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Post by taffyewe on Aug 31, 2017 16:47:30 GMT
Fingers crossed for some decent signings. But, and it's a big but, I'm not sure if I want to see us splurging over the odds or signing journeyman hasbeens just to 'show we mean business'. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think that's the model we've been using with considerable success for the past few years. It might not be a popular opinion, but if the right players at the right price aren't available I'd rather we sat on our hands til the new year. That said I'll be disappointed if we can't get a couple in before 11 because I'm a fan who wants to see us compete at the top end of the league. Not at any price though. In the new year it will all be about players and inflated prices, and clubs don't want to sell. And it is different now?
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Post by yellows321 on Aug 31, 2017 16:49:27 GMT
Trust the club and let them do their thing come January- too late now isneet
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Post by Gary Baldi on Aug 31, 2017 16:50:46 GMT
The club have a definite luxury of not being desperate to sign players, so if circumstances permit, we don't need to overpay if the deal isn't right. I definitely think we need 2 more in, but we can cope without. 3 years ago, we more desperate and the signings made showed that
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Post by barryspang on Aug 31, 2017 16:53:50 GMT
Fair play to Peterborough, they've managed to get their star player Marcus Maddison to sign a new 3 year deal rather than leave.
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Post by lukehudson on Aug 31, 2017 16:56:50 GMT
Cadden deal is off according to a journo on twitter.
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Post by charliesghost on Aug 31, 2017 16:59:02 GMT
Fair play to Peterborough, they've managed to get their star player Marcus Maddison to sign a new 3 year deal rather than leave. Now that is ambition. He is an excellent player - more consistent than Marvin.
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Post by taffyewe on Aug 31, 2017 16:59:47 GMT
So a lot of 'fans' think that if we do not sign anybody today then that shows a lack of ambition or means that Eales is happy to pocket the money because he is a greedy so and so?
Reality check - Even though the MJ situation had the potential to happen, it was probably only yesterday that it looked as if it was actually going to happen for the price that we wanted. So regardless of how many plans we have in place, we cannot actually move on them until we are certain that that deal was going through. Look how long it took to get shot of Johnson and yet everyone expects OUFC to be able to pull through a deal this late leaving the selling club in the crap. They would not be able to get a replacement, so we would have to pay silly money to get something over the line most likely.
I hope we can pull something off, but if we do not then it simply means the above and nothing else.
Secondly, the amount of his own money that DE has poured into the club, I would not care if he took all the MJ money and give it back to himself. If it means that we continue the stability and continuous improvement under his ownership then so be it.
Fans are ridiculous sometimes.
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Post by yellowbow on Aug 31, 2017 16:59:49 GMT
Dipping in and out of this thread as on holiday with the missus and at risk at pissing her off if I keep my nose pressed against my phone.. Is the general feeling that we won't be bringing new players in today?
Edit: At the risk of pissing taffyewe off by asking that question I can at least put my phone away and avoid a knee in the nuts from the afore mentioned missus...
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Post by Yellow River on Aug 31, 2017 17:00:01 GMT
One loan from a higher league.
One fee paid to keep the baying mob happy.
You heard it here first.🙂
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Post by jason118 on Aug 31, 2017 17:01:47 GMT
Fair play to Peterborough, they've managed to get their star player Marcus Maddison to sign a new 3 year deal rather than leave. Now that is ambition. He is an excellent player - more consistent than Marvin. "Ambition" to keep someone. Some people on this forum are pathetic implying Johnson going shows a lack of ambition by Oxford, rather than understanding an employee doesn't want to be here. Wish some posters would show some "ambition" also.
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Post by bazzer9461 on Aug 31, 2017 17:05:52 GMT
So a lot of 'fans' think that if we do not sign anybody today then that shows a lack of ambition or means that Eales is happy to pocket the money because he is a greedy so and so? Reality check - Even though the MJ situation had the potential to happen, it was probably only yesterday that it looked as if it was actually going to happen for the price that we wanted. So regardless of how many plans we have in place, we cannot actually move on them until we are certain that that deal was going through. Look how long it took to get shot of Johnson and yet everyone expects OUFC to be able to pull through a deal this late leaving the selling club in the crap. They would not be able to get a replacement, so we would have to pay silly money to get something over the line most likely. I hope we can pull something off, but if we do not then it simply means the above and nothing else. Secondly, the amount of his own money that DE has poured into the club, I would not care if he took all the MJ money and give it back to himself. If it means that we continue the stability and continuous improvement under his ownership then so be it. Fans are ridiculous sometimes. Ridiculous or not at the moment the best we can hope for Is mid table at best but i do think we will struggle, and as for Johnson this is the highest standard of football he has played, can he hack it In the championship because he certainly didn't look like doing it with his last 3 month performances for Oxford.
