Transfer Deadline Day

[pazowl55]

Does anybody know what strikers are available on a free transfer? Asking for a friend.

[@owlstalk]

When The Star ask the chairman whether Monk would have funds in the next transfer window, he replied, “It depends if we need, or not… My policy this summer, I just said, ‘Ok, of course in this situation we don’t have money’. I believe other clubs also don’t want to spend money, so everything must go lower.

 

“But we’ll try our best. If we don’t need to spend, that’s good, but if we need to spend. If it’s reasonable, then we’ll spend.

“It depends what we need or don’t need

[Shetland Owl]

We all know we don't have any money to buy players, we don't have a manager and we wont have many players in contract at the end of the season. DC what's the plan  ???????????????????

[HIGHERSTATE]

4 minutes ago, rickygoo said:

I agree entirely. Faint hope rather than expectation. 

Ill still be watching in blind hope

[@owlstalk]

 

[Dick_Turpin]

Just now, @owlstalk said:

 

Look at the form table. Nowt to worry about. 

[Morepork]

Just now, @owlstalk said:

 

 

It may have been a lie but its just as plausible that he didn't understand the question........guy is a halfwit.

[@owlstalk]

Just now, rickygoo said:

Look at the form table. Nowt to worry about. 

 

Mad thing is when I post form tables the Chansiri fanboys give me pure hate

 

Now they want everyone to look at the form table it’s so confusing

 

 

[oneeyedmilkman]

To go two windows and still have 0 senior left backs is poor. To go into the 2nd half of a season where relegation is a distinct possibility and a wage cap would finish us, with a temporary manager, quite obvious gaps and most of your squad with the get out of being out of contract end of the season....is also not brilliant

[Roscoe P. Coltrane]

1 hour ago, camffiti said:

BELIEVE 

 

And the be reyts

[HootHoot]

And to think I had some hope we'd at least get a striker in. 

 

God I hope Marriott can find his previous form! God only knows we're going to need it

[Morepork]

1 minute ago, rickygoo said:

Look at the form table. Nowt to worry about. 

 

If we are still saying that in 6 games time we have a chance in spite of Chansiri. 

[WalthamOwl]

1 minute ago, @owlstalk said:

 

hes a lying con man. Imo of course. 

[Kew Owl]

6 minutes ago, @owlstalk said:

When The Star ask the chairman whether Monk would have funds in the next transfer window, he replied, “It depends if we need, or not… My policy this summer, I just said, ‘Ok, of course in this situation we don’t have money’. I believe other clubs also don’t want to spend money, so everything must go lower.

 

“But we’ll try our best. If we don’t need to spend, that’s good, but if we need to spend. If it’s reasonable, then we’ll spend.

“It depends what we need or don’t need

Financial circumstances  perhaps changed somewhat after he had to pay compensation to Monk and his coaching staff, plus Pulis after that

[@owlstalk]

 

 

 

ANOTHER player signed by Derby 

[blueandwhitematt]

2 minutes ago, @owlstalk said:

When The Star ask the chairman whether Monk would have funds in the next transfer window, he replied, “It depends if we need, or not… My policy this summer, I just said, ‘Ok, of course in this situation we don’t have money’. I believe other clubs also don’t want to spend money, so everything must go lower.

 

“But we’ll try our best. If we don’t need to spend, that’s good, but if we need to spend. If it’s reasonable, then we’ll spend.

“It depends what we need or don’t need

 

That's a really interesting quote, thanks for posting.  I think this explains the Pulis debacle too.

 

In the above DC says money is available, but crucially caveated with 'if we need'.  So its already being suggested that, actually, as long as they can have an excuse not to, there will be no money available for transfers/loans (despite it being glaringly obvious the squad that has been assembled is a car crash).

 

My theory would be that there was not a cat in hell's chance that Pulis would have joined without being promised funds to reinforce in January.  I suspect DC and co agreed to this, but really hoped that Pulis would get a short term reaction, and results pick up.  This would then give them the cover that, actually, we don't need to spend in January as results had picked up and the squad was showing it was good enough - when in reality it was, as we've seen this window, because the money wasn't there.  Delusional, for anyone who actually understands football to a minor degree, but for our lot it was possibly a last roll of the dice, which obviously went horribly wrong.  Pulis then worked out there was never any intention to spend any money, and started to engineer his exit.  Adding to the entire toxic mess, once again entirely of the making of our 'owner'.

[swfcAH]

5 minutes ago, @owlstalk said:

 

Mad thing is when I post form tables the Chansiri fanboys give me pure hate

 

Now they want everyone to look at the form table it’s so confusing

 

 

The sheer idea that there could still be Chanisiri fanboys blows my mind

[DJMortimer]

Not sure why tonight's lack of activity seemingly surprises and outrages so many. The signs have been all too clear for quite a long time (and even before any virus could be used as a smokescreen). Our squad for next season will be 'interesting' to say the least. Almost all of the last vestiges of quality will be sprinting out of the door after the last game without even getting changed and we'll presumably have a budget to replace them that makes Stocksbridge Park Steels look like Manchester City. 

 

For many years it has been miserable supporting this club, but at least some of those boards could say they had inherited the mountain of debt and were handcuffed by it. The current chairman created it and has seen us dropping like a stone in almost every way the club's performance can be measured. It's quite an 'achievement' to simultaneously be the chairman who invested by far the most funding and yet took the club arguably the furthest backwards. 

[WalthamOwl]

Are we the only one of the bottom 6 or 7 clubs that haven’t strengthened. Derby have done a hell of a lot of business. 

[WalthamOwl]

Didn’t even manage to loan Hunt out? Would have done him the world of good imo.