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He chose Pompey over us because he likes the way they play. Interesting 🤔

I read he chose Pompey over us and Rotherham 😊

Rather us sign Robson and Jerome.

If Warne's perception of Waghorn's attitude didn't pass his character test, then Ince definitely won't.

Mendez-Laing would never have been a Warne signing had he not already been here.  He cant just sign church going farmers.

I wonder if something changed last minute with our finances, perhaps since the release of our accounts?
The noises leading up to January, similar to last year, were that we would be strengthening across the pitch.  I am sure Leigh Curtis had provided some positive updates leading up to Jan.
Warne was talking again about how he doesn't need to sell the club to players, they want to join.
Clowes was saying Warne had funds to strengthen.
Bids had gone in for players, Warne was watching someone who had been recommended to him, the ones we want would be starters and not squad players, etc.
Brown went out on loan, which surely was done on the understanding someone was about to join, otherwise it is a strange decision.
So what has changed? Were we shopping in Harrods with a quid all along, have our targets decided to go elsewhere, or has the rug been pulled from under us?
 
 

We don’t have a game in hand though Peterborough have a game in hand over us and Bolton and 2 over us 

How much do we think Bradley, Ward, Nelson et al are on?

Could argue that Waghorn, Washington and TJJ were all risky signings, fitness wise. With risks you have to accept the consequences if things go wrong. 

Clowes Developments (the owner of Derby County) recently released their accounts and disclosed some information regarding the club. The headline figure was a £6.8m loss over 9 months (July 1st 2022 to March 31st 2023). 

Exactly this ….you can blame EFL and all kinds of different reasons but we are fans …if we have no money then put more effort into finding hidden gems and why sign players with history of injuries …Alfie May for one seems fit and plays regularly why didn’t we get him ?
There has to be a plan before the season started and a contingency plan and plan to the contingency plan but we always loook like we’re scraping the barrel at the end of the window 
 

Yes that's the crux of it. We do want to bring in quality, but within strict budget constraints (on the cheap). If we had the financial clout, the deals would probably have happened by now. Not a complaint, just an observation.  

I’d be amazed if we managed to sign anyone. I think we’ve put all our eggs in the Smith basket and missed out on other players. What worries me massively is we obviously have a very tight budget so signings are key, we sign players like Washington and TJJ who are injury prone so for the most part are unable to make an impact, we stumble on signings like Waggy and Nyambe, let’s face it had Smith, Wilson and Ward stayed fit we wouldn’t have signed him. In our position it is key we sign players who can stay fit and are able to contribute. We can’t carry anyone. We’ve done well up until Fozzy and Nyambe were unavailable. We are coping without Waggy, Washington, Smith, TJJ who are injured and Fornah, Ward and Elder who have struggle for minutes when fit. That is 7 players whose wages could have been put to better use. I’d rather have 3 players who are available 9 times out of 10 than 7 bit part players. If we’re being honest our recruitment just hasn’t been a good fit for our purpose. 
 
We are 1 injury (Collo) short of the wheels coming off and struggling to make play offs when at the start of Jan we were looking at a top 2 finish. 
 
It’s just very very poor in my eyes and shows lack of a plan. All teams must budget and have a plan for Jan and what they will need depending on how the season is going. Is on the other hand will either sign someone as a last resort, a player who isn’t match fit or someone that no one else wants. 

Christ, you think we're losing £7m+ per year?
I'm not doubting you, by the way, I'm just stunned that the figure could possibly be that high.

I think losses will be double that. Wages roughly 60% of turnover

Come on @Big Travtell us now we're not signing anyone so we don't all have a meltdown on Wednesday  🤣 

In our heads - We are massive with massive crowds - we can buy who we like . David Clowes knows we are losing £300k a month - we are potless . 

I really hope Paul Warne can get a couple in .
I hope he gets us promoted this season as he deserves it IMO for his drive and efforts 

In our heads - We are massive with massive crowds - we can buy who we like . David Clowes knows we are losing £300k a month - we are potless . 

Depressing seeing players go elsewhere but not much we can do with the funds we have available 

We cant buy anyone without a sale

Brighton are rolling in money but did they see the highlights of Rams v Lincoln ? The alarming lack of pace shown by Cashin could have put an end to his dreams and any chance of a war chest for us .

You got that right.

Looking back to Saturday that was a god dam awful performance apart from two pieces of good football that managed to get us over the line
We have been poor for weeks to be honest and against better opposition we will get found out (Peterborough),Hopefully Mr Warne can see we are being run ragged by poor sides in midfield and when he finally changed things and bought Fornah and Thompson on we did look slightly better
I do think we are at least a couple of decent players short of a top two side but have we got finances to do anything come end of Jan,time will tell