| Should this takeover happen 11:15 - Feb 27 with 2528 views | Hipsterectomy |
Surely our whole scouting set-up will need to change? I have no idea what it even is now or if we even have a transfer policy. A Brentford or Peterborough model of excellent scouting in lower leagues means they turn huge profits which, for the short term, if the owners intentions are money-focused, must be something they'd want |  |
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| Should this takeover happen on 11:18 - Feb 27 with 2482 views | TIB |
Helsingor and Rising both have a few New Zealand players...Tommy Smith 2.0 inbound. |  |
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| Should this takeover happen on 11:18 - Feb 27 with 2479 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Change? We'd need to have one again. Evans has stripped the living sh*t out of it as a cost saving measure. Most of our scouting is done by Bowman from his office using WhyScout I believe. |  |
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| Should this takeover happen on 11:20 - Feb 27 with 2440 views | footers |
Considering our scouting set-up consists of Stevie Wonder, Harold Shipman and an abacus, it won't take much improvement. |  |
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| Should this takeover happen on 11:22 - Feb 27 with 2427 views | davblue |
We have to get smarter in our recruitment, it will need some investment like a lot of other parts that have been stripped back under Evans.
Will be interested if they bring in a moneyball approach.
We are going t.o have to spend some money though, we aren’t going to be able to flip too many free transfers.
Interesting but a real need to be cautious about this deal. The proof will be in 2-3 years of where we are and the approach to things. |  | | |
| Should this takeover happen on 11:23 - Feb 27 with 2421 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Should this takeover happen on 11:20 - Feb 27 by footers |
Considering our scouting set-up consists of Stevie Wonder, Harold Shipman and an abacus, it won't take much improvement. |
We've let Shipman go.
But, we've brought Peters and Lee in. | |
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| Should this takeover happen on 11:25 - Feb 27 with 2411 views | WD19 |
Buy the club for 17m, with no debt.
Sell as many players as you can for a combined 15m
(Downes, Dozzell, Jackson, Norwood, Dobra, Woolfenden, KVY, Nolan)
Sell the club for 10m after 12 months.
Make 8m minus expenses. [Post edited 27 Feb 2021 11:27]
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| Should this takeover happen on 11:28 - Feb 27 with 2377 views | WD19 |
| Should this takeover happen on 11:20 - Feb 27 by footers |
Considering our scouting set-up consists of Stevie Wonder, Harold Shipman and an abacus, it won't take much improvement. |
If Harold Shipman had been active in our medical department over the past 5 years we would be a lot better off as a club..... | | | |
| Should this takeover happen on 11:29 - Feb 27 with 2375 views | mrshallisfit |
| Should this takeover happen on 11:20 - Feb 27 by footers |
Considering our scouting set-up consists of Stevie Wonder, Harold Shipman and an abacus, it won't take much improvement. |
Did you know that Harold Shipman joined the boxing club when he was in prison. He had a lethal left jab. |  | | |
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| Should this takeover happen on 11:35 - Feb 27 with 2338 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Should this takeover happen on 11:23 - Feb 27 by Cheltenham_Blue |
We've let Shipman go.
But, we've brought Peters and Lee in. |
Yeah, I think I heard that Shipman asked if he could go back to the NHS to help with the over 80's vaccination programme. | | | |
| Should this takeover happen on 11:40 - Feb 27 with 2300 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
Maybe this will give us a scout in America. There ought to be some up-and-coming bargains to be had out there? |  |
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| Should this takeover happen on 12:00 - Feb 27 with 2248 views | Basuco |
There are a few things coming out that makes me believe that ME really cares about the club and will not sell the anyone who he feels will not have the best interests of ITFC at heart. The fact that he was not able to take Ipswich Town forward himself should not be a reason to take cheap shots at him. The football world is totally different from 20 years ago under Sheepy, it is now totally money driven, agent driven and payments to all sorts of intermediaries to make things happen. A totally different world to the business world that the ME group is used to dealing with. If as reported an experienced football CEO is brought in hopefully we will see the club move forward in a way we all want and deal with the complex world of modern football. |  | | |
| Should this takeover happen on 12:36 - Feb 27 with 2180 views | jayessess |
| Should this takeover happen on 11:25 - Feb 27 by WD19 |
Buy the club for 17m, with no debt.
