Summer 2022 - Transfer Talk

If wager that lot were around £8k before adding Cook in, Cook would take it to £10k plus.

 

As was Peter Thorne.

You can have a couple of aged, senior pro's. I think the 2 key points are

1. The character and motivation of the player.
2. Whether the player has ever relied on pace.

I'd stay away from players who's primary asset has been pace. They tend to drop much more markedly in their twlighlight years.

 

Well I was been generous because I don't know the actual salaries. Fact is I would take a £4k Mullin and Charlie Wood over Lavery, Robinson, Elliot and Delfuneso.

Angol will be there as well. Plus you would think at least one more with a half decent pedigree like Andy Cook.

 

Fairly certain when Sparks went on the Posh chairmans podcast towards the end of the summer window, he said something along the lines of... the summer signings all fit under the new model of sustainability, we weren't going to have vast scales of pay anymore and everyone brought in was on about 1.5K a week. I remember him saying 1.5K a week was either the average or the aim for new players and everyone was on about if they were brought in last season. Cant remember 100% without going back and listening.

But to be fair, all 24 teams in this league would take a Mullin on 4K a week if he guarantees goals. Just who is willing to gamble.

 

Well I can kind of understand that after we got our fingers burnt with James Vaughan, his pay off was substantial. But the reality is we are going nowhere fast trying to do things 'sustainably'. We need to speculate to accumulate.

 

I think it was McCall who referenced £1.5k a week when he discussed the summer recruitment of 2020.
That took us to the bottom of the league.

 

Good shout.

 

Yep delivered and then some

 

Salary caps then. A covid season.

 

When their losses were reported in April, Neville confirmed the clubs in talks to start using the man united training complex at Carrington. Move to a big stadium and training at Carrington shows they are aiming towards some form of strategy, but yeah, just a weird thing in terms of fans. Wonder if they hope a few might want to come to somewhere nicer than the Peninsula? But the new place isn't exactly anywhere for locals to pop to. As you say, no transport links and that Trafford Centre traffic round there on a weekend is a joke on a normal saturday, nevermind when you add match traffic too.

 

That is absolutely what we should be doing, in fact we probably are, even moreso following the pandemic. The only time we may see the budget stretched is Jan for a final push if we are there or thereabouts. The danger is go over budget and don’t get promoted. That’s were debt and a wealthy owner willing to spend comes in?

 

Oh you mean the strategy that was to sack a manager who had them in the playoffs which Neville later admitted to being a an error on his part. As for off the field strategy discussed on here if you look back you'll find I was part of that discussion. I'll put no 'on field' strategy next for the pedants.

 

Salford rugby league club have been the longest standing tenants at the club and have suffered with the location of what was a new stadium at the time due to its location. Their old ground the willows was right in the heart of Salford, I watched rugby there many a time. Something clubs need to think about when talk of relocating.

 

Bang on. One not too far from me…Colchester’s “drive or two day hike to” stadium .
In the middle of industrial estates, “ but it’s close to at A12” if arriving by car.

 

It's a deal that works well for both the football club and rugby club. The Red Devils get a smaller stadium that costs less to maintain and Salford City get a bigger stadium that would be ready for the Championship if/when they get there. They can also offer more tickets to away fans which will bring them in more money.

 

It's the old American model. Drive everywhere. If they put on free buses from the centre that would be more than handy but many clubs don't really think