Your Transfer Dealings

[Magic]

Imagine signing/selling someone for £9k.

I really hope McCarthy went into full Partridge mode. "Tell you what, tell you what..."

 

[toshj]

Apparently of the £19m spent on players, 'only' £5m of that is spent this financial year such is the way they're structured.

Yeah, depends on how long the contract is - a £3m signing on a 3 year deal would cost £1m per year as far as FFP goes, plus the other associated costs.

 

[Rammy]

I think they're all 4 year deals.

 

[Veggie Legs]

Imagine signing/selling someone for £9k.

I really hope McCarthy went into full Partridge mode. "Tell you what, tell you what..."

He had a release clause in his contract of 50 000 Polish zloty, seems mental to me.

 

[AnkleBiter]

In

Dean Whitehead- thought he'd be okay as an experienced head to have as backup but we're using him as a key player and he's average as fuck.

Jason Davidson- free LB from WBA. Not bad.

Kyle Dempsey- young exciting prospect I have high hopes for. Therefore Powell hasn't played him.

Jordy Hiwula- see above. Already loaned to Wigan.

Martin Cranie- was underwhelmed but he's looked decent when given a chance. Not had many though despite our shit defence.

Mustapha Carayol, Emyr Huws, Jamie Paterson- newbies on loan, 12 months ago these three put together would've been worth a few million. We'll probably contribute to their decline.

Out

Conor Coady- sold for a profit.

Alex Smithies- sold for a quick buck.

Jacob Butterfield- sold because neither of us could resist.

We're going down.

 

[Bentos]

We're going down.

I hate to agree, but...

I don't understand what's happening at Huddersfield. Butterfield and Smithies sold, Adam Hammill released and James Vaughan seemingly ostracised.

Why?


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[Munkiki]

this is incredible, this is why i want Ipswich to go up apart from Leeds obviously

Ipswich doing things the right way, generating money and building a decent team on next to nothing

Mick McCarthy deserves a lot of credit. I think what Town are doing would be more admirable if they didn't have a past of ripping off creditors and weren't only doing this because Keane/Jewell pissed shit loads of money down the drain with no reward. It's not like they had some sort of moral epiphany, they just couldn't afford to keep splashing out on signings with a 120% wages to turnover ratio and rising debt (£80m+).

Marcus Evans finally seems to be doing things the right way (bizarrely, initially it's this that he got stick for). The moment he stopped throwing money at problems was when their fortunes were turned around - reducing the wage bill, being more savvy in the transfer market and appointing a proper manager.

Obviously as a Norwich fan I shouldn't wish any success on them but honestly since they've got their house in order, I've been hoping we'd be promoted together (knowing how shit football can be, we'll probably pass each other at the end of this season). Definitely would rather they come up than teams like QPR...

 

[AnkleBiter]

I hate to agree, but...

I don't understand what's happening at Huddersfield. Butterfield and Smithies sold, Adam Hammill released and James Vaughan seemingly ostracised.

Why?

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Butterfield and Smithies because we're a selling club. Both would've been happy to stay, particularly Smithies, but I think both could see now's the time to leave.

Not sure about Vaughan, seems we've got bored of his injury problems so have started treating him like shit.

Hammill has always had personal problems and has never done well without Mark Robins.

Why we seem to be going down the shitter I have no idea. It's the same board that have done really well for us but I think it's starting to show that they're not football men. Chairman is a businessman, CEO an accountant. One difference I can think of is we lost our head of recruitment Ross Wilson to Southampton.

 

[Tom_ITFC]

Mick McCarthy deserves a lot of credit. I think what Town are doing would be more admirable if they didn't have a past of ripping off creditors and weren't only doing this because Keane/Jewell pissed shit loads of money down the drain with no reward. It's not like they had some sort of moral epiphany, they just couldn't afford to keep splashing out on signings with a 120% wages to turnover ratio and rising debt (£80m+).

