KaKa Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 20 minutes ago, STM said: My reading of the situation is entirely different. Our scouting department has files on dozens of players, often different profiles; wingers, forwards, number 10s, players with potential, players with experience. Our recruitment team then spends time assessing the value of the player and making lower bids, seeing where the selling clubs value is. We've left things late, knowing that the market heats up, with clubs getting desperate due to their own needs. Isak was clearly a player we fancied earlier on but we weren't going to go in during June because values can be lowered. I suspect at some point in the last week, Ashworth and Co decided that it was MORE wasteful spending 30m on a player who might be decent, as opposed to 58m for someone we know is decent. Sometimes spending more money is spending less in the long run. Budgets have nothing to do with it. It's about value. We don't want to over pay on average players. In this scenario, we have paid the going rate for a top quality young striker. Very nicely put. This is exactly how I believe it all works Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Puppets Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Rafalove said: Pushing time to get paperwork through for tomorrow. It’s not up to us. We’re waiting for international clearance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Will become only the second player to represent us in the Prem with a surname beginning with I Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroblack Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, joeyt said: Will become only the second player to represent us in the Prem with a surname beginning with I Steven Ireland the other one? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comegetasample Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, joeyt said: Will become only the second player to represent us in the Prem with a surname beginning with I Who's the first? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 This cunt available to play tomorrow? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, Astroblack said: Steven Ireland the other one? Yep Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Really admire TCD and his resilient fight against the straw men who have been trying to take him down. Invictus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonesJones Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Still can't believe we've signed Isak, this was the level of player I thought was completely out of reach atm, and we would've been laughed at for thinking otherwise. If he was to hit the ground running, we will have accelerated our project drastically by finding the hardest piece of the puzzle, a top goal scorer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 5 hours ago, KaKa said: Very nicely put. This is exactly how I believe it all works Very good summary, agree. I also think this one was the first time this summer that we asked the chairman to push the boat out and support a big deal and caught up in the buzz of City game, he said yes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppe Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 I'll be very disappointed if he can't play tomorrow. Can't wait to see him in action for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 I've seen him play on Youtube and he looks canny good like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppe Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 So when will we know if he can play today or not? When the team is released an hour before the game ??♂️ Hurry upp with the fucking clearance ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBez comesock Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Been confirmed he is eligible Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, JonBez comesock said: Been confirmed he is eligible By who? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Cant wait to watch this cunt today Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Some interesting posts on the FFP situation. Given the fact that the club had spent very little over previous seasons, and FFP allows you to overspend one season if you're prepared to economise to keep within the three year rule later on, (I think that's right), then a lot of pundits were calculating that we could, in theory, spend a vast amount and still remain within FFP as time went on. As this window has unfolded, a far more conservative approach seemed to be the strategy, and I can see the wisdom of that. It's a bit of a myth that you can invest a large amount of money in a squad, reach a certain plateau of quality, and then cut the expenditure down to an amount that maintains your current level. In practice, it seems that you usually have to keep spending, in order just to stay still. So yes, I can see that with Izak, our owners have dipped into the riskier strategy. I don't think we're going to do a Man City ie keep spending and dare the football authorities to do their worst. So we'll either have to cut back at some stage, or Izak will actually prove to be an investment rather than a spend (ie one way or another the finanical benefits will exceed the cost) Daft though it may sound, I think this lad will prove to be a bargain. He's had an iffy season, the bigger clubs have been distracted on to other targets who have had more recent success, and we've swooped in. Sorry about the long post, and the repetition of points made elsewhere. 'I'm trying to clarify my own thinking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 24 minutes ago, Cronky said: So we'll either have to cut back at some stage Or increase our commercial income. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964 Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Which we inevitably will Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gleebals Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Now Eales (and the legal guy) is in place, I am sure the club is very confident commercial revenues will improve drastically over the next 2-3 years which should offset some of our current spending, given payments etc are likely to be spread for players etc. Add to that our cronic lack of spending over the previous years, I think we can probably speculate more than the club is letting on. We have already spent c.£215M and it seems we have another c.£40m for a midfielder available... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 I could honestly see us spending more Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facundo Ferreyra Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Misses out today due to not having a work permit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloydianMag Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Just now, Facundo Ferreyra said: Misses out today due to not having a work permit. Thank you brexit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppe Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Lazy ass government workers (or whoever handles the work permits ?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Annoyed at the WFH knackers who prevented the work permit being given in time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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