The January 2026 Transfer Window

[RevidgeBlue]

22 minutes ago, Tomphil2 said:

That's another 10k a weeker being replaced by a 5/6k'er.

We'll probably lose out in summer if other Clubs are interested by then anyway.

Don't know this player from Adam but if you're confident he's the one for you it seems bizarre to me you'd risk losing him for the sake of £1m.

[Tomphil2]

1 minute ago, RevidgeBlue said:

We'll probably lose out in summer if other Clubs are interested by then anyway.

Don't know this player from Adam but if you're confident he's the one for you it seems bizarre to me you'd risk losing him for the sake of £1m.

Maybe they were trying to flog Sonny first but had no takers or he refused to budge till summer.

[DutchRover]

Do we think Gestede watched Moneyball and thought he was Brad Pitt, not realising the A's never won anything, and he's an exec in football not baseball? 

Or did he write his work experience essay on Brighton and figured he is smarter than everyone else in football?

 

[RevidgeBlue]

Just now, DutchRover said:

Do we think Gestede watched Moneyball and thought he was Brad Pitt, not realising the A's never won anything, and he's an exec in football not baseball? 

100% that's it imo

These idiots seem to  think they can extract extra value by signing players from obscure European Leagues, (many of whom whose Clubs have just been relegated) and/or by signing players who are either not match fit or injured.

There must be a reason why no-one in the Championship has attempted it before!

[John]

1 hour ago, DutchRover said:

Do we think Gestede watched Moneyball and thought he was Brad Pitt, not realising the A's never won anything, and he's an exec in football not baseball? 

Or did he write his work experience essay on Brighton and figured he is smarter than everyone else in football?

 

I still can’t believe anyone could justify selling all our proven Championship players and replacing them so badly.

What on earth were they thinking? 

We should be demanding answers on a daily basis, because it just doesn’t make any sense.

[MarkBRFC]

1 hour ago, John said:

I still can’t believe anyone could justify selling all our proven Championship players and replacing them so badly.

What on earth were they thinking? 

We should be demanding answers on a daily basis, because it just doesn’t make any sense.

All money driven. This lot are much cheaper, and thats all anyone is bothered about at this club.

As said many times, its all about getting a side out on the pitch as cheaply as possible.

If football results drop because of that, who cares? They aren't the priority.

[RevidgeBlue]

15 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

As said many times, its all about getting a side out on the pitch as cheaply as possible.

Id imagine the plan is or was to retain Championship status whilst getting a side out on the pitch as cheaply as possible.

They're going to come a right cropper financially if we go down.

[simongarnerisgod]

4 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Id imagine the plan is or was to retain Championship status whilst getting a side out on the pitch as cheaply as possible.

They're going to come a right cropper financially if we go down.

i have to admit,i thought we`de be comfy in the bottom half this season with 5/6 teams worse than us,losing carter for half a season and selling hyam on the last day of the window has pretty much sealed our fate,signing 3 puddings in deneve,sidnei and henrikson has`nt helped either,if there is any merit in us getting relegated,i think gestede will get the boot,someone will have to take the blame and it won`t be pasha,hell,venkys might even think **** this,lets get rid of the club,even if they do a chansiri and have us in administration it would be a better option than leaving us all in chicken purgatory

[DutchRover]

It has to be the case they want to be as a cheap a Championship club as possible, L1 is too big a drop in revenue. If all they cared about was costs and not incomings they would have sold us years ago. Whatever they are up to presumably relies on Championship revenue.

[roversfan99]

14 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Id imagine the plan is or was to retain Championship status whilst getting a side out on the pitch as cheaply as possible.

They're going to come a right cropper financially if we go down.

Are they? Although income will go down, the wage budget which is currently in excess of total income will come down considerably with in contract wage cuts and the inevitable shedding of big earners.

[RevidgeBlue]

11 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Are they?

In my opinion yes.

[roversfan99]

27 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

In my opinion yes.

Our wage bill was £25m in the last set of accounts. It likely has dropped, but assuming 20-25% wage drops across the board, theres potentially around £5m worth of saving to be had before considering higher earners leaving.

Then you have a more aggressive selling policy than if we stayed in the division. Gudjohnsen will have a value of £1.3m, Alebiosu around £330k and Toth around the same. Selling all 3 will likely get considerable sales proceeds both from a cash flow perspective but also from an accounting perspective as a profit. 

If your £10m income drop is correct, the wage expense for the following year as well as the sales of key players should at least offset that.

I dont know the full extent of any income drop and my figures are very much fag packet estimates but financially I wouldnt see it as a massive problem based on the objective of the club these days.

I would agree with @MarkBRFC that the sole intention is to cut costs. What happens around that is not important.

[alcd]

3 hours ago, John said:

I still can’t believe anyone could justify selling all our proven Championship players and replacing them so badly.

What on earth were they thinking? 

We should be demanding answers on a daily basis, because it just doesn’t make any sense.

It makes sense if the only objective is to cut costs.