Budget talks

[ravenrover]

I very much doubt we will be pursuing any player that involves a fee being paid, free agents will be our targets jmho

[RedJ]

Does it even matter? a lot of transfers at this level are done on free transfers. Most if not all of our title winners (that came in over the summer) in 2013 were free transfers.

[selby]

   Red, free transfer players mostly get a signing on fee now, plus the clubs end up paying the agents fees. Not many players come cheap nowadays.
 

[RedJ]

I know. Not sure what your point is, as it doesn't change the fact that they're free agents being signed.

[ravenrover]

Point is people are getting excited about such and such at clubX, or so and so at club Y, there is vitually no chance we will be paying transfer fees

[RedJ]

So? why does it matter if fees are involved or not? would you rather we spunk a few hundred grand on shite for the sake of looking like we're spending money or save that cash for wages for good players? and don't anyone come out and say good players don't come on free transfers because we all know that isn't true.

[Danmckay456]

I’m confident the players who are coming in will be better than the ones we have got rid of this summer 🙏

[ravenrover]

So? why does it matter if fees are involved or not? would you rather we spunk a few hundred grand on shite for the sake of looking like we're spending money or save that cash for wages for good players? and don't anyone come out and say good players don't come on free transfers because we all know that isn't true.

fraid you are missing the point, never mind

[scawsby steve]

Something's going to have to give sooner or later...

Either Ferguson accepts whatever budget he gets given and uses it to get the best squad possible, or he buggers off now.

What's a low budget in his eyes might be perceived as a big budget by a different pair of eyes.

If he goes into next season still inadvertently whining about the budget after a defeat, moaning about strength in depth (and probably a lot more when the cameras are switched off), that's a really bad situation.

In fairness to him, I think the board should have let him know by now what he's dealing with for the next 12 months - the fact they haven't makes me wonder if they're totally 100% convinced he's the right man, or if they also have lingering doubts.

By God Rigo, I don't agree with some of your posts, but that's one hell of a prophetic assumption.

[BillyStubbsTears]

So why did Bramall step down then?

Just a wild guess.

The Experiment was sold as a way of bringing in excellent players hungry to re-start their careers for next to no money.

In fact, it brought in mostly talentless bone idle wasters, and the wage bill that season went up (from memory) from £7m to £9m.

I’d hazard a guess that Bramall walked when he saw the size of the bills that were rolling in.

[Chris Black come back]

Haha.