The Squad List (2023/24 Edition)

[DiV]

I take your point, which is why I think a replacement is needed, but if Ryan Whelan has it correct as a “decent fee” I reckon it’s a good bit of business for someone who has only shown flashes of potential.

Well, if a replacement is needed - then why even move him on in the first place?

I also think ‘only shown flashes of potential’ is doing Wakeling’s time here a massive disservice

[BambooToTheFuture]

No

Yes

 Classic TEF

[Processed Beats]

Odd one. Didn't see that coming.

You'd like to think a striker is lined up as it seems foolish to rely on Austin, RMH and Young. Kane Hemmings was released earlier...

[Ides of March]

Well, if a replacement is needed - then why even move him on in the first place?

I also think ‘only shown flashes of potential’ is doing Wakeling’s time here a massive disservice

If the fee is sizeable, clubs in our position can’t really turn it down. I’d say flashes of potential is fair. Can’t say I particularly noticed much from him post October, but people view the game differently, so maybe he did show more than that, and I’m being harsh.

[MangoRed]

Strange. Clearly not planned going off the article below. Stinks of a cash grab.

Thought he was gonna be a real asset for us after his first full season which was very productive.

3 bodies short now and a forward line injury away from not having an option on bench.

[Wobbly Bob]

Would have much preferred to keep Wakeling.

Maybe the funds will allow for the signing of Richards or a.n.other not dependent on closure of transfer window.

[Nemo]

Great move for Abu Kanu thinking about it.

[DiV]

If the fee is sizeable, clubs in our position can’t really turn it down. I’d say flashes of potential is fair. Can’t say I particularly noticed much from him post October, but people view the game differently, so maybe he did show more than that, and I’m being harsh.

Well, we could turn the fee down. Play the player who is under contract and sell for a bigger sum in the summer.

Last season was his first full season as a pro. He did very well despite the shit managers he worked under. A year under his belt, a competent manager and he could have been a more valuable asset in the future.

To me it stinks like a cash out. Sometimes let the bet ride…

[Ells]

This is bollocks. It's all eggs in keeping 11 players fit and healthy for an entire season. The backups are nowhere near of sufficient quality.

If we don't bring anybody in tonight I'll be pretty fucked off to be honest.

Clem, if you can't afford to fund this club then I sincerely hope it's up for sale. I despise Power but he might've been correct in saying Clem couldn't afford to run this football club.

Seeing the likes of Barrow giving it a good go whilst we get upwards of 9k crowds and behave like a club in poverty.

It's not on. The club have 13 minutes to change my mind but I see this as incredibly worrying.

What the frig are you on about.

‘It’s not on’?

It’s not on to pay off our debts? It’s not on to try and run the club sustainably? It’s not on to uh, I dunno, hire an incredibly competitive manager with a great goalkeeper and a front line that on their day could run rings around anybody?

What is this entitlement some town fans have? Just because we have decent crowds doesn’t mean we should (or can) spunk our money like a drunk playing Football Manager. And whereas you might envy these tiny clubs buying players when we don’t - where do you think they’re going to be in a few years time? Fucked again and back to square one.

For the billionth time, there is not a queue of benevolent billionaires queuing up to buy Swindon that we’ve turned down. Be careful what you wish for.

[Nemo]

In a weird way, if there's a 15-20% sell on he's almost a more valuable asset at Posh who regularly sell strikers for seven figures.

[Ides of March]

Well, we could turn the fee down. Play the player who is under contract and sell for a bigger sum in the summer.

Last season was his first full season as a pro. He did very well despite the shit managers he worked under. A year under his belt, a competent manager and he could have been a more valuable asset in the future.

To me it stinks like a cash out. Sometimes let the bet ride…

On the flip side, he may not have got too much consistent game time here this season, with his development stalling and stock dropping. I definitely see where you’re coming from, and it’s a risk to sell, but I can see why it’s been done, and think it is a decent bit of business.

[ChalkyWhiteIsGod]

Great move for Abu Kanu thinking about it.

Real opportunity for him to get minutes now.

We're wafer thin on bodies now though. We'll have to get extremely lucky with injuries and suspensions to not be in serious trouble at some point this season.

[BambooToTheFuture]

I hope the club don't use the party line/spin of ''It came right out of the blue {no pun} and we weren't prepared/expecting a deal to come in but we are working hard on finding a replacement'' 

I'm not hugely fussed with Wakeling gone. I think he hasn't had a full chance in this Flynn set up but on the positive IF it's a good fee AND there is a good sell on then Peterborough is definitely one of the right clubs to sell to. IF he develops well, we know Peterborough sell players on regularly for good money. Some may say ''that should be us...'' but at this moment in time STFC can't be that animal but we can still be part of an upward food chain.

All in all, probably a good move. So long as someone who isn't Elliot Benyon gets announced in the next 6O seconds.

[Bogus Dave]

Clubs only priority is making a quick buck. Any success on the pitch is incidental

[Mooneyraker]

Can we file "competitive budget" alongside "open and transparent" and "100% owner of the football club" now please?

And Aberdeen is on the hook for this one.