Recruitment strategy under the spotlight

[Babylon]

4 hours ago, Ian Nacho said:

Can’t help we’ve made a complete mess of this window. I appreciate the whole getting rid of players before get some in. So why haven’t we loaned players out when it’s evident we can’t get a sale. For example Fulham wanted Vestegaard but they didn’t meet his wage demands, so why didn’t we loan him and just pay a quarter of his wages?

Because a loan doesn’t generate much of a fee, which we’d need to get a replacement. 

[Swarles Barkley]

6 huge days for the club. Time to get praying for a miracle and we are able to shift players out and get players in

[mozartfox]

I see the Italians have come up with a rascal plan for Praet.  Offer 8 million now, or a loan now with obligation to buy for 8 million at the end of the years loan.  So if we are paying for the lion’s share of his salary during the loan period, we can save money by selling him now rather than at the knock down price in 1 years time.  The Mafia must have come up with that one.

 

Rudders may need some protection…

[Gazza M]

It's getting to that time of the window again where you just hope we haven't got another Ryan Bennett type signing just around the corner. Luckily I think the club have learnt from that to some extent if Rodgers maybe hasn't. 

[Foxxed]

I don’t think there’s been a transfer window that I’ve been excited will close soon.

[Dames]

With Fofana money coming in the next few days of activity will be a true reflection of the state of the club.

 

If we only sign a replacement/cover we are deep deep in the cack. 
 

If we get a few players in and strengthen then all might actually be well. 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Chips are down now, club need to get it right or we're in big trouble. 

 

"We'll run club" title well and truly on the line.

[Dahnsouff]

2 minutes ago, Dames said:

With Fofana money coming in the next few days of activity will be a true reflection of the state of the club.

 

If we only sign a replacement/cover we are deep deep in the cack. 
 

If we get a few players in and strengthen then all might actually be well. 

I hope we don’t! I hope we get a CB and nothing else, unless more leave, as I want us to hold fire until Glover comes in, and next Summer ends loads of contracts and who knows who will be in charge?  

[Dames]

Just now, Dahnsouff said:

I hope we don’t! I hope we get a CB and nothing else, unless more leave, as I want us to hold fire until Glover comes in, and next Summer ends loads of contracts and who knows who will be in charge?  

We desperately need wide players at least 1 if not 2.

 

We can’t rely on Barnes dodgy knees for a whole year.

[moore_94]

With the wedge for Fofana time to wheel and deal with the other crap that we have struggled to move on

 

Agree to pay some of Vestergaards wages rather than him sitting here on the full wack

 

Accept a slightly lower fee for Soumare

 

Looks like we could be getting Perez's wages off the books as well

 

Sort of stuff we should have been doing earlier on but no point keeping them around now if they aren't going to play at all

Edited 26 August 2022 by moore_94

[Dahnsouff]

Just now, Dames said:

We desperately need wide players at least 1 if not 2.

 

We can’t rely on Barnes dodgy knees for a whole year.

That Delofelou  (sp?) is free, will do a year, and get Denayer while we are at it

 

#keepyourpowerdry

[Shane]

Is it worth using some of the money to pay off Bertrand’s contract? 

[moore_94]

Just now, Shane said:

Is it worth using some of the money to pay off Bertrand’s contract? 

We wont really have to worry about a good chunk of his wages, his kind of injury we will be helped out by insurance

[whoareyaaa]

Pearson said he's about ready to give up management getting him in as DOF would be great.

[Finnegan]

47 minutes ago, Shane said:

Is it worth using some of the money to pay off Bertrand’s contract? 

 

No. 

 

It is never worth paying off a player's contract unless he's in his last year. 

 

If we pay him for the whole season, that's a year's worth of wages we have to find for him this year. 

 

If we buy out his contract that's several years we have to find this year. 

[Finnegan]

3 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

Pearson said he's about ready to give up management getting him in as DOF would be great.

 

Why would that be a good idea. 

 

He had Walsh as a head of recruitment and Rudkin as a DOF here. 

 

Hiring people because you like then isn't how you run a business. 

[whoareyaaa]

Just now, Finnegan said:

 

Why would that be a good idea. 

 

He had Walsh as a head of recruitment and Rudkin as a DOF here. 

 

Hiring people because you like then isn't how you run a business. 

True wild idea 

[Stevosevic]

How many we getting in then?

 

70m for Fofana, Perez and a couple of others hopefully.

 

Surely we’ll manage 3 in. 

[Guest Col city fan]

Who genuinely trusts the club to reinvest the money wisely given our recent transfer activity?

And we won’t be talking huge amounts to spend anyway

[JimJams]

Two loans will do. Spend big money in January or next summer if theres no value to be had at present.

What's Chalobah doing ? 

Edited 26 August 2022 by JimJams

[Stevosevic]

2 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

Who genuinely trusts the club to reinvest the money wisely given our recent transfer activity?

And we won’t be talking huge amounts to spend anyway

It’s only been one bad summer of bad signings hasn’t it? The season before we bought Fofana and Castagne so pretty steady. 

 

 

[AmarteyAndChill]

Starting CB & RW absolute musts 

[SemperEadem]

The Perez deal coming here and letting him leave on free is pretty damming.

[AmarteyAndChill]

Just now, SemperEadem said:

The Perez deal coming here and letting him leave on free is pretty damming.

Sums up our recruitment tbf 

[Guest Col city fan]

1 minute ago, Stevosevic said:

It’s only been one bad summer of bad signings hasn’t it? The season before we bought Fofana and Castagne so pretty steady. 

 

 

Many would say Daka is a complete waste of money. Same with Soumare?