YEAH BUT WE JUST NEED A WINGER & A STRIKER

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Re: YEAH BUT WE JUST NEED A WINGER & A STRIKER

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We have so bad baggage on some big money sorry but are we going to give prattley another contract next year he is one of a few players who are on big money sorry but give the man a coaching roll
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Joe315 wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2023 6:33 pm We'll stay up without new players, 2 or 3 get us there quicker.
Not so sure, other clubs around us will strengthen and we're only an Agyei injury setback away from having no striker options on the bench
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gshaw wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2023 6:45 pm
Joe315 wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2023 6:33 pm We'll stay up without new players, 2 or 3 get us there quicker.
Not so sure, other clubs around us will strengthen and we're only an Agyei injury setback away from having no striker options on the bench
We scored 2 with Agyei on the bench, we have conceded 3 yet again.
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Joe315 wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2023 6:14 pm
ComeOnYouOs wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2023 6:03 pm I actually think that if we sign a winger and a striker, it will keep us up this season, and that's the main aim, but, the two players MUST be quality.... No cheapies, from league 2 clubs, if they are really decent players, they'll keep us up.
I realise they won't come cheap, but if you want to own a football club in 2023, then you have to be very rich, and our directors are.
In the summer we can add to the squad, and gradually get better, but for now it's about still being in this league after the final game
Our directors are averagely rich in terms of
football club owners. If you compare them to
Kroenke or The sultans & Sheikhs or the Fenway
group , they are practically paupers.
To be honest I still cannot understand why anyone would get so involved with a business with hardly any fixed assets unless it is to mitigate business gains from another source. Had KT gone into the Dragons Den with a proposal to buy the club (can just picture him and Travis in full kit playing headers with each other as they entered the den) and the dirty looks by Peter Jones as they tell him they have been offered a great deal by Barry Hearn
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It's Football.
It's not a normal Buisness
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Joe315 wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:17 pm It's Football.
It's not a normal Buisness
Indeed, it's a rich man's hobby for the most part
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gshaw wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2023 10:56 pm
Joe315 wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:17 pm It's Football.
It's not a normal Buisness
Indeed, it's a rich man's hobby for the most part
A Million fans up & down motorways & FFP, would say its not a Rich mans hobby.
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Joe315 wrote: Sun Dec 24, 2023 12:01 am
gshaw wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2023 10:56 pm
Joe315 wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:17 pm It's Football.
It's not a normal Buisness
Indeed, it's a rich man's hobby for the most part
A Million fans up & down motorways & FFP, would say its not a Rich mans hobby.
Owning a club is though and FFP is a joke, we seem to be one of the few who take it seriously
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Is that actually based on anything or is it a generic 'the board don't spend enough' complaint? Every season under the current ownership we have lost between £1-2m. Are you really familiar enough with the finances of every other club at this level to say we're one of the outliers in being restrained?

Wage to turnover ratio is what financial sustainability rules looks at in league 1 and 2, Deloitte published a report on this that suggested that vast majority of clubs are complying so 'taking it seriously'. But owners are able to subsidise as much as they want as long as it's via cash injections or equity, not loans.
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Mistadobalina wrote: Sun Dec 24, 2023 9:26 am But owners are able to subsidise as much as they want as long as it's via cash injections or equity, not loans.
If only that had been the case when that c*** asset-stripped us.
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Well Paul McCallum is scoring more than a goal a game at Eastleigh this season and Jordan Maguire-Drew is averaging a goal a game at Barnet too :geek:
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Currywurst and Chips wrote: Sun Dec 24, 2023 9:39 am Well Paul McCallum is scoring more than a goal a game at Eastleigh this season and Jordan Maguire-Drew is averaging a goal a game at Barnet too :geek:
Remember they're up against defenders like The Samling.
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Dan Kemp is scoring as well
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