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[Moan? Nope-I saw Longhorn]

Why would this lad have the lowdown on Sheffield United above established journalists?

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Aye
Because he’s a “journalist “ (with a 1st from the 79th ‘best University in Britain)
In “ Football Journalism” to boot.
Begs the question what are the specifics that differentiate “football journalism” from ‘ordinary’ reporting?
I’m guessing there’s a ‘module’ on spouting bollocks to the gullible” - albeit, on reflection, that’s the standard tool of trade for every hack ever, irrespective of your specialism.
At a slight tangent, (any) evaluation of the Fourth Estate should reflect on the following ‘achievement / appointment / ‘accolade(s)

 

[utd4ever]

I blame Wilder.

 

[Slim Man]

If only we'd kept Sir Wilder we'd have signed all the best players and be on course for 160 points this season sitwell says.

 

[sitwell]

But no I didnt , your obsession with me is a bit weird.
He would have signed some players and we would have gone up in my opinion, I thought that was our aim, apparently not.
I am behind Selles but the Wilder part is a terrible decision.
Wilder was also great at bringing young players through, hope Selles follows suit.

 

[Moan? Nope-I saw Longhorn]

Albania or Algeria or Azerbaijan ??

You can delete Albanian from that list- already been ‘emptied’

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/hearts-in-transfer-talks-with-albanian-winger-5206554

 

[Bell4]

Nobody does outside of Wilder and the board. But we all agree £10m was a substantial fee for the Championship in January. An outlay like that, when we'd just lost a vital defender, would surely come with some justification that it was necessary at least?

Not arguing that

The poster made a point that Wider said it would guarantee promotion

 

[Bell4]

But no I didnt , your obsession with me is a bit weird.
He would have signed some players and we would have gone up in my opinion, I thought that was our aim, apparently not.
I am behind Selles but the Wilder part is a terrible decision.
Wilder was also great at bringing young players through, hope Selles follows suit.

Tbh

Time will tell if it’s a terrible decision

 

[Sithblade]

Free and loans, sounds familiar

 

[The One]

Free and loans, sounds familiar

Literally says we can pay fees but let's ignore that bit.

 

[Millhousesblade1889]

Free and loans, sounds familiar

Isn't that the sensible approach at this stage? Premiership teams are considering where to send their youngsters & it's the time of the year when players are out of contract.

 

[PaddysMad]

Think Liverpool

 

[loyalblade95]

Free and loans, sounds familiar

Standard business for most clubs outside of the top flight, don't forget, we only signed 3 players for permanent fees last summer, Moore, Burrows and Cooper, all the other transfers were frees and loans.

 

[Roygbiv]

So the article by a teenage Cardiff blogger was nonsense?!

 

[bertieblade]

If we can fill a spot with a player on a free, I,e out of contract, or a loan; why pay money for someone to do the same job who would be more expensive?

 

[Pandev]

It makes sense to go for frees and loans at this early stage. Then if we don’t get in right targets, spend money. No point spending money if we don’t need to.

 

[Yellarbellyblade]

Aye
Because he’s a “journalist “ (with a 1st from the 79th ‘best University in Britain)
In “ Football Journalism” to boot.
Begs the question what are the specifics that differentiate “football journalism” from ‘ordinary’ reporting?
I’m guessing there’s a ‘module’ on spouting bollocks to the gullible” - albeit, on reflection, that’s the standard tool of trade for every hack ever, irrespective of your specialism.
At a slight tangent, (any) evaluation of the Fourth Estate should reflect on the following ‘achievement / appointment / ‘accolade(s)

Acclaimed by who ffs?

 

[Keen Blade]

Since time began all our best players have been free or cost naff all

We could go mental and end up like them lot in south Barnsley

Hang on there , we paid £40k for Brian Deane you know.
We're not tight of wallet.

 

[Thrice]

It makes sense to go for frees and loans at this early stage. Then if we don’t get in right targets, spend money. No point spending money if we don’t need to.

Yep, spending money at this stage of the window only makes sense if you have a specific target. But at this level there's usually more than one player available that can fill a need.
Only the clubs really high up the food chain do this kind of business early because they have specific players in mind.

 

[Keen Blade]

Our budget may well be tight but I'm sure the £9.5mil profit from Souza will be reinvested, after all we've free up money on the wage bill selling him and losing Brewster.

