28 Jun 2024 15:30:57
What a difference Thelwell is making to our transfer strategy.
Bringing in young hungry players like McNeil, Onana and Garner. Then bringing in the right type of experienced players like Tarks, Gana and Coady.
He's then got rid of a lot of poor, aged or declining players on stupid wages like Tosun, Gomes, , alliance, Rondon, Delph, Sig, Allan, Kean, Mina, Davies and Townsend. Don't get me wrong some of thme done okay but let's face none really took us on a level.
He's also got us good money for players like iwobo, gray, cannon, simms, Gordon even Ricky under pressure from the club, bringing in an estimated £150m over the last 2 years and reducing a crippling wage bill.
Excited so far but more still needed this summer and the ones linked do excite. So keep it positive people but it looks like we finally got a DOF that knows what the job is.
COYB NSNO.
28 Jun 2024 16:28:08
He's doing good BJU, but I can't help thinking what Brands could of done if there was no interference from all board members.
28 Jun 2024 16:34:18
He has also bought a load of tripe.
28 Jun 2024 19:56:01
Maybe Dentie but he put some players on crazy wages and it's took a while to start shifting them.
Not everyone will be a huge success but the tripe have mainly been loan deals and they are loan deals for a reason.
Actual purchases Skylark Maupay is the one that stands out for me personally. I still think there is a goalscorer in Beto. Whoelse would you say is tripe that we've bought?
28 Jun 2024 22:24:52
Most of them have been tripe mate.
28 Jun 2024 22:34:51
Well Delle was a poor signing wasn’t he!
29 Jun 2024 07:28:29
Who said he wanted these players.
29 Jun 2024 08:31:51
He didn't sign Delle Swinners. Thelwell joined Feb 22, Delle was Jan 22.
Can someone get Skylark a happy pill please?
His purchased are
Maupay
Beto
Dwight
Onana
Chermitti
Garner
Gana
Young
I'd argue we'd make money on Dwight, Onana, Chermitti and Garner. Obviously Gana we wouldn't due to his age but he was a brilliant signing. Maupay is a bad one but he wasn't a huge outlay and Beto I think with minutes on the pitch would score goals but he just hasn't settled into this team. Young has experience and can play in a few roles. I'm not a massive fan and there have been times he's looked like Joe Biden but as a free there's very little risk. The rest have been loans and that's usually hit and miss.
He's had to do this with a back drop of severe financial restraints. This window has started well and I can't remember us signing 3 players this early before.
29 Jun 2024 09:07:18
To me that's a terrible list of players mate.
{Ed025's Note - you have to get with the programme Skylark, most of us are in a good place with the things that are happening at the club recently mate, you need to get on board my friend and share the love, turn that frown upside down because for the first time in a long while the smiles are back and its all looking good, if you cant enjoy that then whats the point?..
29 Jun 2024 11:20:58
Believe it or not I'm a lot happier Ed, but I'm no fan of thelwell and that list of players is terrible.
I will sit on the fence for a while regarding our new owner as I've been let down by the past owners, it's like I've heard it all before
Sorry for being a miserable old sod.
{Ed025's Note - i have been as miserable as anyone Skylark but we have to be forward thinking now i suggest mate, if it all goes tits up then we can always revert to normality but for now lets give the new owners and the staff our backing and see if that positivity shines through, well im going to anyway..