The not STFC Transfer Rumours thread

[UTR]

And if you read back, I said things had changed.

Finances meant they could not sign.....

So we’d agreed deals with these players?

[DV]

So we’d agreed deals with these players?

…you’d think if our finances were as bad as rumoured and that information was accessible enough that a poster from the TEF knows about it - that the club/manager doing these negotiations would know, right?…and not agree deals we can’t afford?

[Quagmire]

Busy week next 2 week..

2 defenders , 1 midfielder in

4 players out...

You said this?

What’s stopping the 4 players leaving? We to skint to pay the electric for the fax machine to work?

[Audrey]

Some other club wants to sign them.

[Quagmire]

…you’d think if our finances were as bad as rumoured and that information was accessible enough that a poster from the TEF knows about it - that the club/manager doing these negotiations would know, right?…and not agree deals we can’t afford?

You mean you didn’t know?
Pah, I knew weeks before Cowley, I just couldn’t say anything.

[Riddick]

If we had far less players on the books then we do I would be worried.

It is a consequence of sdm handing out 3 and 3 year contracts to anybody last year, because arguably we would be better without a lot of what we do have under contract. If we had less and more players had been signed this summer, we could have the same number as we do now but feel better about it.

The positive from Flynns message yesterday (unless I imagined it) was he consider we ha e 15/16 core players. Which feels about right. And means he is trying to shift 3 or 4? So I still expect a lot to happen with 7 or 8 players coming in.

Get 3 or 4 experienced players in the spine of the team as he has mentioned. Then use your outstanding 4 loans to get real quality in.

We could be in a good spot then honestly.

[DV]

You mean you didn’t know?
Pah, I knew weeks before Cowley, I just couldn’t say anything.

Said before last week. Kit launch Wednesday obviously alot of our sponsors were there (and we have many) and Flynn said a few things that contradict what is being said here…

…week is a long time in football though.

Maybe misplaced faith but I’d like to think Flynn knows a bit more about our budget that most but stranger things have happened.

[Red Frog]

While I am joking, it's odd that football stadia do not make better use of Windmills and Solar Panels - the Town End would be a great place to take advantage of the wind tunnel effect.

You're bloody right though. How many stadia have solar panels all over those huge roofs? And turbines powering their floodlights? Even Dale Vince doesn't seem to have caught onto that one has he? One for the next Trust meeting please Jan!

[newmarket red]

Feels like doom and gloom already and we havent even kicked off the new season yet

[Mooneyraker]

I thought that this was an interesting non-wrist-slitting perspective:

https://twitter.com/Ryan_Real_EFL/status/1676999557341642764

"Not far behind loads of teams at an early stage still. Don't forget you've booted Sandro and Morris.

So it's a completely fresh start.

Most of the deals that will have happened with other teams, will have been in the works since March/April.

If you wanted speed could have kept Sandro and gone for the targets he was working on👀.... No didn't think so.

Flynn has come in, assessed the squad and highlighted targets now he's having conversations seeing who is available who wants what. It's not always black and white. It's sometimes circumstances.... sometimes a player who looks perfect from the outside may ask for massive wages .... Sometimes they don't want to move... and fans go why didn't you go for him.

You're going for experience too remember.... These guys often have families, kids, lives that they need to think about. It's easy to sign an 19 year old with just a suitcase.  Not like FIFA or football manager when it's just wage and fee. Often they have to relocate, uproot schools, take kids from their friends... it's not that easy.

It'll come together and things are moving. If the start of the season was tomorrow I'd understand... It's not you've got time you've got a guy who the club trusts making the decisions with a decent budget.

Don't panic!"

[Nemo]

You're bloody right though. How many stadia have solar panels all over those huge roofs? And turbines powering their floodlights? Even Dale Vince doesn't seem to have caught onto that one has he? One for the next Trust meeting please Jan!

I wonder if it's because stadia generally use a lot of energy for a short period and have very low requirements through the rest of the week. You'd need a battery farm as well as the generator...

[Red Frog]

I wonder if it's because stadia generally use a lot of energy for a short period and have very low requirements through the rest of the week. You'd need a battery farm as well as the generator...

I'm no expert, but doesn't that mean they could sell back what they generated to the power company?

I just might be the genius that solves the club's profitability issues, and gets all the Just Stop Oil crowd in as season ticket holders. And all the FGR fans. Oh, hang on...

[DV]

We could call it the Lee Power farm…

[Mooneyraker]

In an alternate world, Lee Power makes a different career choice and becomes a highly successful DOF.

As a Chairman/Owner, however, he's up there in the all-time Hall of Shame.

[singingiiiffy]

I'm no expert, but doesn't that mean they could sell back what they generated to the power company?

I just might be the genius that solves the club's profitability issues, and gets all the Just Stop Oil crowd in as season ticket holders. And all the FGR fans. Oh, hang on...

only if you mentioned it first...

Solar panels on the new Stratton Bank roof!

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/feb/02/clubs-dont-take-it-seriously-enough-does-football-really-want-to-tackle-climate-crisis

we had some solar discussions back in february. any new stand should have it imo