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Also @M_B you downplay the importance of speed and downplay the importance of paying fees. If you want the best freebies you have to act fast.

But not even "many millions." You are more likely to find a better player if you pay a million or two say compared to someone on a free. The 2 options arent freebies and big fees. You look through the majority of those released and its because they are not very good, and the ones who are even half decent in this country will be able to demand an above average wage because so many teams will want them.

If we dont have the possibility of paying transfer fees then obviously we massively reduce the quality available to us. There isnt a 100% correlation between cost and quality, but the less you have, the harder it becomes. It isnt a vain point of principle, and to be quite honest there is no excuse not to have money available for fees. Its not about putting timescales on things either, but the sooner players are in, the better. Thats why Ismael is so keen. It gets players a full pre season whereby they not only miss a few games having been signed after the season starts, but you have the majority of your team from the start of an important pre season both fitness wise and in terms of the manager getting his tactical ideas across. You can sign quality early in the window if you are run properly, sadly we arent. That being said, if you dont place any importance at all on when deals are done, then fine. At least it wont lead to you saying you want a certain number in by a certain point yet when that doesnt happen, still going around and dismissing other peoples criticisms contrary to that earlier demand. The fact that it is in anyway a "Gestede show" scares me and the vast majority.

They would, hardly are going to slag him off in public. And they may well have liked him as a man, but it didn't stop them finishing 17th. And if you are basing a manager on whether he is the right man, you base it predominately on the bread and butter of a league campaign.

I know its a game that no one wants to play, but scraping to a 1 goal victory over a team that isnt even all full time players further highlights how we do not have a team that is at the very top. Lets hope we can get another set of favourable fixtures next summer.

But why have such high expectations calling for x and y by pre season? When you factor in those things, and most importantly the terrible way our club is run, surely you would have little to no hope of anything being done by then. Also, speed in getting deals done and making the right signings arent mutually exclusive.

You are just echoing Jackson's article and he is often just a bit of a club spokesperson. Other teams may have changed league or have had delays changing managers etc. We havent been in either bracket yet still almost always operate with delays. That is because of how terribly the club is run. I dont know if it is true that Suhail is in India but if so I bet the budget hasnt even been confirmed. This is a common theme here, our club isnt just in line with the standard, its behind. But its about what you post, the same patterns. If you are so keen to point out that so many transfers are not done for pre season, then why every season do you suggest that we should be getting a certain number when you know it wont happen, before then gaslighting people as if you werent the main one asking for them in the first place? Surely a better stance at the start of the window would be to say that you dont expect anyone in for pre season as many transfers are done afterwards?

The main reason that we are always slow off the mark signing players is because of how the club is run.

The main reason that we are always slow off the mark signing players is because of how the club is run.

The usual pattern. You say early doors that we need x players in by pre season. You genuinely believe that each summer will be different. You then slowly go through each of the same reasons and excuses when that doesnt happen. You highlight other teams that havent done business. You ask which players that have gone elsewhere would have actually been good signings here. You say that Premier League teams are still evaluating their players. You say we shouldnt rush and its all about the quality, and to judge at the end of the window.

And it starts.

Still cant see it happening. I suspect what is fake is us ever paying the fee needed to get him.

Sagnan is seemingly going to Sunderland. Not that we would have ever had serious interest.

Iversen is a good keeper. The other 2 are squad players.

Preston meanwhile have just announced their 4th signing of the window.

I dont see how it is a "disgrace" or indeed how any managerial decision is a disgrace. They finished 17th in the Premier League. The cup win obviously is huge but you cant based on this season think logically that Ange is the man to take them forward. The correct as opposed to sentimental decision has been made.

Tronstad is certainly not "half the player" that Travis is. He is better albeit also older so that will likely mean that he is less valuable. We shouldnt be selling either.

No, Ismael said it. Was just checking if you thought it was realistic/likely. So 3 signings in 3 weeks? Lets see but I fear you may be disappointed.

Bruno Ribeiro was a long time ago. Do you expect 90% in by the start of pre season?

Pasha to run the commercial side 😂 Funnier even than Gestede running the football side. They want someone to take the role of CEO who is happy to have minimal responsibility to give the power mainly to Suhail.

You have also predicted imminent administration for about 10 years in a row to be fair.

Selling our captain and one of our best players to Wrexham would I think be a new low.

I find the strength of opinion against him to be strange, but what players say about the staff is meaningless. Obviously they will speak highly of him.

And if the keepers are asked publically they will always say how good they are.

I dont have an opinion on whether he is good or not, but players will always praise them. Means absolutely nothing.