Summer Rebuild 17:54 - Jan 9 with 2826 views | Dr_Winston | With more than a dozen players falling out of contract in June, players that are likely to still be on big wages for the most part, it could be a busy close season. Just looking at some of the names there (Baston, Carroll, VdH) you'd have to think that at least £200,000 per week will be coming off the payroll. A lot more if Ayew goes too. With Leon's recent comments about the club's new recruitment structure primarily targeting the next window (hence us mostly using Cooper's links to add some depth for now), it all seems to suggest that we're just biding our time now ready for a big revamp come the summer. The last occasion we had so many gaps in our squad was the summer of 2002. Let's hope this time around we're a lot better prepared. | |
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Summer Rebuild on 18:22 - Jan 9 with 2285 views | andrew | Carrol VDH and baston don’t even amount to £150k a week. Nordfelt is on a decent wage and so is dyer and naughton so we’re looking at a good saving of 10/15m wages there. | |
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Summer Rebuild on 18:32 - Jan 9 with 2247 views | longlostjack | Leon’s comments as a loyal employee need to be taken in context. Personally I don’t see a long term strategy with the Yanks. They’ve got Birch in to make the club attractive to buyers. The ideal situation for them would be for us to get promoted on a shoestring of course but I’d wager they’d sell sooner if a buyer came in with a decent offer. Call me cynical but I doubt that there’s much planning in place for the summer window. | |
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Summer Rebuild on 18:59 - Jan 9 with 2153 views | Dr_Winston |
Summer Rebuild on 18:32 - Jan 9 by longlostjack | Leon’s comments as a loyal employee need to be taken in context. Personally I don’t see a long term strategy with the Yanks. They’ve got Birch in to make the club attractive to buyers. The ideal situation for them would be for us to get promoted on a shoestring of course but I’d wager they’d sell sooner if a buyer came in with a decent offer. Call me cynical but I doubt that there’s much planning in place for the summer window. |
Leon's comments need to be taken as someone stating the bleedin' obvious. | |
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Summer Rebuild on 19:00 - Jan 9 with 2150 views | Darran | If our club is going to have to go through a rebuild on the player front personally I’m not sure Cooper is the right man to do it. That’s my opinion and if you disagree that’s fine too. | |
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Summer Rebuild on 19:05 - Jan 9 with 2127 views | Dr_Winston |
Summer Rebuild on 19:00 - Jan 9 by Darran | If our club is going to have to go through a rebuild on the player front personally I’m not sure Cooper is the right man to do it. That’s my opinion and if you disagree that’s fine too. |
That's the $64,000 question. Unless we go completely off the rails in the second half of the season it's likely that he will be the man doing it. Guess all we can do is hope he's got more up his sleeve than we've seen so far. | |
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Summer Rebuild on 19:10 - Jan 9 with 2104 views | Fireboy2 |
Summer Rebuild on 19:05 - Jan 9 by Dr_Winston | That's the $64,000 question. Unless we go completely off the rails in the second half of the season it's likely that he will be the man doing it. Guess all we can do is hope he's got more up his sleeve than we've seen so far. |
You would think hes only going to get better as he has more time and experience managing adults. | | | |
Summer Rebuild on 19:13 - Jan 9 with 2094 views | magicdaps10 | Tell you one thing, Britton will be reading this or informed that the fans have clawed onto his summer rebuild comment...... And he will be keeping everything crossed that what he was informed actually does happen. I really hope this does not end with a backlash on Leon, if it doesn't happen then he has a problem on his hands. | |
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Summer Rebuild on 19:17 - Jan 9 with 2084 views | Badlands | Andy Scott has been in position for around 6 months and we are still only being linked with Cooper's under 17s or players he and Mike Marsh have worked with or know quite well. That isn't filling me with confidence. | |
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Summer Rebuild on 19:31 - Jan 9 with 2037 views | magicdaps10 |
Summer Rebuild on 19:17 - Jan 9 by Badlands | Andy Scott has been in position for around 6 months and we are still only being linked with Cooper's under 17s or players he and Mike Marsh have worked with or know quite well. That isn't filling me with confidence. |
Linked with a French midfielder today, out of contract in the summer....... Scott has a reputation with scouting the French leagues. | |
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Summer Rebuild on 19:36 - Jan 9 with 2026 views | Darran |
Summer Rebuild on 19:05 - Jan 9 by Dr_Winston | That's the $64,000 question. Unless we go completely off the rails in the second half of the season it's likely that he will be the man doing it. Guess all we can do is hope he's got more up his sleeve than we've seen so far. |
Absolutely. Don’t get me wrong if most of this squad was to stay together under Cooper and we finished mid table this season and next season whilst the club was sorted out financially off the field etc I wouldn’t be too bothered. A rebuild is another story under him though. | |
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Summer Rebuild on 19:44 - Jan 9 with 1994 views | Dr_Winston |
Summer Rebuild on 19:36 - Jan 9 by Darran | Absolutely. Don’t get me wrong if most of this squad was to stay together under Cooper and we finished mid table this season and next season whilst the club was sorted out financially off the field etc I wouldn’t be too bothered. A rebuild is another story under him though. |
