Nearly everyone of the eight players who has either been sold or gone out on loan have been called rubbish, shite or "I will drive them to their new club myself" even O'Connell who has suddenly turned into the POTY despite getting injured and missing more games than he has played since signing.
Just going to shut my window and try to get some sleep but we seriously have had worse windows.
Nearly everyone of the eight players who has either been sold or gone out on loan have been called rubbish, shite or "I will drive them to their new club myself" even O'Connell who has suddenly turned into the POTY despite getting injured and missing more games than he has played since signing.
Just going to shut my window and try to get some sleep but we seriously have had worse windows.
The problem isn’t who left, it’s who came in. The worst being losing EOC and Lavelle and replacing them with Hector who has played 8 games in 2 and a half seasons, without a club even since last May. Losing Kirk and DJ and replacing with, erm, no one. Already a striker short, losing Stockley, bringing in, erm, no one. As said apart from EOC I’m happy for the rest to leave but some replacements were needed in some cases.
This summer will need a massive rebuild and at the moment we have an owner unwilling to spend. If that remains the same then we will be shopping at Poundshop again and praying we don’t get into a relegation battle, forget looking upwards. Every window we are getting worse. At some point it won’t be windows that concern us but the trap door.
Not disappointed at all to see many of them depart. Only EOC would make my preferred 11 and most won't be remembered with any fondness if at all when we look back on this era in years to come.
However...
We look short of cover in all forward positions now. It only takes one injury or suspension and we have no plan b off the bench.
Central defence backup options are weaker. Thomas arguably jumps up from 5th choice to 3rd in a day and has hardly played. Ditto Hector who appears a bit of a journeyman dining out on a transfer to Chelsea 10 or so years ago. Hopefully I'm proved wrong here.
I also wonder what signal this fire sale sends to the players and what all these outgoings will do for squad morale.
Fingers crossed for no significant injuries and that we get 5 wins in our remaining 19 matches. Then hope for better times come the summer, otherwise we are a relegation waiting to happen.
Probably 5/6th time I’ve said this now but this is the worst squad I’ve ever seen. Whoever the fuck is pulling the strings they’ve given up on any play off hopes that’s for certain, clearly about getting through till May.
Taking no nonsense about “not getting this one over the line”, it’s about money and nothing else, the will to get a transfer done is the easy part, look at Ipswich and Wrexham, if you really want you can sign players who are happy and settled in higher leagues never mind a few minutes to the deadline.
I won’t be parting with a pound more than I have to now, I’ve a season ticket and I’ll go when I fancy meeting some faces for a beer but that’s it, doubt you’ll catch me at an away game now it’s depressing the thought of travelling to watch that, and I’m someone who traditionally does at least 7/8 a season.
I thought the worry was that Dobson, Ness and Leaburn would be sold to offset losses?! They weren’t so, for me, the window wasn’t the disaster some of you are making it out to be. I’m disappointed and surprised that O’Connell left as I thought he did a good job for us so there is possibly a reason behind that. Hector, if fit, feels like a good replacement though. I’ve not wanted Kirk or DJ anywhere near the first team and Lavelle has been a big disappointment so no biggie there for me.
The reality is that we have become an asset stripped mid table league one side and unless the elusive billionaire supporter emerges will always remain so. Free transfers and loanees are the new normal right now. It’s sad, given our recent glorious history, but inevitable. We can see our status as a ‘big club with massive potential’ diminishing before our very eyes. Heartbreaking but seemingly unstoppable.
Probably 5/6th time I’ve said this now but this is the worst squad I’ve ever seen. Whoever the fuck is pulling the strings they’ve given up on any play off hopes that’s for certain, clearly about getting through till May.
Taking no nonsense about “not getting this one over the line”, it’s about money and nothing else, the will to get a transfer done is the easy part, look at Ipswich and Wrexham, if you really want you can sign players who are happy and settled in higher leagues never mind a few minutes to the deadline.
I won’t be parting with a pound more than I have to now, I’ve a season ticket and I’ll go when I fancy meeting some faces for a beer but that’s it, doubt you’ll catch me at an away game now it’s depressing the thought of travelling to watch that, and I’m someone who traditionally does at least 7/8 a season.
Glad we all spend thousands of pounds over the year even more so in this current climate to follow the club home and away for a chairman not to invest in areas that were needed and was devious enough to let 4 players go on transfer deadline day sell a striker and not replace him. They would have known at 9pm that the deal for the player from Wigan wasn’t happening
If you lot lose the plot over Lavelle and Thomas going, you need your bumps read. I get the feeling over O'Connell but those two are shit.
