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lonelybean wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 12:23 am Movement this week

Have you tried Sennakot?

There might be a signing if Sotiriou decides to leave.
It really is time for him to make his mind up".............Hopefully he will stay as I feel he would be a great signing.

There must be something going on with Sotirious move as we are keeping him on a weekly contract so that we can collect a fee. We probably cant afford to sign anyone until he moves on and i expect whatever his next potential club is they are similarly trying to move someone on.
Cant be Stevenage can it...surely no!!

AckneyAwks wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 10:58 pm There must be something going on with Sotirious move as we are keeping him on a weekly contract so that we can collect a fee. We probably cant afford to sign anyone until he moves on and i expect whatever his next potential club is they are similarly trying to move someone on.
Cant be Stevenage can it...surely no!!

I thought the rumour was he's going to Peterborough.

AckneyAwks wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 10:58 pm There must be something going on with Sotirious move as we are keeping him on a weekly contract so that we can collect a fee. We probably cant afford to sign anyone until he moves on and i expect whatever his next potential club is they are similarly trying to move someone on.
Cant be Stevenage can it...surely no!!

Yes with our first friendly this weekend RE will want to look at different line ups and combinations etc
RE and Ling must be so frustrated, not being able to bring a target striker in until Sotiriou decides what the fcuk he’s doing.

Cheshunto wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 11:33 pm

AckneyAwks wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 10:58 pm There must be something going on with Sotirious move as we are keeping him on a weekly contract so that we can collect a fee. We probably cant afford to sign anyone until he moves on and i expect whatever his next potential club is they are similarly trying to move someone on.
Cant be Stevenage can it...surely no!!

Yes with our first friendly this weekend RE will want to look at different line ups and combinations etc
RE and Ling must be so frustrated, not being able to bring a target striker in until Sotiriou decides what the fcuk he’s doing.

If the club knows Sotiriou is definitely leaving then they should bring in a new striker regardless.

RedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 12:27 am

Cheshunto wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 11:33 pm

AckneyAwks wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 10:58 pm There must be something going on with Sotirious move as we are keeping him on a weekly contract so that we can collect a fee. We probably cant afford to sign anyone until he moves on and i expect whatever his next potential club is they are similarly trying to move someone on.
Cant be Stevenage can it...surely no!!

Yes with our first friendly this weekend RE will want to look at different line ups and combinations etc
RE and Ling must be so frustrated, not being able to bring a target striker in until Sotiriou decides what the fcuk he’s doing.

If the club knows Sotiriou is definitely leaving then they should bring in a new striker regardless.

Hi Red & Cheshunto,
Refer "INTERVIEW / Director of Football Martin Ling on Pre-season, Current Squad, and more -Https.youtu.be/Tu7yk-G9NOM 20/07/2020. He clearly states that we are looking to sign a Striker and a Centre-Half, who can play Full-Back, REGARDLESS of the Sotiriou situation. The inference is that if Sotiriou does leave, we will be looking for 2 Strikers, ( if they choose to replace him.) So the club is currently trying to sign 2 players anyway. Sotiriou is a separate matter.

The Striker would replace Matt Harrold and the Centre-Back would replace Ekpiteta.

DuvB wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 1:29 pm

Disoriented wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 11:50 am

DuvB wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 11:19 am

I think he must have stopped taking his medication if he can become upset for no reason.

Joking about possible mental health issues whether they are in your perception or not is no laughing matter.

Knock it off.

I know more about mental health issues than you.

I dont take orders from you

Fella, it wasn’t an order, it was a humanitarian request.

It also isn’t a competition. If you know so much about mental health, you would know it is inappropriate to joke about it.

Would be surprised if we signed two forwards even if Sotiriou leaves or stays. If he go's we sign a target man centre forward if he stays we sign a target man centre forward.
Angol, Johnson, Wilkinson already there the club will not be laying out wages and possible signing on/transfer fees for two more forwards.
In other words only one new striker whatever the Sotiriou scenario.

That EFL Hub that gets a lot of air time on here has been tweeting again

I would have though if cruel sotiriou goes we can replace him with a kid on loan from a higher division.

Shame that agreement with Spurs ended

A conveyor belt of players yearly with minimal financial outlay

Prestige Worldwide wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:17 am I would have though if cruel sotiriou goes we can replace him with a kid on loan from a higher division.

Cruel?

Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:21 am Shame that agreement with Spurs ended

A conveyor belt of players yearly with minimal financial outlay

Did we have an arrangement?

Who did we have the season before Marsh?

Tent Keague wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:08 am

Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:21 am Shame that agreement with Spurs ended

A conveyor belt of players yearly with minimal financial outlay

Did we have an arrangement?

Who did we have the season before Marsh?

