[SpireiteDan]

Mark Jones, on Jun 14 2005, 12:54 PM, said:

We're talking about a player who could demand in wages more than we could afford.

How do you know we are not in talks with him?  How do you know the club hasn't offered him the best deal it possibly can?

Maybe they haven't, but maybe they have.  Its alright saying gamble and he will push up the gates.. what if he breaks his leg in the first game of the season?  will the crowds still come to see him sat in the stands?
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This is what i mean about seeing things from a negative point of view! anyway, we both have different points of view, lets leave it at that, its not as if roy will come on here reading all the posts, "oh looks like SpireiteDan would like that player to come, lets go out and buy him" I try and voice my opinion the best i can but being realistic, the club dont really care what the fans think, they pay a manager for that excact reason.

[SpireiteDan]

Mark Jones, on Jun 14 2005, 01:01 PM, said:

OK tell me,

What would you do and how would you do it, where would the money come from?

Here's your chance to convert me from a negative into a positive.
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What can i possibly say that you havent already read? maybe i was being naive, but i never said lets change our wage package to suit one certain player, i was trying to say lets try and get a deal which doesnt break our wage cap, even if it miles off what wednesday are offering him, then at least we gave him a alternative.

[SpireiteDan]

Mark Jones, on Jun 14 2005, 01:10 PM, said:

So you are saying we have offered him nothing?
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Thats probably the case, unless you know otherwise? Anyway im not aiming to turn this into any sort of arguement so maybe its best if we leave it there.

[Majorca Mac]

Mark Jones, on Jun 14 2005, 12:01 PM, said:

Here's your chance to convert me from a negative into a positive.
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What? Jonesy openly admitting he's negative? Have you swapped the rose-tinted for some seasonal Ray-Ban's or something?

Surely more chance of a slim-line Muggs reporting back for pre-season.

[sixmilliondollardan]

People seem to be forgetting that we still have large debts and only so much cash we can spend- where do we get the rest from? The back of the boardroom sofa?

And if we sign one player on three times the wage of the rest of the squad, or splash out on a transfer fee, where are other signings going to come from? And does anybody actually believe that Sammy Clingan is going to get stampedes of rampant fans trying to burst through the turnstiles?

Considering how close this club was to going out of business a few years ago it baffles me how people would put us in a similar position again by spending money we don't have.

[SpireiteDan]

Mark Jones, on Jun 14 2005, 01:21 PM, said:

The point I am trying to make is that you publically blame the board for not throwing caution to the wind and signing Clingan.
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That doesnt sound too good does it? I suppose i get frustrated far too easily, like people say, its easy to be a manager from the kop.

[monte]

Well at least it'll end all the sammy talk!

He was a good player but if he does go to wednesday who are in a higher league with a bigger stadium and fan base as well as being able to get more money! Can you blame him?

Who wouldn't join a club in the highest league possible (Larkin just has) and remember footballers may only get one shot at high league footy, would you want him to pass on his one chance?

[spireite tom]

Just bin looking at the wendie message board!!

They reckon Anthony Jubb a trainee with us who knows a wendie fan has said that Clingan has rejected a offer from us as he's had offers from bigger clubs one of them wednesday!! Dont know what this guy is on or whether there is any truth in that!