Sell as many players as you can for a combined 15m
(Downes, Dozzell, Jackson, Norwood, Dobra, Woolfenden, KVY, Nolan)
Sell the club for 10m after 12 months.
Make 8m minus expenses. [Post edited 27 Feb 2021 11:27]
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How are we getting £15m for this lot?
That's an average of £1.9m per player, which is more than any of these will fetch us in League One, in some cases several times more. |  |
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| Should this takeover happen on 12:48 - Feb 27 with 2142 views | WD19 |
| Should this takeover happen on 12:36 - Feb 27 by jayessess |
How are we getting £15m for this lot?
That's an average of £1.9m per player, which is more than any of these will fetch us in League One, in some cases several times more. |
We have a first team squad of nearly 60 players. I deliberately avoided doing the maths because it is so subjective, but I would be surprised if Downes and Dozzell couldn't still fetch 5m+ between them and that flogging another 15 couldn't make the total close to what I outlined. | | | |
| Should this takeover happen on 12:49 - Feb 27 with 2132 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Should this takeover happen on 11:40 - Feb 27 by The_Flashing_Smile |
Maybe this will give us a scout in America. There ought to be some up-and-coming bargains to be had out there? |
Tonto? |  |
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| Should this takeover happen on 12:57 - Feb 27 with 2104 views | jayessess |
| Should this takeover happen on 12:48 - Feb 27 by WD19 |
We have a first team squad of nearly 60 players. I deliberately avoided doing the maths because it is so subjective, but I would be surprised if Downes and Dozzell couldn't still fetch 5m+ between them and that flogging another 15 couldn't make the total close to what I outlined. |
Transfermarkt values our entire squad at less than £10m and that's including players that will be out of contract in the Summer.
That's before we get on to anyone paying £10m for a football club with no players... | |
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| Should this takeover happen on 13:10 - Feb 27 with 2062 views | BryanPlug |
| Should this takeover happen on 12:49 - Feb 27 by GlasgowBlue |
Tonto? |
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| Should this takeover happen on 13:13 - Feb 27 with 2045 views | 66notout |
| Should this takeover happen on 12:36 - Feb 27 by jayessess |
How are we getting £15m for this lot?
That's an average of £1.9m per player, which is more than any of these will fetch us in League One, in some cases several times more. |
The figure in The Athletic is wrong. It’s £30million. | | | |
| Should this takeover happen on 13:42 - Feb 27 with 1989 views | BasingstokeBlue |
| Should this takeover happen on 12:49 - Feb 27 by GlasgowBlue |
Tonto? |
His horse. |  |
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| Should this takeover happen on 13:45 - Feb 27 with 1979 views | jayessess |
| Should this takeover happen on 13:13 - Feb 27 by 66notout |
The figure in The Athletic is wrong. It’s £30million. |
If it is £30m then Evans has done wonders in negotiations... | |
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| Should this takeover happen on 13:46 - Feb 27 with 1972 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Should this takeover happen on 13:13 - Feb 27 by 66notout |
The figure in The Athletic is wrong. It’s £30million. |
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| Should this takeover happen on 13:47 - Feb 27 with 1968 views | jayessess |
the TWTD news story had it at £30m | |
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| Should this takeover happen on 13:52 - Feb 27 with 1940 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Should this takeover happen on 13:13 - Feb 27 by 66notout |
The figure in The Athletic is wrong. It’s £30million. |
Regardless of the fee, there would probably be potential to cover cost and maybe turn a small profit by asset-stripping. I don't get the impression the group being talked about are either interested in asset-stripping nor turning a small profit.
The better model would be to allow the manager a certain sum to build their own squad but with a remit that it is within a far more manageable size than present, that the majority of transfers are aged younger than 25 and on permanent deals and that they are show cased in a style that will display their abilities. This is more like the Peterborough/Brentford model.
However, with continued investment and coupling it to the academy model of Southampton, we could look to progress as a football club rather than simply sell on in order to maintain the status quo. |  |
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| Should this takeover happen on 13:54 - Feb 27 with 1919 views | MrTown |
Ashton has been credited with a successful restructure on recruitment at Bristol City, so if he were to come into the mix, you certainly would think so. |  |
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| Should this takeover happen on 13:55 - Feb 27 with 1919 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Should this takeover happen on 13:47 - Feb 27 by jayessess |
the TWTD news story had it at £30m |
No, Phil's story said "the deal is worth up to £30m". Which to me implies further investment of £12m after purchase.
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