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That's the spirit Kev, Allardyce back by Christmas it is then
brieverton
Player Valuation: £50m
We are not a wealthy club and that’s underpinned further by poor commercial performance.
The squad is much too big. I for one welcome this impending dose of discipline and realism from Brands, I only hope he succeeds in purging the undesirables from the squad one by one and they get replaced, gradually, by younger, better, hungry players.
What is emerging, not that it was ever in doubt, is that this is an awful mess they have inherited which will take at least the length of Brands & Silvas contracts to put right.
There was a complete and total lack of oversight and accountability at the club resulting in that monstrous anti-strategy last summer masquerading as so-called professionals going about business in a new dawn.
Moshiri,Elstone,Kenwright,Walsh, Koeman - shame on them. Honestly, if people thought we could accumulate players and spend with even modest abandon like that with no consequence, then they have another thing coming. We didn’t have, and don’t have the resources. Continuing in that vein would only lead to ruin.
The squad is much too big. I for one welcome this impending dose of discipline and realism from Brands, I only hope he succeeds in purging the undesirables from the squad one by one and they get replaced, gradually, by younger, better, hungry players.
What is emerging, not that it was ever in doubt, is that this is an awful mess they have inherited which will take at least the length of Brands & Silvas contracts to put right.
There was a complete and total lack of oversight and accountability at the club resulting in that monstrous anti-strategy last summer masquerading as so-called professionals going about business in a new dawn.
Moshiri,Elstone,Kenwright,Walsh, Koeman - shame on them. Honestly, if people thought we could accumulate players and spend with even modest abandon like that with no consequence, then they have another thing coming. We didn’t have, and don’t have the resources. Continuing in that vein would only lead to ruin.
Agent Blue
Player Valuation: £10m
I'm sure I read somewhere that there is 100m in the kitty plus more if required.
I'm loving the fact that some of the players/donkeys who served up dross week in week out this season must be sweating on an uncomfortable meeting without coffee at chateau Brands. Oh to be a fly on the wall.
We ARE on the up mate, things have changed in a very short space of time. We have money, we have what looks like a competent board and a decent manager we just need to get rid of the deadwood of which there is plenty. Call it what you like but getting rid of some of the attitudes and ego's in our dressing room is just a no brainer.
Jreverton1
Player Valuation: £15m
I hate to say this but...the RS sell to buy and they're doing a decent job of it. Tbf most teams do unless you have the turnover of Utd and more recently City. I reckon Chelsea will sell Hazard this summer to be able to bring players in, isn't that why FFP was brought in?
Agree completely.
Plus a good portion of those players are bang average and can't lift us beyond 7th/8th place.
Still not sure it makes sense to me, but I’ll trust you
Our wage bill is over 80% of our turnover.
Of course we have to sell before we can buy again.
Just hope we don't miss out on our targets because we can't shift some players in time.
Of course we have to sell before we can buy again.
Just hope we don't miss out on our targets because we can't shift some players in time.
State of our club, having to sell to buy.
If we were a proper club we would give all of our players, even the bad ones, 10 year contracts just to prove how boss and rich we are.
Leave the recycling of the player pool, wheeler dealing and a common sense approach in business to gash clubs like Man City, Chelsea, Spurs and death star nerdowells.
If we were a proper club we would give all of our players, even the bad ones, 10 year contracts just to prove how boss and rich we are.
Leave the recycling of the player pool, wheeler dealing and a common sense approach in business to gash clubs like Man City, Chelsea, Spurs and death star nerdowells.
We really could do with a sarcasm symbol, I don't know if the "simpleton" postings are genuine or pee takers.
This is not sell to buy, this is culling deadwood, for which we should get some money. This will then help to fund better players - I reckon Moshiri will fund purchases wanted and then expect some return from the cull. That is not buy to sell.
This is not sell to buy, this is culling deadwood, for which we should get some money. This will then help to fund better players - I reckon Moshiri will fund purchases wanted and then expect some return from the cull. That is not buy to sell.
Kev The Rat
Player Valuation: £70m
I think I was clear in saying that I thought Moshiri would fund purchases wanted by the new management team and accept back what fees he can get for the deadwood. I know you don't like those players, but they will be interesting to some other teams, you are probably being a little less genuine suggesting we will have to pay people to take them.
It is not one extreme or the other, somewhere in the middle lies the truth. Newly promoted teams would want experienced premier league players - remember their aspiration is purely survival. Along with similar aspirations for all last seasons bottom half finishers. Also managers are really egotistical folk, they think they can change players and make them better, why else would problem players keep being bought (Balloteli springs to mind).
It is not one extreme or the other, somewhere in the middle lies the truth. Newly promoted teams would want experienced premier league players - remember their aspiration is purely survival. Along with similar aspirations for all last seasons bottom half finishers. Also managers are really egotistical folk, they think they can change players and make them better, why else would problem players keep being bought (Balloteli springs to mind).
Joel - Free
Cuco - 1m
Funes - 8m
Williams- Free
Schneiderlein- 17m
Besic - 4m
Mirallas- 2m
Bolasie - 8m
Klassen - 12m
Rooney - 6m
Galloway - 1m
Browning - 1m
Pennington - 2m
Tarashaj - 500k
Niasse - 10m
Sandro - 6m
Mccarthy - 12m
Garbutt - 1m
Connelly - 3m
Dowell - 7m
That's the amounts we could get by clearing out the absolute deadwood. And I've missed loads here too probably.
About 100m in fees for all those surplus players. Not to mention wages off the books. We obviously wont sell them all, but we have assets to sell. So get to work.
Cuco - 1m
Funes - 8m
Williams- Free
Schneiderlein- 17m
Besic - 4m
Mirallas- 2m
Bolasie - 8m
Klassen - 12m
Rooney - 6m
Galloway - 1m
Browning - 1m
Pennington - 2m
Tarashaj - 500k
Niasse - 10m
Sandro - 6m
Mccarthy - 12m
Garbutt - 1m
Connelly - 3m
Dowell - 7m
That's the amounts we could get by clearing out the absolute deadwood. And I've missed loads here too probably.
About 100m in fees for all those surplus players. Not to mention wages off the books. We obviously wont sell them all, but we have assets to sell. So get to work.
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