peggyowl Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Its been an interesting few weeks to say the least and with very little information coming out of the club or even strong rumours there seems to be a bit of a void as to where we are. Embargo Its still not clear if we are under some sort of embargo. This is and having no manager is fundamentally affecting our recruitment and ability to improve and strengthen. We appear to have dealt with the FFP issue and that should have released the embargo but not even journalists are aware if we are or are not under it. Its odd we have been allowed to recruit and re sign some players. If embargo was being enforced this would not have been allowed the squad is/was big enough to cover. Manager We have been managerless for 2 weeks or so and as we are all aware this is not ideal. But what is interesting is no one including so called ITK journalist have any clue what is a happening. DC has it locked down tighter than a pair of nuns legs. My gut instinct and I know nothing is that we will have a surprise in place by this weekend. Team I am not too unhappy where we are. the 3 new players and the re signings have given us a bit extra. We could do with a CB yes and perhaps get rid of 1 striker (winall) but i have a feeling KH could be a star and this is the bit extra we needed. Recruitment Difficult without a manager, if SB had stayed would we have signed Hector?? We could do with him as a leader. Whats odd is he hasn't gone anywhere else and is training with u23s and still very much in touch with owls players including Bullen. We could do with 2 further players another rapid winger and a CM. We don't even know if Doyen are still about advising (hope no). I think this week will be pivotal but actually think we have a strong squad that under performed last year and with the tweaks that have happened we will finish top 6. If we can add more well I think we can be there or there abouts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 fizz knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pale Rider Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Let’s put Owltalk into one post 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheriwozgod Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Frustrating isn`t it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Embargo - presumably still soft Manager - None Team - largely the same as previous years. Competitive starting 11, but no quality strength in depth, despite a huge squad. Recruitment- stalled, see above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky belly Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Nobody knows anything. The only thing I can tell you with 100% certainty is that Jacob ‘Butterball’ Butterfield is absolutely gash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wilyfox Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Crap/crap/average/crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseyowl Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I think it's more likely we sign Hector now than when Bruce was in charge as it's more likely we will have some money to spend. Having said that I doubt anyone will sign for a managerless club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarn owl Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Yep, It's preseason at Sheffield Wednesday. This happens. Squad is fine, team is fine, manager search ongoing, loans probably next, embargo? We just signed 3 footballers, i think we just can't spend a fortune, Which explains free transfers and like i say probably some loans. Roll on August 3rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggowl Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 48 minutes ago, peggyowl said: Its been an interesting few weeks to say the least and with very little information coming out of the club or even strong rumours there seems to be a bit of a void as to where we are. Embargo Its still not clear if we are under some sort of embargo. This is and having no manager is fundamentally affecting our recruitment and ability to improve and strengthen. We appear to have dealt with the FFP issue and that should have released the embargo but not even journalists are aware if we are or are not under it. Its odd we have been allowed to recruit and re sign some players. If embargo was being enforced this would not have been allowed the squad is/was big enough to cover. Manager We have been managerless for 2 weeks or so and as we are all aware this is not ideal. But what is interesting is no one including so called ITK journalist have any clue what is a happening. DC has it locked down tighter than a pair of nuns legs. My gut instinct and I know nothing is that we will have a surprise in place by this weekend. Team I am not too unhappy where we are. the 3 new players and the re signings have given us a bit extra. We could do with a CB yes and perhaps get rid of 1 striker (winall) but i have a feeling KH could be a star and this is the bit extra we needed. Recruitment Difficult without a manager, if SB had stayed would we have signed Hector?? We could do with him as a leader. Whats odd is he hasn't gone anywhere else and is training with u23s and still very much in touch with owls players including Bullen. We could do with 2 further players another rapid winger and a CM. We don't even know if Doyen are still about advising (hope no). I think this week will be pivotal but actually think we have a strong squad that under performed last year and with the tweaks that have happened we will finish top 6. If we can add more well I think we can be there or there abouts. I'm kinda guessing we'll be in the same position when the season starts, DC doesn't seem to react that quickly. Really hope I'm wrong The club could really do with communicating something to the fans. I was really hopeful for this season, now I'm getting less sure. I think under a 'soft embargo' which was the term used, you can replace players that leave, as long as no fee is paid out and wage budget doesn't increase. I'm not sure where I got that info from but read it somewhere. It could be wrong but makes some sense of what we've done and how we signed 3 (after releasing a few). Bullen I think will do an OK job for the time he's in charge but worry that if things start going wrong it could be a quick spiral. I'd love DC to sort this sooner rather than risk another bad start to a season. Who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theowlsman Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Mr C stopped off at a place in Taunton, on his way to Bristol, and bought a sack of chicken feed according to Sky Sports. Not sure of the relevance though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerson Thome Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 54 minutes ago, striker said: Embargo - presumably still soft Manager - None Team - largely the same as previous years. Competitive starting 11, but no quality strength in depth, despite a huge squad. Recruitment- stalled, see above Could shuffle these round if you wanted to, it would still make sense: Embargo - largely the same as previous years Manager - stalled, see above Team - presumably still soft Recruitment- None 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cognacbarnowl Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 1 hour ago, wilyfox said: Crap/crap/average/crap Kinda catchy, wily; but what tune are you using ? FFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred mciver Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 The league don't buy £60 million ground valuation - from £23 million 3 years ago - so soft embargo stays. Which means top new player wage (gross) of £600,000 per annum (£11,500 per week or chicken feed). Resulting in dodgy free transfers or loans from other clubs (where we are losing more credibility every day now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asteener1867 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) What annoys me about the Embargo..whether it be soft, hard..or even semi erect..is... Don't the EFL have a duty towards supporters....even if the club don't? You have supporters shelling cash out...dunno whether they are going to get new signings...don't know whether their club is allowed? How is that fair? I know, like myself, the vast majority will buy them..if affordable..but what about yer casual Wednesday fan who just wants to see football at a fair price? Should he not be informed..by the EFL, whether his money is being spent in vain? Edited July 22, 2019 by asteener1867 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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