I'm not worried. We have to accept its a unique market at the moment due to the pandemic. Championship clubs are teetering on the brink and do not have the financial security of EPL TV money so their prices at the start of the window will be grossly inflated. The window doesn't close for dealing with EFL Clubs until 16 October so there is the potential for a mad scramble and more realistic prices during that last week, some 6/7 weeks away.
Most EPL clubs seem to be dealing with the Championship in the right way for now going to a sensible ceiling on fees and not going above that. The exception seems to be Villa a club renowned for breaching EFL P and S regulations. I am pleased that we seem to be adopting the strategy of the majority during this early phase for incomings. Its a game of poker and whoever twitches first loses out. We need to hold our nerve.
I'm more concerned about us getting money in for outgoings. Nottingham press stating there is an option to buy Freeman at the end of his loan. You would hope that we have set a figure no lower than £5 mill with an uplift should Florist go up. Similarly if we are going to swop Robinson for Burke there has to be additional money coming our way if we value Robinson at £8 mill and they have Burke at 5.
Our first eleven when fully fit is a match for any team in this division so no concerns on my part about not getting in more players before the first game now we have a goalkeeper. The only slightly worrying aspects of pre season so far are the absences of Mcg and JOC two crucial players who need to be on the pitch against Wolves. Our conditioning team will have learnt some lessons from restart so hopefully the players will have not over trained and will be firing on all cylinders on 14 September provided we avoid injuries in the non event Internationals.
We can only evaluate whether CW has been provided with adequate funds to strengthen the squad on 17 October, the rest is speculation. It may be that we need to focus our efforts more on the foreign market in future but that in itself will have logistical problems if the virus continues through the season.
Most EPL clubs seem to be dealing with the Championship in the right way for now going to a sensible ceiling on fees and not going above that. The exception seems to be Villa a club renowned for breaching EFL P and S regulations. I am pleased that we seem to be adopting the strategy of the majority during this early phase for incomings. Its a game of poker and whoever twitches first loses out. We need to hold our nerve.
I'm more concerned about us getting money in for outgoings. Nottingham press stating there is an option to buy Freeman at the end of his loan. You would hope that we have set a figure no lower than £5 mill with an uplift should Florist go up. Similarly if we are going to swop Robinson for Burke there has to be additional money coming our way if we value Robinson at £8 mill and they have Burke at 5.
Our first eleven when fully fit is a match for any team in this division so no concerns on my part about not getting in more players before the first game now we have a goalkeeper. The only slightly worrying aspects of pre season so far are the absences of Mcg and JOC two crucial players who need to be on the pitch against Wolves. Our conditioning team will have learnt some lessons from restart so hopefully the players will have not over trained and will be firing on all cylinders on 14 September provided we avoid injuries in the non event Internationals.
We can only evaluate whether CW has been provided with adequate funds to strengthen the squad on 17 October, the rest is speculation. It may be that we need to focus our efforts more on the foreign market in future but that in itself will have logistical problems if the virus continues through the season.
