NewBlue Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 1 minute ago, kowenicki said: Not in the slightest. The future of the club is bigger than any player or manager. Not a precedent to be set, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midsblue Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 10 minutes ago, kowenicki said: Not in the slightest. The future of the club is bigger than any player or manager. This. Love Shez. However if the new owner (if sale goes through) is funding a development squad playing competitive football to provide a continuous, long-term pipeline of players into the first team then I know who I'm backing. With regard to our club; This is the best and most positive news I've heard for over 10 years Edit - I can't see how Shez can't see this as a positive either. These signings in this window were his. The suggestions of unrest by the media are just rumours. Granted Shez might be disillusioned of the quality of triallists to date but who says Abdullah doesn't feel the same? They could have been great on continent but struggle in L1 football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 I've given up trying to second guess what is happening. Still on board. For now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemboy Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Can but wish the club success in what is now happening and feel we are on the right tracks for once in a long time .Actually looking forwards to what Shez can do with the deck of cards he now has to hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozman Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Alan Nixon says we've signed "a few more" awaiting international clearance ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hands on Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Well I think I can say I told you so. We are going to get a lorry load of footballers from the 27 to play in our development squad. They will be trialled in the games against who knows it could be one squad against another and anything worth while either moved up or moved on. Might work out for us. Got to be positive. Not over whelmed by the signing of a 19 year old number 1 goal keeper plus more youngsters and another striker whose scoring has dried up but I hope their youth and our aged will gel and get us out of the hole dug in August. I think you will find that due diligence takes as long as you want it to. EFL would not hold up a deal if presented with the information and documentation they need. Smoke and mirrors I fear. Nothing but the truth but not the whole truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 What some are forgetting is we have an entire full team signed up for next season as well. We have around 8 players injured and Shez has been allowed to sign 3 loanees as replacements. Shez got his picks, the other players are clearly for the Reserves. Look back, everyone was expected a flood of none Shez singings. We did not get Connor Ripley, can you imagine the uproar if we'd given up earlier. Placide has a decent pedigree and been around for several weeks now, we know Shez is happy enough with him. We have a full squad (albeit gaps in quality but who performed well at the end of last season) So even now, our squad contains only 5 loanees, the lowest for some time. We'll have plenty of players to come back, and have competition in most positions. Clearly a sale is close (though it could obviously falter) but for the second time SC has announced that the sale is imminent, and he always previously made forced rather tan voluntary announcements. In many clubs, with a sale potentially close, they would not have sanctioned signings. So for me, it was a much better window than expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 3 minutes ago, bozman said: Alan Nixon says we've signed "a few more" awaiting international clearance ! For the Development Squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Sinnott Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 3 minutes ago, bozman said: Alan Nixon says we've signed "a few more" awaiting international clearance ! Reckon that'll be the Frenchies for our development squad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozman Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 1 minute ago, Lee Sinnott said: Reckon that'll be the Frenchies for our development squad... Hoping Queensy might be one of them. Fairly reliable sources reporting that deal as done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Oh, and several Pompey fans have praised Doyle in their stint with them. " I thought he was great for Pompey in his short run before injury. Strong, skilful. Great leader of the line " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hands on Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Singe you are reading things into the statement, probably drawn up with the help of a solicitor, which do not exist. The 'sale' if it goes through is not envisaged to follow due diligence lasting several months. I'm not encouraged by the FACT that the Trust were not informed of what has been going on. It beggars belief that SC had not produced a dossier of all the necessary information and supporting documentation given his desire for some time to sell. It beggars belief that he was not aware of the requirements of the EFL 'fit and proper' test but then it does not say when in the past he met with the EFL. The "Having said that" start of the penultimate paragraph suggests to me that John Sheridan did not get the three or four players he wanted. He did get the three youngsters and another 'striker' - lets hope they are what we need. We will have a better idea come 5 o'clock Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 1 hour ago, LightDN123 said: I understand the investment doesn't have to be done today, but these loans are until January, and say the investment goes through next month, in January these players will go back, and then this will leave us room in our squad to use the investment to sign new players Won't it leave us room in the squad to use the development squad players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 1 hour ago, HarryBosch said: It clearly states "sale of the club" rather than just investment Is there a dreamworld in which, "investment," means a bloke giving the club money to buy players for a laugh? He's surely giving Corney money for some reason in order to make more money for himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Guru Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Is it possible that sheridan has been told to crack on till janury by the 'possible' new owner and his brief is simply to turn things around? At least Sheridan will feel he has got a fair chance to right the shocker of a month...if he does enough maybe he will be kept on. If we continue to struggle understandably the new owner will get a new face