owls79 Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Surely the out of contract players have had enough time now to decide what they want to do 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Musttryharder Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 3 hours ago, Holmowl said: Should be no need to gel. Keep the 352 and we’ve already got the key players for it in place. Hunt Byers Bannan Lungo Johnson Gregory Paterson/Windass That should hit the ground running. Even If we lose Luongo we could slot his replacement straight in or use Fiz/Dennis. Up front I hope we bring in a Smith-type to play with Gregory, but the basis of the front 7 is firmly in place already. If Hunt doesnt resign ( I assume your talking about Jack Hunt) and LLungo and Windass leaves, that puts a fairly big dent in that 5/2 formation. First and foremost, the ones we already have or had, need to either re sign or go. That gives the manager a far better idea of what he wants before the season starts. We have been stung before with the likes of Van Aken, Jones, Boyd etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A47Owl Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 19 hours ago, room0035 said: Indeed but in less than 9 weeks we go again, we have preseason training, friendlies, a new pitch, new players, old players to resign or sell, new shirts and a poo load of others things to do in just less than 9 weeks, 59 days to be precise to the first game of the season, (unless we play on the Friday.) You forgot new floodlights. It will make a huge difference to the performances. They will be able to see the other players especially if we have a fluorescent kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie_Owl Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 36 minutes ago, Dutch McLovin said: Doesn’t this need addressing ?? I mean surely contracts should expire when the season finishes not bloody months after The whole contracts and transfer window is a mess. As you say contracts should expire “7 days after the clubs last competitive game is played in a season” not hard to implement in a contract. The PL window should close in the summer - not after the season has started and it should close a few days before the EFL loan window closes, to allow some time for EFL clubs to bring in loans from PL squads that have been finalised. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatter Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Will be every managers ambition to get his transfer business done in time for pre season training. Sadly it will never happen whist we have an open transfer window during the whole of the first month of the season proper. A ridiculous situation that encourages players and agents to hang around well into the season before signing contracts and thereby ensuring they’re not fully fit or blended into their new surroundings for several weeks after that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 58 minutes ago, Dutch McLovin said: Doesn’t this need addressing ?? I mean surely contracts should expire when the season finishes not bloody months after I assume there's a reason why it's the norm for players' wages to be evenly spread across twelve months rather than being higher for the months of the year they're actually playing and then stopping in May. It's similar to the way teachers are paid the same each month of the year, even though they're on holiday all August. I don't really know enough about the full implications of it all to know what that reason is, though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch McLovin Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 12 minutes ago, Southie_Owl said: The whole contracts and transfer window is a mess. As you say contracts should expire “7 days after the clubs last competitive game is played in a season” not hard to implement in a contract. The PL window should close in the summer - not after the season has started and it should close a few days before the EFL loan window closes, to allow some time for EFL clubs to bring in loans from PL squads that have been finalised. Spot on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Musttryharder said: If Hunt doesnt resign ( I assume your talking about Jack Hunt) and LLungo and Windass leaves, that puts a fairly big dent in that 5/2 formation. First and foremost, the ones we already have or had, need to either re sign or go. That gives the manager a far better idea of what he wants before the season starts. We have been stung before with the likes of Van Aken, Jones, Boyd etc. If prefer Windass to leave so we have funds for a striker. Is there any suggestion Hunt won’t stay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Musttryharder Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 7 hours ago, Holmowl said: If prefer Windass to leave so we have funds for a striker. Is there any suggestion Hunt won’t stay? I suppose it depends what the club offer Hunt to stay. I also wouldnt be too concerned if Windass was offloaded for a decent fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnsleyowl1996 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 If NML luongo and hunt re sign we have the basics of decent team already Dawson Brennan iorfa palmer hunt byers baz luongo johnson windass gregory subs nml adenrian fdb pato cadematri galvin hunt clearly we are going to sign a good few but that midfield and strikers just needs fine tuning . Defence / keeper where a lot of the issues are . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwë Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 I'd prefer late business, keep our rivals second guessing at every turn. Then, if possible, leave the gelling until a a dozen games in. Kinda be in the slipstream of the rivals, just sitting somewhere in the middle, let the rivals burn the energy, let them run out of legs, and then at the final lap overtake them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniele Giovanni Posted June 6, 2022 Author Share Posted June 6, 2022 On 02/06/2022 at 21:21, alanharper said: I remember us making early signings and being told we were getting "the cream of the crop" when we signed Darren Purse and Tommy Miller. That happened when life was in black and white, nobody is around from those days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shezzas left peg Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 On 02/06/2022 at 11:18, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said: Given that the season starts on July 30th and current contracts don't expire until June 30th, I'd reign my hopes in a bit if I were you. There's no way anybody's final squad will be in place a month before the season starts. Can players still sign pre contract agreements though??. I'm sure you used to be able to sign players while still contracted, but it didn't officially come into effect till the old contract expired. I remember people complaining that a players heart wasn't in it becouse he'd already signed for someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83owl Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 On 06/06/2022 at 03:57, Manwë said: I'd prefer late business, keep our rivals second guessing at every turn. Then, if possible, leave the gelling until a a dozen games in. Kinda be in the slipstream of the rivals, just sitting somewhere in the middle, let the rivals burn the energy, let them run out of legs, and then at the final lap overtake them. Good idea. Store up as much volume as possible for later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethman75 Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Will get 8 players the week before season start, it's the DC way 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOTIE AND THE SHIT TU Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 On 02/06/2022 at 11:50, Daniele Giovanni said: Who is our goalie now? We're playing goalie wag this year Just a bloke, who used up all his luck in one go when he met his wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourteenerOwl Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Safe to say we haven’t done that as usual 10 or so days till pre season and not one signing or new contract signed. And come the first game of the season we will be deliberating on who to play out of Dawson and Wildsmith - some things really no never change. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The coach Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 26 minutes ago, CourteenerOwl said: Safe to say we haven’t done that as usual 10 or so days till pre season and not one signing or new contract signed. And come the first game of the season we will be deliberating on who to play out of Dawson and Wildsmith - some things really no never change. Yep....business as usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniele Giovanni Posted June 8, 2022 Author Share Posted June 8, 2022 10 hours ago, CourteenerOwl said: Safe to say we haven’t done that as usual 10 or so days till pre season and not one signing or new contract signed. And come the first game of the season we will be deliberating on who to play out of Dawson and Wildsmith - some things really no never change. We really need a keeper, Asap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickly Kevin Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 10 hours ago, CourteenerOwl said: Safe to say we haven’t done that as usual 10 or so days till pre season and not one signing or new contract signed. And come the first game of the season we will be deliberating on who to play out of Dawson and Wildsmith - some things really no never change. Its clear we have been looking at players and offering new contracts. How many rivals have signed players 10 days before an early pre season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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