| Clever signings or are we not as wealthy as we thought? 20:45 - Jun 22 with 4413 views | EssexBloo |
Genuine question, I’m not trying to stir it up and the 4 we have in could of course be on huge wages but were the original expectations that we would be paying big transfer fees? Is our business reflective of the fact we’re in the third tier? Has any club ever paid more money for an old Staples building than on players!?
For what it’s worth I think we’ve done some solid business although I’m none the wiser if the owners are ‘really’ going for it or not. |  | | |  |
| Clever signings or are we not as wealthy as we thought? on 09:55 - Jun 23 with 570 views | FrankfurtBlue |
I think the answer is a bit of both, but "wealthy" is definitely the wrong description. We don't have a rich benefactor. We have investors backed by a pension fund. They cannot act like a benefactor spending as they wish. However, unlike the previous incumbent, I think they realise that they have to invest sensibly in the right people to give themselves a reasonable chance of success. Success for them meaning ultimately a return on the capital they invested.
They will have set a financial budget to acquire players to 1) get us out of League 1, and 2) to sell on for a profit. I suspect that Cook and Ashton spent a significant portion of that budget last year, although Ashton reminded us a few times that the net spend was not that large, after the departures of Downes, Dozzell etc. I suspect that the actual budget is now tighter than many fans initially imagined, or still imagine. I hope that there is enough in the pot to bring back Celina. We will have to wait and see, but unless we can offload some "fringe" players, like Pigott, Burgess, Hladky, I don't foresee significant outlay on any incoming players. |  | | |
| Clever signings or are we not as wealthy as we thought? on 11:54 - Jun 23 with 505 views | Dyland |
| Clever signings or are we not as wealthy as we thought? on 09:55 - Jun 23 by FrankfurtBlue |
I think the answer is a bit of both, but "wealthy" is definitely the wrong description. We don't have a rich benefactor. We have investors backed by a pension fund. They cannot act like a benefactor spending as they wish. However, unlike the previous incumbent, I think they realise that they have to invest sensibly in the right people to give themselves a reasonable chance of success. Success for them meaning ultimately a return on the capital they invested.
They will have set a financial budget to acquire players to 1) get us out of League 1, and 2) to sell on for a profit. I suspect that Cook and Ashton spent a significant portion of that budget last year, although Ashton reminded us a few times that the net spend was not that large, after the departures of Downes, Dozzell etc. I suspect that the actual budget is now tighter than many fans initially imagined, or still imagine. I hope that there is enough in the pot to bring back Celina. We will have to wait and see, but unless we can offload some "fringe" players, like Pigott, Burgess, Hladky, I don't foresee significant outlay on any incoming players. |
Burgess isn't a 'fringe player'. Proved himself a very capable backup, that silly red card notwithstanding. |  |
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| Clever signings or are we not as wealthy as we thought? on 13:04 - Jun 23 with 466 views | FrankfurtBlue |
| Clever signings or are we not as wealthy as we thought? on 11:54 - Jun 23 by Dyland |
Burgess isn't a 'fringe player'. Proved himself a very capable backup, that silly red card notwithstanding. |
Thought someone might say that, but it surely depends on your definition of fringe and your view on Burgess, who I also think is a capable backup. I believe a fringe player is one that is not a first choice pick, when everyone else is fit, and unlikely to be used, other than covering for an injured player. In the case of Burgess, we could probably sell Burgess and use Ndaba and Baggott as very capable backups | | | |
| Clever signings or are we not as wealthy as we thought? on 13:15 - Jun 23 with 433 views | Dyland |
| Clever signings or are we not as wealthy as we thought? on 13:04 - Jun 23 by FrankfurtBlue |
Thought someone might say that, but it surely depends on your definition of fringe and your view on Burgess, who I also think is a capable backup. I believe a fringe player is one that is not a first choice pick, when everyone else is fit, and unlikely to be used, other than covering for an injured player. In the case of Burgess, we could probably sell Burgess and use Ndaba and Baggott as very capable backups |
Aye, semantics innit. I don't disagree buh, except I wouldn't use fringe to describe any player who is always on the first team bench if not starting (or injured). But yes, depends on one's definition :) | |
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| Clever signings or are we not as wealthy as we thought? on 13:24 - Jun 23 with 416 views | FrankfurtBlue |
| Clever signings or are we not as wealthy as we thought? on 13:15 - Jun 23 by Dyland |
Aye, semantics innit. I don't disagree buh, except I wouldn't use fringe to describe any player who is always on the first team bench if not starting (or injured). But yes, depends on one's definition :) |
So Hladky is not a fringe player either to you? Maybe, like Hladky, I should drop it now! :-)) | | | |
| Clever signings or are we not as wealthy as we thought? on 14:03 - Jun 23 with 361 views | Dyland |
| Clever signings or are we not as wealthy as we thought? on 13:24 - Jun 23 by FrankfurtBlue |
So Hladky is not a fringe player either to you? Maybe, like Hladky, I should drop it now! :-)) |
Ha! He's surplus to requirements, I'd suggest ;) | |
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| Clever signings or are we not as wealthy as we thought? on 14:16 - Jun 23 with 336 views | BlueNomad |
If we had tried hard enough I'm sure we could have spent more on a striker than we did on Mariner, who came from a lower division club. Do you think that would have been better? The amount you spend isn't the decider. |  | | |
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