Popular Post Lionator Posted 15 August Popular Post Share Posted 15 August The amount of people that are still content with incompetency at the DOF level is staggering. We will continue to decline while you guys are like “we’re just putting the feelers out” as we fail to sign a 29 year old Wrexham reject in two years. 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Eaton Fox Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August 1 minute ago, Babylon said: That's conflating two things, though: this signing taking a long time (which it's clearly not) and our inability (whatever the reason) to get players in before the start of the season. Impressive use of conflating 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Fox Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August (edited) 1 minute ago, Lionator said: The amount of people that are still content with incompetency at the DOF level is staggering. We will continue to decline while you guys are like “we’re just putting the feelers out” as we fail to sign a 29 year old Wrexham reject in two years. Until Top decides to sell the club we will still be incompetent, he’s never going to sack Rudkin. Edited 15 August by Happy Fox 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluetintedspecs Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August 10 minutes ago, st albans fox said: Is it only safari park chimps that behave in this fashion ? Tbf, I like the analogy one wonders why this has slowed if Romano is correct about the inter club negs would be good to get the kid in ahead of the weekend so he can be in and amongst our matchday routines I found the analogy to be befitting of some of the 'kneejerk' reactions😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugbyblue Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August 7 minutes ago, Happy Fox said: Watch him end up at Ipswich knowing our luck! Wouldn't surprise me. They are gonna have a real go this season and have given themselves a decent chance in my opinion. Linked with kalvin Philips this morning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwebema Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August 37 minutes ago, Claudio Fannieri said: Happy clapper or bed wetter no different it isn’t about the 3 day, it’s about everything the club has done this summer and over the last 12 months. - massive price hikes for season and match day tickets - the charge for having the card - fox membership - charging £10 for friendlies - appointing Cooper - our slow and scattergun approach to player recruitment - our inability or refusal to do deals to move on players deemed surplus to requirements - the ongoing PSR issues and potential points deduction - the lack of transparency and communication from the club - the lack of changes following the internal review of last season - the new kit sponsor The list goes on and on, that is how I feel, we were apparently on the verge of appointing Potter and then it turned out to be Cooper, then Soule, Zaha etc I can see a pattern forming. if people still believe in this regime and believe that they are the correct group to take the club forward then fair enough, that is your opinion however I am at my absolute wits end with it all, this was an opportunity to further reset, use our promotion to bring in young hungry players and push on. oh and people defending the club about the time it takes to do deals etc etc, look at Rutters move from Leeds to Brighton, played last night, yet Brighton have agreed fee and verbal agreement on move with player, which will be finalised today. That is how a well run club operate with a Director of Football who is fit for purpose. The lack of high end football management and experience is so clear to see. This is exactly where I'm at, it's a combination of everything and watching it happen for multiple years. I find it quite unbelievable that people are still making excuses because of things that happened almost 10 years ago. This transfer window even for us is a joke, we are completely un prepared. I do understand the circumstances which could be causing players to bulk at signing for us, but any DOF worth their salt would have thought about alternative approaches. The average fan on here had a better grasp and transfer policy than the club, if money is tight prioritise spending in areas of need, not another centre back. If bigger named players don't want to sign because of the potential points deduction then focus your attention on younger up and coming players from the lower leagues. But figure this out quicker than a week before the season starts. It feels like they all went on holiday patted themselves on the back and only really started to think about this season about 2 weeks ago and they are now thinking "oh shit" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafewayFox Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August Regardless of what side of the discussion that you’re on. The lack of a signing that improves our starting 11 is far from ideal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5waller5 Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August Just now, SafewayFox said: Regardless of what side of the discussion that you’re on. The lack of a signing that improves our starting 11 is far from ideal. It’s self-sabotage 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August 1 minute ago, Iwebema said: This is exactly where I'm at, it's a combination of everything and watching it happen for multiple years. I find it quite unbelievable that people are still making excuses because of things that happened almost 10 years ago. This transfer window even for us is a joke, we are completely un prepared. I do understand the circumstances which could be causing players to bulk at signing for us, but any DOF worth their salt would have thought about alternative approaches. The average fan on here had a better grasp and transfer policy than the club, if money is tight prioritise spending in areas of need, not another centre back. If bigger named players don't want to sign because of the potential points deduction then focus your attention on younger up and coming players from the lower leagues. But figure this out quicker than a week before the season starts. It feels like they all went on holiday patted themselves on the back and only really started to think about this season about 2 weeks ago and they are now thinking "oh shit" Its about looking at a single deal, stop conflating everything and dumping it into every Transfer topic, take that to the general LCFC forum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August Progress hopefully. