Randell Williams joins Exeter City from Watford

[fred binneys head]

They do say “the proof is in the pudding”, but they should say “the proof of the pudding is in the eating”.

I feel I’ve really helped in this debate.

 

[The Proper Chap]

FAO Grecian in Guzz and anyone else who cares.

First team squad numbers taken from each clubs official website:

Stevenage - 23

Oldham - 25

Crawley - 28

Carlisle - 28

Exeter City - 32

Mansfield - 26

Forest Green - 24

Bolton - 26

All squads include young players.

Those are the exact figures, I have not altered them, we have more than any other club.

What are you saying ?

 

[DB9]

I offer the following evidence of League 2 clubs transfer activity so far (https://d3d4football.com/league-one-two-transfers/ )for you to digest and comment upon.
Based on transfers in my initial analysis of the data, given that there have been no crowd revenues since March 2020, indicates that clubs like BOLTON, CARLISLE, STEVENAGE, OLDHAM, CRAWLEY, FGR, have recruited 10 or more new players in the close season leading to my hypothesis that owners (including Sugar Daddies) are indeed splashing their cash in the hope that they 'buy' success th is season (a bit like Roman did for Chelski in the Premiership) or they have come across monies illegally (unlike ECFC whose 'Sugar Daddy' is the Academy).
Some teams like MANSFIELD have carried on where they left off last season.
Sadly we can't rely on our 'Sugar Daddy' windfalls and I fear that the majority of the named teams above will fail unless their Sugar Daddies come up with the loot to beat Covid crisis shortfalls - the good news is that those in control of our 'Sugar Daddy' are unlikely to live beyond our means (once bitten twice shy) and our future is as Covid resilient as it can be. (Long Live The Trust)
As they say 'the proof is in the pudding' and I will not be able to probably corroborate my opinion until end of year accounts / insolvency notices are made public by which time I hope to be able to read (& write of cawse)
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I think you should take into account those teams that have recruited a lot of players the numbers released from last season, They have to replenish their squads, Bolton for example would only have about half dozen first teamers to start the season so they needed a shed load and i don't think they actually paid for them as they're still under embargo? Hardly any teams in our division actually pay a fee for a player, They either get them on loan or on a free where they can get a decent wedge because the club has not paid a transfer fee for them. Also saying "Or they have come across their monies illegally" You have proof of this i hope as you've mentioned it on a public forum?

Most clubs aren't like us and we have to accept that, They're not "Sugar Daddies" they're owners, Whether they are good or bad owners they are still owners who are able to have the finance of their own to build a squad or have a board to dip into their pockets too, Just like any other business. Our Academy is a great sense of pride for us and as shown this week invaluable, The best thing about the early days of the Trust was the foresight to see if we invest in the Academy it will pay off.

 

[The Proper Chap]

Looking at Bolton's squad, they have two good strikers, the rest of their squad looks very average.

 

[i8cornwall]

They signed Doyle from L1 Swindon on a silly wages. The Swindon manager said they were no where near competing with what Bolton offered, and Swindon were playing silly money last season.

Transfer embargo states we can’t pay more then 1.5k a week on wages which to be honest isn’t silly money, maybe for Swindon it is.

Now his rumoured promotion bonus is a different story!

 

[Grecian2K]

Transfer embargo states we can’t pay more then 1.5k a week on wages which to be honest isn’t silly money, maybe for Swindon it is.

Now his rumoured promotion bonus is a different story!

£1.5k plus "add-ons"??

 

[i8cornwall]

£1.5k plus "add-ons"??

very much so, there seems to be a couple of loop holes to embargo’s and ones our new owners have apparently taken advantage of. In all fairness if it gets Bolton back up into the championship in a safe way then I’m happy.

 

[WXF]

So Brentford use their windfall to buy Ivan Toney from Peterborough to replace Ollie, and Peterborough go bite us on the arse using the money they’ve made. Had naively hoped the Watkins transfer would strengthen, not weaken us!

£200k for our best player in the final year of their contract, when we didn’t need to sell. Not sure about that one

 

[DB9]

So Brentford use their windfall to buy Ivan Toney from Peterborough to replace Ollie, and Peterborough go bite us on the arse using the money they’ve made. Had naively hoped the Watkins transfer would strengthen, not weaken us!

£200k for our best player in the final year of their contract, when we didn’t need to sell. Not sure about that one

Just the way it is.

 

[jimbo-gould]

A lot of people take pride in us being an attractive option for a player, allowing us to get players like Williams and Stockley. The second we start standing in player's way, the less desirable we are to a young pro.