Fans Forum - Thursday 15 February

[Grecian Max]

TBH Max , I was planning on at least 25 minutes on it .

fair play mate haha

Extra points if you reference it in your intro

 

[Hants_red]

Live stream

 

[Grecianman135]

And the lad from Fulham who isn't a striker.

Bingo!

Exeter transfer bingo what a joy.. don't forget Tshimanga..

 

[Hants_red]

"Why is January a difficult window?

▪ Short window and in-season

▪Everybody is under contract, unlike in the summer

▪ A lot of people need to say "yes": managers, heads of recruitment, boards/chairs; then agents, players and families.

▪Unable to force people to say "yes"

▪Many clubs chasing the same players

▪Leads to having to be reactive, which is were preparation (scouts, contacts, data) comes into play

"There was less movement in this January window than in last year's"

The supply and demand of strikers in the last few windows has been skewed"

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1758193444533489914

 

[Hants_red]

"Plans for future windows:

Offering longer contracts as a result of the greater visibility offered by the work of Joe Gorman (CFO)
Alternative markets as a result of relaxation of rules around foreign players
Progressing the academy, aiming to reach Category 2"

 

[Antony Moxey]

This is almost unlistenable. The sound quality from the guy asking the questions’ mic is absolutely dreadful - I’m properly struggling with this

 

[Hants_red]

"Marcus on previous windows:

When we were looking like we would get promoted we looked at 6 or 7 seasons worth of data on League Two teams promoted to League One:

Teams that keep their promoted team tend to finish quite well in first season in League One.
The second summer window in League One is pivotal for how the team does in the following seasons.
We wanted to bring in two strikers"

 

[Hants_red]

"Gary on future windows:

We want to create a core squad going forward that can be around for a number of years
Still want to bring in good loans in the future"

 

[Hants_red]

"Gary on Harry Lee:

He's had successful and unsuccessful loans
He's at a point in his career where he needs games and a high level of training (which he is getting at City)
He needs to be the best goalkeeper when out on loan and show it week in, week out"

 

[Egg]

Some interesting insights, but would have liked to see Gary quizzed more when he said all the loans had been successes [Muskwe?], also not sure I'm a whole lot clearer on Harry Lee's situation.