Transfer Window 26/27 Summer Embargo Window

[SteMerritt]

 

[Newbury yellow mk 2]

Stan isnt there

Wednesday are days off

 

[Under The Cuckoo Lane]

Stan's Gone!


For a wild swim in the Thames

 

[werthersoriginal]

Haha the ITK knowledge is not strong

 

[chuckbert]

Strange for his dad to follow Preston when he’s got no affiliation with them at all I’d say.

Probably can’t afford Mills to leave, but then we can’t afford to let this financial situation linger on either and I don’t see how it’s solved without significant outgoings.

who else has he followed?

 

[Bicester Yellow]

Apparently there is no financial issue, though. We’re opting in to an embargo we could get out of if the “timing” were different and we’re assured the ability to pay wages is unaffected. So at face value the money is not as important as having the player, for now at least.

This is where my fixation on the price tag comes from (more so than “is he worth that?”) - unless it’s a deal that lifts us out of the embargo then it wouldn’t be worth doing, it would just do us further harm.

Like you, I’d have liked to see us re-jig our finances well before now but if we choose now to do it, we can’t go part way. It’s all - with budget to replace - or nothing. That is unless things change and wages become difficult.

I mean no deal we do is going to get us out of the embargo completely unless we have a complete fire sale of players, which I don’t see as feasible.

I just also don’t see how ET will take us out of it in January as I don’t think 1 sale will be enough along with any transfer of new stadium costings.

I just think a complete reset is needed. We pay decent sized wages for this division and currently at this time it’s not sustainable with everything else going on.

ET seemingly doesn’t want to fund it all at once, that’s what has got teams circling thinking they can take advantage, now we may be being steadfast and resolute but not sure we can continue that attitude given the fact that ET is going to have to invest some equity at somepoint to get us out of this embargo or we could be looking at points deductions.

 

[Common Villager]

I'm hearing if Stan is going to Preston it will have to be sorted before the transfer window closes. Reliable source.

 

[Bicester Yellow]

who else has he followed?

Don’t know, merely commented he follows Preston & as far as I can tell has no affiliation or reason to do so.

 

[RgYellows]

Just been to the Aston Martin dealership in Pangbourne and told them they’ll have to lower the prices to complete a deal.

We have to remember these people live down the road from Blackpool.

 

[WokinghamYellow]

I suspect there is an agreement reached with Preston but it depends on our ability to get a replacement agreed with the EFL. We may have that lined up and agreed with the player but everything is hanging in the EFL sign off. Just my hunch anyway

 

[Billyox]

I mean no deal we do is going to get us out of the embargo completely unless we have a complete fire sale of players, which I don’t see as feasible.

I just also don’t see how ET will take us out of it in January as I don’t think 1 sale will be enough along with any transfer of new stadium costings.

I just think a complete reset is needed. We pay decent sized wages for this division and currently at this time it’s not sustainable with everything else going on.

ET seemingly doesn’t want to fund it all at once, that’s what has got teams circling thinking they can take advantage, now we may be being steadfast and resolute but not sure we can continue that attitude given the fact that ET is going to have to invest some equity at somepoint to get us out of this embargo or we could be looking at points deductions.

But he is funding it just not how the efl want him too
Efl want it all in one big lump sum
Et wants to fund it like he has done in previous years which was completely acceptable to the efl by investing it monthly

 

[TheDukeOfBanburyshire]

who else has he followed?

If he's started following Spud Bros as well, then we know we're in trouble.

 

[Under The Cuckoo Lane]

But he is funding it just not how the efl want him too
Efl want it all in one big lump sum
Et wants to fund it like he has done in previous years which was completely acceptable to the efl by investing it monthly

I don't expect ET is too impressed by being held to ransom by EFL. He phoned home and family said "fuvk the EFL".

 

[Digby]

Where's yours

It speaks for itself wouldn’t you say, the facts are clear as daylight ! When Bloomfield took over the reigns at OUFC he was given a near impossible task but he had the team playing unfortunately to no avail . He was shafted in my opinion which like everyone can have .

 

[Yellowoptimist]

But he is funding it just not how the efl want him too
Efl want it all in one big lump sum
Et wants to fund it like he has done in previous years which was completely acceptable to the efl by investing it monthly

and he wants his significant investment in the new stadium project recognised! Not sure how many times you need to repeat the same message

 

[uptheus]

Nonsense
Mills was always going to be sold Ramsey would have known this

Yeah, but not about the embargo!

 

[uptheus]

Mills is good but not that good
Behave yourself

He was shite Saturday, but then got a goal!

 

[uptheus]

So it was done, and now it’s as good as done? Tomorrow will it be nearly done?

We can’t be sure what happens between now and the end of the window but I don’t think it’s done or as good as done.

Sounds like Trump!

 

[uptheus]

As I keep saying we can put this to bed once and for all if someone could pop down to the training ground
If Stan isn’t there we will know

Unless he’s babysitting!

 

[brightonyellow]

So far, Nixon has been the reporter posting the most info on Mills news. He posted that Preston was interested in him, and he's been replying to fans who've asked how much we have valued Mills at. I've checked his page, and plenty of fans are asking for any update on Mills, and there's radio silence. You'd think if he knew something, he'd have posted a story by now. Just seems weird that all of this has come from just Preston fans instead of actual reporters

Nixon is usually bang on - I’ve really enjoyed the football we’ve played under Grant McCann

 

[The Mighty Aldo]

Yeah, but not about the embargo!

Yes indeed my point being if he had of walked it would have been when the embargo was announced, not Stan leaving which was always on the cards

 

[tatabanya]

Yes indeed my point being if he had of walked it would have been when the embargo was announced, not Stan leaving which was always on the cards

Ramsey hasn't and doesn't think losing Mills has always been on the cards so best to nip that line in the bud.

 

[Boris]

It speaks for itself wouldn’t you say, the facts are clear as daylight ! When Bloomfield took over the reigns at OUFC he was given a near impossible task but he had the team playing unfortunately to no avail . He was shafted in my opinion which like everyone can have .

That's not proof, that's speculation

 

[SwissYellow]

Had a whisper that Stan Mills popped into Blackwells in Oxford, for a copy of Hard Times by Charles Dickens

 

[Bicester Yellow]

But he is funding it just not how the efl want him too
Efl want it all in one big lump sum
Et wants to fund it like he has done in previous years which was completely acceptable to the efl by investing it monthly

Well let’s hope his monthly payments get us out of the embargo by January then, because if they don’t serious questions will need to be answered.

 

[Billyox]

Well let’s hope his monthly payments get us out of the embargo by January then, because if they don’t serious questions will need to be answered.

Depends on the wage bill and what the gap is as ive constantly said being at 65% is pointless it needs to be closer to 55%

 

[werthersoriginal]

Ramsey hasn't and doesn't think losing Mills has always been on the cards so best to nip that line in the bud.

Ooh a mind reader!

 

[holdsteady]

Depends on the wage bill and what the gap is as ive constantly said being at 65% is pointless it needs to be closer to 55%

Thats next season isn't it?

 

[tatabanya]

Ooh a mind reader!

If you say so, but is it any more mind reading than saying he has expected him to be sold?

Which he hasn't

 

[Billyox]

50% next season if in league one but to sign anyone in January or even now if it was lifted before the end of the window you need to be well under the 65%

 

[Bicester Yellow]

Depends on the wage bill and what the gap is as ive constantly said being at 65% is pointless it needs to be closer to 55%

And I listen and respect what you say Billy.

We will have to sell assets to get close to that, how many is unclear.