But we need a squad. Currently leaves us with Inniss, Ness and a crocked Hector.
Is Hector crocked? Evidently he’s been training with Chef Wendy for quite a while and for the last two or three days with us, reported to be in tip top condition. Doesn’t sound like he’s crocked to me…..unless you know otherwise that is?
Apparently he didn't complete his medical with Sheff Wed, who he had been training with this season
He hasn't played at all this season
That doesn't scream "match fit" to me.
But doesn’t mean he’s crocked, you’re just being your usual negative self.🙄🙄🙄
If Hector plays before the start of March I'll eat my hat.
If he actually makes it through 60 mins before Easter I'll eat 2 hats.
Golfie says if Hector plays before March, he'll eat his hat.
Shall we hold him to that? Just need a volunteer to video it.
Couldn't be arsed (rather like Charlton) to read 300+ posts, but sounds like I had the right idea on going to bed at 10.45, we have some real insomniacs here, will have a look at the OS 😉
It’s the bullshit I can’t stand anymore just tell it as it is. We did in the eighties how many times did Lennie and curbs say it we ain’t got much of a budget. nowadays we’ve got a top 5 budget and have signed quality players when we clearly haven’t. We’re signing players that now body else wants.
Just cut the bullshit come out and tell us there is no money. I would accept it more than being lied to we even donated to pay £50000 to sign Ronnie Moore back when we were skint.
I’m Sure them teams were better than what we got now with a top 5 budget.
I assume it will be said today we were pursuing at least one more incoming but it fell away at the end and we will also look at free agents, blah, blah, 😕
As others have said not losing the ‘names’ we do have does suggest some intent not to asset strip immediately. But, next summer may be different and more at the behest of the players.
I can’t however agree it’s a clear out for the summer when they are only loans for some of the outgoings unless of course their contracts are up then anyway. If they are out of contract then it’s a slightly different story in that we save some cash now on players who were not being used and the hard conversation that would be due in May / June has already effectively been had.
Seems odd that a loan player fails a medical. If we were signing him on a 3 year deal then fair enough. But it was presumably a loan to the end of the season, he’s fit to play now so unless the medical revealed he only had one leg, what’s the issue?
And why leave it until the 11hour when you had a whole month to sign a middle of the road winger? Same as last window with Bonne.
I thought Andy Scott, Gallen and MS we’re working tirelessly to bring players in?
Embarrassing, Holden has lost credibility tonight! The club couldn’t muster a comment, utter shambles. We are lighter in all areas.
Don't think it's fair to have a go at Holden as I doubt he'd have had much influence other than to identify the players who were surplus to requirements who are mainly the costly mistakes of our dysfunctional recruitment over the last 2 seasons. Like his predecessors under this owner he won't have had much influence on incoming transfers. He's on a half season contract to keep us ticking over in league 1 whilst the owner tries to flog us for much more than we're worth whilst cutting costs.
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Just going to shut my window and try to get some sleep but we seriously have had worse windows.
This summer will need a massive rebuild and at the moment we have an owner unwilling to spend. If that remains the same then we will be shopping at Poundshop again and praying we don’t get into a relegation battle, forget looking upwards. Every window we are getting worse. At some point it won’t be windows that concern us but the trap door.
TS is proving a disaster.
Or Holden pretending he's delighted with players that haven't played regular football in 2 years.
The reality is that we have become an asset stripped mid table league one side and unless the elusive billionaire supporter emerges will always remain so. Free transfers and loanees are the new normal right now. It’s sad, given our recent glorious history, but inevitable. We can see our status as a ‘big club with massive potential’ diminishing before our very eyes. Heartbreaking but seemingly unstoppable.
fans wanted a clear out .. for a restart in the summer under new owners that’s what they got yet still moaning
They would have known at 9pm that the deal for the player from Wigan wasn’t happening
I must have missed that bit.
nowadays we’ve got a top 5 budget and have signed quality players when we clearly haven’t. We’re signing players that now body else wants.
As others have said not losing the ‘names’ we do have does suggest some intent not to asset strip immediately. But, next summer may be different and more at the behest of the players.
all for a clear out and have no problem with 95% of the departures. I'm annoyed (but not surprised) at the lack of replacements.
If we were signing him on a 3 year deal then fair enough.
But it was presumably a loan to the end of the season, he’s fit to play now so unless the medical revealed he only had one leg, what’s the issue?