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhandfox Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August (edited) 55 minutes ago, Claudio Fannieri said: Happy clapper or bed wetter no different it isn’t about the 3 day, it’s about everything the club has done this summer and over the last 12 months. - massive price hikes for season and match day tickets - the charge for having the card - fox membership - charging £10 for friendlies - appointing Cooper - our slow and scattergun approach to player recruitment - our inability or refusal to do deals to move on players deemed surplus to requirements - the ongoing PSR issues and potential points deduction - the lack of transparency and communication from the club - the lack of changes following the internal review of last season - the new kit sponsor The list goes on and on, that is how I feel, we were apparently on the verge of appointing Potter and then it turned out to be Cooper, then Soule, Zaha etc I can see a pattern forming. if people still believe in this regime and believe that they are the correct group to take the club forward then fair enough, that is your opinion however I am at my absolute wits end with it all, this was an opportunity to further reset, use our promotion to bring in young hungry players and push on. oh and people defending the club about the time it takes to do deals etc etc, look at Rutters move from Leeds to Brighton, played last night, yet Brighton have agreed fee and verbal agreement on move with player, which will be finalised today. That is how a well run club operate with a Director of Football who is fit for purpose. The lack of high end football management and experience is so clear to see. Not to spoil anything, but they didn't agree a deal they matched the fee needed in a release cause. They also had a several bid rejected prior to that. Also how do you know how long they have been working on a deal, have you got a contact there? Not defending the club but if you are going to beat over the head at least do it with facts.... Edited 15 August by coolhandfox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August 2 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: Not to spoil anything, but they didn't agree a deal they matched the fee needed in a release cause. They also had a several bid rejected prior to that. Also how do you know how long they have been working on a deal, have you got a contact there? Not defending the club but if you are going to beat over the head at least do it with facts.... Agree with this, we will never critique another clubs transfers as much as our own. Also, I am not seeking to excuse the club, they have been negligent for some time. (Also not quite sure how quiet disdain is less productive than the more vocal sort in this instance) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVFox Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August Quite confident we get this one done. I think Zaha and Fotis are both likely not to happen though. Luckily, out of the three, I'm more excited by Hlozek, especially with the deal being mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August 40 minutes ago, VLC86 said: Surely our inability to get players in for the start of the season is very linked to how long it takes to sign players. It's not linked to this player or any other we heard about 3 days ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pliskin Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August This will be done by today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VLC86 Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August 14 minutes ago, Babylon said: It's not linked to this player or any other we heard about 3 days ago. Apologies, didn’t realise you had inside info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August Even fab has got bored updating this deal ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August In the interests of progressing this deal, we just need to declare @Pliskin as ITK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeybradger Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August Why do people not see this guy as our 9 for the future? He reminds me a lot of a younger Van Persie or Lewandowski where they started on the wing but were able to use their elite technical abilities to be lethal in the box. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August 2 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said: In the interests of progressing this deal, we just need to declare @Pliskin as ITK God no. Because then if he isn't revealed today we have a whole new wave of hysteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusko187 Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August in b4 da lock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudio Fannieri Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August 54 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: Not to spoil anything, but they didn't agree a deal they matched the fee needed in a release cause. They also had a several bid rejected prior to that. Also how do you know how long they have been working on a deal, have you got a contact there? Not defending the club but if you are going to beat over the head at least do it with facts.... He played for Leeds last night and the deal has been closed out this morning so there has been a significant shift, if it was close last night then no way would Leeds have risked playing him and him getting injured etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August 5 minutes ago, Finnegan said: God no. Because then if he isn't revealed today we have a whole new wave of hysteria. Quite sure that if he is revealed today there will be no hysteria tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyblueeyes Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August 2 minutes ago, Finnegan said: God no. Because then if he isn't revealed today we have a whole new wave of hysteria. I think to be fair to people who are quite critical in this thread and the Zaha one, its not just hysteria for the sake of it. We are a few days from the season and quite short so people are a bit more emotional and worried then usual. I mean for me, I genuinely dont think we are in for these guys, its agent deals which we are very dependant on and as such have to play by the agents fiddle in ensuring their client gets a proper deal. Because we are so dependant on agent relationships, we play the game and hope for the crumbs nearer the window closing. There will be a mad rush on transfer deadline day to get a player or two. However, for some earlier in the week, seeing this, Zaha, Fotis offered some hope/reason for excitement. I think its unfair to just dismiss them as hysterical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza M Posted 15 August Share Posted 15 August 6 minutes ago, Rusko187 said: in b4 da lock In before the Hozelock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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