Summer Rumour Mill

[Ambitious]

1 hour ago, Big Trav said:

No chance we get any more permanent players unless they’re on tiny wages. Loan wise we can’t afford to pay much either. Believe the max we can offer players is around 4k a week. That’s the going rumour at the moment. I have no idea of this is the ‘business plan’ or DC being a bit stingy with budgets or if Warne has splashed out too much on wages and had struggled to work with the budgets set 

BT you used to be a source of excitement and optimism, not dread and angst. Good news only, please 🫣

[MackworthRamIsGod]

1 hour ago, Big Trav said:

No chance we get any more permanent players unless they’re on tiny wages. Loan wise we can’t afford to pay much either. Believe the max we can offer players is around 4k a week. That’s the going rumour at the moment. I have no idea of this is the ‘business plan’ or DC being a bit stingy with budgets or if Warne has splashed out too much on wages and had struggled to work with the budgets set 

But I'm confused...what about Rhodes, which was done? And the 4 more players he wanted?

Something has changed.

[Abu Derby]

Kiss promotion goodbye for this season then if true. 

[CBRammette]

54 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said:

But I'm confused...what about Rhodes, which was done? And the 4 more players he wanted?

Something has changed.

Jozwiak payment? Or similar?

[sage]

1 hour ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

@sage had it on good authority that Bradley's legs had gone.

So which bit of him are we paying wages for?

I'd hardly say it's on good authority.

A) they are friends of mine

B) they support Luton

 

So you have to question their judgement 

[simmoram1995]

If that’s the case and we have no money why not put the following up for sale.

Barks £200k roughly 

NML £300k roughly 

Bird £1.5-2m

Cashin £3-4m roughly.

Sibley £350-400k  roughly 

I’d definitely offer the top three get some money in even if it gets us three -four decent loans 

 

[i-Ram]

3 minutes ago, simmoram1995 said:

If that’s the case and we have no money why not put the following up for sale.

Barks £200k roughly 

NML £300k roughly 

Bird £1.5-2m

Cashin £3-4m roughly.

Sibley £350-400k  roughly 

I’d definitely offer the top three get some money in even if it gets us three -four decent loans 

£300k for NML. He’s a full Quatemalian International. I suspect some Saudi Team would pay £30m for him if we could put a good 5 minute video highlight package together. Actually make that a 3 minute package - he would just be walking in the last 2 minutes.

[nottingram]

6 minutes ago, simmoram1995 said:

If that’s the case and we have no money why not put the following up for sale.

Barks £200k roughly 

NML £300k roughly 

Bird £1.5-2m

Cashin £3-4m roughly.

Sibley £350-400k  roughly 

I’d definitely offer the top three get some money in even if it gets us three -four decent loans 

 

I suspect it’s because it’s real life we’re operating in, and not Football Manager

[Gee SCREAMER !!]

7 minutes ago, simmoram1995 said:

If that’s the case and we have no money why not put the following up for sale.

Barks £200k roughly 

NML £300k roughly 

Bird £1.5-2m

Cashin £3-4m roughly.

Sibley £350-400k  roughly 

I’d definitely offer the top three get some money in even if it gets us three -four decent loans 

 

Bird for me, is not as good as Knight and Cashin after his standard during this calendar year, with 10 months on his contract, may get a quarter of that. Conversely, teams pay for goals and Sibley has those in his locker, so even without looking the player who burst into our team,  I reckon we still get 1-1.5 with add ons due to his age and the definite chance he could be a 15 goal a season player. I wouldn't sell Barkhuizen either.  He's a good player at this level. Just not a wingback.  I suspect you may be right on NML.  He was knackered without Knights leg work before he committed to regular Central American jaunts. 

[Ambitious]

15 minutes ago, simmoram1995 said:

If that’s the case and we have no money why not put the following up for sale.

Barks £200k roughly 

NML £300k roughly 

Bird £1.5-2m

Cashin £3-4m roughly.

