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Honestly think we might rue this one you know.

4 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Honestly think we might rue this one you know.

Nothing for us to rue. He clearly wanted out.

1 minute ago, Cheese said:

Nothing for us to rue. He clearly wanted out.

He’d made that pretty clear but I thought the idea was for him to move back home to the London area? To be fair though, if he gets properly fit and is allowed to be just a central defender he’d be an asset for a middling Championship or top end L1 club but for various reasons he’d run his course here.

10 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Honestly think we might rue this one you know.

It's his wife's fault 

23 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Honestly think we might rue this one you know.

Not a chance, the useless stump is finished

Think he'll do well, he went from 'not a footballer' in his first games ( I remember laughing at one point) to looking like a 5 million pound player, captaincy/Evatts instructions/injuries ruined it, someone will be getting a very good centre back for free

51 minutes ago, burnden said:

Well, good luck to them. They'll all wonder what they bought after a few weeks. He's never played above our level & I'll be stunned if he's up to it now.

He's now a fully absorbed tippy-tappy & I don't see how he retreats from it. The long-term recovery from his fitness problems is unlikely too.

I also believe he long ago agreed a deal with his future club ... whoever that is.

5 hours ago, Cheese said:

I'd have Bradley in front of Maghoma and Dapo.

I'd have him behind them....

ie in defence with Maghoma in midfield and Dapo up top 😉

Rico hasn't been the same player since he had that hospitalisation with a respiratory illness. 

I wish him well though. 

Good luck to him he served us well but time to move on  .

12 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Just had a look- in 23/24 season, they spent £640000 on players. Lost £7m overall.

Decent spending in league 2 of course, but in comparison to ourselves and no doubt others, it is small.

Dunno this years spend, but I think it's reasonable to say their spending has been seen better value for money than ours.

The majority of their spending goes on their wage bill, which may even be higher than ours. To say they only get under 10,000 at home and are a relatively small club, I would say is quite significant.

They gave Sarcevic a salary increase when they took him from us, they were in the National League, us in League One. 

Agree though, they have definitely spent their money better than us. 

Edited May 16, 20251 yr by mattbwfc19

We have wasted millions.

23 minutes ago, mattbwfc19 said:

The majority of their spending goes on their wage bill, which may even be higher than ours. To say they only get under 10,000 at home and are a relatively small club, I would say is quite significant.

They gave Sarcevic a salary increase when they took him from us, they were in the National League, us in League One. 

Agree though, they have definitely spent their money better than us. 

Indeed.

That's why they lost all that money.

As long as the owner is covering it, they're fine.

I note though that it is in the form of new shares.

Not sure that that is the same as our Swiss benefactors, but someone else will know more.

13 hours ago, jmjhb said:

Stockport have spent loads.

and wycombe have 2 players on 17k a week

10 hours ago, Dr. Feelgood said:

Well, good luck to them. They'll all wonder what they bought after a few weeks. He's never played above our level & I'll be stunned if he's up to it now.

He's now a fully absorbed tippy-tappy & I don't see how he retreats from it. The long-term recovery from his fitness problems is unlikely too.

I also believe he long ago agreed a deal with his future club ... whoever that is.

As SS is now doing for us, those other clubs will presumably do their due diligence on him regarding availability to be on the pitch. In Santos case it's steadily diminished over the years, from playing every game in 2020/21 to just 25 appearances this term. 

His future might be more likely ironed out after the play offs, when a few clubs who might think about him will know what league they're in. Wycombe might see him doing a job for them in our league, though one of Charlton or Orient might too, whichever loses. 

The Stockport mon is fookin loaded it seems.

 

11 hours ago, gonzo said:

Honestly think we might rue this one you know.

What’s the alternative give  him a better contract  pay rise for a player who as spent the last couple of seasons with injury problems and last season sulking .
Then freeing up only 5 places for a rebuild . 
He as shown no inclination he wanted to be here anyway 

3 minutes ago, Casino said:

and wycombe have 2 players on 17k a week

Guys a billionaire who ownes them 

1 minute ago, Farnywhite said:

What’s the alternative give  him a better contract  pay rise for a player who as spent the last couple of seasons with injury problems and last season sulking .
Then freeing up only 5 places for a rebuild . 
He as shown no inclination he wanted to be here anyway 

There isn't an alternative.

I suppose that's why we might rue it- should he (unlikely) manage to get back to the player he was.

You wonder how some of these are getting round FFP (I don't profess to know the technicalities of it), with the wadded owners propping it up big time while in Wycombe's case they get 4-5k on

1 minute ago, ianofcleveleys said:

You wonder how some of these are getting round FFP (I don't profess to know the technicalities of it), with the wadded owners propping it up big time while in Wycombe's case they get 4-5k on

https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/football/peterborough-united/these-are-said-to-be-the-202425-player-wage-bills-for-every-club-in-league-one-see-where-peterborough-united-wigan-athletic-wycombe-wanderers-lincoln-city-and-the-rest-rank-5052775?page=6

How accurate it is, who knows, but different sites paint a similar picture.

I would imagine pretty much every club has someone with wealth propping them up to an extent.

As posters have said, FFP (or whatever iteration it has in L1) is far less stringent than leagues above. 

Spend the dosh now whilst you can I suppose. 

4 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/football/peterborough-united/these-are-said-to-be-the-202425-player-wage-bills-for-every-club-in-league-one-see-where-peterborough-united-wigan-athletic-wycombe-wanderers-lincoln-city-and-the-rest-rank-5052775?page=6

How accurate it is, who knows, but different sites paint a similar picture.

I would imagine pretty much every club has someone with wealth propping them up to an extent.

As posters have said, FFP (or whatever iteration it has in L1) is far less stringent than leagues above. 

Spend the dosh now whilst you can I suppose. 

Orient have done pretty well looking at that 

19 minutes ago, Farnywhite said:

Guys a billionaire who ownes them 

Yet he wouldn’t shell out for Morley and look what’s happened since he left. Not saying it’s all down to not having Aaron but he was a very influential part of their team.

Edited May 16, 20251 yr by Whitesince63

Is Caleb Taylor out of contract at WBA this summer? I'd be happy to see him come back.