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Post by lukehudson on Aug 31, 2017 17:06:11 GMT
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Post by hackneyjack on Aug 31, 2017 17:06:18 GMT
One loan from a higher league. One fee paid to keep the baying mob happy. You heard it here first.🙂 Any more info than that mate?
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Post by mojofilter on Aug 31, 2017 17:08:36 GMT
One loan from a higher league. One fee paid to keep the baying mob happy. You heard it here first.🙂 I too can make baseless speculations for fun! three in, one more out. Pekalski on loan to juventus until he recovers from his injury.
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Post by charliesghost on Aug 31, 2017 17:09:45 GMT
Now that is ambition. He is an excellent player - more consistent than Marvin. "Ambition" to keep someone. Some people on this forum are pathetic implying Johnson going shows a lack of ambition by Oxford, rather than understanding an employee doesn't want to be here. Wish some posters would show some "ambition" also. You're reading far too much in, you sensitive flower. Peterborough have showed substantial ambition all summer: spending money on new players, incentivising their top players to stay. Daragh mcanthony has put a marker down that they want to progress this season (Just as we did two years ago). That is worth noting. Only a moron takes no notice of what the competition are doing. Sticking fingers in both ears, shutting your eyes and shouting 'the Us are going up' doesn't just make it happen.
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Post by bazzer9461 on Aug 31, 2017 17:09:51 GMT
Now that is ambition. He is an excellent player - more consistent than Marvin. "Ambition" to keep someone. Some people on this forum are pathetic implying Johnson going shows a lack of ambition by Oxford, rather than understanding an employee doesn't want to be here. Wish some posters would show some "ambition" also. Don't you think Johnson has the quality to play for promotion favourites for the premiership? He's gone because he didn't want to play for us he shown honpetulant he is and the club selling him was the right thing but, there has to be someone or two brought in at least to show there ambition for Championship football.
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Post by Long John Silver on Aug 31, 2017 17:14:19 GMT
As it stands I think we are a mid table team. A couple of injuries to starting players and we are lower mid.
We have known the Marvin deal was going to happen for a few months, so it will be quite depressing if nothing has been sorted to address his leaving at the least.
It's also quite depressing to see supporters settling for mid table, when a couple of decent players, of which the money is there to get, would see us mount a genuine promotion challenge.
The years in the conference are still affecting supporters attitudes.
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Post by 1OUFC on Aug 31, 2017 17:14:45 GMT
In the new year it will all be about players and inflated prices, and clubs don't want to sell. And it is different now? [ By xmas our season could be over, so let's take advantage of the good position we are in now.
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Post by politicalox on Aug 31, 2017 17:16:44 GMT
Cadden deal is off according to a journo on twitter. So...by selling Marv to Boro we have filled Motherwell's pockets so they don't need to sell Cadden to us. Perhaps we should have moved a little earlier?
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Post by oufcyellows on Aug 31, 2017 17:17:05 GMT
"Ambition" to keep someone. Some people on this forum are pathetic implying Johnson going shows a lack of ambition by Oxford, rather than understanding an employee doesn't want to be here. Wish some posters would show some "ambition" also. You're reading far too much in, you sensitive flower. Peterborough have showed substantial ambition all summer: spending money on new players, incentivising their top players to stay. Daragh mcanthony has put a marker down that they want to progress this season (Just as we did two years ago). That is worth noting. Only a moron takes no notice of what the competition are doing. Sticking fingers in both ears, shutting your eyes and shouting 'the Us are going up' doesn't just make it happen. Here's his view on Johnson
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Post by 1OUFC on Aug 31, 2017 17:17:48 GMT
So a lot of 'fans' think that if we do not sign anybody today then that shows a lack of ambition or means that Eales is happy to pocket the money because he is a greedy so and so? Reality check - Even though the MJ situation had the potential to happen, it was probably only yesterday that it looked as if it was actually going to happen for the price that we wanted. So regardless of how many plans we have in place, we cannot actually move on them until we are certain that that deal was going through. Look how long it took to get shot of Johnson and yet everyone expects OUFC to be able to pull through a deal this late leaving the selling club in the crap. They would not be able to get a replacement, so we would have to pay silly money to get something over the line most likely. I hope we can pull something off, but if we do not then it simply means the above and nothing else. Secondly, the amount of his own money that DE has poured into the club, I would not care if he took all the MJ money and give it back to himself. If it means that we continue the stability and continuous improvement under his ownership then so be it. Fans are ridiculous sometimes. [br Fine take the money, but stop continually giving the fans sound bytes to the contrary, and building up hopes of a promotion challenge.
