Bigger budgets come when you sell players for bigger money. Smaller budgets come when you let players run down their contracts and leave for free. In fairness to Tiger/KR, only Nelson has done this on their watch thus far, they inherited the others. Signing Dickie to a longer contract is as important (financially) as any other player we may try to sign.
Is he cheap though?
Peterborough do this every season, throw money at loads of players. I’d rather a smaller squad but higher on quality.
I'm sure all of that is true. And I am equally sure that everyone is expecting some loanees in, probably some young ones from up the pyramid. But we are expecting them *in addition* to the experienced signings in vital positions that we are short of. They cannot *be* those signings.
No, we'd much prefer someone like Findlay from Kilmarnock. Who (for example) might be waiting as Preston's backup in case they can't get someone like Katic from Rangers.
Credit to the board for covering it. Without them wed be screwed. But wish they would be honest around our ambition- i.e if we are realistically treading water until the income sitiation is sorted, say so.
I doubt it would change in that way. But it would mean that the whole farrago would be shifted back in the summer by a month (compressing the whole process, giving agents less time to dick about) and that teams would actually start the season with their squad. Now we get a month's worth of games (potentially seven of them!) without proper teams/squads and then further time as the late signings try to integrate into their new teams. It is lunacy.
I Have no figures, but how many players don't move because of family circumstances? I wouldnt say that many, as it comes with the territory of being a professional footballer.
Pattacake - great bunch of lads.
Absolute rubbish . Just such negativity every post
Well we certainly have a smaller squad and can’t see it getting much bigger
