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Quote from: DonnyOsmond on July 14, 2018, 09:59:16 amQuote from: Danmckay456 on July 13, 2018, 11:31:22 pmA serious lack of ambition and More interested in club Doncaster that’s the problemGood if they're interested in something (Club Doncaster) that'll increase our transfer budget.how ?
Quote from: Danmckay456 on July 13, 2018, 11:31:22 pmA serious lack of ambition and More interested in club Doncaster that’s the problemGood if they're interested in something (Club Doncaster) that'll increase our transfer budget.
A serious lack of ambition and More interested in club Doncaster that’s the problem
Quote from: Boomstick on July 14, 2018, 10:35:55 amQuote from: DonnyOsmond on July 14, 2018, 09:59:16 amQuote from: Danmckay456 on July 13, 2018, 11:31:22 pmA serious lack of ambition and More interested in club Doncaster that’s the problemGood if they're interested in something (Club Doncaster) that'll increase our transfer budget.how ? Because ClubDoncaster actually makes money
If club Doncaster is doing that well why are we signing kids, people who’ve played 14 games in 18 month and giving trials to overweight players who like a drink with suspendedprison sentences???? I’ve heard a solid rumour but I won’t put it on here, if it’s right then there’s a cash flow issue, might be temporary or permanent, but until the powers that be say something I can’t comment and I won’t...
Lol, I agree mate, there’s something amiss I think I know the answer and SM will definitely know.... but I’m not putting it on, it’s upto the board and Baldwin to make a statement,
Quote from: raggytash on July 14, 2018, 12:01:03 pmIf club Doncaster is doing that well why are we signing kids, people who’ve played 14 games in 18 month and giving trials to overweight players who like a drink with suspendedprison sentences???? I’ve heard a solid rumour but I won’t put it on here, if it’s right then there’s a cash flow issue, might be temporary or permanent, but until the powers that be say something I can’t comment and I won’t...How can you have a solid rumour?
Quote from: PDX_Rover on July 14, 2018, 03:21:22 pmQuote from: raggytash on July 14, 2018, 12:01:03 pmIf club Doncaster is doing that well why are we signing kids, people who’ve played 14 games in 18 month and giving trials to overweight players who like a drink with suspendedprison sentences???? I’ve heard a solid rumour but I won’t put it on here, if it’s right then there’s a cash flow issue, might be temporary or permanent, but until the powers that be say something I can’t comment and I won’t...How can you have a solid rumour? well you can have solid shits or runny shits, but at the end of the day they're still shits 😀😀😀
There is little to argue about here really. Even at our current rate of spending we make a loss each season of well over a million quid. Up to two million I recall. Someone has to foot that bill otherwise we have to either reduce expenditure or find new miraculous income. Note also that even at height of Championship success we rarely filled the stadium. If ever. So we need a plan that involves either the owners continuining to give away millions of their money with no hope of ever seeing this (note that this is millions, not thousands or even tens or hundreds of thousands but millions) or try over a period to get the club on a footing where it can more or less pay for itself. To do this we either find more supporters willing to pay lots more money, or we cut expenditure massively (we would basically be cutting wage bill in half to recoup that million or so quid) or do what owners are doing and trying to find some contribution from commercial income and a ‘develop and sell’ model. So what we are talking about here is how we make the best use of the budget we have - there is no question of talking about a bigger budget from the pockets of our owners. It ain’t going to happen and nor should it!The manager needs to identify players that can take us forward and then like Marquis no doubt, be sold for a load of money. Just so long as we don’t get treated to some of the utter dross of last season under Ferguson.
There's definitely no cash flow issue.
Hasn't McCann said he's finished with the transfer market. He did. We have a team no better than last year Fergie new how to get out of this division, McCann doesn't. Why change, McCann is cheaper, he has a desire and willingness to play the kids, cheaper than Fergies quality players, All McCann has done is switch to 433 and we've only one strìker. He's not spent any money at all one in one out, if you look Dosnt look good to me. Personally can we really afford a championship budget. Or is it just marketing by the board, The board know the costs and the answer to that one. We need investment a take over. Until then we are just a football team Too good for div2 not good enough for a top 6 div 1
With Liam Hoden tweeting that having spoke to McCann were looking at adding one more striker and that’s us done... we are lacking in midfield. You can’t rely on McCullough fitness wise. We haven’t replaced houghton and to a lesser extent kongolo. We have no depth at all defensively. Where has this larger budget been spent. We have only brought in Crawford, Anderson and the lad on loan and released 5 and sent 4 loans back... that’s 3 In 9 out and we were lacking in depth last season.... makes you wonder if that’s why we kept Lund because he won’t be on much.
Quote from: Retdon1 on July 17, 2018, 04:55:44 pmWith Liam Hoden tweeting that having spoke to McCann were looking at adding one more striker and that’s us done... we are lacking in midfield. You can’t rely on McCullough fitness wise. We haven’t replaced houghton and to a lesser extent kongolo. We have no depth at all defensively. Where has this larger budget been spent. We have only brought in Crawford, Anderson and the lad on loan and released 5 and sent 4 loans back... that’s 3 In 9 out and we were lacking in depth last season.... makes you wonder if that’s why we kept Lund because he won’t be on much. If we’ve got a larger budget, and considering Williams will have been on a fair whack it surely cannot all be spent.Maybe McCann is saving some until January when he will have had a proper look at his squad?
I get saving some back for January but he’s not spent anything yet and we are 3-4 players short from having a decent squad and that’s before injury’s. When you consider McCullough, Andrews and Crawfords injury records the last few years I don’t understand not strengthening further.
There's a great opportunity to ask Grant McCann about his plans at the AGM tonight.
All I can say is McCann better get off to a good start, or things will get hostile pretty quick, the signs don't look good at all