Gone Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 20 minutes ago, 86 Hair Islands said: Albania have won 4 of their last 5 internationals, the only defeat being a 2-0 loss to England. We conceded 3 or more to the likes of Cardiff, the Wendies, Blackburn, Boro, Preston and Rotherham old chap. Can you not imagine what Kane, Sterling, Foden, Sancho and co would do to us AND the other sides mentioned for that matter? It'd be a ducking cricket score. That’s like saying Brighton should now be champions because they beat City last night. Albania would not finish top half in League 2. Anyway the whole point it my argument is I don’t think Joz will fetch any serious cash, and other than Buchanan I don’t see any current player fetching any. Which means without investment soon, I can’t see how or why we are talking about any meaningful transfers (other than to keep the hope alive, and you know what they say about hope) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, TexasRam said: That’s like saying Brighton should now be champions because they beat City last night. Albania would not finish top half in League 2. Anyway the whole point it my argument is I don’t think Joz will fetch any serious cash, and other than Buchanan I don’t see any current player fetching any. Which means without investment soon, I can’t see how or why we are talking about any meaningful transfers (other than to keep the hope alive, and you know what they say about hope) Stopped reading at 'that's'... Seriously, what was I thinking! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 12 hours ago, Anag Ram said: I see Ellis Simms scored again for Blackpool. Young (20) quick and just the type we need. The annoying thing is that me and a couple of others on here were vocal about him after his performance against our U23 side. He's gone to Blackpool and done really well. The fact he went to Blackpool, too, shows that he would've been an option in January. Anag Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Ambitious said: The annoying thing is that me and a couple of others on here were vocal about him after his performance against our U23 side. Edited May 19, 2021 by Carnero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maydrakin Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 23 minutes ago, TexasRam said: That’s like saying Brighton should now be champions because they beat City last night. Albania would not finish top half in League 2. Anyway the whole point it my argument is I don’t think Joz will fetch any serious cash, and other than Buchanan I don’t see any current player fetching any. Which means without investment soon, I can’t see how or why we are talking about any meaningful transfers (other than to keep the hope alive, and you know what they say about hope) Albania are a fairly decent side, with some players who regularly grace sides in the top divisions of Italy, Turkey and some other lesser countries. Admittedly, they lost Loric Cana to retirement which was a blow for them, but they’re far from also-rans. They would cope with the championship with no bother... Comrade 86, Ramarena and RammingStone66 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 12 minutes ago, maydrakin said: Albania are a fairly decent side, with some players who regularly grace sides in the top divisions of Italy, Turkey and some other lesser countries. Admittedly, they lost Loric Cana to retirement which was a blow for them, but they’re far from also-rans. They would cope with the championship with no bother... Claude Davis was a Jamaican international and Mikkel Beck a Danish international both graced England’s top division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Fairly pointless discussing who at this stage whilst we have no money to consider using. so stick with the youngsters we have and hope to bring some decent ones in and that will all depend on the manager and how that manager wants to try and play before the practicalities of the championship take over - we need the obvious 3 centre half’s signing who are good enough for the championship plus at least two centre forwards and hopefully a more creative central midfielder but we might have that player if the rest are fixed in front and behind our current midfield. I fully expect us to be selling Lawrence while we can get money for him and I would sell jozwiak especially if he has a good Euros and we can get a decent return on him. there will be a huge amount of unemployed footballers out there come July Jram, jimtastic56 and Ramarena 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 2 hours ago, jimtastic56 said: I am worried about the attitude of Tom when he can start talking to other teams in January. Could be another £5 mill lost if he walks on a free. By the end of his contract, if we've changed our amortisation technique won't he (bookwise) be worth nothing? He'll be on big(gish) wages and maybe we can't really afford him again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maydrakin Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 45 minutes ago, TexasRam said: Claude Davis was a Jamaican international and Mikkel Beck a Danish international both graced England’s top division. And, sad to say, both would get into our side now easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, maydrakin said: And, sad to say, both would get into our side now easily. That’s a scary thought, I don’t think they would personally and are both in my top 5 worst ever Derby Players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maydrakin Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 1 minute ago, TexasRam said: That’s a scary thought, I don’t think they would personally and are both in my top 5 worst ever Derby Players. Claude Davis was outstanding in the championship for Preston - for us in the prem he was a car crash. Mikkel Beck had a couple of years playing for Middlesbrough, again at a higher level than we’re performing at, and was a key part of their promotion into the prem... I can’t believe I’m defending this pair - they were both rubbish. Deej and Premier ram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammy03 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 On 17/05/2021 at 12:40, TexasRam said: Joz may fetch a few quid if he has a good Euros, but as we’ve seen when playing against a higher standard than Albania he just can’t seem to cut it Did alright against Holland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanish Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 1 hour ago, RoyMac5 said: By the end of his contract, if we've changed our amortisation technique won't he (bookwise) be worth nothing? He'll be on big(gish) wages and maybe we can't really afford him again? both methods end up writing down the value to zero for the final year jimtastic56 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Spanish said: both methods end up writing down the value to zero for the final year Ah okay, thinking about it I suppose it matters where the final year value starts from, rather than where it finishes. Not enough cups of tea before writing that post! Do we know what sort of value players like Lawrence, Waggy and Wisdom are likely to have been on at the start of their contracts final year? Edited May 19, 2021 by RoyMac5 jimtastic56 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jram Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Oh god, I just really hope we get lucky and someone like Watson or Stretton have a mad breakthrough season with loads of goals and/or assists At the moment, it does look really bad on the investment front so another relegation scrap seems likely Only positives: maybe Jozwiak/Sibley will be much improved, Lawrence not missing three months might make a big difference... and now for the coup de grace of clutching at straws... IBE? jimtastic56 and GenBr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, Jram said: Oh god, I just really hope we get lucky and someone like Watson or Stretton have a mad breakthrough season with loads of goals and/or assists At the moment, it does look really bad on the investment front so another relegation scrap seems likely Only positives: maybe Jozwiak/Sibley will be much improved, Lawrence not missing three months might make a big difference... and now for the coup de grace of clutching at straws... IBE? I would honestly be surprised if we are scrapping for survival if things stay as they are. I'd be more concerned about it being a dead rubber, not quite as similar to our Premier League season but something remarkably close considering we're in the second division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 1 hour ago, RoyMac5 said: By the end of his contract, if we've changed our amortisation technique won't he (bookwise) be worth nothing? That's how both straight line and RV amortisation work. Do keep up! Andicis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Ram Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 9 minutes ago, Jram said: Oh god, I just really hope we get lucky and someone like Watson or Stretton have a mad breakthrough season with loads of goals and/or assists At the moment, it does look really bad on the investment front so another relegation scrap seems likely Only positives: maybe Jozwiak/Sibley will be much improved, Lawrence not missing three months might make a big difference... and now for the coup de grace of clutching at straws... IBE? Believe it when I see it but in a feature with Bielik, he said he hopes to be back in August, now that would change things.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 6 minutes ago, Jimbo Ram said: Believe it when I see it but in a feature with Bielik, he said he hopes to be back in August, now that would change things.... Sadly for Bielik I suspect he is now firmly in George Thorne territory after two really bad knee injuries. DCFC1388 and jimtastic56 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 32 minutes ago, Rammy03 said: Did alright against Holland He didn’t against Rotherham, Wycombe, Luton, Coventry etc etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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