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Post by charliesghost on Aug 31, 2017 17:19:23 GMT
So a lot of 'fans' think that if we do not sign anybody today then that shows a lack of ambition or means that Eales is happy to pocket the money because he is a greedy so and so? Reality check - Even though the MJ situation had the potential to happen, it was probably only yesterday that it looked as if it was actually going to happen for the price that we wanted. So regardless of how many plans we have in place, we cannot actually move on them until we are certain that that deal was going through. Look how long it took to get shot of Johnson and yet everyone expects OUFC to be able to pull through a deal this late leaving the selling club in the crap. They would not be able to get a replacement, so we would have to pay silly money to get something over the line most likely. I hope we can pull something off, but if we do not then it simply means the above and nothing else. Secondly, the amount of his own money that DE has poured into the club, I would not care if he took all the MJ money and give it back to himself. If it means that we continue the stability and continuous improvement under his ownership then so be it. Fans are ridiculous sometimes. It is perfectly reasonable to say that DE has every right to pocket all the 4 million quid that has come into the club this summer. As has been demonstrated on another thread by analysis of the accounts that would take his net investment since buying the club down to about 1.5 million quid. Which is still a lot of money by any of our standards (albeit reasonably modest by football standards) I think, though, that even someone as one-eyed as you would have to accept that if and when an owner of any club does that (fail to reinvest even half the proceeds), it does not show 'ambition'. I think that the club does have ambition and that the recruitment department, as always, will have had their eyes on a string of players who we would need to pay fees for. So I fully expect in the next few hours to see at least a couple of really good signings appear.
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Post by bazzer9461 on Aug 31, 2017 17:20:11 GMT
You're reading far too much in, you sensitive flower. Peterborough have showed substantial ambition all summer: spending money on new players, incentivising their top players to stay. Daragh mcanthony has put a marker down that they want to progress this season (Just as we did two years ago). That is worth noting. Only a moron takes no notice of what the competition are doing. Sticking fingers in both ears, shutting your eyes and shouting 'the Us are going up' doesn't just make it happen. Here's his view on Johnson Didn't think he scored many or Assists.
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Post by oufcyellows on Aug 31, 2017 17:21:08 GMT
Here's his view on Johnson Didn't think he scored many or Assists. I think that's the point baz
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Post by Gary Baldi on Aug 31, 2017 17:25:22 GMT
Some fans need to chill the bleep out. There is plenty of time to sign players today and in January, so chillax and enjoy the sunshine!
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Post by bazzer9461 on Aug 31, 2017 17:29:37 GMT
Some fans need to chill the bleep out. There is plenty of time to sign players today and in January, so chillax and enjoy the sunshine! January would have to be a no you need players now that mstart the season good then if we need 1'in on loan in Jan if needed can then be sought
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Post by Yellow River on Aug 31, 2017 17:32:52 GMT
One loan from a higher league. One fee paid to keep the baying mob happy. You heard it here first.🙂 Any more info than that mate? If I told you I'd have to kill you and anyone else that happened to read my reply. Sorry about that.🙂
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Post by charliesghost on Aug 31, 2017 17:36:32 GMT
Some fans need to chill the bleep out. There is plenty of time to sign players today and in January, so chillax and enjoy the sunshine! I'm in Colorado and very chilled! Some fans are passionate about wanting to see the club progress. Others don't care too much about it either way and in truth quite like the lower leagues. Waiting for January as a strategy is a strange recommendation. Players are more not less expensive then, as teams in with a shout of promotion or relegation desperately try to strengthen for the run-in. And in any case, if one is 10 points off the pace then it would be counter-intuitibe to bother. A lot of us think that we are 2 or 3 playets away from being able to compete for promotion to our Holy Grail (the Championship), after 20 long years in the lower leagues. It would be only natural to feel some frustration if we buggered up that opportunity in July and August when we had plenty of firepower.
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Post by campbell on Aug 31, 2017 17:38:58 GMT
Fair play to Peterborough, they've managed to get their star player Marcus Maddison to sign a new 3 year deal rather than leave. Now that is ambition. He is an excellent player - more consistent than Marvin. How do you know he's more consistent? How come we've just got 2.5+ million for Marv, yet he's been on the transfer list for the past 3 months and no one has matched the million they wanted? Love to hear your answers on this one....
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Post by hackneyjack on Aug 31, 2017 17:44:32 GMT
Now that is ambition. He is an excellent player - more consistent than Marvin. How do you know he's more consistent? How come we've just got 2.5+ million for Marv, yet he's been on the transfer list for the past 3 months and no one has matched the million they wanted? Love to hear your answers on this one.... Yes, me too.
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