Sale of Stockley & others is more likely to prove working capital for EFL for the potless & useless Methvin takeover. Its clear Sandgaard wants shot of the club & prepared to hoike it off Methven, who have no apparent plan to cut the Academy & cull the playing stuff, so that they can prove running costs.
Sandgaard is clearly clueless.The Methven takeover is a sorry, cash strapped shambles too imo.
Not sure I’m reading your post correctly, but are you saying the buyer could be Methven? It can’t be, surely. He hasn’t got the resources to lose millions running the club. There has to be backers behind the takeover, otherwise it’s all just a ridiculous waste of time.
I think this is the guy the @Swisdom mentioned a few days back, about the player that is playing a different position.
Luke Plange was the one we were keen on. Not exactly ripping up trees at Molenbeek but he’s a talented lad. They are playing him as a centre forward but it’s felt he is better suited as a second striker. shame we miss out if indeed we have as I quite liked the look of him
We are a weird bunch aren't we? Getting rid of Stockley isn't a "cost cutting exercise", he was shit, has been all season and we got rid of him for a fee instead of letting his contract run out, a win win in my eyes.
We aren't going up, we aren't going down, what's the point in paying over the odds for a striker now when we can actually plan ahead and get one in the summer? Get a lad in on loan to fill the hole for now and finish the season.
We are a weird bunch aren't we? Getting rid of Stockley isn't a "cost cutting exercise", he was shit, has been all season and we got rid of him for a fee instead of letting his contract run out, a win win in my eyes.
We aren't going up, we aren't going down, what's the point in paying over the odds for a striker now when we can actually plan ahead and get one in the summer? Get a lad in on loan to fill the hole for now and finish the season.
because we don't trust the current ownership to actually do that. They didn't with Washington. They will sell Leaburn to balance the books, Bonne will leave. Kanu up front on his own next year you say?....!
We are a weird bunch aren't we? Getting rid of Stockley isn't a "cost cutting exercise", he was shit, has been all season and we got rid of him for a fee instead of letting his contract run out, a win win in my eyes.
We aren't going up, we aren't going down, what's the point in paying over the odds for a striker now when we can actually plan ahead and get one in the summer? Get a lad in on loan to fill the hole for now and finish the season.
Because the liklihood is that neither of this will happen.
The conversation will then become about how expensive strikers are and that we can't afford it.
We are a weird bunch aren't we? Getting rid of Stockley isn't a "cost cutting exercise", he was shit, has been all season and we got rid of him for a fee instead of letting his contract run out, a win win in my eyes.
We aren't going up, we aren't going down, what's the point in paying over the odds for a striker now when we can actually plan ahead and get one in the summer? Get a lad in on loan to fill the hole for now and finish the season.
Having only Stockley fit was one of the things that got us into a situation where relegation was looking a real possibility. We aren't safe yet and another injury to Leaburn could leave us with just Bonne who is quicker than Stockley but didn't look any more effective on Saturday, and a potentially 1/4 fit Chuks. There's no need to break the budget on a permanent, but a sensible loan signing might be prudent.
Looks like another summer rebuild in the offing if all we are bringing in are loans & getting rid of contracted players.
what could go wrong with that.............
I get where you are coming from Golfie, but a few loans and players like Stockley moved on wouldn’t be a bad window. We’re not in a position to know the future of the club long term, and IF that statement re: our new owners is true, then our transfer strategy kinda makes sense.
The last 2 Jan windows have seen permanent signings of Mansfield, Schwartz, Fraser and Aneke. You could argue Fraser has or will go onto have an impact, but the other 3 haven’t for one reason or another.
This, coupled with Kirk and Stockley signing for decent fees in the summer of 21, plus a number of other misfits and overall, poor players, very clearly highlights a failed recruitment policy.
How and why I don’t know. I’m sure having MS involved is a big problem, but for me, why would anyone want us to be making long term signings now, given the history of the last 2 year and the uncertainty surrounding the club, unless they are proven s*** hot players, I don’t know.
The season is dead. We have enough to stay up, and the pond we are fishing in for players won’t allow us to get the quality to mount an unlikely play off challenge.
I agree we need quality, but this isn’t the window.
it’s all about seeing where we go with this takeover and seeing the back of TS
And the summer one is ??? Our recent history in the summer is nothing to write home about. Actually it is something to write home about as I seem to do it every August. This season is was no left back & very little upfront. And we've paid for those errors by being 15th at the end of January with no prospect of the play offs.
But just remind me again in August that I shouldn't panic & signings will happen.
Gah !!
In this instance, yes.
Is TS going to be our owner moving forward? Who knows. Has the transfer policy over the last few years been a success? No. Are the potential new owners going to get the takeover done successfully? Who knows. Have we got any money? Probably not. Is the season dead? Pretty much. So many uncertainties add up to viable reasons as to just getting short term deals that may or may not work out.
unless we had total stability, were being run by a competent person, paying fees and signing players on long contracts would imo, be a mistake
With just over 24 hours to go before closing time and we are reaching the dreaded last day where we receive an offer we can't turn down and replace with an inferior player ?
If that scenario doesn't happen sometime in the next 27 hours then cafc are making progress. Slow progress but progress if we don't accept average offers for our half a dozen better prospects.
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shame we miss out if indeed we have as I quite liked the look of him
we can only but dream
reviews I’ve seen online seem to suggest he is very highly regarded at Bournemouth. Presumably Holden knows his game and liked what he saw
Which is funny because Stockley was the delayed Bonne replacement
That is acceptable
Ending up with less numbers in the squad than we started with (and one of the incomings is sidelined through injury) is not acceptable.
We will never learn our lessons. Well, sorry.... TS won't learn his lessons. He doesn't want to spend another penny, but wants £11m for the club.
I want to give up.
I really do.
We aren't going up, we aren't going down, what's the point in paying over the odds for a striker now when we can actually plan ahead and get one in the summer? Get a lad in on loan to fill the hole for now and finish the season.
The conversation will then become about how expensive strikers are and that we can't afford it.
Doh, now I’ve done it! 😂
millwall have won
250,000 what? Pennies?
unless we had total stability, were being run by a competent person, paying fees and signing players on long contracts would imo, be a mistake
If that scenario doesn't happen sometime in the next 27 hours then cafc are making progress. Slow progress but progress if we don't accept average offers for our half a dozen better prospects.