With as many players out of contract as we've got we're probably going to have to make big changes in the summer no matter what happens, unless a goodly number of them are happy with pay cuts. I don't think the financial situation will take another season though. After this summer the last big wage left is Ayew, and after the season he's having I doubt there will be a shortage of interested parties. | |
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Summer Rebuild on 19:45 - Jan 9 with 1989 views | LeonWasGod | Rebuild is too grand a term. It suggests we’re heading back to where we were, which doesn’t seem likely. He really means scrabbling around for a lot of new players on the cheap in the hope of getting lucky with a couple. | | | |
Summer Rebuild on 19:45 - Jan 9 with 1985 views | Badlands |
Summer Rebuild on 19:31 - Jan 9 by magicdaps10 | Linked with a French midfielder today, out of contract in the summer....... Scott has a reputation with scouting the French leagues. |
Is it Adil Aouchiche - 17 yo PSG> Bafe or Willy would be OK but I'm also reminded of Tabanou, Situ, N'Gog and even Kalulu. | |
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Summer Rebuild on 19:58 - Jan 9 with 1937 views | perplex | Can not have a successful rebuild with this lot in charge, just forget about it mun, were fcuked. | | | |
Summer Rebuild on 20:05 - Jan 9 with 1903 views | magicdaps10 |
Summer Rebuild on 19:45 - Jan 9 by Badlands | Is it Adil Aouchiche - 17 yo PSG> Bafe or Willy would be OK but I'm also reminded of Tabanou, Situ, N'Gog and even Kalulu. |
It is actually Julian Ponceau who plays for Lorient. | |
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Summer Rebuild on 20:09 - Jan 9 with 1890 views | pembsjack | Don't get excited about the talk of a "rebuild" under the Yanks. I fear that their idea of a rebuild will be cut the wage bill as much as possible through releasing players and flogging anyone who is breathing. Then replace them with loans and freebies on low wages. | | | |
Summer Rebuild on 20:23 - Jan 9 with 1847 views | BillyChong |
Summer Rebuild on 19:17 - Jan 9 by Badlands | Andy Scott has been in position for around 6 months and we are still only being linked with Cooper's under 17s or players he and Mike Marsh have worked with or know quite well. That isn't filling me with confidence. |
What do you expect when he’s been given no budget? | | | |
Summer Rebuild on 20:27 - Jan 9 with 1837 views | jackrmee |
Summer Rebuild on 19:05 - Jan 9 by Dr_Winston | That's the $64,000 question. Unless we go completely off the rails in the second half of the season it's likely that he will be the man doing it. Guess all we can do is hope he's got more up his sleeve than we've seen so far. |
I've said all along...as long as we beat the scum twice and stay up, I'm happy this season. Then as long as we keep improving from then on, however slowly, I'm happy too. I'm up for keeping Coops and watching the rebuild unfold. Might go tits up, might go well, but it's the way I want to see it happen. In my mind, we are back in the prem with Coopie's chompers smiling all over match of the day. | |
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Summer Rebuild on 20:29 - Jan 9 with 1832 views | NeathJack | An unexpected promotion would put a real spanner in the works of this. | | | |
Summer Rebuild on 20:35 - Jan 9 with 1815 views | jackrmee |
Summer Rebuild on 20:05 - Jan 9 by magicdaps10 | It is actually Julian Ponceau who plays for Lorient. |
Came off after 57 mins in his only start hmmmm. I'm up for getting anyone in though TBH. I thought we were getting no-one, so get em in! :) | |
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Summer Rebuild on 20:36 - Jan 9 with 1809 views | jackrmee |
Summer Rebuild on 20:09 - Jan 9 by pembsjack | Don't get excited about the talk of a "rebuild" under the Yanks. I fear that their idea of a rebuild will be cut the wage bill as much as possible through releasing players and flogging anyone who is breathing. Then replace them with loans and freebies on low wages. |
Cant see the yanks being here long enough for a rebuild tbh. Fingers crossed. | |
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Summer Rebuild on 23:26 - Jan 9 with 1629 views | DJack |
Summer Rebuild on 19:45 - Jan 9 by Badlands | Is it Adil Aouchiche - 17 yo PSG> Bafe or Willy would be OK but I'm also reminded of Tabanou, Situ, N'Gog and even Kalulu. |
Heck, I forgot about Situ...Phew! | |
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Summer Rebuild on 06:52 - Jan 10 with 1491 views | Dr_Winston |
Summer Rebuild on 19:45 - Jan 9 by LeonWasGod | Rebuild is too grand a term. It suggests we’re heading back to where we were, which doesn’t seem likely. He really means scrabbling around for a lot of new players on the cheap in the hope of getting lucky with a couple. |
Seems apparent to me that the grand plan is to put us back to where we were in 2008. In the Championship, stable financially, with a good base to work from and an astute recruitment process. It's the smartest thing to do as a club for the long term and probably the best way for Birch to make us sellable. | |
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Summer Rebuild on 07:47 - Jan 10 with 1441 views | jojaca | Summer rebuild is happening, this is where Mr Scott will be earning his coin. Like that guy in the toilets who asks "freshen up", we can do with a freshen up. | |
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Summer Rebuild on 10:41 - Jan 10 with 1309 views | dameedna |
Summer Rebuild on 18:32 - Jan 9 by longlostjack | Leon’s comments as a loyal employee need to be taken in context. Personally I don’t see a long term strategy with the Yanks. They’ve got Birch in to make the club attractive to buyers. The ideal situation for them would be for us to get promoted on a shoestring of course but I’d wager they’d sell sooner if a buyer came in with a decent offer. Call me cynical but I doubt that there’s much planning in place for the summer window. |
Cant see the club being sold this season. Trevs first job will be to reduce the salaries and the academy costs. However this season is not over yet. If we get promoted we may find a buyer. Unlikely but possible. Will be keen to see the end of Jan. Nightmare for smaller club managers. | | | |
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