I doubt very much if our spending is coming from general income or player sales. That signals to me we are either stacking up debt, or are being bankrolled by philanthropic rich people, Personally given our history I always feel unsettled by the club being financially vulnerable, and a lot of the money side of things we’re invited to take on trust. That is another reason I am a big fan of developing our own players, it is cheaper and can often pay off with transfer fees incoming.
The tv money in 9m more in the Championship compared to league one.
What are we saying would make a perfect window for incomings?
One more Attacking midfielder and a striker?
I’m still a bit concerned about cover for Coventry, can JRC play that holding role? I wouldn’t trust Docherty there in the championship where in league 1 he could have maybe done a job covering it
I think that's where Doch played for Hull in the champ. NJ brought him in to play further forward and questions still remain about how effective he is in that new role.
Having a quick look at Hull and I don’t think that’s right. They had Ritchie Smallwood as holding mid and then Docherty next to him more box to box.
When Docherty first played for us he was in the 10, which was the reference of playing further forward but I think NJ realised it didn’t work and moved him back to his natural position
If he's been playing in his natural position all this time, then I'd be even more disappointed.
But after the Bolton game at home, Nathan Jones said: "I’ve got people inside the club who don’t think he can't play as an eight – it’s lucky I make my own decisions!" So presumably that's where he was playing.
I doubt very much if our spending is coming from general income or player sales. That signals to me we are either stacking up debt, or are being bankrolled by philanthropic rich people, Personally given our history I always feel unsettled by the club being financially vulnerable, and a lot of the money side of things we’re invited to take on trust. That is another reason I am a big fan of developing our own players, it is cheaper and can often pay off with transfer fees incoming.
The tv money in 9m more in the Championship compared to league one.
I doubt very much if our spending is coming from general income or player sales. That signals to me we are either stacking up debt, or are being bankrolled by philanthropic rich people, Personally given our history I always feel unsettled by the club being financially vulnerable, and a lot of the money side of things we’re invited to take on trust. That is another reason I am a big fan of developing our own players, it is cheaper and can often pay off with transfer fees incoming.
The tv money in 9m more in the Championship compared to league one.
What are we saying would make a perfect window for incomings?
One more Attacking midfielder and a striker?
I’m still a bit concerned about cover for Coventry, can JRC play that holding role? I wouldn’t trust Docherty there in the championship where in league 1 he could have maybe done a job covering it
I think that's where Doch played for Hull in the champ. NJ brought him in to play further forward and questions still remain about how effective he is in that new role.
Having a quick look at Hull and I don’t think that’s right. They had Ritchie Smallwood as holding mid and then Docherty next to him more box to box.
When Docherty first played for us he was in the 10, which was the reference of playing further forward but I think NJ realised it didn’t work and moved him back to his natural position
Having a look at his heatmap for the 23/24 season he's much more a holding midfielder compared to his heatmap for is in 24/25
Going back to Apter I just watched his goals from his time at Tranmere.
He's really got the potential to be one of those who gets you off your seat. As direct and JBG - he gets the ball and his instinct is to bear down on goal.
And I love that he appears to be a bit of a cocky little shit too - not afraid to give it to the opposition fans. I have the equivalent of a Fanny Tingle I think
I doubt very much if our spending is coming from general income or player sales. That signals to me we are either stacking up debt, or are being bankrolled by philanthropic rich people, Personally given our history I always feel unsettled by the club being financially vulnerable, and a lot of the money side of things we’re invited to take on trust. That is another reason I am a big fan of developing our own players, it is cheaper and can often pay off with transfer fees incoming.
The tv money in 9m more in the Championship compared to league one.
Going back to Apter I just watched his goals from his time at Tranmere.
He's really got the potential to be one of those who gets you off your seat. As direct and JBG - he gets the ball and his instinct is to bear down on goal.
And I love that he appears to be a bit of a cocky little shit too - not afraid to give it to the opposition fans. I have the equivalent of a Fanny Tingle I think
As others have said, I wonder if the relatively low level spending was done first to smoke and mirror that we’ve got a bit of cash - and now the next/final two or three will be where the big money is spent?
Think you are right on this we seem to have strengthened our squad in key areas for relatively small fees and now it's the final touches.To not show our hand spending wise has worked in our favour and now the bigger fees will always be that. Tbh apter at around 2 million seems the going rate but the likes of dkd or players of his ilk will always be costlier anyway.
Going back to Apter I just watched his goals from his time at Tranmere.
He's really got the potential to be one of those who gets you off your seat. As direct and JBG - he gets the ball and his instinct is to bear down on goal.
And I love that he appears to be a bit of a cocky little shit too - not afraid to give it to the opposition fans. I have the equivalent of a Fanny Tingle I think
Seems to be no doubt about his potential as a goalscorer, but hopefully he can add some creativity too with his passing and crossing too.
For me if we've paid £2m or more for Apter than it would have been better spent on Galbraith, who to me looks like the real deal.
Maybe he just didn't want to come, but to me his credentials are far stronger than Apter's.
Still no stand out signing for meI worry where the goals will come from in this squad. No proven championship striker, given Godden's age.
I'm still excited that it will be championship football this season though, but I suspect we will be witnessing more grind out results football from us. Hopefully we can finish 21st.
