I believe Diarra signed a one year deal with an option to extend. He is class. Can cover midfield and centre back. I'd be taking that option up asap to be honest.
I'm not convinced it will be as easy as people think to get Pope signed up. He is number 2. Once Henderson is fit he'll be out of the side again. With the extended loan spells he has had he's used to playing. Not sure he'll be overly excited at the prospect of sitting on the bench again.
Fox is imo the most likely to sign quickly. I'd guess there will be a release clause though. If the interest from Swansea is true his head will have been turned slightly.
I would much rather have Fox signed to a long term deal then Pope if we had to chose between the two. Be great to get both to put pen to paper though.
but is there money for the Sparrows Lane redevelopment - this will tell whether RD is serious about our club
I agree, that is the real test
Well the work as started on the 12 million improvement plan , two of our pitches that we use have been taken back by Charlton to have drainage laid fir the foundations of the new build , they are building two full size all weather surfaces that we will use for our training.
but is there money for the Sparrows Lane redevelopment - this will tell whether RD is serious about our club
I agree, that is the real test
Well the work as started on the 12 million improvement plan , two of our pitches that we use have been taken back by Charlton to have drainage laid fir the foundations of the new build , they are building two full size all weather surfaces that we will use for our training.
Not sure what "two of the pitches that we use have been taken back by Charlton" means? Do you mean used by Eltham Utd? The team you manage? or Charlton?
The Club don't have planning permission, yet, for the new build.
The players canteen is now in a temporary building as the old canteen is a gym
All weather surfaces are great but don't cost £12m although that figure seems to have gone up from £6 to £10 and now to £12m.
When the planning application is submitted and agreed and when ground is broken for the 4 story building then we can say "work has started" not before.
Interesting that KM says we got all but 2 of our summer targets,Henry was obviously 1 we missed out on,wonder who the other was? Also says that the player budget is all but done.
where did she say this? Not seen the article, cheers
In the SLP,she says that a combination of 7 new signings,Cousins and JBG signing new deals and part paying the wages of our loaned out players has pushed us over budget. Moneys there to renegotiate deals for Fox and Pope.
Then just sell the loaned out players so we don't have to pay their wages. Must be a mug club somewhere out there who will take them off our hands. (After all, someone managed to flog them to us once).
Good to read articles like this that inform and update fans but still surprises me that it is in the SLP and not on our OS
Good to see the club are making a conscious effort to make sure the academy players are rewarded for their improvements. Learning from the poyet situation.
Maybe a slight dig at the end saying "it shows the people we have know what they're doing" recruitment wise... To people digging out our scouting system after the nego and polish Pete signings.
Good to read articles like this that inform and update fans but still surprises me that it is in the SLP and not on our OS
Good to see the club are making a conscious effort to make sure the academy players are rewarded for their improvements. Learning from the poyet situation.
Maybe a slight dig at the end saying "it shows the people we have know what they're doing" recruitment wise... To people digging out our scouting system after the nego and polish Pete signings.
Agreed, but at least it seems to me that Katrien is acknowledging that the early RD/KM signings were poor and that the financial impact of those is now damaging our ability to fully complete our squad
We're spending more on wages that last season despite fewer players. So we're playing higher wages per head. Costs creeping up? Willing to pay more for better quality? realisation that quality costs more?
We can't sell Polish Pete at a price that we want. Randers wanted him but wouldn't pay the price or all his wages. So, no we can't just ignore that mistake as it is still costing us and limiting our ability to sign new players
Marco is being "developed" in Spain. So maybe not out of the picture completely
Our scouts didn't know about Bauer or Kashi but saw them while scouting other players. Luck or a natural consequence of spreading their net? And who were those other players (Sarr?).
"It shows the people we have in the business know what they are talking about." Now, maybe : - )
Good to read articles like this that inform and update fans but still surprises me that it is in the SLP and not on our OS
Very interesting article. Maybe she felt such information was a bit too balanced for the programme or OS!
It shows how the previous failings in the transfer market are still costing us. Annoying that we had to pay Bikey up, as effectively that's a year (or part year) of wasted salary
So while we are over budget it looks like they're also willing to go further over budget with new contracts for Pope, Fox and a loanee or two if needed.
Next summer Harriott, Dmitrovic, Moussa and others such as Pigott will be out of contract. If it's not possible this season you'd hope next season we'll have a more complete squad with the 2/3 extra players KM talks about.
As well as Bikey we may have also paid off Lepoint. He's listed as having his contract terminated by mutual consent here in the June 2015 document:
You don't usually see a club's CEO be that honest about decisions made during the transfer window. Maybe lessons learned from early in the RD regime when it was clear fans were not happy about the level of communication.
Some fans not all, and the last comments from her are Clearly aimed at those who use their media outlets to spout anti don't know what your doing bollox at every opportunity
Good for km she has a feisty side that is a perfect complement to her strictly professional side,
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We should basically have a fully fit squad.
Who cares?
The important ones are Reza and Moussa....when will they be back
The Club don't have planning permission, yet, for the new build.
The players canteen is now in a temporary building as the old canteen is a gym
All weather surfaces are great but don't cost £12m although that figure seems to have gone up from £6 to £10 and now to £12m.
When the planning application is submitted and agreed and when ground is broken for the 4 story building then we can say "work has started" not before.
Good to read articles like this that inform and update fans but still surprises me that it is in the SLP and not on our OS
Maybe a slight dig at the end saying "it shows the people we have know what they're doing" recruitment wise... To people digging out our scouting system after the nego and polish Pete signings.
So what have we learnt?
We're spending more on wages that last season despite fewer players. So we're playing higher wages per head. Costs creeping up? Willing to pay more for better quality? realisation that quality costs more?
We can't sell Polish Pete at a price that we want. Randers wanted him but wouldn't pay the price or all his wages. So, no we can't just ignore that mistake as it is still costing us and limiting our ability to sign new players
Marco is being "developed" in Spain. So maybe not out of the picture completely
Our scouts didn't know about Bauer or Kashi but saw them while scouting other players. Luck or a natural consequence of spreading their net? And who were those other players (Sarr?).
"It shows the people we have in the business know what they are talking about." Now, maybe : - )
It shows how the previous failings in the transfer market are still costing us. Annoying that we had to pay Bikey up, as effectively that's a year (or part year) of wasted salary
Next summer Harriott, Dmitrovic, Moussa and others such as Pigott will be out of contract. If it's not possible this season you'd hope next season we'll have a more complete squad with the 2/3 extra players KM talks about.
As well as Bikey we may have also paid off Lepoint. He's listed as having his contract terminated by mutual consent here in the June 2015 document:
http://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/more/player-registrations
Doesn't suggest he moved for an undisclosed fee as claimed on the OS.
Good for km she has a feisty side that is a perfect complement to her strictly professional side,
Gotta a lot of respect for km