| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make 09:59 - Aug 10 with 1430 views | Desmond |
Of the current transfer impasse?
Ashton would have sold them heavily on his player trading policy. Bret Johnson openly touted £100 million worth of sales this summer.
We have interest from other clubs in Omari. Davis and Broadhead, which could be very profitable for the club but we can’t do these deals due to our inability to sign replacements.
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| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 10:10 - Aug 10 with 1319 views | tonybied |
I'd imagine, seeing as they're successful businessmen, that they would understand that there are a lot of "moving parts" involved with assembling a football squad, and that it would be rather silly to judge that before the transfer window has closed. That's just me though! |  | | |
| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 10:15 - Aug 10 with 1268 views | trncbluearmy |
Probably dead chuffed at how their £40m investment has turned out
and looking forward to the future,
as every Town fan should be |  | | |
| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 10:19 - Aug 10 with 1224 views | BloomBlue |
Probably giving Ashton an A+ for putting Town first and not being ripped off for overpaying for players and buying below average ChampL1 players to simply appease some bedwetting fans. |  | | |
| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 10:19 - Aug 10 with 1223 views | football |
Or we don't want todotose deals?
Club have said Davis isn't going and we don't know much about Omari apart from media stuff that isn't based on anything coming out of the club
Transfer window isn't shut yet so why not wait until then |  | | |
| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 10:20 - Aug 10 with 1202 views | ITFC_Forever |
No he didn’t. He said potential sales of £100m, not that there would be. |  |
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| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 10:34 - Aug 10 with 1117 views | victorysquad |
I would not be surprised if they thought we should 'cash in' on our assets, and tell MA + KM to go and sign the next crop of youngsters to sell for £100m.
Alternatively, they may still view we should cash in £100m, and then use that + parachute payments to build a Town v2.0 squad capable of competing in the premier league, now we have much better knowledge of what it might take to compete.
A 3rd alternative view is we cash in, and they sell up with a positive cashflow.
I am not sure any of their views would be that we should retain any of these assets if they are assumed to have matured to their peak values.
I would hope they want to build a Town v2.0 squad, but there are no guarantees that is their view. They are after all investors. | |
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| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 10:46 - Aug 10 with 1025 views | boysof1981 |
| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 10:19 - Aug 10 by BloomBlue |
Probably giving Ashton an A+ for putting Town first and not being ripped off for overpaying for players and buying below average ChampL1 players to simply appease some bedwetting fans. |
An ‘A+’ seriously? You don’t think we’ve overpaid for Muric, J Clarke and Jaden? All have been woeful so far, and Clarke looks a million miles off who he was at Sunderland. Less said about Muric the better, no way we’re recouping anything near what we paid, and by the time KM realised he wasn’t going to improve we were already effectively relegated. | | | |
| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 10:48 - Aug 10 with 1010 views | azuremerlangus |
Every player has his price - and if another club matches Omari’s value then he’ll be sold no doubt.
With the cash from Delap’s sale that is a fair chunk towards 100m. |  |
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| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 10:50 - Aug 10 with 1002 views | braveblue |
I think they will be impressed and delighted at the profits made one a 12 month period. Also, they will understand that fans moaning about deals taking too long should be ignored. | | | |
| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 10:51 - Aug 10 with 983 views | southnorfolkblue |
| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 10:46 - Aug 10 by boysof1981 |
An ‘A+’ seriously? You don’t think we’ve overpaid for Muric, J Clarke and Jaden? All have been woeful so far, and Clarke looks a million miles off who he was at Sunderland. Less said about Muric the better, no way we’re recouping anything near what we paid, and by the time KM realised he wasn’t going to improve we were already effectively relegated. |
They'll look at the bigger picture. Their 40 million investment is probably worth 6 times that.
That's absolutely worth an A* | |
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| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 10:58 - Aug 10 with 963 views | OldFart71 |
I am a bit puzzled as to what is going on at the club. Of course whenever a club is demoted then their best players will be targeted by Premier clubs.
But we hear little from the owners as to what they think with regards to demotion and where they would like us to be within x amount of years.
It was always said that when we gained promotion that it was ahead of schedule. Was it three years, was it five years ?