in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Guru Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 7 hours ago, Hands on said: Well I think I can say I told you so. We are going to get a lorry load of footballers from the 27 to play in our development squad. They will be trialled in the games against who knows it could be one squad against another and anything worth while either moved up or moved on. Might work out for us. Got to be positive. Not over whelmed by the signing of a 19 year old number 1 goal keeper plus more youngsters and another striker whose scoring has dried up but I hope their youth and our aged will gel and get us out of the hole dug in August. I think you will find that due diligence takes as long as you want it to. EFL would not hold up a deal if presented with the information and documentation they need. Smoke and mirrors I fear. Nothing but the truth but not the whole truth. You really like a conspiracy don't you? I work for a global FMCG (so a pretty sophisticated business vs OAFC) and things that conceivably should take no time to draw up/contract/agree drag on for weeks and months. Not everyone has the foresight to see every hurdle in front of them and every club will be unique in its sale/operations/set up/assets etc to the EFL. Im all for calling out the club when things seem wrong, but for once can we not all try and support what is clearly positive news?! Corney would not want to deal with the shit storm that would come from fans if this deal would now fall through so the fact he has referenced it twice is enough for me to believe it's almost over the line. P.s The Earth isn't flat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OL9erlatic Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 On reflection all seemed a bit 'meh' yesterday. Doyle on paper is just what we need, a lively striker with genuine movement, that movement generally towards the item with the net hanging off it, but knowing Latics (putting my pessimistic hat on) we might kill his career and he could join the endless number of strikers in the graveyard that must be eating into Brassbanks land around BP. Young lad from City happy to see what he brings, youthful exuberance, maybe add a bit of pace, lad from Wigan seems to be a good player from most accounts so happy to see what he does. The keepers never heard of either but i had also never heard of Ripley, can't be worse that this Wilson fella so will do for me. Looks like we could be in a scrappy, try and keep up with the shit teams situation till January if being honest, still think we are missing a bit, and if the takeover happens we can start a new thread for January and everyone can get their 'contacts' at the ready again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevesidg Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 8 hours ago, kowenicki said: It does seem to be reported on a few French sites as happening. His wiki page looks a little weird now, but if you link through to FC Nantes it shows this, make of it what we will, also interesting that their manager is Claudio Ranieri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dec666 Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 The way I see it, talks of a takeover have slightly skewed some people’s opinions on this transfer window. If this was the end of January for example, and Shez had signed these players to help push us up the league I think there would be a unanimous agreement that these players might just do well. Byrne, Bryan and Doyle are similar to the signings Shez has made in the last couple of years, we trusted his judgment then and they turned out very well. Most importantly for me though, these are clearly Shez signings, where yesterday morning it looked like our only incomings would be French third division players with it completely out of the managers hands. Obviously the takeover talks are still going on in the background, but hopefully there has been an end to the madness for now, the new players can come in and make a difference and we can start winning games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Yep, happy with yesterday. Two new keepers that come with potential, a striker that (gasp) scores goals and the introduction of a reserve team, which Shez has always been an advocate of. Time to crack on - just annoying that we're playing catch-up. Again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underdog Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 I doth my cap to a tactian of some skill......he planted the seed last week and watched it all explode on all fronts. He now has a better idea of the following. how the trust reacted how the fans react to the news of investment/take over his level of support level of support for the manager level of support for the club/players where some sources come from there are still hoops to get through, is this chap an agent only so who owns the purse strings? Will they pass all the true and proper tests? The players that come through any gems then who gets the money back corney/the money people/club. however in the meantime, let's get what we can....a reserve team is a start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Perimeter West Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Imagine it takes 7 months to go through Imagine 7 months of threads like this wow IMAGINE kind of bottom block stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 7 minutes ago, underdog said: I doth my cap to a tactian of some skill......he planted the seed last week and watched it all explode on all fronts. He now has a better idea of the following. how the trust reacted how the fans react to the news of investment/take over his level of support level of support for the manager level of support for the club/players where some sources come from there are still hoops to get through, is this chap an agent only so who owns the purse strings? Will they pass all the true and proper tests? The players that come through any gems then who gets the money back corney/the money people/club. however in the meantime, let's get what we can....a reserve team is a start Is this necessarily a bad thing? If it means we re-group and start moving forward, I don't have a problem with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Would like to see the coaches thing sorted, are they staying or going? Who will this reserve side play against? Players need to knuckle down now, been a distinct lack of effort and harmony for the most part, understandable to a degree but the excuses seem to have been cleared for the time being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_latics Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Surprised we didn't go for a left footed left back, Hunt does a job there, but think we lack balance, especially going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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