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Rumours Rumours - Summer 2021 edition (Deadline Day from p814)

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  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,455
    seth plum said:
    Personally I can deal with youngsters coming through and accept the consequent results.
    I would be nice to see the/an U23 fixture list out.
    Can’t see one on the official site, I don’t know if those fixtures are sorted centrally, or done last minute game by game according to arrangements with each opponent.
    I suspect there might be a list somewhere, if there is I urge the club to publish it straight away.
    https://www.flashscore.co.uk/football/england/professional-development-league/fixtures/
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,900
    DOUCHER said:
    can confirm that a, how should i say it, to be totally PC - here goes anyway, lets hope ive got it right - ' a new black player was training with the team today' so ... 
    if you wanted to be really PC you could have said 'a new player was training with the team today'. 
    isn't black a bit more descriptive ? 
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Rothko said:
    Kyle Edwards who we were rumoured to be considering has joined Ipswich.....something seems weird that we  cant get these deals over the line. 
    Ipswich's CEO said he turned down championship clubs to go there. If that is true it means they're paying way above what we would've been prepared to pay.
    Which I would guess is a 5 figure weekly salary, which in this division is just crazy money 
    It's not crazy if you get promoted and they are good enough to keep you up next season or you can sell one of them at the end of the season to cover the excess loss..  What would be crazy if they don't up then buy another team on those wages.

    What is crazy is paying a whole team about 5 or 6k a week and aiming to only lose 10 million quid and have no chance of going up AND not signing any players with a serious resale value.

    The later will fail 9/10 it's called "doing a Roland".  
    Strongly disagree. If it then becomes normal for several League 1 sides to pay 5 figure weekly wages to players, then that’s crazy! Way too much money to be spending in third division!

    Frustrates me after the financial mess of many clubs in recent years, there’s still fans who want clubs to spend heavily to get promoted. 
    But the point is in league 1 a club like Charlton or Ipswich lose money before they pay the 1st team anything at all.  We have a squad full of players on about 5k a week.  We will lose about 10 million last season, this season and next season and won't get promoted if we don't sign more players on more wages.

    The option isn't don't spend anything and try and go up or spunk a fortune and try and go up.  The option is lose 10 million and probably don't go up, lose 12+ million and maybe go up or lose 15+ and almost certainly go up.  The longer your in the 12+ bracket the more chance you have of going up.

    Ipswich will spend what ever they need to to get promoted if its not this season it will probably be next season.  
  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 5,906
    DOUCHER said:
    can confirm that a, how should i say it, to be totally PC - here goes anyway, lets hope ive got it right - ' a new black player was training with the team today' so ... 
    if you wanted to be really PC you could have said 'a new player was training with the team today'. 
    It was a way of giving a clue to who it might be ! that way it narrows down the speculation on here lol
  • charlton_hero
    charlton_hero Posts: 4,666
    edited August 2021

    @DOUCHER Signing or trial?
  • CL_Phantom
    CL_Phantom Posts: 5,513
    Been staying with @tricky's parents in the land that the internet forgot.

    What have I missed?

    WIOTOS RULES OK

    Kirk was set to be announced this morning, unclear whether that was after signing today's contract, Friday's or the one from Thursday.

    Henderson's probably left again. Or not. Maybe.

    Cast iron source claims a winger forward should be signed and announced today, SHOULD, cast iron sauce number 4 in the recruitment pecking order, SHOULD know, but doesn't know for sure, so doesn't really know much. 

  • Belv
    Belv Posts: 836
    AndyG said:
    DOUCHER said:
    can confirm that a, how should i say it, to be totally PC - here goes anyway, lets hope ive got it right - ' a new black player was training with the team today' so ... 
    if you wanted to be really PC you could have said 'a new player was training with the team today'. 
    It was a way of giving a clue to who it might be ! that way it narrows down the speculation on here lol
    Exactly.

    Now we can narrow it down to 175 possibilities rather than 500+.
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,900
    Been staying with @tricky's parents in the land that the internet forgot.

    What have I missed?

    WIOTOS RULES OK

    Kirk was set to be announced this morning, unclear whether that was after signing today's contract, Friday's or the one from Thursday.

    Henderson's probably left again. Or not. Maybe.

