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« Reply #60 on: Thursday, July 6, 2023, 09:36:56 » |
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He wont be coming here then
Location probably factors in. Someone mentioned he lives fairly local? |
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« Reply #61 on: Thursday, July 6, 2023, 10:14:49 » |
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Really hope Devine comes good this year as he was the absolute DBs at Orient, one of the biggest tests he could have had. Him being injured already in pre-season doesn't bode well though.
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« Reply #62 on: Thursday, July 6, 2023, 10:32:45 » |
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Weird isn't it football. Devine was really not rated at Walsall and Shade was. Despite playing about an hour in a year he is the one people want to see
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« Reply #63 on: Thursday, July 6, 2023, 10:42:52 » |
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Heard from someone very reliable that Moore-Taylor has had a lot of offers from National League and below. Yeovil have offered a 2 year deal. Swindon likely to offer a deal but only a year deal.
If that’s the case, are we shopping in the bargain bin again, or have we spotted something others have not? |
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« Reply #64 on: Thursday, July 6, 2023, 10:43:01 » |
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Weird isn't it football. Devine was really not rated at Walsall and Shade was. Despite playing about an hour in a year he is the one people want to see
TBH in his 134 minutes playing for Swindon he has shown he has a lot of potential, Shade has been incredibly hit and miss. Although I think there is a player in Shade somewhere if he can find his best position, Devine seems to be able to play in his position already despite being made of balsa wood. |
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« Reply #65 on: Thursday, July 6, 2023, 10:51:42 » |
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If that’s the case, are we shopping in the bargain bin again, or have we spotted something others have not?
He may well have other L2 offers too, this is just the words that the person used. It may not necessarily be a case of bargain basement either. Non League clubs right now are chucking a lot of money around to bring EFL calibre players down to their level. EFL clubs may be cautious with JMT too due to his injury record. |
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« Reply #66 on: Thursday, July 6, 2023, 12:07:49 » |
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He wont be coming here then
Well, for one, Cooper was at Melksham last night watching FGR so would have thought if he was interested he’d have been at Supermarine. Also, presume he knows what we are offering and has decided to train with us. If the terms weren’t to his fancy I doubt he’d be bothering being at Swindon at all. |
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« Reply #67 on: Thursday, July 6, 2023, 12:16:04 » |
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Yeovil are Swindon reserves now with Jordan Young, Jake Hyde, Frank Nouble, Jamie Sendles-White and Jordan Stevens all plying their trade there.
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« Reply #68 on: Thursday, July 6, 2023, 12:30:45 » |
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Really hope Devine comes good this year as he was the absolute DBs at Orient, one of the biggest tests he could have had. Him being injured already in pre-season doesn't bode well though.
Do we know if it's a new injury and not just the tail end of his injury from Orient? |
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« Reply #69 on: Thursday, July 6, 2023, 13:14:41 » |
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Flynn. Saying we have been quiet is due to various factors..
Comes down to 1 thing....we are skint.
Playing budget has been slashed.
We will be relying on Loans unless Flynn gets some players out...
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« Reply #70 on: Thursday, July 6, 2023, 13:17:49 » |
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Flynn. Saying we have been quiet is due to various factors..
Comes down to 1 thing....we are skint.
Playing budget has been slashed.
We will be relying on Loans unless Flynn gets some players out...
You had us signing three players this week five days ago, and have linked five senior pros (Kerr, Raglan, Clare, Brown, Hunt) from higher levels to us here in the last few weeks. I totally get that things can and do change with individual transfers, but you seem to have shifted your view on our budget and financial position quite dramatically in the last couple of days. What's changed? |
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« Reply #71 on: Thursday, July 6, 2023, 13:19:16 » |
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Flynn. Saying we have been quiet is due to various factors..
Comes down to 1 thing....we are skint.
Playing budget has been slashed.
We will be relying on Loans unless Flynn gets some players out...
If this is true and not trolling (and I have no idea either way), is this a recent change? As a couple weeks back you were putting some fairly decent players in here that wouldn’t have come cheap. |
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« Reply #72 on: Thursday, July 6, 2023, 13:27:46 » |
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Flynn. Saying we have been quiet is due to various factors..
Comes down to 1 thing....we are skint.
Playing budget has been slashed.
We will be relying on Loans unless Flynn gets some players out...
Surely can’t be too skint if we were after some of those names you’ve previously mentioned |
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« Reply #73 on: Thursday, July 6, 2023, 13:35:37 » |
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I’d also question why we are skint? Better income, surely, than 90% of League Two clubs from ticket sales and merchandise alone. Why are we the paupers? It doesn’t add up, unless we are simply being more prudent.
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« Reply #74 on: Thursday, July 6, 2023, 13:40:03 » |
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I’d also question why we are skint? Better income, surely, than 90% of League Two clubs from ticket sales and merchandise alone. Why are we the paupers? It doesn’t add up, unless we are simply being more prudent.
Not that I feel we are skint, but ticket sales and merchandise count for very little nowadays and pale into comparison when up against the clubs in this league with benevolent rich owners. FGR make barely a £1mn in that kind of revenue per seaosn but have an owner who puts in £2-£3mn each season that means they'll always compete. Same can be said of a lot of clubs in this league. Also noticed a lot more recently that other clubs are overtaking us on the season ticket numbers such as Grimsby and Notts County. |
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