Yeah circa 2010, way before Marsh joined

Inglethorpe going Liverpool was probably a big reason Spurs stopped sending an allotment of youth regularly

Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:15 am

Tent Keague wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:08 am

Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:21 am Shame that agreement with Spurs ended

A conveyor belt of players yearly with minimal financial outlay

Did we have an arrangement?

Who did we have the season before Marsh?

Yeah circa 2010, way before Marsh joined

Inglethorpe going Liverpool was probably a big reason Spurs stopped sending an allotment of youth regularly

Aaah. Thought you meant more recently in the Travis / Teague era.

Didn't think you meant Townsend, Kane, Carroll, M'Poku and probably others I've forgotten.

Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:15 am

Tent Keague wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:08 am

Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:21 am Shame that agreement with Spurs ended

A conveyor belt of players yearly with minimal financial outlay

Did we have an arrangement?

Who did we have the season before Marsh?

Yeah circa 2010, way before Marsh joined

Inglethorpe going Liverpool was probably a big reason Spurs stopped sending an allotment of youth regularly

Us turning into a basket case of a club and dropping out of the league may have had an impact too.

AckneyAwks wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:56 am Would be surprised if we signed two forwards even if Sotiriou leaves or stays. If he go's we sign a target man centre forward if he stays we sign a target man centre forward.
Angol, Johnson, Wilkinson already there the club will not be laying out wages and possible signing on/transfer fees for two more forwards.
In other words only one new striker whatever the Sotiriou scenario.

If that's the case, you have to assume the money we've offered Ruel is a joke.

Tent Keague wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:17 am

Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:15 am

Tent Keague wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:08 am

Did we have an arrangement?

Who did we have the season before Marsh?

Yeah circa 2010, way before Marsh joined

Inglethorpe going Liverpool was probably a big reason Spurs stopped sending an allotment of youth regularly

Aaah. Thought you meant more recently in the Travis / Teague era.

Didn't think you meant Townsend, Kane, Carroll, M'Poku and probably others I've forgotten.

A litany of stand in keepers, Ben Alnwick, David Button, Lee Butcher

Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:31 am

Tent Keague wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:17 am

Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:15 am
Yeah circa 2010, way before Marsh joined

Inglethorpe going Liverpool was probably a big reason Spurs stopped sending an allotment of youth regularly

Aaah. Thought you meant more recently in the Travis / Teague era.

Didn't think you meant Townsend, Kane, Carroll, M'Poku and probably others I've forgotten.

A litany of stand in keepers, Ben Alnwick, David Button, Lee Butcher

Well remembered. Butcher went on to work with Network Rail, Alnwick had a breakdown and I think I saw Button in the Premier League last season on the bench.

RedO wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:19 am

Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:15 am

Tent Keague wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:08 am

Did we have an arrangement?

Who did we have the season before Marsh?

Yeah circa 2010, way before Marsh joined

Inglethorpe going Liverpool was probably a big reason Spurs stopped sending an allotment of youth regularly

Us turning into a basket case of a club and dropping out of the league may have had an impact too.

Probably a reason it never restarted but the loans dried up when Inglethorpe left, two seasons before the Italians joined.

The only Spurs loanee in those two seasons since he left was Shaq Coulthirst (who?) on a 1 month deal

RedO wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:20 am

AckneyAwks wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:56 am Would be surprised if we signed two forwards even if Sotiriou leaves or stays. If he go's we sign a target man centre forward if he stays we sign a target man centre forward.
Angol, Johnson, Wilkinson already there the club will not be laying out wages and possible signing on/transfer fees for two more forwards.
In other words only one new striker whatever the Sotiriou scenario.

If that's the case, you have to assume the money we've offered Ruel is a joke.

Not really the whole Ruel scenario consists of many big decisions. His departure could be being held up due to lack of movement with his potential new club. Orient sitting on thier original offer and Ruel stuck in a sort of 'no man's land' waiting for a definite contract to sign with new club or accepting the Orient offer. My gut instinct is the club has upped thier offer and he may be close to signing and then we may bring a Centre forward type on loan.
This would then leave enough money in budget for a quality centre half that could involve a transfer fee.
Moneys tight i expect either Ruel signs and then we bring in a loan forward and centre half for a fee or Ruel does not sign and we lay out money on possibly a centre forward and centre half.
Two more signings.

Disoriented wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:45 am

DuvB wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 1:29 pm

Disoriented wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 11:50 am

Joking about possible mental health issues whether they are in your perception or not is no laughing matter.

Knock it off.

I know more about mental health issues than you.

I dont take orders from you

Fella, it wasn’t an order, it was a humanitarian request.

It also isn’t a competition. If you know so much about mental health, you would know it is inappropriate to joke about it.

If it stops the idiots piling in on me for no reason whatsoever, then I am ok with it.