It’s a made up Twitter account with under 200 followers. They were slightly smarter than the others by adding in a @TheAthletic as a source even though they havent reported on it
Would be up there with the Tom Nichols deal for daylight robbery.
Plymouth, full credit to them, had also done their homework and negotiations in advance and were ready to sign players as soon as the window opened. We weren't ! With five fixtures in January their's was the right approach. With just Joe White in and the loss of Jay and Timothee we have virtually no bench left. We don't have the players to bring on as substitutes to impact the game. At Pompey there was Collins, Stanno and Sparkes. Stubbs isn't fit, Harper not trusted, Grounds to shore up the defence in the last few minutes and a young keeper. That is why we are struggling. Just because you have a bit of money in doesn't necessarily make the problems of getting the right players in go away. Taylor couldn't manage it last summer, and bearing in mind the Pond fee it isn't the real issue now. I don't have the answer but I do know that simply flogging off our team and trusting that we can simply easily replace them is a high risk strategy!
Jamal with a hip injury??
We got a good deal for Tom, but I'd have him back. I honestly think the move to the Posh broke him slightly.
He signed a 3 year deal with Reading in 2021...so still has another 18 months. Anyone know if he's highly regarded there?
I would assume if true that this would be on loan. This would then be our 5th loan though, which is the max you can have in a match-day squad. This only makes things harder for GC in terms of who he tries to bring in. I doubt that we would want loan players not in the 18 on match-day, so you would think that Harper will go back at some stage if we are able to bring someone in to replace him.
We might just hang on in this season especially as there are several basket case teams scrabbling round the bottom of the table , but a bad run could change that of course especially as some have now strengthened more than us. I’m more inclined to be concerned about how we’re going to stay in this league next season what with all the bad vibes about losing out of contract players now coming to the surface.We haven’t the clout money wise to properly replace them and as our neighbours down the road have shown you need to splash the cash hold your own let alone to make any progress.
That’s what I’ve heard and Jokull to come in to plug the gap…but it could all be Chinese whispers so who knows!
Yep take your points and this summer will be extremely challenging for GC. There are teams spending over 1.5 million on players in this division which shows just what we are up against. Having said that, from the fans forum last week I think Justin Quick referenced that while our budget is in the bottom third of the Division we are able to compete with the majority of clubs mid-table and down. This gives me some hope!