Sibley £350-400k  roughly 

I’d definitely offer the top three get some money in even if it gets us three -four decent loans 

 

Problem is that very few teams are spending money at the moment that the pool is very small. If a player with Sibley’s record came available at £350-400k then that’s the exact type of player we should be buying, not selling. 

[Gee SCREAMER !!]

1 hour ago, CBRammette said:

Jozwiak payment? Or similar?

I assume that's where the Knight money went.  Take this as a lump sum or we appeal/ come to an agreement with the governing body to start paying you in instalments scenario.  

[Rev]

3 hours ago, Ambitious said:

BT you used to be a source of excitement and optimism, not dread and angst. Good news only, please 🫣

This is where football's gone mad.

Offering wages of 200k a year to a league One footballer should be exceptional, a rare talent, not a cause for bemusement.

[Gee SCREAMER !!]

8 minutes ago, Rev said:

This is where football's gone mad.

Offering wages of 200k a year to a league One footballer should be exceptional, a rare talent, not a cause for bemusement.

 3 million over a fifteen year career.  In reality over a fifteen year career as a top 6 footballer in this league around 5 million.  Probably 1.5 -2 for a career playing in front of 5000 at Morecambe. Bonkers innit

[Papahet]

11 hours ago, Big Trav said:

No chance we get any more permanent players unless they’re on tiny wages. Loan wise we can’t afford to pay much either. Believe the max we can offer players is around 4k a week. That’s the going rumour at the moment. I have no idea of this is the ‘business plan’ or DC being a bit stingy with budgets or if Warne has splashed out too much on wages and had struggled to work with the budgets set 

Where is the Knight and Bielik money? This would've freed up a hefty amount on the budget to play with surely.

Why have we spent weeks targeting Rhodes and supposedly Sharp - when neither would come on a few grand wages to drop to league one?

[sage]

10 hours ago, MackworthRamIsGod said:

But I'm confused...what about Rhodes, which was done? And the 4 more players he wanted?

Something has changed.

The jozwiak ruling

[sage]

2 minutes ago, Papahet said:

Where is the Knight and Bielik money? This would've freed up a hefty amount on the budget to play with surely.

Why have we spent weeks targeting Rhodes and supposedly Sharp - when neither would come on a few grand wages to drop to league one?

See post above 

[May Contain Nuts]

2 hours ago, sage said:

The jozwiak ruling

That won't have come as a surprise to the club though?

We'd already (supposedly) factored in payments for Bielik when setting the budget and the dispute about Jozwiak was already ongoing, so surely that would also have been taken into account.

We even 'got away' without paying the full amount due.

It would be a pretty big bloody oversight for this to have suddenly wiped our budget, and we wouldn't be that stupid, would we? Would we?

 

 

[Sparkle]

11 hours ago, simmoram1995 said:

If that’s the case and we have no money why not put the following up for sale.

Barks £200k roughly 

NML £300k roughly 

Bird £1.5-2m

Cashin £3-4m roughly.

Sibley £350-400k  roughly 

I’d definitely offer the top three get some money in even if it gets us three -four decent loans 

 

No loans would be better than those three 

[Sparkle]

4 minutes ago, Kokosnuss said:

That won't have come as a surprise to the club though?

We'd already (supposedly) factored in payments for Bielik when setting the budget and the dispute about Jozwiak was already ongoing, so surely that would also have been taken into account.

We even 'got away' without paying the full amount due.

It would be a pretty big bloody oversight for this to have suddenly wiped our budget, and we wouldn't be that stupid, would we? Would we?

 

 

We can only pay the wages with what comes through the gate in simple terms and prices didn’t go up to the paying public.

[angieram]

3 minutes ago, Sparkle said:

No loans would be better than those three 

Your post is open to misinterpretation. I thought you meant we'd be better off getting rid and not replacing them. 

But you meant, we couldn't replace them with better loans? At least I hope you did!