Tony's Tweets

I read from his "Big Summer" tweet that we would expect to lose a few players this year so expecting some youngsters to step up and will have to buy to replace in some areas. I am guessing we will become a selling club for a while.

Whilst the stats for Ollie are alarming I guess we should take in to consideration that he has very little if anything in the way of funding, he is managing in the time of major club rebuild regarding finances, he has been without some of our est players for long periods, (Hall, Robinson) as well as having an unsettled dressing room as he had to ship out some high earning players. Although I agree that we need to sort our current position I think its worth considering many of the most recent managers have had funds to buy players. (although ti could be argues that didn't work either!)

If the DoF and our scouting team are doing their job then we will already have a list of strikers and centre backs that Ollie will have approved. If that is the case we should be already talking with their agents and get those players snapped up as soon as the transfer window opens. For me it should be a case of do your transfers early, you can then get the new players in and settled. They can then hit ground running when we start pre season. The issue will always be the money that the club has available.

I am assuming that the final parachute payment that we receive will be put aside and used towards the FFP fine and therefore I'm realistic enough to understand any transfer budget will be very limited.

Brett pitman would be a good addition
Watched him a couple of times on BT sport
He looks about 50 but is about 30 I think
Very hard working and was pretty good at Bournemouth
Wouldn't be expensive either
Good record scoring 102 goals in 301 games,1 in 3 games

Marriott is very good too but won't come our way,but as mentioned we could offer Washington

I'm not sure what point you're making there Pam. I know that you don't rate the job that Les is doing as DOF.
But on the subject of recruiting from lower leagues ... we're going to have to do it because of our finances. Washington looked like a good buy but hasn't worked out. Wheeler could still be good. Some of these buys will work out and some won't. In fact, all transfers involve risks. We just hope that there are enough good ones. Overall we've done pretty well recently I'd say.

You are right Ghost in regard to both finances meaning we have to look in lower leagues (or abroad), and that we have made some good buys in the last season. Wheeler will come back and I feel will do well on the wing/attacking midfield (although like many he will have to cope with Freeman in the side too), but there should be no doubt we need a quality finisher up front!

No dispute we have to look to lower league players nnow days.
But be honest we 2nd not attract the best.
We are now well down the pecking order with decent players.
We have done nothing over the last two years that suggests we are a top championship club.