Summer Rumour Mill

[sage]

Just now, Woodley Ram said:

Not getting all this sack Warne stuff, 3 games into a season. Lots of time to put this right starting on Saturday.

We dont need short termism. That only creates more issues. We need to build under the same manager

That only works if it's the right manager

[RadioactiveWaste]

1 hour ago, Sparkle said:

Basically what I alluded to the other day in another post - for what it’s worth we should always stick to our budget because we know what happens when we don’t 

We also have the EFL over our shoulder - we're not under restrictions but there is a but to that, and if we go grossly outside of what we agreed with them previously they might stop playing nice with us.

Plus it's very likely that the budget from DC has been set pretty firmly, on an "I can afford this sustainability, so that's what you've got to play with" which 8s not a penniless budget for league 1 by his own words.

[Woodley Ram]

5 minutes ago, sage said:

That only works if it's the right manager

True, but Warne does have a habit at getting out of L1. We are always in search of the man with the silver bullet. We will be up there at the end of the season.  

[RoyMac5]

1 minute ago, Woodley Ram said:

True, but Warne does have a habit at getting out of L1 with Rotherham, not any other team. We are always in search of the man with the silver bullet. We will be up there at the end of the season.  

FIFY

[Topram]

Does sound like we are finally close to a couple 

[YorkshireRam]

26 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

Oh if you sort the columns by Average Age I think we come top? What do we win? Lots of players moving around it seems.

Not sure, but it doesn't seem to be football matches 😂

[May Contain Nuts]

21 minutes ago, roboto said:

Yes, we come top by average age, but if you took loans out of that list I don't think we'd be top then. What's most interesting to me is the fact that other teams have all been utilising the loan market and we've not made any moves in that regard at all.

We've been told (or led to believe) that the best players will become available for loan towards the end of the window, but is this actually true?

I was kind of expecting Portsmouth level activity over the summer. A couple of cheap signings, some loans, some frees and a low average age. But for whatever reason, it hasn't happened. Couple of weeks of window left before we really hit the panic stations.

Excluding loans, you're right but only just

 

We haven't had Portsmouth level activity because we've targeted a certain type of player, at a certain expense which eats up the budget more quickly.

Here's their activity.

 

 

[RoyMac5]

 

Edited August 18, 2023 by RoyMac5

[Woodley Ram]

24 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

FIFY

still relevant

Edited August 18, 2023 by Woodley Ram

[RoyMac5]

1 minute ago, Woodley Ram said:

not helpful

Pertinent though.

[RoyMac5]

 

[Eoghan1884]

@DazzaRam @Big Trav who’s the new midfielder then 

[Topram]

6 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

 

Gone from 2/3 to 3/4 signings since those injuries 

[Scott129]

On 15/08/2023 at 00:30, Scott129 said:

Heard a whisper about Tyrese Fornah on loan. CDM/CM at Forest.

Think it might be this.

[Sparkle]

Would we take Mason Greenwood on loan if he was free - just asking ?

[sage]

35 minutes ago, Kokosnuss said:

Excluding loans, you're right but only just

 

We haven't had Portsmouth level activity because we've targeted a certain type of player, at a certain expense which eats up the budget more quickly.

Here's their activity.

 

 

Poole, Robertson and Sparkes would have been great signings 

[Jubbs]

@Big Trav

Is this something you've heard?

[roboto]

16 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

 

Midfielder sounds like the Fornah rumour coming to fruition.

The more legs everywhere because we've been caught on the counter comment would seem to add a bit of validity to the Yiadom rumours, as he'd be quicker than our current defenders and give us different formation options.

Then a little bit about attackers at the end of the video, but it doesn't sound close there. I think we need to see how Waghorn and Washington take their chances at starting along with returns for Barkhuizen and Sibley. Midfield and defence needs to be the focus again after the start we've had to the season.

Funny how we were joking about winning all our matches 1-0 before the season, now we'd be very happy if that was the case.

[Caerphilly Ram]

19 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

 

“Hopefully another in the building for tomorrow”, so an announcement potentially today if sorted in time?

[TINMANTED]

20 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

 

Does this mean no striker as he will want cover for the right backs?