    Cast iron source claims a winger forward should be signed and announced today, SHOULD, cast iron sauce number 4 in the recruitment pecking order, SHOULD know, but doesn't know for sure, so doesn't really know much. 

    give u 1 out of 10 for that and that's just for effort - a poor effort  
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  • ElliotCAFC
    ElliotCAFC Posts: 2,553
    edited August 2021
    DOUCHER said:
    DOUCHER said:
    can confirm that a, how should i say it, to be totally PC - here goes anyway, lets hope ive got it right - ' a new black player was training with the team today' so ... 
    if you wanted to be really PC you could have said 'a new player was training with the team today'. 
    isn't black a bit more descriptive ? 
    I know what you mean, but it’s no more descriptive than saying a player is blonde.

    If it was Charlie Kirk training, would you say “a new white player was training today”?

    Not saying you’re being racist at all, by the way. Great that we’ve got something to be excited about 




  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,353
    DOUCHER said:
    can confirm that a, how should i say it, to be totally PC - here goes anyway, lets hope ive got it right - ' a new black player was training with the team today' so ... 
    if you wanted to be really PC you could have said 'a new player was training with the team today'
    AND his life matters?
  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 5,906
    DOUCHER said:
    DOUCHER said:
    can confirm that a, how should i say it, to be totally PC - here goes anyway, lets hope ive got it right - ' a new black player was training with the team today' so ... 
    if you wanted to be really PC you could have said 'a new player was training with the team today'. 
    isn't black a bit more descriptive ? 
    I know what you mean, but it’s no more descriptive than saying a player is blonde.

    If it was Charlie Kirk training, would you say “a new white player was training today”?

    Not saying you’re being racist at all, by the way. Great that we’ve got something to be excited about 




    No if it was Kirk he would have said " there was a bloke training today who had forgotten which junction to get off on from the motorway "
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,900
    DOUCHER said:
    DOUCHER said:
    can confirm that a, how should i say it, to be totally PC - here goes anyway, lets hope ive got it right - ' a new black player was training with the team today' so ... 
    if you wanted to be really PC you could have said 'a new player was training with the team today'. 
    isn't black a bit more descriptive ? 
    I know what you mean, but it’s no more descriptive than saying a player is blonde.

    If it was Charlie Kirk training, would you say “a new white player was training today”?

    Not saying you’re being racist at, all by the way. Great that we’ve got something to be excited about 




    have a think about it Elliot, you seem a reasonable chap - hasn't all the talk today been about kirk signing - well, a new player has been training with the team - people seem to think if a player signs, he does a medical, trains then does photoshoot so surely adding the player is black gives a bit more info than not saying it - why on earth i wouldn't say it just shows how f&&ked up things are now with all this PC nonsense. 
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    DOUCHER said:
    DOUCHER said:
    can confirm that a, how should i say it, to be totally PC - here goes anyway, lets hope ive got it right - ' a new black player was training with the team today' so ... 
    if you wanted to be really PC you could have said 'a new player was training with the team today'. 
    isn't black a bit more descriptive ? 
    I know what you mean, but it’s no more descriptive than saying a player is blonde.

    If it was Charlie Kirk training, would you say “a new white player was training today”?

    Not saying you’re being racist at all, by the way. Great that we’ve got something to be excited about 




    No if it's Yaya Sanogo...
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Something definitely strange going on in the background.

    Of a number of players I've been told will be 'over the line' in the next couple of the days, there only appears to be a reasonable excuse for one of them not happening due to a failed medical.

    Two separate sources told me Kirk was done and dusted on Thursday.
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,001
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Rothko said:
    Kyle Edwards who we were rumoured to be considering has joined Ipswich.....something seems weird that we  cant get these deals over the line. 
    Ipswich's CEO said he turned down championship clubs to go there. If that is true it means they're paying way above what we would've been prepared to pay.
    Which I would guess is a 5 figure weekly salary, which in this division is just crazy money 
    It's not crazy if you get promoted and they are good enough to keep you up next season or you can sell one of them at the end of the season to cover the excess loss..  What would be crazy if they don't up then buy another team on those wages.

    What is crazy is paying a whole team about 5 or 6k a week and aiming to only lose 10 million quid and have no chance of going up AND not signing any players with a serious resale value.

