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Post by El Goodo on May 24, 2024 15:14:13 GMT
Summer doesn't seem to have started particularly well for Cheltenham. Long, Southwood and exciting young prospect Sercombe have all turned down new deals. Sercombe & Long have signed for FGR. Which says quite a lot
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Post by pollycarpou on May 24, 2024 15:27:16 GMT
Summer doesn't seem to have started particularly well for Cheltenham. Long, Southwood and exciting young prospect Sercombe have all turned down new deals. Sercombe & Long have signed for FGR. Which says quite a lot There has to be some witty comment about Sean Long's ears and wind turbines, haven't quite worked it out yet.
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Post by danielcufc on Jun 3, 2024 18:33:25 GMT
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Post by jwills61 on Jun 7, 2024 8:48:02 GMT
Yup, Burton have come into a lot of money it seems.
I know money doesn’t guarantee success, it’s not as simple as that. But it does help.
That’s another team you’d say had a similar budget to us that now has a bigger one.
I do think we’re in a bit of a difficult position when competing for players. Pretty much every league one club can offer more money and there’s a good chunk of L2 teams that can compete with us too.
Yes Cambridge is lovely, but it’s not cheap either. And yes we have a nice new training ground, but it mainly just brings us to the level rather than making it a completely unique selling point.
Might have to get creative.
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Post by danielcufc on Jun 7, 2024 9:47:07 GMT
Yup, Burton have come into a lot of money it seems. I know money doesn’t guarantee success, it’s not as simple as that. But it does help. That’s another team you’d say had a similar budget to us that now has a bigger one. I do think we’re in a bit of a difficult position when competing for players. Pretty much every league one club can offer more money and there’s a good chunk of L2 teams that can compete with us too. Yes Cambridge is lovely, but it’s not cheap either. And yes we have a nice new training ground, but it mainly just brings us to the level rather than making it a completely unique selling point. Might have to get creative. The owners are not the same as Wrexhams or Wycombes though. Maybe more like ours. www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/sport/football/new-burton-albion-owners-confirmed-9319804'The early indications are that this will not be a situation like so many other in which a wealthy entrepreneur steps and and throws multi-millions at a club. But the consortium are promising significant investment in the ground, the playing side of the club and in their community activities.'
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Post by joe77 on Jun 7, 2024 9:52:15 GMT
Yup, Burton have come into a lot of money it seems. I know money doesn’t guarantee success, it’s not as simple as that. But it does help. That’s another team you’d say had a similar budget to us that now has a bigger one. I do think we’re in a bit of a difficult position when competing for players. Pretty much every league one club can offer more money and there’s a good chunk of L2 teams that can compete with us too. Yes Cambridge is lovely, but it’s not cheap either. And yes we have a nice new training ground, but it mainly just brings us to the level rather than making it a completely unique selling point. Might have to get creative. We are certainly in a difficult position in terms of being able to compete to strengthen the squad, in that sense, nothing has really changed in the past four or five transfer windows. There don't seem to be many untapped markets now, so I suspect getting creative is easier said than done.
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Post by imp566 on Jun 7, 2024 11:04:50 GMT
The one thing we haven't really tapped into is the non league starlets, looking at potential, rather than tried and tested. Or, indeed, looking at talent that might be viable from levels below, unearthing gems - something Posh have always been good at.
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Post by Andrewlang on Jun 7, 2024 11:14:18 GMT
Ireland maybe is/was a bit untapped, but increasingly less so.
I think the only market that isn't being rinsed dry that would be open to us is the 24 year old and older non-league market. Everyone wants an unpolished diamond aged 18-22 but I feel like the guys who are a bit older are often overlooked sometimes.
Maybe that thought is heavily influenced by my transfer strategy on Championship Manager though. I tend to ignore OAP's at 24.
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Post by Tom Shaw's Fist of Rage on Jun 7, 2024 11:15:56 GMT
Do Posh unearth gems? Thought they just raided smaller clubs than need the money with the highest offer.
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Post by imp566 on Jun 7, 2024 11:51:38 GMT
Do Posh unearth gems? Thought they just raided smaller clubs than need the money with the highest offer. Still a successful strategy!
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Post by funkymonk on Jun 7, 2024 11:56:27 GMT
Do Posh unearth gems? Thought they just raided smaller clubs than need the money with the highest offer. If you've got the dodgy capital to get a good excavator and some prime mining territory... But yeah, Lincoln seem to have done pretty good job raiding Ireland, imagine they'll have first dibs on owt over there.
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Post by bergerac on Jun 7, 2024 13:01:00 GMT
Would like to see us approach the Arab racing community in Newmarket if we haven’t already done so, they happily pay £1m for a yearling, maybe take a punt on us? Definitely getting popular in the Arab community, just a thought?
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Post by td1975 on Jun 7, 2024 14:20:33 GMT
Yup, Burton have come into a lot of money it seems. I know money doesn’t guarantee success, it’s not as simple as that. But it does help. That’s another team you’d say had a similar budget to us that now has a bigger one. I do think we’re in a bit of a difficult position when competing for players. Pretty much every league one club can offer more money and there’s a good chunk of L2 teams that can compete with us too. Yes Cambridge is lovely, but it’s not cheap either. And yes we have a nice new training ground, but it mainly just brings us to the level rather than making it a completely unique selling point. Might have to get creative. Honorary degrees at the end of every contract?
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Post by pgtips (lurid) on Jun 7, 2024 23:58:22 GMT
You can offer League One football to a player that is good enough, but hasn't been signed at this level. Every team can only field so many players. No matter how much money they spend. The pitch is the shop window, not on the training ground.
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Post by zx10racer22 on Jun 13, 2024 11:37:16 GMT
The utterly meaningless "Bookies League Table" for the coming season.
1 Birmingham 2 Bolton ----------------------- 3 Rotherham 4 Wrexham 5 Huddersfield 6 Peterborough ----------------------- 7 Barnsley 8 Charlton 9 Wycombe 10 Blackpool 11 Stockport 12 Wigan 13 Reading 14 Lincoln City 15 Bristol Rovers 16 Leyton Orient 17 Mansfield 18 Stevenage 19 Exeter 20 Burton Albion ----------------------- 21 Northampton 22 Cambridge Utd 23 Shrewsbury 24 Crawley Town
Personally, I think they're underrating Charlton, Wigan, Reading and Lincoln, whilst getting over-excited about Wrexham and Wycombe.
I also fancy Stevenage to wind up lower than they are, with Revell gone by mid season.
I'm not surprised by our expected position. As soon as news broke that this would be the summer we'd have to say goodbye to H, I think most of the football world questioned whether there would even be a club left. And, even if there was, what's the point? But a new Geordie CB and an extension for Brophy, once confirmed, should help the bookies see that Cambridge United have a future.
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