[metallilad]

TheSpireite1866, on 01 July 2023 - 03:37 PM, said:

Paid him off for a second time

So what if he has? Would you rather he sat on his seat getting paid for nothing?

[dim view]

TheSpireite1866, on 01 July 2023 - 03:37 PM, said:

Paid him off for a second time

Imo, any player at this level offered the security of a 2 year deal with an option of a 3rd will not spend much time haggling for a significant pay off.

[TheSpireite1866]

metallilad, on 01 July 2023 - 04:00 PM, said:

So what if he has? Would you rather he sat on his seat getting paid for nothing?

Do you get confrontational about every message ever put on bobs board? It was an answer to a question about what might of happened - shut up trying to argue with everyone.

[metallilad]

TheSpireite1866, on 01 July 2023 - 04:18 PM, said:

Do you get confrontational about every message ever put on bobs board? It was an answer to a question about what might of happened - shut up trying to argue with everyone.

🤣 It's a debate board.

[dtp]

TheSpireite1866, on 01 July 2023 - 04:18 PM, said:

Do you get confrontational about every message ever put on bobs board? It was an answer to a question about what might of happened - shut up trying to argue with everyone.

Even if the Club as financially enabled Whelan's move to Borehamwood it certainly will not have cost anywhere near what the outlay would have been had he been kept on the payroll for a further 12 months. His departure is no surprise at all as his name has appeared in most people's list of potential outgoings. Now that teams are returning to training I think we should hear of more such moves in the coming days and weeks.

We definately need to reduce the squad size as it is too large at present and in the words of Cook he prefers quality over quantity.

[Super Jack Lester]

Bonnyman, on 01 July 2023 - 03:26 PM, said:

100% certain Dallas will sign

Yes but who for?

[azul]

metallilad, on 01 July 2023 - 04:00 PM, said:

So what if he has? Would you rather he sat on his seat getting paid for nothing?

Because we all hoped we’d be past this phase is easing players off our books.

Sadly I expect this pattern to continue at least in the short/medium term

This post has been edited by azul: 01 July 2023 - 05:11 PM

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dtp, on 01 July 2023 - 04:38 PM, said:

We definately need to reduce the squad size as it is too large at present and in the words of Cook he prefers quality over quantity.

..... and, anecdotally, Danny Webb may be OOC.

[born in 1866]

TheSpireite1866, on 01 July 2023 - 04:15 PM, said:

Paid him off for a second time

How do you know?

[NEBlue]

According to some bloke on Facebook, he works in aldi and a player came in today and when asked said that Dallas wasn’t in Portugal so they don’t expect him to sign. I love this fan base sometimes hahaha

[Fact Checker]

azul, on 01 July 2023 - 05:10 PM, said:

Because we all hoped we’d be past this phase is easing players off our books.

Sadly I expect this pattern to continue at least in the short/medium term

Stability of the management team is key to ensuring the turnover doesn’t continue in the medium term. Let’s face it, all of the players that we’re looking to offload were not Cook signings (Whelan (Webb signing), Asante, Rowe, Maguire, possibly Quigley). Cook’s record so far in terms of recruitment has been phenomenal; if he stays with us for the long term I can see this beginning to fade out quickly, and a far more stable future ahead.

[gordon_brittas]

Dallas will be unveiled at a club on Monday im led to believe. Whether it’s us or not to sure 🤷‍♂️

[metallilad]

Fact Checker, on 01 July 2023 - 05:38 PM, said:

Stability of the management team is key to ensuring the turnover doesn’t continue in the medium term. Let’s face it, all of the players that we’re looking to offload were not Cook signings (Whelan (Webb signing), Asante, Rowe, Maguire, possibly Quigley). Cook’s record so far in terms of recruitment has been phenomenal; if he stays with us for the long term I can see this beginning to fade out quickly, and a far more stable future ahead.

Is Maguire technically anybody's signing?

[Wooden Spoon]

Fact Checker, on 01 July 2023 - 05:38 PM, said:

Stability of the management team is key to ensuring the turnover doesn’t continue in the medium term. Let’s face it, all of the players that we’re looking to offload were not Cook signings (Whelan (Webb signing), Asante, Rowe, Maguire, possibly Quigley). Cook’s record so far in terms of recruitment has been phenomenal; if he stays with us for the long term I can see this beginning to fade out quickly, and a far more stable future ahead.

Even if we change managers, we should be looking to recruit managers with a certain football philosophy- that way the transition will be smoother and they would be looking at/for similar players.

[Mr Mercury]

Fact Checker, on 01 July 2023 - 05:38 PM, said:

Stability of the management team is key to ensuring the turnover doesn’t continue in the medium term. Let’s face it, all of the players that we’re looking to offload were not Cook signings (Whelan (Webb signing), Asante, Rowe, Maguire, possibly Quigley). Cook’s record so far in terms of recruitment has been phenomenal; if he stays with us for the long term I can see this beginning to fade out quickly, and a far more stable future ahead.

Looking at the quality of players we’re signing and the addition of Dyer it seems to me that we’re looking at a possible dual promotion attempt!

[metallilad]

Mr Mercury, on 01 July 2023 - 06:04 PM, said:

Looking at the quality of players we’re signing and the addition of Dyer it seems to me that we’re looking at a possible dual promotion attempt!

If I couldn't love Cookie anymore, I would have a life size cut out of him next to my bed if that happened.

[peakblue]

Wooden Spoon, on 01 July 2023 - 05:59 PM, said:

Even if we change managers, we should be looking to recruit managers with a certain football philosophy- that way the transition will be smoother and they would be looking at/for similar players.

I can remember saying the same when cookie was here first.
And what a disaster that ended up,with new owners it’s imperative that doesn’t happen again

[Benno Spire]

gordon_brittas, on 01 July 2023 - 05:41 PM, said:

Dallas will be unveiled at a club on Monday im led to believe. Whether it's us or not to sure 🤷‍♂️

Hopefully unveiled at Matlock on Tuesday

[RichThomps1]

Which would people have out of Dallas or Macauley Bonne??