Whilst of course nothing can be assumed or cast in stone because that is the nature of football. But I assume the owners would have some sort of timescale.
I do wonder though whether if the likes of Omari, Broadhead and Davis did part company that adequate replacements would be found.
That's not bed wetting, just an observation of what is happening currently where no transfer seems to be easy. | | | |
| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 11:03 - Aug 10 with 921 views | SheffordBlue |
Given that the club will spending a lot of money this summer and potentially selling key assets I would be amazed if this hadn't been discussed and signed off at board level e.g. if we are taking a high risk approach to go for 'big targets' e.g Hackney who we might not land I would think that that approach had been discussed/agreed by the board. | |
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| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 11:06 - Aug 10 with 895 views | waveneyblue |
My god this summer has been tedious.
Be glad when the bloody window closes.
The mind frazzle that a rubbish year in the Premier League has given some of our "fans" is off the scale. |  | | |
| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 12:36 - Aug 10 with 673 views | Illinoisblue |
| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 11:03 - Aug 10 by SheffordBlue |
Given that the club will spending a lot of money this summer and potentially selling key assets I would be amazed if this hadn't been discussed and signed off at board level e.g. if we are taking a high risk approach to go for 'big targets' e.g Hackney who we might not land I would think that that approach had been discussed/agreed by the board. |
Let’s hope there’s a plan B in place if those big targets don’t sign. KM twice recently made it very clear the squad needs a lot of work. |  |
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| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 12:41 - Aug 10 with 639 views | SheffordBlue |
| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 12:36 - Aug 10 by Illinoisblue |
Let’s hope there’s a plan B in place if those big targets don’t sign. KM twice recently made it very clear the squad needs a lot of work. |
I'd also be really surprised if McKenna hadn't been heavily involved in the transfer strategy before the window started so if the strategy itself was unachievable then I don't think the blame solely lies with Ashton/Werhun.
I think one of the fall back or planned options is some Prem academy loans. Some of those have started to go out but there are plenty who haven't. Think with the Prem starting next week a lot of those types of moves + fringe 1st team players who won't feature will start to happen. | |
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| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 13:29 - Aug 10 with 469 views | Illinoisblue |
| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 12:41 - Aug 10 by SheffordBlue |
I'd also be really surprised if McKenna hadn't been heavily involved in the transfer strategy before the window started so if the strategy itself was unachievable then I don't think the blame solely lies with Ashton/Werhun.
I think one of the fall back or planned options is some Prem academy loans. Some of those have started to go out but there are plenty who haven't. Think with the Prem starting next week a lot of those types of moves + fringe 1st team players who won't feature will start to happen. |
True and I’m sure the squad will look a lot different at the end of window. But then you’re in to Sept/Oct and still trying to bed players in and teach them patterns of play. I think two things are at play: we’re trying to shop in a more expensive and difficult market than other clubs (See Norwich for example) and also, as with everyone else, it’s absurd the season starts before the window shuts. | |
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| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 13:40 - Aug 10 with 399 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
This is a great post to show how to completely misrepresent the current club status.
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| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 13:47 - Aug 10 with 354 views | NthQldITFC |
Sleeper |  |
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| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 13:54 - Aug 10 with 281 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| What do you think Ed Swartz and our other American investors make on 10:58 - Aug 10 by OldFart71 |
I am a bit puzzled as to what is going on at the club. Of course whenever a club is demoted then their best players will be targeted by Premier clubs.
But we hear little from the owners as to what they think with regards to demotion and where they would like us to be within x amount of years.
It was always said that when we gained promotion that it was ahead of schedule. Was it three years, was it five years ?
Whilst of course nothing can be assumed or cast in stone because that is the nature of football. But I assume the owners would have some sort of timescale.
I do wonder though whether if the likes of Omari, Broadhead and Davis did part company that adequate replacements would be found.
That's not bed wetting, just an observation of what is happening currently where no transfer seems to be easy. |
Who are you expecting to hear from?
Our 'owners' are Gamechanger, with a number of Shareholders making up the control. Mark Ashton is on the board of Gamechanger, alongside the likes of Tom Ball, Marc Lasry, Brett Johnson, Ed Schwartz, etc.
It's likely that Ashton is seen as the 'voice' for Gamechanger. | | | |
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