What about the £20m loss on Brewster which more than cancels out your profit on Souza.
And then there's the £3m on Gbric ...

 

[Keen Blade]

Aye
Because he’s a “journalist “ (with a 1st from the 79th ‘best University in Britain)
In “ Football Journalism” to boot.
Begs the question what are the specifics that differentiate “football journalism” from ‘ordinary’ reporting?
I’m guessing there’s a ‘module’ on spouting bollocks to the gullible” - albeit, on reflection, that’s the standard tool of trade for every hack ever, irrespective of your specialism.
At a slight tangent, (any) evaluation of the Fourth Estate should reflect on the following ‘achievement / appointment / ‘accolade(s)

Martin Samuel is the biggest cunt of the lot.

 

[Bladeinleeds]

Well, we better hope Selles can get a tune out of Cannon then.

We seem to have spunked the vast majority of any budget on him. And he’s provided zero so far , we cannot have him being an albatross ruining future recruitment.

Frees and loans isn’t a way to build a team for promotion

 

[Keen Blade]

With the pigs situation getting lots of publicity there are gonna be more than a few clubs drawing in their horns this summer.
Our parachutes finish next summer and the motto
"Hope for the best - Plan for the worst"
comes to mind.
We can't afford to take on too many new contracts at high wages which will last for a few years beyond parachute expiry.
And we certainly should not be chucking big fees around.

Don't forget that transfer fees are paid in instalments and they will still need paying in our "post-parachute" future.

That's what got us into trouble with the PL/EFL on the instalments for Brewster's fee and possibly the fees of some others.

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

Yes and no. We've paid off the fee for Brewster over the length of his contract so we owed nothing when he was released, so we're still £9.5mil profit up from Souza.

 

[ben1987]

Frees and loans is the best way forward right now so long as some of the deals we get done are permanents.

Championship clubs rarely sign players from other championship clubs for large fees. Most move for free with a decent signing on / salary. The likes of O’Hare.

Plenty has come off the wage bill so we should be able to compete with anyone in the division salary wise.

Picks out of lower leagues will probably be considered lower fees and fit in fine with that model.

The young and talented premier league players we’ll be aiming for will most likely be loans with possible option / obligations to buy.

I really see no issue here. A couple of astute free signings and another 4 quality premier league loans would have us looking strong.

 

[Danetheblade]

Free and loans, sounds familiar

Makes sense. Why pay more at the beginning when we can pay less towards the end.

 

[loyalblade95]

With the pigs situation getting lots of publicity there are gonna be more than a few clubs drawing in their horns this summer.
Our parachutes finish next summer and the motto
"Hope for the best - Plan for the worst"
comes to mind.
We can't afford to take on too many new contracts at high wages which will last for a few years beyond parachute expiry.
And we certainly should not be chucking big fees around.

Don't forget that transfer fees are paid in instalments and they will still need paying in our "post-parachute" future.

That's what got us into trouble with the PL/EFL on the instalments for Brewster's fee and possibly the fees of some others.

Losing Brewster and Souza will have freed up some considerable wages (same when we let the higher earners go last summer in Mcburnie, Egan etc) even if we've still got some players on big wages here, like T Davies, Hamer, Moore etc.

Can't imagine the 3 A.I lads will be on big wages, same with Arblaster, Peck, Seriki and Brooks.

 

[Keen Blade]

Losing Brewster and Souza will have freed up some considerable wages (same when we let the higher earners go last summer in Mcburnie, Egan etc) even if we've still got some players on big wages here, like T Davies, Hamer, Moore etc.

Can't imagine the 3 A.I lads will be on big wages, same with Arblaster, Peck, Seriki and Brooks.

Yes , that all helps , I agree and it's how we spend it that counts , not how much.
Any analyst looking at Wilder's January would sack him on the spot.
I'm amazed it took the board so long - for Americans , they showed an unusual degree of sensitivity.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Gone from no leaks and click bait in the first two replies to it being confirmed that's what we are looking at right now 24 hours later

 

[Moan? Nope-I saw Longhorn]

Acclaimed by who ffs?

You may well ask.
Perhaps Keen Blade has the answer

Martin Samuel is the biggest cunt of the lot.

 

[Sean Thornton]

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