    The later will fail 9/10 it's called "doing a Roland".  
    Strongly disagree. If it then becomes normal for several League 1 sides to pay 5 figure weekly wages to players, then that’s crazy! Way too much money to be spending in third division!

    Frustrates me after the financial mess of many clubs in recent years, there’s still fans who want clubs to spend heavily to get promoted. 
    But the point is in league 1 a club like Charlton or Ipswich lose money before they pay the 1st team anything at all.  We have a squad full of players on about 5k a week.  We will lose about 10 million last season, this season and next season and won't get promoted if we don't sign more players on more wages.

    The option isn't don't spend anything and try and go up or spunk a fortune and try and go up.  The option is lose 10 million and probably don't go up, lose 12+ million and maybe go up or lose 15+ and almost certainly go up.  The longer your in the 12+ bracket the more chance you have of going up.

    Ipswich will spend what ever they need to to get promoted if its not this season it will probably be next season.  
    But if they don't go up they won't be able to shift the failed players who they gave big wages too and the money starts burning up ever quicker.

    I suspect they will probably be up this year but if they aren't they could be in big trouble.
  •  Come on guys a player is a player - there is no need to mention his ethnic background 
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,900
    i could go back to my mate and ask what shade / skin tone / hair / height / build etc but think i've said too much - i will now discipline myself for unconcsious bias or something or other and take a damm good look at myself - btw - i couldn't care less whether he is black, brown, yellow, white or anything else - irrelevant to me 
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    DOUCHER said:
    can confirm that a, how should i say it, to be totally PC - here goes anyway, lets hope ive got it right - ' a new black player was training with the team today' so ... 
    is it Ben Odeje?
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  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,981
    Addickted said:
    Something definitely strange going on in the background.

    Of a number of players I've been told will be 'over the line' in the next couple of the days, there only appears to be a reasonable excuse for one of them not happening due to a failed medical.

    Two separate sources told me Kirk was done and dusted on Thursday.
    I’m not sure there’s much the club can do if the player has had a change of heart because he believes championship clubs might match our accepted bid.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    DOUCHER said:
    i could go back to my mate and ask what shade / skin tone / hair / height / build etc but think i've said too much - i will now discipline myself for unconcsious bias or something or other and take a damm good look at myself - btw - i couldn't care less whether he is black, brown, yellow, white or anything else - irrelevant to me 
    Ask how many tattoos he has. If it’s 15 then I think I know who it is. 
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,230
    DOUCHER said:
    can confirm that a, how should i say it, to be totally PC - here goes anyway, lets hope ive got it right - ' a new black player was training with the team today' so ... 
    is it Ben Odeje?
    Sorry to disappoint but it was Amdy Faye.
  • DDOUBLEE
    DDOUBLEE Posts: 1,473
    Let's not turn this thread into another fucking debate about something that's got nothing to do with rumours please
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    iaitch said:
    DOUCHER said:
    can confirm that a, how should i say it, to be totally PC - here goes anyway, lets hope ive got it right - ' a new black player was training with the team today' so ... 
    is it Ben Odeje?
    Sorry to disappoint but it was Amdy Faye.
    Damn, I was hoping it was a home coming for  Djimi Traore.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,561
    DOUCHER said:
    DOUCHER said:
    can confirm that a, how should i say it, to be totally PC - here goes anyway, lets hope ive got it right - ' a new black player was training with the team today' so ... 
    if you wanted to be really PC you could have said 'a new player was training with the team today'. 
    isn't black a bit more descriptive ? 
    could have said short, tall, left footed, forward, winger etc. Just don't see how his colour is relevant.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,230
    edited August 2021
    Traore would solve our left back problem........or maybe not.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,741
    iaitch said:
    DOUCHER said:
    can confirm that a, how should i say it, to be totally PC - here goes anyway, lets hope ive got it right - ' a new black player was training with the team today' so ... 
    is it Ben Odeje?
    Sorry to disappoint but it was Amdy Faye.
    Damn, I was hoping it was a home coming for  Djimi Traore.
    Don't blame it on the sunshine, don't blame it on the moonlight..........
  • TomNight
    TomNight Posts: 56
    Chances of it actually being Madger Gomes? Still 3 weeks left but bloody hell we could do with a positive transfer just to settle everyone down. 

    It’s nuts that the window remains open 4/5 games into the season! 
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