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No, we are not. But our manager tells us regularly that we should act like one, especially in relation to the playing squad.
His words, not mine.
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No, we are not. But our manager tells us regularly that we should act like one, especially in relation to the playing squad.
His words, not mine.
The rebuild is far less massive as it stands.
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Long Moore McNally/mous LB
Gorrin
Brannagan McGuane
Williams Taylor Cooper/Boden
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Eastwood, Henry, Agyei , Winnall Mous, LCP , Sykes
Now Cam and Moore could go and would badly need to be replaced, but hardly a massive rebuild (look at Sunderland, Pompey, Ipswich)
Suggesting £2m for a L1 CB as peanuts is utter madness
The meltdown on here every time a player might leave is ridiculous. Atkinson will get triple the wage and get to show what he can do in a higher league. No doubt he is thinking of what's best for him and his family, and will want the move, so there's not much we can do. A player who wants to be here and 1.6-2m in the bank to sign that player is better than a player who is upset because they were denied a move and then doesn't play at their best.
It's not about big club mentality. The difference between the championship and league 1 is huge, and the reason we are able to sign players of the quality of Atkinson/Dickie/Moore is because they know we'll help them to make that big step. If we didn't have that track record they'd go to someone else. I'd rather be us with young, exciting players and money coming in for them year on year than a team of journeyman cloggers.
It's not about big club mentality. The difference between the championship and league 1 is huge, and the reason we are able to sign players of the quality of Atkinson/Dickie/Moore is because they know we'll help them to make that big step. If we didn't have that track record they'd go to someone else. I'd rather be us with young, exciting players and money coming in for them year on year than a team of journeyman cloggers.
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The problem is though Sarge that we are going to need to be very lucky to keep replacing them because at some point the conveyor belt will stop churning them out if only for a season or 2 and as long as the expectations are adjusted then everyone knows where we stand.
The issue becomes a problem when those at the top talk about Top 30 club when evidence from being 15+ pts from the top most seasons suggests otherwise.
We can't keep hoping to hit 6th place
money doesnt win you promotion, keeping the best players wins you promotion.
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agree 100% ... other 'selling' clubs (posh as an example) appear to get more realistic fees when they sell an asset than OUFC do
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Yet not with us so stop talking big and acting otherwise (the club)
Not sure there would be a meltdown if Winnall or Hanson were to go...
I think there may be more than just those two options.
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The older supporters on here will remember Hugh Curran, Mick Tait, Lee Taylor, John Aldridge, Ray Houghton, Matt Elliott, and many many other players sold even when we were in the top 2 Divisions.
We are trying (I assume) to do a Peterborough/ Brentford
Goodness, I am sure that there have been many on this board who remember many a time when the club had virtually no players anybody wanted.
The older supporters on here will remember Hugh Curran, Mick Tait, Lee Taylor, John Aldridge, Ray Houghton, Matt Elliott, and many many other players sold even when we were in the top 2 Divisions.
We are trying (I assume) to do a Peterborough/ Brentford
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Posh would be buying up the cream of league 2 / conference with the fees received.
If you want to stump up the money to triple his wage to keep him then be my guest.
makes it even more important to not sell players on the cheap then.
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He is under contract so don't need to triple his wages. Just like we can't get rid of Hanson. Players can't have it both ways.
But money gets & keeps you the best players… And unless you have a bottomless pit and thus always owing to an owner, you need other ways to fund growth.
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We are. But they don’t sell their players to the first bidder, and sell only on their terms. Countless PUFC players have been told to stay.
Also, they play a much higher stakes game than we do.
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So why do we keep selling them after earning large fees?
We’re stagnating.
All the while we keep being told that the owners plug a funding gap with their investment. Do they? Or do they just manage cash flow until they decide to sell off another asset to recoup the cash?
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We have allowed ourselves to be a very brief stepping stone for many players in recent years, who have all then gone on to bigger and better things, while we've been left treading water.
At what point do we start putting our own needs first, in order to move onto bigger and better things ourselves?
It's not gonna stop players wanting to come here, just because we've stopped being a soft touch, during Mapp's reign, we were far from being a soft touch, and players were still eager to come here.
As has been said, we'll always be a selling club, but we should show some backbone as well.
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No right direction is about our club being able to be competitive, in whatever league we are in. Not in a situation like Swindon who can’t employ a manager, can’t pay the players and look like they could be relegated again! Im definitely happy with us being in the mix for promotion.
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