board to make these signings as they seemingly have everything at their disposal to do so (££££?). So much more is going on behind the scenes than we know about, I’m sure.
The club have culled the fat (some of the fat was quality) and is looking to be rebuild in a more cost effective manner and sustainable over a period of time for the future of the club and to comply with FFP. Let’s not fault that.
The quality needs to come sooner rather than later and lets pray that it does. If it doesn’t we are in real trouble.
Liam Bridcutt
Ashley Barnes
Adam El Abd
Released in the Summer (contracted)
Peter Brezovan,
Will Hoskins,
Tomasz Kuszczak,
Andrea Orlandi,
David Lopez
David Rodriguez
Matt Upson
Released in the Summer (loan)
Keith Andrews
Jesse Lingard
Stephen Ward
Sold in Summer 14
Leonardo Ulloa
Will Buckley (potential)
Bought in Jan 14
Dale Stephens
Bought in Summer 14
David Stockdale
Aaron Hughes
Nzuzi Toko
Chris O’Grady
Im trying to get some perspective on where the club is going on the pitch.
Can my fellow NSCers please confirm the list of players included are factually accurate and perhaps add in the value of players bought and sold?
15 players out since Jan with only 5 coming in. Is this correct?
Our wage bill must be dramatically lower than it was before the Jan window now. We made money on the sale of Bridcutt, Barnes and even El Abd. We had a competitive budget before Sami was appointed, then the subsequent sale of Ulloa (£8m) which was not in the plans of the club. In addition to this the potential sale of Buckley (£2.5-3m assumed).
Thus far, we have spent say £2m this summer.
This leaves us with plenty of money to spend on transfers without falling foul of FFP, not to mention some breathing room on wages.
From what we are being told we need to stay patient as only quality will be added to the squad (question mark arises with McCourt) and that this will happen by the time the window closes. I am as concerned as the rest of you but feel we need to trust the board to make these signings as they seemingly have everything at their disposal to do so (££££?). So much more is going on behind the scenes than we know about, I’m sure.
The club have culled the fat (some of the fat was quality) and is looking to be rebuild in a more cost effective manner and sustainable over a period of time for the future of the club and to comply with FFP. Let’s not fault that.
The quality needs to come sooner rather than later and lets pray that it does. If it doesn’t we are in real trouble.