As well as the cost of buying out contracts, there is also the cost of of the personnel terms between the player and the club. Put simply we are likely not offering the wages that other clubs were willing to offer Gsi
I doubt very much if our spending is coming from general income or player sales. That signals to me we are either stacking up debt, or are being bankrolled by philanthropic rich people, Personally given our history I always feel unsettled by the club being financially vulnerable, and a lot of the money side of things we’re invited to take on trust. That is another reason I am a big fan of developing our own players, it is cheaper and can often pay off with transfer fees incoming.
The tv money in 9m more in the Championship compared to league one.
So if, as I understand it, Luton are getting £40m as a second year parachute payment, why are they having a fire sale?
They have sensible owners who decided to bank most of the PL money and then the parachute money and put it towards their new stadium, which i think i saw is costing over 400m.
I'd also imagine that a lot of their squad who they still have from the PL season, don't want to 'slum it' back in league one, hence they're on their way.
Going back to Apter I just watched his goals from his time at Tranmere.
He's really got the potential to be one of those who gets you off your seat. As direct and JBG - he gets the ball and his instinct is to bear down on goal.
And I love that he appears to be a bit of a cocky little shit too - not afraid to give it to the opposition fans. I have the equivalent of a Fanny Tingle I think
He will fit right in with TC & Leaburn then, those two love giving grief to oppo fans 😂
Going back to Apter I just watched his goals from his time at Tranmere.
He's really got the potential to be one of those who gets you off your seat. As direct and JBG - he gets the ball and his instinct is to bear down on goal.
And I love that he appears to be a bit of a cocky little shit too - not afraid to give it to the opposition fans. I have the equivalent of a Fanny Tingle I think
Exactly how I would describe him. Gets you off your seat. I’m interested to see how the NTT20 boys react to this one.
I can confirm he is now out of EFL fantasy draft team for GW1.
Going to bang the xG drum so skip me if you don’t care for it.
Over the last two seasons he has massively outperformed his xG both times. This indicates towards a player who, when he gets into a scoring position, tends to find the back of the net more often than other players.
Finding a player like that is obviously good for any team but you’d think would be critical for a side expected to finish in the bottom half of the table and need to make the most out of limited attacking options against high quality opposition.
Wish I could bookmark my own posts but I would not be at all shocked to see a few 0-1 or 1-1 scores next season where R. Apter is our only goalscorer.
24/25: 8 goals from 4.83 xG in League One (69 shots total) 23/24: 12 goals from 6.57 xG in League Two (103 shots total)
Per Cawley’s Substack he also greatly underperformed his expected assists too (3 assists from 6.02 xA) so shows he can create a fair few chances too
Going to bang the xG drum so skip me if you don’t care for it.
Over the last two seasons he has massively outperformed his xG both times. This indicates towards a player who, when he gets into a scoring position, tends to find the back of the net more often than other players.
Finding a player like that is obviously good for any team but you’d think would be critical for a side expected to finish in the bottom half of the table and need to make the most out of limited attacking options against high quality opposition.
Wish I could bookmark my own posts but I would not be at all shocked to see a few 0-1 or 1-1 scores next season where R. Apter is our only goalscorer.
24/25: 8 goals from 4.83 xG in League One (69 shots total) 23/24: 12 goals from 6.57 xG in League Two (103 shots total)
Per Cawley’s Substack he also greatly underperformed his expected assists too (3 assists from 6.02 xA) so shows he can create a fair few chances too
Didn't have the sniffer dog to get on the end of his crosses
What are we saying would make a perfect window for incomings?
One more Attacking midfielder and a striker?
I’m still a bit concerned about cover for Coventry, can JRC play that holding role? I wouldn’t trust Docherty there in the championship where in league 1 he could have maybe done a job covering it
I think that's where Doch played for Hull in the champ. NJ brought him in to play further forward and questions still remain about how effective he is in that new role.
Docherty doesn’t have the range of passing to play there .
Probably not in the traditional sense but Coventry isn't exactly spraying wonder balls around either. For the most part our DM plays simple passes.
Nor the pace, which is even more important in the Championship than league 1.
So far so good in terms of transfer business maybe,but can't help thinking Watford must be rubbing their hands at the prospect of playing us first game. Established club that they are up against Jones and some Luton misfits. They will bring all the heat of a Beds/ Herts derby and walk away with a 2-0 win at least i expect. Similar outcomes with home games against Leicester, Millwall, then Blackburn to look forward to. We will be dissecting all that's wrong until October quite possibly, when we might finally sneak a win.
Oh, mate..... Pour yourself a drink and cheer yourself up 🙂
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But after the Bolton game at home, Nathan Jones said: "I’ve got people inside the club who don’t think he can't play as an eight – it’s lucky I make my own decisions!" So presumably that's where he was playing.
This is 23/24
He's really got the potential to be one of those who gets you off your seat. As direct and JBG - he gets the ball and his instinct is to bear down on goal.
And I love that he appears to be a bit of a cocky little shit too - not afraid to give it to the opposition fans. I have the equivalent of a Fanny Tingle I think
Would expect they're wanting to sell Doughty and Mark McGuiness for substantial fees to fund signings.
I'd also imagine that a lot of their squad who they still have from the PL season, don't want to 'slum it' back in league one, hence they're on their way.
Some players may already have loans lined up.