Guest wilyfox Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 (edited) 6 minutes ago, TheEnchanter said: This. In a way we might as well save our money and plan for spending it in the summer. Sounds a bit defeatist but we aren't going anywhere this season and the squad is still really big. Id rather cut loose the 8+ players or whatever it is in the summer. Sell who we don't want. Slim the squad down and add some quality to it with the funds we have. All this will be after Bruce has had a few months to assess each player. Well its what id do on football managee anyway. Most likely. Although, we don't yet know what the plan is - only that DC naively believes we can push top 6. He must have something in mind to attract Bruce at this time when we're in no man's land. Edited January 7, 2019 by wilyfox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnchanter Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Just looked. Didn't realise we have as many as 12 players out of contract and 2 leaving from loan. Could be 14 players down come the summer. Its a good thing to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazowl55 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Think we will see how the next few games pan out. win them and we are within say 7 or 8 points of the play-offs. May see a busy deadline day. Lose and end up 15 points off it. will prob not sign anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plonk Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Well the quality of players we are rumoured to be after has certainly gone up a gear since SB nearly arrived. Lookman, Carroll and Fredericks wouldn’t even have been imaginable under Jo’s. Not too realistic now tbh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastern Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 (edited) Would love to see Danny Baath back. edit - just realised he is on loan at Wolves Edited January 7, 2019 by Eastern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Duran Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 2 minutes ago, Eastern said: Would love to see Danny Baath back. edit - just realised he is on loan at Wolves Or even Middlesborough 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherlyegg Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Don't get the luv in for Brentford's system. They haven't been in the top flight for 5000 years. Most of their history is in the lower leagues. When the get a decent player they flog him. They will never get in the prem, always a mid-table champ or 1st div club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastern Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 20 minutes ago, Doctor Duran said: Or even Middlesborough Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quist Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 2 hours ago, wilyfox said: I suspect he may become available, but our position will go against us - as with Holgate. I understand wages are a problem with Fredericks on a fortune. He went on a Bosman and they offered very high wages as no fee involved. Will depend on if they are prepared to subsidise him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazowl55 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 37 minutes ago, sherlyegg said: Don't get the luv in for Brentford's system. They haven't been in the top flight for 5000 years. Most of their history is in the lower leagues. When the get a decent player they flog him. They will never get in the prem, always a mid-table champ or 1st div club. To be fair Brentfords income is probably half of what our is. They are just trying to get lucky and set the club up for 10 years on Prem riches. They went all out like us or villa have. they would been liquidated in 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazowl55 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 18 minutes ago, Quist said: I understand wages are a problem with Fredericks on a fortune. He went on a Bosman and they offered very high wages as no fee involved. Will depend on if they are prepared to subsidise him. We are good wage payers even with our situation I recon. Bruce don't sign players on 10k a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrev Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 2 hours ago, TheEnchanter said: Just looked. Didn't realise we have as many as 12 players out of contract and 2 leaving from loan. Could be 14 players down come the summer. Its a good thing to be honest. Agreed, it’s a great chance for an experienced Championship manager with excellent contacts to build a squad capable of competing again at this level. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyblack Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Just now, pazowl55 said: We are good wage payers even with our situation I recon. Bruce don't sign players on 10k a week. Its not his choice i dont think, i believe its part of the FFP constraints. Correct me if im wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyblack Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 43 minutes ago, sherlyegg said: Don't get the luv in for Brentford's system. They haven't been in the top flight for 5000 years. Most of their history is in the lower leagues. When the get a decent player they flog him. They will never get in the prem, always a mid-table champ or 1st div club. I like the fact they can generate a decent sale. Something we havent been able to do in a long long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazowl55 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 4 minutes ago, billyblack said: Its not his choice i dont think, i believe its part of the FFP constraints. Correct me if im wrong. We are under no constraints at the minute. and I can believe Bruce has come here to wheel and deal. some thing else is afoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyblack Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 25 minutes ago, pazowl55 said: We are under no constraints at the minute. and I can believe Bruce has come here to wheel and deal. some thing else is afoot. 3 weeks to do it in now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wilyfox Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 56 minutes ago, Quist said: I understand wages are a problem with Fredericks on a fortune. He went on a Bosman and they offered very high wages as no fee involved. Will depend on if they are prepared to subsidise him. I wasn't referring to financial position - common knowledge we're maxed out unless DC can magic some wriggle room for Bruce. I meant league position. Fredericks was a promotion winner last season, and we're not in the shake-up. Never stood a chance with Holgate for the same reason. If someone higher up the league comes in for Fredericks too, we'll miss out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest wilyfox Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Good luck with the medical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbelly Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 (edited) Hooper & Rooney up front, hope they've got a good canteen. Edited January 7, 2019 by Yellowbelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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