Marcus Evans finally seems to be doing things the right way (bizarrely, initially it's this that he got stick for). The moment he stopped throwing money at problems was when their fortunes were turned around - reducing the wage bill, being more savvy in the transfer market and appointing a proper manager.

Obviously as a Norwich fan I shouldn't wish any success on them but honestly since they've got their house in order, I've been hoping we'd be promoted together (knowing how shit football can be, we'll probably pass each other at the end of this season). Definitely would rather they come up than teams like QPR...

Just forget the fact the collapse of ITV digital played a huge part in our period in Administration. Leicester and Derby also went into administration after relegation from the prem in 2001 2002. We were very unfortunate to get relegated when we did! Nowadays, I'd be very happy to be relegated from the prem as it would pretty much wipe out our debt!

With regards to the Keane spending, looking back at the figures, they were no worse than anyone else at the time. Jewell only spent money on wages. (Although I don't agree with how much was spent)

 

[AFCB_Mark]

Apparently of the £19m spent on players, 'only' £5m of that is spent this financial year such is the way they're structured.

A net spend of a couple million on that squad to win the league. Compared with your £19m...I'm expecting big things.. no pressure lads

The whole spending in general this summer has been pretty daunting from the Championship. Should be a cracking league as ever.

 

[Veggie Legs]

Just forget the fact the collapse of ITV digital played a huge part in our period in Administration. Leicester and Derby also went into administration after relegation from the prem in 2001 2002. We were very unfortunate to get relegated when we did! Nowadays, I'd be very happy to be relegated from the prem as it would pretty much wipe out our debt!

With regards to the Keane spending, looking back at the figures, they were no worse than anyone else at the time. Jewell only spent money on wages. (Although I don't agree with how much was spent)

Jewell spent money on players as well - I'm pretty sure that Cresswell, Chopra, JET and Taylor were all his signings. One of them was even a good player!

 

[Tom_ITFC]

Jewell spent money on players as well - I'm pretty sure that Cresswell, Chopra, JET and Taylor were all his signings. One of them was even a good player!

I'd wiped them from my memory on purpose!!

 

[Rammy]

Paul Jewell, what a manager!

 

[gilmores_groin]

Adama Diamande (Undisclosed - £1.7mil?) - Deadline day signing. I admit, I know nothing about him, other than he has a very good scoring record for Stabaek so far this season (17 in 21). Obviously can't comment on ability, but he's supposed to be quick, strong and a decent finisher. He certainly looks the part.

Diomande very close to becoming the nr1 guy up front for Norway. Had an insane season with Stabæk, should have the right qualites for the championship. You can add high work rate to his repertoire.

 

[Costello]

Diomande very close to becoming the nr1 guy up front for Norway. Had an insane season with Stabæk, should have the right qualites for the championship. You can add high work rate to his repertoire.

Wow, a Brighton fan from Norway, welcome. And stick around. Please.

 

[Bentos]

Diomande very close to becoming the nr1 guy up front for Norway. Had an insane season with Stabæk, should have the right qualites for the championship. You can add high work rate to his repertoire.

As I said before, everything I've heard sounds very promising - high work rate only strengthens that opinion. I feel we may have found ourselves a gem for a relatively low price.

 

[Jockney]

Butterfield and Smithies because we're a selling club. Both would've been happy to stay, particularly Smithies, but I think both could see now's the time to leave.

Not sure about Vaughan, seems we've got bored of his injury problems so have started treating him like shit.

Hammill has always had personal problems and has never done well without Mark Robins.

Why we seem to be going down the shitter I have no idea. It's the same board that have done really well for us but I think it's starting to show that they're not football men. Chairman is a businessman, CEO an accountant. One difference I can think of is we lost our head of recruitment Ross Wilson to Southampton.

This sounds eerily similar to our own story over the past two or three years, particularly the part about having a board with little football experience running the show. Whoever coined the phrase 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions' was obviously a fan of a small-to-middling football league club.

 

[M Dogg]

We've made £7m, not spent a penny, reduced our wage bill by about £80k a week and got a better, more balanced squad

Embargo ain't so bad