December 30, 20223 yr 5 hours ago, radcliffe white said: I don’t want to sound like I’m slagging the guy but you look at the high earners all on 3.5k or more, John, kachunga, sadlier , JDB & baka and he’s either not using, injury prone or not getting a tune so all of a sudden the limited budget is imo wasted or not utilised He’s brought some good additions at the same time so it’s not all bad but for me we have spunked some wages Even our top earners are bargain signings, the success rate with these type of players will be lower than players on over 10K saying that most have made some contribution to the cause, as we progress and pay higher wages the previously purchased players will be moved on and upgrades replacing them and that is the key here, Evatt has upgraded our squad and moved on the chaff at every transfer window since he arrived... and still some clowns think Evatt needs replacing. (That is not aimed at you)
December 30, 20223 yr 13 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said: Even our top earners are bargain signings, the success rate with these type of players will be lower than players on over 10K saying that most have made some contribution to the cause, as we progress and pay higher wages the previously purchased players will be moved on and upgrades replacing them and that is the key here, Evatt has upgraded our squad and moved on the chaff at every transfer window since he arrived... and still some clowns think Evatt needs replacing. (That is not aimed at you) Agree fully with that MK, With so little resources Evatt’s done a remarkable job so far and I’m confident he’ll pull another couple of rabbits out of the hat next month and take us up another notch. It’s a big ask but if he could just find us a decent goal scorer it would transform our fortunes and might even spike our other “strikers” into life as would 3 points at Lincoln tonight.
December 30, 20223 yr 4 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said: Agree fully with that MK, With so little resources Evatt’s done a remarkable job so far and I’m confident he’ll pull another couple of rabbits out of the hat next month and take us up another notch. It’s a big ask but if he could just find us a decent goal scorer it would transform our fortunes and might even spike our other “strikers” into life as would 3 points at Lincoln tonight. I’d have thought we have a comparatively high payroll for this league? Top 6 or so? I haven’t looked it up, though.
December 30, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Mounts Kipper said: Even our top earners are bargain signings Im always amazed when folk take figures they read on some random site as being gospel Nobody outside the club really knows what we are paying for individual players
December 30, 20223 yr 45 minutes ago, Casino said: Im always amazed when folk take figures they read on some random site as being gospel Nobody outside the club really knows what we are paying for individual players But I think you can safely say we ain’t massive payers.
December 30, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, Mounts Kipper said: But I think you can safely say we ain’t massive payers. Compared to?
December 30, 20223 yr 33 minutes ago, globaldiver said: Compared to? Pretty sure evatt commented not long back that we have a middling league 1 budget. https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/20140145.bolton-wanderers-boss-ian-evatt-surprised-league-one-budgets-season/ Edited December 30, 20223 yr by Mounts Kipper
December 30, 20223 yr 9 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said: Pretty sure evatt commented not long back that we have a middling league 1 budget. https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/20140145.bolton-wanderers-boss-ian-evatt-surprised-league-one-budgets-season/ Ta!
December 30, 20223 yr 12 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said: Pretty sure evatt commented not long back that we have a middling league 1 budget. https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/20140145.bolton-wanderers-boss-ian-evatt-surprised-league-one-budgets-season/ I'm not sure how he'd know really. And I expect he's probably unlikely to claim we're one of the highest spenders whether it's true or not.
December 30, 20223 yr Im sure he said teams have to lodge the figures with the efl Granted, prob a season behind
December 30, 20223 yr A good left wing-back is a must. Ideally one with pace. It's a real problem that we play a formation which is heavily dependent on wing-backs to get forward and create the attacking impetus and we only have one. Bradley is good but he's not so good he can do it on his own.
December 31, 20223 yr 12 hours ago, desperado said: On the train to Barnsley though. 🍺 You sure about that? 😉
December 31, 20223 yr Author 8 hours ago, globaldiver said: I’d have thought we have a comparatively high payroll for this league? Top 6 or so? I haven’t looked it up, though. No were near. Fleetwood and Shrewsbury paying higher wages than us in some instances.
December 31, 20223 yr 5 hours ago, Big E said: Rangers after Trafford. could be interesting City wont want him anywhere near that shite.
December 31, 20223 yr We need a prolific dead-eyed striker. Trouble is the same goes for about 80 per cent of football clubs in the world. Given our MO in the transfer market our likeliest way of finding one is from lower down the pyramid/Irish football. After that I think we just need to evolve the squad. Evatt will already have an idea who is going to leave in this window or be given a free in the Summer. That'll dictate his thought on recruitment in January. One thing I would say is that given our intended destination is the Championship we probably need to pick up a few players with good experience at that level. The logic of the Charles/Toal/Morley/Iredale type "investment" signings shouldn't be questioned - but it shouldn't be a one-dimensional transfer strategy.
December 31, 20223 yr 22 minutes ago, gonzo said: City wont want him anywhere near that shite. How do you know?
December 31, 20223 yr 46 minutes ago, Farrelli said: How do you know? Iles has said he’s not leaving in Jan, last night. Edited December 31, 20223 yr by tomski
December 31, 20223 yr As well as a striker we need some enforcer types sprinkled across the team… we’re bullied to often and I don’t like it.
December 31, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, paulhanley said: We need a prolific dead-eyed striker. Trouble is the same goes for about 80 per cent of football clubs in the world. Given our MO in the transfer market our likeliest way of finding one is from lower down the pyramid/Irish football. After that I think we just need to evolve the squad. Evatt will already have an idea who is going to leave in this window or be given a free in the Summer. That'll dictate his thought on recruitment in January. One thing I would say is that given our intended destination is the Championship we probably need to pick up a few players with good experience at that level. The logic of the Charles/Toal/Morley/Iredale type "investment" signings shouldn't be questioned - but it shouldn't be a one-dimensional transfer strategy. I think our most likely way of finding one is a youngster from a Premier League club on loan.
December 31, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: I think our most likely way of finding one is a youngster from a Premier League club on loan. We've signed 21yr old from NZ Wellington Phoenix Ben Waine, which is obviously a gamble. Hopefully it isn't a replacement for Hardie rumoured to want back North who you could do worse than making a bid for, or Whittaker who Ipswich are rumoured to be lining up 1M bid to parent club Swansea
December 31, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: I think our most likely way of finding one is a youngster from a Premier League club on loan. Do we, I think it is more a Daryl Murphy or Andy Walker type tbh, been there, done it and on the wind down. We would be nearer the top two if Murphy had been playing instead of Charles for sure. However Evatt wouldn't have played him as no doubt he wouldn't press enough?? We simply need someone to get us out of this division then worry about the championship then. Look at Sunderland...
December 31, 20223 yr 4 hours ago, green genie said: We've signed 21yr old from NZ Wellington Phoenix Ben Waine, which is obviously a gamble. Hopefully it isn't a replacement for Hardie rumoured to want back North who you could do worse than making a bid for, or Whittaker who Ipswich are rumoured to be lining up 1M bid to parent club Swansea Promising kid and I reckon he'll do well for Argyle once he's used to this league. As for us, we're left guessing as all the targets are apparently already identified - and there's no chance in hell we'll be bidding £1million for anyone - have you been reading all that nonsense about how rich we supposedly are? We're in the £150k to £300k at a push category.
December 31, 20223 yr 6 hours ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: I think our most likely way of finding one is a youngster from a Premier League club on loan. Someone like Everton's Tom Cannon would be worth a shot.
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